siema annual report 2020

- 1 -67th ANNUAL REPORT - 2020

THE SOUTHERN INDIA ENGINEERING MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Dear Members,

Greetings from SIEMA

Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity in the fi rst half of 2020 than anticipated, and the recovery is projected to be more gradual than previously forecast. In 2021 global growth is projected at 5.4 percent. Overall, this would leave 2021 GDP some 6½ percentage points lower than in the pre-COVID-19 projections of January 2020.

The Indian economy shrank 23.9% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2020, much worse than market forecasts of an 18.3% drop. It is the biggest contraction on record, as India imposed a coronavirus lockdown in late March and extended it several times, halting most economic activities. In contrast, government consumption jumped 16.4% as the government implemented relief measures to help curb the impact of the pandemic.

The Government of India has announced packages to support MSMEs and service sectors. SIEMA’s one of the long pending demands on the revised defi nition of MSMEs has been accepted by the Government. Siema along with other associations has represented to the Government asking for an extension of the Moratorium on the bank loan upto 31/3/2021. We also responded with our comments on the violation in Make in India policies’ implementation. Industry expects the implementation of KUSUM scheme for solar pumpsets and also release of new electricity connection to the farmers by the state government this year.

Technical Committee of SIEMA playing a major role in formulating standards with BIS and implementing S & L Programme for Pumpsets with BEE. This year, “SIEMA – Si’Tarc Smart Pump Project” was the winner of innovations 2019 under FLCTD project by UNIDO on Smart submersible Pumps with High-Speed Permanent Magnet Motor.

Requesting members’ participation in all activities of Association.

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”

With regards,

V. KrishnakumarPresident

- 2 - 67th ANNUAL REPORT - 2020


TABLE OF CONTENTS

S.No. Title Pages

1 AGM Notice 3

2 Managing Committee Members for the year 2019-20 5

3 67th Annual Report 6

4 Finance and Accounts 8

5 Achievements of SIEMA during the Year 9

6 Technical Activities 10

7 Representations – Union Government 17

8 Subjects related to State Government 18

9 Foreign Trade 19

10 Awarness / Training 20

11 Taxation 21

12 Participation in Various Events 22

13 Nomination 24

14 Felicitations 24

16 Membership & Representations 24

17 Managing Committee Members Attendance 25

18 Annexure - I - Report of Si'Tarc 27

19 Annexure - II - Report of COINDIA 28

20 Accounts 36



THE SOUTHERN INDIA ENGINEERING MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION8/4, Race Course, SIEMA Junction, Coimbatore - 641 018

TO ALL MEMBERS:

NOTICEDear Sirs,

Under provisions of Section 166 read with Section 210 of the Companies Act and as per Rule No.

41 of the Articles of Association, notice is hereby given that the 67th Annual General Meeting of

the Association will be held on Thursday the 15th October 2020 at 5 p.m at Registered Office of

SIEMA to transact the following business. Please make it convenient to be present at the meeting.

AGENDA

1. To receive, consider and adopt the Report of the Managing Committee from 1st June 2019 to

31st May 2020

2. To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Balance Sheet and the Income & Expenditure

Account for the period from 01-04-2019 to 31-03-2020 and the Auditor’s Report thereon.

3. To receive and consider the budget for Income & Expenditure Account and Capital Expenditure

for the financial year 2020-21.

4. To elect:

3 Members under category A

4 Members under category B

2 Members under category C

5. To appoint an Auditor and fix remuneration for the year 2020-21.

For and on behalf of the Managing Committee

D. Vignesh Date : 29th September 2020 Vice President



SUCCESSION LIST OF PRESIDENTSDr. G.R. Damodaran M/s. P.S.G. Industrial Institute 1952-1954Sri D. Balasundaram M/s. Textool Company Ltd. 1954-1956Dr. G.R. Damodaran M/s. P.S.G. Industrial Institute 1957-1968Sri N. Duraisamy M/s. Dhandayuthapani Foundry P Ltd. 1969-1985Sri G. Varadaraj M/s. P.S.G. Industrial Institute 1986-1987Sri R. Somasundaram M/s. Velumani Engineering Industry 1988-1990Sri S. Thiruvenkatesalu M/s. S.S. Foundry 1990-1992Sri N. Mohan Nambiar M/s. Sabari Engg. & Agro Works 1992-1994Sri R.R. Jagannathan M/s. Gopalakrishna Industries 1994-1996Sri Mahendran Ramdass M/s. Mahendra Engg. Works 1996-1998Sri R.R. Balasundharam M/s. Renghanathan & Sons 1998-2000Sri R. Vellingiri M/s. Rangavale Industries 2000-2002Sri G. Rajendran M/s. C.R.I. Pumps Pvt. Ltd. 2002-2004Sri C R Swaminathan M/s PSG Industrial Institute 2004-2006Sri C.R. Shanmughasundaram M/s. Aryen Motors India P Ltd. 2006-2008Sri Jayakumar Ramdass M/s. Mahendra Submersible Pumps P Ltd. 2008-2010Sri R.R. Ranghanathen M/s. Perfect Engineers 2010-2012Sri T.C. Thiagarajan M/s. Chansuba Pumps P Ltd. 2012-2014Sri V. Lakshminarayanasamy M/s. Suguna Industries 2014-2016Sri K.K. Rajan M/s. Sharp Industries 2016-2018Sri V. Krishnakumar M/s. Aquasub Engineering 2018-2020

SUCCESSION LIST OF HON.SECRETARIESSri D. Govindarajulu M/s. Eastern Electrical Co. 1952-1955Sri R. Govindarajan 1956Sri D. Govindarajulu M/s. Eastern Electrical Co. 1956-1961Sri V. Ramachandran M/s. Coimbatore Premier Corn. P Ltd. 1961-1965Sri R. Somasundaram M/s. Texmo Industries 1965-1971Sri V.V.V. Guruswami M/s. Bharat Foundry 1971-1974Sri K. Ramaswamy M/s. Elseetee Industries 1974-1980Sri S. Thiruvenkatesalu M/s. Sri Srinivasa Foundry 1980-1985Sri N. Mohan Nambiar M/s. Sabari Industries 1985-1987Sri R.R. Jagannathan M/s. Gopalakrishna Industries 1988-1990Sri G. Rajendran M/s. Coimbatore Rajendra Industries 1990-1992Sri P. Nithiyananthan M/s. Anand Sanitations 1992-1994Sri R.R. Balasundharam M/s. Renghanathan & Sons 1994-1996Sri R. Vellingiri M/s. Rangavale Industries 1996-1998Sri C.R. Shanmughasundaram M/s. S.A. Ivy Pumps P Ltd. 1998-2000Sri K.V. Ganapathi M/s. Broadway Engg. & Trans co 2000-2002Sri Jayakumar Ramdass M/s. Mahendra Submersible Pumps p Ltd 2002-2004

SUCCESSION LIST OF VICE PRESIDENTSSri C.R. Shanmughasundaram M/s. Aryen Motors (I) P Ltd 2002-2006Sri Jayakumar Ramdass M/s. Mahendra Pumps P Ltd 2004-2008Sri K.V. Ganapathi M/s. Broadway Engg & Trans Co 2004-2007Sri R.R. Ranghanathen M/s. Perfect Engineers 2006-2010Sri T.C. Thiagarajan M/s. Chansuba Pumps P Ltd 2007-2012 Sri V. Lakshminarayanasamy M/s. Suguna Industries 2008-2014 Sri K.K. Rajan M/s. Sharp Industries 2010-2016Sri V. Krishnakumar M/s. Aquasub Engineering 2012-2018Sri K.V. Karthik M/s. Deccan Industries 2014-2020Sri D. Vignesh M/s. Ellen Industries P Ltd. 2016-2020Sri Mithun Ramdas M/s. Mahendra Pumps P Ltd 2018-2020



THE SOUTHERN INDIA ENGINEERING MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATIONEstd. : 1952

BankersSTATE BANK OF INDIA

Race Course Road Branch, Coimbatore and

ICICI Bank Trichy Road Branch, Coimbatore

Auditors:M/s. CSK Prabhu & Co Chartered Accountants

UNID No. 20214194AAAACF8051Registered Office

8/4, Race Course, SIEMA Junction, Coimbatore - 641 018Tel: 2220014 & 4514014 Email: [email protected] Website: www.siema.org

GST No: 33AAATT6785H1Z5 | CIN No : U91110TZ1950NPL000184

MANAGING COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 2019-20President

Sri V. Krishnakumar M/s. Aquasub Engineering

Immediate Past PresidentSri K.K. Rajan M/s. Sharp Industries

Vice-PresidentsSri K.V. Karthik M/s. Deccan Industries Sri D. Vignesh M/s. Ellen Industries P Ltd. Sri. Mithun Ramdas M/s. Mahendra Pumps P Ltd.,

MembersSri K. Mohan Senthil Kumar M/s. Aqua Flow Sri Sai Krishnan M/s. Aryen Motors (India) P Ltd. Sri K. Ramakrishnan M/s. Best Engineers Pumps Pvt. Limited Sri R. Ravichandran M/s. Krishnaveni Carbon Products P Ltd Smt. J. Mohanasundari M/s. Kayjay Sharp Trendys Sri R. Karthikeyan M/s. Om Murugan Industries Sri N. Ravi M/s. PSG Industrial InstituteSri Naveen Rajan M/s. Sharp Industries Sri Ma. Sendhil Kumar M/s. Superteck Industries Sri R. Arun M/s. Sri Suguna Machine Works Sri V. Sundarrajan M/s. Sreeram Engineers Sri T Vijay Mohan M/s. S.S. Foundry Sri T.S. Gopalakrishnan M/s. Texmo Industries Sri Srihari Mahendran M/s. Yathi Pumps

Co-opted MembersSri Sri G. Vijaya Rangha Rajan M/s. GSV IndustriesSmt. G. Krithiha M/s. Sri Ram Air Compressors Cbe P Ltd.Sri C. Muthusami M/s. Stark Motors Sri K. Vishnu M/s. Ideal Pumpsets



67th ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ASSOCIATION AS ON 31st MARCH 2020 TOGETHER WITH

THE AUDITOR’S REPORTThe Managing Committee of the Southern India Engineering Manufacturers’ Association, Coimbatore takes immense pleasure in presenting you the 67th Annual Report with Balance sheet of the Association as on 31st March 2020, Income & Expenditure Account for the period from 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2020 along with the Auditor’s Report on the accounts.

