The story
The company was established in 1913 as the Indian Subsidiary of Braithwaite & Co. Engineers Limited (U.K.), for the fabrication of structural steel works.
In 1930, it was incorporated as Braithwaite & Co (India) Ltd at Calcutta.
In 1960, Braithwaite's Angus Works located at Champdani was set up to manufacture cranes, foundry products, machinery components, etc.
In 1976, the company was nationalized and taken over by Government of India
In 1978, the Project Division was established at Calcutta to execute turnkey projects for material handling plants.
IN 1986, the company was one of five government undertakings, all of them related to heavy engineering and located in eastern India, which was placed under the umbrella of Bharat Heavy Udyam Ltd, a newly devised holding company
In 1987, the Victoria Works was taken over, which is equipped with all facilities for the manufacture of pressure vessels, railway wagons, and heavy structurals for bridges and other engineering applications.
In August 2010, the administrative control of the company was taken over by the Ministry of Railways.
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