Bharat Bijlee

Bharat Bijlee (, ) is an Indian Public Limited Company established in 1946 with listings on BSE and NSE. A multi-product, multi-divisional organization, its main business segments are Transformers, Projects, Electric Motors, Elevator Systems and Drives. It caters to a spectrum of industries and the builders of the nation’s infrastructure: power, refineries, steel, cement, railways, machinery, construction and textiles.

The Forbes Asia Best under a Billion Company Award received in 2007 was testimony to a history of superior performance.

History

1946

Bharat Bijlee was born with a small investment, few people, big dreams and colossal determination to succeed. The impetus was to substitute the import of electric motors with indigenous manufacture.

1947-1954
Pioneers the production of electric motors in India and started manufacturing power transformers

1958
Technical collaboration and distribution agreements with Siemens AG for motors and transformers

1965
Bharat Bijlee set up its new, sophisticated manufacturing plant at Airoli (Navi Mumbai) in about 193,000 sq. m of land to produce transformers and motors

1973
Diversification into the manufacture and installation of Olympus elevators

1982
Bharat Bijlee manufactured first 220 KV transformer

1985
Inherent synergies and the growing engineering skills in power equipment manufacture, led to the formation of an independent Projects Division to design, install and commission High Tension electrical switchyards and distribution systems on turn-key basis

2003
Extension of Transformer manufacturing range up to 200 MVA, 220 kV

2004
Elevator field operations business was divested to a subsidiary of Kone Elevators (India) Pvt. Ltd

2006
A world class facility for Transformers is commissioned tripling manufacturing capacity and increasing the range

2007
Bharat Bijlee receives the coveted Forbes Asia's 'Best Under a Billion' Company Award

Board of Directors

• Mr. Bansi Mehta (Chairman)
• Mr. Nikhil J. Danani (Vice Chairman and Managing Director)
• Mr. Nakul P. Mehta Vice Chairman and Managing Director)
• Mr. Shome N Danani (Executive Director)
• Mr. Jaisingh R. Danani (Director)
• Mr. Mukul Harkisondass (Director)
• Mr. Prakash V. Mehta (Director)
• Mr. Anand J. Danani (Director)
• Mr. Deepak S. Parekh (Alternate Director to Mr. Anand J. Danani)
• Mr. Sanjiv N. Shah (Director)
• Mr. Jairaj C. Thacker (Director)
• Mrs. D Vijayalakshmi (Director)

Collaborations / Alliances

• Drives collaboration with KEB, Germany
• Elevator Systems collaboration with Permagsa, Italy

Manufacturing Facilities and Offices

The Company's manufacturing facilities are located on a 1, 93,000 square meters campus, with a working area of approximately 50,000 square meters, in Airoli (Navi Mumbai).

Head quartered in Mumbai, Bharat Bijlee has branches in the following Indian regions.

• Northern Region – New Delhi, Indore, Ludhiana, Raipur, Jaipur
• Southern Region – Bangalore, Chennai, Secunderabad, Coimbatore
• Eastern Region – Kolkata
• Western Region – Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad