Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd to provide transmission equipments to Sonelgaz

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd., a global player in the power transmission EPC business, has bagged three projects worth Rs 400 crore (USD million 81) from Sonelgaz, the state electricity company of Algeria. The orders relate to turnkey projects of extra high voltage transmission lines of approximately 500 km. length for voltages ranging up to 400 kV.

The scope of work for these three projects involves EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) including supply of towers, other line material and construction of the transmission lines. The order is to be completed within 8 to 15 months. KPTL has already successfully completed six similar transmission line projects worth Rs. 500 crore in Algeria in the recent past.

Its order book has now crossed 1 billion dollar (Rs 5000 crores) out of which overseas projects exceeds Rs 2200 crores, which is a significant achievement for the group. KPTL has had a strong footprints in overseas markets where it has established itself as turnkey player in Power transmission and have already exported towers to Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Syria, Turkey, UAE, Iraq, Qatar; Algeria, Ethiopia, Zambia, Nigeria, Kenya, Monaco, Egypt, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa, Mexico, Peru and USA from their Gandhinagar (India) plant.