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Desiccant Rotors International (DRI)
DRI Inc. (Desiccant Rotors International, Inc.), markets and sells Energy Recovery Wheels & Desiccant Dehumidification rotors and cassettes in North America. Its parent factory is one the world's largest manufacturer of AHRI certified energy recovery wheels. The current installation base of DRI energy wheels in North America runs in thousands. DRI has a fully integrated rotor manufacturing facility with an in-house capability of coating, synthesizing, winding, metal working and surface finishing and a world class test facility for performance evaluation of Enthalpy Wheels.
DRI Inc. is a part of the DRI (Desiccant Rotors International) worldwide group which has its sales network in Brazil, China, Malaysia, Europe, South Africa, Philippines, Australia, Korea and India.
DRI Inc. offers timely and fast technical, commercial and logistics support to its US & Canadian customers. DRI has over twenty years of experience in manufacturing, application and sales of these products.
Keeping with its philosophy of never being too far from its customers and to support them better, DRI-Inc. is aggressively expanding its representative network across North America.
The DRI-Inc. operation is actively supported from DRI Head Quarters and is engaged actively in addressing the needs of the market for high quality certified products, fast delivery requirements and technical hand holding.
1984
Innovative products since 1984
5
5 Modern Manufacturing Units
45+
Sales in over 45 + countries
Air Products
Air Systems
Evaporative Cooling
ISO
Manufacturing, Quality and Systems:
DRI is an ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified company with 5 (five) state of the art manufacturing facilities. The plants are vertically integrated with all key parts and manufacturing processes in-house with a focus on quality and on-time-delivery. There are well established 5S, lean and audit processes. The product specific manufacturing facilities have in-house special purpose machinery, multiple CNC turret, bending, powder coating and panel making infrastructure. In additional all capabilities of coating, synthesising, winding, metal working and surface finishing for rotors are within the company. The company is undergoing a digital transformation even on the shop floor. The newly added manufacturing facilities and infrastructure in 2020 have tremendously enhanced capacity to deliver on new growth through the next decade.
Mission
Mission:
Team DRI has plans to double its current business revenue by 2023. We will achieve this objective through best in the world products, R&D, speed, customized solutions, and strong relationships in over 30 key countries with a leadership position in our Home Markets.
INNOVATION
Engineering & Product Development
At DRI, we strongly believe that innovation and new product introduction are the key to future growth. DRI has played a pioneering role in research and innovation of various Air Conditioning Components and products backed with the knowledge of desiccants, corrugation technology and air system design. The application and product development Engineering team of DRI is a true asset. The company has a well defined new product development process backed by testing facilities to validate performance. While a full range of standard plug and play equipment is available, our application teams can custom design a product which is project specific. This ability to custom design and build project specific equipment sets us apart. The engineering team has the latest selection tools and design platforms. Innovation is part of the work culture across all departments and the endeavour is to institutionalise innovation.
AWARDS
Certification, Global Presence and References
DRI participates in various relevant product specific certification programs. Depending on the product category and requirements these certifications can be either country specific or with global certification bodies such as ISO, AHRI, Eurovent (for energy recovery wheels), UL, Intektek, TUV, NFPA, SGS, ROHS and others. Credible Third party certification validates our published data for our global customer base across 45+ countries. DRI has a long history of reliable, robust and high performance product supplies to some of the most prestigious iconic commercial & industrial building projects across. We have had long standing relationships with our (customer) partners with some going back even 20 years+. We have regional sales and service support centres and partners.
CHAIRMAN SAY
Chairman's Profile
Mr. Deepak Pahwa is the Chairman of Pahwa Group. The Group, where innovation is life, is the fastest growing Adsorption Technology Group in the world. Under his leadership, the group has filed 123 patent applications for 13 new technologies, at national and international level, 46 patent granted / already allowed.
Mr. Deepak Pahwa
Chairman, Pahwa Group & Director, DRI
CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility
DRI has always believed that it needs to contributes to the "industry" and the general "community". Over the last few years, DRI has taken many initiatives to encourage knowledge dissemination and innovation in the HVAC & R Industry. Now, it has expanded the scope to contribute and work towards the benefit of general community around its plants in Haryana, India.
DRI's CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiatives are focused on 3 areas:
- Vision
- Education
- Environment
