Blue Star is India's leading Air Conditioning, Commercial Refrigeration and MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire-fighting) contracting company. The company’s philosophy is rooted in the principles of ‘Trust’ and ‘Excellence’, which have served as the guiding force behind its remarkable journey of growth. Renowned for its customer-centric ethos, Blue Star is recognised for delivering innovative, value-driven products and solutions that strongly resonate in the market. 

The company offers a plethora of cooling solutions including chillers, ducted systems, VRFs, room ACs, deep freezers, water coolers, and cold rooms, amongst others. It has also made inroads into air purification, engineering facilities management, commercial kitchen and medical refrigeration. The company’s integrated business model of a manufacturer; engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services provider; and an after-sales service provider enables it to provide comprehensive solutions for the Residential, Commercial and Infrastructure segments, making it a key differentiator in the marketplace. Additionally, the company also offers expertise in allied contracting activities such as electrical, plumbing, fire-fighting and industrial projects, further enhancing its ability to deliver turnkey solutions.

Blue Star’s range of elegant and contemporary Air Purifiers packed with advanced features such as SensAir and nanoeTM or Plasma technologies, supported by a multi-stage filtration process, helps keep the air in homes pure, clean and healthy. Further, the company also rolled out its new innovative models: AC with in-built air purifier, which cools and purifies the air in the room at the same time; and next-gen Wi-Fi-enabled 5-star inverter split AC, which can be operated through voice commands in both English and Hindi by using an appropriate interface device. 

With a robust network of many offices, several modern manufacturing facilities across the country, and over thousands of employees, Blue Star operates retail outlets and maintains service centres across more many towns in India. Its expansive global footprint is complemented by ventures in marketing and maintenance of imported professional electronic equipment and services, as well as industrial products and systems. Blue Star places a strong emphasis on strengthening its R&D ecosystem to maintain its growth momentum in a highly competitive market, with state-of-the-art R&D centres. 

Business area of the company

Blue Star offers one of India’s widest range of air conditioning and commercial refrigeration products, as well as a comprehensive range of air purifiers, water purifiers, air coolers, cold storages and specialty products. The diverse air conditioning product range serves both commercial and residential segments, and includes a solution for every need. Blue Star’s AC&R range has been further augmented recently by the launch of product categories such as water purifiers, air purifiers and air coolers, each a complete range of technologically advanced solutions. The company’s Water Purifiers use RO+UV technology and a 3-stage filtration process along with unique features such as cold and hot water, touchscreen, speech assist and electronic dispensing to deliver absolutely safe and pure drinking water. 

Products

• Room Air Conditioners
• Air Coolers
• Air Purifiers
• Water Purifiers
• Cassette Air Conditioners
• Verticool Air Conditioners
• Central Air Conditioning
• Heat Pumps
• Commercial Refrigeration
• Cold Storages
• Water Coolers
• Speciality Products

Awards and recognitions

2016-17

• Blue Star was recognised as the ‘MEP Company of the Year’ at the Annual Metro Rail India Summit 2017.
• Blue Star Oman Electro-Mechanical Company LLC has won the ‘Most Promising MEP Contractor’ at the Dossier Construction’s Infrastructure Awards & Summit 2016.
• Blue Star received the Brand Excellence Award in FMCG sector (Consumer Durables) in 2016.
• Blue Star chillers were certified by the Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) for achieving a 100% success rate in the performance testing of the air cooled as well as water cooled chillers in 2016.
• The Company won the Water Digest Awards 2017 for the ‘Best Domestic RO+UV Purifier’ in the country.

2017-18

• Blue Star was recognised as the MEP Contractor of the Year at the 'Construction Week India Awards 2017’.
• Blue Star received a commendation, ‘Strong Commitment to Excel’ at ‘CII-EXIM Bank Awards for Business Excellence, 2017’.
• Blue Star won the IDC Insight Awards for Operational Excellence 2017 for its mobile-based Preventive Maintenance Service app.
• Blue Star won an award for its mobile field service app at the ‘12th Annual CIO 100 Symposium and Awards ceremony 2017’ and at the ‘Manufacturing IT Summit 2017’.

