About the company

Blue Star is India's largest central airconditioning company with an annual turnover of
Rs 2800 crores, a network of 32 offices, 7 modern manufacturing facilities, over 2000
dealers and around 2500 employees.
It fulfils the airconditioning needs of a large number of corporate, commercial and
residential customers and has also established leadership in the field of commercial
refrigeration equipment ranging from water coolers to cold storages. The Company also
offers comprehensive Electrical Contracting and Plumbing & Fire Fighting Services. Blue
Star's other businesses include marketing and maintenance of hi-tech professional
electronic and industrial products.
Blue Star has business alliances with world renowned technology leaders such as
Rheem,
USA;
Hanbell,
Taiwan;
Hitachi,
Japan;
Midea,
China;
Information Security Systems, Thales, UK; E's Inc, Japan; Carel, Italy; GREE, China and
many others, to offer superior products and solutions to customers.

FACTS

TOTAL INCOME: Rs. 2800 Cr

NET PROFIT: Rs. 76 Cr
EMPLOYEES: 2500
MANUFACTURING UNITS: 7
OFFICES: 32
DEALERS: 2000+

Key Executives

Ashok M Advani Chairman

Suneel M Advani - Vice Chairman

SATISH JAMDAR - Managing Director

VIR S ADVANI - Executive Director & President - Electro Mechanical Projects

Business

B THIAGARAJAN - Executive Director & President - AC&R ProductsBusiness

Products

Electro Mechanical Projects And Packaged Airconditioning Systems

This comprises central and packaged airconditioning, electrical, plumbing, fire-fighting

and industrial projects. The central and packaged airconditioning business
involves design, engineering, manufacturing, installation, commissioning and support
of large central airconditioning plants, packaged airconditioners and ducted split
airconditioners. In addition to this, Blue Star promotes after-sales service as a business,
by offering several value added services in the areas of upgrades and enhancements,
LEED consultancy for Green Buildings and total facility management services. The
Company offers ISO-certified service solutions to various customer segments and has a
24X7 customer call desk. 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 airconditioning system
The Company also executes building electrification contracting projects and offers
expertise in the areas of electrical design and engineering, supply and installation of
entire power systems as well as liasioning, approvals, commissioning and asset
management.
Blue Star has extended its mechanical contracting offering to include plumbing and fire
fighting projects. With this, Blue Star has developed capabilities for executing
integrated MEP (Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing) projects.

Cooling Products

Blue Star offers a wide range of contemporary window and split airconditioners. The
Company also manufactures and markets a comprehensive range of commercial
refrigeration products and services that cater to the industrial, commercial and
hospitality sectors. These include water coolers,bottled water dispensers, deep
freezers, cold storages, bottle coolers, ice cube machines and supermarket refrigeration
products and eutectic freezers.

Professional Electronics And Industrial Systems

For over five decades, the Electronics Division has been the exclusive distributor in
India for many internationally renowned manufacturers of hi-tech professional
electronic equipment and services, as well as industrial products and systems. The
Company has carved out profitable niches for itself in most of the specialized markets it
operates in, such as such as Industrial Products and Systems, Non Destructive Testing,
Testing Machines, Data Communication Products & Services, Testing and Measuring
Instruments and Healthcare Systems.

Milestones

2006 Blue Star opts for a 5 for 1 stock split

2007 Blue Star sets up its fifth factory at Wada, Thane District

2008 Blue Star powers into Building Electrification. Acquires Naseer Electricals, a
leading Electrical Contractor

2008 Total income crosses Rs. 2000 Crores.

2010 Blue Star acquires D S Gupta Construction, the largest independent Indian
plumbing and fire-fighting contractor. Fortifies the Company's integrated
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing & Fire fighting (MEP) contracting offering.

2011 Blue Star forays into the residential airconditioning segment.

2012 Blue Star celebrates Birth Centennial of Founder Chairman, Mohan T

Advani.

2013 Blue Star celebrates its 70th Anniversary.

Competitors

Hitachi

Diakin

Voltas

LG