L&T Inaugurates Switchgear Factory in China

Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) has announced that on October 30, 2006, it has inaugurated a State of-the-art factory for low voltage switchgear at Wuxi in the Jiangsu province of China. Set up as a wholly owned subsidiary of India''s largest switchgear manufacturer, Larsen & Toubro (Wuxi) Electric Company Ltd (LTW), is the Company’s first manufacturing facility in the electrical sector outside India, and forms part of the Company’s increasing thrust on expanding its international footprint.

The factory was inaugurated by the Chairman of LTW and whole Director of the Company, Mr R N Mukhija, in the presence of the Consul General of India, Mr V Prakash, Vice Mayor of Wuxi, Mr Tan Xue Ming, senior Wuxi Government officials and the Company’s major business associates.

The Company will manufacture and market its indigenously developed, high-end air circuit breakers (ACBs) and moulded case circuit breakers (MCCBs) out of the new factory. The ACB has protection releases powered by embedded software with communication features deigned by the Company’s engineers. These high-end ACBs are one of the latest in a series of products launched by the Company to meet international quality and standard certifications.

Products manufactured at LTW are being certified by China Quality Certification Center for the China Compulsory Certification (CCC) mark. They have already been certified by the IEG System for mutual recognition of test certificates for electrical equipment (IECEE) CB scheme.

Source : Equity Bulls

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