September 08, 2008

BHEL Trichy secures major power plant equipment orders

It is reported that Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited's Tiruchirapalli unit has secured orders worth over INR 15,000 crore for supplying power plant equipment.

Mr RN Mishra executive director of BHEL said that "Customers placed consistent trust on the PSU and orders were received through negotiated process."

Mr Mishra said that the ongoing phase II expansion at an investment of INR 732 crore is the single largest quantum of investment in the history of BHEL Tiruchirapalli unit. He added that it has also inducted 1,200 skilled artisans and 160 supervisor trainees, while more recruitment has been planned for the next few years.

BHEL has recently signed a MoU with Tamil Nadu Electricity Board for supplying super critical boilers for the 1600 MW thermal power station near Chennai. The boilers would be manufactured with the technology from US based Alstom.

BHEL was also augmenting well with its capacity expansion plans and has increased its manufacturing capacity to 10,000 MW in the phase I.