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Lu-Ve’s Spirotech subsidiary wins export award

INDIA: Spirotech, the Indian heat exchanger producer and subsidiary of Italian manufacturer Lu-Ve, has received a government award for export.

The facility in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, has been honoured by India’s Engineering Export Promotion Council in recognition of its outstanding export performance at a special ceremony held in Mumbai this month.

Spirotech Heat Exchangers was founded in 1994 and acquired by Lu-Ve in 2016. 

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