History

The evolution of L&T into a major engineering and construction organisation is among the more remarkable success stories in Indian industry. It was founded in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1938 by two Danish engineers, Henning Holck-Larsen and Soren Kristian Toubro. Beginning with the import of machinery from Europe, L&T took on engineering and construction assignments of increasing sophistication. Today, the company sets engineering benchmarks in terms of scale and complexity.

Record of Achievements
Hydrocarbon:

• Technological support in the launch and tracking of Mangalyaan – India’s Mars Mission
• The prestigious Terminal 3 of New Delhi airport – constructed in a record 36 months
• India’s first monorail in Mumbai
• Building major infrastructure projects including ports and metro rail systems
• Technological support for Chandrayaan I – India’s maiden moon mission, and for INS Arihant – India’s first nuclear powered submarine
• The world’s largest coal gasifier made in India and exported to China
• The world’s biggest EO reactor for a petrochemical complex in the Gulf
• The world’s largest FCC regenerator for a refinery