Industry Speaks II Lighting
Balancing function and design: Durlum
Deependra Singh, Director, Durlum India Pvt Ltd
Deependra Singh, Director, Durlum India Pvt Ltd says innovation in the lighting industry would be mainly focused on improving efficiency of lighting thereby increasing the importance of lighting control systems in future. How has durlum utilised the market opportunities? durlum India Pvt Ltd is a member of the German based durlum group of companies, internationally known for their design and expertise in manufacturing metal ceiling, lighting and daylighting systems. We believe that high-quality innovative products and providing first hand technical support are the best ways to ensure customer satisfaction. Our team engages with architect, consultants, clients at the outset of a project, and our team ensures solutions irrespective of the demands from the stakeholders. In India, the focus had been on the metal ceilings industry majorly; the market has been largely dominated by tilesbased standard ceilings for a very long time. However, in the last few years, we are witnessing a gradual shift in more customised metal ceilings solutions which are aesthetically and functionally superior. This shift has given space to companies like us to bring innovative ceiling solutions to the market. Additionally, to effectively
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communicate our offerings, we are trying to educate the industry on the advantages of using functional metal ceilings and the inherent value benefits. Furthermore, functional products also warrant the need for skilled workers. We have established team of skilled and trained workers who are able to execute projects across the country. We also have experience partners for the office segment who are representing our range of products. Please tell us about the metro projects that the company has executed and the ones that are in the pipeline? As a manufacturer and installer of highquality metal ceilings at metro stations, Durlum has supplied and installed metal ceilings in over 30 stations throughout India in the last few years including Delhi Metro, Jaipur Metro, Kochi Metro and Noida Metro. Currently, we are working on Lucknow Metro stations with Tata Projects Limited.
Discuss your achievement in the airport space? How do you plan to tap the market opportunities in the same? For millions of individuals, an airport terminal is the gateway to a nation, the first and sometimes only impression passengers get of a city and country. All the parties involved in the beginning of the project have only one objective: to create an impressive and one of a kind building that is an enticing entrance to a nation while remaining commercial and informative public building. Ceilings play an important role in achieving the emphatic design statement which an airport terminal requires.
Due to our vast experience, we take account of all the specific requirements for sound, noise, fire and durability at railway, metro
Delhi International Airport, (terminal 3 with domestic and international piers) was the first major project with metal ceilings
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and underground stations. Our specialised design team supports architects, engineers, general contractors and clients at the very early stages of their planning to provide the best solutions and products available in order to make every project unique, sustainable and economic.
