Strategic Business Units
AIS has the following three strategic business units:
• Automotive Glass Unit – AIS Auto Glass
With a total production capacity of 2.5 million car sets at its manufacturing facilities at Rewari and Chennai, AIS Auto Glass is India’s largest and one of Asia’s largest manufacturers of world-class automotive safety glass.
• Float Glass Unit – AIS Float Glass
AIS Float Glass is the premier manufacturer of international quality float glass, with a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Taloja near Mumbai, having a manufacturing capacity of 500 TPD, in proximity to its larger markets and the seaport for its export sales. The unit is the first in the country to introduce tinted float glass in various colours and is a market leader in the country.
The second plant, which will be the largest Integrated Glass Plant in India, with a float glass production capacity of 700 TPD, is being set up at Roorkee in the state of Uttranchal in North India. The plant is scheduled to be operational by December 2006.
AIS Float Glass enjoys a total market share of over 20% in the Indian float glass industry, which will increase to approximately 35%, post commissioning of the Roorkee Plant.
• AIS Glass Solutions Ltd – AIS Glass Solutions
AIS Glass Solutions, an innovation in value addition, has been set up as a separate subsidiary of AIS - AIS Glass Solutions Ltd., to trade and to provide end to end solutions in the different kinds of architectural glass including toughened glass, laminated glass, insulated glass and glass products. |