CUMI inaugurates new R&D centre at Industrial Ceramics unit in Hosur

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CUMI inaugurates new R&D centre at Industrial Ceramics unit in Hosur

Chennai, August 2016: Carborundum Universal (CUMI), one of the leading players in the world in the area of Material Sciences and a part of the Murugappa Group, inaugurated its state-of-the-art Research and Development centre in its Industrial Ceramics Division facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu. This was inaugurated by Shri M M Murugappan, Chairman of CUMI and Vice Chairman of Murugappa Group, along with Shri K Srinivasan, Managing Director of CUMI, and Shri Rajesh Khanna, President, Industrial Ceramics division of CUMI. Shri Jitendra J Jadhav, Director, CSIR & NAL, Bangalore and Shri D K Das, Associate Director & Outstanding Scientist, SAC – ISRO were the Guests of Honour in the ceremony.

This facility boasts of advanced equipment for material characterisation, microstructural analysis, finished component analysis and other critical areas, supplementing the existing R&D activity of the unit. It is certified by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Govt of India. It will be a Centre of Excellence for research in Technical Ceramics for industrial and advanced applications, and will serve to address CUMI’s aspirations to grow in wear resistant and technical ceramics including metallised ceramic range of products. This new R&D Centre would further strengthen the platform of competency for sustainable growth and market leadership of wear resistance and technical ceramic products in selected segments.

Speaking on the occasion, CUMI Chairman and Murugappa Group Vice Chairman Mr M M Murugappan said, “We are very happy to be a part of the advancing technology and research in the area of material sciences. We look forward to more activity in the areas of mining, cement, steel, colliery, paper, agro, dredging for wear ceramic vertical & space, defence, automobile, defence, power distribution segment for technical ceramic verticals, and are well-poised to bring technologically advanced materials to address global market requirements, in addition to supporting the domestic industry.

Mr K Srinivasan, Managing Director – CUMI said, “At CUMI, we endeavour to bring the best of innovation and technology to our consumers. We look forward to using our capabilities and understanding of the customer requirements, to deliver better quality, cost-competitive products to our customers. It has been CUMI’s endeavour to develop new and advanced materials for a wide range of cutting-edge applications. Our vision is to be a leading global player in the field of advanced ceramics by 2020. We believe that this new R & D centre is a very important step towards that”.

CUMI was founded in 1954 as a tripartite collaboration between the Murugappa Group, The Carborundum Co, USA and the Universal Grinding Wheel Co Ltd, UK. The company pioneered the manufacture of coated abrasives and bonded abrasives in India in addition to the manufacture of super refractories, electro minerals, industrial ceramics and ceramic fibres. Today the company's range of over 20,000 different varieties of abrasives, refractory products and electro-minerals are manufactured in ten locations across various parts of the country.

 

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