For The Next India

Tomohiko Okada, Managing Director, Toshiba India Pvt Ltd says the company will contribute to India’s growth.

- Swati Deshpande

How has been the last year for Toshiba Group in India? The manufacturing industry seems to have recovered from tremors of GST and performed well during second half of 2017. What has been your observation in this regard? 

Toshiba has established India as its manufacturing hub and export base for power and infrastructure businesses. We have multiple manufacturing and marketing bases in India for high quality power generation, high-efficiency energy transmission and distribution, long-lasting and energy efficient electrical equipment for railway systems, complete vertical transport solutions for building, and water and wastewater solutions. We have made a lot of progress in the recent period in our various business operations, in sync with the key objectives of the Government of India.

Looking ahead at the era of electric vehicles, Toshiba is playing an important role in contributing the stable supply of lithium-ion batteries in India for promoting sustainable cars in the country and will support ‘Make in India’ initiative.

In December 2017, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS) and Toshiba JSW Turbine and Generator Pvt. Ltd. (Toshiba JSW) reached a major milestone in its power systems business: the shipment of turbines with a cumulative of 200,000 megawatts output capacity

Toshiba’s endeavour to manufacture and supply superior quality products that are made in India has resulted in securing many overseas orders. Recently, TTDI also delivered transformers to Kenya Power to help curb T&D losses in Kenya’s national grid. With strong alignment between India, Japan and many other countries, we are in a unique position to serve as a gateway to countries globally, especially Middle-East and Africa from our Indian base.