Our story
Steamax began with one person, one failed project, and a refusal to stop.
1998
After around a decade at Thermax, Rakesh Mahajan leaves to start out on his own in industrial boilers.
1999
His first order, a mustard-straw-fired boiler, falls short. The project costs him nearly everything he owns.
2000
He tries again and commissions India’s first successful mustard-straw-fired boiler. From there, the work doesn’t stop.
2000s
Over the next decade he converts more than 100 boilers to biomass fuel for companies including PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, HIL, Hindustan Unilever and Sun Pharma.
2010
PepsiCo asks him to supply biomass fuel directly. That request becomes Steamax.
2015
Steamax Envirocare Private Limited is incorporated as the business grows beyond fuel supply into equipment, automation and O&M.
Today
A team of engineers, fuel scientists and operators building biomass boilers, heaters, fuel and pollution control for industry across India.