Managing CommitteeAs per the Articles of Association of SIEMA, the following members were elected under the category mentioned below during the 66th Annual General Meeting on 21st June 2019.

i) Category A: Amongst members with an investment equal to or less than Rs. 25 lakhs in Plant and Machinery (3 members):

Against 3 vacancies in the Managing Committee to be filled-up by members for the Category A, below are the three valid nominations received:

1) Sri Ma. Sendilkumar M/s. Superteck Industries2) Sri R. Karthikeyan M/s. Om Murugan Industries3) Sri V. Sundararajan M/s. Sreeram Engineers

ii) Category B: Amongst members with an investment above Rs. 25 lakhs but or equal to Rs.500 lakhs in Plant & Machinery (4 members):

Against 4 vacancies in the Managing Committee to be filled-up by members for the Category B, below are the four valid nominations received:

1) Sri D Vignesh M/s. Ellen Industries P Ltd2) Sri R. Ravichandran M/s. Krishnaveni Carbon Products P Ltd 3) Sri K. Mohan Senthil Kumar M/s. Aqua Flow4) Sri Sai Krishnan M/s. Aryen Motors India P ltd

iii) Category C: Amongst members with an investment more than Rs. 500 lakhs in Plant and Machinery:

Against 2 vacancies in the Managing Committee to be filled-up by members for the Category C, below are the two valid nominations received:

1) Sri V. Krishnakumar M/s. Aquasub Engineering2) Sri T.S. Gopalakrishnan M/s. Texmo Industries

The other continuing members of the Managing Committee for the year 2019-20 were:

1) Sri T. Vijay Mohan M/s. S.S. Foundry2) Smt. J. Mohanasundari M/s. Kayjay Sharp Trendys 3) Sri Sri Hari Mahendran M/s. Yathi Pumps 4) Sri K.V. Karthik M/s. Deccan Industries5) Sri K. Ramakrishnan M/s. Best Engineers Pumps P Ltd6) Sri R. Arun M/s. Sri Suguna Machine Works7) Sri Navin Rajan M/s. Sharp Industries8) Sri Mithun Ramdas M/s. Mahendra Pumps P Ltd9) Sri N. Ravi M/s. PSG Industrial Institute



The following members were elected as Office bearers for the year 2019-20

PresidentSri V. Krishnakumar M/s. Aquasub Engineering

Vice PresidentsSri K.V. Karthik M/s. Deccan IndustriesSri D. Vignesh M/s. Ellen Industries Pvt LtdSri Mithun Ramdas M/s. Mahendra Pumps P Ltd

The following four members were co-opted to the Managing Committee for the year 2019-20Sri C. Muthusami M/s. Stark MotorsSri G. Vijaya Rangha Rajan M/s. GSV IndustriesSmt. G. Krithiha M/s. Sriram Air Compressors Cbe Pvt. Ltd.Sri K. Vishnu M/s. Ideal Pumpsets

Ex-officio Members – All Past Presidents of SIEMA

Special InviteesWe thank the following members for their contribution as Special Invitees:

S.No. Name Designation Representation1 Sri K.V. Ganapathi Managing Partner Broadway Engg. & Trans. Co 2 Sri D. Balasundaram Managing Director Coimbatore Capital Ltd. 3 Smt. C.G. Sri Priya Director Best Engineers Pumps P Ltd.,4 Sri P. R. Periyasamy Managing Partner Sri Dhanalakshmi Foundry5 Sri. V. Sundararajulu Managing Director Supreme Castings P Ltd6 Sri. P. Parvathakumar Partner Jai Industries 7 Sri. N. Visvanathan Managing Partner Ammarun Foundry8 Sri D. Ramakrishnan Director Raaja Magnetics Ltd9 Sri N. Mahendran Proprietor Yathi Pumps10 Sri T.N. Lakshminarayanan Managing Director SS Heat Recover Engineers India

P Ltd11 Sri R. Sivakumar Managing Partner Ganapathi Pumps12 Dr. C. Murugesan Vice President – Design Aquasub Engineering13 Sri. V. Lakshminarayanasamy President The Indian Chamber of

Commerce and Industry14 Sri Jayakumar Ramdass President Coimbatore Industrial Infrastructure

Association (COINDIA)15 Sri R. Ramamoorthy President Coimbatore District Small

Industries Association (CODISSIA)16 Sri. R Arun President Scientific and Industrial Testing

and Research Centre ( Si’ Tarc)17 Sri K Muthukumar President Coimbatore Productivity Council

(CPC)18 Sri. G. Ezhil President Institute of Indian Foundrymen (IIF)19 Dr. B. Vinod HoD- Robotics &

Automotive EngineeringPSG College of Technology

20 Sri G. Kannan Branch Manager National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC)

21 Sri. A.R. Sunderasan Branch Manager Tamilnadu Industrial Investment Corporation Ltd (TIIC)



FINANCE & ACCOUNTSFinancial position of SIEMAThe financial position of SIEMA during the year was satisfactory. The revenue was spent for the benefit of our members.

Fixed Deposits:Balance as on at 31-03-2019 59,47,574Deposit made in bank during the year 18,89,575(with Accrued Interest)Balance as on 31-3-2020 78,37,149

We have invested Rs. 35 lakhs in the following Mutual Funds:

Adithya Birla Sun Life Equity Savings Fund Rs. 3,00,000DSP Blockrock Balanced Fund Rs. 4,00,000HDFC Equity Saving Fund Regular Plan Rs. 3,00,000HDFC Prudence Fund Regular Plan Rs. 5,00,000Franklin India Income Opportunities Fund Rs. 5,00,000Franklin India Credit Risk Fund Rs. 5,00,000Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced 95 Fund Rs. 5,00,000HDFC Balanced Fund Growth Rs. 5,00,000

Total Rs: 35,00,000

Membership Subscription for the year 2019-20The Managing Committee approved the proposal on 18th March 2020 to collect additional subscription for the year 2019-20 to meet the increased operational expenses as stipulated in clause 6.5 of Articles of Association of our Association.

Category A B CMembership subscription 2019-20 1000 2500 5500Additional subscription – 2019-20 1000 1250 1500GST @ 18% 360 675 1260

Total 2360 4425 8260

Termination of MembershipsThe following units had either closed-down or stopped their production and requested us to remove their names from the register of members.

1) Agri Pump Industry 2) Altech Industries 3) Santhosh Kumar Industries 4) Vishal Engineers

Membership

Members on roll as on 1-4-2019 213New members enrolled 5

218Members withdrawn 4Total members as on 31-3-2020 214



Office Space in our BuildingA new tenant, M/s. Adventa Enterprises, occupied ground floor office space measuring about 810 sq. ft., from 1st June 2020.

Civil repairs and Maintenance We have done some maintenance work at SIEMA Building and Ground floor like Mosaic Polishing, Painting and new UPV window at first floor and also Rain water harvesting facility for the building completed this year.

ACHIEVEMENTS OF SIEMA DURING THE YEARIESS 2020SIEMA and COINDIA were the supporting Associations for the International Engineering Sourcing Show – IESS IX - 2020 organised by EEPC India held on 4 – 6 March 2020 at CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex, Coimbatore

Sri K.V. Karthik, Vice President addressed the gathering during technology session on 5th March 2020.

Sri V Krishnakumar, President, and Sri D Vignesh, Vice President were among the speakers for the Roundtable Session on Sustainable Challenges on Industry on 6th March 2020 at IESS 2020.

Smart Pump ProjectSIEMA along with SiTarc participated in the International Engineering Sourcing Show – IX 2020 during 4 – 6 March 2020 at CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex Dr. Anup Wadhawan, Secretary, Department of Commerce, Government of India and Shri K. Rajamani, District Collector, and Shri B. Karthigaivasan, General Manager, DIC, Coimbatore visited the Smart Pump Stall at IESS IX 2020 on 4th March 2020.

2019 – Winner – InnovationSIEMA – Si’Tarc Smart Pump Project was the winner of “Innovations 2019” under FLCTD project by UNIDO on Smart submersible Pumps with High-Speed Permanent Magnet Motor.

Make in IndiaMNRE Specifications - Violation of Make In India (MII) ClauseSIEMA represented to the Public Procurement Division, Department for Promotion of Industry and internal trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India about the violation in Make in India clause in MNRE Specifications.The representation said MNRE Specification for Solar Pumps has a bias towards usage of DC pumps. In DC pumps 40% of the components used, namely the magnetic elements are imported from China. It is to be noted that these motors cannot be serviced or repaired in rural India.AC pumps have been running in India successfully over the last few decades. AC pumps are exported to many countries from India. They have 100% indigenous material and can be serviced in any rural location. MNRE specification requires the Material of Construction for the Solar Pumps to be fabricated Stainless Steel only. It is to be noted that here is no efficiency difference between pumps using Fabricated Stainless Steel and other material like Cast Steel, Bronze, Noryl & Cast Iron. In fact more than 90% of the pumps running in India today are not made in fabricated Stainless Steel. More than 90% of Indian Pump Manufacturers do not have the capacity to produce fabricated Stainless Steel Pumps. The capacity for manufacturing fabricated Stainless Steel Pumps in India is limited. This specification requirement will lead to import of pumps for Solar Application from China.



Therefore, for compliance with Make in India Policy in Solar Pumps, our Association requested change in MNRE Specification to

1) Encourage use of AC Pumps in Solar Pumping Applications

2) Allow use of Cast Steel, Bronze, Noryl & Cast Iron as Material of Construction in Solar Pumping Applications.

We have received an acknowledgement from the Director, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India and requested the secretary MNRE for their comments on MNRE Specifications for compliance Make in India policy in solar pumps.

MSME Classifications SIEMA thanked Hon’ble Union Finance Minster, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, for announcing the new definition for MSMEs, which was one of the long pending demands of SIEMA.

MoU – SIEMA – GRDITRSIEMA & GKD Institute for Technological Resources, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 30th July 2020 to develop skilled workforce & support the industries.

TECHNICAL ACTIVITIESMembers of Technical Committee

S. No Name Designation Representing1. Dr. C. Murugesan Chairman, Technical Committee Aquasub Engineering

2. Dr. R. Subramaniam Coordinator, Technical Committee PSG Industrial Institute

3 Sri G. Ranganathan Member Consultant

4 Sri A.M. Selvaraj Member Si’Tarc

5 Dr. B. Vinod Academy Research Expert, PSG College of Technology

6 Sri S Murugesan Member Perfect Engineers

7 Sri P. Ramesh Member Aquasub Engineering

8 Sri J. Vijayaraj Member CRI Pumps P Ltd

9 Sri T. Parthiban Member Best Engineers Pumps P Ltd

10 Sri R. Surendran Member Aquasub Engineering

11 Sri S. Ramakrishnan Member Mahendra Pumps P Ltd

12 Sri B.R. Balan Member PSG Industrial Institute

13 Sri S. Chellapandi Member Sharp Industries

14 Sri V. Natarajan Member Om Murugan Industries

15 Sri G. Prasath Member Aquasub Engineering

16 Sri M. Revanth Krishna Member Aryen Motors India P Ltd

17 Sri. D. Sadasivam Member Aqua Flow

18 Sri T. Venkatachalapathy Member Texmo Industries

19 Sri. S. Arun Kumar Member Individual



Bureau of Indian StandardsMED 20: 5 and Sub Committee MeetingsSri K V Karthik, Vice President, Dr. C Murugesan, Chairman, Technical Committee and Sri P Ramesh attended the Pump Sectional Committee Meeting MED 20: 5 and its Sub Committee Meetings on 22nd October 2019 at Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.

Implementation of IS 8034-2018 and IS 14220- 2018A representation was sent to Head- Central Marks Department – III, (CMD - III), Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi requesting them to communicate to the Coimbatore Branch BIS office regarding to providing endorsements as per the guidelines.

BIS – ME 20 Meeting with Industry Associations Sri K V Karthik, Sri D Vignesh, Vice Presidents and Sri P Ramesh, Member, Technical Committee attended the meeting organized by Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi interactions with Industry Associations on 10th July 2020 through WEBEX.

MED 20:7 – Solar Photo Voltaic Pumping Systems – Sub CommitteeSri K V Karthik, Vice President Dr. C Murugesan, Chairman, Technical Committee, Sri P Ramesh, Member, Technical Committee attended the 3rd Meeting of the Solar Photo Voltaic Pumping Systems – Sub Committee, MED 20:7 on 14th October 2019 at New Delhi.

