BEML Limited, formerly Bharat Earth Movers Limited, is an Indian

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, headquartered in

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. It manufactures a variety of heavy equipment, such as that used for earth moving, railways, transport and mining.

History

BEML incorporated in 11th May 1964, with the help of the Soviet Union. It was wholly owned and operated by India's

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until 1992, when the government divested 25% of its holdings in the company. BEML is Asia's second-largest manufacturer of earth moving equipment, ⁣ and it controls 70% of India's market in that sector. Its stock trades on the

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under the symbol "BEML", and on the

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under the code "500048". The company went for Follow-on Public offer (FPO) and fixed the price band for its FPO between ₹1,020 and ₹1,090. The

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had given 'in-principle' approval for strategic disinvestment of BEML Ltd. to the extent of 26% out of the Government shareholding of 54.03% with transfer of management control to strategic buyer.

Manufacturing facilities

BEML has manufacturing plants in

Kolar Gold Fields Kolar Gold Fields (K.G.F.) is a mining region in K.G.F. taluk (township), Kolar district, Karnataka, India. It is headquartered in Robertsonpet, where employees of Bharat Gold Mines Limited (BGML) and BEML Limited (formerly Bharat Earth Mov ...

Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude o ...

and

Palakkad Palakkad (), formerly known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the Palakkad District. Palakkad is most densely populated munici ...

. It has numerous regional offices throughout the country. KGF unit is the main unit accounting for the manufacture and assembly of a wide array of earth-moving equipment such as

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s and

excavator Excavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, dipper (or stick), bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as the "house". The house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels. They are a natural progression fr ...

s. Railcoaches are made in the Bengaluru complex, and the Mysore facility makes

dump truck A dump truck, known also as a dumping truck, dump trailer, dumper trailer, dump lorry or dumper lorry or a dumper for short, is used for transporting materials (such as dirt, gravel, or demolition waste) for construction as well as coal. A t ...

s and engines of various capacity. On 10 August 2020, Defence Minister

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inaugurated the industrial design centre (IDC) at BEML Bengaluru, aiming to integrate research and development with manufacturing.

Products

BEML manufactures a wide range of products to meet the needs of mining, construction, power, irrigation, fertiliser, cement, steel and rail sectors. The earthmoving equipment includes bulldozers, dump trucks, hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, rope shovels, walking draglines, motor graders and scrapers. BEML has recently introduced road headers and slide discharge Loaders for underground mining applications. Railway products include integral railcoaches, electric multiple units, rail buses, track-laying equipment and overhead equipment inspection Cars. BEML manufactures heavy-duty trucks and trailers and hydraulic aggregates for the transportation sector. The company also manufactures high power diesel engines and heavy duty hydraulic aggregates to meet specific customer requirements. The company plans to diversify into varied activities including underground mining equipment, underground storage for petro-products, leasing and financial services and joint ventures abroad.

Mining & Construction equipment

BEML is India's leading mining & construction equipment manufacturer and Asia's second largest equipment company, BEML offers diverse range of mining machinery for both opencast and underground mining. BEML manufactures machines such as Hydraulic Excavators, Bulldozers, Wheel loaders, Dump Trucks, Motor Grades, Pipe Layers, Tyre handler, Backhoe Loaders, Electric Shovels, Load Haul Dumpers etc.

Defense & Aerospace

BEML plays a key role in the country's Integrated Guided Missile Development Project by supplying ground support vehicle. A new Aerospace division was launched during Aero India 2009.The division manufactures Ground support equipment such as Aircraft Towing Tractor, Aircraft Weapon Loading Trolley, Multi-purpose Weapon Loaders and Crash Fire Tender.

Railways/Metro rolling stock

BEML Limited's Rail Coach Factory situated in Bangalore, India is the first all steel integrated rail coach factory established by Government of India during 1948.This factory was established to indigenously manufacture the passenger rail coach for Indian Railways. BEML manufactures rolling stock for

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as well as for metros since 1980's. BEML has supplied more than 200 coaches to DMRC and has an order of 150 coaches from Bengaluru Metro. BEML has independently supplied about 140 cars to DMRC using transfer of technology from Hyundai ROTEM.

