Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Bhel’s new unit in UP inaugurated

To meet the country’s increasing electricity demands and to fulfill the Centre’s ambitious capacity expansion plans in the power sector, public sector Navratna company, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (Bhel) on Monday, inaugurated its new Rs 367 crore centralised stamping unit (CSU) at Jagdishpur, in Uttar Pradesh.

The plant, along with the new fabrication plant at the same location, will cater to the company’s mother plants at Bhopal, Haridwar and Hyderabad.

Speaking on the occasion, the CMD of Bhel, K Ravi Kumar said with the Centre’s plan to provide power for all by 2012, Bhel has also enhanced its manufacturing capacity expansion from 15,000 mw to 20,000 mw by the end of the XII Plan.

“This new unit is a milestone for meeting the challenges of the power sector and it will now feed the company’s three mother plants that are already making boilers, turbines and generators for the many upcoming power plants that are coming up in the country. Our target is to make the company a Rs 45,000 crore company by the end of 2012,” said Kumar.


more at :
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/bhels-new-unit-in-up-inaugurated/503128/

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