L&T arm wins $85-m Qatar contract

PTI Updated - May 02, 2013 at 03:35 PM.

Engineering major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) today said that its Malaysian subsidiary Tamco Switchgear has bagged a $85-million contract from Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation.

Tamco will manufacture and supply 11kV vacuum circuit breakers over a two-year period to distribution stations across Qatar, the company said in a statement.

“We have had split orders for many projects in Qatar in the past. This complete order has come as a testimonial of customer’s confidence in our medium voltage capability to meet the demands of large-scale projects,” Tamco Switchgear Chairman S.C. Bhargava said.

Tamco has supplied switchgear panels to many projects and national assets in Qatar including Lusail utility tunnels, Lekhwiya sports stadium, Khalifa stadium, Khalifa sports city ASEAN Games Village, Qatar Foundation and Doha west sewage water treatment plant, the release said.

Published on May 2, 2013 10:02