- Business
- KEI Industries Limited manufactures, markets and sells a comprehensive range of electrical wires and cables in India and exports to over 60 countries worldwide. The company operates through three main segments including Cables & Wires, Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC), and Stainless Steel Wires; its core products encompass extra-high voltage (EHV up to 220kV), high tension, medium voltage and low voltage power cables; control and instrumentation cables; thermocouple extension and compensating cables; specialty single-core and multi-core flexible cables; elastomeric rubber cables; fire survival and resistant cables; solar cables; housewires such as Homecab FR and Conflame Green+; winding and submersible wires; marine and offshore cables; communication cables; EV charging cables; and stainless steel wires. KEI also provides EPC services for gas-insulated and air-insulated substations, overhead and underground power transmission and distribution systems, and railway electrification projects on a turnkey basis. Founded in 1968 and headquartered in New Delhi, India, the company maintains manufacturing facilities in locations including Bhiwadi (Rajasthan), Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Silvassa, Chinchpada, Pathredi and Rakholi; it serves diverse sectors such as power utilities, oil and gas, petrochemicals, steel, railways, infrastructure, renewables, real estate, cement, fertilizers, automobiles and defense through an extensive network of over 2,000 channel partners, 34 branch offices and 26 warehouses across India. In recent developments, KEI completes brownfield capacity expansions at its Chinchpada and Pathredi plants, commences trial production of low tension and high tension cables at its new greenfield manufacturing facility in Sanand, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) with first phase commercial production slated for November 2025 and EHV production in fiscal 2027, acquires 45,965 sqm industrial land in Gujarat's Sanand-II for Rs 23.05 crore to support future growth, invests Rs 600 crore over two years in EHV cable capacity enhancement at Pathredi and Silvassa units alongside a targeted 25% overall capacity increase, raises Rs 2,000 crore through qualified institutional placement, and enters a principal partnership with Royal Challengers Bangalore for the Indian Premier League.