The fenestration industry in India has gone through a sea change in the last few years. What started way back in the 80s and 90s by the erstwhile Indian Aluminium Company \u2013 INDAL<\/b> and pushed by other Aluminium majors \u2013 Jindal, Hindalco and others, seems to be maturing now.<\/p>\n
In the late 80s and early 90s, INDAL<\/b> started taking keen interest in the fenestration industry and brought in Hydro, the global leader in Aluminium Building Systems. The JV Indal Hydro Extrusions Limited took off well with the launch of DOMAL<\/b>. The JV lasted till about 2000. Hydro decided to stay back in Building Systems but backed out of extrusions. In the mean time, INDAL<\/b> was taken over by HINDALCO<\/b>.<\/p>\n
The period 1990 to 2005 was an interesting phase.\u00a0 DOMAL<\/b> was the only Aluminium systems company in India with a unique model of authorized fabricators with imported machinery and technical know-how to supply good quality Aluminium windows. DOMAL<\/b>\u2019s popularity attracted other Italian system companies \u2013 AluK and Metra. AluK tied up with an Indian contractor, Alupro, in Bangalore while Metra couldn\u2019t find a successful partner. Alkarma in Delhi was the first contractor to tie up with Thermosash, New Zealand, in the early 90s.<\/p>\n
Being the most popular Aluminium systems company in India, DOMAL<\/b> became the target of numerous people across the country. DOMAL<\/b> has inspired a number of companies till date and even today DOMAL<\/b> is the most popular series that has been duplicated and imitated. Hydro brought in not only Aluminium Systems but also leading machinery companies \u2013 Emmegi and FOM to India. Around the same time LGF, Italy entered India. Some of the leading Aluminium contractors started investing in machines to enhance their production and provide quality systems.\u00a0 Permasteelisa \u2013 the largest aluminium contractor, during that time, entered the market as a JV partner with ECIE in Bengaluru and eventually set its own operation in Hosur. The LGF distributor started marketing popular Italian hardware too. Alutec from Italy, too entered the market in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n
The Aluminium Building Systems Industry began to evolve 2006 onwards. In 2005, Elumatec \u2013 the world\u2019s leading machinery company, started operations in India. This attracted a lot of European Aluminium and UPVC companies to India. Reynaers came to India and set up their office in Pune in 2006 followed by Schueco in Bengaluru in 2007 and Sapa in Mumbai in 2008.\u00a0 With this, the popularity of System windows emerged. People started talking of European hardware, Euro Groove, Wind loads, Testing and standards. Some leading Indian fabricators started designing their own systems based on Euro groove. Lesser known European Systems like EFP also entered the market.<\/p>\n
Today, India is at cross-roads \u2013 whether to adapt to European System Companies or to develop on its own. One segment of companies says \u2018why reinvent the wheel, let\u2019s adapt\u2019. Some of them feel they need to develop new technology as per local conditions here. Some System companies like Schueco have developed new systems for the Indian market. Some feel they should first develop their own standards, and then systems would follow. Instead of following EN, AAMA, ASTM, or others, we need standards and codes for Aluminium Building Systems. These codes will help System Companies in designing, developing or adapting systems for the Indian Market. Without this, the dilemma will continue- whether to adapt or innovate!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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