# NTPC-BHEL JV starts commercial production at Mannavaram power equipment plant

NTPC-BHEL Power Projects Limited (NBPPL) began commercial production in mid-2015 at its power equipment manufacturing plant in Mannavaram, Andhra Pradesh, with Phase-I investment of ₹363.94 crore.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2016-11-25
- Where: Mannavaram, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Value: $54.0M (36.4B INR)
- Jobs: 1,250
- Starts operating: Q3 2015
- Status: completed
- Products: power equipment, boilers, turbines, generators
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [NTPC Limited](https://endata.com/companies/883.md)
- [BHEL](https://endata.com/companies/3761.md)
- [NTPC-BHEL Power Projects Limited](https://endata.com/companies/20195.md)

## Sources

- [thehindubusinessline.com](https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/ntpcbhel-power-gear-unit-finally-up-but-downsized/article9386966.ece), 2016-11-25: "After eight years, many twists and turns and delays, the ₹6,000-crore joint venture between two public-sector majors — NTPC and BHEL — to manufacture power equipment has finally got into production mode at Mannavaram in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh."

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