Here is an ongoing chronicle of orders bagged and contracts received by Indian companies during February- 2006. Both domestic and overseas contracts, in which at least one of the parties -- awarder or awardee -- is of Indian origin, are considered. A domestic (or overseas) contract is respectively one executed in India (or abroad), regardless of whether the Indian company has bagged or given the order. (Key: entity placing the order, entity receiving the order) [Click here for archives]

A. Domestic Contracts

28 Feb 06

• Alfa Laval (India) bagged an order worth Rs.38 crore from Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers (TNPL) for an evaporation plant by 2007 with a capacity of 340 tonne water evaporation per hour. (project details)

• Bharat Heavy Plate & Vessels (BHPV) bagged an order worth Rs.96 crore from Hindustan Petroleum Corporation for design, engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, installation, testing, and commissioning of all mechanical, electrical and instrumentation works including construction of civil works on turnkey basis related to 140 tph boilers. Work on the project is scheduled for completion within 14 months and Engineers India is the consultant for the project.

27 Feb 06

• Madhucon Projects bagged an order worth Rs.629 crore from National Highway Authority of India for four laning of Madurai-Tuticorin section of NH-45B in Tamil Nadu (more...) (project details)

• Punj Lloyd bagged an order worth Rs.86 crore from Global Health (more...) 

23 Feb 06

• Nagarjuna Construction Co. bagged an order worth Rs.243 crore (more...) (project details) (project details)

• Thermax bagged an order worth Rs.107 crore for the greenfield coke oven project. The scope of work involves installing of waste heat recovery boilers on coke oven batteries to generate 90 MW of electric power. The project is scheduled for completion within 24 months. (further details awaited)

21 Feb 06

• Petron Engineering Construction bagged an order worth Rs.5.67 crore from Bharat Heavy Electricals for erection, testing and commissioning of power cycle piping and Auxiliary piping for SC and TG and supply and application of painting for 2x500 MW Sipat power project (Unit-IV) in Chhattisgarh. (project details)

• Subhash Projects & Marketing Ltd (SPML) bagged an order worth Rs.81.8 crore from Power Grid Corporation of India for execution of rural electrification work under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) in Gaya district of Bihar on turnkey basis.

• PBA Infrastructure bagged an order worth Rs.65.09 crore from National Highways Authority of India and Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. (more...) (project details) (project details)

• Punj Lloyd bagged an order worth Rs.125 crore from Hindustan Petroleum Corporation for laying of pipeline and associated facilities for Mundra-Delhi pipeline project. (project details)

18 Feb 06

• South India Corporation won a Rs.300 crore BOT contract from Ennore Port Co for developing a coal-handling terminal at the port (more...)

17 Feb 06

• Gammon India reported the securing of four fresh contracts from National Highways Authority of India and National Hydro-electric Power Corporation together worth Rs.1,004 crore. (further details awaited.)

• Pune-based ISMT bagged an order for supply of 19,496 tonnes of seamless casing pipes worth Rs.113 crore from Oil & Natural Gas Corporation. The delivery will be made over 34 weeks beginning 1 April 2006.

16 Feb 06

• McNally Bharat Engineering Co bagged an order worth Rs.134 crore from Vedanta Aluminia Ltd for the constructing two anode plants for the aluminium smelter plant in Jharsuguda district of Orissa. (project details)

• KMP Expressways bagged an order worth Rs.1,800 crore from Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation (HSIDC) for the construction of 135 km Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway project on BOT basis. (more...) (project details)

15 Feb 06

• DCPL, Kolkata bagged an order from National Aluminium Co to undertake expansion of its township at Damanjodi in Koraput district and Angul district of Orissa. (more...) (project details)

14 Feb 06

• IVRCL Infrastructure & Projects secured orders worth Rs.265 crore (more...)

10 Feb 06

• TRF won an order worth Rs.81 crore from Hooghly Metcoke & Power Co for the receipt of a coking coal and coke handling plant. (project details)

09 Feb 06

• Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd bagged an order worth Rs.76 crore from Hooghly Metcoke & Power Co for setting up a 90 MW captive power plant in West Bengal. The order envisages manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of two steam turbine generator sets of 45 MW each. The project is scheduled for completion by September 2007. (project details)

• Thermax bagged an order worth Rs.119 crore for setting up a 1x22 MW coal based and 1x15 MW waste heat recovery based captive power plant. (details awaited)

08 Feb 06

• Simplex Infrastructure won an order valued at Rs.22.5 crore for constructing a multipurpose berth (No.13) at the Haldia dock complex. The job involves construction of a 250m berth and development of backup area of about 14,000 sqm. (project details)

07 Feb 06

• ITI bagged an order worth Rs.750 crore from Mahanagar Telephone Nigam for two million GSM lines for expanding its Mumbai operations. (more...)

06 Feb 06

• Praj Industries bagged an order worth Rs.18 crore from Shree Renuka Sugars for supply of fermentation, integrated distillation and evaporation as well fuel ethanol plant as a part of the contract. (project details)

04 Feb 06

• Mc Nally Bharat Engineering Company Ltd bagged an order from

1. CESE Ltd, contract valued at Rs.50 crore

2. National Aluminium Company Ltd, contract valued at Rs.60 crore

3. Binani Cements Ltd, contract valued at Rs.10 crore

01 Feb 06

• Era Constructions bagged an order worth Rs.102 crore for construction of textile industry, design & construction of Multiplex on turnkey basis and development of residential complex. (details awaited.)

B. Overseas Contracts

26 Feb 06

• Larsen &Toubro along with Lurgi AG and KQKS bagged an order worth USD 198 million from Petronas Penapisan (Melaka) Sdn Bhd for building a lube oil plant. (more...)

13 Feb 06

• Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd bagged an order worth $457million for setting up a 500 MW power plant in Sudan. (more...)

07 Feb 06

• Larsen & Toubro bagged an order worth Rs.144 crore from Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority (ADWEA) for the construction of 85 km. long 220 kV transmission lines. (more...)

• Transocean Inc won an order worth $805 million from Oil & Natural Gas Corporation for five rigs over a period of three years.