Chennai based BGR Energy Systems will become an integrated power equipment manufacturer by 2013 as its two joint venture plants will start functioning. The first plant will make steam turbines and generators and the other super critical boilers.

Mr BG Raghupathy chairman of BGR Energy said that "By January 2013 both the plants will start supplying equipment. We are investing INR 4,400 crore in the projects and construction is expected to start next year."

According to Mr Raghupathy, the two plants are coming up near Madurantakam along the East Coast Road, around 80 km from here, and 90%of the land has been acquired.

Officials said the orders for long lead machineries have been placed and boilers, turbines and generators will be shipped through Chennai or Ennore port here.

The turbine plant will make its debut supplying to NTPC Ltd. BGR Energy on Thursday announced that it is the lowest bidder.

To become an integrated power equipment maker, BGR Energy Systems last year inducted two firms of the Japanese Hitachi group as joint venture partners in the two subsidiaries. BGR Energy gave a 26% stake in BGR Turbines Company to Hitachi Japan to design, build and commission super critical steam turbines and generators for coal fired power plants. The INR 4,747 crore Indian company divested a 30% stakes in BGR Boilers to Hitachi.

(Sourced from ET)