INTRODUCTION

BHEL was established more than 50 years ago in 1964. Heavy Electricals (India)
Limited was merged with BHEL in 1974. In 1982, it entered into power equipment, to reduce
its dependence on the power sector. It developed the capability to produce a variety of
electrical, electronic and mechanical equipments for all sectors, including transmission,
transportation, oil and gas and other allied industries. In 1991, it was converted into a public
limited company. By the end of 1996, the company had handed over 100 Electric Locomotives
to Indian Railway and installed 250 Hydro-sets across India.
BHEL is the largest engineering and manufacturing enterprise in the energy related/
infrastructure sector in India. BHEL has built over the years, a robust domestic market position
by becoming the largest supplier of power plant equipment in India, and by developing strong
market presence in select segment of the industry sector and the Railway. Currently, 80% of the
Nuclear power generation in the country is through BHEL sets.
BHEL caters to core sectors of the Indian Economy viz., Power Generation's &
Transmission, Industry, Transportation, Telecommunication, Renewable Energy, Defence, etc.
BHEL has already attained ISO 9000 certification for quality management, and ISO 14001
certification for environment management and OHSAS 18001 certification for Occupational
Health and Safety Management Systems. The Company today enjoys national and international
presence featuring in the Fortune International 500 and is ranked among the top 10
companies in the world; manufacturing power generation equipment. BHEL is the only PSU
among the 12 Indian companies to figure in Forbes Asia Fabulous 50 list.

The companys inherent potential coupled with its strong performance make this one of
the NAVRATNAS, which is supported by the government in their endeavour to become
future global players.
Probably the most significant aspect of BHELs growth has been its diversification. The
constant reorientation of the organization to meet the varied needs in time with a philosophy
that has led to total development of a total capability from concepts to commissioning not only
in the field of energy but also in industry and transportation.
In the world power scene BHEL ranks among the top ten manufacturers of power plant
equipments not only in spectrum of products and services offered, it is right on top. BHELs
technological excellence and turnkey capabilities have won it worldwide recognition. Over 40
countries in world over have placed orders with BHEL covering individual equipment to
complete power stations on turnkey basis.
Besides the supply of non-conventional energy systems, it has also embarked into other
areas including defence and civil aviation. A dynamic 63000 strong team embodies the BHEL
philosophy excellence through continuous striving for state of the art technology. With
corporate headquarters in NEW DELHI, 14 manufacturing units, a wide spread regional
services network and projects sites all over India and even abroad, BHEL is India's industrial
ambassador to the world with export presence in more than 50 countries. BHEL's range of
services extent from project feasibility studies to after sales services, successfully meeting
diverse needs through turnkey capability.

BHEL OBJECTIVES
A dynamic organization is one which keeps its aim high to adopt itself quickly to
changing environment. The objectives of the company have been redefined in the corporate
plan for the 90s.
Growth
To ensure a steady growth by enhancing the competitive edge of BHEL in existing
busyness, new area and international market so as to fulfil national expectation from BHEL.
Profitability
To ensure a reasonable and adequate return on capital employed, primarily through
improvements in operation, efficiency, capacity utilization & productivity and to generate
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adequate internal resources to finance the companys growth.

Focus
To built a high degree of customer confidence by providing increased value of his
money through international standards of product quality performance and superior customer
service.
People Orientation
To enable each employee to achieve his potential, improve his capabilities, understand
is role and responsibilities and participate and contribute to the growth and success of the
company.
Technology
To achieve technological excellence in the operations of indigenous technologies and to
efficiently absorb and adapt the imparted technologies which suits the business.
Image
To fulfil the expectations, which stack holders like government as owner employee,
customer and the country at large have from BHEL.
VISION
A World-class engineering enterprise committed to enhancing the stakeholders values.
MISSION
To be an Indian Multinational Engineering Enterprise providing Total Business
Solutions through Quality Products, Systems and Services in the fields of Energy, Industry,
Transportation, Infrastructure and other potential areas.
VALUES

Zeal to excel and zest for change.

