Gensets: Sectors generating business

20 May 2021 CW Team

The outbreak of COVID-19 has spurred expansion in the healthcare sector and allied industries. One such critical backup industry is the generator sector, which fared well for this exposure in a year when the overall genset market dropped by 22 per cent owing to the pandemic.

While COVID-19 undoubtedly impacted the overall sales of gensets, pharma units and hospitals and healthcare facilities, particularly COVID-19 hospitals and centres saw stable demand.

What are the sectors generating the demand for gensets? How technology advancements can help sustain expansion? How has the Delhi diesel ban impacted vendors? What gensets are hospitals demanding?

Find out about these and more in our Feature story on Gensets.

Contributors to this story include:

R Rajesh, Head, Power Solutions Business, Ashok Leyland
Gagan Chanana, COO, Distributed Energy, Jakson Group
Sanjeev Nimkar, Managing Director & CEO, Kirloskar Oil Engines
Sanjay Jain, Business Head, Mahindra Powerol Business, Mahindra & Mahindra
Deepak Shetty, CEO and MD, JCB India
Aloke Sarkar, Chief Executive & Whole-Time Director, L&T–MHI Power Turbine Generators (LMTG)
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