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Address: Crompton Greaves Limited.
CG
House, 6th Floor,
Dr.
Annie Besant Road.
Worli,
Mumbai - 400 030
INDIA.
Tel :
+91 022 2423 7777
Fax : +91 022 2423 7788
Introduction:
For the last sixty-eight years, Crompton
Greaves (CG) has become synonymous with electricity in India. In fact, the
first unit of electricity was generated on a "Crompton Dynamo" at Calcutta
in 1899. A pioneering leader since 1937 in the management and application of
electrical energy, Crompton Greaves, today, is India's largest private
sector enterprise, extensively engaged in designing, manufacturing and
marketing high technology electrical products and services related to power
generation, transmission, distribution as well as executing turnkey
projects. The company is customer centric in its focus and it is the single
largest source for a wide variety of electrical equipments and products.
Further, the company is emerging as a first choice global supplier for high
quality electrical equipments.
History:
The history of Crompton Greaves goes back to
1878 when Col. R.E.B. Crompton founded R.E.B.Crompton & Company. The company
merged with F.A Parkinson in the year 1927 to form Crompton Parkinson Ltd.,
(CPL). Greaves Cotton and Co (GCC) was appointed as their concessionaire in
India. In 1937, CPL established, it's wholly owned Indian subsidiary viz.
Crompton Parkinson Works Ltd., in Bombay, along with a sales organization,
Greaves Cotton & Crompton Parkinson Ltd., in collaboration with GCC. In the
year 1947, with the dawn of Indian independence, the company was taken over
by Lala Karamchand Thapar, an eminent Indian industrialist. Crompton Greaves
is headquartered in a self-owned landmark building at Worli, Mumbai.
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