Here is an ongoing chronicle of domestic and overseas contracts involving Indian companies in October 2007. (Key: entity placing the order, entity receiving the order) [Click here for archives]

A. Domestic Contracts

30 Oct 07

• Era Infra Engineering bagged an order worth Rs.81.75 crore from Indian Oil Corporation for civil and structural works of high density poly-ethylene (HDPE) unit for its Panipat naptha cracker project in Haryana. The contract is scheduled for completion within 15 months. (project details)

29 Oct 07

• Tata Steel awarded a blast furnace order to Metals Technologies (MT), a division of the Siemens Group Industrial Solutions & Services (I&S), for its integrated steel plant at Kalinganagar in Orissa.

• IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects bagged Rs.346.80 crore orders for water and power projects in Rajasthan and Maharashtra. (more news) (project details) (project details)

25 Oct 07

• BEML bagged an order worth Rs.1,144 crore order from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to supply 156 nos state-of-art standard gauge stainless steal metro cars for Delhi Metro Rail Project (Phase II). (project details)

• Bharat Earth Movers secured an order worth Rs.648 crore from Northern Coalfields for supply and service of three nos 20 cum electric rope shovels.

• Energy Development Co received a contract valued at Rs.14 crore approximately for supply of and supervision for commissioning of turbine/generator and associated works for a hydroelectric power project. The order is scheduled to be completed within 15 months.

• A consortium led by Unity Infraprojects bagged three contracts aggregating to Rs.238.91 crores from Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) for design and construction of storm water pumping stations including supply, delivery, erection, commissioning of mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and comprehensive operation maintenance of pumping plant at Haji Ali, Cleveland Bunder (Worli), and Love Grove (Worli).

23 Oct 07

• Siemens along with Siemens AG, Germany has bagged Rs.330 crore from Tata Steel for providing the power distribution network for its 6 million tpa integrated steel plant at Kalinganagar in Orissa. (more news) (project details)

22 Oct 07

• IMP Powers bagged an order worth Rs.65 crore from Maharashtra State Electricity Board for supply of EHV transformers of 132 and 220 kV class. The order will be executed in within six to nine months.

18 Oct 07

• ABB bagged orders worth Rs.512 crore from JSW Group to provide turnkey power and automation solutions for its steel and power plant projects. (more news) (project details) (project details)

• Larsen & Toubro bagged Rs.452 crore orders collectively for four projects in Andhra Pradesh. (more news) (project details)

16 Oct 07

• Mumbai-based Housing Development & Infrastructure (HDIL) received a letter of intent from Mumbai International Airport for resettlement and rehabilitation of Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport slums, spread over an area of 276 acres. (more news) (project details)

• GMR Hyderabad International Airport (GHIAL) awarded the contract to HMS Host for setting up, operating and maintaining Food & Beverage Outlet at its Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad in Ranga Reddy district. (more news) (project details)

• Kolkata-based BOC India has won two contracts worth Rs.318 crore from Steel Authority of India for setting up of two air separation units at SAIL's Rourkela steel plant in Orissa and IISCO steel plant. (project details) (project details)

• Bombardier Transportation has received an order worth Rs.170 crore contract from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for rail signalling equipment for Delhi Metro Rail Project (Phase II). (more news) (project details)

15 Oct 07

• Jindal Drilling & Industries bagged an order worth Rs.660 crore from Oil & Natural Gas Corporation for charter hire of newly built Jackup Rig (Discovery - I). The proposed rig is under construction at Keppel Fels Shipyard at Singapore and is expected to be delivered in September 2008 & will be deployed for operation under this contract  thereafter.

12 Oct 07

• Kalpataru Power Transmission bagged an order worth Rs.997 crore from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co for feeder separation.

• Unity Infraprojects bagged orders worth Rs.224.82 crore (more news) (project details)

10 Oct 07

• CS Software Enterprise bagged orders worth Rs.3.7 crore from Dakshinachal Vidyut Vitran Nigam for GIS & indexing of new consumers, billing and collections in Agra.

• Reliance Energy consortium received a letter of award (LoA) from the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation for a 100 storey trade tower along with a business centre in Hyderabad. (more news)

• National Hydroelectric Power Corporation signed an agreement with Bharat Heavy Electricals for execution of electrical and mechanical works package of its 44 MW Chutak hydroelectric power project in Kargil district of Jammu & Kashmir at a cost Rs.227.73 crore. (more news) (project details)

09 Oct 07

• IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects bagged an order worth Rs.761.24 crore from  Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Irrigation & CAD Department for lift irrigation works of Handri Niva Sujala Shravanthi (HNSS) project main canal for (Stage II of Phase I) in Kurnool and Anantapur Districts of Andhra Pradesh, on EPC Turkey basis (more news) (project details)

• Larsen & Toubro bagged an order worth Rs.693 crore from Indian Oil Corporation to set up these sulphur recovery plants as part of their fuels upgradation project on EPC basis at Koyali in Vadodara district of Gujarat. (more news) (project details)

• Fabtech Projects & Engineers bagged a Rs.120 crore order from Hindustan Petroleum Corporation to put up an advanced LPG and propylene mounded storage system at its Visakhapatnam refinery in Andhra Pradesh. (project details)

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged the contract worth Rs.394 crore from Rashtriya Ispat Nigam for setting up a captive power plant at its Vizag steel plant in Andhra Pradesh. (more news) (project details)

• Petron Engineering Construction received an order worth Rs.1.35 crore from Moserbaer India for supply of chimney with supporting structure, insulation & cladding and other accessories for 2 x W20V32 project at MBIL SEZ Division.

