Forbes Marshall opens new manufacturing facility in Chakan

PUNE: Well-known boiler manufacturer company Forbes Marshall, based in Pune, has opened its new facility in Chakan. The Forbes Vyncke boiler pavilion was inaugurated recently at the campus, which is a result of an MoU signed with the Government of Maharashtra in 2011. The project is located on 50 acres of land and has been granted Mega Project Status. The project has been launched in a joint venture with Belgium-based Vyncke, which is into producing biomass boilers.

The new manufacturing facility will be used to manufacture emission and pollution monitoring equipment, high efficiency oil and gas biomass and waste fuel boilers with Vyncke, as well as the new solar technology project for combined heat and power solar co-generation systems. Forbes Marshall has two other manufacturing locations at Kasarwadi and MIDC Pimpri. The company has made an investment of Rs 250 crore

In the first phase of construction, the boiler pavilion, the vendor park and the utilities building have been completed. The facility has the capacity to produce around 1000 boilers, with a focus on biomass besides other boilers. The company plans to cater to industrial energy users, pharmaceuticals, breweries and distilleries, food processing and agro industries, tyres and rubber, chemicals and textiles.