Dec 16: State-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) on Friday said that the company has bagged a major order from Indian Railways for the supply of 118 sets of IGBT-based traction converters for 3-phase 6,000 HP electric locomotives.

Valued at Rs 200 crore, the order has been placed on BHEL by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW). The traction converters shall be manufactured and supplied by BHEL’s electronics division, Bengaluru. Significantly, BHEL has already supplied 225 such IGBT-based traction converters, which are under operation with Indian Railways, said a company filing with the stock exchanges.

Headquartered in New Delhi, BHEL is an engineering and manufacturing company and the country’s largest power plant equipment manufacturer. In the transportation sector, the company manufactures a wide range of traction propulsion equipment at its Bhopal, Jhansi and Bengaluru plants.

The company offers system design, manufacturing, supervision of commissioning and countrywide after sales support for the entire range of propulsion equipment required for diesel electric locomotives, electric locomotives, AC EMUs, DEMUs etc. It also manufactures complete electric locomotives for railways and diesel electric shunting locomotives for industrial customers at its Jhansi plant.

BHEL shares closed trading at Rs 122.80, down 2.07% from the previous closing of Rs 125.40, on BSE on Friday.

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