Kotsons aims to bring electricity to every Indian village by 2012

Transforming lives is part and parcel of what the 1,500 employees at Kotsons do everyday. After all, the power transformers they assemble in their factories help to transmit electricity from generation point to homes and villages in the country ?365 days a year. Since 1979, Kotsons has produced CRGO steel and amorphous metal transformers of up to 33 KV class voltage for public utility organizations and the private industrial sector in India and overseas markets. The company supplies transformers used for power generation and distribution to global leading power and automation organizations. Kotsons has consistently grown its geographical reach by increasing its product range to meet the stringent demands of international markets. Today, Kotsons is one of India's top three transformer manufacturers . In the past, the company relied on traditional oxyfuel cutters such as power shearing machines, power presses, and other manual cutting torches to cut steel sheets during manufacturing. This resulted in an inferior cut that was not on par with the high quality standards exacted by MNC customers. Seeing their market share stagnate, Kotsons turned to Hypertherm in 2006 for their advanced plasma cutting solutions. Over the span of three years, Kotsons fully implemented Hypertherm's manual and mechanized plasma systems in all three plants. Using the Powermax1250? Powermax1650? and HySpeed HSD130? the company was able to easily accommodate any sizes or cuts required by customers. They had found it challenging in the past to execute customized cuts with oxyfuel equipment as different dies and tools had to be made for each punch or hole. There were also other undesirable features of oxyfuel such as unwanted dross developing during cutting, metal warping. With Hypertherm's plasma systems, Kotsons was able to circumvent these problems. The dexterity of the HSD130 system was ideal to help Kotsons meet their high manufacturing goals. It can cut up to seven times faster than oxyfuel systems and offers higher productivity at a lower cost-per-meter run. The highly portable and versatile manual plasma systems, Powermax1250 and Powermax1650, could also be leveraged for a multitude of jobs including cutting or gouging stainless, mild steel or aluminium. Workers found it easy to operate these systems as the machines had simple controls, good arc visibility, and long consumable life. As president of the Indian Transformers Manufacturers Association, another hat he wears, Pawan Jain, Managing Director of Kotsons has been persuading his peers to convert to plasma systems. 揑 believe that our country should produce good quality products,?he said. 揟hrough this association platform, I have been recommending other transformer companies to improve their manufacturing quality by buying Hypertherm's equipment. So far, almost a dozen of them have switched to using plasma.? Helping to fulfil the Indian government's goal to provide electricity in every village and house by 2012 is also a key objective for this visionary. Jain shared, 揂lmost 35% of Indian villages don抰 have electricity, and as one of the nation's top three transformer manufacturers, we can certainly do our part to contribute to society. Improving our operational speeds and increasing our production output gives us the right momentum to accomplish this target. And we are proud to be part of such a noble vision.?Balenciaga