{"id":761,"date":"2021-04-26T23:59:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T18:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.messung.com\/blog\/?p=761"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:07:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T06:37:46","slug":"messung-growing-with-innovation-for-forty-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.messung.com\/blog\/messung-growing-with-innovation-for-forty-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Messung: Growing With Innovation for Forty Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Messung celebrates forty years in industry! It is a dynamic diversified group, working with passion and diligence to deliver the most advanced and cost-effective solution for Indian industry. Across the industry spectrum, Messung partners with OEMs and end users to deliver the most efficient technology:\u00a0 best-in-class products that build world-class industrial automation solutions<\/strong><\/a>, building automation solutions<\/strong>, and home, office & hotel automation solutions<\/strong>; custom-built workplace technology systems<\/strong> for ESD, general and cleanroom applications; cutting-edge power distribution & control<\/strong> and energy management solutions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Integrating strategy and technical consulting expertise with deep domain knowledge and real-world experience, Messung helps industries, institutions and OEMs to improve efficiency and optimise their processes and workplaces.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

A LEGACY OF INNOVATION<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Messung was born out of one man\u2019s pioneering passion. In 1981, the founder of Messung, Mr. Farook Merchant quit his steady job with an electronics companyin Pune, to start developing a prototype of a programmable logic controller<\/strong> in a rented garage. In just a couple of years, India’s first indigenous PLC<\/strong> <\/a>was launched. It was a 1-bit processor-based PLC<\/strong> that revolutionised industrial automation, replacing the traditional relay contactor logic.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”764″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]The first PLC<\/strong> was installed at Kirloskar Oil Engines, Pune, in 1984. Displayed at various trade shows and industry exhibitions, it attracted rave reviews and earned the company many awards.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”765″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]In 1986, it won the G.S.Parkhe Award and FIE Foundation Award for Best Product Design, and in 1988, Farook Merchant received the National Award for Outstanding Entrepreneur.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_single_image image=”766″ img_size=”Full”][vc_column_text]Messung was off to a flying start! Thus began a long journey of prolific innovation and accolades, as Messung continued to develop an award winning product line<\/strong> that were all pathbreakers of their time.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]The long list of innovations includes:<\/p>\n