Request to withdraw the circulated pre-draft on Solar Water Pumping Systems.A communication was sent to Sri A.K Mohindroo, Member Secretary, MED 20, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi with a request to withdraw the circulated Pre Draft on Solar Water Pumping systems (MED/20/(14458) P Draft Standard on Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping Systems Part 1 Centrifugal Pumps — Specification - First Revision of IS 17018 (Part 1) :2019). The same subject has been communicated to Dr. R.K. Bajaj, DDG, (Standardization).

SIEMA, fully endorsed the view of IPMA expressed through their letter dated 01st September 2019 to MED 20, BIS, New Delhi.

We sent our Comments on Draft Indian Standard Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping Systems Part 1 - Centrifugal Pumps — Specification (First Revision) Doc. No. MED 20 (14458) to the Member Secretary, MED 20, BIS, New Delhi.

Meeting with BIS Officials at New Delhi Sri V. Krishnakumar, President, Sri K V Karthik, Vice President, Dr. C Murugesan Chairman, Technical Committee, and Sri P. Ramesh, Member, Technical Committee met the Director (Standardization) and Joint Director, (Certification) and Member Secretary, MED 20, Bureau of Indian Standards on 30th September 2019 at New Delhi.

Accelerated testing of Pumpsets We sent a mail to Member Secretary, MED 20:7, BIS, requesting them to include guidelines for accelerated testing of pumpsets in the agenda for the Fifth meeting of Photo Voltaic Pumping Systems Subcommittee, as decided in the seventeenth meeting of MED 20 held on 22nd October 2019. We had also requested to invite the expert panel members 1) Mr. S L Abhyankar 2) Mr. I.C Jain for framing the guidelines for accelerated testing of Solar Photo Voltaic Pumpsets.

Nomination to MED 20: 7We have nominated Sri K.V Karthik, Vice President and Sri P Ramesh, Member Technical Committee as Principal Nominee and Alternate nominee to the Solar Photo Voltaic Water Pumping Systems Sub Committee, MED 20:7, BIS, New Delhi



BEEWe have received a mail from Bureau of Energy Efficiency, New Delhi informing the Members of BEE Technical Committee of pump sets. The following were the contents of the communication.

“The proposal on developing grouping guidelines for Agriculture pump sets for getting BEE star rating has been analyzed by BEE. The proposal would require agreement with BIS and can be incorporated only after having detailed consultation with BIS, as this is a concurrent matter and may lead to grant of waivers which are beyond jurisdiction of BEE.

Till consensus is reached on the grouping guideline, BEE shall be going ahead with the pump star rating program in voluntary mode. Grouping shall be introduced once the program is made mandatory”.

8th Technical committee Meeting of Agriculture pump sets of S&L Programme of BEE was held on 26th June 2019 at BEE office, New Delhi.

Sri V. Krishnakumar, President, Sri K.V. Karthik, Vice President on behalf of SIEMA and Sri C.R. Shanmughasundaram and Sri S. Ramakrishnan on behalf of SITARC, representatives of our member Industries attended the meeting.

SIEMA Technical Committee discussed the outcome of the meeting and forwarded a proposal for up-gradation of star labeling program with a request to include the following in the Minutes of the 8th Technical Committee Meeting of BEE.

1. Model name plates for BIS and BEE for Monoblocks and

2. Grouping methodology for pumps to reduce the testing cost for Monoblocks and Open well to BEE.

Representation to BEE regarding degradation of registered models A representation was sent to the Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, New Delhi, requesting to retain the procedure in the circular dated 9th August 2019 of BEE for degradation of registered models and extension of date for implementation of the up-gradation plan for star rating of Pumpsets by six months.

A copy of the representation was forwarded to Development Commissioner, Ministry of MSME, Government of India.

Meeting with DG, BEESri K V Karthik, Vice President and the delegation from the members of Indian Pump Manufacturers Association (IPMA) and Rajkot Engineering Association (REA), met Shri Ajay Bhakre, Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, New Delhi on 22nd October 2019 at his office and handed over the joint letter.

In this regard, we have forwarded a mail on 25th October 2019, with the following points.

1. Degradation procedure

2. Technical glitches in portal for degradation on pumps

3. Retain the existing practice of using Name Plate with ISI marking and BEE star labelling in the same name plate

4. Revised advisory on BEE website to accept 2 star and 3 star rated pumps in tenders

5. Extension of date of implementation by six months

6. NABL accreditation of In house laboratories



Instructions to Pumpset Manufacturers from BEE

BEE released an Amendment on 5th December 2019 for the instruction dated 12th September 2019 regarding the renewal for IS 8034: 2018 IS 9079: 2018 and IS 14220: 2018.

ET 15 Comments on IS 9283We have sent our comments on draft revision of IS 9283 to Bureau of Indian Standards with a request to take up the subject in ET 15 Meeting.

28th Meeting of Rotating Machinery Sectional Committee - ET 15Dr. C. Murugesan, Technical Committee Chairman, and Dr. R. Subramanian, Technical Co – Ordinator, SIEMA attended the 28th Meeting of Rotating Machinery Sectional Committee ET 15 on 7th August 2019 at Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.

Draft IS 14582 We have received the ETD 15 Doc. (14662) (Wide Circulation) - Revision of IS 14582 ‘Single-phase small AC electric motors for centrifugal pumps for agricultural applications from Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi for our Comments.

BIS – ET 15- Meeting with Industry Associations Dr. C Murugesan, Chairman – Technical Committee, Sri P Ramesh, Sri J Vijayaraj, Technical Committee Members attended the Meeting organized by ET 15, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi it was an interaction with Industry Associations on 21th July 2020 through WEBEX.

Panel Meeting of Members of ETD 15 and MED 20 CommitteeBased on the discussions in the 28th ETD 15 meeting held on 7th August 2019 at BIS Head Quarters, New Delhi, we arranged a Panel Meeting of Members of ETD 15 and MED 20 Committee on 7th November 2019 at our Association.

The panel had members from ETD 15 and MED 20, the following subjects were discussed in the meeting

1. Decide on the integration of IS 9283 with 8034

2. Standardization of dimensions of thrust bearings

3. Grading of Submersible motors based on efficiency

4. Up-gradation of efficiency for submersible motor, IS 9283

The summary of the outcome of the discussion is as follows:

1. It was decided to have IS 9283 as a separate standard under ETD 15.

2. Standardization of thrust bearings is not necessary as it is an internal part of each design. Standardization of mounting dimensions will be considered after receipt of comments from members

3. Grading of submersible motors is not necessary, as the motors are used exclusively for submersible pumps. The overall efficiency obtained, is multiplication of motor efficiency and Pump efficiency. This overall efficiency is already graded by Bureau of Energy efficiency from 1 star to 5 star. Please refer to schedule 7 of BEE.

4. Up-gradation of efficiency for IS 9283 is to be considered after receipt of data from test labs.



Panel members also opined that a separate standard as “Special Submersible Electric Motors and Drives” is necessary to be formed to incorporate the latest technological advancements using permanent magnets and drives. The initial draft will be prepared by SIEMA and IPMA and submitted to BIS.

Session on BLDC Motors A presentation on BLDC Motors for Energy Efficient Products in India by Mr. Kumar Rajasekhara, CEO and President of Marsilli North America was organized on 20th August 2019 at our Association.

Past Presidents and Managing Committee Members MeetingA meeting was with Past Presidents and Managing Committee Members on the implementation of Revision of IS 8034: 2018, IS 14220: 2018 and Kusum Scheme on 29th August 2019 at our Association.

PUMOCON 2019The National Conference on Pumps, Motors and Systems “PUMOCON” jointly organized by SIEMA, CII and IPMA was held on 8th of November 2019 at Hotel The Residency, Coimbatore. Three technical sessions covered eight topics and nearly 250 participants attended the conference. A concurrent event Plenary on Leadership with the theme ‘Scaling up’ was also held. The speakers for this event were Dr. NK Ranganath, Managing Director, Grundfos Pumps India Pvt. Ltd., Dr. M. Manickam, CMD, Sakthi Sugars Ltd., and Dr. Kishore N Desai, CMD Kishore Pumps. The event was well attended by over 100 participants. Mr. K. Ilango, Managing Director, RSM Autocast moderated this event.

Challenges in Pump Industry Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology organized Industrial Academia conclave on “Challenges in Pump Industry” on 11th December 2019 at PSG CT. Dr. C Murugesan, Chairman Technical Committee, and Mr. Gancario CICATELLI, Manager, Flowserve Corporation, Italy presented technical papers.The Panel Members Sri V Krishnakumar, President, Sri K V Karthik, Vice President, Dr. R Subramanian, AGM, PSG II, and Sri V. Ashokan, Director, GM - Operations, Flowserve India Controls P Ltd., discussed about the Challenges in Pump Industry.

Inauguration of Centre of Excellence in WeldingDr. A. R. Sihag, IAS, Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry inaugurated the Centre of Excellence in Welding at PSG College of Technology, and released the Centre of Excellence Product Brochure. Sri K V Karthik gave a special address, Dr. R. Rudramoorthy, Director, PSG-CARE, & Sri R. Arun, President, SITARC, briefed on the genesis of the projects (CoE W & Smart Pump) on 12th December 2019.

MNRE Meeting Sri Mithun Ramdas, Vice President attended a meeting on Testing of Solar Pumps under MNRE Scheme on 4th February 2020 at MNRE, New Delhi. Shri Anand Kumar, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy chaired the meeting. We also requested an appointment with the Secretary to brief about the concerns of the pump industry.

Meeting with the DDG, BISSri K V Karthik, Vice President and Dr. C Murugesan, Chairman, Technical Committee met Sri T Kalaivanan, Scientist G and DDG, BIS, on 14/2/20 at BIS Office, Coimbatore and discussed about the pump standards.



Creation of Standardization CellWe received a letter from Sri D K Agarwal, Deputy Director General (Standardization Service Sector) Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi requesting SIEMA to form a Standardization Cell.

The Members of the technical committee of SIEMA have been nominated to the Standardization Cell. As per the programme, BIS intends to organize training for the members of the standardization cells, jointly organized by the respective industry Associations. The wide circulation drafts in respect of a new or under – revision standard would be sent to each of the members of the Standardization Cell.

IEC Meeting Dr. B Vinod, Academy Research Expert, Special Invitee to Managing Committee attended the 16th meeting of IEC SMB Working Group from Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi on 4th June on WebEx.

Letter to DDG – Certification and Registration – BIS A Joint representation of IPMA, SIEMA and REA, was sent to DDG, BIS requesting to investigate with retesting of pump samples with declared efficiency > 1.4 times the minimum efficiency. A same manufacturer, who has declared higher efficiency than 5 star and obtained inclusion, is also in the representation.

Representation to the Director & Head, BIS, CBEA representation was sent to the Director & Head, Bureau of Indian Standards, Coimbatore requesting to consider a particular discharge range as a variety and requested that inclusion charges may be collected accordingly.

Official from BIS, Coimbatore Sri K. Ramesh, official from BIS, Coimbatore met Sri K V Karthik, Vice President, Dr. C Murugesan, Chairman, Technical Committee and Technical Committee Members, Sri P Ramesh and Sri G. Prasath discussed about compliant on a manufacturer, who has declared unimaginable higher efficiency on 14th July 2020 at our Association.

