ABB bags $71 mn order from SAIL

ABB has secured a $71 million order from Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) for supply of a high-voltage sub-station package to the steel major’s Bhilai plant, in Chhattisgarh. The new high voltage sub-stations will enable the additional power supply needed to support a planned increase in the steel plant’s annual production capacity from 5 million to 7 million tonnes. Apart from enhancing power supplies to support increased production, the sub-stations would improve the availability and reliability of electricity supplied to the plant

ABB would supply various products, including switchgear, transformers, cables, fire protection and detection systems. The company would also install substation automation systems for the project, which is expected to be completed by 2013.