CMI receives approval from Indian Railways to supply Hard Drawn contact wire and Catenery wire

18 Apr 2016 Evaluate

CMI has received an approval from Indian Railways to supply Hard Drawn contact wire and Catenery wire used in Electric Traction of Trains at 25 KV. Both these wires have tremendous application in Indian Railways, Metros and Dedicated Freight corridors.

Indian Railways has only 28,000 Km of electrified track out of a total of 67000 Km of track. The Balance 39,000 Km of track has to be electrified in the near future. Besides this, 7,000 Km of dedicated Freight corridor will be added in the next 5 years. Work is already going on in 3,000 Km of western and Eastern Freight corridor, which is expected to be completed in the next 3 years.

The cost of these specialized cables is around Rs 12 lakh per KM of Track. CMl is amongst a handful of manufacturers who have been approved by the Railways for the supply of these cables. The total business potential from the supply of these cables to railways is Rs 1000-1500 crore per annum. The company estimates Rs 100 crore as the potential business accretion from the supply of these cables to Railways in the FY 2016-17. The company recently started commercial production at its newly acquired facility at Baddi, Himachal Pradesh and these cables will also be manufactured at the new facility.

CMI is a supplier of cable accessories, cables, conductor cables, electric cable accessories, equipment, and machinery.

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