Blue Star Limited

Blue Star is India's leading air conditioning and commercial refrigeration company with an annual turnover of over ???3500 crores a network of 35 offices 5 modern manufacturing facilities 2300 employees 2200 dealers and 600 retailers. Blue Star's integrated business model of a manufacturer contractor and after-sales service provider enables it to offer an end-to-end solution to its customers which has proved to be a significant differentiator in the market place. In fact every third commercial building in the country has a Blue Star product installed. The Company fulfills the cooling requirements of a large number of corporate commercial as well as residential customers. The Company also offers expertise in allied contracting activities such as electrical plumbing fire-fighting and industrial projects in order to offer turnkey solutions apart from execution of specialised industrial projects. Blue Star's other businesses include marketing and maintenance of imported professional electronics and industrial products and systems which is handled by a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company called Blue Star Engineering & Electronics Ltd. Blue Star has business alliances with world-renowned technology leaders such as Rheem Mfg Co USA; Hitachi Medical Corporation Japan; Danfoss Denmark; Bitzer Germany; Emerson USA; Aeroflex USA; Kitz Japan; and many others to offer superior products and solutions to customers. The Company has manufacturing facilities at Dadra Himachal Wada and Ahmedabad which use modern state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment to ensure that the products have consistent quality and reliability. The Company has a manufacturing footprint of about 1 lakh sq m manufacturing over 300 models across 25 product lines. The Company's mainstay of product development and R&D has been energy efficiency coupled with eco-friendly and sustainable products. In accordance with the nature of products and markets business drivers and competitive positioning the lines of business of Blue Star can be segmented as follows: Electro-Mechanical Projects And Packaged Air Conditioning Systems This business segment covers the design manufacturing installation commissioning and maintenance of central air conditioning plants packaged/ducted systems and variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems as well as contracting services in electrification plumbing and fire-fighting. After-sales services such as revamp retrofit and upgrades also form part of this segment. Blue Star is the largest after-sales AC&R service provider in India maintaining around 2 million TR of equipment. Its 24x7 call centre handles over 1 million service calls a year. Blue Star is present right from understanding the customer requirement to hassle-free project execution and committed after-sales service i.e. throughout the life cycle of the air conditioning system Unitary Products Blue Star offers a wide variety of stylish contemporary and energy-efficient room air conditioners for both residential