ABB India, leading power and automation technology company, has bagged Rs 455 crore order from Vedanta Aluminium for expansion of latter's smelter plant at Jharsuguda in Orissa.
ABB will design, supply, build and commission 24 sets of high power diode certifier system of four aluminum potlines.
ABB has already supplied rectifier systems for phase one of Jharsuguda plant expansion in 2007-08. When the phase two is completed in 2010, Vedanta's total aluminum smelting capacity at Jharsuguda will be approximately 1,700,000 tonnes per annum, making it one of the largest aluminum plant.
