KEC Bags Orders of Rs. 10.97 Billion in International T&D Business

06 Jan 2025 CW Team

KEC International Ltd., a global infrastructure EPC major, an RPG Group Company, has secured new orders of Rs 10.97 billion (bn) in its Transmission and Distribution (T&D) business.

The company has won an order for setting up of 400 kV Transmission lines in UAE. It has also received an order for the supply of towers, hardware and poles across the United States, Mexico and Brazil.

Vimal Kejriwal, MD & CEO, KEC International Ltd. commented, “We are delighted with the continuous success in our T&D business, demonstrated by the series of significant order wins.

The consistent flow of orders from the Middle East and the Americas has strengthened our international T&D order book significantly in addition to our strong India T&D order book.

Notably, 72 per cent of the order intake this year is from our T&D business. With these orders, our YTD order intake now stands at over Rs 195 bn, reflecting a remarkable growth of ~70 per cent vis-à-vis last year, reaffirming our confidence in achieving our future growth plans.”

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