Alfa Laval (I) Ltd.

Alfa Laval (I) Ltd is the Indian division of the operations of Alfa Laval AB, a Sweden-based corporation. The company has an extensive history of over 125 years and has been manufacturing the most effective fluid handling, heat transfer, and separation equipments in the world. The company was set up by Oscar Lamm and Gustaf de Laval and its global headquarters are based in Lund, Sweden. In India, the headquarters of Alfa Laval (I) Ltd. are located in Pune. The company has played a key role behind the development of the food processing industry of India.

Alfa Laval (I) is a market leader in offering the three major technologies given below:

• Heat transfer
• Fluid handling
• Separation

All these processes are quite significant for running factories and plants.

At present, Alfa Laval owns over 300 patents. About 2.5% of its sales revenue is invested in research and development activities. Each year, the company introduces between 35 and 40 new merchandises.

Global presence of Alfa Laval

The global presence of Alfa Laval is felt in almost 100 nations of the world. It has established 28 big production divisions in the world and eight of them are in Asia, 15 are in Europe, one is in Latin America, and four are in the US.

The company carries out its business operations with a workforce of around 11,400 staff. Most of them are recruited in the following countries:

• Denmark
• Sweden
• China
• India
• France
• The US

Products and Services of Alfa Laval (I) Ltd.

The products and services of Alfa Laval can be categorized into the following:

1. Heat transfer equipments:
   • All welded heat exchangers
   • Air heat exchangers
   • Electrical heat exchangers
   • Brazed heat exchangers
   • Fusion bonded heat exchangers
   • Evaporators
   • Plate heat exchangers
   • Gasketed plate heat exchangers
   • Shell-and-tube heat exchangers
   • Scraped-surface heat exchangers
   • Spiral heat exchangers
2. Fluid handling equipments
   • Deodorizers
   • Condensers
   • Pumps
   • Fresh water generators
   • Tank cleaning equipment
   • Reactors
   • Tap water systems
   • Tank equipment
   • Valves
   • Tubes and fittings
3. Separation Equipments
   • Filters and strainers
   • Decanter centrifuges
   • Separators
   • Membrane filtration
Furthermore, Alfa Laval (I) Ltd. offers a number of service solutions to its clients, which include the following:
• Cleaning and chemicals
• Audits and consulting
• Reconditioning and repair
• Condition monitoring

Industries served by Alfa Laval India Limited

Alfa Laval India Limited principally manufactures machineries for Marine & Diesel Industry, Food and Pharmaceutical Industry, and Energy and the Environmental Sector. Given below are the various sectors served by the company:

1. Energy and Environment
   • Crude oil refinery
   • Biofuels
   • Fluid power
   • Engine & Transport
   • Latex
   • HVAC
   • Metal working
   • Machinery
   • Oil & Gas
   • Mining & Mineral processing
   • Pulp & Paper
   • Power
   • Semiconductor systems
   • Refrigeration & Air-conditioning
   • Sugar
   • Steel & Coke oven gas
   • Wastewater treatment
2. Marine and Diesel Industry
   • Environmental protection
   • Desalination
   • Floating production systems
   • Exhaust gas cleaning
   • Inert gas systems
   • Industrial boilers
   • Oil treatment
   • Heat exchangers and marine boilers
   • Tank cleaning
   • PureThinking
   • Thermal fluid systems
   • Cooling and heating
3. Food & Pharmaceutical
   • Industrial fermentation
   • Biotech & Pharmaceutical
   • Food, Dairy and Beverages
   • Chemicals

Financial Performance of Alfa Laval Ltd.

According to the quarterly report of the company, it has performed in the following way:

• Net Sales (for the quarter ended September 30, 2011) – 7571 Million Swedish Krona. It posted a 30% rise from that of the previous year.
  
  
• Net Income (for the quarter ended September 30, 2011) – 780 Million Swedish Krona, which showed a growth of 3% from the same quarter one year ago.
  
  
• Gross Profit (for the quarter ended September 30, 2011) - 2,772 million Swedish Krona.
  
  
• Operating income (for the quarter ended September 30, 2011) – 130 million Swedish Krona.

Address of Head Office

The contact details of the head office of Alfa Laval (I) are given below:

• Alfa Laval (India) Ltd.
  Head Office Country, Manufacturing Unit
  Mumbai-Pune Road, Dapodi
  Pune - 411 012. India
  Phone: + 91 202 710 71 00
  Fax: + 91 202 714 77 11
  E-mail: [email protected]
  

Last Updated on 12/5/2011

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