Hitachi ABB Power Grids in India (listed on the stock exchanges as ABB Power Products and Systems India) has won orders worth Rs 160 crore from the Government of India's electric locomotive manufacturer, Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), and the Central Organization for Rail Electrification (CORE), to power electric freight locomotives for the Indian Railways.
For CLW, Hitachi ABB Power Grids will deliver traction transformers for one of Indian Railways' most successful class of locomotives, the WAG 9, which was developed in response to strong growth in the rail freight transportation sector; for CORE, it will supply trackside transformers.
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