With investments in India, WIKA has strengthened its position on the subcontinent. However, their purpose is not solely linked to the regional market ? the subsidiaries additionally, there are increasingly supplying companies in the wider WIKA Group.
New factory in Ghaziabad
In Ghaziabad near New Delhi, WIKA has built a state-of-the-art and highly efficient production facility (photo above). There, about 250 employees are manufacturing a range of products such as for example switches, transmitters and bellows systems. They also produce instrument components, for instance cases, rings and bimetal modules. Furthermore, the factory houses an NABL-accredited calibration laboratory for the measurands pressure and temperature.
At the Pune site, WIKA has commissioned new production lines for pressure gauge accessories.
Production capacities expanded
There is great dependence on pressure gauge accessories. The Pune location has therefore commissioned two new production lines for this product segment. Both lines are designed according to the Lean concept with a one-piece-flow methodology. They could be run flexibly to manufacture overpressure protectors, throttles, cocks and adapters
To achieve the objective of a lean organisation in Pune, WIKA India also setup a Lean Six Sigma room. Inside it, the LSS performance of all four of WIKA?s locations in India could be monitored and reviewed. The gear necessary for this comprises an MDI board, project trackers and a training calendar. The LSS room is also home to a little library covering topics of kaizen, the lean concept and Six Sigma.
Tour of the flow lab for the new switch (foreground) in Chennai.
The investments in India likewise incorporate a flow laboratory
The investments in India likewise incorporate a flow laboratory at Switzer in Chennai. Flow switches for sprinkler systems will be manufactured there later on. A cross-functional team created the conditions to create such a product, with international approvals (UL and FM), to the market. The project received the name of Fire Sprinkler Flow Detector (FSFD): The instrument detects the water flow in a sprinkler system after it’s been activated, and it then issues a corresponding alarm signal. In high-rise buildings, potentially a minumum of one flow switch per floor is necessary.
Building consultants, system integrators and OEMs involved with firefighting or fire safety are the target group for this model FSFD. For marketing Controversial , WIKA has recently begun to register this switch in the lists of approved vendors to building consultancy businesses.
Note
Further information on WIKA India can be found on the WIKA website. There you will also find an overview of flow switches and also pressure gauges and accessories. Death would like to buy the products? In our WIKA online-shop you will discover a few of our standard-designs. In case you have any further questions on this, your contact will undoubtedly be at your disposal.
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