MANUFACTURING - Heavy Engineering + MRU

L&T Heavy Engineering doesn’t just build equipment. It engineers progress for a more resilient and industrially advanced world.

At the forefront of global innovation, L&T Heavy Engineering delivers engineered-to-order high-tech equipment that powers critical industries - from refineries and oil & gas to petrochemicals, fertilisers, coal gasifiers and nuclear energy.

Renowned for its expertise in nuclear reactors, special heat exchangers, proprietary internals, special fabrication and high-end metallurgy pipe spools, the business consistently pushes the boundaries of engineering excellence.

With a legacy spanning nearly nine decades, L&T Heavy Engineering (L&T HEIC) has been a pioneer in embedding Industry 4.0 technologies into manufacturing - driving unmatched precision, efficiency and scale. At its heart lies the state-of-the-art A. M. Naik Heavy Engineering Complex in Hazira, a globally benchmarked, digitally enabled, fully integrated manufacturing powerhouse. Its capability spectrum covers in house engineering, R&D centres and world-class fabrication facilities.

The business has achieved international recognition through an impeccable track record of executing large, complex projects and constantly creating new global benchmarks in scale, manufacturing the tallest, heaviest and biggest equipment, with the fastest execution.

Business Verticals

  • Process Plant Equipment
  • Nuclear Power Equipment
  • Process Plant Internals

Key Offerings : Heavy Engineering

  • Ethylene oxide reactors
  • Hydrocracker reactors
  • Clean fuel reactors
  • Renewable diesel reactor
  • FCC reactor and regenerator package
  • Coke drums
  • Molten salt-bath reactor system
  • Titanium-cladded oxidation reactor
  • Ammonia and methanol converters
  • Urea reactor and stripper, carbamate condenser
  • Waste heat boiler package
  • HP heat exchanger
  • Nuclear power equipment
  • Steam generator and pressuriser, endshields
  • Fusion reactor (ITER)
  • Spent fuel canisters & casks
  • Critical piping spools
  • CVD Reactor (equipment for polysilicon industry)

Process Plant Equipment

We manufacture equipment using an exhaustive array of materials including low & high alloy steels, stainless and duplex stainless steels, clad & overlaid steels, exotic materials such as nickel, Monel, cupro-nickel, copper Hastelloy, titanium, zirconium and tantalum. L&T HE manufactures critical equipment & systems across sectors including refinery, cracker, oil & gas, fertiliser, petrochemicals, coal gasifiers and power. We have exported equipment and systems to more than 55 countries.

Our manufacturing capability is supported by engineering expertise in thermal and mechanical design, special analysis including stress and vibration analysis, procurement, project management and logistics.

L&T HE has a track record of supplies to refineries across the globe under Process Licensors - Axens, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Haldor Topsoe, Scientific Design, Shell, UOP, Saipem and many more.

Nuclear Power Equipment

L&T HE Manufactures Steam Generators, End Shields and other critical equipment for PHWR, PFBR and working on critical development on upcoming LWR reactors. It also supplies critical component for heavy water & fuel processing plants. It supports ITER Program (Fusion Reactor) with design, development & manufacturing of components / assemblies like Cryostat, Blanket Assembly transporter, port welding & others. The Business leads with over 60 % market share in critical equipment manufacturing like steam generators and endshields in India. L&T has exported nuclear safety Class 1 canisters and casks to most of the nuclear plants in the USA. L&T HE Supplies all critical components including forging for Nuclear Submarine program in India.

Process Plant Internals

This business unit offers complete solutions for Process Plant Internals and exotic metallurgy equipment. The product range covers Reactor Internals, FCCU Cyclones and Ammonia Converter Baskets, manufactured at our dedicated manufacturing facility handling exotic materials. A large variety of critical internals for advanced refining processes are manufactured with stainless steel, duplex/ super duplex stainless steel, Inconel, Monel, Hastelloy, aluminum, titanium, etc.

It is an approved supplier of Proprietary Internals for CB&I-CLG, UOP, CECO, Scientific Design and Shell Global (TSS swirl assemblies).

