Alfa Laval Chief visits India

Alfa Laval India Ltd has announced that Mr. Lars Renstrom, President & Chief Executive Officer of Swedish engineering multinational Alfa Laval AB, along with Mr. Ray Field, Executive Vice President Asia, Middle East and Oceania, visited the Indian subsidiary, from October 29 to November 01, 2007.

Lars Renstrom was appointed Chief Executive Officer and President of Alfa Laval in the autumn of 2004. He has held several responsible positions at top levels in the blue-chip Companies in Sweden like Seco Tools. Atlas Copco ABB and Ericsson. The varied experience and in-depth knowledge of Swedish industry makes him a dynamic visionary. Board at Directors at Alfa Laval AB, has set challenging goals that will help Alfa Laval to reach newer heights worldwide and to make remarkable contribution to shape the future of industries.

The economic boom in the Indian market holds a special promise in achieving the challenging goals of the Alfa Laval Group. Alfa Laval India is amongst top ten Alfa Laval Companies in size. To strengthen local competence further, the Group has sanctioned an investment of about 500 million INR (in 2007), largest till date, in order to expand and modernize manufacturing facilities. This will also enable to meet the increasing local and global customers’ demands.

All the factories — high speed separators, heat exchangers and flow equipment - got a makeover with added capacities and additional new equipment range. A new and special aseptic module manufacturing is added to churn out SS modules, High Speed Separator modules and membranes for fruit processing, beverage, brewery and pharmaceutical sector, The entire range of plate heat exchangers has been modernized by adding new and energy efficient range and the manufacture of Shell & Tube heat exchangers for refrigeration industry is to start shortly.

Since 1937, Alfa Laval has been closely associated with the industrial advancement of Indian industry by continuously bringing in and deploying the latest world class products and technologies. Alfa Laval is playing a significant role to support green technology in building projects for biofuel and biodiesel.

In a bid to deliver clean technologies Alfa Laval India recently secured a repeat multi million rupee order for a black liquor evaporation plant from West Coast Paper Mills Ltd. The contract includes Alfa Laval’s tailor-made AlfaCond condenser which plays a vital role in the system and ensures that 95% of the condensed water can be recycled.

Black liquor is a by-product obtained from cooking of fibrous raw material used in paper mills. It can be re-used as fuel in the mills boiler to produce steam or power after being concentrated in an evaporation plant. This optimized process - with recovery of caustic and power generation — is pollution-free, thus greatly reducing the environmental impact.

"It is very satisfying that the customer returns and orders products and systems to make its process even more efficient and at the same time increase the capacity. It shows the high quality of Alfa Laval’s products.” says Alfa Laval’s CEO and President Lars Renstrom. "We have been present in India since 1937 and the rapidly increasing standard of living opens many opportunities for Alfa Laval within energy, environment and the food industry."