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VOL 28MARCH - APRIL 2012 INTERNAL NEWSLETTER

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A new era has begun at ERL. It's with happiness

and pride we warmly welcome our new

Managing Director, Mr. Raj Eswaran. We look up

to him to blaze new trails and lead ERL to greater

victories. He's young, energetic, has an undying

passion for technology and boundless ambition.

An extraordinarily talented individual, he has

been an achiever who is known for his innovative

ideas, path-breaking strategies and efficient

execution. He is a highly self motivated person and

has always set for himself high goals and has a

crystal clear vision of the direction he wants to

move towards. His love for people has helped him

mentor and build teams that work effectively. He is

a good manager who's efficient organization has

helped achieve every goal set.

He has impressive credentials. His schooling was

at Vidya Mandir, Chennai. He is a qualified

engineer with a BE in Electrical & Electronics from

the Thiyagaraja College of Engineering, Madurai.

This was complemented by a Post Graduate

Degree in Business Administration from the

prestigious London Business School in 1995. His

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first job was in the field of Investment Banking at

Dresdner Kleinwort, Benson, London. He has rich

managerial experience both in India and

overseas. He was the Chairman of Elecrama-

2010 Exhibition Executive Committee.

On the personal front, his family consists of his

wife and an 8 year old son and 4 year old

daughter. He enjoys unwinding by swimming and

is a very good swimmer.

He has been associated with ERL since 1999 as a

Member of the Board. He is currently the

Managing Director of ERL and a Director on the

Boards of Eswaran and Sons Engineers Ltd, Easun

MR Tap Changers (P) Ltd, Sowraj Investments Pvt.

Ltd, Easun Products of India (P) Ltd, ERL Phase

Power Technologies Pvt Ltd., Canada, ERL

International Pte Ltd, Singapore and Switchcraft

Group, Germany. He is also the Vice President of

IEEMA (Indian Electrical & Electronics

Manufacturers Association). In addition to this, he

is also an active member in Indo German

Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Raj Eswaran's vision for the company is clear

and ambitious, he wants to make ERL the most

profitable company in the industry. His goals are

to increase profitability, create a wonderful

working environment that motivates employees to

come to work happily, create challenging

opportunities and ensure that employees dream of

taking on challenges that lead to profitability.

He has a profound message for employees, “

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Work

together to achieve our goals and make ERL position

itself as the most profitable company in the

Industry

ERL bags large order from MPPKVVCL

The order is against RAPDRP Part-B Scheme for

successful commissioning of the SCADA

equipment in five select towns of Madhya Pradesh

(Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Indore and Ujjain).

We congratulate the team for their commitment

and hard work in securing this major order.

After team work and long hours of effort, it's

always wonderful to celebrate a big victory. ERL's

Substation Projects received a 167 crore order

from the Madhya Pradesh Poorv Kshetra Vidyut

Vitaran Co. Ltd., Jabalpur for SCADA Integration.

The scope of work includes survey, design,

manufacture, pre-dispatch inspection, testing,

supply of plant and material, storage and

installation and commissioning of SCADA

equipment on a turnkey basis. It also includes

maintaining the system for next 5 years from the

declaration of successful commissioning of

SCADA equipment.

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At the beginning of every financial year, it's a

beautiful tradition at ERL to celebrate New

Accounts Opening Day. This year it was

celebrated on 6th April at our Hosur Plant. The

program started on a spiritual note with Ganesha

Pooja at 9.30 a.m. in the presence of Mrs.and Mr.

Hari Eswaran , Mr..Raj Eswaran and Mrs and Mr.

JDN.Sharma.

The program inaugurated with lighting lamp, a

symbol of happiness and prosperity, was lighted

by Mrs.Visalam Hari Eswaran, and senior

employees, Mr.T.Ramalingam, Mr.K.Shajahan,

Mrs.S.Meenakshi and Mr.K.Sreenivasan. This

was followed by a beautiful rendering of the

prayer song by Ms.Divya. Mr.S.Ravichander –

Executive Vice President, warmly welcomed the

gathering. This was followed by a speech by our

Chairman, Mr.Hari Easwaran who shared insights

on ERL. Mr.Raj Eswaran, Managing Director and

Mr.K.N.Nagesha Rao, Secretary & VP-Finance,

Mr. S. Peter, President, Workers’ Union and Mr. N.

