The global Indian company has hit gold in the Emirates of the Gulf.
The work order for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project 'Statue of Unity' - the world's tallest statue of India's first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was issued by the Gujarat government on Monday, to leading engineering company Larsen and Toubro (L&T).
Engineering major, Larsen & Toubro, along with a slightly positive European market helped domestic bourses to recover from the day's low.
Bharti Airtel and Larsen & Toubro may have struck a jarring note by turning in disappointing results, but India Inc as a whole has done fairly well so far in the third quarter ending December 2009.
Orders are flowing for the water and wastewater treatment industry, as leading players in the domestic market such as VA Tech Wabag, Larsen and Toubro, Thermax and IVRCL Infra have bagged over Rs 2,500 crore (Rs 25 billion) worth of orders in the past two-to-three months.
An investment of Rs 600-700 crore (Rs 6-7 billion) is expected in the project.
The new company, which will be based in Palegaon near Pune, would aim at development, design, manufacturing and related services in the fields of electronic warfare, radars, military avionics and mobile systems for military requirements of Indian customers as well as the world market.
These include B K Modi's Spice, Larsen & Toubro and Tech Mahindra. iGate, which had participated in the first round of bidding, backed out from completing the second round. Global majors like IBM are understood to have entered the second round, but this could not be independently confirmed. Other names floating include that of Hewlett-Packard and KKR Private Equity Investors.
The tunnel would provide all-weather connectivity between Srinagar and Leh-Ladakh
While 2017 was a record year for private equity investments in India after $23.5 billion in 660 deals, 2018 too has begun with a bang.
Under the RFQ, companies had to initially participate in technical bids based on certain minimum criteria such as net worth, experience and so on. Only five or six companies that scored the highest on this basis were then permitted to put in financial bids.
The board of approval, headed by commerce secretary G K Pillai, will also consider requests from realty major DLF for de-notification of its IT-ITeS SEZs in Gujarat, Haryana, West Bengal and Orissa. Larsen and Toubro has proposed to set up an IT SEZ in Mumbai, while Gulf Oil Corporation has moved application for a similar tax-free zone in Bangalore.
Sudip Banerjee, CEO, L&T Infotech talks about business post-Satyam, expansion plans and bigger acquisition targets.
The Uttarakhand government has asked Larsen & Toubro to stop work on its 99-Mw Singoli-Bhatwari hydel project in the hilly Rudraprayag district of the state.
To present revival plan to board; Naik meets PMO official.
Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro has signed a memorandum of understanding with the US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, one of the largest nuclear power plant vendors in the world, for the construction of nuclear power plants in India.
Larsen & Toubro, now one of Satyam's largest single shareholders with 4 per cent, sees a lot of synergy between the core strengths of the beleaguered software giant with those of L&T Infotech, its unlisted information technology subsidiary.
Four companies, including India's largest private sector electricity generator Tata Power and infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro Ltd, chose not to bid for the Rs 16,000-crore ultra mega power project (UMPP) in Tilaiya in Jharkhand even as Reliance Power, Lanco Infratech and NTPC Ltd, the country's largest power producer, submitted their technical bids.
The survey takes into account factors such as financial reputation, vision, corporate reputation, quality and innovation.
Larsen & Toubro, India's largest engineering company, has sought permission from the market regulator to sell its 6.9 per cent stake in Mahindra Satyam, which is currently valued at around Rs 900 crore.
Larsen and Toubro has outbid Hyundai, Samsung and NPCC to win two major offshore platform contracts from the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, aggregating over Rs 5,300 crore.
The NSE Nifty settled flat at 5,054. The market breadth was fairly positive, out of 2,843 shares traded, 1,599 advanced and 1,166 declined on the BSE.
Engineering giant Larsen and Toubro (L&T) is selling a third of its 6.9 per cent stake in Mahindra Satyam, formerly Satyam Computer Services. The transaction is expected to fetch Rs 304 crore (Rs 3.04 billion) for the company, said banking sources.
The Nifty ended at 4,882 -- down 17 points. The BSE market breadth was negative. Out of 2,808 stocks traded 1,460 declined while 1,290 advanced.
The company aims to book a profit of over Rs 250 crore from the open market sale, said two sources familiar with the development.
Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro would recruit nearly 10,000 people over the next three years for executing its various projects, company sources said on Friday.
After a strong start to the week on Tuesday, the Sensex this morning opened 15 points higher at 16,868 amid subdued global cues.
The prospects of India becoming a credible manufacturer of defence platforms or major weapon systems for export are remote, says Vice Admiral Premvir Das (retd).
Engineering giant Larsen and Toubro, which acquired little over four per cent stake in Satyam in less than a month, is believed to have approached the government on Tuesday, evincing interest to buy the troubled IT company.
In the face of a credit crunch in the global and domestic markets, Indian corporates will have to preserve capital and judiciously use it for their expansion plans, Larsen and Toubro chief financial officer Y M Deosthalee said.
Three manufacturing sectors (engineering and construction, industrial commodities and materials and commodities) created more value for its shareholders in last five years than IT or pharmaceutical companies. Engineering and construction companies, led by Larsen & Toubro and BHEL, posted a total shareholder return of 81 per cent in the last five years trailing March 31, 2007, the BCG-CII study showed.
Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd (JPVL), promoted by the $7-billion Jaypee group, has signed a Rs 4,000-crore agreement with Larsen & Toubro Ltd, the engineering and construction major, for supply of equipment for its Nigrie Super Thermal Power Project in Madhya Pradesh.
Larsen & Toubro on Monday said it is yet to take any decision on selling its over 8 per cent stake in Mahindra Satyam, but had sought market regulator Sebi's approval for offloading the holding in the IT company.
A team from India's $7 billion engineering behemoth, Larsen & Toubro, which holds 12 per cent stake in Satyam Computer Services started inspecting the books of the troubled company.
As with TCS, most companies put their money in mutual funds, corporate bonds and bank deposits, which are losing their appeal versus government bonds in terms of both returns and safety.
Larsen & Toubro Ltd's board will meet held on Jan 29 to consider and take on record the unaudited financial results of the company for the quarter ended December 31, 2002.
At least seven companies, including Larsen & Toubro, i-Gate, Spice and Mahindra Group, have already submitted proposals to the board last week and the bids to be accepted till March 20. The board has already said that it has received adequate interest from both Indian and international bidders, including private equity firms.
The board will make the financial and legal data available to those shortlisted companies who will qualify in the EoI criteria.
Shares of the company were trading at Rs 1240.10 apiece on the BSE at 1350 hours, down 1.23 per cent from the previous close.
Engineering major Larsen & Toubro said on Tuesday it has not received any intimation from market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India regarding its chairman and managing director, A M Naik's comment on the Satyam issue.