BHEL Bangalore units to up capacity to 20000 MW

The Bangalore divisions of the Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd have drawn up plans to augment the annual manufacturing capacity to 20,000 MW during the present fiscal 2011-2012 an increase of 33.3% over the previous year.

Mr G Ganapathiraman executive director of BHEL said that “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 diversifying in emerging growth areas like transmission, transportation, solar photovoltaic, steel business, disc insulators for UHVAC transmission lines, porcelains and composite long rod insulators among others.”

The cost of this capacity addition is estimated to be INR 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 INR 147 crore for capacity expansion.

Mr Ganapathiraman said during 2010-2011 the Bangalore divisions of BHEL have recorded the highest ever turnover of INR 3,081 crore, showing a growth of 28% over the previous year. The profit before tax has shown a growth of 35% to touch INR 900 crore during the year. In Bangalore BHEL have three divisions the electronics division, industrial systems group and ceramic business unit.

Export turnover stood at INR 1,099 crore. The outstanding orders have grown 15% to touch INR 8,067 crore. During the year the divisions received orders worth INR 3,815 crore. Major orders received include orders for three sets of 800 MW for the Raichur Power Corporation Ltd and one set of 700 MW for Bellary Thermal Power Station stage 3 from Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd.

He added that BHEL is fully geared to meet the requirements of the upcoming 800 Mw, 700 MW and 660 MW super critical power projects in the areas of design, engineering, manufacturing, supply and commissioning of control and instrumentation systems.

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http://www.steelguru.com/indian_news/BHEL_Bangalore_units_to_up_capacity_to_20000_MW/201825.html