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Two
young engineers Mohan Balani and Gurmukh Khatri decided
to start an enterprise for making monoblock pumps for
irrigation. They left their jobs in Mumbai and reached
Anand in Gujarat on 15th August, 1966, to start a pump
manufacturing unit.
Anand was a small dusty town, made famous by Dr. Kurien
through his efforts at setting up AMUL. They named their
company, `Hi-Eff Pumps’ and this brand soon became
popular all over India. |
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| 1975
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| Hi-Eff
pumps tied up with big Indian companies like Ralliwolf
and NGEF to make special pumps and equipment for defence
and agricultural applications. It started marketing
its pumps all over India and was recognized amongst
the top five pump brands in India. The partnership spilt
up in 1987 and Mohan Balani became the sole owner of
the company.
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With growing competition and availability of very low
cost pumps for agricultural applications, the sales
of Hi-Eff pumps started declining. In July 1992, Mr.
Balani, met with a serious car accident which turned
him into a total paraplegic and he was confined to a
life in the wheel-chair. However, with the support of
his family, he returned to an active working life in
1993. He shut down Hi-Eff pumps and started a new venture
to manufacture PMDC Motors. Rotomag was incorporated
in August 1993.
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| 1995: |
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From a very slow beginning-only 14 motors were manufactured
during the first year, the new company stated making
good progress. The new technology was not easy to
learn and there were many quality problems in components.
But by working with demanding OEM customers and educating
the suppliers, the quality and performance of Rotomag’s
motors was continuously improved. |
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| 1998: |
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was the first PMDC motor company in India to be awarded
ISO 9001 certification. Product development team was
formed to develop custom motors and reducers. Rotomag
also developed motors and pumps for the Solar photovoltaic
applications and was amongst the few companies in the
world to manufacture Solar pumps till 3 HP. Rotomag
was chosen by the
Indian Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources for
deployment of solar photovoltaic pumping in rural India.
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| 2003
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Our
founder Mr. Mohan Balani passed away in 2003 but his
legacy and vision of making Rotomag a globally recognized,
quality driven company continues to guide all of us
at Rotomag.
We decided to set up our second plant in 2003 with latest
processes to cater to our global customers. Additional
capacity, new equipment and improved processes are being
continuously added to this new plant.
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| 2006: |
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new professional managers, motor designers and engineers
have been inducted to bring in new talent in the company
and today, Rotomag is India’s one of the most
respected and efficient manufacturer of small motors. |
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