BHEL Background History and Profile

Introduction
Established in1964, BHEL is Indias largest engineering and
manufacturing company of its kind engaged in the design,
engineering, manufacture, construction, testing, commissioning and
servicing of a wide range of products and services for the core sectors
of the economy, viz. Power, Transmission, Industry, Transportation,
Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas and Defence. The company has been
earning profits continuously since 1971-72 and paying dividends
since 1976-77. In recognition of its consistent high performance,
BHEL has been conferred with Maharatna' status by Government of
India on1st February, 2013. It is now one among the seven Maharatna
PSEs. Established more than 40 years ago, BHEL is the largest
engineering and manufacturing enterprise of India in the energy &
infrastructure related sectors. BHEL is amongst world's rarest few
who have the capability to manufacture entire range of power plant
equipment. Since its inception, BHEL is maintaining a consistent
track record of growth, performance and profitability. The company
has grown in stature over the years with continued inflow of orders,
manufacturing prowess, continued thrust on technology leading to a
strong presence in domestic and international markets as a major
supplier of power plant equipments besides establishing substantial
inroads in select segment of products in Industrial sector and
Railways.
Expansion
The company has realised the capability to deliver 15,000 MW p.a.
power equipment capacity and the further expansion program is
underway to reach 20,000 MW p.a by 2012. BHEL caters to core
sectors of the Indian Economy viz., Power Generation and
Transmission, Industry, Transportation, Renewable Energy, Defence,
etc. The wide network of BHEL's 15 manufacturing divisions,
2 repair units, 4 power sector regions, 8 service centres, 15 regional
offices, 2 subsidiaries and a large number of Project Sites spread all
over India and abroad enables the company to provide most suitable
products, systems and services efficiently and at competitive prices.
The company has entered into a number of strategic joint ventures in
supercritical coal fired power plants to leverage equipment sales
besides living up to the commitment for green energy
initiatives.

Awards
BHEL, where Quality Systems as per ISO-9000 have taken deep
roots, has now made significant achievements in Business Excellence
by securing recognition certificates from CII for four out of five units
that participated in the CII-EXIM Business Excellence Award scheme
in 2010-11. Continuing its tradition of bagging prestigious
national/international awards, the company has been honoured with
several awards which included "EEPC Star Performer Award" in
the Product Group of Project Exports for 20th consecutive year;
SCOPE Award for Excellence and Outstanding Contribution to the
Public Sector Management: "India Power Award for Equipment
Manufacturing and for electrifying Lakshadweep Islands with Solar
Power" from Council of Power Utilities; Six Prime Minister's Shram
Awards including one "Shram Bhushan" and three "Vishwakarma
Rashtriya Puraskars"; "IEI Industry Excellence Award 2010" for
Overall Business Excellence and Industry Practices from the
Institution of Engineers (India); "NDTV Profit Business Leadership.
Multifarious Activities
BHEL has also emerged as a major supplier of controls and
instrumentation systems, especially distributed digital control systems
for various power plants and industries. The Industry business sector
of the company is fully geared to execute EPC contracts for captive
power plants from concept to commissioning utilities. BHEL has also
emerged as a major supplier of controls and instrumentation systems,
especially distributed digital control systems for various power plants
and industries. The Industry business sector of the company is fully
geared to execute EPC contracts for captive power plants from
concept to commissioning. BHEL is a leading manufacturer of a
variety of Industrial Systems & Products to meet the demand of a
number of industries, like metallurgical, mining, cement, paper,
fertilizers, refineries & petro-chemicals etc. besides captive/industrial
power utilities. BHEL has supplied systems and individual products
including a large number of co-generation Captive power plants,
Centrifugal compressors, Drive Turbines, Industrial boilers and
auxiliaries, Waste heat recovery boilers, Gas turbines, Pumps, Heat
exchangers, Electrical machines, Valves, Heavy castings and
forgings, Electrostatic precipitators, ID/FD fans, Seamless steel tubes
etc. to a number of industries other than power utilities. BHEL
possesses expertise to design, manufacture and service various types
of onshore rigs to suit the Indian service conditions. The range of
equipment covers onshore deep drilling rigs, super-deep drilling rigs,
heli-rigs, work-over rigs, mobile rigs and desert rigs with matching
draw works and hoisting equipment. BHEL now has the capability to
manufacture conventional on shore deep drilling rigs up to a depth of
9,000 meters, mobile rigs to a depth of 3,000 meters and well
servicing rigs to a well depth of 6,100 meters. The company is in the
process of manufacturing environment friendly AC-technology based
oil rings for on shore application.
