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INDIA MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE AWARDS
ABB India wins ‘Smart Factory of the Year’ award

from Frost & Sullivan

ABB India’s Smart Power Divi-
sion has bagged the ‘Smart Factory of
the Year’ award at Frost & Sullivan’s
19th edition of the ‘India Manufactur-
ing Excellence Awards 2023’ (IMEA).
This award was based on multiple fac-
tors including, smart manufacturing &
IIoT systems, artifi cial intelligence &
machine learning, and digital model-
ling for process layout amongst others.

ABB India also won ‘Indian Manu-
facturer of the Year-1st Runner up’
award for excellence in manufactur-
ing practices and ‘Consistency Aspirer
Award’ for diligence, perseverance,
foresight and dedication towards manu-
facturing excellence.
tributions and achievements in the future readiness. The evaluation cri-
The ‘Manufacturing Transforma- manufacturing domain. teria include the utilisation of digital
tion Champion of the Year’ award manufacturing tools, optimisation of
was bestowed on Mr. Saju SR, Senior The IMEA awards celebrate the supply chain, and effective en-
Vice President, ABB India Ltd., Smart achievements in optimizing opera- hancement of manufacturing capabi-
Power Division, for outstanding con- tional excellence and demonstrating lities.

WATER ELECTROLYSIS
OIL invites bids for green hydrogen project in Himachal

Oil India Ltd. (OIL) is seeking The hydrogen unit is mandated to date. Additionally, bidders are required
proposals for the establishment of operate for a minimum of 8,000 hours to have a joint undertaking deed with
a 1-MW green hydrogen project in annually at full capacity. Eligible bid- an Indian or foreign manufacturer or
Himachal Pradesh, featuring a 17-kg/hr ders must either be manufacturers or channel partner meeting the specifi ed
generation capacity. The project is channel partners of manufacturers spe- technical criteria for electrolyser sup-
expected to be operational within cialising in water electrolyser techno- ply. This deed must remain valid for a
18 months from the issuance of the logies, such as anion exchange mem- minimum of fi ve years from the origi-
award letter. brane, proton exchange membrane, nal bid closing date.
alkaline membrane solid electrolyser,
The deadline for bid submissions or solid oxide electrolyser. To qualify, bidders must be incorpo-
is January 15, 2024, with bids set to rated in India and ensure a local con-
be opened on the same day. Interes- Bidders are also eligible if they tent of equal to or greater than 20% for
ted parties are required to provide an have supplied at least one unit of elec- the services offered. They should also
earnest money deposit of Rs. 13.5-mn trolyser based on water electrolysis demonstrate an annual turnover of Rs.
and successful bidders must furnish technology in India within the last ten 83-mn in any of the last three fi nancial
10% of the contract value as perfor- years, having operated for a minimum years, along with a positive net worth
mance security. of three months prior to the bid closing for the preceding fi nancial year.

136 Chemical Weekly January 9, 2024

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