Avantha Group Company Crompton Greaves opened its first Global Design Centre (G.D.C) in Bhopal, thereby boosting its support to customers globally for ever-evolving market needs in oil and gas, cement, mining and metals, water treatment, electrical transportation, power, to name a few. The Global Design Centre's key markets would include countries spread across South East Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

The GDC is unique insofar as being the nerve centre of the design and development of advanced technological solutions for CG's projects globally. It will synergise teams across regions, cross-pollinate ideas, co-create, and deploy best practices leading to the optimisation of CG's global network of engineering resources and manufacturing facilities to consequence highly integrated innovative products and technologies.

The product portfolio would cover commercial motors and highly engineered medium voltage motors and generators that will be developed as per customer demand in a single location. Other offerings include LV/MV Motors up to 25 MW, Synchronous Machines up to 70 MVA and the LV/MV development of AC drives.

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 G.D.C. enables synergies of expertise by closely integrating CG's centres of excellence around the globe, for the purpose of fuelling innovation and accelerating development".