Factory Facts:
Started in 2007
Area: 24000 sq.mts
Manpower: 100
Wada facility is the most recent plant set up by the Company, situated around 60 km from Thane, near Mumbai. With a plot size of around 36 acres, this facility is planned to eventually be Blue Star’s biggest manufacturing facility. Modern manufacturing systems are being deployed with the focus on quality systems through programmes like Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPM and Kaizen.
The Wada factory has been certified as a Gold-rated Green Building by the Indian Green Building Council, Hyderabad in October 2012.
The factory has been accorded 78 points out of a total of 100 credit,the gold rating being awarded to a range between 71-80 points. The factors which aided in achieving this laurel are optimum utilization of daylight, naturally ventilated shop floors, an energy-efficient VRF System for cooling the office areas, substantial water savings due to water-efficient fixtures, retention of a large area with natural topography and landscaping, parking space provided with non-fossil fuelling facility, adequate facilities for the differently abled, exterior lights with ultra-low lighting power density which reduces night sky pollution, rain water harvesting system, waste water treatment facility, eco-friendly house-keeping chemicals and several others.