­Incorporated in 2005, Located in Odisha, India, Indfab Projects Private Limited (IPPL) carries out Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) work in the aluminium industry. It is promoted by Mr. Ashis Palit, Mr. Prabhat Palit and Mr. Kaushik Palit. Mr. Prabhat Palit, who is an engineer by profession, has prior experience of working in a joint venture with Indian Ropeway Engineering Limited (IREL) from 2002 to 2005. The company’s current operations are being actively managed by Mr. Ashis Palit. The company requires raw materials like steel, oxygen gas, electrode welding gas etc. for its erection and installation works which are provided mainly by the clients, for other raw materials which are not so provided, it procures them on a credit of 15 to 30 days from the suppliers. IPPL’s major clients include NALCO, HINDALCO, Vedanta Ltd and Mahanadi Coalfield Limited. It gets contract work mainly on a tender basis. Collections are made by raising bills as the project progresses normally on a monthly basis with realisation being made in 15 days.

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