We had
predicted in June 2010 that UPS Industry will cross 5000 crore mark by
March 2012, we seemed to be hitting the nail on the head, Markets have
started blooming and Sensex are on a high, infact as I write this Sensex
has touched 21000 mark. Our earlier prediction had gone hay wire, as if we
had castled an evil eye on our own prediction. Global Economic Meltdown
occurred and our prediction were all blown out of the window. It seems we
may be off target by over 1000 crore. That’s huge, is’nt it? but
recovery has been fast and we expect to 5000 Crore Mark by March 2012.
India is plunging head-long into an energy crisis that
may cripple the country's burgeoning economy if the government does not
act fast. unless Govt. takes necessary steps to resuscitate the electrical
power generation industry. On this count, Nuclear Deal India had with the
US, more importantly India getting NSG Waiver at Vienna after long
deliberations and oppositions from certain countries is a welcome sign as
it has opened gates for Nuclear Power Plants, 27 of them stated to be
coming up by 2020. Also the Push in the Green Energy (Solar & Wind)
augers well for the Indian UPS Industry as Power Quality & Continuity
will be the most sought after thing in years to come. So not withholding
the resent economic meltdown, the ray of hope the Power Electronic
Industry in the country remains unperturbed.
As the markets show sign of recovery revised market
estimates have emerged. The Indian UPS (uninterruptible power supply)
segment has revised its estimates to expect a 16 percent growth rate in
the coming year 2010-11, this is based on the performance of first two
quarters of the current fiscal.
So as we talk about infrastructure at par with the
developed world. Power continuity & quality are main ingredients for a
successful urbanized society.
The growing need of e-commerce, the evolution of data
centres and the ever increasing number of servers have all increased the
need for having a well addressed Power Electronic Industry.
The theory of computer breakdowns being caused by
electrical line disturbances is fast loosing its importance as we observe
a paradigm shift from irregular power no power. The number of power grid
breakdowns reported over the last two years stand testimony to this fact
and hence we see a shift towards alternative energy sources, be it green
energy or power generated thru nuclear energy.
To add to wows, there is further shortage of fuel. Even
Gensets are going dry. Hi-Tech cities of Bangalore, Mumbai & Chennai
have been facing severe power cuts.
Already companies taking the Solar route. It is only a
matter of time when Solar panel prices come down, many more companies will
start taking the solar route.
The answer to all this is simple, have a well addressed
Power Electronic Industry addressing the needs of the distraught computers
and their users.
Thanks to all this UPS and inverters have grown in
vogue, these are no more subsidiary products sold with computers and
costly electronic equipments.
It is 18 years, since we have been surveying the Power
Electronic Industry. We have been an eye-witness to all the changes, from
SVS to CVT and then to UPS and now to what we can call a complete power
electronic solutions provider. What we are seeing now is a shift towards
alternative energy sources say SOLAR, WIND etc.
We have seen the industry ups and downs. The era when
our surveys nearly touched the figures of over 1400 manufacturers to today
where many even the semi organized to few of the organized once have been
forced to change their line of business. From highly fragmented to some
consolidation. However there are still around 800 players, the competition
is stiffer, SOHO business are purely made out of relationship. This is
where the mid range players have been the most suffers.
And to this new era of where most of he manufacturers
have been prompted to trade the products from the companies from China
& Taiwan. And few have actually pitched in with there own shops
joining the party, thrown to them by the Govt.’s Globalization
philosophy and open economy. Definitely the interest of local
manufacturers is at risk and no wonders they have switched to trading.
Softdisk has long been a campaigner of having a well
addressed Power Electronic Industry addressing the needs of the Power
Electronic Equipment manufacturers, constantly egging the Govt. to slash
excise, cut import duty on piece parts and it won’t be any exaggeration
to say that our efforts have yielded positive results. As a result of our
efforts UPS was recognized as IT peripheral, however this back fired as
those with money power, started trading in UPSs with imports from China
& Taiwan.
This year it was clearly visible that the industry is
going through a phase of metamorphosis with biggies getting bigger and
those not having organized marketing strategies being marginalized.
Here we emphasize to our readers that service
capabilities and not just the price must be criterion for selection of UPS
systems. The electronics, no matter imported or Indian, needs proper and
preventive maintenance. It is not purchase it, install it and forget it
sort of thing. Be it govt. or the Corporate or the manufacturers
themselves, all have acknowledged our efforts and have started consulting
Softdisk for their decision making efforts. 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.
Direct discussions were held with nearly 342 users by
visiting their installations and over 500 users were surveyed
telephonically the result of this survey are based on responses received
to our elaborate questionnaire and not necessarily the view of every
individual. There may be many companies missing out on these ratings, if
you feel you are good enough to be rated, do send us your companies
profile with exhaustive client list, contact person, his address, phone
numbers and e-mail address. So that it becomes easier for us interact with
them. |