The Process Plant & Machinery Industry is now become globally competitive in the new the liberalised environment in India. It has exported its systems, equipment & services to almost every part of the globe, but more particularly to Middle East, South East Asia & Africa. It is now exporting to developed countries in North America & Europe.

Indian Process Plant and Machinery (PPM) industry which has estimated output of US$ 6.00 billions per annum has made significant contribution in establishing the Indian Process Industry by providing Design, Engineering, Project Management, Equipment, Construction & Maintenance services. It has built world's largest grass root refinery with 27MTPA capacity, seven gas cracker complexes with down stream facility producing 5 MTPA plastics and polymers, 15 MTPA of Fertilizers and fast growing Pharmaceutical industry.

Each sector of Process Plant & Machinery Industry has its special features and attributes described in the following.

Process Equipment manufacturing companies & fabricators and Manufactures of components for process equipment.

The Indian process equipment & fabrication sector has solid foundation of over 50 years of experience and has contributed significantly to development of Indian Process Industry. The sector has large companies employing over 2000 persons. It also has a vibrant SMEs specialising in specific equipment or providing support products to the larger companies.

It designs and manufactures wide variety of Process Plant Equipments It is capable of manufacturing very large equipment like a regenerator 1200 Tonnes in weight or tower over 100 Meter long. It can shape plates over 225mm thick. It supplies skid mounted systems and modular plants.

Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) Sector

The Indian EPC & LSTK contractors offer very wide range of EPC services at very competitive costs. Many companies from the aforementioned EPCM sector also offer EPC Contracts. On the other hand there are several Indian companies with large manufacturing facilities offer such services.

The EPC services offered cover processes for industries like Oil & Gas, Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical, Polymer & Synthetics, Rubber, Fertilizer, Bulk drug & Pharmaceuticals. Many companies specialise in associated areas like environment protection, steam generation, water treatment, effluent treatment, waste heat recovery, captive power plants, co-generation power plants, heating & cooling solutions and so on.

Most companies also export EPC services to Middle East, South East Asia & African countries.

Design, Engineering & Project Management (EPCM) Sector

This sector of industry consists of large consultancy firms employing between five hundred to over two thousand persons and capable of managing mega projects like refineries & petrochemical complexes. It also has smaller companies focused on specialised areas like specific product range, environment control & protection, sub-systems and plant utilities. The sector has International as well as Indian companies capable of providing over 30 million engineering man-hours per year.

The companies offer services for Pre-investment & feasibility studies, environmental impact studies, basic engineering & design, detailed engineering, piping, electrical, instrumentation, architectural & civil works, procurement services, construction management, project management & commissioning assistance.

Inspection and Quality Assurance Sector

This service sector of the industry ensures quality of the products as well as the services being delivered from the country meets the National, International and /or customer specifications. India has subsidiaries or representatives of the world-renowned certification and inspection agencies. These companies provide certification as per the norms globally followed by their counterparts all over the world. There are reputed local Indian companies, which also offer similar services. All the agencies, with local resources, provide the quality assurance services including design appraisal, in the workshops as well as construction sites.

The companies have rich experience and expertise, which they have acquired in the last four decades in the Indian environment as well as in other countries.

Process Plant & Machinery Association of India (PPMAI)

PPMAI is an association of companies that provide Systems, Equipment & Services in establishing Process Plants. Process Plant & Machinery Association of India is a not for profit organization was established on March 31, 1964.

PPMAI draws 750 memberships from the following types of companies, all serving the Process Industry.

Process Equipment manufacturing companies and fabricators, Manufactures of components for process equipment, Turnkey process packages & utility packages suppliers, Design, Engineering & Project Management Consultants, Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) Contractors

Inspection and Quality Assurance Agencies: These companies offer quality assurance services & inspection during manufacturing, construction and commissioning stages.