Softdisk believes, though Power continuity & Quality still are the key mantra for success of a UPS System albeit it is the ability of the company to customize its product to customers satisfaction which will turn the tide in its favor.

Energy saving is going to be huge factor in determining the success of UPS equipment. "Manufacturers will need to be more creative and proactive in identifying and grasping presently unexploited opportunities in the field of energy saving. With all suppliers already providing high value to their clients and competition being intense, energy saving differentiation - although very difficult to achieve - will be key to accessing new markets. With increasing value of space, there is an increased focus amongst the new age customers to incorporate higher wattage per cubic inch and demand high power factor for higher efficiency. This is where the Indian manufacturers had lost the plot to the Chinese & Taiwanese companies. With rack mounted version even the high end UPSs are coming with small foot print. However Indian companies are fast catching up.
New vendors who want to position themselves in the Indian Power Conditioners and transient voltage surge suppressors markets are taking the easy way out of R&D and now even the established once need to enhance their capabilities by going the Chinese way. This years survey clearly indicates that trading their way out to win market is no longer yielding success as Rupee went weak against the US$.

Softdisk has always been trying its level best to educate the end-users. We have always maintained that it is for the manufacturers who have to identify the users' need and provide with cost effective, long term solutions to address them. No wonders, our readers (the end-users) have positioned us as Power Quality Consultants. Our mission is to forge partnerships between Power Protection Equipment manufacturers and end users.

Over all 313 companies responded to our survey as we reached 610 companies giving SD Ratings 176 of them. For this Softdisk sent over 19300 direct mailers. The result of the survey are based on 9256 responses received to our elaborate questionnaire. The questionnaire in poll format was  made available at www.sdawards.in  & also send thru emails Efforts were not limited here. Our executives visited nearly 322 installations across various locations through out India, and also over 610 successful telephone call were made to purchase heads & company CEO or MD of various installations, for this purpose separate call center services were hired.

In the online UPS category it is still the online parallel redundant dual conversion technology which rules the roost when it comes to high-end mission critical applications. However at certain places Solar Energy solutions have gained some acceptance, but all these are at a very nascent stage.

Your magazine is the first to come out with Complete Solar Industry Survey with SD's Top 5 SPV Manufacturers, SPCU Manufacturers, OffGrid/Hybrid & Grid-tie Solar Solutions Providers, separately for the year 2016-17.
 

THIS IS FIRST OF ITS KIND RATING OF SOLAR COMPANIES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
As usual we have updated the SD RATINGS, with stale companies earlier in the list being removed and new companies included which serves as a benchmark for quality and price-worthiness. May this survey allows the end-users to take correct decisions, which help their business in the long run.
As usual an effort by SOFTDISK to educate the masses.

Hykon was also adjudged Best in Technology Advantage vis-a-vis Cost Effectiveness.

AVO, along with Consul,Techser & Nexus were adjudged best in After Sales Service.

Close on the heels was Kolkatta based Switching AVO Electro Power Ltd. which managed to clinch 92% satisfaction ratings clinched the third spot.

AVO earned the distinction of being the Best in Pre Sales End User Education. Consul Neowatt clinched the 4th spot in this category with 91.5% satisfaction level.

Bangalore based E & C with 91.5% satisfaction level clinched the 5th spot in this category. AVO along with Powerone & Uniline was adjudged Best in Technology Advantage vis-a-vis Cost Effectiveness.

As the above chart indicates Numeric, Switching AVO and CyberPower emerged with top honors securing 94% satisfaction ratings. Numeric ONFINITI from Numeric, TECH UPS from TECHSER and S Series EXL from CYBER POWER were adjudged best in terms of Product Quality.

PowerOne Micro Systems & Techser Power with 93% satisfaction rating clinched the 2nd spot in the Users' Satisfaction Survey, 2017.

Consul clinched the 3rd spot in this category with 92% satisfaction level.

Close on the heels were Accenta from Electronics & Controls Power Systems Pvt. Ltd., managed to clinch 91.5% satisfaction ratings clinching the fourth spot. Nexus with 90 % satisfaction level clinched the 5th spot in this category.

Numeric, AVO, Uniline,  along with Nexus Power System was adjudged best in providing After Sales Service.

SD's Most Rugged & Reliable Industrial UPS of the Year 2017

This award made to
ARVI's PFC Industrial grade UPS
with Regenerative Load Bank

From ARVI SYSTEMS & CONTROLS Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore, Karnataka - INDIA