Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems (India) Pvt Ltd [TTDI] has planned to expand its transformer manufacturing capacity.
In a release, TTDI said that it would increase manufacturing capacity by around 1.5 times from its level as of end of fiscal year 2023-24, over a three year period starting from the current fiscal year, 2024-25
Toshiba Group has positioned the power T&D business as a focus business and will invest approximately JPY 10 billion (over Rs.500 crore) in TTDI to expand its capacity.
Committed to “Make in India”
Elaborating on the significance of this global announcement to India, Mr. Hiroshi Furuta, Chairperson & Managing Director, TTDI said, “Toshiba is a world leader in the supply of T&D equipment for both conventional and renewable energy sources. With India established as a hub for our T&D equipment manufacturing operations and export base, TTDI has successfully supplied India-made transformers to over 50 countries. Furthering our commitment to Make-in-India and Export-from-India, the new investment will improve operational efficiency, increase speed-to-market, and support in expanding our business in India and overseas.”
The overall plan
With this investment, TTDI will increase its assembly and test line capacity for distribution transformers and power transformers for the transmission grids and distribution networks. Its enhanced testing capacity for power transformers will represent a significant upgrade in its testing capacity, specifically geared towards expanding exports of power transformers and meeting the high demand for 400kV and 765kV transformers in the Indian market.
Distribution transformer capacity expansion is mainly to create a dedicated facility for CRGO (cold rolled grain oriented) steel processing centre in order to enhance the vertical integration facility which can help us to reduce the process lead time, enhancement of Quality, Safety and 5S.
Additionally, TTDI will also build a new manufacturing facility for surge arresters during the first half of the current fiscal year (2024-25) and the products will be commercially available in the market by the second half of the year.
Manufacturing location
TTDI’s manufacturing site is situated on a massive 6.4 lakh sqm land expanse at Rudraram in Sangareddy district of Telangana.
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Featured photograph shows TTDI’s manufacturing facility in Telangana
