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- Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. (AFCONS.NS), a flagship engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) company of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, specializes in large-scale infrastructure projects worldwide; its core services encompass marine works including ports, jetties, and LNG tanks; highways, bridges including cable-stayed and suspension types, flyovers, and road tunnels; railways, metros with underground and elevated systems, stations, and depots; tunnels such as India's longest railway and highway tunnels; oil and gas structures; power plants covering thermal, hydro, nuclear, transmission, and distribution lines; urban infrastructure like airports, commercial and residential buildings, factories, warehouses, water treatment plants, sewage treatment facilities, and drainage systems; as well as barrages and general civil engineering projects. Founded in 1959 as a civil construction partnership between Rodio Foundation Engineering Limited of Switzerland and Hazarat & Company of India, subsequently renamed Asia Foundations and Construction Ltd. in 1976 and Afcons Infrastructure Ltd., the company maintains headquarters in Mumbai, India, at Afcons House, 16 Shah Industrial Estate, Veera Desai Road, Azadnagar, Andheri West, and operates across more than 25 countries in regions including Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, targeting government entities, private developers, and industrial clients in transportation, energy, water, and urban development sectors. Recent developments include securing a ₹700 crore contract from Reliance Industries Ltd. for vinyl project works at Dahej in June 2025; awarding a work order exceeding ₹5 million to Trishakti Electronics for machinery and manpower in November 2025 with execution by December 8, 2025; clinching a ₹463.50 crore water supply project in Rajasthan for completion within 20 months; contributing to the Kanpur Metro's central station and 2.4 km underground tunnelling; appointing Dimitrius D'Mello as Director (Commercial & Special Initiatives) to bolster supply chain operations; and navigating a Q2 FY26 performance dip attributed to prolonged monsoons, prompting an ICICI Securities downgrade to HOLD in November 2025.