The ITER project, which will be world's largest experimental facility to demonstrate the scientific and technical feasibility of fusion power, is an international collaborative project worth 13 billion Euros and will be executed over 10 years with seven nation partners including India, China, European Union, Japan, Korea, Russia and the United States. After completion of the project, our world will be able to get electricity that is economical and free from carbon dioxide, claim the scientists.

Inox India Pvt Ltd had recently bagged the contract from ITER-India; a part of Gandhinagar based Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), which is the nodal agency responsible for the Indian portion of the international project in which scientific agencies of the seven countries are participating.

INOXCVA, part of Inox India Pvt Ltd, is amongst the largest manufacturers of standard & engineered cryogenic equipment serving leading international gas companies worldwide. The contract includes design and manufacturing of special pipelines which can retain cold fluid at minus 196 degree as well as minus 269 degree, will be factory-made at Kalol and installed at ITER site in Cadarche, France.

After bagging a Rs 300 crore order, INOXCVA set up a manufacturing facility at Kalol to manufacture multi-process pipe transfer lines with vacuum jacket for this experiment and specially created a ‘Cryo Scientific Division’ which has already completed the first assignment & were evaluated and approved by ITER-India successfully. Supply from Kalol plant which was inaugurated by a high level Delegation from IPR-ITER and chairman and Managing Director of Inox India Private Limited Shri P. K. Jain on Monday is envisaged to be completed by 2017 with completion of installation targeted by 2019.