ECIL bags `18.5 cr deal with Toshiba

Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) received a prestigious export order from Toshiba Corporation, Japan, worth Rs 18.5 crore for supply of 8.5m S Band Antenna and 4.2m C Band Antenna. The antenna systems form a part of weather monitoring radars and will be integrated with transmitter, receiver and radar processors provided by Toshiba.

The radar antennas operating in microwave frequency band enable accurate prediction of weather. They are state-of-art technology products meeting international standards.

The order was handed over by Toshiba group manager Toshihide Banba to ECIL chairman and MD P Sudhakar in the presence of director (finance) Kishor Rungta, director (personnel) VSB Babu and ED (ASG) VRS Gopalakrishna.

ECIL and Toshiba have also signed an agreement to address the domestic and international market for doppler weather radars providing a technically superior, highly reliable solution with greatly reduced operating costs and eco-friendly system.

Earlier ECIL and Toshiba bagged a prestigious order from Indian Meteorological Department for supply of solid state doppler weather radar. this radar at Srinagar will be operationalised by January 2015 enabling the accurate prediction of weather and help civilian authorities take preventive measures while addressing natural calamities.