Hitachi Energy India Ltd

Hitachi Energy India Ltd

Hitachi Energy India Limited (Formerly known as ABB Power Products and Systems India Limited (APPSIL)) was incorporated on 19 February 2019 as a Public Limited Company in Bengaluru. The Company is a prominent player in the power technology industry widely recognized for its comprehensive energy technology portfolio. The Company specializes in providing sustainable solutions that help meet the increasing demand for electricity with minimum environmental impact. Its products systems software and service solutions are designed to facilitate the safe reliable and efficient integration transmission and distribution of bulk and distributed energy from conventional and renewable sources.The Company has extensive installed base for manufacturing of electric motors generators transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus and has a countrywide marketing and service presence. Besides catering to Indian domestic market it plays an increasing role in global market such as Asia Middle East Africa Europe and Americas.The Company operates as Hitachi ABB Power Grids in India and presently has nearly 16 manufacturing units in five key locations and 17 sales offices. Headquartered in Bengaluru ABB Power Products and Systems India Limited became a standalone legal entity in 2019 after de-merging from ABB India Ltd. The Company established a world-class digital experience center demonstrating the next level of enterprise performance for enhanced grid stability improved asset performance and efficient operational management and also began work on its High-Voltage Products Innovation Center as part of investment in strategic research and development. The Company also laid the foundation for projects in the e-mobility space in the country with TOSA electric-bus flash-charging technology. The Company partnered with Ashok Leyland in 2020 to facilitate a zero-emissions mass public transportation bus system. The Company operates across four business lines such as grid automation grid integration high voltage products and transformers and provide product system software and service solutions over the entire power value chain. The Company supply products and components systems software and automation and services through four businesses and partner with customers through the entire product and project lifecycle - from building and planning to operating and maintaining.In 1949 Hindustan Electric Company got incorporated and later was acquired by Brown Boveri Cie (BBC). In 1965 the Company established its first manufacturing facility in Maneja Vadodara- the circuit breaker factory in India.In 1988 ASEA and BBC merged to form ABB India .In 1989 the Company commissioned first back-to-back HVDC transmission link project for NPTCL at Vindhyachal connecting the northern and western grids.In 2013 the Company inaugurated dry-type transformers and PASS-GIS factories in Savli Vadodara under the Make-in-India Initiative.In 2015 the Company had installed end-to-end power solutions for Delhi Metro and SCADA to monitor and control the power network.In 2016 the Company energized the world's highest rated 1200 KV transformer and circuit breaker.In 2017 the Company commissioned world's first multi-terminal UHVDC link-the 6000MW 800kV DC link project connecting North-East to Agra.In 2020 the Company signed MOU for TOSA electric-bus flash-charging technology with Ashok Leyland. It launched a world-class digital experience center - PowerDEC - Bengaluru. and further inaugurated High-Voltage Products Innovation Center at Vadodara.In FY 2022 a Scheme of Arrangement was entered into between (i) ABB India Limited (INABB/Transferor) and ii) Company (Transferee) and their respective shareholders and creditors which provided for inter alia the Demerger of Power Grids Business of INABB (Demerged Undertaking) and consequent issuance of equity shares by Company to shareholders of INABB as per Share Entitlement Ratio. The Scheme was approved by Board of Directors pursuant to its resolution dated March 5 2019. The equity shareholders and the creditors of INABB approved the Scheme at Court Convened Meetings each held on August 9 2019. The NCLT approved the Scheme on November 27 2019 and the Appointed Date of the Scheme was April 1 2019 with the Effective Date December 1 2019. In addition the Company transferred 31786256 equity shares aggregating 75% of the paid-up capital of the Company from ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd. to ABB Ltd. by way of dividend in kind and subsequently from ABB Ltd. to Hitachi Energy Ltd. (formerly known as Hitachi ABB Power Grids AG) on February 05 2021. Consequent to this the Company name was changed from ABB Power Products and Systems India Limited to Hitachi Energy India Limited effective November 12 2021 which became a part of Hitachi Energy Group. Further Hitachi Ltd. an ultimate parent entity of the Company acquired ABB Ltd.'s remaining 19.9% equity stake in Hitachi Energy Ltd. a Joint Venture that was formed from ABB's Power Grids business in 2020 and thus Hitachi Ltd. now holds 100% of the equity stake in Hitachi Energy Ltd. (Zurich Switzerland) which is the holding Company which presently holds 75% stake in the Company effective on December 28 2022. Through the said Scheme of Arrangement the Company directly allotted 107421 Equity Shares to the shareholders of ABB India Limited with the Share Entitlement Ratio pertaining to the relevant shares of ABB India Limited.Pursuant to Voluntary Open Offer made by Vedanta Resources Limited (Acquirer) together with Twin Star Holdings Limited Vedanta Holdings Mauritius Limited and Vedanta Holdings Mauritius II Limited as persons acting in concert with the Acquirer (PACs) to Public Shareholders of the Company during the year the Acquirer and PACs acquired 374231161 equity shares of the Company representing 10.07% of fully diluted voting share capital thereby increasing acquirer's indirect shareholding in the Company from 55.1% to 65.18%. Further Vedanta Netherlands Investments BV and Twinstar Holdings Limited Members of the Promoter Group of the Company had purchased 63514714 and 103985286 equity shares respectively (representing 1.71% and 2.80% of the equity share capital respectively) during the FY 2022 through a block deal on the stock exchanges. Post this total shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group increased to 69.69%.In May 2022 the Company inaugurated the first manufacturing facility in India producing Resin Impregnated Paper bushings up to 400kV voltage level at Vadodara. In August 2022 the Company's greenfield manufacturing facility for High Voltage Power Quality products was inaugurated in Karnataka. Also in August 2022 it added capacity in terms of a new factory for production of Operating Mechanism of circuit breaker. In February 2023 it launched an advanced power system factory in Chennai specializing in HVDC systems STATCOM and the MACH control and protection system. In FY 2022-23 Hitachi Energy India commissioned the Raigarh-Pugalur project its sixth HVDC installation in India. It launched TRO600 series wireless routers with 5G capability; TXpertT Hub for transformer digitalisation in February 2023; OceaniQTM portfolio -for offshore wind energy; Lumada Inspection Insights for AI driven analysis of images collected from satellites to provide intuitive visual insights into the health and risk profiles of assets and infrastructures. In the period 2022-23 the Company established remote operation of the +/- 500 kV 1500 MW HVDC Rihand Dadri Bi-Pole Terminals from National Transmission Asset Management Center Manesar. It introduced rooftop solar for the electrification of four project site offices and added 938kW of permanent solar panel installations at its largest manufacturing location.