Integrity and Fairness in all matters.

Respect for dignity and potential of individuals.

Strict adherence to commitments.

Ensure speed of response.

Foster learning, creativity and teamwork.

Loyalty and pride in the company.

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BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED, BHOPAL

A BRIEF INTRODUCTION:

BHEL,Bhopal

Heavy Electrical Plant, Bhopal is the mother plant of Bharat Heavy Electricals
Limited, the largest engineering and manufacturing enterprise in India in the energy-related and
infrastructure sector, today. With technical assistance from Associated Electricals (India) Ltd., a
UK based company; it came into existence on 29 th of August, 1956. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, first
Prime minister of India dedicated this plant to the nation on 6th of November, 1960.

BHEL, Bhopal with state-of-the-art facilities, manufactures wide range of electrical

equipments. Its product range includes Hydro, Steam, Marine & Nuclear Turbines, Heat
Exchangers, Hydro & Turbo Generators, Transformers, Switchgears, Control gears,
Transportation Equipment, Capacitors, Bushings, Electrical Motors, Rectifiers, Oil Drilling Rig
Equipments and Diesel Generating sets.

BHEL, Bhopal certified to ISO: 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001, is moving
towards excellence by adopting TQM as per EFQM / CII model of Business Excellence. Heat
Exchanger Division is accredited with ASME U Stamp. With the slogan of Kadam kadam
milana hai, grahak safal banana hai, it is committed to the customers.
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BHEL Bhopal has its own Laboratories for material testing and instrument calibration
which are accredited with ISO 17025 by NABL. The Hydro Laboratory, Ultra High Voltage
laboratory and Centre for Electric Transportation are the only laboratories of in this part of the
world.

BHEL Bhopal's strength is its employees. The company continuously invests in Human
Resources and pays utmost attention to their needs. The plant's Township, well known for its
greenery is spread over an area of around 20 sq km and provides all facilities to the residents
like, parks, community halls, library, shopping centers, banks, post offices etc. Besides, free
health services are extended to all the employees through 350 bedded (inclusive of 50 floating
beds) Kasturba Hospital and chain of dispensaries.

BUSINESS AREAS
BHEL covers a wide area in production. These areas are as follows:
POWER GENERATION
Power generation sector comprises thermal, gas, hydro, and nuclear power plant
business. As on 31.3.2002, BHEL supplied sets account for nearly 67,232 MW or 64 % of the
total installed capacity of 1,04,917MW in the country, as against Nil till 1969-70.
BHEL has proven turnkey capabilities for executing power projects from concept to
commissioning, it possesses the technology and capability to produce thermal sets with super
critical parameters up to 1000 MW unit rating and gas turbine generator sets of up to 240 MW
unit rating. Co-generation and combined-cycle plants have been introduced to achieve higher
plant efficiencies to make efficient use of the high-ash-content coal available in India, BHEL
supplies circulating fluidized bed combustion boilers to both thermal and combined cycle
power plants.

The company manufactures 235 MW nuclear turbine generator sets and has commenced
production of 500 MW nuclear turbine generator sets.
Custom made hydro sets of Francis, Pelton and Kaplan types for different head
discharge combination are also engineering and manufactured by BHEL.
In all, orders for more than 700 utility sets of thermal, hydro, gas and nuclear have been
placed on the Company as on date. The power plant equipment manufactured by BHEL is
based on contemporary technology comparable to the best in the world and is also
internationally competitive.
The Company has proven expertise in Plant Performance Improvement through
renovation modernization and up rating of variety of power plant equipment besides
specialized know how of residual life assessment, health diagnostics and life extension of
plants.

TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION (T&D)

BHEL offers wide-ranging products and systems for T&D applications. Products
manufactured include: power transformers, instrument transformers, dry type transformers,
series & shunt reactors, capacitor banks, vacuum & SF6 circuit breakers, gas-insulated
switchgears and insulators.
A wide range of transmission products and systems are produced by BHEL to meet the
needs of power transmission and distribution sector. These include:

Dry Type Transformers

SF6 Switch Gears

400 KW Transmission Equipment

High Voltage Direct Current System

Series and Shunt Compensation Systems

INDUSTRIES
BHEL is a major contributor of equipment and system to important industries like:

Cement

Petrochemicals

Fertilizers

Steel papers

Refineries

Mining and telecommunication

BHEL has indigenously developed the state-of-the-art controlled shunt reactor (for
reactive power management on long transmission lines). Presently a 400 kV FACTS (Flexible
AC Transmission System) projects is under execution.
The range of system and equipment supplied includes:-

Captive power plants

High speed industrial drive turbines

Industrial boilers and auxiliaries

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Waste heat recovery boilers

Gas turbine pump, valves, seamless steel tubes

Heat exchangers

Process control etc.

The Company is a major producer of large-size thruster devices. It also supplies digital
distributed control systems for process industries, and control & instrumentation systems for
power plant and industrial applications. BHEL is the only company in India with the capability
to make simulators for power plants, defense and other applications.
TRANSPORTATION
BHEL is involved in the development, design, engineering, marketing, production,
installation, and maintenance and after sales service of rolling stock and traction propulsions
systems. BHEL manufactures electric locomotives up to 5000 HP, diesel electric locomotives
from 350 HP to 3100 HP, both for mainline and shunting duty applications. It also produces
rolling stock for special applications viz. overhead equipment cars, special well wagons, and
Rail-cum road vehicle.
TELECOMMUNICATION
BHEL also caters to Telecommunication Sector by way of small, medium and large
switching systems.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Technologies that can be offered by BHEL for exploiting non-conventional and
renewable resources of energy includes: wind electric generators, solar power based water
pumps, lighting and heating systems. The company manufactures wind electric generators of
unit size up to 250 KW for wind farms, to meet the growing demand for harnessing wind
energy.
OIL AND GAS
BHELs products range includes Deep Drilling Oil Rigs, Mobile Rigs, Work Over Rigs,
Well Heads and Christmas Trees, Choke and Kill Manifolds, Full Bore Gate Valves, Mudline

Suspension System, Casing Support system Sub-Sea Well Heads, Block valves, Seamless
pipes, Motors, Compressor, Heat Exchangers, etc.
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
BHEL is one of the largest exporters of engineering products & services from India,
ranking among the major power plant equipment suppliers in the world.
BHEL has, over the years established its references in over 50 countries of the world,
ranging from the united-states in the west to new-Zealand in the far-east. These references
encompass almost the entire product range of BHEL, covering turnkey power projects of
thermal, hydro and gas based type sub-station projects, rehabilitation projects, besides a wide
variety of products, like switch gear, transformer, heat exchangers, insulators, castings and
forgings. Apart from over 1100MW of boiler capacity contributed in Malaysia, some of the
other major successes achieved by the company have been in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Libya,
Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Egypt, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan, Sri lanka, Iraq etc. execution of
overseas projects has also provided BHEL the experience of working with world renowned
consulting organizations and inspection agencies.

DIVISIONS OF BHEL

Centralised Stamping Unit & Fabrication Plant (CSU & FP), Jagdishpur

Insulator Plant (IP), Jagdishpur

Electronics Division (EDN), Bangalore

Electronic System Division (ESD), Bangalore

Electro-Porcelains Division (EPD), Bangalore

Heavy Electrical Plant (HEP), Bhopal

Industrial Valves Plant (IVP), Goindwal

Heavy Electrical Equipment Plant (HEEP), Ranipur (Haridwar)

Central Foundry Forge Plant (CFFP), Ranipur (Haridwar)

Heavy Power Equipment Plant (HPEP), Hyderabad

Transformer Plant (TP), Jhansi

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Boiler Auxiliaries Plant (BAP), Ranipet

