On 10 February 2010 materials characterization expert Malvern Panalytical opened a third centre of excellence in India, established through its joint venture company Malvern Panalytical Aimil Instruments Pty. Located in Delhi, and designed to serve customers in the north and north east of India, the new centre of excellence houses laboratories that are equipped with a range of Malvern Panalytical systems and staffed by a full time applications team. They will provide demonstrations and deliver training, applications and technical support as well as undertaking sample analysis.
Malvern Panalytical Aimil Instruments Pty was formed in 2008, the result of a joint venture in India between Malvern Panalytical and Aimil, the company’s longstanding distributor in the region. Headquartered in Mumbai, Malvern Panalytical Aimil Instruments has eight offices around India, and centres of excellence in Bangalore and Baroda, as well as the new facility in Delhi.
Cutting the ribbon in Delhi were Paul Walker, Managing Director of Malvern Panalytical, and Arvind Verma, Managing Director of Aimil. Both are delighted with the success of the joint venture and reinforced the company’s commitment to providing the highest possible level of customer support to users throughout India.
“It is thanks to the success of Malvern Panalytical Aimil and the growing number of Malvern Panalytical customers in India, that we need to extend our training and support facilities,” said Paul Walker. “The new centre of excellence in Delhi will ensure that we deliver increasingly local support for our many customers in the north and north east of India, effectively and in a timely way. We want to ensure that all users of Malvern Panalytical systems enjoy the same high level experience wherever they are in the world.”
He went on to say: “The collaboration between Malvern Panalytical and Aimil has allowed us to focus on providing a high level of specialist support tailored to the needs of the Indian market. Malvern Panalytical Aimil has built a strong reputation for the supply and support of systems for particle characterization, rheological measurement and chemical imaging to a wide range of sectors. Most recently we have moved to providing direct support for Viscotek GPC/SEC systems in India, following Malvern Panalytical’s acquisition of Viscotek.”
The opening ceremony was attended by a number of customers, members of the Malvern Panalytical Board, senior Malvern Panalytical Aimil personnel and the teams from the Delhi Centre of Excellence.