Maruti joins hands with two NCR firms to boost the production of oxygen generator plants

New Delhi: The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Sunday said it has joined hands with two NCR-based companies to boost their production of PSA oxygen generator plants.

The auto major said it realised the critical importance of rapidly installing PSA oxygen plants, both to produce life-saving oxygen as well as reduce the immense logistical problems.

It was found that these plants are being made by small-scale units with limited resources or the ability to scale up production, MSI said in a statement.

“We located two companies in the NCR area, Airox Nigen Equipments, and SAM Gas Projects. They were flooded with orders but had a capacity to manufacture only 5-8 plants a month. We decided to use our resources to help scale up their production,” it added.

The automaker noted that it started talking to the two entities from May 1 and quickly reached an understanding with them.

“While technology, quality, and performance, as well as all commercial matters, would remain the responsibility of the two companies, MSIL and its vendors would use their capabilities to rapidly scale up production. MSI’s involvement would be on a no-profit basis,” it added.

Airox has its factory in Ahmedabad and SKH Metals, a vendor, is working with them, MSI said.

The company has been able to arrange new sources for Zeolite, an imported and critical material for a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) plant which would be now air freighted, it added.

The top management of MSI is involved in coordinating and monitoring this activity and hopes that it will make some difference in the national fight against COVID-19, it added.

On Saturday, MSI announced to extend the maintenance shutdown of its plants till May 16 amid the ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases across the country.

The company had last month said it was advancing the annual plant maintenance shutdown to May 1-May 9, which was originally scheduled for June.