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	CG signs JV for setting up switchgear manufacturing base in Indonesia, will cater to South-East Asian and Pacific markets: Avantha Group Company CG and PLNE (PT Prima Layanan Nasional Enjinring) have signed a joint venture agreement to manufacture and commercialize High Voltage (HV) and Extra High Voltage (EHV) switchgear in Indonesia. - May 02, 2013

	Avantha Group Company CG powers up Smart Grid laboratory in Spain’s Basque Region: Avantha Group Company CG’s Smart Grid Centre of Excellence was inaugurated by Mr. Inigo Urkullu, President of the Basque Country, an autonomous Spanish region, on April 19th 2013. - Apr 30, 2013

	Avantha Group company CG awarded $60 million contract by Ministry of Electricity, Iraq: Avantha Group Company CG has been awarded a major contract for $60 million for the turnkey construction of four high voltage GIS substations by the Electrical Transmission Project Office of the Ministry of Electricity (MOE) in Iraq. - Apr 16, 2013

	Press Release - CG’s LED Lighting Solutions to offer 50-60% advantage in energy savings: CG has entered into a technology licensing agreement with Bridgelux, a Solid State Lighting (SSL) pioneer based in Livermore, California, for the company’s LED light engine, optics and luminaire expertise. - Apr 11, 2013

	Press Release - CG to power Luchterduinen offshore wind farm in The Netherlands: CG, along with its consortium partners, has been awarded a Rs 239 crore contract for the construction of an offshore HV substation in the Netherlands from Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects BV - Apr 03, 2013

	Interactive Financial Graphs & Shares Sections on CG website: To provide our investors with the necessary insights and interactive tools to clearly understand CG business, we have added the new areas in the Investor Section of this website. - Feb 21, 2013

	Press Release - CG Opens First Power Transformer Factory in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: SPTC, a joint venture between CG and STC (Saudi Transformer Company) since 2010, is inaugurating its flagship Power Transformer factory in Dammam Industrial City in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on February 12, 2013. - Feb 12, 2013

	Press Release - CG to Supply Smart Grid-enabled Transformers to Transpower New Zealand: Mumbai, February 4, 2013: CG, has signed a long term supply relationship agreement with Transpower NZ Ltd, owners and operators of the New Zealand national grid. - Feb 04, 2013

	Press Release - CG's Electric Vehicle Charging Stations to Fuel Smart Grid Growth: The Automation arm of CG, ZIV Metering Solutions, has bagged an order to supply IBIL, the Spanish electric vehicle charging operator, with 90 Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations. - Jan 21, 2013

	Press Release - CG to acquire lighting division of Karma Industries: CG announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Himachal Pradesh-based Karma Industries to buy the latter’s Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) manufacturing business. - Jan 14, 2013

	CG signs an MOU with the Government of Gujarat: CG has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Gujarat to set up a state-of-the-art Power Transformer manufacturing unit at Gujarat, INDIA. - Jan 14, 2013

	Press Release - CG's Bangalore plant to help link India's Smart Grid: Plant to make intelligent electronic devices, critical in the control of power systems. CG helping develop India’s first Smart Grid project in Puduchery - Nov 28, 2012

	Press Release - CG Launches Lean Manufacturing Plant: CG recently inaugurated its high-efficiency, low-voltage rotating machines (LVRM) plant at Goa. The new LVRM facility, designed on the lean principle production output, is the first of its kind in the country, and the first just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing line in CG. - Nov 22, 2012

	Press Release - CG and PGTI announce CG Open 2012 - Golf: CG Ltd., and the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) announced the schedule for the CG Open 2012. The CG Open will be played at Bombay Presidency Golf Club, Mumbai, from October 3-6. The Pro-Am will be played on October 7. - Oct 03, 2012

	Press Release - CG acquires Technology leader in Smart Grid Automation - ZIV Group: Crompton Greaves Ltd (CG) has acquired 100% of ZIV, a global leader in the high value Smart Grid and Automation Solutions segments for Industrial and utilities companies, for an Enterprise Value equivalent to Euro 150 million. - Jul 27, 2012

	Press Release - CG’s robust technology to power Belgium’s Northwind offshore wind farm project: CG has been awarded the contract for the grid connection study and supply of main transformer 275 MVA and 2 reactors of 65 MVAr at the Northwind offshore wind farm in Belgium. - Jul 09, 2012

	Press Release - CG inaugurates new EHV switchgear manufacturing facility in Brazil: CG (Crompton Greaves Ltd) commenced operations of its new Extra High Voltage (EHV) Switchgear manufacturing facility in Sapucaia do Sul in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. - Jun 27, 2012

