December 31, 2014
KEC International Ltd. (KEC), a global infrastructure EPC major, an RPG Group company has secured new orders of Rs. 1412 crore in its transmission & distribution and cables businesses.
For its transmission & distribution businesses, the Company has secured orders in India, Africa and the Americas amounting Rs. 1128 crore. In India the Company has secured the projects including Turnkey order for 400 kV transmission line from Vasanthapura to Kelagina Kanive in Karnataka. The order is secured from Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited valued at Rs. 543 crore. Also, a turnkey order for 400 kV transmission line from Kharagpur in West Bengal to Chaibasa in Jharkhand is secured from Sterlite Power Grid Ventures Limited for one of their BOO projects under Eastern Region System.
Two orders secured from Power Grid Corporation of India Limited; an order for supply and construction work of 400 kV transmission line from Wardha to Aurangabad in Maharashtra and another, a turnkey order for 400 kV transmission line in Jammu and Kashmir. The order value is Rs. 79 crore and Rs. 27 crore respectively. Order for supply and erection of 220kV transmission line in West Bengal is secured from West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited and the order value is Rs. 71 crore.
In Africa, the Company has secured orders amounting Rs. 83 crore. In America, SAE Towers, the wholly owned subsidiary of the Company has secured orders for the supply of lattice towers, monopoles, hardware and EPC works from the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Chile. The total value of these orders is Rs. 213 crore.
In the cable business, the Company has secured orders for the supply of power and telecom Cables. The total value of these orders is Rs. 284 crore.