Industry: Capital goods
Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) was established more than 40 years ago, ushering in the indigenous Heavy Electrical Equipment industry in India. The company has been earning profits continuously since 1971-72 and paying dividends since 1976-77.
BHEL manufactures over 180 products under 30 major product groups and caters to core sectors of the Indian Economy viz., Power Generation & Transmission, Industry, Transportation, Renewable Energy, etc. The wide network of BHEL’s 14 manufacturing divisions, four Power Sector regional centers, over 100 project sites, eight service centers, 18 regional offices and one subsidiary enables the Company to promptly serve its customers and provide them with suitable products, systems and services — efficiently and at competitive prices. The high level of quality & reliability of its products is due to the emphasis on design, engineering and manufacturing to international standards by acquiring and adapting some of the best technologies from leading companies in the world, together with technologies developed in its own R&D centers.
BHEL has acquired certifications to Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001), Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001) and Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems (OHSAS 18001) and is also well on its journey towards Total Quality Management. BHEL has accomplished the following milestones:
- Installed equipment for over 90,000 MW of power generation — for utilities, captive and industrial users.
- Supplied over 2,25,000 MVA transformer capacity and other equipment operating in transmission & distribution network up to 400 kV (AC & DC).
- Supplied over 25,000 Motors with drive control system to power projects, petrochemicals, refineries, steel, aluminum, fertilizer, cement plants, etc.
- Supplied traction electrics and AC/DC locos to power over 12,000 kms railway network.
- Supplied over one million valves to power plants and other Industries.