	CG enters into agreement with the Government of Manitoba on development of cutting edge Transmission and Generation Technologies.: CG signed an MOU on 8th May with the Government of Manitoba to explore ways of advancing innovative solutions for the electric transmission industry, smart grid enhancements and other renewable energy technologies. - May 18, 2012

	Press Release - CG Q3 FY12 Orders up 66% at Rs.3401 crs vs Q3FY11: CG announced 66% increase in Orders for the quarter ended December 31st, 2011 at Rs 3401 crores as compared to Rs 2052 crore in the same period of last fiscal. - Feb 08, 2012

	CG achieves new milestone in the development & production of Ultra High Voltage Transmission equipment (UHV): CG’s first 1200 kV product, namely the Capacitive Voltage Transformer (CVT) was successfully trial charged at PGCIL’s Bina substation, the world’s highest kV class transmission system. This celebrated moment was witnessed by all the members of the 1200 kV Steering Committee of PGCIL and CG. Two other CG UHV products have also been delivered to the same site: a 1200 kV 333 MVA Power Transformer and a 1200 kV Metal Oxide Surge Arrester (MOSA). - Jan 27, 2012

	CG powers E.ON's Humber Gateway offshore wind farm in UK: CG has been awarded the contract for the design, engineering, supply and installation of the Onshore and Offshore Substations at the 219 MW Humber Gateway offshore wind farm in UK. Humber Gateway is a Round 2 Offshore Wind Project owned by E.ON. - Jan 11, 2012

	CG Wins Key Order for Wind Offshore Connection: CG has bagged a prestigious turnkey contract from Amrumbank West GmbH (AWG) for its German wind farm project. Amrumbank West GmbH (AWG) is a 100% subsidiary of E.ON Climate & Renewables Central Europe GmbH. - Dec 19, 2011

	Guaiba's Industrial District will receive Electrical Equipment Factory: CG Power Systems do Brazil will manufacture transformers and circuit breakers at the Guaiba location - Dec 09, 2011

	CG develops indigenous 1,200 kV Transformer - Press Release: "The engineering major announced the dispatch of its first 1,200 kV transformer to Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) in Bina, Madhya Pradesh. .. - Dec 06, 2011

	Eleanore Project Launched - Joint Press Release: 3E, Alstom Grid, CG, CMI, DEME Blue Energy, Eurogrid International and SAG bring their engagement to foster the development of future offshore grids in Europe one step further. - Sep 30, 2011

	CG wins contract for large offshore wind farm electrical substation: WPD WINDFARM BELGIUM BVBA, has awarded CG with the development of the design, delivery and installation of the high voltage offshore substation for the Butendiek project. - Sep 14, 2011

	CG installs low noise power transformers for wind farm in Netherlands: CG has designed, produced and installed two 80 MVA power transformers for the substation in Dronten (The Netherlands) - Sep 09, 2011

	CG wins HVDC contract in Canada: Ian Harrison, General Manager of CG in Canada announced today that they have signed a contract with Manitoba Hydro to supply one 450kV, 120 MVA convertor transformer. - Sep 03, 2011

	HVDC Center of Excellence awarded to Canadian CG Power Systems facility: Laurent Demortier, CEO and Managing Director of CG, designated the Winnipeg facility as the company’s High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Center of Excellence for their worldwide operations. - Aug 05, 2011

	CG despatches India’s First 765 kV, 80 MVAr, Reactor: CG breaks new ground with the despatch of India’s first 765 kV, 80 MVAr, single phase Reactor.. - Jun 13, 2011

	Mr. Laurent Demortier appointed as CEO & Managing Director of CG: Mr. Laurent Demortier succeeds Mr. SM Trehan as the new CEO and Managing Director of CG and as Additional Director on the Board, w.e.f. June 2, 2011. - Jun 02, 2011

	CG Acquires US Based QEI, Inc: Originally formed in 1960, QEI is a market-leading provider of SCADA and automation systems, and products for the management of electric transmission and distribution networks - May 27, 2011

	CG to Establish a Transformer Manufacturing Plant in Brazil: The installed capacity of this plant will be approximately 6000 MVA and would require an investment of approximately USD 30 Million - May 26, 2011

	CG ventures into "POWER DISTRIBUTION" domain: CG has received the Letter of Intent obtained from the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (Maharashtra, INDIA) for power distribution on a franchisee basis to Jalgoan Urban cum Rural circle. - May 26, 2011

	CG Power Systems, intends to build a Power Transformer facility in Guaiba, Brazil.: With global operations, CG Power Systems a manufacturer of large electrical equipment has chosen Rio Grande do Sul as their regional home base for Brazil - May 26, 2011

