Hitachi Energy doubles capacity at Bengaluru plant

The capacity to produce power quality equipment has been expanded to 22,000 MVAR (kilowatt ampere reactive) from 10,000 MVAR.

The move will ramp up output of advanced capacitor units, banks and power electronic compensators for low, medium and high-voltage systems, which are used in the power utilities, industries, renewables and transportation segments.

“The demand for power quality products is expected to increase as you add different forms of load into the like electric vehicle charging or data centre operations. It is to prevent damages or frequencies of the grid,” said Venu Nuguri, managing director and chief executive of Hitachi Energy in India and South Asia.

“The products built here are both for local markets and exports,” he added.

Around 80% of Hitachi Energy’s portfolio is manufactured in the country and the manufacturing base here also caters to its global products requirement.

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“Apart from the power-grid, which is core business, the company has identified sustainability products and solutions, power electronics and digital technology and services as focus areas and fundamental themes…” said Claudio Facchin, chief executive of Hitachi Energy.

The expanded facility was inaugurated by Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday.

Power quality products improve power stability by enabling increased capacity and reduced energy losses.

The facility will add 300-400 jobs directly.

The Bengaluru-based power solutions company has over 5,500 employees in India across 18 factories and one engineering facility in Chennai. It also has a shared services centre in Bengaluru to support its backend operations.

Japanese industrial conglomerate Hitachi bought Swiss-based

‘s power grid business globally in 2018 and the listed Indian arm followed open-offer regulations and was rebranded as part of the exercise.