Anand, February, 2014: Elecon Engineering Company Limited has announced that its subsidiary company, i.e., Elecon EPC Projects Limited, one of the India's largest Material Handling Equipment and Transmission Products manufacturers, has been awarded an order from NTPC Limited of Rs 246.78 crore for ex-works (India) supply for coal handling plant package of Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Projects, Stage-I (2 x 800 MW).

Mr Prayasvin Patel, Chairman and Managing Director, Elecon Engineering said, "We are pleased to have procured a prestigious order worth Rs 246.78 crore. Elecon has always been at the forefront of innovations and technology in the manufacturing and engineering sector. It is a big achievement for all at Elecon as we continue to maintain a healthy order book month on month."

Established in 1951, Elecon Engineering Company Ltd of Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India, pioneered the manufacture of material handling equipment. During these six decades, Elecon has designed and implemented several landmark projects in India as well as abroad. From a modest start of design and manufacture of elevators and conveyors from which incidentally, the company derives its corporate identity, viz., "Elecon". It has grown over the years to be known as a pioneer of the concept of mechanized way of bulk material handling equipment in India.