HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Burn Standard Company Ltd., is one of the oldest and foremost engineering Company and the largest wagon builder in India. The wagon building activities are concentrated in the two engineering units at Howrah and Burnpur situated in west Bengal, India.

Several thousands of wagons have been manufactured and supplied to Indian Railways over the last 60 years or so and still being supplied. Whether it is four wheeler wagon or eight wheeler bogie wagon, all major design have been fabricated by this Company.

Apart from supplies to Indian Railways, The Company has also manufactured and supplied to supply special purpose wagons to various core sectors like power, steel & Plants in India.

The Company is a subsidiary of Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Ltd., (BBUNL), the largest group in India manufacturing Rly. Wagons, Coaches etc. with decades of experience and a large number of skilled manpower backed by professional management.

The Company have supplied to M/s. National Aluminium Co. (NALCO) till date 514 numbers of special purpose wagons fitted with Air Fluidising System for bulk movement and quick unloading of Alumina powder. These wagons are plying between NALCO Damanjodi Factory to Angul Factory in Orissa and Visakhapatnam port in Andhra Pradesh, India. These BTAP Type wagons are eminently suited for bulk movement of powdery materials like cement, fertilizer etc.

This Company has also supplied 225 numbers of sophisticated Bottom Discharge Wagons to National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) New Delhi for their various plants in the count.