KEC International wins new orders of Rs 1,047 crore.

18 Mar 2020 Editorial Team

KEC International, a global infrastructure EPC major, an RPG Group Company, has secured new orders of Rs 1,047 crore across its various businesses:

Transmission & Distribution:
T&D business and SAE Towers have secured orders of Rs 669 crore for T&D projects in India, SAARC, Middle East and the Americas.

Civil:
The Civil business has secured orders of Rs 153 crore for Defence (setting up a data centre) and residential projects in India.

Solar:
The Solar business has secured orders of Rs 104 crore for solar projects in India and the Middle East.

Cables:
The Cables business has secured orders of Rs 121 crore for various types of cables and cabling projects.

Said Vimal Kejriwal, Managing Director & CEO, KEC International, “We are delighted with the new order wins secured across our business verticals amid the current market scenario. The orders in T&D will enable us to further strengthen our portfolio in the international markets. We are particularly encouraged by the second order in the Defence segment secured by our Civil business.”

KEC International is a global infrastructure engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) major. It has presence in the verticals of Power Transmission and Distribution, Railways, Civil, Solar, Smart Infrastructure and Cables. The company is currently executing infrastructure projects over 30 countries and has a footprint in 100+ countries (includes EPC & Supply). It is the flagship Company of the RPG Group.

RPG Enterprises, established in 1979, is one of India's fastest growing business groups with a turnover of US$ 4 billion. The group has diverse business interests in the areas of Infrastructure, Tyres, Pharma, IT and Specialty as well as in emerging innovation led technology businesses.

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