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Corporate
Technology Strategy and Services (CTSS)
provides innovative technical solutions
and evaluation for strategic needs of the
Group's businesses. It is responsible for
developing growth opportunities and identifying
new product and application opportunities.
It helps upgrade the technical competencies
of the businesses for cost reduction, quality
improvement, capacity increase, and sharing
best technology practices across the Group.
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Aditya
Birla Science and Technology Company Limited
is the corporate research and development
centre for the Group. This centre has laboratories
for research on metals, fibres, carbon black,
cement, minerals and its beneficiation,
and chemicals. There are similar facilities
for carrying out research on process innovation
and development based on the state-of-the-art
modelling and simulation technology platform
along with high performance computing systems.
There is a well integrated analytical science
and technology facility and pilot plant
for scale up studies.
The
centre also hosts a Knowledge Centre that
provides access to information and supports
intellectual property management. The current
areas of scientific competency include fibre
science and textiles; material science and
engineering; chemical sciences; advanced
process engineering; advanced design engineering;
advanced process control and automation.
The centre has been recognised by the Department
of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government
of India as a commercial research and development
company. The facility is located at Taloja,
near Mumbai in Maharashtra.
The
Corporate Technical and Energy Services
(CTES) provides services across the Group
for technical problem solving and cost reduction
by means of energy conservation, waste heat
recovery, optimisation of manpower and material
handling systems, improved operational and
maintenance practices, water conservation,
electrical systems, etc. It also provides
support services for heat transfer enhancement,
thermography and trouble-shooting for plant
equipment. CTES is ISO 9001:2000 certified,
has BEE qualified auditors and is a Government
of Gujarat approved energy auditor. In addition,
CTES also caters to the Group's expanding
captive power plants. The purpose is to
analyse, monitor, benchmark and share information
on captive power plants' performance, with
an overall objective to increase their efficiency,
increase the reliability and availability,
and be a technical resource centre for them.
Headed
by Dr. Luca Fontana
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