08 Oct 07

• Yokogawa India received a contract worth $11.8 million from NTPC to supply an automation and control system for the 3x660 MW Barh power project in Bihar. The scope of work includes instrumentation systems for the boilers and other utilities of three power generators. These include the CENTUM CS 3000 R3 distributed control system, PRM plant resource manager, DPharp EJA pressure/differential pressure transmitters, and IR8A infrared gas analysers. As part of its full turnkey project solution, Yokogawa India is also providing engineering, installation, and commissioning services. (project details)

• Simplex Projects bagged an order worth Rs.115 crore for piling, foundation and residential complex primarily in Kolkata from various agencies. Piling and foundation contracts of approximately Rs.62 crore is to be completed within 3 to 6 months.

• McNally Bharat Engineering Co received an order worth Rs.38.31 crore from Maharashtra State Power Generation Co for design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of ash handling system for its New Parli thermal power project in Bid district. (project details)

• CS Software Enterprise has bagged orders from Dakshin Gujarat Vij Co to implement electricity billing and the estimated value of the orders is around Rs.0.7 crore.

• Diamond Cables bagged conductor orders, aggregating 15,000 kms and these orders are to be executed in the coming nine months.

05 Oct 07

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged an order worth Rs.1,900 crore from GSPC Pipavav Power Co for implementation of its 2x350 MW gas-based power project in Amreli district of Gujarat. (project details)

• Jaihind Projects bagged an order for Rs.30.3 crore from Brahmani River Pellets for executing pipeline for iron ore slurry pipeline tanto benefication plant to pellet plant at Jaipur, in Orissa. (project details)

• Petron Engineering Construction received a contract worth Rs.13.3 crore from Vedanta Aluminium for installation of anode, grouping & cleaning system for the aluminium smelter project at Jharsuguda in Orissa.  (project details)

• Lanco Infratech bagged an order worth Rs.73 crore from Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanams, Thirupati for construction of Sri Venkateswara Vedic University at Alipiri, Thirupati. The project is to be completed within 24 months.

04 Oct 07

• Gayatri Projects bagged construction related orders totalling to Rs.27.59 crore from:

1. JSW Steel for civil work for a plant in Karnataka [contract value: Rs.17 crore]
2. Engineer in Chief, Public Health, Hyderabad for water supply improvement scheme and construction assistance. [contract value: Rs.10.59 crore].

03 Oct 07

• Suzlon Energy bagged an order from DLF for setting up of a windfarm of 150 MW wind turbine capacity in Gujarat. The order comprising of 100 units of Suzlon's S82-1.5 MW turbines will be installed by March 2008.

• Patel Engineering bagged an order worth Rs.428 crore from NTPC for 520 MW (4x130 MW) Tapovan Vishnugad hydroelectric power project at Dhauliganga River in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. (more news) (project details)

01 Oct 07

• ICSA India bagged orders worth Rs.93.47 Crores from Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board, Raipur for implementation of Atal Jyoti Yojna under O&M division in Bhilai, Bhatapura, Bernetra, Durg-I and Durg-II areas on total turnkey basis. The scope of work includes design, supply and erection of 11kV, 33/11 kV Lines and 63 KVA, 100 KVA subsations.

B. Overseas Contracts

15 Oct 07

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged an order worth Rs.150 crore from Al Ghail Power LLC, a company wholly owned by Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA), Govt. of Ras Al Khaimah. Ras Al Khaimah for two gas turbine generating units of 42 MW each.

• Patels Airtemp India received an order worth 11.90 lakh euros (approx Rs.7 crore) from Fasam S.R.L. Italy for high tech pressure vessels, for a gas pipeline project in Iran.

12 Oct 07

• Punj Lloyd secured a contract worth Rs.389 crore from Qatar Petroleum to construct the multi-product pipeline on an EPC basis. (more news)

10 Oct 07

• Larsen & Toubro bagged an order worth $60 million engineering and procurement order from Saudi Arabia-based Chemanol for setting up high-technology plants for manufacturing 50,000 tpa methylamines and 60,000 tpa dimethyl formamides. (more news)

09 Oct 07

• Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation, the US-based wholly owned subsidiary of Suzlon Energy signed a contract for a 400 MW of wind turbine capacity with Horizon Wind of Houston, Texas, owned by Portuguese utility EDP (Energias de Portugal, S.A.). The delivery of 200 MW of turbine capacity will be delivered by 2008 and another 200 MW of capacity by 2009.

08 Oct 07

• Hiranandani Constructions bags real estate project in Dubai (more news)

05 Oct 07

• Suzlon Energy through Suzlon Wind Energy A/s, Denmark bagged an order from Service Instalacoses E Sistemas Integrados for a 155 MW order in Brazil. The order is scheduled for completion by August 2008.