Delaware: DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) is on a growth curve in India. It is doubling its Group strength in the country in the next couple of years and setting up a Knowledge Management Centre (DKMC).
Its major presence now is in Chennai with the Coastal Training Technologies Centre, a e-Learning back office content developer, which has about 150 professionals. The DSS consists of DuPont clean technologies and Coastal Training Technologies at present.
The DSS, with focus on safety and renewable resources, is the most recent diversification by the $26-billion, science-driven company. The establishing of the DKMC in Hyderabad, to supplement the existing Services Centre at the DLF developed SEZ in the city, will be a significant step.
“Our plan is to shore up our consulting and training business in India and we feel we have many ways of connecting with customers. Clean technologies, environment, safety resources, training solutions are some which are promising in future,” said Mr James R. Weigand, President of DSS.
Ties with Indian majors
DuPont works closely with the Tatas, Reliance Group, the Aditya Birla Group on safety aspects as well as sustainable technologies. As for Tatas, starting from Tata Steel, Tata Chemicals, the engagement is growing now with Tata Power in their UMPP (Ultra Mega Power Project) in the area of safety, he told a group of visiting Indian Journalists at the company headquarters in Wilmington recently.
The company has also provided safety solutions to Hindustan Unilever. With the Reliance Group a close association in process management safety is on. Here also it started with safety issues.
“Our focus now in India is to offer safety and sustainable solutions to SMEs as well as large companies in the fields of oil and gas, transportation, chemicals, refining as well as in service industry, healthcare,” Mr Weigand explained.
Though companies are still not ready to spend big money on safety following the recession, things will improve with the economic turnaround. At present companies are focusing on investing in training, where we are quite strong and offer solutions, he explained.
“We do not compete with the likes of Deloitte or Mckenzie, but draw expertise from the inherent strengths of DuPont in many areas built over the years to provide management and consultancy services,” he said.
While refraining to project a definite number to the potential business turnover the DSS could bring into DuPont, Mr Weigand said, “Personally, I believe that it should contribute about 10 per cent ($26 billion present turnover) of the company's turnover in 10 years.”
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