KEC secures new orders worth Rs 1.2k cr across verticals

22 Apr 2021 Editorial Team

Transmission major KEC International Ltd has secured new orders of Rs 1,245 crore across its various businesses.

The company’s transmission and distribution (T&D) business has secured orders of Rs 629 crore for T&D projects in India, SAARC, Middle East, Africa, and the Americas.

The railways business has secured orders of Rs 446 crore in technologically enabled and conventional segments, including “third rail” for metro rail projects and associated works, and overhead electrification (OHE) and associated works.

The company’s civil business has secured orders of Rs 107 crore for infrastructure works in the defence and industrial segments in India. The cables business has secured orders of Rs 63 crore for various types of cables in India and overseas.

Vimal Kejriwal, MD and CEO, KEC International Ltd announced that the company’s total order inflow for FY21 now stands at Rs 11,876 crore with a y-o-y growth of 5%.

KEC International, a subsidiary of RPG Enterprises, is an infrastructure engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company with verticals in power transmission and distribution, railways, civil, solar, smart infrastructure and cables.

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