Apw President Systems Limited

APW President Systems Limited, is a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of standard and customized enclosure systems in India and has been the market leader for over 27 years in 19-inch enclosures for IT and Telecom infrastructure, systems management and operations.

The Company caters to three major business segments: enclosure systems, contract manufacturing and trading activities – all with a focus on the IT/Networking and ITES, Telecom, General and Industrial Electronics sectors.

APW President is the only manufacturer in India offering standard and customized enclosure solutions to the IT and Networking, Telecom, General and Industrial Electronics sectors.

For most applications, customers have a choice of either steel or aluminum products that can handle equipment loads ranging from 250 kgs to over a 1,000 kgs. These products are fully supported with a range of accessories to match specific application needs. The exact solution or enclosure configuration best suited to your needs is available to you from a single source, backed by application expertise acquired over 27 years. APW President is thus a single stop provider for all your solutions.

We also have a nationwide network of sales offices, representatives and distributors to support you wherever you may need assistance for installation, commissioning and on-going services.

APW President pioneered India’s modular enclosure industry, introducing the world standard 19-inch enclosure technology. Our Engineering Resources Center (ERC) provides design and engineering facilities supported by Pro-E, and other design tools, for designing its products.

With a total of 1,65,500 sq ft of fully-equipped modern manufacturing space in India, we have the capacity to manufacture up to 60,000 enclosures, 70,000 card frames and 30,000 instrument cases each year.

APW President’s manufacturing facilities at Bangalore are equipped with state- of-the-art CNC Turret Presses, Press Brakes, Robotic welding, as well as matching equipment for surface preparation and decorative finishes. All operations are controlled in-house through a full-fledged Computer Aided Manufacturing system.

With a 27-year-old tradition of innovative manufacturing, we have added a state-of-the-art Powder Coating Plant in Pune, which includes a conveyorised environment-friendly spray pre-treatment process, and a fully automated Powder Coating system.

This facility ensures highly consistent quality levels. It also provides us with the confidence that we can consistently provide you world-class products, and also a full range of accessories and other optional items designed to meet your application requirements.

E. Elias is the Managing Director of APW President Systems Ltd., a joint venture that was formed      between the former Stellar Modular Systems Pvt Ltd and Vero Electronics Ltd. (now APW    Electronics Ltd) of the UK.

Elias graduated from IIT Bombay with a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1966.  His professional    career included stints with Philips India Ltd., IBM and Tata Burroughs – now Tata Infotech. The wealth of experience gained with these highly regarded multinational companies included design of Test and Measuring Equipment, product development, manufacturing methodologies, as well as electronic data processing and marketing, distribution and support of computer systems and software.

In 1981 Elias left the corporate world of multinationals to start a small-scale company in partnership with two friends. This was the beginning of President Systems.  Starting with card frames, or sub-racks, for the housing of PCBs in modular racking systems, the company, which began without any premises of its own, grew rapidly. It converted itself first to a private limited organization and then to a public limited company, following the establishment of the joint venture with Vero Electronics of the UK.

Elias was promoted to the position of Managing Director of the joint venture company in 1999.

He is passionate about maintaining high quality standards in all endeavours, especially all products manufactured by the company. President products have become quality benchmarks for the industry.

Pramod Agashe joined APW President Systems Ltd in November 2002 and is currently the Chief  Operations Officer, managing Sales and Marketing, Export Sales, HR, General Administration and  Organizational Development. He has been responsible for sales growing five-fold in the last 6 years, expanding geographies and product lines and acquiring new customers  at a frenetic pace.

Pramod has 27 years of varied and  rich experience, starting with a 10 year stint at Thermax and Ingersoll  Rand for 10 years. He was then head of sales, service and marketing of Precision Air Conditioning division and the overall management of West zone operations for all lines of businesses for Tata Liebert (now known as Emerson Network Power).

Pramod obtained his Mechanical Engineering Degree from VJTI Mumbai in 1984, followed  by Masters  Degree in Marketing Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management  Studies, Mumbai, in 1991.

He loves to read, go on treks, participate in Marathons and  has a keen ear for music.

S.Venkatraman is  the Vice President – Enclosure Solutions and Technical Services, since April, 2009. He   was earlier Associate Vice President – Sales & Service, a position he has held since February, 2006.

Venkatraman has over 19 years of experience in the field of sales and marketing, beginning with a stint of 7 years with Voltas Ltd. He then joined Emerson  Network Power,    formerly known as Tata Liebert, where he successfully handled various  responsibilities in Sales, Service and Business Development of Precision Air Conditioning Division, both at regional and national level.

