Mr. Yoshiharu Tomiyama, M.D. and Mr. Michiko Zenke, Associate Director, from Yaskawa Electric Corporation, Japan handing over the first AC drive to Mr. P.K. Bajaj, Vice President, ESP and Mr. V. K. Arora, B.U Head C&A, to commemorate the manufacturing of AC Drives and Servos at Bangalore Manufacturing Unit of Yaskawa India.

Propelled by the success of Electrical & Automation (E&A) business of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), with its AC Drives in Indian market, Yaskawa Electric Corporation of Japan has commence the manufacturing of drives and servo products in India. The 55,000 square foot facility, hosts a planned workforce of 100 employees under the supervision of Japanese technical experts, intended to produce 40000 units of new generation AC Drives in a year through four production lines.

  L&T and Yaskawa Electric Corporation, global leaders in manufacturing of AC Drives, conjointly provide motion control products to infrastructure, critical utilities and industrial machinery sectors. The success of their strong association has led to the establishment of a manufacturing unit for meeting the increased demand and imparting competitive edge, through faster delivery, Japanese manufacturing expertise and quality.

  Mr. Michihiko Zenke, Head of AC Drive products worldwide for Yaskawa, handed over the first manufactured in India, AC Drive unit to Mr. P. K. Bajaj, Vice President, Electrical Standard Products B.U. and Mr. Vijay K Arora, Head of Control & Automation B.U. of Electrical & Automation at a function held on May 23, to mark the commencement of production in India. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Zenke said, "L&T and Yaskawa have partnered for 25 glorious years and more to provide, Drive and Servo based solutions to Indian consumers. Yaskawa's manufacturing unit in Bangalore will assist L&T's Electrical & Automation business sustain dominance, in the growing industrial automation segment in India. Indian consumers will derive more from the numero uno product, with unmatched reliability and features suitable for Indian environment.The Bangalore facility will produce the latest range of powerful 1000 series AC Drives which are designed to meet the current and future requirement of the Indian industry.

  L&T and Yaskawa's focus is to cater to the diversified user demands and enhance customer satisfaction by improving on delivery time. The Bangalore based facility will help deliver the Yaskawa products at shorter span of time coupled with industry best application solutions as well as service support. The L&T-Yaskawa partnership aims to maintain a dominant position in Indian industry segments such as cement, steel, oil & gas, chemicals and power through its AC Drive solutions. L&T's extensive domain expertise, has helped deliver optimized solutions in material handling, buildings, textile and plastics segments, for applications like cranes, elevators, compressors to name a few. Distributed by L&T through its large channel network along with strong technical support, the AC Drive has become a preferred drive product for customers. Further, to support the large customer base, L&T maintains three state of the art training centres located at Pune, Lucknow and Coonoor (Ooty) and a world class service facility at Automation Campus, Navi Mumbai.