Technical Committee discussed the following subjects during the year 2019-201. IS 8034 - performance factors for BEE2. Facility for Low Carbon Technology Deployment, (FLCTD) BEE, UNIDO Initiative.3. IS 8472 – 2019: Centrifugal Regenerative Pumps for Clear, Cold Water — Specification

(Second Revision) .4. IS 12469 : 2019 : Specification of Pumps for Stationary Fire Fighting Installations (First Revision)5. P Draft Revision for Testing Procedure for Solar Pumps and6. P Draft Revision of Solar Pumps7. Agenda of the 28th Meeting of the Rotating Machinery Sectional Committee - ETD 15.8. Revised Draft- IS 9283 ‘Motors for Submersible Pumpsets — Specification’9. Revised draft- IS 14582 ‘Single Phase Small a.c. Electric Motors for Centrifugal Pumps for

Agricultural Applications — Specification’.10. Proposed revised draft for IS:8789 ‘Values of Performance Characteristics for Three-Phase

Squirrel Cage Induction Motors with Degree of Protection Ip-2x’11. Outcome of the 28th Meeting of the Rotating Machinery Sectional Committee - ETD 15 held on

7th August 2019 at New Delhi12. Implementation of IS 8034 2018 and IS 14220: 2018



13. AGENDA of the 3rd Meeting of Solar Photo Voltaic Pumping Systems Subcommittee MED 20:7

14. Integration of IS 9283 & IS 8034

15. Integration of IS 7538 & IS 9079

16. Withdrawing IS 9283, IS 7538, IS 14582 from reference & Marking

17. Standardizing dimensions of Thrust bearing

18. Schedule 7 of BEE

19. Doc. No. MED 20 (14990) WC - Centrifugal Pumps for Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industries (Adoption of ISO 13709).

20. Doc. No. MED 20 (13071) WC - Draft Indian Standard on Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping Systems - Testing Procedure Guidelines

21. Doc. No. MED 20 (14458) WC - Draft Indian Standard on Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping Systems Part 1 Centrifugal Pumps - Specification (First Revision)

22. Draft Indian Standard - Permanent Magnet AC (PMAC) Motors for Submersible Pumpsets — Specification received from IPMA

23. Test Reports and testing procedures of Laboratories.

24. Doc. No. MED 20 (15098) WC - Draft Indian Standard on Specification for Pumps for Process Water (First Revision of IS 5659).

25. Doc. No. MED 20 (15097) WC - Draft Indian Standard on Specification for Pumps Handling Chemicals and Corrosive Liquids (First Revision of IS 5639)

26. Technical Specifications of Deep-well (Submersible) pumping systems for the head of above 100 meters

27. Grouping Recommendations from IPMA for IS 8034: 2018

28. BEE portal updates regarding

29. Outcome of the meeting of Solar Photovoltaic Pumping Systems Subcommittee, MED 20:7 held on 2nd May 2020 through WebEx.

30. Draft Indian Standard on Permanent Magnet AC (PMAC) motors for submersible Pumpsets- Specification.

31. Changes required in the existing test facilities for measurement of insulation resistance as per IS/IEC 60034-27-4: 2018

32. Accelerated test procedures and MOC for pumps.

33. Doc. No. MED/ 20/ (15022) P - Amendment No. 1 to IS 8034: 2018 on Submersible Pumpsets Specification (third revision).

34. ETD 15 (15753) P1 – Single Phase a.c Induction Motors for General Purposes (Fourth Revision) received from BIS.

35. IEC Document - a proposal from the Chinese NC for a new TC on Robotics for electricity generation, transmission, and distribution systems.

36. Amendment No 1 to IS 8472: 2019 – Centrifugal Pumps for Clear Cold Water Specification.

37. Agenda for 1st Meeting with Industry Associations organized by BIS, New Delhi

38. 6” Oil filled submersible motor BIS Certification reg.

39. Final Draft Amendment No. 1 to IS 8472: 2019.



AcknowledgementsCommittee records its appreciation for the services extended by the Technical Committee Chairman Dr. C Murugesan and Vice President Sri K.V. Karthik. The Committee expresses its special thanks Mr. G. Rajendran Past President for his continued involvement in technical subjects. The committee also thanks the members of the Technical Committee for attending the Technical meetings every week and providing inputs for the benefit of our members. The management of the member units is also thanked for deputing their technical staff for attending the Technical Committee meetings.

REPRESENTATIONS - Union Government

Meeting with Additional Director General, Ministry of MSME regarding BIS & BEE certification procedures

Sri V Krishnakumar, President, Sri K V Karthik and Sri D Vignesh, Vice Presidents met and discussed and handed over a representation to Sri Anand Sherkhane, Additional Director General, Ministry of MSME regarding BIS and BEE certification during his visit to IIF, Coimbatore on 11th October 2019 and explained in detail about

1) BEE circulars dated 9th August and 12th September 2019

2) BIS and BEE name plates in pumpsets as per new norms3) BIS under Ministry of Consumer Affairs and BEE under Ministry of Power and difficulties faced

by the pump industry.

Corporate tax - Representation to Union Finance MinisterA representation was sent to Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Minister of Finance, Government of India with a request for reduced rate of tax @ 25% & reduced rate of surcharge @ 7% for Partnership Firms having turnover up to Rs. 400 crores.

SIEMA Members’ Details No. of Units

Limited Companies 18

Pvt. Limited 53

Partnership 88

Proprietor 54

Trust 1

Total 214

Tender specifications - We sent a representation to Shri Nitin Gadkari, Hon’ble Minister of MSME, Government of India with the following points.

1) EESL tender specifications and Pubic Procurement Policy

2) R&D fund to support clusters formed by MSME’s initiating new product development

Requesting Direct Morning Flights to New DelhiA Representation was sent to Shri Ashwani Lohani, Chairman and Managing Director, AIR India Ltd., requesting direct morning flights to Delhi from Coimbatore for easy onward connections to Europe.



BOAT and NEEM SchemesWe have received a reply from the Assistant Director, Skill Development Cell, All India Council for Technical Education, informing that the NEEM Scheme is with Ministry of Human Resource and Development and is being reconsidered.

Earlier we sent our representation to AICTE, New Delhi about the practical difficulties in implementation of Apprenticeship Act and NEEM Scheme.

We observed from the NEEM Facilitators that Industries are advised not to recruit candidates under the NEEM scheme since it is being revamped. Similarly the Board of Apprenticeship and Training (BOAT) has also informed that the Apprenticeship scheme is being revamped and advised not to recruit further apprentices for the time being. In this regard we have sent a representation to

1) Sri K.P. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India and

2) Sri Kailash Bansal – Director, Skill Development, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Government of India

Requested Stimulus packages to MSMEs In the wake of the pandemic, a representation was sent to Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India and Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Union Finance Minister requesting the following: a) stimulus packages to MSMEs, b) to permit operation of supply chain of Pumpsets and accessories, c) allow material movement in the country and d) issues of migrant workers.

Include Pumpsets in Agri Commodities list A representation was sent to Shri Amit Shah, Hon’ble Union Home Minister, requesting to permit operation of supply chain of Pumpsets and accessories across India and to consider it as agri machinery for ensuring drinking water supply and farming operations.

A copy of the representation was tweeted by Smt. Vanathi Srinivasan, General Secretary, BJP, Tamil Nadu to Union Home Minister.

Representation to NSIC As requested by Sri P Udayakumar, Director (P&M), NSIC, New Delhi, we forwarded following few Suggestions/problems faced by the MSMEs due to COVID-19.

1) Financial Assistance 2) ESI and PF 3) Migrant Workers 4) Labour safety 5) Labour Laws 6) GST and 7) Electricity a copy of the representation forwarded to Sri G. Kannan, Branch Manager, NSIC, Coimbatore.

SUBJECTS RELATED TO STATE GOVERNMENT Representation to the Chairman, TNPCBSIEMA jointly with IIF Coimbatore Chapter sent a representation to the Chairman, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, through the Joint Chief Environmental Engineer, TNPCB, Coimbatore requesting the following:

The capacity indicated in the consent order is the melting capacity of the furnaces at a maximum level on 3 shift basis. But in reality 50% - 70% of the melting capacity only will transform into finished castings and rest of them will be runners & risers and scrap in the process of manufacture of castings.

We requested the Chairman to issue suitable directions to the field officers in this connection to avoid any difficulty and mis-interpretation.



Property tax A Joint Memorandum for Reduction of Property Tax was handed over to Shri J Sravan Kumar, I.A.S., Commissioner, Coimbatore Municipal Corporation by the Office bearers of Industry and Trade Associations of Coimbatore on 2nd August 2019.

MSME Grievance Meeting Sri Ma. Sendil Kumar, Sri R Karthikeyan and Smt. G Krithiha Managing Committee Members attended the MSME Grievance Meeting organised by the General Manager, District Industries Center under the Chairmanship of District Collector on 13th August 2019 at Collectorate. We submitted the following Points.

i) Land Use Classification ii) Establishment of Industrial Parks iii) Pollution Control – Consent Order reg. iv) Expansion of Coimbatore Airport

We requested the GM, DIC to organize a meeting separately for Pump Industry to create awareness on Single window Clearance for MSMEs at SIEMA.

Representation to Finance Secretary, TNWe forwarded few suggestions on the way forward after lockdown for pumpset industry to Sri S. Krishnan I A S., Additional Chief Secretary to Government - Finance Department, Government of Tamil Nadu

Meeting with Chief Minister a) Sri K V Karthik, Vice President attended the Meeting with Hon’ble Chief Minister, Shri Edapadi K Palanisamy during his visit to Coimbatore on 25th June 2020 at Collectorate and submitted a representation on

a) Shortage of Skilled and Semi skilled labours

b) PMKSY Scheme: Agricultural Engineering Department select the vendors for pumpset supply and Horticultural Department scrutinize the applications from farmers for drip irrigation grants. To Implement PMKSY scheme successfully the two departments to be clubbed under the AED.

c) Requested to Implement Tatkal scheme for agricultural electricity service connections which was announced in the Tamil Nadu Budget and

d) Requested to include Pumpsets in the list of agricultural implements.

FOREIGN TRADE Export Awareness Program:SIEMA Jointly with EEPC India organized a session on “Opportunities for Exports of Engineering Products throughout the World with focus on Doing Business with VIETNAM” by Sri C. H Nadiger, Regional Director, EEPC India, Chennai, Dr. Nitin Seth, IIFT. The discussion with members was on “Logistics Performance Index” on 19th June 2019 at our Association.

Official from Container Corporation of India Sri V Santhosh, Terminal Manager, Container Corporation of India, Coimbatore met Office bearers on 19th June 2019 and discussed about the facilities available for exporters at Coimbatore.

Workshop on “Export & Import Procedure”SIEMA jointly with EEPC INDIA organized a one day Workshop on “Export & Import Procedure” on 24th July 2019 at our Association.



EEPC SR MeetingSri V. Krishnakumar, President and Sri K.V. Karthik, Vice President attended the EEPC India, Southern Region Meeting at Chennai on 29th July 2019.

Press Meet – IESS 2020Sri V. Krishnakumar, President and Sri K.V. Karthik, Vice President attended the Press meet organized by EEPC India on 31st July 2019 on India Engineering Sourcing Show - IESS 2020. Shri Rajesh Shaw Chairman, Shri Suranjan Gupta, Executive Director, Shri C. H Nadigar, Regional Director, EEPC India briefed about the show.