Venkatraman holds a Mechanical Engineering Degree from Bharatiyar University, Chennai, and a Diploma in Marketing Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

APW President Systems  has several technology partnerships with companies that are well established / leaders in their respective lines of business.  These alliances enable us to offer our customers not just a range of enclosure products, but also several other value-added products,  solutions and services which extend our range significantly.

APW President is a value-added distributor for Avocent Corporation in India. Avocent delivers a common interface to manage physical and virtual IT infrastructure, making it easy to ensure uninterrupted availability of resources. Avocent solutions make it possible to control local and remote servers, network devices, security appliances, desktops, laptops, and mobile devices from a single console. With more than 25 years of experience, Avocent has grown through product innovations, global expansion, and strategic acquisitions to become the pre-eminent name in its industry.

APW President has a strategic partnership with Global DataCenter Management (GDCM) has a strategic partnership to supply nlyte®, a data centre management software products, in India and the Middle East region. nlyte® empowers data centre professionals to simplify data center operations, improve service delivery, mitigate risk, reduce costs and offer a demonstrable ROI.

APW President has a strategic partnership with Unite Technologies Ltd, a market leader in data centre integration technology, to distribute its data center monitoring and management solutions in India and the Middle East Region. Unite Technologies was formed in 2007 through the merger of two established British companies, Comrac Ltd and Sinetica Corporation Ltd. The company specializes in the design, manufacture, installation and management of monitoring, control and reporting systems for data centers and  cabinets in computer rooms. With 25 years of experience, Unite Technologies is considered to be the UK’s  leading IT Systems integrator for the data center and network infrastructure industries.

The last few years have been a time of accelerating change. Globalization has led to the emergence of new markets abroad – and international competition at home. Technology has advanced at cyber speeds. The Telecom and internet sectors have seen rapid growth. And customers needs and expectations have risen constantly.

Through all this change and turmoil we continue to adhere to the values that have made us the market leader in India for Enclosure Systems -

• An uncompromising commitment to quality
• An unwavering focus on customer satisfaction
• Innovative solutions to our customers application requirements
• Constant adherence to international standards and practices
• A pioneering spirit in developing new products and technologies

All these values remain constant and unchanged and it is these factors that have enabled us to make continuous progress.

To be the leading provider of IT Infrastructure Solutions and Services

To deliver innovative, reliable and effective products, solutions and services that exceed our customer’s expectations

President Systems Ltd undertakes contract manufacturing of customised enclosures for IT/ITES, Telecom and General Electronics segments. In this endeavour President Systems is uniquely equipped by virtue of its world class manufacturing facilities that are backed by 27 years of expertise, and a team of qualified professionals.

President Systems was established in 1982 and its manufacturing infrastructure now comprises two state-of-the-technology manufacturing sites located at Pune and Bangalore, both of which are certified to ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004 levels. Together these two facilities comprise a built up area of over 1,50,000 sq ft (15,000 sq mtrs). A third facility, close to the existing one at Bangalore, is now under construction and will add another 45,000 sq ft by October 2009 thus significantly enhancing President’s capacity to undertake large Contract Manufacturing projects.

Our customers stand to benefit from our significant investment in state-of-the-art machinery and manufacturing capabilities – such as

• A total of six CNC Turret Punch Presses at the Bangalore facility with hit rates as high as 420 hits/min, ensuring high through-puts. In addition, the Pune facility has 2 CNC Turret Press as well.
• Combination Turret Punch and Shear with automatic loading and unloading facility, the ultimate solution to manufacturing flexibility.
• 17 axes panel bender with inbuilt tooling – changing facility.
• TIG and Robotic welding machines for high precision, quality and repeatability.
• Fully automatic powder coating shop using conveyerised lines and integrated oven to handle large scale production.
• ROHS complaint cold phosphating and oxyilan surface treatment facility.
• An ESD protected area, for handling electronic integration.
• A full complement of power tools and equipment to support fabrication and assembly operations.

Our capability to offer customised, value added and cost effective solutions in stipulated timelines is supported by way

• In-house Design and Development facility, fully equipped with the latest software to execute, built-to-print and built-to-design products.
• In-house lab facility for checking all process parameters.
• Computer aided manufacturing control systems to routinely cater to our customers special requirements.
• Capability to configure a wide range of production cells and dedicate product-wise assembly lines.
• Use of productivity enhancement tools such as TPM and TOC (Theory of Constraints) to optimize handling orders of all sizes.
• An effective Oracle based ERP system for closely managing all procurement, production , planning and control activities

Our company an ISO 14001:2004 for Bangalore Factory.