2018-19

• Blue Star was recognised in “Best Brands 2019” by the Economic Times group.
• Blue Star was felicitated at the YES Bank Best CFO & Digital Transformation Awards 2018, with an award for its remote monitoring project ‘rView’, under the category ‘Best Customer Excellence’.
• Blue Star’s Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Service Group won a ‘Customer Excellence in Manufacturing and Engineering’ award for its Service Management Mobile app at the Indian Merchants’ Chambers Digital Technology Awards.
• Blue Star’s Himachal Pradesh Plant won the ‘KK Pillar Best Kaizen’ award at the 11th National TPM Circle Competition organised by CII.
• Blue Star Customer Service Group won the ‘Gold Plus’ award at the CII-EXIM Bank Awards for Business Excellence and was also commended with the ‘Gold Plus’ award at the 26th Quality Summit 2018.
• Blue Star won the 'MEP Contractor of the Year' award at Construction Week India 2018 Awards for the third time at the 8th edition of the Construction Week India 2018 Awards.
• Blue Star’s Water Purifier Division’s innovative product, Stella, was awarded the ‘Best Domestic RO+UV Water Purifier’ in the country for the third time in a row and Blue Star’s Research & Innovation Center (R&I)-WPD was awarded the 'Best Water R&D and Technological Breakthrough’ for its product, ‘Eternia’ at the 13th edition of Water Digest Awards.

2019-20

• Wada Plant won the ‘Excellence Award’ for ‘5S’ Kaizen Implementation.
• Dadra Plant won the first prize at the 31st Quality Circle Regional Finals organised by CII.
• Won the prestigious Golden Peacock awards for Excellence in Corporate Governance-2019.
• Won the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Ethics-2019.
• Best Governed Company award in the medium listed company category at the 19th ICSI National Awards for Excellence in Corporate Governance.
• Won the ‘MEP Contractor of the Year’ award at Construction Week India 2019 Awards for the fourth time at the ninth edition of the Construction Week India 2019 Awards.
• ‘Cold Room Manufacturer of the Century’ at the ‘Hall of Fame Awards’ by the Indian Food Service Equipment Council
• Gold Award for quality concepts in the International Convention on Quality Concepts, Japan.
• CIO Award for digital transformation.
• Negative Temperature condensing unit adjudged ‘Innovative Refrigeration Product of the Year 2019’ at Refcold India Emerson Awards

