This year Chennai based Numeric Power Systems Ltd. bagged the top honors bagging the most prestigious SD's No l. Power Electronic Company of the year the largest manufacturer of Online UPS Systems in India and the largest manufacturer of Offline/Inline manufacturer of the year award. All the three firsts related to UPS, went to Numeric. The company netted the total revenues of 337.67 crores, up from 286.87 crores over the previous years turnover. Hence registering a growth of nearly 18% in revenue term, this is good going but not phenomenal as Numeric has been doing in the past. The reason for this is that the 3 Phase UPS Systems which were earlier sold under the Numeric banner are now sold under a separate entity SOCOMEC NUMERIC UPS PVT. LTD., this being the case what Numeric has achieved this year sets the warning bell ringing for the competing company.

 

Rank-2007	Company Name	Growth (In %)	Strength
#1	NUMERIC POWER SYSTEMS LTD.	17.71	7614.46
#2	DB POWER ELECTRONICS PVT. LTD.	51.82	4295.45
#3	CONSUL CONSOLIDATED PVT. LTD.	65.56	2763.89
#4	APLAB LIMITED	43.10	2260.30
#5	UNILINE ELCTRONICS PVT. LTD.	68.03	2691.48
#6	BPE INDIA PVT. LTD.	78.79	2794.70
#7	DELTA ENERGY SYSTEMS (I) PVT. LTD.	155.00	4375.00
#7	HI-REL ELECTRONICS PVT. LTD.	41.67	1941.67
#8	TRITRONICS INDIA PVT. LTD.	08.87	1182.97
#9	POWER ONE MICRO SYSTEMS PVT. LTD.	20.47	1249.36
#10	TECHSER POWER SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD.	18.62	1032.08
STRENGHT : Growth that would have been achieved on a fixed scale of 500 crores. If a company grows from 2 crores to 4 crores, growth is 100%. While a company growing from 100 to 110 crores shows a growth of only 10%. This anomaly is addressed by Strength. Strength is comparative growth of various companies on a fixed scale. Also considered is the market presence, after sales support, end-user education and system up-time.

SD realizes that Schneider is playing its own game behind the scenes, MGE first snapped ties was Numeric and then went on to acquire APC. Giving birth to APC MGE INDIA, However this merger did not go full length as MGE OPS (Office Protection System) MGE’s arm selling Single phase UPS Systems was not merged. In a more recent development Eaton has taken over MGE OPS. This enables Eaton to have more products in its basket.

Pune based DB Power Electronics Pvt. Ltd. has emerged as SD’s No. 2 Power Electronic Company in the country. They were also the SD’s No.2 Online UPS Manufacturer in the country. The company netted revenues to the tune of 178 crores up from 110 crores it netted in year 2005-06. A handsome growth of nearly 62%.

Consul have consolidated their position steadily. They made their strong presence felt by clinching the SD’s No. 3 Power Electronic Company of the year award. The company netted revenues to the tune of 74.50 crores up from 45.00 crores it had netted in 2005-2006. A staggering growth of over 65%. An improvement of one rank over the previous year. Out of the total revenue of 74.50 crores 53.00 crores came thru sales of Online UPS systems making it the SD’s No. 4 Online UPS manufacturer in the country.

Thane based Aplab Ltd. slipped one rank clinching the coveted SD’s No.4 Power Electronic Equipment manufacturer in the country. The company netted revenues of Rs. 67.40 crores, up from 47.10 crores it registered in 2005-2006. Such is competition that even a high growth of over 43% could not help it, keep its position intact. Of the total revenues of 67.40 crores, 64.00 crores
accounted for the sale of online UPS systems. This made them the SD’s 3rd largest Online UPS manufacturer in the country.

Another strong performer in the last few years have been the Delhi based Uniline Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd. This year Uniline netted revenues to the tune of 66.59 crores making it the top in the SD’s top 5 Club. A growth of nearly 68%. Which helped it retain its No. 5 slot in SD’s overall ranking chart.

Noida based BPE India PVT. Ltd. selling Ablerex brand of UPS systems from Taiwan. The company with its aggressive marketing strategy was able to achieve a turnover of 59.00 crores, making it the SD’s 6th largest Power Electronic Company in the Country. A jump of 2 ranks over its previous years performance. Out of the total revenue of 59 crores, 36 crores of revenue was generated by sellin 3 lakh pieces of Offline UPS System making it the SD’s No. 2 Offline UPS Company of the year.

Two companies Delta Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd. Gurgaon and Hi-Rel Electronics Pvt. Ltd. Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat were tied in 7th spot with revenue of 51 crores, all of which was a result of sale of online UPS systems. They were jointly declared SD’s No. 5 Online UPS Company of year 2007.

Another Delhi based company Tritronics (India) Pvt. Ltd. put up an impressive performance with a turn over of 41.86 crores there by getting itself to the eight spot in the SD’s top 10 Power Electronic Company overall rankings chart.

Steady growth and consistent performance has been the hall mark of Bangalore based Power-One Micro systems Pvt. Ltd. the company clinched the 9th spot in the SD’s top 10 club. They were adjudged the SD’s No. 9 Power Electronic Company in the Country. With increasing presence in the North, no wonders, if company ends up higher up in the top 10 rankings chart in the coming year. The company netted total revenues of 35.54 crores, a growth of over 20% over the previous years turn over.

Clinching the last spot in the SD’s Top 10 Club was another south based company Techser Power Solutions Pvt. Ltd. being adjudged the SD’s No. 10 Power Company of the year. Though the company’s turnover of nearly 26.88 crores was lesser then that of WeP which had a turnover of 32.70 crorers, it was its Online nature with near 100% customer satisfaction record which made it possible for the company to make it to the top 10 club.

Conclusion: The progressive trends were clearly visible among the top 10 companies, with margin squeezed as volume wise there is increase in sales of almost all the companies. In all 710 companies were reached, here it worth mentioning that nearly 250 manufacturer have either closed or switched their line of business owing to severe price pressure. It’s a volume game with small margins, only the bigger and better will survive.

EDITOR, SOFTDISK