KEC International
KEC International Limited (BSE: 532714) is India's second largest manufacturer of electric power transmission towers and one of the largest Power Transmission Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) companies in the world. It is headquartered in Mumbai, India and is part of the ₹160 billion (US$2.4 billion) RPG Group, engaged in laying of power transmission lines on EPC globally. It also provides telecom infrastructure services, tower testing, satellite and GPRS surveys, and hotline stringing services. It has operations in Algeria, Afghanistan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tajikistan, and the United Arab Emirates.
History
Ramjibhai Kamani founded Kamani Engineering Corporation (KEC) in 1945 which became the first electric power transmission company in Asia and a pioneer in the field of electric power transmission and railway electrification. In 1950, the company received an order from the Indian government to supply transmission towers for the prestigious Bhakra Nangal Dam project and a steel tower fabrication plant was established in Bombay in partnership with R. Foures, France. This was augmented by a second unit in Jaipur, Rajasthan and by 1967, KEC was supplying three-fifths of India's demand for transmission towers.