BITZER STARTS PRODUCTION IN INDIA
German compressor manufacturer Bitzer is setting up a production facility in India. The company will be investing Euro 4 to 5 million on the plant coming up near Mumbai, according to Mr. Jean - Marc Dameron, Managing Director of Bitzer India. The Bitzer Group is the world’s largest independent manufacturer of refrigerant compressors.
Bitzer is globally represented with sales companies and production sites for stroke piston, screw and scroll compressors as well as pressure vessels. The group has consolidated global revenues of Euro 600 million employing over some 2,600 employees worldwide.
Bitzer sold over 80,000 compressors to the bus segment alone in 2008, which is only five per cent of its total business. Currently transport as a segment includes bus, truck, trailer, container and rail constitutes 12 per cent of Bitzer’s total business. The plan is to increase the business to 30 per cent, says Mr. Helmut Meyer, Division Manager for Bitzer Transport Products.
Globally, Bitzer works with all the major AC manufacturers, including Carrier, Thermoking, Spheros and Ingersol Rand. In India, the company, apart from working with all the global brands, is also working with domestic brands like Sidwal and Haiger.