History and milestones

• 1943: Mohan T Advani establishes Blue Star Engineering Company as a proprietary firm.
• 1946: Blue Star secures Melchior Armstrong Dessau agency.
• 1947: Worthington selects Blue Star as Indian partner. Manufacturing of ice candy machines and bottle coolers begins. Central air conditioning system design and execution begins.
• 1948: Manufacturing of water coolers commences.
• 1949: Proprietorship converted to Private Limited Companies.
• 1954: Blue Star selected as distributor for Honeywell.
• 1955: GDR Testing machines distributorship begins.
• 1957: Perkin-Elmer tie-up marks the start of the electronics business. GDR business machines agency commences.
• 1960: Total income crosses the Rs 1 crore mark.
• 1962: GDR Machine Tools distributorship begins.
• 1964: Total employment crosses 1,000.
• 1965: Techniglas Pvt Ltd set up to manufacture insulation material.
• 1969: Factory moves from Colaba in Mumbai to Thane.
• 1970: Hewlett-Packard distributorship commences.
• 1972: First skyscrapers of Mumbai - Air India Building, Express Towers and Oberoi Hotel set-up - all air conditioned by Blue Star.
• 1972: Total income crosses Rs 10 crore. Employment crosses 2,000.
• 1974: Water Cooler manufacturing license granted to Yusuf Alghanim, Kuwait.
• 1977: Middle East thrust begins. Joint Venture (JV) with Al Shirawi in Dubai.
• 1977: Hitachi Medical Equipment distributorship begins.
• 1978: Industrial Division commences activity.
• 1980: Bharuch factory set up.
• 1980-86: Major AC and R projects executed in the Middle East.
• 1983: International Software Division inaugurated in Seepz.
• 1984: York technology collaboration begins.
• 1985: Manufacturing of centrifugal packaged chillers commences at Thane plant.
• 1986: Total income crosses Rs 100 crore.
• 1987: Gandhinagar factory set up for EPABX systems.
• 1987: Yokogawa Blue Star JV formed.
• 1988: Assembly of personal computers under the brand name ‘Quantum’ begins.
• 1988: Manufacturing collaboration with Mitsubishi commences.
• 1988: Blue Star becomes India’s largest central air conditioning company.
• 1989: JV with Hewlett-Packard and Motorola begins.
• 1990: Gandhinagar factory closes.
• 1992: Blue Star exits from Motorola JV.
• 1992: Total income crosses Rs 200 crores.
• 1993: Blue Star celebrates its 50th Anniversary.
• 1993: Formation of Arab Malaysian Blue Star JV in Malaysia.
• 1995: Blue Star exits from HP India JV.
• 1997: Dadra plant inaugurated.
• 1998: Major thrust on dealerization and brand building begins.
• 1999: Blue Star exits from industrial projects business.
• 2000: International Software business spun off to form Blue Star Infotech. Gets listed on stock exchange.
• 2001: Total income crosses Rs 500 crores. Export of air conditioning products begins.
• 2003: Blue Star exits Yokogawa JV.
• 2005: Blue Star sets up factory at Kala Amb in Himachal Pradesh.
• 2006: Blue Star opts for a 5 for 1 stock split.
• 2006: Total income crosses the Rs 1,000 crores mark.
• 2007: Blue Star sets up its 5th factory at Wada in Thane district.
• 2007: Formation of Blue Star Qatar, headquartered at Doha, to handle central air conditioning and MEP contracts in the Middle East for residential, commercial and industrial purposes.
• 2008: Total income crosses Rs 2,000 crores.
• 2008: Blue Star powers into Building Electrification by acquiring Naseer Electricals, a leading electrical contractor.
• 2010: The Company acquires D S Gupta Construction, the largest independent Indian plumbing & firefighting contractor. Thereby fortifying Blue Star’s integrated mechanical, electrical and plumbing & firefighting (MEP) contract offerings.
• 2011: Blue Star forays into the residential air conditioning segment.
• 2012: Blue Star celebrates Birth Centennial of Founder, Mohan T Advani.
• 2013: Blue Star celebrates its 70th Anniversary.
• 2015: International Business Group was formed, comprising Global Product Sales and International Projects, with a focus on increasing the Company’s global footprint.
• 2015: Professional Electronics & Industrial Systems business of the Company transferred to a separate subsidiary named Blue Star Engineering & Electronics.
• 2015: Blue Star enters into JV with W J Towell & Co LLC; forms Blue Star Oman Electro-Mechanical Company LLC.
• 2015: Total income crosses Rs 3,000 crores.
• 2016: The Company forays into professional kitchen equipment and healthcare refrigeration.
• 2016: Blue Star expands its product portfolio to water purifiers, air purifiers and air coolers.
• 2017: Total income crosses Rs 4,000 crores.
• 2017: The Company sets up a wholly owned subsidiary, Blue Star International FZCO, in Dubai Airport Freezone, UAE to consolidate its international business ownership.
• 2017: Blue Star forays into Engineering Facility Management.
• 2017: Blue Star receives its first patent for a unique Vacuum Breaker Assembly for deep freezers.
• 2018: Total Income crosses Rs 4600 crores.
• 2018: Blue Star embarks on its Platinum Jubilee Year.
• 2019: Blue Star appoints Virat Kohli as the Company’s Brand Ambassador.
• 2020: Blue Star wins 'The Best Governed Company' award at the '19th ICSI National Awards for Excellence in Corporate Governance'
• 2021: Blue Star expands market reach with the launch of new affordable range of split ACs to cater to the mass market.
• 2022: Blue Star inaugurated a new contemporary office at Thane, the ‘Blue Star Innovation Centre.
• 2022: Blue Star inaugurated the Company’s first-of-its-kind ‘Customer Experience Centre,’ built on an area of 1000 sq ft, at Blue Star Innovation Centre in Thane.
• 2022: Blue Star forays into Water Projects Business
• 2022: Blue Star’s revenue crosses Rs 6000 crore mark!
• 2023: With a Total Income of Rs 8008.19 crores Blue Star delivers exceptional financial results in FY23 in an orbit shifting all round performance
• 2024: Vir S Advani takes over the reins of the Company, as Chairman and Managing Director