KEC bags new orders worth Rs 1,012 cr

13 Sep 2023 CW Team

KEC International, a global infrastructure EPC major, an RPG Group company, has secured new orders of Rs 1,012 crore across its various businesses:

Civil: The business has secured prestigious orders from new clients in the data centre and FMCG segments in India:

Building a data centre in Western India
Setting up of manufacturing facility for a global FMCG major in Southern India

Transmission & distribution (T&D): The business has secured orders for T&D projects in India and the Americas:

765 kV Transmission line order in India from an existing private client
Supply of towers, hardware and poles in the Americas

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

Vimal Kejriwal, MD and CEO, KEC International, commented, “We are pleased with the continuous inflow of orders, especially in our T&D and Civil businesses. The civil business continues to diversify its customer base, with the addition of marquee clients. The prestigious order for building a data centre, reaffirms our confidence in the strong growth of this segment. We are particularly encouraged by the continuous inflow of tower supply orders from the North American market. With the above orders, our YTD order intake stands at a record level of over Rs 6,500 crore, a strong growth of 11% vis-à-vis last year.”

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