Officials from FIEOMr Israr Ahmed, Regional Chairman and Mr K Unnikrishnan, Deputy Director General, Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO), Southern Region met the Managing Committee Members on 18th September 2019 at our Association.

Workshop on using Internet & Digital Media for Global Market Search SIEMA Jointly with EEPC INDIA, Chennai organized a Workshop on “Using Internet & Digital Media for Global Market Search & Penetration” on 27th September 2019 at SIEMA.

Business Opportunities in Africa Sri D Vignesh, Vice President and MC Member Srihari Mahendran attended an interaction on Business Opportunities in Africa organised by International Trade Centre (ITC) supporting Indian Trade and Investment for Africa on 16th December 2019 at Hotel the Residency.

Road Show – IESS 2020The Road Show on ninth edition of International Engineering Sourcing Show (IESS 2020) was held on 5th February 2020 at our Association.

AWARENESS / TRAINING

Awareness Programme on IPR SIEMA jointly with Branch MSME Development Institute, Coimbatore, Ministry of MSME, Government of India, organized an awareness Programme on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) by Sri S Loganathan, Advocate and Trade Mark Attorney on 25th November 2019 at our Association.

MSME Schemes & Energy Savings for Industries SIEMA jointly with COINDIA organized a Session on “MSME Schemes & Energy Savings for Industries” by Sri B Karthigaivasan, General Manager, District Industries Centre, Coimbatore on 10th Oct. 2019 at our Association. Sri R. Sivakumar, Cluster Leader, GEF-UNIDO-BEE Project, COINDIA presented points on Energy Savings for Industries.

TIIC SchemesSri A R Sundaresan, Regional Appraisal Head, The Tamil Nadu Industrial Investment Corporation Ltd., (TIIC) Coimbatore, during the MC Meeting held on 26th January 2020 at our association, informed the members about the schemes available at TIIC and also requested to utilize the services.

Energy savings SIEMA jointly with TECA organised a session on Smart Energy Savings by SIGNALS and Systems India P Ltd., on 15th February 2020 at our Association.



TAXATIONGST DAY 2019Sri V Krishnakumar, President, Sri K V Karthik, Vice President attended the celebration of GST Day 2019 organized by The Commissionerate of GST & Central Excise, Coimbatore on 1st July 2019 at GST Bhavan, Coimbatore. We received the memento from the Commissioner appreciating our special efforts and contribution towards implementation of GST.

Joint Action CouncilThe Joint Action Council (JAC) comprising of SIEMA, CII, CODISSIA, Indian Chamber, IIF, COINDIA and COSMOFAN submitted a representation to Shri M C Sampath, Hon’ble Minister of Industries, and Shri S.P. Velumani, Hon’ ble Minister of Local Administration, Government of Tamil Nadu, during the session on Ease of Doing Business on 22nd June 2019. We had requested that the layouts of residential houses shall not be sanctioned or allowed near the running industries or lands classified as industrial areas.

Workshop on “GSTR-9” filingA workshop on “GSTR-9” filing was organized by the office of the Commissioner of GST & Central Excise, Coimbatore on 22nd August 2019 at GST Bhavan. Few SIEMA members had attended the session.

Representation to GST Council A representation was sent to the GST Council requesting to bring down the GST for the Tools/ Dies, exclusively made for export of components, to 0% or charge 5% against the current 18%.

New GST Returns Sri Mithun Ramdas, Vice President and few member industries attended the special outreach programme on “New GST Returns” - Stake holders Meeting organised by the Office of the Commissioner of GST & Central Excise, Coimbatore on 7th December 2019 at GST Bhavan, Race Course, Coimbatore.

Property tax –Appeal for ReductionA Joint Memorandum for Reduction of Property Tax was handed over by the Office bearers of Industry and Trade Associations of Coimbatore to

Shri S P Velumani, Hon’ble Minister for Municipal Administration, Government of Tamil Nadu on 30th August 2019 and Shri Harmandar Singh IAS., Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, Government of Tamil Nadu on 4th September 2019. On behalf of SIEMA Sri K.V Karthik, Vice President and Sri V Krishna Kumar, President participated respectively.

Union Budget meeting at Chamber President Sri V Krishnakumar attended a live telecast of the Union Budget organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He also attended a press meet on 1st February 2020 to share Industry feedback on the budget.

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PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS EVENTS Pollution ControlSri V Krishnakumar, President attended the meeting organized by Institute of Indian Foundrymen, Coimbatore Chapter to discuss about the issues on Environmental and Pollution Control on 14th June 2019 at IIF Office.

AGM of IPMASri V Krishnakumar, President, Sri K V Karthik, Sri Mithun Ramdas, Vice Presidents Sri N Ravichandran, Sri D. Ramakrishnan, Managing Committee Members and Sri P Ramesh Technical Committee member attended the Annual General Meeting of Indian Pump Manufacturers Association (IPMA) on 5th July 2019 at Pune.EÇ÷Á uø»

Sri V Krishnakumar, President Participated in EÇ÷Á uø» 3.0 organized by Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Coimbatore on 15th June 2019 at COINDIA Complex.

SIRUTHULI’s 16th Anniversary CelebrationsSri V Krishnakumar, President, Participated in the 16th Anniversary Celebrations of SIRUTHULI on 17th June 2019 at Race Course, Coimbatore. The celebration ended with planting of 16 tree saplings marking the 16 years existence of Siruthuli, alongside the Race Course walkway. A photo exhibition was also organized in the Race course walkway showcasing the important achievements over the past 16 years. Inauguration of Agri Intex 2019Sri K.V Karthik, Vice President attended the Inauguration of Agri Intex 2019 on 13th July 2019 at CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex.

AGM of COINDIASIEMA Office bearers, Past Presidents and members attended the 15th Annual General Meeting of COINDIA on 22nd July 2019 at our Association

AGM of ICCICSri V. Krishnakumar, President and Sri K.V. Karthik, Vice President attended the 85th Annual General Meeting of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Coimbatore on 24th July 2019 at Chamber TowersSTICON 2019Sri K .K. Rajan, Past President attended the STICON 2019 State level convention on MSME organized by TANSTIA on 7th August 2019 at Madurai.

AGM & Governing Council Meeting of Si’Tarc Office Bearers attended the 32nd Annual General Meeting of Si’Tarc and First Governing Council meeting on 12th August 2019 at COINDIA Complex.AGM of CPCSri V Sundararajan, Managing Committee Member attended the 61st Annual General Meeting of Coimbatore Productivity Council on 21st August 2019 at Chamber Towers. Interaction with State Secretary, BJPSri K V Karthik, Vice President attended an Interaction with Smt. Vanathi Srinivasan, State Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party on 23rd August 2019 at CODISSIA. ConvocationSri V Krishnakumar, President, SIEMA and Chancellor, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education conferred the degrees to the students during 10th Convocation on 14th September 2019.



Laghu Udyog Bharati Sri V Krishnakumar, President, Sri K V Karthik, and Sri D Vignesh Vice Presidents attended the MSME Meet 2019 & LUB Tamil Nadu State Level Annual Meeting organized by Laghu Udyog Bharathi – Tamil Nadu on 12th October 2019 at COINDIA Auditorium. Smt. G. Krithiha, MC Member was elected as Joint Secretary of LUB TN.

World Standards Day Sri V Krishnakumar, President and Sri D Vignesh, Vice President attended the World Standards Day organized by Bureau of Indian Standards, Coimbatore on 14th October 2019 at Hotel Zone by Park.

SI’TARC NEXUS 2019Office Bearers, Past President, Managing Committee Members and Members attended the Si’Tarc Nexus 2019 – the Customer Meet at COINDIA Complex on 21st October 2019. Our President Sri V. Krishnakumar was the Chief Guest for the Programme.

Dare to Dream AwardsSri V Krishnakumar, President was a panel member during the ‘Dare to Dream’ Awards organized by Zee Business TV on 22nd October 2019 at Chennai.

CEA Regulations on HarmonicsSri D Vignesh, Vice President attended the meeting on 13th December 2019 organised by TECA to discuss about the Impact Assessment & Further Course of Action regarding Notification 53/2019 by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) dated 08th Feb 2019.

Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation ProjectSri Mithun Ramdas, Vice President attended the meeting organised by the Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project, Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj on 13th January 2020 at Collectors Chamber, Collectorate, Coimbatore.

UYIR – Road Safety Brigade Sri V Krishnakumar, President, Sri Mithun Ramdas, Vice President and Smt. G Krithiha, Managing Committee Member attended the Release of Hand Book of Best Practices on Road Safety to Industrial Employees organised by UYIR on 20th January 2020 at Ganga Hospitals. Sri R Mutharasu, Deputy Commissioner of Police (traffic) Coimbatore City and Sri R. Jagatheesan, Addl. Director of Industrial Safety and Health, Coimbatore were the Chief Guests for the session.

GK Sundaram ETTI AwardSri V Krishnakumar, President attended the GK Sundaram ETTI Awards instituted by Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 29th January 2020 at Hotel the Residency Towers. His Excellency Mr. NITIROOGE PHONEPRASERT, Consul General, Royal Thai Consulate – Chennai was the Chief Guest for the function.

Official from KPMGSri A. Sreedhar, Manager - Infrastructure & Government Services, KPMG met Sri Mithun Ramdas on 18th February 2020 and discussed about the facilities available at Central Tool Room and Training Centre, (CTTC) Bhuvaneswar.

CPC - Productivity day and Productivity weekAn Inauguration of Productivity day and Productivity week Celebrations 12 - 18th February 2020 was held on 12th February 2020 at CPC. Sri Mithun Ramdas, Vice President was the Chief Guest and delivered inaugural address.



NOMINATIONSRepresenting AssociationsSri V. Krishnakumar, President, Sri K K Rajan, Immediate Past President and Sri V Sundararajulu attended the following meetings respectively throughout the year..

Represented by

Sri V. Krishnakumar President

Committee Meetings of COINDIAGoverning Council Meeting of Chamber Executive Committee Meetings of CODISSIAGoverning Council of Si’Tarc Governing Body Meetings of PSG STEPGoverning Council Meetings of CII

Sri K.K. Rajan, Immediate Past President Executive Committee Meetings of TANSTIASri V. Sundararajan, Managing Committee Member Governing Council Meetings of CPC

MEMBERSHIP AND REPRESENTATION:Our Association holds membership / representation with:

1. BIS - Pumps and Motor and Solar Photo Voltaic Pumping Systems Sectional and its sub-committees.

2. Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, New Delhi

3. Grievance Committee of TANGEDCO, Coimbatore South and North

4. Regional Advisory and Public Grievance Committees of GST and Central Excise.

5. Advisory and Vigilance Committees of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation.

6. District Industries Centre – District Advisory Committee and Single window

7. District Level Pollution Control Committee.

8. Institute Management Committee, Government Industrial Training Institute, Udumalpet.

9. Affiliated to Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), New Delhi.

10. Indian Pump Manufacturers Association (IPMA)

11. EEPC India

12. Tamilnadu Small and Tiny Industries Association, (TANSTIA), Chennai

13. Scientific and Industrial Testing and Research Centre (Si’Tarc) Governing Council.

14. Committee of Coimbatore Industrial Infrastructure Association (COINDIA)

15. Zonal Committee of Confederation of Indian Industry, Coimbatore Zone.

16. Governing Council of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Coimbatore

17. Governing Body of Coimbatore Productivity Council.18. PSG – STEP Governing Body.

FelicitationsShri P.R. Natarajan, Member of ParliamentOffice Bearers met and felicitated Sri P. R. Natarajan, Member of Parliament, Coimbatore Constituency on 12th June 2019 at his office and discussed about the GST issues and infrastructure facilities at Coimbatore.



