Bangalore-based Heidelberg ProMinent Fluid Controls, the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Germany-based ProMinent Group, announced its plans to tap the oil and gas sector as it sees huge potential there.
Heidelberg ProMinent, which has a turnover of Rs 40 crore, had seen a net profit of about Rs 7 crore, last fiscal and hopes for a substantial growth in 2013.
Prasanna Kumar Rao, Managing Director of Heidelberg ProMinent Fluid Controls India said, “We have been growing at an average rate of 15-20 per cent in the last many years. We would now like to expand our range of products to enhance the growth rate and hence our decision to enter the Oil and Gas industry.”
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Heidelberg ProMinent manufactures about 60 per cent of the product range manufactured by Prominent in Germany. A certain range of products are now manufactured only in India and exported to group companies in countries including Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and so on.
The ProMinent group is manufacturer of components and systems for the metering technology, water treatment solutions partner for over 50 years. It is based in Heidelberg, Germany with around 2,300 employees in 57 dedicated sales, production and service companies and agencies in over 100 countries guarantee that the company’s products and services are available all over the globe.
The Indian subsidiary Heidelberg ProMinent, with its famility in Bangalore, manufactures Dosing Pumps, Dosing systems, Chlorine di oxide generators and allied equipments. It is one of the seven manufacturing locations of ProMinent worldwide. Dosing pumps are used in all segments of Industry including chemical, fertilizer, process, paper, sugar, pharmaceutical, engineering etc. All the leading companies in India are on the customer list of Heidelberg ProMinent.