Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) is planning to boost Oxygen PSA plant manufacturing in the country by helping Airox Nigen Equipments Pvt. Ltd. and SAM Gas Projects Pvt. Ltd.

This step will help in rapidly manufacturing Oxygen PSA plants and installing Oxygen PSA plants, both to produce life saving oxygen as well as reduce the immense logistical problems.

Airox Nigen Equipments Pvt. Ltd. and SAM Gas Projects Pvt. Ltd. were flooded with orders but had a capacity to manufacture only 5-8 plants a month. Maruti Suzuki India Limited has decided to use their resources to help scale-up their production. While technology, quality and performance, as well as all commercial matters, would remain the responsibility of the two companies, MSIL and its vendors would use their capabilities to rapidly scale up production. MSIL’s involvement would be on a no profit basis.

Airox has its factory in Ahmedabad and SKH Metals, a vendor, is working with them. MSIL has been able to arrange new sources for Zeolite, an imported material and critical for a PSA plant. This will be air freighted. Compressors are another important bought out component. Airox has already reached an output of one PSA plant a day and this number will be rapidly scaled up to four per day within May itself. Output in May is expected to be 50-60 plants.

SAM Gas Projects Pvt. Ltd. is being assisted by our vendor JBML. MSIL is helping with all critical inputs. This company is expected to produce 20-30 plants in May.

MSIL and its vendors will procure oxygen plants from these two companies and donate them for medical use. A separate MSIL team is working to ensure that the Oxygen PSA plants when produced are installed and commissioned as fast as possible. The top management of MSIL is involved in coordinating and monitoring this activity and hopes that it will make some difference in the national fight against COVID.