Milestones
Milestones are checkpoints for the company to evaluate, analyze and tune up further steps. Let’s take you through the major milestones of Genus, which are for us like footprints-invaluable for the past and guidelines for the future:
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- 1994 : Company founded for manufacturing Thick Film Hybrid Microcircuits & SMT PCB Assemblies
- 1996 : Pioneered unique tamper proof Single & Three Phase Electronic Energy Meters in India
- 1996 : Commercial Production of Electronic Energy Meters started
- 1997 : ISO 9001 : 1994 & IECQ Certifications
- 1998 : Became largest manufacturer of Energy Meters
- 1999 : Multi-functional & Multi-tariff Meters launched
- 2000 : Rated as 7th turnaround company of India by Business World, India
- 2002 : Genus R&D recognized by Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Govt. of India
- 2004 : Rated among top 100 Electronic companies in India by EFY
- 2004: Lean Manufacturing implemented with TBM consultants, USA
- 2005 : AMR / Pre-payment Meter launched 2005: Ventured into Power Distribution Management Projects
- 2006 : State of the art manufacturing facility at Haridwar commissioned
- 2007 : ERP software package SAP implemented successfully
- 2007 : First company in India to obtain DLMS certification for Energy Meters
- 2009 : First company in India with STS certification for its prepayment meters
- 2011 : First company in India with SABS certification for its prepayment meters
- 2011 : Successfully appraised at CMMI Level 3 company
- 2011 : Outstanding performance award by NDPL towards AT&C loss reduction
- 2012 : Gas Meter, Meter with integrated APFC, Smart Meters being launched
- 2013: Awarded the prestigious EFY Reader’s choice top 5 brands
- 2014: Appraised at CMMI maturity level 3
- 2015: Accorded Excellence in Quality by Golden Peacock National Quality Awards, 2015
- 2015: Silver Certificate of Merit” by Frost & Sullivan’s India Manufacturing Excellence Awards 2015
- 2016: Successful Deployment of Smart Metering Solution at Shapur (Junagarh) PGVCL – India’s First Smart Village Project
- 2016: Implemented India’s first End to End Smart Metering Solution at Kala Amb (Himachal Pradesh) HPSEB’s Smart Grid Pilot Project
- 2017: Gas Meters with AMR technology launched
- 2017: Set-up and commenced production at Guwahati (Assam) Plant
- 2018: Smart Meters with 3G communication capability launched
- 2018: Setting up of an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Lab at Smart Grid Knowledge Centre of Powergrid Corporation at Manesar, Gurgaon
- 2019: India’s First Narrowband – IOT setup for AMI (Advance Metering Infrastructure) in strategic partnership with Vodafone Idea
- 2020: Becomes First Company in ASIA PACIFIC to supply 1.5 Million Smart Meters to EESL
- 2021: Signs MoU with Tata Power DDL to provide education and training related to AMI Deployment