Component Fabrication Plant (CFP), Rudrapur

High Pressure Boiler Plant (HPBP), Tiruchirappalli

Seamless Steel Tube Plant (SSTP), Tiruchirappalli

Power Plant Piping Unit (PPPU), Thirumayam

Heavy Plates & Vessels Plant (HPVP), Visakhapatnam

MANUFACTURING UNIT OF BHEL

First Generation Units

BHOPAL

Heavy Electrical Plant

HARDWAR

Heavy Electrical Equipment Plant

HYDERABAD

Heavy Electrical Power Equipment Plant

TIRUCHY

High Pressure Boiler Plant

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Second Generation Units

JHANSI

Transformer and Locomotive Plant

HARDWAR

Central Foundry and Forge Plant

TIRUCHY

Seamless Steel Tube Plant

Unit through Acquisition and Merger

BANGALORE

Electronic Division Electro Porcelain Division

New Manufacturing Units

RANIPAT

Boiler Auxiliaries Plant

JAGDISHPUR

Insulator Plant

RUDRAPUR

Component and Fabrication Plant

BANGALORE

Industrial System Group

MAJOR CUSTOMERS OF B.H.E.L

Supplies to all major utilities in India:
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL)
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC)
Northern Coalfields Ltd. (NLC)
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL)
North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd. (NEEPCO)
Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (APTRANSCO)
Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation (APGENCO)
Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd. (UPPCL)
ALL State Electricity Boards (SEBs)

International customers:
Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), Malaysia
Public Power Corporation (PPC), Greece
MEW, Oman
OCC, Oman
GECOL, Libya

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TECHNICAL COLLABORATIONS

PRODUCT
Thermal Sets, Hydro Sets, Motors &

COLLABORATIONS
Prommashexport (RUSSIA)

Control Gears.
Bypass & Pressure Reducing Systems

Sulzer Brother Ltd. (SWITZERLAND)

Electronic Automation System for Steam

Siemens AG. (GERMANY)

Turbine & Generators

Francis Type Hydro Turbines

General Electric (CANADA)

Moisture Separator Reheaters

Baloke Duerr (GERMANY)

Christmas Trees & Conventional Well

National Oil Well Head Assemblies (USA)

Steam Turbines , Generators and Axial

Siemens AG. (GERMANY)

Condensers
Current Control Units Cam Shaft

Siemens AG. (GERMANY)

Controllers and Tractions

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MAJOR MILE STONES

1975

Job Redesign concept launched for the first time in India.

1978

Well Documented Suggestion Scheme launched.

1982

Launched Productivity Movement and Quality Circle.

1993

Concept of ISO 9001 quality System.

1995

Adopted EFQM model of TQM for achieving Business Excellence.

1997

BHEL one of the 9 PSEs declared Navrarna by Govt. of India.

1997

National Productivity Award for HEEP by the President of India.

1998

Certificate of Merit by National Productivity Council for Outstanding

Performance for consecutive 2 years.

1998

Accreditation of U stamp.

1998

Accreditation of Stamp from National Board of Boiler and Pressure

Vessel Inspector, USA.

1999

AD Merkblatt HPO Recertification by RWTUV for Gas Turbine

Combustion Chambers.

1999

INSAAN Award for Excellence in Suggestion for 9th consecutive years.

1999

Launching of 5s concept.

1999

PCRI recognized as Environmental lab by Haryana State Board for

Prevention and Control of Pollution.

1999

Accreditation of ISO 14001- Environment Management System.

2000

CII site visit for CII-EXIM Business Excellence Award.

2001

Top Management TQM workshop at Rishikesh and HRDC.

2001

INSAAN Award for Excellence in Suggestion for 11th consecutive years.

2001

Launching of QTM & RCA at HEEP, Haridwar by CMD.

2002

Launching if Delivery Index, Turnover Index and Manufacturing Index.

2002

JBE Workshop of Apex TQM Group at Theri to evolve Business policy.

2003

Commendation for Strong Commitment to Excel in CIIEXIM Bank

Award.

2004

Commendation for Significant Achievement in CIIEXIM Bank Award.

2005

Award given by Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India for

Excellent Work in the field of Management Accounting and Cost Concepts.

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2006

BHEL Celebrated its 50th years in August 2006.

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