Asst. Director, MSME DI, Coimbatore Sri R. Vijayakumar, Asst. Director – In charge, Branch, MSME Development Institute, Coimbatore was honored during his visit to SIEMA by Sri V Krishnakumar, President and Sri K V Karthik, Vice President on 11th October 2019.

Governor of TelanganaSIEMA Jointly with Indian Chamber of Commerce, CODISSIA and SIMA organized a Felicitation to honour Smt. Tamilisai Soundararajan, Hon’ble Governor of Telangana on 19th October 2019 at Chamber Towers. Office Bearers and MC members attending the ceremony.

Deming Distinguished Service Award The Committee of Hosts comprising of SIEMA, Indian Chamber, COINDIA, CODISSIA, and IIF, CBE Chapter organised a felicitation forwDr. Venu Srinivasan, CMD - TVS Motor Company recipient of Deming Distinguished Service

Award – 2019 and Padma Bhushan – 2020,wDr. Jairam Varadaraj, Managing Director, ELGI Equipments Limited., being awarded the Deming

Prize for Excellence in TQM 2019.Dr. B K Krishnaraj Vanavarayar, Chairman, Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Coimbatore presided over the function at Vivanta by Taj Surya on 22nd February 2020.

Managing Committee Members - Attendance

S. No. Members Name Meetings Eligible Attended1 Sri V Krishnakumar 15 152 Sri K.V Karthik 15 153 Sri D Vignesh 15 154 Sri Mithun Ramdas 15 145 Sri K Ramakrishnan 15 66 Sri Ma. Sendil Kumar 15 107 Sri K Mohan Senthil Kumar 15 118 Sri R Karthikeyan 15 139 Sri R. Arun 15 1210 Sri V Sundararajan 15 1511 Sri Sai Krishnan 15 712 Sri T. Vijay Mohan 15 313 Sri N Ravi 15 714 Sri Srihari Mahendran 15 815 Sri T S Gopalakrishnan 15 1016 Sri R. Ravichandran 15 817 Smt. J Mohansundari 15 518 Sri Navin Rajan 15 Nil

CO-OPTION1 Sri C Muthusami 15 62 Smt. G Krithiha 15 133 Sri. G Vijaya Rangha Rajan 15 94 Sri K Vishnu 15 7



The Managing Committee places on record its appreciation to the President and Vice Presidents for their sincere efforts in developing the activities of the Association in many folds during this year for the welfare of the Engineering Industries and organizing various constructive and effective programmes.

Our Association has got a very great responsibility to guide members in technical, commercial and manufacturing up-gradation etc., in the light of high competition from outside and inside. We are trying to do more activities for the benefit of our members. We invite our members to join their hands and take active part in the initiatives/activities of SIEMA. Without the support of the members, we wouldn’t have achieved the goals. Hence we request the members to attend all the activities of SIEMA.

Managing Committee of SIEMA expresses its sincere thanks to:1. His Excellency Shri Ram Nath Govind, President of India 2. Hon’ble Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India and his Council of Ministers and Members

of Parliament.3. Hon’ble Chief Minister, Shri Edappadi K. Palaniswamy and his Council of Ministers and M.L.A’s.4. The Chief Secretary to Government, Government of Tamil Nadu.5. The Chairman, GST Council and its members 6. Central GST and Central Excise Commissionerate, Coimbatore and his team of officials 7. The Chief Commissioner and other officials of Income Tax8. Director of Town & Country Planning, Chennai and Joint Director and Assistant Directors of

Coimbatore Local Planning Authority, Coimbatore.9. The District Collector and officials of District Industries Centre, Inspector of Factories, Tamil

Nadu Electricity Board, Commercial Taxes Department and other State Government departments. 10. The Commissioner of Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation.11. Officials of BIS, New Delhi, Chennai and Coimbatore.12. The Director General, and other officials of Bureau of Energy Efficiency, New Delhi13. Member Secretary, Additional Chief Environmental Engineer, TNPCB, Chennai and Joint Chief

Environmental Engineer, District Environmental Engineer and Assistant Engineers, TNPCB, Coimbatore.

14. Branch MSME Development Institute, Coimbatore.15. President and Members of All India Electric Motor Manufacturers’ Association, Indian Pump

Manufacturers’ Association, Confederation of Indian Industry, Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry Coimbatore, Scientific and Industrial Testing And Research Centre, Coimbatore Industrial Infrastructure Association, Coimbatore District Small Scale Industries’ Association, Institute of Indian Foundrymen, Coimbatore Chapter, Tamil Nadu Electricity Consumers Association, Management Association, Coimbatore Productivity Council, Coimbatore Small Foundry Owners’ Association, Coimbatore Foundry Owners’ Association, Tamil Nadu Association of Cottage and Micro Enterprises, Coimbatore Tiruppur District Micro and Cottage Entrepreneurs Association, Tamil Nadu Small and Tiny Industries Association and Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers’ Association.

16. Dr. C. Murugesan, Dr. R. Subramaniam, Sri S. Murugesan, Sri G. Ranganathan Technical co-ordinators, Sri P Ramesh and Technical Committee members.

17. Secretariat of SIEMA18. Members of Press and Electronic Media for their support and valuable coverage of SIEMA’s

programmes and News.

19. Members of our Association.



ANNEXURE ISCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL TESTING AND RESEARCH CENTRE (Si’Tarc)

I) Students of Colleges trained in various fields from 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2020

S.No Areas of Training No. of persons1 Calibration 52 Testing 53

Total 58

II) No. of Users of Si’Tarc facilities from 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2020

S.No Areas of Training No. of persons Revenue in %1 Testing & Calibration 1,144 99.712 Training & Consultancy 53 0.29

Total 58 100.00

III Accreditation and Recognition

• NABL AccreditationNABL Accreditation certificate has been renewed by NABL for Mechanical, Electrical and Chemical and Biological testing disciplines as per ISO/IEC: 17025-2005 valid upto 31st December 2020.

• Si’Tarc is the first NABL accredited testing laboratory for Solar photovoltaic pumpset testing as per IEC 62253 in MNRE approved Solar photovoltaic pumpset testing laboratory.

• Si’Tarc is the first Indian NABL accredited testing laboratory for testing of pumpsets as per IEC 60335 Part 2 Sec 41.

• Si’Tarc is the first MNRE approved testing laboratory for Solar photovoltaic pumpset testing upto 45kW rating pumpsets.

• Si’Tarc Electrical testing laboratory got recognition for testing of motors as per IEC 60034 a) For AC motors upto and including 37 kW b) For DC motors upto and including 10 kW

Recognition as SIRO by DSIRRecognition as Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (SIRO) by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Govt. of India is renewed upto 31st March 2022.

Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS) RecognitionRecognition of Si’Tarc Testing Laboratory has been renewed by Bureau of Indian Standards for the period of three years, is valid upto 31.05.2022.

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) RecognitionSi’Tarc has approved by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) for testing of Solar Powered Pumps.

IV Income Tax Exemption

Approval u/s 80GSi’Tarc has approved for u/s 80G(5)(vi) of the Income Tax Act 1961 from 15.02.2013 by Income Tax Department, Coimbatore.



ANNEXURE II

COIMBATORE INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATION (COINDIA)

During the financial year 2019-20, COINDIA had revenue of Rs.1001 lakhs, leaving cash profit of Rs.96.11 lakhs. Tool Room had taken momentum, contributed substantially to the earnings of the Association during the period.

While we see the prospective growth on the functional side of COINDIA in self-sustaining model, COINDIA would see the inclusive growth of the industries of the region in cluster developmental side. That resulted bringing in more cluster projects for the benefit and growth of the industries of our region. Based on the effective results in the Project– ‘Promotion of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’ at COINDIA Cluster under UNIDO-GEF-BEE agencies, BEE has awarded its second phase project to COINDIA to upscale the existing project thus more units in the foundry sector in the region can enjoy the advantages of the project under COINDIA platform. Accordingly 50 more units are going to benefit under this second phase project.

In the training and skill development front, COINDIA had given around 300 trained candidates to various industries in the region during this period. Happy to share that COINDIA Training Centre had received the ‘Most Valuable Recruiter Award’ from one of the institutions from Coimbatore, acknowledging our valuable training and placement services.

I. Cluster Development Initiatives

A. Joint Council of Associations of Coimbatore – COINDA, being one of the Members of the Joint Council, consisting CII, Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, IIF-Cbe Chapter, SIEMA and COSMAFAN, have jointly submitted a Memorandum to the Honorable Minister, Govt. of Tamil Nadu escalating the subjects like clear demarcation of land classifications, need of improvement of the existing infrastructure, expansion of airport etc. for the benefit of Coimbatore region on 20th June 2019.

B. Interaction Meeting among Industrial Associations – An interaction meeting among industrial associations was organized on 23rd August 2019 at CODISSIA Office, Coimbatore. A representation with respect to the issues related to MSMEs was handed over by our President Shri. Jayakumar Ramdass to Smt. Vanathi Srinivasan, General Secretary of Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party during the meeting and the same was assured to be taken in the right forum.

C. National Conclave on Energy Efficiency in MSMEs - Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power had organized a “National Conclave on Energy Efficiency in MSMEs” on 23rd and 24th of September 2019 at New Delhi. The Hon’ble Ministers of Power and New & Renewable Energy, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Road Transport and Highways were the Chief Guests of the Conclave.

Several sessions and panel discussions were took place in the conclave to share the experiences focused on promoting energy efficiency in MSMEs. The Conclave was attended by our immediate Past President Shri. S. Kuppusamy and COSMAFAN President Shri. Sivashanmuga Kumar from COINDIA Cluster. Shri. S. Kuppusamy had presented the ‘progress of the Coimbatore Cluster activities under UNIDO-GEF-BEE- Energy Efficiency Project’ during the session ‘Experience Sharing by MSME Association’.



D. Waste Plastic Collection Drive – Based on the communication from DIPP (D.O.No.P-32024/3/2019-MIIUS-Pt(I) dated 23.9.2019), COINDIA had organized a campaign at CMTR and Foundry Complex-I, Arasur in the topic ‘Waste Plastic Collection Drive’ on 2nd October 2019 under the slogan ‘Shramdaan’ towards collection of all plastic wastes around industrial areas. A nodal officer Shri. Rajesh Gupta, Director, DPIIT, New Delhi had visited our Cluster to initiate the said noble awareness activity.

E. National Workshop – A workshop on Energy Conservation Guidelines for MSMEs was organized by BEE & TERI on 10th December 2019 @ India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. COINDIA President Shri. Jayakumar Ramdass had attended and addressed the views of key stakeholders on energy efficiency among MSMEs and shared various initiatives and achievements completed through GEF–UNIDO–BEE Project in Coimbatore cluster.

F. Electrification Opportunities in MSMEs – COINDIA and TECA in association with TERI have jointly organized a program on ‘Roundtable Discussions on Electrification Opportunities in MSMEs’ on 5th March 2020 at COINDIA ND Hall. The aim of the meeting was to share the electrification options identified by TERI in foundries including to discuss current barriers to electrification like awareness, technology, electricity price, investment etc. Around 45 members from various industries have participated and benefited.