	CG acquires Sweden based Emotron Group: CG today announced acquisition of Sweden based Emotron Group. Established in 1975 Emotron is a power electronics & engineering company engaged in engineering & manufacturing of drive solutions with latest IGBT based technology for variable frequency drives (VFDs) . - May 19, 2011

	CG Canada Develops "Intelligent Transformer": CG Canada has entered into a contract to provide an Intelligent equipped transformer .. - May 07, 2011

	CG Canada wins Alberta contract: CG Power Systems Canada received confirmation of an order from SNC Lavelin for a quantity of six 400 MVA, 500KV single phase transformers for delivery in 2012 - May 06, 2011

	CG High-voltage Expert to address Electrical Insulation Conference: Dr.Waldemar Ziomek, from CG Power Systems Canada will present a paper at the Electrical Insulation Conference in Annapolis. - May 05, 2011

	CG Canada commissions new oil storage facility: CG Canada has built and commissioned a new oil storage facility at their plant in WInnipeg, Manitoba. - May 02, 2011

	CG Inaugurates New Plant for AC Drives at Bhopal, India: CG, today announced the inauguration of its drives and automation plant at Mandideep, Bhopal, Inida. The plant was inaugurated by Mr S.M. Trehan, Managing Director, CG. - Apr 23, 2011

	CG sets up one of the world's largest UHV Research Centres: Centre to be operational by 2012; Company aiming at global leadership in high voltage power products - Apr 13, 2011

	CG Lighting Division, wins Empower Award 2009: CG Lighting, Division, was recently the proud recipient of the "Empower Award 2009" in the category of "Market Impact - Fluorescent Tube Lights ". - Feb 04, 2011

	Another milestone in the CG – IIT-Bombay Collaboration: CG & IIT Bombay enters into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to sponsor MTech students. - Feb 02, 2011

	CG's Switchgear Division enters the UHV Sector: CG`s Switchgear Division, India is proud to announce the successful despatch of its First 800 kV SF6 Gas Circuit Breaker on Jan 27, 2011 to India`s prestigious Power project at UPPTCL, Unnao in Uttar Pradesh. - Feb 01, 2011

	CG develops the 1200kV Surge Arrestors: CG is proud to announce the successful development of yet another 1200 kV product to India`s most prestigious Power project. With this success, CG becomes the first Indian company to successfully develop 2 Ultra High Voltage products indigenously. - Jan 27, 2011

	CG ranks 3rd in Dun & Bradstreet study: CG is ranked third in terms of total income in the Power Equipments Sector by Dun & Bradstreet. - Nov 29, 2010

	CG delivers India's first 1200 KV Power Product: A moment for CG to cherish for a long time to come. CG is proud to announce the delivery of the first 1200 kV product to the UHV research station of POWER GRID at Bina, Madhya Pradesh, India. - Nov 19, 2010

	CG wins the CII Business Excellence Prize for 2010.: The Confederation of Indian Industry - CII based on an intensive audit process awarded CG the coveted Business Excellence Prize for 2010, thus catapulating it into the top league of the Indian Companies. - Nov 18, 2010

	CG Wins Best Product Award 2010 (India): CG Power Systems won the Best Product Award at the India Power Awards for its 800kV SF6 Gas Circuit Breaker... - Nov 15, 2010

	CG installs offshore wind generation project in the North Sea, near Belgian.: No other windfarm in the world is situated so far offshore - Sep 15, 2010

	CG enters into a JV with ZIV Aplicaciones y Tecnologia, S.L (ZIV) Spain.: CG has entered into a Joint Venture with ZIV Aplicaciones y Tecnologia, S.L (ZIV)., headquartered in Spain, for establishing a Joint Venture Company in India, for the manufacture of Substation Automation Systems for Substations in EHV and UHV range. - Sep 10, 2010

	CG signs pact with EIC Group Saudi Arabia: to form USD 3 mn JV with Saudi Arabia`s EIC Group. - Aug 16, 2010

	CG Power & CNSE Launch Global partnership to establish Center for Intelligent Power: The world-class center will enable nanoscale innovations for clean energy and smart grid solutions and create over 100 high-tech jobs at CNSE`s Albany NanoTech Complex and upstate New York - Jun 29, 2010

	CG Inaugurates New transformer manufacturing facility in Missouri, U.S.A.: CG part of the US$ 4 bn Avantha Group, announced on 24th June 2010, the completion of its new transformer manufacturing facility in Washington, Missouri, U.S.A. through its subsidiary CG Power Systems USA Inc. - Jun 25, 2010

	CG Acquires NELCO's 3 Business Units: CG has concluded an arrangement for the acquisition of 3 business (Traction Electronics, SCADA and Industrial Drives), of an Indian company Nelco Limited (Nelco)... - Apr 29, 2010