History/Milestones

IEC was established in the year 1982 by R. Vijayraghavan. Vijayraghavan, who has been a Director of IEC, since its inception, and Managing Director since 1985, has more than 50 years of rich experience working on DC Machines. He started his career as a DC motor designer with BBC (now ABB) at Mannheim, Germany and returned to India after a 4 year stint. Subsequently, he joined Kirloskar Electric Company as a DC motor designer. This was at a time when the potential for DC motors was untapped in India with the industry unaware of the benefits of using variable speed drives for different applications. Vijayraghavan, then started to educate users and was largely responsible for promoting these motors in various applications in the Indian industry. It is due to these efforts that he is recognised as a pioneer who popularised the usage of DC motors in India.

Milestones

2014	Frame 560 AC Machines Development & Supply of Frame 560 AC Machine
2013	Permanent Magnet Machines Development of Permanent Magnet Generators and Control for Telecommunication Applications Development of Laminated Yoke Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors Production of 400 and 450 Frame AC Motors Development of Smoke Extraction Motors Development of Fuel Pump Motors for Railway Auxiliaries
2012	Variable Speed Solutions for Generating Sets Development of Variable Speed AC Generators and Control for enhanced fuel saving Development of DC Traction Motors for METRO RAILWAYS
2011	Hybrid Power System Solution Developed and exported complete Hybrid Systems including Generating sets and power management units with compatibility to add various renewable energy sources like windmills, solar panels, etc. Development of MAINLINE DC TRACTION MOTOR
2010	Fuel Saving Solution for Telecom Towers Alternator with Control Panel for Telecom Towers which reduced diesel consumption by close to 60% Opening of a New Factory at Chikkabellapur to manufacture small AC Motors.
2009	FRAME 355 AC Motors Range of AC Motors expanded to include frame 355
2007	AC Factory Opening of a New Factory of 30000 sq.ft to house AC Motors and AC Generators production.
2005	Laminated Yoke AC Motors Development of Laminated Yoke AC Motors Range
2004	Frame 900 DC Motors Production of Frame 900 DC Motors. Development of Excavator Electric Set
2003	Vector Controlled AC Drives Production of Vector Control based AC Drives that have been developed completely in-house. ISO 9000:2000 certification obtained for all products. Development of Frame 250 AC Motor extending the range to 55kW.
2002	New Factory Opening of a New Factory of 30000 sq.ft to house machining and fabrication facilities and to build motors weighing up to 50 tons. ISO 9001 awarded to the AC Generator division. Development of Frame 180 AC Motor extending the range to 22kW.
2001	AC Generator frame 132 Development of AC Generator frame 132 (7.5 to 20 KVA).
2000	DC Compressor Motors Development of Railway compressor DC Motors.
1999	DC Traction Motors Development of Low voltage DC traction motors for battery driven vehicles.
1998	ISO 9001 Development of AC Generator frame 280 (160 KVA to 320 KVA). ISO 9001 awarded to the DC Motor division.
1997	Solar Pump Motors Development of AC Generator frame 180 (25KVA to 63 KVA). Development of permanent magnet DC solar pump motors. Development of DC blower motors for cooling traction dynamic breaking resistors.
1996	AC Motor Development Development & Production of AC Motors between 0.12 to 18.5 KW.
1995	AC Drive Development Commencement of production of AC Drives which have been developed completely in-house. Development of DC Motor frame 710 (1625 KW at 350 RPM).
1994	DC Motors Kit Development Development of DC Motor kit export to Belfast, Ireland along with complete designs to service the markets of UK, Europe and USA. Development of Frame 225 Alternators (70 to 140 KVA).
1993	AISE Motors Development of the range of AISE motors 802 to 818. Export of DC Machines to USA. Development of DC Motor frame 560 (1450 KW at 450 RPM).
1992	Sugar Centrifuge Motors Variable speed DC Motors for sugar centrifuges which has revolutionized the Sugar industry in India.
1989	New Factory at Peenya Commencement of manufacturing at a new factory at Peenya, Bengaluru (Bangalore). Export of DC Motors to Germany.
1986	DC Motor Frame 315 Development of DC Motor frame 315 (500 KW at 1500 RPM).
1983-1985	DC Motor Frame 100 to 225 Development of DC Motor frames between 100 and 225 (3.7 KW to 200 KW at 1500 RPM).
1982	Formation Formation of the company. Manufacturing facilities established at Kamakshipalya, Bengaluru (Bangalore). Development of DC Motor frame 80 (0.37 KW to 2.2 KW at 1500 RPM).