Saint-Gobain Heat King Receives Innovation Award

Each year the Confederation of Indian Industry under the sponsorship of the Energy Efficiency Council hosts the Energy Efficiency Summit. The objectives of the Energy Efficiency Summit are: 

• Facilitate continuous improvement in energy efficiencies in Indian industry.
• Create a common platform for all Energy Efficiency technology suppliers and equipment manufactures to interact with industry.
• Share information on the latest trends in Energy Efficiency technologies, products & services.
• Encourage upcoming energy efficiency technologies.

This year at the 16th annual Energy Efficiency Summit in Hyderabad, India, the Confederation of Indian Industry awarded Saint-Gobain’s Heat King Refractory Solutions with the prestigious Innovation Award. Heat King Refractory Solution for Coreless Induction furnaces were designed to participate actively in efficient melting operations. By using Heat King Refractory Solutions in steel melting processes, customers are able to reduce their refractory energy consumption. Moreover, increased product quality and increased process availability leads to an overall productivity optimization for customers.  Heat King products are providing exceptionally reliable product performance, helping plant staff to operate safely in their high temperature environment.

(appearing left to right: Mr. L S Ganapati - Chairman, National Award for Excellence in Energy Management 2017; Mr. Anil Kumar Epur - Past Chairman, CII Southern Region; Mr. Ajay Mishra - Special Chief Secretary Energy, Government of Telangana, India; Dr. A R K Rao, - Member Judges Panel, National Award for Excellence in Energy Management 2017; 5. Mr. Ravichandran Purushothaman - President, Danfoss Industries Pvt. Ltd.)