WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2013--
Xylem Inc. (NYSE:XYL), a leading global water technology company focused
on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, today announced
the appointment of H. Balasubramaniam (“Bala”) as the company’s new
managing director for Xylem in India. He joins Xylem from General
Electric, where he spent more than 15 years, most recently as Business
Director of the company’s locomotive projects business, and prior to
that as Chief Executive Officer of GE Water Process and Technologies,
South Asia. He replaces Sam Yamdagni, who is leaving the
company.
“Bala’s extensive global operations expertise and his success in growing
GE’s water business in India fit perfectly with our need to develop
further in this important growth market,” said Steve Loranger, CEO and
president of Xylem Inc. “We will look to him to build on the foundation
we’ve established, leveraging our talented team to help our existing and
new customers in India solve their most challenging water issues.”
While at GE, he was also Vice President of GE Capital International
Services and General Manager of Quality and Operations at the company’s
Industrial Systems group. Prior to that, he held various engineering
positions at Ford New Holland Tractors and Eicher-Mitsubishi. He earned
a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering at India’s National
Institute of Industrial Engineering in Mumbai, and a master’s degree in
quality and statistics at Birla Institute of Technology and Science,
Pilani in India. He is a certified Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma.
Xylem in India
Xylem employs 200 people in India, and operates a manufacturing and
testing facility, as well as a Research, Development and Engineering
Center in Vadodara. The company also has sales and service facilities in
Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Pune. The company has
participated in a number of high-profile water projects in the power,
industrial, irrigation and water and wastewater treatment sectors in
India, including receipt of a contract to provide water transport
systems to the Andhra Pradesh irrigation project.
About Xylem
Xylem (NYSE:XYL) is a leading global water technology provider, enabling
customers to transport, treat, test and efficiently use water in public
utility, residential and commercial building services, industrial and
agricultural settings. The company does business in more than 150
countries through a number of market-leading product brands, and its
people bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on finding
local solutions to the world’s most challenging water and wastewater
problems. Xylem is headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., with 2012 annual
revenues of $3.8 billion and approximately 12,900 employees worldwide.
Xylem has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the
last two years for advancing sustainable business practices and
solutions worldwide.
The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that
transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of
our water-centric business by linking it with the best water
transportation of all -- that which occurs in nature. For more
information, please visit us at www.xyleminc.com.
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