Standing Tall in its Work Arena
It is a good family value system where a son follows in his father’s footsteps. Such is the case at Bhartiya Valves Pvt. Ltd., a Rs ten crore average turnover outfit involved in manufacturing and sales of high pressure gas cylinder valves for industrial, medical and fire fighting cylinders along with spares and engineering components. Trailblazed by J.P.Malhotra, an engineering graduate in mechanical stream from Delhi University, this 48 employee organization is now also steamrolled by scion, Gautam Malhotra, general manager and a bachelor of electronics degree holder, as well. “We claim to have a 98 per cent client retention rate,” says Malhotra, who also firmly asserts that “our achievements are aided and abetted by maintaining an ontime delivery schedule cent per cent of the time.” Working on an no imports, no exports regime, this unit shows up a very sound rate card of its employee ranks with a retention figure of a whopping 90 to 95 per cent. We are an E to E employee to employer company. A vision, which talks of doubling the production efficiency and also the floor area of the workshop, this erstwhile ISO 9001:2000 certified company, established in 1989, in a breakup of its product spectrum, caters to the needs and requirements of manufacturers of gas cylinders valves for gases like oxygen, hydrogen, argon, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide valves, spindle keys and spares besides Medical gases. Rated as SE2A high performance high financial rating by ONICRA, Bhartiya Valves promoter J.P. Malhotra was conferred Outstanding Small Scale Entrepreneur Award for the State of Haryana by President of India for year 1994. Fueled by a mission statement to promote quality-in-all-we-do philosophy, furthered on by an overall effort and commitment to continuous improvement and customer satisfaction, Bhartiya Valves , as a matter of honour, has been on the receiving end of a number of citations such as the Felicitation as Eminent Engineer 2006 Award from the Insittution of Engineers (India) Golden Jubilee Award for Outstanding Contribution by the Faridabad Industries Association, and the FCCI Foundation Day Award by the Honourable Minister for Excise and Taxation, Government of Haryana in July 2006 and the Honourable Governor of Haryana Dr. H.R. Kidwai in July 2007 besides State Safety Award by Minister of Labor & Industry Govt. of Haryana. This joint, which waves a rather longish listing of consignees including Aakash Gases Pvt. Premier Cryogenics Ltd.,Ltd., Universal Air Products Pvt. Ltd., Swastik Industrial Gases Pvt. Ltd., Safex Fire Services Ltd., Gunebo India Pvt. Ltd. (Minimax), Everest Kanto Cylinder Ltd., Jai Maruti Gas Cylinders Ltd., Sky Oxygen Co. Ltd., Bharat Pumps & Compressors Ltd., NTPC, BHEL Department of Defence Production, is very ably spearhead by its chief executive officer, J.P.Malhotra, who, in turn, holds a huge run-up of portfolios such as the President of DLF Industries Association, President of the Faridabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2006-2009), Vice President of the Haryana State Productivity Council, Member of the All India Industrial Gas Manufacturers Association, Fellow and life member of the Institute of Engineers (India) member of the Haryana committee of the PHD Chamber, and a member of the board of management studies of the Guru Jambeshwar University. Having onboard an entirely indigenous set of machinery, a claim card of “never telling a lie at any point in time,” and believing that its success stems from the fact that “we never say no, and never fall short on our commitment,” the Malhotra father and son duo, in these times, is comfortably ensconced in their arena of operations. And truly set in the pavement to further successes.