Supertech Instrumentation – A system integrator par excellence

Mr. C.S. Limaye, Director, Supertech Instrumentation Services (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Supertech Instrumentation Services (India), based in Thane, is a leading company providing automation solutions in the process industry. Started in 1995 by the two veteran instrumentation engineers, Mr. C.S. Limaye and Mr. M.G. Ranade, Supertech has come a long way, establishing its credentials and an enviable track record. In the very beginning the company thoughtfully added the services of Design & Detailed Engineering and System Integration to its portfolio. An alliance was forged with Schneider Electric for their Automation and Drives products. Subsequently the alliance was strengthened with addition of Electrical switchgear for Intelligent MCC, metering products, APC Industrial UPS and MES solutions.

Turnkey automation solutions
Supertech started providing cost effective turnkey automation solutions in a wide range of process industries such as resins, paints, polymers, API, pharma intermediates, specialty chemicals, food & beverages, agrochemicals, lubricating oils etc. Most of these industries involved batch processes and hence Supertech developed special expertise in automating batch processes. With this experience, Supertech developed “SUPERBatch”, a comprehensive Batch Management software package based on ISA S88 Batch Standard. The package is tightly integrated with Schneider PLC/ SCADA and DCS, but can also be used with other PLC/ SCADA and DCS systems. There are over 25 successful installations of SUPERBatch. In order to expand the business and to be able to cater to a wider range of industries, Supertech has recently entered into an alliance with ABB for their DCS systems with focus on verticals such as specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food & beverages, etc. Supertech also specializes in Historian and MES based solutions which involve sourcing the process data from disparate automation systems (PLC, SCADA, DCS) and archiving in open database such as MS SQL Server. By querying this data using special tools, different types of management information reports and dashboards are generated. The solutions also extend upto integration of Automatation system with ERP systems such as SAP and Oracle.

Intelligent MCCs
Another area of focus for Supertech is Intelligent MCC. With increasing level of automation, the number of motors in a plant is increasing. These motors are required to be operated automatically from a PLC/ DCS. Intelligent MCC allows soft connectivity with PLC/ DCS through an industrial bus (such as Profibus, Canopen, Modbus) and eliminates the need for PLC I/O and wiring. It provides warnings and extra protection for the motors against disturbances on both load and power supply side. It greatly increases the availability of motors. Supertech provides end-to-end Intelligent MCC solutions with advanced products from Schneider Electric. Supertech also offers energy monitoring SCADA and a unique Asset Management system for motors.

Valuable Clients
Supertech’s valuable clients include highly reputed names in process industry such as Asian Paints, Kansai Nerola c Paints, Akzo Nobel, BASF, Bayer, Colgate Palmolive, GSK Foods, Cadbury, Fine Organic, Torrent Pharma, Associated Capsules, Piramal Healthcare, Ranbaxy, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Wockhardt, Watson Pharma, Sandoz, Glennmark, US Vitamins, Reliance Life Sciences, Megafine Pharma, IOCL, Tide Water Oil, Fuchs Lubricants, Syngenta, Huntsmann, Asian PPG, Godrej, Clariant, Novartis, Pfizer, Avestha Pharma, S.D. Fine, Grasim, Indo Rama, Finolex, Supreme Petro, Garden Silk, Birla Cellulosic, Esteem Industries, Gharda, Indofil, Sabero Organic, Gharda Chemicals, Sudarshan Chemicals, Laxmi Organics, Lanxess, VVF, MCF, Garware Chemicals, Firmenich, Tytan Organic, SEYA Industries, Makwell Plasticizers etc. Supertech has also supplied Automation systems and services in Dubai, Sharjah, Iran, Singapore, Nigeria, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo and USA.

Adapting to changes
Mr. C. S. Limaye, a senior member of ISA (International Society of Automation) for over three decades and has served this international body in various capacities including the Dist. Vice President of the ISA-Asia District, Chairman of ISA India Region and the President of ISA, Maharashtra Section, believes that the changes in tehnology are very fast and one must be willing to absorb the changes. “Every development in technology brings in some benefit that improves the quality of human life. You must see how you can adapt yourself to the changes and derive the benefits,” he opines.