Jaipur Metro The Jaipur Metro(Hindi: जयपुर मेट्रो) is a rapid transit system in the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Construction on the mostly elevated part of the first line, called Phase 1A, comprising of route from Mansarovar ...

has also ordered to manufacture, supply, test and commission 10 train sets of four cars each, totaling 40 cars to the Jaipur Metro Project. BEML has started supplying metro train sets to the East West corridor of

Kolkata Metro The Kolkata Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Kolkata in West Bengal, India. , it has two operational lines, a line from Dakshineswar to Kavi Subhash and a line from Salt Lake Sector V to Sealdah, for a total of . Four ...

(KMRCL). Present order in hands from KMRCL is for 14 train sets of six cars each. BEML is one of the leading manufacturers of rail and metro coaches. Metro systems using BEML rolling stock are: * Delhi Metro (Pink Line) - more than 500 coaches *

Namma Metro Namma Metro ("Our Metro" in Kannada), also known as Bengaluru Metro, is a rapid transit system serving the city of Bengaluru, India. Upon its inauguration, it became the first underground metro system in South India. Namma Metro has a mix of u ...

- 150 coaches *

- 40 coaches * Kolkata Metro (Line 2) - 84 coaches * Mumbai Metro - 378 coaches (Line 2 and 7)

Infrastructure

BEML operates in three major business verticals associated with equipment manufacturing: * Mining & Construction * Defence & Aerospace * Rail & Metro In addition to the above, there are strategic business units (SBUs): * Trading Division for dealing in non-company products * International Business Division for export activities * Aerospace Division for design services for the aviation sector BEML has the following manufacturing units spread over four locations: * Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) Complex (around 100 km from

) ** hebi Earth Moving Division ** Rail Coach Unit II ** Heavy Fabrication Unit ** Hydraulic & Powerline Division * Mysore Complex (around 130 km from

) ** Truck Division ** Engine Division ** Aerospace Manufacturing Division * Bengaluru Complex - Rail & Metro Division *Palakkad Complex

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- defence products manufacturing **BEML - Tatra Trucks 12x12, 10x10, 8x8, 6x6, 4x4 & variants **Pontoon bridge system **Ground support vehicles for guided missile programme **Heavy, medium and light recovery vehicles **50T trailer for tank transportation **Mil rail coaches and mil wagons **Apart from the above, Railway parts and aggregates are planned for manufacture * Vignyan Industries, a subsidiary located at Tarikere (around 300 km from Bengaluru) - steel castings

Management

Shri M V Rajasekhar has been the CMD of BEML Ltd since 1 Feb 2021 after the superannuation of Dr D K Hota the predecessor CMD.

Competitors

The main competitor for BEML is in the private sector who has its own manufacturing units in

, thus participating in the 'Make in India' initiative. *

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which has a new facilities at

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and in

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Defense Vehicles

BEML manufactures

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designed HMV, Arjun ARRV, MSCPV and Czech Tatra trucks and rebadges them under license. * BEML - TATRA T810 VVNC 6x6 * BEML - TATRA T810 VVL 6x6 * BEML - TATRA T810 VTI 6x6 - Tank Transporter * BEML - TATRA T815 VVNC 8x8 * BEML - TATRA T815 VVL 8x8 * BEML - TATRA T815 VTI 8x8 - Tank Transporter * BEML - TATRA Crash Fire Tender * BEML -

TATRA T816 The Tatra T816 is a truck family, produced by Czech company Tatra. It uses the traditional tatra concept of rigid backbone tube and swinging half-axles giving independent suspension. The vehicles are available in 4x4 Four-wheel drive, als ...

6MWR 8T 10x10 * BEML - TATRA T815 27ET96 28 300 8x8 * BEML - TATRA T815 26RR36 22 255 6x6 * BEML - TATRA T158 PHOENIX VTI 6x6 - Tank Transporter * BEML - TATRA PHOENIX 8x8, 6x6, 4x4 * BEML - TATRA FORCE 10x10, 8x8, 6x6, 4x4 * BEML - TATRA TERRN°2 10x10, 8x8, 6x6, 4x4 * BEML - TATRA TACTIC 6x6 * BEML Armored Vehicle Arjun ARRV A probe into an alleged scam in the purchase of Tatra trucks for the

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led to the suspension of the then-BEML chief by the Defence Ministry.

Trailers

* 20T (20Ton pay load, 8 Wheeled) * 50T (50Ton pay load, 12 Wheeled) * 70T (70Ton pay load, 40 Wheeled)

References

External links

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