Mumbai, July 13, 2007 :RPG Group Company, KEC International Ltd. (KEC), has bagged a contract valued at Rs. 130.15 crore from Karnataka Power Transmission Company Limited for design, fabrication, testing, supply, erection and commissioning of a 400 kV D/C Line. The length of the line is 151.15 kms. This is located in Karnataka.
The project, awarded on a turnkey basis, is to be completed in December 2008.
“This is a significant win for us. Coming, as it does, immediately on the back of our largest single value contract worth Rs. 380 crore in Kazakhstan and another Rs. 176 crore win in the Middle East, is indeed special,” said Mr. Ramesh Chandak, Managing Director, KEC International.
KEC’s current order book is over Rs. 3300 crore.
KEC International Ltd. is a global leader in the power transmission engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) business. With global operations spanning over 15 countries, the company is present in UAE, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Zambia and Ethiopia among several other countries. KEC is the flagship company in the transmission sector of the Rs. 11,500 crore RPG Group.
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