Gonikoppal (Kodagu) :
“Stihl is bringing advanced technology to users in India, helping them to be more productive and cost effective. Our products offer state-of-the-art features that help customers be more productive and cost effective,’’ said Norbert Pick, Board Member and Head of Marketing and Sales, Andreas Stihl, Germany, during an interaction with planters and farming fraternity at Kodagu on Jan. 13.
Andreas Stihl is a world leader in chainsaws and other hand-held power tools and Andreas Stihl Pvt. Ltd., is a wholly owned Indian subsidiary of Andreas Stihl, AG & CO KG, Germany.
Stihl is powered with a culture of innovation over the decades that has inspired over 2,000 patents. The products are innovative in design with low weight minimising the burden for user and the environment. A variety of equipment for all purposes come in various power outputs of 1.3 KW to 6.4KW.
Quoting Dr. Nikolas Stihl, Chairman, Advisory Board, on the company’s philosophy on quality, Pick said, “We are excellently positioned with our wide-range of products. We have substantially invested in Research and Development (R&D) with the focus on growth in production and distribution. We are keen on long term and organic worldwide growth.”
“India is a growing priority market for the Andreas Stihl group and we want to develop this market with our varied product offerings. The Indian subsidiary has been growing over 25 per cent consistently for the past five years,” Pick said.
“We at STIHL believe in listening to the market and today’s meet is one such initiative where we will take feedback from the end users to our R&D department for product improvement. India is very important growth market for the STIHL group and management is committed to invest more in terms of presence, service and new products into this market,’’ said Parind Prabhudesai, Managing Director, Andreas STIHL Pvt. Ltd.
Uday Shankar, Founder, Aqua Services, has been dealing with Stihl from 2002 even before the company started its India operations. Speaking about Stihl products, he said the products are extensively used in the region for agriculture, horticulture, plantation, nurseries and landscaping. Aqua Services has dealerships in Gonikoppal and Mysuru.
In India, Stihl offers many outdoor power tools. Among them are chainsaw, pole pruners, brush cutters, clearing saws, mist blower and hedge trimmers.
Many of these products are eligible for government subsidy in Karnataka.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Sunday, January 18th, 2015
