Bevcon Wayors is among India's leading providers of high-quality, technologically advanced integrated bulk material handling and processing solutions company

The name 'Bevcon Wayors' was coined after it was creatively combined with a few letters of 'Bucket Elevator Conveyor' in 1990. Formed with the intent of catering to the rising demand for bulk material handling solutions, Bevcon Wayors has come a long way by evolving as an industry leader that offers high-quality, technologically advanced bulk material handling systems. The company's motto - 'Engineering - Built to Last' has been its success mantra since the last 20 years and even today Bevcon is fiercely committed to offer the best engineering services to its clients.

The company offers vibro feeders, crushers, screens, conveyors, dust collectors, pneumatic conveying and special conveying equipment, which will cater the needs across material handling applications, e.g., raw material handling systems for steel plants, fuel handling systems for coal and biomass based power plants, in-plant material handling systems, ferro alloy plants, sugar, lime coke handling systems, etc. Further, Bevcon's turnkey solutions include custom design, manufacturing, installation and servicing of bulk material handling equipment. A majority of these equipment are manufactured at Bevcon's facilities itself which provides customers greater flexibility for custom designs suitable as per their requirements.

Bevcon has two ISO certified manufacturing units streamlined back end process through SAP integration, in-house development of IT services and software's for project, planning, design, execution and monitoring. The company has to its credit development of innovative material handling equipment through in-house engineering research division and in association with foreign technological collaborators.

Overall, the company specialises in providing solutions for power, steel and manufacturing verticals. Besides its strong manufacturing strength, Bevcon has also collaborated with many top engineering companies located in America, Europe, Australia and Asia. In India, Bevcon has its presence all over with offices in Hyderabad, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Pune, Raipur and Bhubaneswar.

All regional offices are with teams comprising sales and marketing, application and design engineering, quality assurance and as well project management personal. Group companies Bevcon Spareng Pvt Ltd (established in 2003) and Bevcon Zentry Pvt Ltd (formed in 2004) have further strengthened Bevcon's presence in the bulk material handling industry. Bevcon's key strength has been its world-class Research & Development division that offers cutting edge solutions and designs of long-term value.

Awards & Recognition

In recognition of its contribution to the industry, the company has been awarded the prestigious "Udyog Rattan Award" and "Excellence in Business Award" in the SME category for the year 2009-2010. "These awards demonstrate the fact that we are not just an engineering 

company, we are a people organization as well," says Y Srinivas Reddy, Managing Director. "Bevcon aims at maintaining and further improving its position as a socially responsible, ethical and successful organisation in the years to come. And to achieve this, the company has a strong vision and action plan in place too," he adds.

At Bevcon, people and process are considered engines for the organisational growth and the company has put the best of HR practices in place. It has employee strength of over 300 employees (76% engineers) with an average age group of employees at 29 years making it the most dynamic and vibrant company in the segment.

"We are not just a manufacturing company; we create path breaking solutions to tackle different problems. Compared to others, ours is perhaps the most employee-friendly company having the best HR policies. Also, our emphasis on R&D, foreign collaborations and in-house manufacturing facilities make our products truly world class. Plus, we have 8 foreign collaborations across the world that has helped us offer matchless services to our clients," Mr Reddy explains. Bevcon has also made conscious efforts to increasingly embrace technology to assist and sustain its growth. All processes at the company are SAP enabled and Bevcon is also in the process of institutionalising its CSR initiatives that will be clubbed with its green programs to further add to the welfare of the society.

Growth Strategy

The company has a strong vision that by 2015, it will be a pioneer in the industry - not just through financial statements but by being a thought leader. "We will add value to the industry, customers, stakeholders as well as the society. To reach our vision target of Rs 500 cr. turnover by 2015, we have re-structured total organisation and put senior management personal COO, CFO are in place and lot de-centralisation of the functions have taken place, apart from it we have introduced PMS Performance Management System across the organization to evict the best human talent and to focus more on performance. We also created three clear business verticals in the organization they are Projects, Products and Pollution Control Equipment," says Mr Reddy. (see box) As far as technology is concerned Bevcon Wayors strongly believes in innovation and has an in-house engineering research department that develops 8-10 new material handling products every year. In fact these are the lifelines for the organisation's growth and make it absolutely competitive in the market.

Significant Achievements

The company has reasonably established best branding in the segment of medium material handling organisation. Some of the key achievements include:

• A profit making company since inception, growing at CAGR rate of 45% since 2006
• Diversification of business with the establishment of group companies - Bevcon Spareng (for spares) and Bevcon Zentry (for high speed rapid doors and warehousing solutions)
• Incorporated best in-house practices like ISO, 5s, etc
• Streamlined backend process through SAP integration - one of the very engineering companies in SME-ME segment to have full-fledged SAP integration
• In-house development of IT services and software for project planning, design, execution and monitoring
• In-house research and development group called TSG where in innovation breads for development of new generation material handling equipment, and
• Only company in SME-ME segment in bulk material handling industry to have 8 active foreign collaborators for technology tie-up for design, manufacture and sale of new generation equipment:
• M/s Dos Santos, USA for high angle sandwich snake belt conveyors
• M/s Nomasiebtechnik, Germany for high efficient sugar grader
• M/s Rollier, Spain, for flip flow screen for fine screening applications
• M/s Fleximat, Austria, flip flow screen for critical and coarse screening applications
• M/s Friedrich, Germany, for high efficient un-balanced motors and exciters
• M/s Nanjing Air Conveying, China, for pneumatic handling systems
• M/s SBS, UK for steep angle cleated belts
• M/s Bafang Steel Structure, China, for linear/radial storage sheds, and
• M/s FMK, Poland for stockyard systems/equipment.

Major Projects

The company has to its credit some major achievements in execution of prestigious projects:

• Solid Fuel Handling System for BORL (Bharath Oman Refinery Limited) through BHEL
• Tata Steel blast furnace pet coke feeding steep angle cleated belt conveyors of 100 cum/hr capacity which is the largest installation in India
• First of a kind 500 TPH metal recovery plant for JSW Ispat through M/s HARSCO
• Execution of coal handling system for 260 MW Abhijeet Infrastructure in record time
• Execution of captive based 50 thermal power plants across India in last two years
• Associated with prestigious project of Jindal at Angul for coal gas based first of its kind DRI plant in raw material handling system
• Execution of coal handling system for M/s IMFA for their track hopper system with radial stacker of 70000 tonnes storage capacity, and
• Execution of large scale projects abroad (South-East Asia, Middle East & Africa) for prestigious names like Tata Steel, Delmonte, Metso papers Ltd, Phenoix Co, Euro Asiatic Machinery, Malabon Oil & Soap Industrial Co, Vadvat, Lamsan Power, Battaan Power, Yemen Company for sugar refining, Druk Ferroy Alloy Ltd, AK Oils & Fats (U) Ltd, Ajman Perfumes, etc.