New Plant Start-Up for Quantra Quartz Surfaces

MEKANGUDA, India — Pokarna Engineered Stone Limited (PESL) began commercial operations at its second state-of-the-art quartz surface manufacturing facility in India late last month.

The new plant is located in Mekaguda, approximately 28 miles southwest of Hyderabad.

With a built-up area of more than 600,000 ft², the new plant is one of the world’s largest quartz-surfaces manufacturing facilities, equipped with the latest Bretonstone technology from Breton S.p.A. of italy, to produce slabs in sizes of super jumbo, jumbo and regular.

The new unit includes multi-axes robotic arms to produce exotic natural-looking as well as studio designs and is also powered by a whole new generation of fabrication equipment to ensure world-class quality with maximum speed and precision.

“It’s indeed a memorable and a very proud moment for us as we commence commercial operations at Unit 2,” said Gautam Chand Jain, Chairman & Managing Director. “This milestone will further increase PESL’s capabilities to please its vast customer base across North America, Europe, Middle East, India; from major existing markets to fast-growing new markets

“Our new unit is a unique hub of technology and automation to deliver the best in class products for our customers and to further cement our leadership position in the quartz surface industry,” added Paras Kumar Jain, PESL CEO.

Exported under the brand name of Quantra, PESL’s surfaces and fabricated products are offered worldwide.

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