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Blue Star collaborates on new controllers

INDIA: Leading Indian air conditioning manufacturer Blue Star has signed an alliance with electronic solutions company VVDN Technologies to develop and manufacture a new generation of controllers.

Based in Gurugram, India, VVDN Technologies is described as a premier product engineering & manufacturing company focused on designing and manufacturing end-to-end products in the domains of 5G, networking and wi-fi, vision, IoT, cloud and apps.

With this alliance, VVDN will be co-developing and manufacturing new generation controllers for residential and commercial AC segments.

Blue Star president and COO, C P Mukundan Menon, said, “This alliance reinforces Blue Star’s position as the industry leader in innovation and excellence in the air conditioners space, by incorporating new-generation technology into the design of Blue Star air conditioners.”

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