Forbes Marshall
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| Company type | Private Limited |
|---|---|
| Industry | Steam engineering and control instrumentation |
| Founded | 1926 in Gujarat, India |
| Founder | J. N. Marshall, Darius Forbes[1] |
| Headquarters | Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Key people | Farhad Forbes (co-chairman), Naushad Forbes (co-chairman) |
| Products | Boilers and boiler efficiency systems, steam systems, process analysers, distributed control systems (DCS), compressed air efficiency products, emission monitoring products, control valves, flowmeters, vibration monitoring systems, automation |
| Services | Energy audits, plant asset management, compressed air audits, vibration consultancy services, design consultancy |
| Subsidiaries | Codel International, UK |
| Website | www |
Forbes Marshall is a multinational engineering company. It specializes in and manufactures steam engineering and control instrumentation products.[2][3][4][5]
Forbes Marshall (now, Forbes Marshall Group) was originated as a trading company. It was set up by J N Marshall in 1926. It started supplying textile accessories to the textile industry in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It started distribution of steam engineering products in 1946. The first factory for the manufacture of steam products was set up in Kasarwadi, Pune in 1958. In 1962 the company entered the control instrumentation business.
In the 1980s, the company established into two joint ventures - Forbes Marshall Arca (erstwhile Arca Controls), in partnership with Arca Regler, Germany and Krohne Marshall. a joint venture with Krohne Messtechnik, Germany.[6] In 2006, Krohne Marshall set up Asia's largest flowmeter calibration facility.[7] In the early 2000s Forbes Marshall entered into a joint venture with Codel International, UK. Codel is now a Forbes Marshall company.[8] Forbes Vyncke, a joint venture company for manufacture of biomass boilers was formed with Vyncke, Belgium in 2009.[9]
The company set up a new manufacturing plant at Chakan, Pune in 2013.[10][11]
Manufacturing
The award-winning state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Chakan[12] near Pune, is spread over 50 acres of land and was designed by Christopher Charles Benninger Architects.[13] The campus has dedicated assembly and test rigs for hydro, seat leak and performance testing to ensure high quality systems.
Flow meters and control valves are manufactured at the Forbes Marshall facilities in Pimpri, Pune. The facility also boasts of a sophisticated calibration rig with the capability to calibrate flowmeters of up to 2000 mm. This NABL accredited rig is the second largest in Asia.[6][14]
Products and services
- Boilers and boiler efficiency
- Steam systems
- Valves
- Flow and level meters
- Condition monitoring systems
- Automation
- Steam and water analysis systems
- Process analytics
- Emission quality analyzers
- Gauges
- Compressed air efficiency
- Services
- Energy audits
- Plant asset management
- Compressed air audits
- Vibration consultancy services
- Design consultancy