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About Us / Profile Inception Started in 1961 in Ranchi, Jharkhand as a wire rope manufacturing company, today the Usha Martin Group is a Rs. 3000 crore conglomerate with a global presence. The group has set new standards in the manufacture of wire rods, bright bars, steel wires, speciality wires, wire ropes, strand, conveyor cord, wire drawing and cable machinery. With continuous growth in both the domestic and international markets, Usha Martin, the Group’s flagship company has emerged as India’s largest and the world’s Second largest steel wire rope manufacturer.
For Usha Martin, the path to sustainable growth was long; the management constantly tried out innovative business practices. With initiative to diversify the customer base by venturing into the international markets, moving up the value chain and fully integrating its business process to maximize stakeholder value. Thinking Big In 1979, the company set up a steel plant with wire rod rolling mill at Jamshedpur, to benefit from business integration. This ensured a steady supply of steel for the manufacture of value added products. Today, the Jamshedpur unit has a truly integrated speciality steel manufacturing facility of 400,000 MT per annum. Out of which, about 50% is consumed internally by its plant in Ranchi, Hoshiarpur & Bangkok, producing steel wire, steel strand, steel cords, bright bar and steel wire ropes. All its manufacturing facilities are ISO 9000 certified and the steel plant was India’s first to receive the TPM Excellence Award from JIPM, Japan.
Going Global
With local success come global aspirations. Currently, the company has overseas manufacturing operations in Thailand, UK, USA and Dubai. Besides a vast network of distribution centres and marketing offices spread across the globe to support an ever growing worldwide customer base.
The company exports over 60% of the wire rope output and about 20% of the total wire rods produced.
Looking Forward
Usha Martin’s future plans are focused on its operation in Jharkhand – a state rich in mineral resources. Future priorities include product mix enrichment, cost reduction and infrastructural improvements. Already flourishing in its recent foray into mining operations, the company is planning to invest in its iron ore and coal mines, sinter plant, pellet plant, power plants, while also enhancing its steel making and value added products capacity with an investment of Rs 2,100 crore.
Building Bridges
But what set Usha Martin apart is its unwavering commitment to social responsibility. For over three decades the company has invested ample man-hours and capital on community development projects for integrated prosperity in rural Jharkhand, through a CSR arm, Krishi Gram Vikas Kendra (KGVK).
This NGO undertakes various development initiatives, following a model of Total Village Management (TVM). Focusing on key areas like Watershed development, agricultural productivity, better health practices, education, empowering women and encouraging micro enterprise. In recognition to its effort Usha Martin has been awarded the prestigious TERI Award for Corporate Social Responsibility in 2006.
About Us / Milestones Looking Back – A brief History The Company is a part of the Usha Martin Group, which was formed in India in the early 1960s with the establishment of Usha Martin Industries Limited (UMIL), engaged in the manufacture of steel wires, wire ropes and other related products. The group was promoted by Mr. B. K. Jhawar, who is the Chairman of the Company. Usha Beltron Limited was incorporated on 21 May, 1986 as a joint venture between Usha Martin Industries Limited, Bihar State Electronics Development Corporation Limited, AEG Kabel, Germany (now Kabelrhydt and a member of the Alcatel group) and DEG, Germany, to manufacture Jelly Filled Telephone Cables (JFTC). Pursuant to the Orders of the Hon'ble High Court of Kolkata and Patna( Ranchi Bench) Usha Martin Industries Limited merged with Usha Beltron Limited with effect from 15th May, 1998. Thereafter the registered office was shifted from Tatisilwai, Ranchi, Bihar to Kolkata in the State of West Bengal in the year 2000. The name of Usha Beltron Limited was changed to Usha Martin Limited with effect from 1st May, 2003.
