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HBL Engineering has won a ₹575 crore order from Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai to supply, test, and commission on-board KAVACH equipment (Version 4.0) for Indian Railways.
Context: KAVACH is India’s homegrown train safety system that automatically prevents collisions by controlling train speed and stopping trains when there’s a risk.
Why it matters: the order shows that KAVACH is moving from pilot projects to large-scale rollout, till now the system was mostly under tests.
It also highlights a shift in railway spending toward high-value safety and signalling technology. Instead of focusing only on tracks and trains.
For HBL, this marks a business transition, from a battery maker to a meaningful player in railway and defence electronics.
