Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

Infobox Company
company_name = Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
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company_type = Public
foundation = 1962
location = New Delhi
key_people = K. Ravikumar (Chairperson)
industry = Electrical power industry
products =
revenue = Rs 214.97 billion (2008)
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 44,305
parent =
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homepage = [http://www.bhel.com www.bhel.com]
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Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is the largest engineering and manufacturing enterprise in India in the energy-related and infrastructure sector which includes Power,Railways,Telecom,Transmission and Distribution,Oil and Gas and many more and these sectors have been supplied with endless number of equipments manufactured by BHEL.. Fact|date=July 2008 BHEL was established more than 50 years ago, ushering in the indigenous Heavy Electrical Equipment industry in India - a dream that has been more than realized with a well-recognized track record of performance.Fact|date=July 2008 The company has been earning profits continuously since 1971-72 and paying dividends since 1976-77.

VISION

A World class engineering enterprise committed to enhancing stakeholder value.

BHEL manufactures over 180 products under 30 major product groups and caters to core sectors of the Indian Economy viz., Power Generation & Transmission, Industry, Transportation, Telecommunication, Renewable Energy, etc. The wide network of BHEL's 14 manufacturing divisions, four Power Sector regional centres, over 100 project sites, eight service centres and 18 regional offices, enables the Company to promptly serve its customers and provide them with suitable products, systems and services -- efficiently and at competitive prices. The high level of quality & reliability of its products is due to the emphasis on design, engineering and manufacturing to international standards by acquiring and adapting some of the best technologies from leading companies in the world, together with technologies developed in its own R&D centres.

As an engineering conglomerate, BHEL offers over a wide spectrum of products and services for core sectors including power generation, transmission and distribution; transportation; and oil and gas. as well as the supply of non-conventional energy systems.

Over 65 percent of power generated in India comes from BHEL-supplied equipment. Overall it has installed power equipment for over 90,000 MW. [ [http://www.equitymaster.com/research-it/company-info/comp_info.asp?h_CodeScrip=BHEL Company info at equity master] ] [ [http://www.iloveindia.com/economy-of-india/top-50-companies/bhel.html BHEL Profile] ] The present chairman (as of April 2008) of BHEL is Mr. K.Ravikumar.

Headquarters of BHEL is situated in New Delhi.

Main manufacturing facilities

* Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)
* Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited, Ranipur, Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [ [http://www.bhelhwr.co.in/bhelweb/index.jsp BHEL Haridwar] "BHEL Haridwar", Official website.]
* Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)
* Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh)
* Tiruchirapalli(Tamil Nadu)
* Ranipet (Tamil Nadu)
* Bangalore (Karnataka)
* Jagdishpur (Uttar Pradesh)
* Goindwal (Punjab)Besides these manufacturing units there are four power sectors which undertake EPC contract from various customers.The Research and Development arm of BHEL is situated in Hyderabad and two repair shops are at HERP(Heavy Equipment Repair Plant),Banaras and EMRP(Electric machines repair plant) Mumbai.

Products

Steam Turbine,Gas Turbine,Steam Generators,HRSG- Heat recovery steam generator,Locomotives,Circuit Breakers,Pumps,Motors,Generators,ESP - Electrostatic precipitator,Pulverisers,Oil field equipments,Valves.

Besides manufacturing these products BHEL also takes up the onsite Erection,Commissioning and Testing of these equipments. By end of 2009 it will have a total capacity of 15000 MW [ [www.valuenotes.com/ajain/Ajain_BHEL_10Mar08.pdf] ]

Project Sites

BHEL at present is executing several projects some of them are as follows

NCTPP DADRI 2X490 MW,INDRA GANDHI SUPER THERMAL POWER PROJECT 3X500 MW,PRAGATI STAGE III,Harduaganj Thermal Power Station,GHTP, LM Bathinda,Kosti Sudan .

References

* [http://www.bheltbg.com BHEL TBG (Transmission Business Group) New Delhi]

BHPV (Bharat Heavy Plates and Vessels Ltd) was acquired by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)on May 11, 2008

External links

* [http://www.bhel.com/bhel/ Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Official website]
* [http://www.iloveindia.com/economy-of-india/top-50-companies/bhel.html Profile of BHEL]
* [http://www.infrabeat.com/ News on BHEL]