Ador Powertron Limited, India was started in 1977 as the Industrial Electronics and Power control division (IEPC) of M/S Advani Oerlikon Ltd. (AOL). APL was born in January 1995 with the objective of separating out IEPC operations with specific growth initiative from AOL. APL commenced business operations in April 1995 on an area of 22,000 square metres. The plant facilities are built on 3400 m² space. Equity base of Rs 61 million and technology know-how base of Rs 55 million are the initial foundation strengths of APL.