Electricity has had a gradual increase in its use with the passing years. Its utilization has spread into many aspects, making it become an inseparable element in our lives. And with this rise in importance came into being various electrical companies who have from then began to offer their contributions.
India is one of the emerging countries in many fields and electronics is nowhere an exception. India has made quite fast developments in this arena. The land is home to both the foreign-based companies as well as the nation based ones making in rich in this aspect. Here we list down the top ten Electrical companies in India:
- Havells India Limited: –
This is an establishment founded on the land of the nation. It was born in 1958. It had sited its main office in Noida. Havells is mainly known to people for its fans and switches. Apart from this, they also take to offer us other products like LED and domestic Lighting, induction motors, water heaters, kitchen appliances and many others.
Havells can also be considered as clubbing of famous brands like Lloyd, Promtech, Standard Electric, Crabtree, etc. The primary sections it covers are Cables, Switchgears, Electrical Consumer Durables, Lighting and Fixtures. It has 11 units and 23 branches running successfully all over the world.
- ABB India Limited: –
This is the abbreviation of the Swedish-Swiss MNC ASEA Brown Boveri. The company was born in the year 1988 with its headquarter in Zurich (Switzerland). The company has taken to cover a wide area like for instance power grids, electrification of products, process automation, etc. Around the world, the company has spread itself into 12 successfully running manufacturing sites and 7 corporate centres.
Some of their contribution in India which deserves special mention are, smooth running of the Delhi Metro, 1200 kilovolt transformer of power tested in Vadodara for the first time; such ultrahigh voltage had never been tested before, saving energy in Delhi airport by setting up various devices, etc.
- Siemens: –
This is a Germany based company. It was founded in 1847. They have placed their headquarters at Munich. But Siemens first had a strong foundation in India in 1922 the epicentre of which was Mumbai. Siemens enjoys quite a laid out business. Beginning from medical technology, railway vehicles, fire alarms to power plants, turbines, PLM software, the company provides it with all.
It has quite a strong foothold in industries like Infrastructure and cities, Energy, Healthcare and many more. Not only this, they are still working on to get in hand more new and interesting projects. They have almost 22 smartly running factories all over the world.
- Crompton Greaves: –
A nation based company Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals LTD was born in 1878 with its nerve centre in Mumbai. It is a cut out from the Avantha Group. It has taken up sections such as power systems, automation system, consumer products, etc.
They mainly operate to design, manufacture and market the products. It has worldwide working units and received a number of awards.
- Bhel: –
This is an India based company the full form of which is Bharat Hindustan Electricals limited. This is a government-aided institution. Headquartered in New Delhi this company was born in 1964.
It offers the nation with a wide range of products starting from Transmission systems, Electric motors, Heat exchangers, to Power Electronics, Boilers, Gas and Steam Turbines and many more. They have received awards in various fields.
- Alstom India Limited: –
This is a France based company established in the year 1928. The main centre of this company is situated in the Saint-Quen. It is a globally regulating company. This brand mainly involves itself in rail networks, signalling and locomotives, transportation, etc. In India, the brand was set-up in 1990 around the southern sites of the country such as like Tamil Nadu, Bangalore, and Andhra Pradesh.
As for the Indian establishment, the headquarters is in Noida. The Indian counterpart has its main focus on the transportation section. For Trains in India like Rajdhani and Shatabdi have been provided with rolling stock which has proved to be quite beneficial. They work for the development of metros as well.
- Schneider Electrical: –
This is once again a French company founded in 1836 that have their headquarters situated in Rueil-Malmaison. Apart from that, the company can also be said to have a base in the World Trade Centre of Grenoble.
They operate in sections like electrical grid automation, switches and sockets, building automation, industrial safety systems, home automation, etc. This brand has fathered companies like APC, Pelco, Square D and many more. The company have quite a laid out business foundation worldwide that is it rules over an average of 100 different countries.
- Bajaj Electrical Limited: –
This is a Mumbai based company founded in 1938. It is the collaboration of around 25 smaller units of which Starlite Lightning is the most popular and vital branch of all the others. They mainly deal with the sections as the fans, lights, LPG, luminaries, and many more.
Other domains that it covers are lamps, generators, consumer durables, tubes, etc. It has a very flourishing laid out business throughout the country.
- Kelvin Electricals: –
The United Arab Emirates settled company; Kelvin Electricals was born in the year 2005. It has established its headquarters in Al-Ain.
It produces a variety of electrical products such as Wiring Accessories, Bus Bars, Exterior, etc. In India, the headquarters is situated in New Delhi. It has quite considerable fame globally.
- Exide Industries Ltd: –
This is a Kolkata headquartered company born in 1947. It basically deals with life insurance and storage battery. It works to manufacture industrial lead-acid batteries as well as automotive.
Others may be Analytic Services, Alloy development, Tool and Battery design development, environmental Health Monitoring, etc.
These are the top ten electrical companies that have maintained a uniform dominance over the country’s field of electronics. There are a number of other minor companies too, but these ten have quite a strict rule till date.