BHEL bags export order from Egypt

New Delhi, May 9 (UNI) The public sector company-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has bagged export order of Rs 80 crore from the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC).

According to a BHEL release issued here today, the company's export order includes the supply of 14 transformers of 125 MVA to the state-run Egyptian company. These transformers would be installed in eight sub-stations at different locations in Egypt, These transformers, to be built in BHEL's Jhansi plant, and would be installed and commissioned under BHEL supervision.

The company had earlier executed a boiler project at Al Arish in Egypt. With the order for transformers, BHEL has also established itself in the transmission market in Egypt.

BHEL had earlier reported a six-fold increase in its export orders booking for the year ended March 31 at Rs 3,348 crore. These orders contributed to one-fifth of the company's total orders booked last year.

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