MECHELEN, Belgium (July 9, 2014) – Avantha Group Company CG opened its very first Global Design Centre (GDC) in Bhopal, India, boosting its support to customers globally for ever-evolving market needs in oil and gas, cement, mining and metals, water treatment, electrical transportation and power. The GDC’s key markets would include countries spread across South East Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe.
The GDC is the nerve center of the design and development of advanced technological solutions for CG’s projects globally. It will synergize teams across regions, cross-pollinate ideas, co-create and deploy best practices leading to the optimization of CG’s global network of engineering resources and manufacturing facilities to consequence highly integrated innovative products and technologies.
The product portfolio would cover commercial motors and highly engineered medium voltage motors and generators that will be developed as per customer demand in a single location. Other offerings include LV/MV Motors up to 25 megawatts (MW), Synchronous Machines up to 70 MVA and the LV/MV development of AC drives.
CG’s global technology pool will thrive through effective international collaboration, and with the support of 90 local service centers in more than 15 countries. The GDC currently has more than 150 designers working globally. The center is designated to offer a centralized system of customizing CG’s products that would reflect global standards across geographies.
The GDC in Mumbai is the hub of technology development for all of CG’s businesses. By integrating the GDC in Bhopal, it further reinforces CG’s global network of centers located in Canada, Belgium, Spain, Newark Hungary, Germany, Sweden and India. The GDC will support, address and sustain the current and emerging business objectives of CG’s Industrial portfolio.
“The Global Design Centre reiterates CG’s commitment towards developing energy-efficient and technologically advanced products of a high quality that require a minimum long-term investment and that reduce lead time in the market,” said Laurent Demortier, Avantha Group Company CG’s CEO and managing director. “The GDC enables synergies of expertise by closely integrating CG’s centers of excellence around the globe, for the purpose of fueling innovation and accelerating development.”