Sreedharan, Secretary, Workers’ Union

addressed the audience.

Mr. A.K. Raju presented a wonderful Tamil

Kavithai ( Tamil Poem) he had specially written to

our Chairman. Following this came the awards

and recognition. Long service employees (30

years, 20 years and 10 years) were recognized

and awarded with prizes and certificates by our

Chairman. Certificates and Mementos were

presented to all the winners of the Quality Month

Competition – Nov 2011 by our Vice Presidents

and Business Heads. The Best Performance

Awards were given to our best suppliers,

Celebrating a prosperous beginning with

New Accounts Opening Day

subcontractors and service personnel.

Mr. I K Gomathi Sankar – Head IR & Admin

delivered the Vote of Thanks. The event drew to a

close with the singing of the national anthem


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followed by a sumptuous traditional lunch with

delicious sweets arranged by our Canteen

Annachi and Team from Chennai and Hosur.

Other credits include the program of the day

compiled by Ms.M.Priyadharshini and

Mr.K.Ravichandran. The Program co-ordination

and arrangements were made by Mr.V.R.Bhavani

Sankar and Mr.A.Raja.

ERL congratulates all the awardees and thank

everyone one for their co-operation and support

extended to make this event a grand success.

For sixteen years, Mr. J.D.N. Sharma steered ERL

in the right direction as Chief Executive. An astute

planner and visionary, he developed brilliant

strategies that helped ERL move from strength to

strength. He retired on 31st March 2012.

The Farewell Party was hosted on 6th April, at

Hosur Unit by both Hosur and Bangalore

employees. It was a time of nostalgia as

experiences were shared. However, although he

has retired as Chief Executive, he will continue his

association and share his expertise with the

company in a different role, by joining the Board

of the company.

Grand farewell to Mr. J.D.N.Sharma

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P. Balakrishnan A. Muniyappa

G. SekarV. Mariappan K. Murugan

K. Selvam

30 years service award recipients

20 years service award recipients


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Hearty Congratulations to

Long Service Award Recipients!

Our people are our strength, they are the force that takes ERL into great heights. Every year, during

‘Accounts Opening Day’, ERL takes the opportunity to recognise employees who have stayed with the

company for 30 years, 20 years and 10 years. We appreciate their hard work, dedication and effort that

have contributed to the company's growth. The Long Service Awards we have instituted is our way of

honouring them and encouraging them to continue to work towards newer horizons of achievement.

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S. MeenakshiT. RamalingamK. Shajahan K.Sreenivasan


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10 S. Senthilkumar M. Kantha Raju

A. Sadasiva Reddy S. Nandakumar

M. Narayanaswamy

10 years service award

recipients

M. Kalarani

S.B.Variar

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Celebrating winning strokes with thSachin 100 Ton!

thSachin 100 Ton is not just an individual's

extraordinary achievement but the pride of our

entire country. This was celebrated at Hosur on

17th March, 2012. We at ERL are inspired by

Sachin's total commitment, dedication,

determination, intense focus and single minded

devotion. He has raised the bench mark for other

sportsmen and now they have a higher ideal to live

up to. However, what makes him shine even

brighter is that despite achieving all the fame and

success, he is supremely human.

He can be a role model for everyone in personal

as well as official life. Hats off to Sachin Tendulkar

for his "Century of Centuries" As Amithabh

Bachhan has put it rightly," India can breathe

normally now, Its a incredible achievement- never

b e f o r e a n d p e r h a p s n e v e r a f t e r "

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ERL participated in “Tanzania Tradex-2012”

Exhibtion held in Dar - Es - Salaam, from 9th March

to 11th March, 2012. This was a huge exhibition

that covered a wide spectrum of products from the

Food, Medical Equipment and Engineering

industries. However, though it was not specifically

focused on Electrical Engineering or substation

equipment, it did help us connect with prospective

customers.

The participatation proved quite rewarding and

we were able to interact with organizations like

TANLEC and Power Techniques who are in T&D

equipment business with TANESCO, the local

power utility. We have presented our range of

products to them and expressed our keenness to

associate with them. We have also interacted with

ERL shines at Tanzania Trade Exhibition

organizations in Kenya and Uganda, namely

Power Techniques at Nairobi and International

Energy Technik (Kampala). Both of them have

presence in Ethiopia too.

