Apar Industries Ltd has announced plans of expanding the capacity of its Continuous Transposed Conductor (CTC) line of business.
In a release, Apar said the capacity expansion would cater to increased demand available on account of focused prioritisation by Government in power and generation equipment.
Post the expansion, the total annual production capacity for CTC will be 20,490 tonnes per year, gradually by the third quarter (October to December) of FY26. The enhanced capacity will be three times the current level.
According to a stock exchange notification by Apar Industries, the current CTC capacity is 7,350 tonnes per year, which is being utilized to the extent of 98 per cent.
Between November 2024 and March 2025 (end of FY25), additional capacity of 5,160 tonnes per year will be commissioned. A further 7,980 tonnes of capacity will be added thereafter, taking the total CTC capacity to 20,490 tonnes per year, by Q3FY26.
The total investment outlay for this capacity expansion is learnt to be around Rs.73 crore.
Augmenting market penetration
Commenting on the proposed expansion Manish Agrawal, CEO – Conductor & Telecom Division, Apar Industries, said, “As per National Electricity Plan released in October 2024, 1,91,474 ckm of transmission lines (from 4,56,716 ckm to 6,48,190 ckm) and 12,74,185 MVA of transformation capacity for 220kV and above voltage levels (from 10,70,950 MVA to 23,45,135 MVA) are planned to be added during the period 2022-32.
We are optimistic on the prospects of the transmission segment in India and worldwide. The proposed expansion will augment our existing market penetration in the CTC segment. Further, as the customer base for transformer oil and CTC are the same, we strongly believe we will be able to synergise our leadership strength in the transformer oil segment to further expand the CTC business globally.”
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