International Arena
BHEL is supplying onshore drilling rig equipment viz. Draw works,
Rotary-table, Traveling block, Swivel, Mast and Sub structure, Mud
systems and Rig electrics, Well heads & X-Mas tree valves upto
10,000 psi rating for onshore as well as offshore application to
ONGC, Oil India Ltd. and Private Drilling Companies. In
international arena, the prevailing environment of heightened
uncertainties worsened by political turmoil in the Arab world has
adversely affected the business prospects of BHEL's traditional
markets. In spite of such situation, BHEL was able to sustain its
exports momentum and expanded its foot print in new markets. The
company is poised to maintain its references in the overseas market
encompassing almost the entire range of products and services,
covering Thermal, Hydro and Gas-based turnkey power projects,
Substation projects, Rehabilitation projects, besides a wide variety of
products like Transformers, Motors, Compressors, Valves,
Electrostatic Precipitators, Photovoltaic equipments, Insulators, Heat
Exchangers, Switchgears etc. The company has been successful in
meeting the requirements of international markets in terms of
complexity of work as well as technology, quality and other
requirements. BHEL has proved its capability to undertake projects
on fast-track basis. Continued focus on After-Sales-Services led to
orders for Spares & Services from UAE, Bangladesh, Nepal, France,
Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan, Iraq, New Zealand, Malta, Thailand, Yemen
and Libya. Besides undertaking turnkey projects on its own, BHEL
also possesses the requisite flexibility to interface and complement
other international companies for large projects, and has also
exhibited adaptability by manufacturing and supplying intermediate
products.
The company has been successful in meeting the requirements of
international markets in terms of complexity of work as well as
technology, quality and other requirements. Continued focus on
After-Sales Services led to orders for Spares & Services from
Indonesia, Bhutan, Oman, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Srilanka,
Saudi Arabia and UAE during 2012-13. BHEL also possesses the
requisite flexibility to interface and complement other international
companies for large projects, and has exhibited adaptability by
manufacturing and supplying intermediate products. As a part of its
aim to expand offerings through strategic tie-up in International arena,
an MoU has been signed with the Ministry of Energy and Industry,
Tajikistan for setting up of two Hydro Power Projects (2x50 MW) on
Zeravshan River, Tajikistan. As a part of establishing long-term
relationships with key customers who can bring longlasting value to
the company, Enterprise Framework Agreement (EFA) has been
signed with Shell for the supply of Gas Turbine Generator (GTG)
packages to select Shell locations in Asia-Pacific, Middle-East,
Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa. The company is firmly
perched to expand its vista by taking a number of strategic business
initiatives to fuel further growth in international business which
includes exploration of opportunities in solar energy related projects,
equipments and projects in Transmission & Distribution arena.
Organization is a mechanism or structure that enables living things to
work effectively together. Sound organization can contribute greatly
to the continuity and success of the enterprise. Organization is more
than a chart it is the mechanism through which management directs,
co-ordinates and controls the business. It is, indeed, the foundation of
management. If the organization plan is ill designed, if it is merely a
makeshift arrangement, then management is rendered difficult and
ineffective. If, on the other hand, it is logical, clear cut and
streamlined to meet present day requirements, then the first requisite
of sound management has been achieved. Moreover, the sound
organization facilitates administration of the company and its parts,
encourages growth and diversification and helps to improve the
operation of the business as a whole.
The following sector presents institutional background of BHEL.
The manufacture of additional types of turbines and generators for
power stations, boilers and other electrical machines the Haridwar,
Hyderabad and Tiruchirapalli plants were to operate under the overall
control of Bharat heavy Electrical limited as a separate corporate
entity. BHEL, Hyderabad soon diversified its activities by absorbing
latest technologies from world leaders to meet the new challenges and
changing needs of the country.