Somany Ceramics augments captive power generation capacity at its Kassar plant

Adds additional 3MW captive power generators

Somany Ceramics Ltd., one of the leading tile manufacturers in India, today announced its plans to enhance its captive power generation by 3 MW at its manufacturing unit in Kassar, Haryana, in order to ensure uninterrupted power supply. The company has entered into a long term agreement with GAIL for the required quantity of natural gas annually for running these generators.

The irregular power supply tends to affect the temperature of the kiln which has a direct relation with the quality of the products. Thus, the uninterrupted power supply will help in reducing the production loss.

The company earlier had capacity of 2MW power generation by using natural gas and with this the company’s total captive power generation will increase to 5 MW. In addition to setting up the power generators, Somany Ceramics will simultaneously install equipments for full utilization of the waste heat generated from these generators.

Somany Ceramics expects improvement in its bottom line by about Rs. 600 lacs annually beginning from the next financial year on account of saving in power and fuel costs, improvement in output and the quality of the products.

The generators and heat recovery systems are scheduled for commissioning towards the end of the current financial year.

About Somany Ceramics Ltd.
Somany Ceramics Ltd., Flagship Company of the H.L Somany Group, is one of the leading players in the tiles and sanitary ware industry. Incorporated as Somany Pilkington’s in 1969 by Shri H.L Somany, it later came to be known as Somany Ceramics Limited. In 1971, the very first unit of Somany started production in Kassar, Haryana and the second unit was set up in 1981 in Kadi, Gujarat.

Somany achieved Government recognition for its R&D Department in 1996 (a first in the tile industry) and was the first tile company to be awarded ISO 9002 certification in 1998. It also achieved ISO 14001 in 1999 for environment friendly facilities. Somany also holds exclusive rights for Veilcraft Technology, which renders a specially treated coating that protects each tile against abrasion, scratches and stains.

Somany is listed on the NSE and BSE of India with over 3500 shareholders.