KEC bags new orders of Rs 1,007 crore

21 Aug 2023 CW Team

KEC International, a global infrastructure EPC major, an RPG Group company, has secured new orders of Rs 1,007 crore across its various businesses:

Civil: The business has secured a prestigious order for the design, engineering, procurement and construction of a Multispeciality Hospital in India.

Transmission & Distribution (T&D): The business has secured a substantial order for a 380 kV overhead transmission line project in the Middle East.

Cables: The business has secured orders to supply various types of cables in India and overseas.

Vimal Kejriwal, MD & CEO, KEC International, commented, “We are pleased with the continuous inflow of orders, especially in our T&D and civil businesses. In line with our strategy, the civil business has expanded its presence by securing a breakthrough order for building a Multispeciality Hospital in Eastern India. The T&D order in the Middle East region has significantly enhanced our order book in the international T&D market. With the above orders, our YTD order intake is over Rs 5,500 crore, a strong growth of approximately 15% vis-à-vis last year.”

KEC International is a global infrastructure engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) major. It is in the verticals of power transmission and distribution, railways, civil, urban infrastructure, solar, oil and gas pipelines, and cables. The company is currently executing infrastructure projects in 30+ countries and has a footprint in 110+ countries (including EPC, supply of Towers and cables). 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$ 4.4 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.

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