Modification, Revamp & Upgrade

Business Verticals

  • Modification, Revamp & Upgrade
  • Special Fabrication Unit

Modification, Revamp & Upgrade

The Modification, Revamp & Upgrade (MRU) business of L&T Heavy Engineering specialises in enhancing the performance, reliability, safety, and sustainability of existing industrial assets across the oil & gas, refining, petrochemical, fertiliser, and process industries. The business delivers end-to-end solutions encompassing brownfield engineering, debottlenecking, capacity expansion, plant modernisation, energy-efficiency improvements, turnaround and shutdown execution, equipment replacement, and transformation initiatives.

Leveraging deep domain expertise and a strong execution track record, MRU enables customers to maximise asset value, improve operational efficiency, comply with evolving regulatory requirements, and achieve their growth objectives with minimal disruption to ongoing operations.

Our dedicated engineering, procurement, project management and construction teams of Modification, Revamp and Upgrade (MRU) business offer technology-driven, quick turnaround solutions for process plants.

Special Fabrication Unit

This unit serves the critical needs of core sectors such as energy, petrochemicals, fertiliser, gasification, subsea and land transportation. Our product range includes complex coal gasification internals, Loop Reactors for PP, LDPE and HDPE, high temperature refractory-lined convective modules, RR Package ancillaries and rings, Refractory line transfer lines / cold collectors, and filtration vessels with weld overlay for oil & gas applications. We also cater to special piping needs, including titanium piping for applications such as PTA, and slurry handling, weld overlay piping with API requirements for Onshore and Offshore O&G operations, induction bends for complex geometries and critical piping for any other industry applications.

Key Offerings : MRU

  • FCC Revamp
  • Coke Drum Revamp
  • Complex Multidisciplinary Upgrades
  • Emergency Intervention in plants
  • Specialised equipment fabrication
  • Critical Piping Spool

New Orders (In numbers)

  • 63 HEIC
  • 48 MRU

Track Record Heavy Engineering

  • USD 421 Mn World's Single Largest Reactor order, KNPC Kuwait
  • 2,313 MT (each unit) World’s Heaviest LC-Max Reactors for HPCL Vizag Refinery
  • 658 MT (each unit) World’s Heaviest Coke Drums - 6 units PEMEX, MEXICO
  • 33 months Global Benchmark in manufacturing of Steam Generator 700 MWe for NPCIL, India
  • 3,850 MT World’s largest stainless steel, high vacuum pressure chamber (Cryostat) weighing for ITER, France

Track Record MRU

First-ever in-situ refractory replacement in the world’s second-largest FCC package, setting a global benchmark ~2,200 MT

Ongoing projects in FY26 (In numbers)

  • 137 HEIC
  • 38 MRU

Completed projects in FY26 (In numbers)

  • 169 HEIC
  • 51 MRU

Awards & Accolades

  • Golden Peacock Award for Energy Efficiency 2025, during the ‘26th International Conference on Environment Management & Climate Change’
  • Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) India: ‘ESG Champion of India’
  • EEPC Award for Export Excellence - six times in a row
  • CII National Best Practices Awards on Future Ready Manufacturing
  • CII-ITC Sustainability Award for Excellence in Environment Management
  • CFBP Jamnalal Bajaj Uchit Vyavahar Puraskar 2025-26 in the category of Manufacturing Enterprises-Large
  • ‘Exemplary Project in Harnessing Global Expertise for Ultimate Sustainable Energy Security’ award and the ‘National Project Excellence Award (NPEA)’ for the Cryostat Project at 33rd Global Symposium and 7th World Project Management Forum (WPMF) Meet 2025
  • Vadodara Heavy Engineering Works (VHEW) has received the National Award for Outstanding Industrial Relations from the All-India Organization of Employers (AIOE), linked with FICCI
  • 6th SGCCI Golden Jubilee Aether Award for CSR
  • ESG Recognition by DNV
  • Special recognition from Bechtel for our exceptional collaboration
  • CII-National Awards for Excellence in Water Management 2025

Facilities

  • Hazira, Surat, India - A. M. Naik Heavy Engineering complex with its own waterfront ‘Load on’ and ‘Ro-Ro’ jetties
  • Ranoli, Vadodara, India - Vadodara Heavy Engineering Works, a facility that handles stainless steels, non-ferrous, exotic materials, and process plant internals
  • Jubail, KSA - Heavy Wall Pressure Vessel Facility

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