H&V Advanced Materials India Private Limited has proposed to expand its existing Mysuru based Research & Production unit at their Kadakola campus focusing on Filtration & Energy solutions.
The company will invest INR 59.31 crore for the brown field expansion creating 327 new direct jobs at the facility.
A brief about filtration system
In the industries like Chemicals, fertilizers, minerals, refineries, energy, consumer goods and others, there is a need for advanced/ high-tech filters to separate things which are required from those that are not. Every industry needs different kinds of filters and they are made from advanced materials which are engineered to serve the purpose.
Material engineering involves sophisticated R&D and state-of-the-art manufacturing. Depending upon the industry, the process to make filters can get complicated to extremely complicated. So, only knowledgeable and skilled manpower can make them, as it is a knowledge based manufacturing.
About Hollingsworth and Vose
Hollingsworth and Vose is a global manufacturer of advanced materials used in filtration, battery, and industrial applications. Family-owned for seven generations, the company’s origins go back to 1728 when an ”Act for the Encouragement of Making Paper” was passed by the General Court of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Evolving continuously since that time, H&V now operates manufacturing and research & development facilities in the Americas, Europe, China and India.
Today, H&V’s advanced materials contribute to a cleaner world through their use in products that provide clean air, clean liquids and energy storage. H&V’s materials can be found in filters for clean rooms, hospitals, computers, commercial buildings, homes, cars, trucks and heavy duty equipment, and also in batteries used mainly in telecom and hybrid vehicle applications.
The Company is headquartered at East Walpole, Massachusetts USA, on the same river where the enterprise began more than 250 years ago.