It is reported that energy and environment solutions firm from India Thermax Limited has opened a manufacturing facility under its subsidiary in Zhejiang province in east China with a registered capital of USD 11.47 million.

Mr Vishnu Prakash Consul General of India in Shanghai inaugurated the facility in the presence of Thermax Group Chairperson Mr Meher Pudumjee and Jiaxing Vice Mayor Mr Jiang Ren Huan.

The facility set up under Thermax 100% subsidiary, Thermax Cooling and Heating Engineering Company Limited is the company’s first overseas manufacturing unit.

The plant with a capacity of over 400 absorption chillers per annum with the state of the art machinery would cater to the absorption chiller market in China and some other overseas markets, the company said.

Thermax Limited a USD 800 million leading company in energy and environment solutions, offers total integrated solutions in the areas of heating, cooling power, water and waste management, air pollution control and chemicals.