Chennai, December 12, 2012 - Consul Consolidated, a leading Indian manufacturer of UPS systems, voltage stabilisers and other power conditioning equipment and solar products has been ranked as the No. 2 Power Electric Company (PEC) in India at the recently held Soft Disk (SD) 2012 awards, the only award for the Indian UPS (uninterrupted power supply) industry.

The award is an acknowledgment of the turnover, product range, industry leading business standards, service network and investments in R&D of Consul Consolidated. The company has been consistently ranked amongst the Top 5 Power Electronic Company at the SD awards, having been ranked No. 5 in 2011 and 2010.

Sriram Ramakrishnan, CEO of Consul Consolidated said, "Receiving this award is a great honour and recognition of our efforts in providing reliable power conditioning solutions for customers across the country. We are happy that our UPS products are empowering our customers in industrial, commercial, healthcare and banking sectors to improve their uptime and productivity, contributing to the economic growth of the country." Adding to this he also mentioned "With the increasing problems due to power outages and quality of delivered power in India, UPS industry becomes critical for business continuity."

The power back up market has enormous potential and current estimate as per the recent statistics state that Indian UPS market is poised to cross US $ 800 million by 2017-18.

Consul Consolidated is set to rapidly grow its share in the power conditioning, back up and solar segment with the launch of new products and solutions. It is a noted fact that Consul has also started playing a key role in providing green solution in solar power with Off-Grid Solutions, On-Grid Solutions, based on an intimate knowledge and understanding of the Indian power landscape to deliver a superior bouquet of product & solutions to customers.

The company manufactures and exports products like UPS, voltage stabilizers, servo stabilizers, K-rated/isolation transformers, K-rated transformers, energy conservers for lighting applications, frequency converters and solar products.