Hind Rectifiers (HINDRECT) is a manufacturer of power semiconductors, power electronic equipments and railway transportation equipments. It was incorporated Apr. 25, 1958 as a private limited company and converted into a public limited company on May 11, 1961. The company operates through its equipment division, which manufactures battery chargers and dischargers, power supplies for electrostatic precipitators, DC power systems for electrochemical pants, rectifiers for metal finishing, and equipment of R&D, defence and aviation; semiconductor division, which manufactures power diodes, thyristors, power modules and assemblies; railway transportation division, which manufactures auxiliary converters and inverters, transformers and rectifiers for rolling stock, track-side DC substation equipment, and the trading division for carrying on trading activities in products like semiconductor fuses from Bussman (Denmark), capacitors from Icar (Italy), and resistors from Microelettrica Scientifica (Italy). The products find application in the capital goods, railways, aviation, power, telecommunication and other sectors. The company has its manufacturing facilities in Mumbai and Nasik in Maharashtra. It has set up two new units in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, and commercial production is to commence by 2007. The company has signed a technical collaboration agreement with Infineon Technologies, Germany for the manufacture of IGBT-based primeSTACK to complement its diode/thyristor stack. Domestic clients include original equipment manufacturers including Bharat Heavy Electricals, Larson & Toubro, and other companies like Integral Coach Factory, Hindustan Lever, Bharat Sanchar Nigam, Tata Iron & Steel, among several others. The company exports its products to USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Columbia, Italy, Malaysia, Middle East, Bangladesh, Pakistan, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The registered office of the company is located at Lake Road, Bhandup (W), Mumbai-400078.