PROFILE OF B.H.E.

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Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is today the largest engineering
enterprise of India with an excellent track record of performance. Its first plant was
set up at Bhopal in 1956 under technical collaboration with M/s. AEI, UK followed
by three more major plants at Hardwar, Hyderabad and Tiruchirapalli with Russian
and Czechoslovak assistance.
These plants have been at the core of BHELs efforts to grow an diversify and
become Indias leading engineering company.

The company now has 14

manufacturing divisions, 8 service centres and 4 power sector regional centres,

besides project sites spread all over India and abroad and also regional operations
divisions in various state capitals in India for providing quick service to customers.
BHEL manufactures over 180 products and meets the needs of core-sectors
like power, industry, transmission, transportation (including railways), defence,
telecommunications. Oil business, etc. Products of BHEL make have established an
enviable reputation for high quality and reliability.
Supplied 2,00,000 M V S transformer capacity and substained equipment
operating in Transmission & Distribution net work upto 400 KV AC & DC Supplied
over 25,000 Motors with Drive Control System Power projects. Petrochemicals,
Refineries, Steel, Aluminium, Fertilizer, Cement, plant etc., supplied Traction
electrics and AC/DC locos to power over 12,000 Kms Railway network.
Supplied over one million Valves to Power Plants and other Industries.
This is due to the emphasis placed all along on designing, engineering and
manufacturing to international standards by acquiring and assimilating some of the
best technologies in the world from leading companies in USA, Europe and Japan,
together with technologies from its-own R & D centres BHEL has acquired ISO 9000
certification for its operations and has also adopted the concepts of Total Quality
Management (TQM).
BHEL presently has manufactured Turbo-Generators of ratings upto 560 M W
and is in the process of going upto 660 M W. It has also the capability to take up the
manufacture of ratings upto 1000 MW suitable for thermal power generation, gas
based and combined cycle power generation as-well-as for diverse industrial
applications like Paper, Sugar, Cement, Petrochemical, Fertilizers, Rayon Industries,

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Based on proven designs and know-how backed by over three decades of

experience and accredition of ISO 9001. The Turbo-generator is a product of highclass workmanship and quality. Adherence to stringent quality-checks at each stage
has helped BHEL to secure prestigious global orders in the recent past from Malaysia,
Malta, Cyprus, Oman, Iraq, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Saudi Arabia. The successful
completion of the various export projects in a record time is a testimony of BHELs
performance.
Established in the late 50s, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is,
today, a name to reckon with in the industrial world. It is the largest engineering and
manufacturing enterprises of its kind in India and one of the leading international
companies in the power field. BHEL offers over 180 products and provides systems
and services to meet the needs of core sections like : power, transmission, industry,
transportation, oil & gas, non-conventional energy sources and telecommunication. A
wide-spread network of 14 manufacturing divisions, 8 service centres and 4 regional
offices besides a large number of project sites spread all over India and abroad,
enables BHEL to be close to its customers and cater to their specialized needs with
total solutions-efficiently and economically. An ISO 9000 certification has given the
company international recognition for its commitment towards quality. With an
export presence in more than 50 countries BHEL is truly Indias industrial
ambassador to the world.