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DECCAN INDUSTRIES, COIMBATORE
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INTRODUCTION
World, we are living differ from other planets because of water. Every living creature needs water as envisaged by Sage Thiruvalluvar that ‘There will be no world if there in no water’. Increase in population, percapita consumption, industrial activity, agricultural operation, environment necessity, hygienic condition and a host of other processes add the demand day by day. Nature provides us usable water by means of rain and snow. Earth stores it over the surface and under the soil. Stored water can be brought to the beneficiary’s place by the use of pump only. Hence in everyone’s life pump is indispensable. Because of its importance, it still occupies the second place as the largest manufacturing engineering product in the world. Of course first being the motor which drives the pump.
COMPANY PROFILE
DECCAN INDUSTRIES was started in the year -1981 primarily to manufacture submersible pumps for bringing out the underground water through the bore wells. It is needless to say that ‘Green Revolution’ and ‘Food Sufficiency’ as claimed by us, is now possible only because of the installation of large quantity of pump sets, especially the submersible pump sets category. The promoters of ‘DECCAN’ are all qualified Engineers and got very good experience and expertise in this field since 1972.
The company's vision is 'Service to Mankind' by way of providing energy efficient products with in-house technology and designs to serve agricultural and domestic consumer community. The company also has sister concerns namely, 'Marks Industries', 'Deccan Pumps Private Limited' and 'Deccan Enterprises' that are involved in manufacturing and trading activities. Each product manufactured by the firm has established itself successfully in the competitive market scenario, because the company's core competence is 'Product differentiation'.
PLANT AND MACHINERY
The company is installed with all modern and precise machineries required to manufacture the pumps in high caliber. Most of the works are done in the factory itself by using CNC machines. Special purpose machines are used to do jobs of intricate nature. Interchangeability of components and suitability of spares are the main criterion in the shop floor. Jigs and fixtures are freely used to keep the standards and productivity. Utmost care is taken in the planning stage itself to keep the rejection at the lowest level and also to get the job done in minimum time with less effort.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
The company is adopting the Quality management system ISO-9001 duly certified and monitored by KPMG - the quality registrar approved by the American Society for Quality. BIS standard marking IS 8034 applicable for borewell submersible pumps, IS 14220 applicable for Openwell submersible pumps, IS9283 applicable for submersible motors and IS 9079 applicable for moonset pumps are the other quality certificates obtained by the Company. As many as 367 models having the rating between 0.37kW to 90kW are covered in the BIS certification markings. DECCAN is having the prestige of holding more models in manufacturing of pumpsets with BIS markings than any other industry. As the energy is becoming costlier day by day DECCAN is making only energy efficient pumpsets benefiting both the customer and the country.
DECCAN is the first in India to obtain IS 14220 certification mark assigned for openwell submersible pumps. Some models of pumpsets in the market itself are called ‘DECCAN’ types and from that the supremacy of DECCAN can be ascertained. DECCAN jet pumps require no control valve and it is the discovery of ‘DECCAN’. Similarly DECCAN occupies forefront in many designs and developments.
MARKETING
DECCAN pumpsets are sold throughout India and abroad by its distributors and dealers. The branches owned by the company are used for stocking, imparting technical knowledge among the users, dealers and fitters, providing service backups and passing the advice, suggestions and criticism from the end users to the concerned authorities for improvement and upgrading. The job of DECCAN will not end with the sales but also to see the customer is benefitted maximum out of it. The customer care is taken in keeping the pumpset with minimum maintenance.
MONITORING
Each and every outlet is advised to keep sufficient stock of spares and trained mechanics at the close vicinity. Dealers and technicians are invited regularly and given training to do the service themselves.
An operation and maintenance manual is provided for each and every pumpset .The company gives guarantee for the pumpsets it supplied and the user can directly contact the company and get the warranty service as agreed in the guarantee clause. A separate service unit is also available in the factory and the first priority is given for the service rather than the production. If a unit comes to the factory in the morning the same unit will be returned on that day itself after attending the service. Modification in the pumpsets can also be carried to meet out the changing water level wit minimum cost.
REGISTRATION
The company’s products are approved by many Government and Quasi Government departments. Notable among them are Tamilnadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, Kerala Water Authority, Karnataka SC & ST cooperation, Panchayat Raj, department of Andhra Pradesh, Indian Railways, Central Public Works Department of India. Airport Authority of India and Maharashtra Jeevan pradhikaran. The company is a member in the Engineering Export promotion Council of India.