G. Promotion of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at COINDIA Cluster under UNIDO-GEF-BEE Project

1) Summary of the major activities and impact of the Project

Around 70 foundry and Pump manufacturing units were benefited through this project. This year is the consolidation of garnering the benefits and advantages out of the results envisioned in the said Project. Implementation and adoption of the recommended energy efficiency technologies and energy saving measures in our Cluster resulted in energy savings of 176800 kWh per annum and it leads 149.8 MT of CO2 emission reductions besides cost savings around Rs.13.26 Lakhs.

v Project Dissemination Workshop – The Phase II of the UNIDO-GEF-BEE Project towards project up-scaling activities has been started with the time schedule of 15 months in our Coimbatore foundry cluster, lead managed by DESL from November 2019 onwards. A ‘Project Dissemination Workshop & Technology Suppliers Meet’ was organized by DESL at the Hotel Grand Regent on 19th February 2020. The Presidents of COINDIA and COSMAFAN and Secretary of IIF were addressed the gatherings. Topics like energy saving potential, key technologies, strategies, schemes were shared by the respective experts during the workshop.

In order to familiarize the Coimbatore foundry cluster, DESL Team had visited around 50 foundries before the dissemination Workshop. The ‘Expression of Interest’ are being followed/received by the appointed agency M/s. DESL from the foundries.

v 8 Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) were prepared with cost benefit analysis and submitted to Project Management Unit(PMU).

v 10 Energy efficient technolgies and energy saving measures have been implemented by our Member Units.

v Energy audits were carried out under GoTN PEACE scheme (Promotion of Energy Audit and Conservation of Energy). 250 copies brochures printed and circulated in the Cluster to disseminate the advantages in the scheme.



v Four workshops were organized in various topics on best practices and energy efficiency improvement. Around 250 participants were benefited in these sessions.

v Pilot Projects

In the process of implementing pilot projects with the latest technologies in the individual units in the Cluster, 6 pilot projects were sanctioned under this project. 3 projects have already been completed in the last financial year and M/s. PSG Foundry had completed its pilot project on ‘Harmonics Mitigation through 12 pulse Rectifier’ during this financial year by replacing their existing transformer & rectifier Units by which the current harmonics level has come down to less than 8% against 25% thus they enjoy the cost benefits by reducing the overall recorded maximum demand in the monthly electricity bills.

The financial subsidy benefits of the completed pilot project are:

S.No. Name of the Member

Technologysanctioned & adopted

Actual Project Cost (in lakhs)

Financial Subsidy received by the Member (in lakhs)

1 Ramakrishna Industries (Unit-I)

Cupola Design Modification

Rs.1.50 Rs.0.40

2 Veesaa Foundry State of the art Energy efficiency compressed airsystem

Rs.16.00 Rs.4.60

3 Bright Castings Core making design modification

Rs.9.00 Rs.3.60

4 PSG Foundry Harmonics Mitigation through 12 pulse Rectifier

Rs.35.00 Rs.9.00

2) Summary of the technology intervention areas

a) Energy Clinics in Coimbatore Foundry ClusterTo improve the energy efficiency and increase the awareness among the units on best operating practices and technologies being adopted by other fellow members in Coimbatore Foundry cluster, theme/equipment based workshops under the term ‘Energy Clinics’ were planned by UNIDO/BEE. Out of 4 workshops planned, the following 2 topics were held in this financial year.

Energy Clinic-3 - Best Operating Practices and Energy Efficiency Measures in Motors, Pumps, Fans & Blowers was held on 30th May 2019. The topic had also covered the ‘status of pump industry and future expansion’ and ‘Energy Conservation in Power Transmission (Pulleys & Drives)’. About 50 members from various foundry units were attended and benefitted.

Energy Clinic-4 – ‘Best Operating Practices and Energy Efficiency Measures in Compressed Air Systems’ was held on 17th July 2019 at COINDIA. Around 80 cluster members have participated from various industries and benefitted.



b) Energy Management Cell (EMC)This year, the following industries have taken our EMC services, implemented the recommendations and got benefitted.

• Sussex Tea factory, Gudalur, Nilgiris

• Kumaraguru College of Technology

• PSG College of Arts & Science

• PSG College of Technology

COINDIA is continuously approaching the cluster members through various circulars, brochures and references, mooting to avail the services in nominal rates. To expand and familiarize its services among industries, COINDIA had also tied-up with District Industries Centre, Coimbatore to expand energy audit services under GoTN PEACE Program in subsidized rates. A brochure was prepared and printed around 250 copies to circulate to the member industries to avail energy audit service through PEACE scheme by COINDIA. The following industries have availed the audit under PEACE scheme during this financial year.

• Best Engineers Pumps Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore

• Sree Karthik Paper Ltd. Aliyar, Pollachi

• Coimbatore Carbons, Malumichampatti

EMC contributed revenue of Rs.3 lakhs during this financial year.

c) A Manual on LSP - Best practices in Foundries for Maintenance technicians in our regional (Tamil) language was prepared based on TERI’s Manual and sent across to Project Management Unit.

d) V belts and Pulleys to study the existing foundry process like Sand plant, Dust collection systems and Fettling equipments. Proposals were given to the respective units for implementation.

e) handled a technical session in the event on the topic “Energy conservation & Best operating practices with case studies” during the ‘Manufacturing Conclave 2019, organized by CII @ The Residency, CBE on 18th Dec 2019.

f) Dust collector & Shot blast machine motor pulley and drive pulley were changed and replaced the existing belts with Mitsuboshi belts to improve the energy efficiency and suction for the following units.

• Aquasub Engg – Foundry unit 1 (0.6 kWh reduced per hour)

• Bakgiyam Foundry (1.1 kWh reduced per hour)

• ELGI Foundry (18% energy saved from existing)

g) CINDAN technologies have identified for implement the energy analytic tool in the compressed air system. Feasible study had been carried out in three units and the reports were shared.

h) Indo Shell Cast was visited by M/s Innovative solutions, Nagpur towards implementation of Thermo Ceramic Coating (TCC) paints for improving the energy efficiency of the ovens, furnace and shell moulding machine. As a trial basis this unit was implemented in one Shell molding machine at Unit 1.



3) Seminars / Workshops organized & attended:a) A meeting was organized jointly by COINDIA, SIEMA & District Industries Centre (DIC) on

10th Oct 2019 to spread about various schemes and subsidies available for MSMEs. A topic on ‘Importance of Energy Audits in Industries’ were also discussed. Around 60 members attended the meeting.

b) A topic ‘Importance of Energy Audits in Industries’ were presented at IIF, Coimbatore Chapter on 11th Oct 2019. Aound 40 members attended the program.

c) A Presentationon ‘Energy Conservation and Energy Management in Industries’ was presented in the Manufacturing conclave organized by Confederation of Indian Industries, Coimbatore chapter on 18th December 2019. Aound 80 members attended the program.

d) Attended Energy Efficient pumps by Grundfos on 19th July 2019 @ Hotel Jenny Club

e) Attended Road show on Facility for low carbon technology deployment (FLCTD) &workshop organized by CII & UNIDO at Hotel Marriot on June 2019

f) Attended C.K.Prahalad Memorial lecture on “Climate crisis & Bio diversity preservation challenge: Role of industry and Civil Society” organized by CII Southern region @ Hotel Radisson Blu, Coimbatore on 10th August 2019.

g) Attended the ‘Indian Foundry Congress - IFEX 2020’ held at Chennai between 27th Feb 2019 and 1st March 2020.

h) Visited TVS Brakes India & Nelcast Foundry, Andhra pradesh as part of the IFEX 2020 event to study the best practices implemented by the units.

II. Over view of the Operation of segmental Units:The Select Operational Data of the Functional Units of COINDIA for the Financial Year 2019-20 are,

Revenue / Turnover Rs. in Lakhs

CMTR/PDMC 236.00

Education cum Training Centre 43.00

Raw Material Bank 583.00

Business Centre and allied 139.00

Total 1001.00

Tool RoomAs a result of more focusing on tool & die making developments, CMTR had successfully made about 100 tools in these 2 years.

Being 2019-20 is a prosperity year for CMTR, it had attracted two major new clients viz. M/s. Shaily, Vadodara and M/s. Livia Polymers, Trichy who are in the fields of medical, energy, thermal, and home appliances etc., with its proven samples and supply of precision moulds with quality and time delivery. COINDIA expects good volume business from the above clients in future.

First time in COINDIA, CMTR has manufactured a big sized (420 x 280 x 120) plastic injection mould worth of Rs.10 lakhs, a part of 450 tonnage machine for Lakshmi Life Sciences. As of now, CMTR have manufactured moulds only up to 120 tons.



CMTR continues its efforts to reach more clients and to increase the client’s base with its recent track records to increase business volume and revenue.

The officials from M/s. Aptiv Connection Systems India Pvt Ltd, Kochi have visited our Tool Room and they are one of the large suppliers of Connectors and PLCs to various smart car manufacturers all over world, especially tyre-1 supplier of Audi.

The officials from M/s. GE Motors, Bangalore have visited our Tool Room to see the feasibility of supplying aerospace components, jet engine spares and machining feasibility of titanium material. COINDIA is waiting for business enquiries from them.

Also received an enquiry from a Spain based company M/s. Erum Dynamic Solutions, who are in the field of manufacturing and supply of house hold appliances. As a trial business, they have approached us for rectification of their existing tool which costs around Rs.5 lakhs.

With the prospective note, it is sure CMTR will expand its services and achieve the targets taken in the coming years.

Infrastructure development @ Tool Room

Rain Water Harvesting @ CMTR – We had earlier done rainwater harvesting for 50% of the area at CMTR. This year, we have undertaken to collect 100% of the rainwater that comes into our CMTR compound by connecting water drain pipes and expanding the tank capacities. The total rain water is now getting saved within our building through 5 pits made surrounding the building. The total amount spent was Rs.1.30 lakhs. The water is also used for machine coolant purpose besides rest room uses after filtration.

Upgrade of Software - The mould design software used at our Tool Room was about 8 years old and not supporting to the latest updates of the software. Hence, to upgrade the same, recently we have procured latest version of mould design software Creo 5.1 with 3 licenses for a sum of Rs.4 lakhs. Two licenses are for CMTR and one license is for Training Centre.

Internship Training @ CMTR- Tool Room had signed MoU with Karaikudi Government ITI towards participation in the Apprenticeship Scheme under government subsidy to impart training in the required field and to retain qualified trainees for our needs. Accordingly, 5 candidates from Karaikudi ITI have joined our tool room in September 2019.

ISO 9001:2015 @ CMTR –COINDIA Modern Tool Room was established its Quality Management System (QMS) for compliance with the universally recognized standard ISO 9001:2008, assessed by TÜV Rhineland, during the year 2008. To upgrade the same and to obtain the latest version ISO 9001:2015, COINIDA has appointed a consultancy viz. Zandig TQM Solutions, Coimbatore. The audit process is in progress.

Training CentreThe last two years were one of the challenging years for Training Centre. 50% of the revenue was aimed from Government and CSR projects based on the previous years achievements. But adversely it faced lot of difficulties in sourcing the candidates for the sanctioned government and CSR schemes. The Centre had continuously put its efforts to source candidates through various streams like newspapers, magazine ads, FM radio, Bus panels, participating job Mela and meeting with Panchayats etc. But due to the attitude and unwillingness and current mind set of the youth, ETC



faced a major revenue drop particularly in the government projects and CSR projects etc. However, ETC is now into new specialized courses like embedded systems, robotic courses etc to the market need by having ties up with major training providers like IMTMA, Bangalore, SIEMENS etc.

