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for the technology transfer to our technical Institute Education dedicated team of application and system engineers to support
segment,” says V.V. Kamath, Managing Director, Fronius India its customers in design and manufacture of their components as
Pvt. Ltd. per standards, and to impart training.

Centres of Excellence Sustainable action
In May 2015, Fronius India inaugurated its first Centre of “Sustainable action is at the heart of everything we do at
Excellence at an Educational Institute AKGEC, Ghaziabad Fronius. Our Pune office is a carbon neutral building and 87% of
to create a skilled workforce of Functional and Technical our energy consumption comes from sustainable sources with
Welding Professionals. This was its first support activity that careful collection and disposal of waste. Our focus is on efficient
was established outside and this has been recognised as one use of resources eliminating plastic in packaging of our products,
of the competence centres with skilled resources to provide thus being sustainable. All production sites are governed by
support for all manual and robotic welding services including the environmental management system certified according
skill up-gradation, implementation, and welding development. to ISO14001; 86 % of the entire direct energy consumed
Subsequently, similar Centres of Excellence have been comes from renewable sources; we use 100% green power
established across India. on site including our own 6,070 m² photovoltaic system with a
After the successful start of its own ‘Innovation and Skill generated output of more than 100 kWp and a yield of over
Centre’at Pune in Nov. 2020, Fronius India inaugurated its 150 MWh in 2020,” elaborates Kamath.
permanent facility in Pune to support the entire Fronius India Fronius offers its customers the largest range of innovative
customers with its products and solutions across India and welding products, solutions, and services to achieve the
SAARC countries. company’s goal i.e. “Sustainable action at the heart of everything
Fronius is a globally recognised manufacturer and a specialist being done at Fronius. This has been the case since the very
in welding power sources, welding safety solutions and services beginning of the company’s history; the impetus to extend the
with decades of experience in this field. For the last three years short service life of car batteries through more efficient use of
in a row, Fronius India’s steady growth has been reckoned available energy came about roughly 75 years ago. Today the
and commended by the parent company. Fronius has 36 company is placing more focus than ever on environmentally
subsidiaries with sales partners in 60 countries. Fronius also has friendly solutions” as directed by CEO Ms. Elisabeth
1366 active patents. Engelbrechtsmüller-Strauß, Fronius International GmbH.
In India the company has offices in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru,
Gurugram-New Delhi, Baroda, Chennai, Hyderabad, and sales Providing a safe working environment
& service personnel in various locations to cover the length Dwelling on his growth strategies for India, Kamath has this to
and breadth of the country. Besides the sales team, it has a share: “Fronius India is the market leader for welding solutions &
services with focus on safety as per EN ISO standard. Although
the Indian market has an enormous potential, India has yet to
pave its way to providing a safe working environment for the
people. We’re also educating engineers from various Industry
segments to increase their awareness on welding productivity,
weld quality, and welding safety as sustainability is the
cornerstone of our operating philosophy.
Team Fronius always strives to protect both men and
machines to work safely and efficiently. Our goal is to increase
customer awareness about international safety standards
through our program. To make this end possible, we have online
modules wherein our customer engineers can take sessions as
per their own convenience. After every welding power source
is sold, an auto-darkening helmet is mandatorily supplied to the
buyer. We have long-term goals planned already.”

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