Nadi Airtechnics Pvt Ltd, expands its production capabilities with a ₹15 crore investment and is now expanding into the carbon capture and hydrogen sectors, thereby enhancing its diverse range of medium-sized, heavy-duty industrial fan applications.
The company has increased its manufacturing facility’s size by 40%, bringing the total space to 1,40,000 square feet. The expansion is anticipated to elevate its production capacity from 450 to 600-650 fans per month.
J B Kamdar, Chairman and Managing Director, Nadi Airtechnics Pvt Ltd stated, “With the additional space, we are optimizing our assembly, testing, and painting processes, which were previously bottlenecks. Every fan undergoes extensive testing for several hours to ensure reliability before it leaves our factory. Our new paint shop, equipped with drying ovens, enables year-round painting, regardless of monsoon conditions, thereby improving our delivery efficiency”.
As part of this expansion, the company is introducing a new assembly line dubbed “Pink Bay,” which will be entirely operated by specially trained women from the local community. “For the first time, women will receive training and employment on the shop floor, which has traditionally been dominated by skilled male workers, to produce high-quality industrial fans for Indian and American railroads. Initially, we will deploy 10 women in Pink Bay, with plans to increase this number to 30 in the future,” he added.
The investment also involves installing 300 kilowatts of rooftop solar power, which will supply 50% of the company’s energy needs, with intentions to scale this up to 100% in the future. Aaron Saldanha, Chief Operating Officer of Nadi Airtechnics US LLC, emphasized the company’s entry into emerging markets such as carbon capture and hydrogen technologies. Saldanha added, “We have designed specialized fans for both sectors and have supplied fans specifically for the hydrogen industry. In the carbon capture sector, we provide axial fans for direct air capture and centrifugal fans for point source capture, which are utilized in industries such as cement, steel, and food processing. Essentially, our fans assist in pulling emissions from chimneys or stacks into carbon capture systems, enabling the release of cleaner air.”
Nadi Airtechnics expands supply of high-quality fans for nuclear power plants, where reliability is crucial. As reported by thehindubusinessline.com, recently, the company provided post-accident hydrogen removal fans for nuclear facilities, following the Fukushima disaster, which necessitated the installation of such fans to prevent hydrogen accumulation.