Major Activities

SIEMENS Training – SIEMENS have given Sinutrain (SIEMENS simulation software) to our Training Centre as a complimentary kit with 13 licenses. One week training program in CNC Turning & Milling was organized by SIEMENS for COINDIA faculties at Bangalore between 26th May and 31st May 2019. COINDIA also requested for a Certificate for COINDIA as “SIEMENS Accredited Training Centre”. Based on the MoU, SIEMENS have started sending candidates to get trained from COINDIA Training Centre. A proposal has been received from the Southern Railways department, Coimbatore to train their employees in SIEMENS.

The ‘Creo’ software was installed at ETC to train the students in mould designing.

Meeting with IMTMA, Bangalore – To widen and scale up our training quality and skill development services to the next level, COINDIA had approached IMTMA, Bangalore for training association with them. In this connection, the Senior Director-Training Mr.M.Krishnamoorthyhad visited COINDIA on 13th January 2020 and met our office bearers and made a presentation on IMTMA profile and their training services. Training requirements for the region and the training infrastructure and facilities available at COINDIA were explained in detail besides our interest and proposal in establishing a finishing school to provide industry ready engineers to the industries. A proposal letter was sent to them expressing our interest in joint working with IMTMA.

Joint Training with PSG – Currently, industries are getting modernization with latest techniques etc. for which skilled manpower is need of the hour now. In line to the same, COINDIA had approached PSG Robotics Department for the joint training proposal for the course in ‘Advanced Robotics Training’ for the private students’ community. This initiative will get in to shape on finalizing the syllabus and modules for the course.

The officials from M/s. Learning Links Foundation, Mumbai have visited COINDIA facilities on 8th March 2019 for exploring partnerships with credible tool rooms who can provide faculty for skill training in aerospace tooling domain. The Unit Heads of Tool Room and Training Centre have discussed with them and they assured to revert with curriculum etc shortly.

MahalirThittam - Our ETC has approached TWDC (Tamilnadu Women Development Corporation), Coimbatore for new training projects at Coimbatore Collecterate on 26th Feb. 2020. An oral sanction has been received for training of women candidates from Madukkarai block under NRLM (National Rural Livelihood Mission). A formal Administrative Sanction is expected shortly. As soon as the same is received, the training for 30 women candidates will be conducted in CNC Machine Operator cum Programmer.

Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project(TNRTP) – GoTN is launching a new scheme called Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project(TNRTP). In which they are planning to promote rural employment. This scheme offers skill development program through DDUGKY. COINDIA was invited for the meeting held at Coimbatore District Collectors Office on 19th September 2019. The number of candidates to be trained in this scheme is around 80,000. This scheme is now under preliminary stage and may get implemented in near future.



Education Training Centre had totally trained 464 candidates during 2019-20. Out of which COINDIA had trained 94 students from various Engineering Colleges and Institutions who have signed MoU with us.The Renewal of MoUs with Institutions weredone to fresh up for new business activities.

TNSDC Project – A order has been sanctioned to COINDIA under TNSDC Projectto train 480 candidates during July 2018. This year, ETC had successfully trained 235 candidates in 13 batches in the trades of Milling, CNC Operator Training, Electrical Winder and helper electricianunder this project and all trained candidateshave placed at various industries.

Our past President Shri. Mahendra Ramdas and Training Head have met the TNSDC (Tamilnadu Skill Development Corporation) Employment & Training Managing Director Mr.Vishnu Venugopalan, I.A.S. and the Project Director Mr.Mustafa at Chennai on 13th March 2020 towards review on performance and progress of the existing project and further fund release regarding. COINDIA has received payments in complete for the training & placement completed batches.

Corporate Training – COINDIA had conducted a part time short term course in CNC Programming for 10 candidates for M/s. Krishnaveni Carbon Products Pvt. Ltd. during the period.

Institutional TrainingThe short term training courses in the trades of CNC Programming and Setting and Quality Control etc were conducted during the period.

CSR Projects187 candidates have been trained under Federal Bank CSR Project during 2019-20. All the trained candidates have been placed at our various member industries.

COINDIA has approached ACC Cement for training under their CSR Project and expected to start the same in next financial year.

Tie-up done for services with:

1. TNSDC (Tamilnadu Skill Development Centre) –183 candidates

2. SB Global Academy under CSR – 187 candidates

MoUs signedwith the Institutions:

1. SIEMENS, Bangalore

2. Muthayammal Engineering College, Rasipuram

3. PA Institutions, Pollachi

Business Centre & Halls – This centre continues providing its services to the Members. The business centre contributed Rs.36.28 lakhs revenue for this year 2019-20. A small portion at Avarampalayam ETC building was let to M/s. Crotser Consultants for their office which added our revenue around Rs.40,000/- per year.

Raw Material Bank is humbly continuing its services to Foundries at very minimum service charges. It contributed to a turnover of Rs.583 lakhs.

Repairs & Maintenance – AroundRs.13.25 lakhs was spent towards building repair and machinery maintenance, during the year. COINDIA Avarampalayam building painting and maintenance is initiated during Feb 2019 with the budget of around Rs.10-12 lakhs.

66th ANNUAL REPORT - 2019


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Offi ce Bearers honouring Sri P.R. Natarajan, MP, Coimbatore Constituency on 12th June 2019 at his offi ce.

Session on ‘Opportunities for Exports of Engineering Products throughout the World with focus on Doing Business with

VIETNAM on 19th June 2019

66th Annual General Meeting on 21st June 2019



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A Special Technical Committee Meeting on 24th June 2019GST Day 2019 at Offi ce of the GST & Central Excise,

Coimbatore on 1st July 2019

Press meet on IESS 2020 - India Engineering Sourcing Show The Joint Memorandum on Reduction of Property Tax handed over to Shri J Sravan Kumar, I.A.S., Commissioner,Coimbatore

Municipal Corporation by the Offi ce bearers of Industry and Trade Associations of Coimbatore on 2-8-19

MSME Grievance Meeting organized by District Industries Center on 13th August 2019 at Collectorate

Workshop on ‘Export & Import Procedure’ jointly organized by SIEMA and EEPC INDIA on 24th July 2019 at our Association

Resident, Sri V Krishnakumar addressing in session ‘Dare To Dream’ - Growth Matters organised by Zee Business in

association with SAP on 14th Aug. 2019 in Tirupur



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Coimbatore CSR Conclave 2019 on 10th August 2019 at Hotel the Residency, Coimbatore

73rd Independence Day on 15th August 2019 at SIEMA Silver Jubilee Celebration of Laghu Udyog Bharati – All India Conclave of National, State & District Level Associations of

MSI on 17th August 2019 at Nagpur

32nd Annual General Meeting of Si”Tarc on 12th August 2019 at COINDIA Auditorium

Session on Manufacturing of BLDC Motors in India by Mr. Kumar Rajasekhara, CEO and President of Marsilli North America on 20th August 2019 at our Association



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An Interaction with Smt. Vanathi Srinivasan, State Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party on 23rd August 2019 at CODISSIA

Sri V Krishnakumar, President, SIEMA and Chancellor, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education conferred the degrees to the students during 10th Convocation on 14th September 2019

A joint Memorandum for reduction of Property Tax was handed over to Shri Harmandar Singh IAS., Principal Secretary,

Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu on 4th September 2019

Workshop on “Using Internet & Digital Media for Global Market Search & Penetration” jointly organized with EEPC INDIA, Chennai on 27th September 2019

An interaction with Mr Israr Ahmed, Regional Chairman and Mr K Unnikrishnan, Dy Director General, Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), SR was held on 18th September 2019

Meeting with members of PMI – Chennai Chapter on 7th September 2019



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Shri V. Krishnakumar, President honouring Shri R. Vijayakumar, Assistant Director, Br. MSME DI, Coimbatore on

10th October 2019 at our AssociationSi’Tarc Nexus 2019 on 21st October 2019 at COINDIA Complex

Si’Tarc Nexus 2019 on 21st October 2019 at COINDIA Complex

SIEMA Day Celebration on 5th October 2019

Si’Tarc Nexus 2019 on 21st October 2019 at COINDIA Complex Shri V. Krishnakumar, President honouring Smt. G. Kirthiha, on being elected as Joint Secretary of LUB on 16th October 2019



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Meeting with Sri Anand Sherkhane, Addnl. Director General, Ministry of MSME during his visit to IIF, Coimbatore

on 11th October 2019

Sri. V. Krishnakumar, President, honoured during the MSME Meet 2019 LUB Tamil Nadu State Level Annual Meeting on 12th October 2019 at COINDIA Auditorium

Shri D. Vignesh, Vice-President, SIEMA honouring Smt. Tamilisai Soundararajan, Hon’ble Governor of Telangana during the felicitation organized by Committee of host on 19th October 2019 at Chamber Towers

Technical Committee Meeting on 30th October 2019 at Si’Tarc

Shri V. Krishnakumar, President was the Chief Guest for the 18th Annual Day Celebration of PSG Public School

on 25th October 2019

19th TPM National Conference on 19th September 2019 in Chennai



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Panel Meeting of Members of ETD 15 and MED 20 Committee held on 7th November 2019 at our Association

The National Conference on Pumps, Motors and Systems “PUMOCON” jointly organized by SIEMA, CII and IPMA on 8th November 2019 at Hotel the Residency, Coimbatore



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Awareness Programme on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) on 25th November 2019 at our Association

‘TEQIP Sponsored Industrial Academia Conclave on Challenges in Pump Industry’ on 11th December 2019 at PSG CT

Session on Leadership on 8th November 2019 at Hotel the Residency



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Inauguration of Centre of Excellence for Smart Pumps by Dr. A.R SIHAG, IAS, Secretary, Presided by Smt. SUKRITI LIKHI, IAS, Joint Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry, on 12th December 2019, at Si’Tarc.

71st Republic Day Flag Hoisting on 26-01-2020 An interaction with Sri T Kalaivanan,Scientist G and DDG, BIS, on 14th February 2020



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Session on ‘Export Opportunities for Engineering Products through IESS 2020’ on 5th February 2020

Sri Mithun Ramdas, Vice President delivered Inaugural Address during the Inauguration of Productivity Day and Productivity

Week Celebrations on 12th February 2020 at CPC

Felicitation to Dr. Venu Srinivasan, CMD-TVS Motor Company recipient of Deming Distinguished Service Award – 2019, Padma Bhushan – 2020 and Dr. Jairam Varadaraj, Managing Director, ELGI Equipments Limited, being awarded the Deming Prize for

Excellence in TQM 2019 on 22nd February 2020.

Session on ‘Smart Energy Savings’ by SANDS on 15th February 2020

‘Dare to Dream Awards’ by Zee Business TV inChennai on 22nd October 2019



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The Round Table Session on Sustainable Challenges on Industry on 6th March 2020 at IESS 2020

Technology session on 5th March 2020 at IESS 2020

Inauguration of International Engineering Sourcing Show (IESS) 2020 4-6th March 2020 at CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex

Smart Pump Project - Dr. Anup Wadhawan, Commerce Secretary, Department of Commerce, Government of India and Shri K. Rajamani, District Collector, Coimbatore visited the Smart Pump Stall at IESS IX 2020 on 4th March 2020



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