THE COMPANY

Burn Standard Company Ltd (BSCL), A Govt. of India Undertaking was formed with the merger of two well known engineering organizations namely Burn & Co. Ltd. and Indian Standard Wagon Co. Ltd. following their nationalization in April, 1975. Subsequently, after the formation of Bharti Bhari Udyog Nigam Ltd., (BBUNL) a holding company under the Ministry of Industry, Govt. of India in 1987, Burn Standard became a subsidiary of BBUNL along with six other Eastern India based Engineering Companies.

During the early days Burn undertook building and contracting work. Subsequently the firm ventured into the field of railway engineering and altogether new development in the country's economy during the 50s of the last century. With the rapid expansion of activity in Railways. Burn purchased about 11 acres of land at Howrah Works. It started manufacturing railway rolling stocks to cater to the increasing demand of Indian Railways. Today, Howrah Works cover an area of 16.172 hectares with covered accommodation of 80,215 Sq Metres and Burnpur Works has an area of 21 hectares with covered area of about 45,000 Sq. Mtrs