We are sure that this will bring us plenty of

business to ERL.

Making a new breakthrough is always exciting!

Recently, ERL Mint (ERL Marketing International)

won major order from Yasmeen, Dubai for 500

pieces of Test block type ERMLG. The scope of

work includes supply ex-works. This was won

against tough competition

Our USP that helped us win was that our products

are technically on par with Siemens, Alstom and

ABB, and our attractive pricing. This value-for-

money approach was appreciated by the new

client and we were given the order.

We congratulate our ERL Mint team.

ERL wins major new

order from Dubai!

Excellence in

retrofitting at Sharjah!ERL has recently taken up a retrofitting project for

Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA).

The scope of work was replacing in old electro-

mechanical relays of erstwhile Reyrolle UK with

modern and more efficient ERL Aux and Numerical

relays.

This was quite a huge order consisting of 64 nos of

AR, TR, XR, 5B3, ERMLG and MIT104 & 121. The

work was completed in April, 2012, and the

advantage is that customers will get a new lease of

life for protection panels. There is also great

potential for more such assignments from the same

client as 4-5 such substations are under

consideration for replacement.

ERMLG

TYPE-ERMLG

SAMPLE RELAY

SL.NO.ERMLG/01

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ERL awarded prestigious project in Kenya!

We have bagged a prestigious order for a 33KV

Control and Relay Panels(CRP) with Sub Station

Automation(SAS) from Kenya Power and Lighting

Company through Etrade Co. Limited, Nairobi,

Kenya. The order consists of 2 Transformer Panels

and 3 Line Panels . This was an existing customer

whom we have built up a relationship through

executing small orders and have now graduated

to a big one.

The scope of work includes Supply of CRP and

SAS, Commissioning and Training. We had to

face stiff competition from ABB besides other

Chinese and Indian contractors. It was a difficult

proposition especially since the requirement

involved SAS and we also wanted to get the ERL

Phase Power Technologies, Canada, approved.

We developed a sound strategy after a lot of

deliberation. We made product presentations

twice to KPLC and carefully observed how the Sub-

station was designed and managed. We assured

them extended training and projected ERL as a

customer friendly company despite being an

Indian Multinational Company.

Our USP that brought the customer to us was that

we tailored our expertise to suit customer needs.

We understood the pulse of the customer and

achieved customer satisfaction through our

approach where we helped them feel at ease by

listening to them. The order is expected to be

completed by September 2012.

We congratulate the entire ERL Mint team.

ERL's Tesla Recorders in demand at Latin America

ERLPhase in Latin America has been giving a

strong thrust to promote Tesla Recorders and has

been quite successful. We are currently working

with several OEMs to integrate recorders into

some of their upcoming projects. We have

successfully done this at ALSTOM-Brazil and GE-

Brazil.

ABB-Peru has now incorporated the TESLA

recorder into a generation application at the

Machupicchu Hydroelectric Power Plant in the

mountainous southern region of the country.

Construction here is part of a phased project that

will create sustainable generation, in an area

where a gorge slide in 1998 buried much of a

hydroelectric plant. The tremendous natural

cultural and archaeological heritage here calls for

development plans where environmental

responsibility and social impact feature

prominently.

ABB-Peru will also install a TESLA at REP-ISA, the

main transmission company in Peru. ABB is very

happy with the high quality of our products, and

prompt technical support backed up by a good

warranty policy. They also showed us their panel

shop, where several projects are underway,

including a 500kV transmission line application,

where ERLPhase recorders would be a good fit.

Mr. Michael Terrones, Project Manager of Power

Systems at ABB-Peru, expressed satisfaction with

the performance of ERLPhase recorders find them

easy to configure and values the important

information provided by the equipment to help

operators monitor several dynamics of this power

system.

We thank Hugo Davila, P.E. (ERLPhase Sales and

Technical Support for Latin America) and his team

for the ongoing excellent support to this customer.

We are sure they are going to bring us many more

credits.

ERL News - Vol No: 28 - MARCH

Edited & Published by S. Vaidyanathan, Easun Reyrolle Ltd, Bangalore

- APRIL 2012

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