Indian firm supplies transformers for FIFA world cup

Kolkata-based transformer manufacturing MSME BMC Electroplast has supplied around 3,000 transformers to help power the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

 


Stadium FIFA World Cup power supply

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Qatar: Kolkata-based transformer manufacturing MSME BMC Electroplast has supplied around 3,000 transformers to help power the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

BMC Electroplast, an MSME unit, has supplied current and voltage transformers, which are critical components in the power distribution system, for the FIFA world cup 2022, a company official said.

“We have supplied 50 % of the total voltage and current transformers required for the soccer event. These instruments reside in the switchgear boards used for power distribution internal control and protection. More than the value of the contract, it gives us satisfaction and pride that our engineering product is part of a global event,” said BMC Electroplast’s director Siddhartha Mitra.

Mitra said the opportunity will his company a “major impetus” in exporting to the Middle East countries as the approval for the agency was the most stringent in the region.

 

Source: Financial Express