Wed, 07/09/2014 - 00:00

MECHELEN, Belgium (July 9, 2014) – Avantha Group Company CG opened its first Global Design Centre, or GDC, in Bhopal, India, boosting its support to customers globally for ever-evolving market needs in oil and gas, cement, mining and metals, water treatment, electrical transportation, and power. The Global Design Centre’s key markets include countries spread across South East Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. CG’s Global Design Centre is the nerve center of the design and development of technological solutions for CG’s projects globally. It will synergize teams across regions, cross-pollinate ideas, co-create and deploy best practices leading to the optimization of CG’s global network of engineering resources and manufacturing facilities. The product portfolio will cover commercial motors and highly engineered medium-voltage motors and generators that will be developed as per customer demand in a single location. CG’s global technology pool will thrive through effective international collaboration, and with the support of 90 local service centers in more than 15 countries. The G.D.C. currently has more than 150 designers working globally. The center is designated to offer a centralized system of customizing CG’s products that reflect global standards across geographies. CG’s Global Research Centre in Mumbai is the hub of technology development for all of CG’s businesses. By integrating the GDC in Bhopal, it further reinforces CG’s global network of centers located in Canada, Belgium, Spain, Newark Hungary, Germany, Sweden and India. The GDC will support, address and sustain the current and emerging business objectives of CG’s Industrial portfolio. Commenting on the inauguration of the new facility, Avantha Group Company CG’s CEO and Managing Director Laurent Demortier said, “The Global Design Centre reiterates CG’s commitment towards developing energy-efficient and technologically advanced products of a high quality that require a minimum long-term investment and that reduce lead time in the market. The GDC enables synergies of expertise by closely integrating CG’s centers of excellence around the globe, for the purpose of fuelling innovation and accelerating development.” Avantha Group Company CG provides solutions for the management and application of electrical energy.