CG Power commissions a new Extra High-Voltage switchgear manufacturing facility at Nashik - ProjectsMonitor

CG Power and Industrial Solutions has commissioned a new Extra High-Voltage switchgear manufacturing facility at Pimpalgaon Garudeshwar in Nashik, Maharashtra. The facility, designated S3 Unit-II, began commercial production and will manufacture EHV circuit breakers in the 33 kV to 245 kV range. The company says the addition grows its EHV circuit breaker manufacturing capacity by 80%.

S3 Unit-II sits alongside the company’s existing S3 Unit-I at Ambad, Nashik, which currently produces EHV circuit breakers across a wider 33 kV to 800 kV range. That facility has an annual capacity of 9,000 units and has been running at roughly 85% utilisation, a capacity crunch the company cites as one of the primary reasons for the new unit.

The new facility adds 7,200 units annually and includes 500 kV and 350 kV high-voltage testing laboratories as part of its infrastructure. The investment in S3 Unit-II stands at Rs 39.49 crore, funded entirely through internal accruals.