Skipper bags Rs 500-cr orders in engineering and infra space

Skipper Ltd today said it has bagged new orders worth Rs 500 crore in its engineering and infrastructure business segments.
Skipper Ltd, a power transmission & distribution and PVC pipes manufacturing player, also said that it has commenced trial production of its PVC plant in Sikandrabad.
"The new plant in Sikandarabad will have an installed capacity of manufacturing 6000 MTPA of plumbing and agri pipes. This takes the total capacity of Skipper's PVC business to 35,000 MTPA," it said in a statement.
The unit will cater to demand in the northern part of the country. In order to expand Skipper Ltd's manufacturing capacity in India, the plant is designed with state-of-the-art manufacturing technology and a tailor-made workshop layout for highly efficient production.

"In addition, in the T&D business, the company has also secured new orders worth approximately Rs 500 crore for domestic transmission tower supply and EPC line construction from Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corp Ltd, Teesta Valley Power Transmission Ltd (a PGCIL JV company), as well as the company's first export supply order from Egypt," it added.