BHEL-Bangalore units to up capacity to 20,000 Mw in FY12

Company plans to invest Rs 100 crore on glass insulator manufacturing unit.

The Bangalore divisions of the Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) have drawn up plans to augment the annual manufacturing capacity to 20,000 Mw during the present fiscal 2011-12, an increase of 33.3 per cent over the previous year.

“As part of the company’s Strategic Plan 2017, the Bangalore-based divisions of the BHEL have embarked on strategic measures to grow further in their existing business areas. They are also diversify in emerging growth areas like transmission, transportation, solar photovoltaics, steel business, disc insulators for UHVAC transmission lines, porcelains, composite long rod insulators among others,” G Ganapathiraman, executive director (EDN & ISG), BHEL said. The cost of this capacity addition is estimated to be Rs 54 crore. Last year, the divisions in Bangalore completed the capacity augmentation to 15,000 Mw. Over the last three years, the BHEL has spent Rs 147 crore for capacity expansion, he told reporters.


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