Suzlon Energy Ltd.

Suzlon Group’s subsidiary - SEFORGE, has inked a key purchase agreement with a leading wind turbine manufacturer for the supply of machined tower flanges, used for wind towers, over a period of three years. The Rs 367 crore ($75 mn) contract covers supply of flanges for wind turbine towers for projects in India and international markets.

This agreement, alongside recent agreements with other tower manufacturers and a large European bearing producer, highlight SEFORGE's growing presence as an independent parts supplier to wind and related industries.

SEFORGE operates a state of the art forging facility capable of producing seamless forged rings of maximum diameter of 5.2 meters, with an annual capacity of between 40,000 to 60,000 rings at Vadodara, Gujarat.

SEFORGE has established itself as a key supplier to all major wind turbine manufacturers in India for the supply of forged rings used in wind turbine towers and bearings. Besides, the company supplies rings to major international players in the oil and gas, power and defense sectors over and above the bearing and wind turbine sectors. It also owns a foundry division, based in Coimbatore, with a modern manufacturing facility capable of producing large sizes of castings with an annual capacity of 120,000 MT of castings.