The major milestones of the Company’s development over the years can be summarized as under :
1960 1962 1965 1971 1975 1979
1980 1986 1991 1994 1995 1996
2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006
2007 - - - - -
1960
The Wire Rope Plant with a capacity of 3600 TPA was set up at Tatisilwai, Ranchi in collaboration with Martin Black & Company (Wire Ropes) Ltd, UK.
1962UMIL commenced production of wire and wire ropes
1965UMIL promoted "Usha Ismal Limited" in collaboration with CCL Systems Ltd, UK for manufacture of rope accessories and splicing equipment at its factory at Ranchi. UIL merged with UMIL in 1990 and became a division of the company.
1971UMIL promoted " Usha Alloys & Steels Limited" for the manufacture of steel billets at Adityapur, Jamshedpur. UASL merged with UMIL in 1988.
1975UMIL set up its Machinery Division at Bangalore for manufacture of wire drawing and allied products in collaboration Marshall Richards Barcro Ltd , UK.UASL acquired an ongoing rolling mill at Agra.
1979In order to obtain steady supply of wire rods for its wire rope plant, UASL set up a Wire Rod Rolling Mill at Jamshedpur.
1980The joint venture company " Usha Siam Steel Industries Public Limited Company" was incorporated in Thailand for manufacture of wire, wire ropes and auto cables.
1986UMIL, alongwith Bihar State Electronics Development Corporation, promoted Usha Beltron Ltd. (UBL) in collaboration with AEG KABEL of Germany for the manufacture of Jelly Filled Telephone Cables.
1991Usha Martin completed its supplies of the parallel wire stay cables for the Second Hooghly Bridge at Kolkata and established the Company's capability for manufacturing sophisticated special cables.
1994The Company made its first GDR issue at a price of US$ 10.70 per GDR, for a total consideration of US$ 35,000,000.The Company established Usha Martin Europe Limited as its subsidiary, in joint venture with Exim Bank of India to create worldwide marketing and distribution set up for export of wire ropes.
1995Commissioning of Mini Blast Furnace at Jamshedpur to reduce cost and improve productivity.
1996New state of the art Wire Rod Mill at Jamshedpur commissioned to produce higher weight coils for better productivity.
1998UMIL merged with UBL wef 1st October,1997. The shareholders of UMIL were allotted one equity share of UBL in respect of every three shares of UMIL held by them.
2000The Company’s IT division, was demerged into a new Company named as Usha Martin Infotech Limited (UMITL). In accordance with the Scheme, UMITL issued and allotted one equity share of Rs. 5/- each to all the shareholders of the Company in the ratio of one equity share of Rs. 10/- each held by them in the Company. Consequently as per the Scheme of De-merger, the face value of the shares of the Company was reduced to Rs. 5/- each.The Company established UM Cables Limited as its wholly owned subsidiary to set up a green field JFTC and OFC plant at Silvassa.Commissioning of 25 MW thermal power plant at Jamshedpur for captive consumption.The Company acquired a majority stake in Usha Siam Steel Industries Public Limited Company, Bangkok (engaged in manufacture of wire ropes at its plant in Bangkok).The Company also acquired 80% stake in Brunton Shaw Limited, UK, from Carclo Group.The Company made its second GDR issue at a price of US$ 3.25 per GDR, for a total consideration of US$ 11,375,000 (1 GDR representing 1 equity share).
2001The Company established Usha Martin Singapore (Pty.) Limited as its wholly owned subsidiary to set up a distribution center at Singapore for wire ropes.Commissioning of 2nd SMS at Jamshedpur to enhance capacity to 350000 TPA and produce quality specialty steel.
2003The Company has disposed off its Rolling Mill Division at Agra for focussing on core business.The Promoters & IFC contributed towards equity 53,45,455 and 52,64,727 no of shares respectively @ Rs 33/- per share. IFC & DEG also provided to the Company foreign currency loans of USD 21 million and Euro 10 Million respectively. The name of the Company was changed to Usha Martin Limited with effect from 1st May, 2003.Brunton Wolf Wire Ropes FZ Co Middle East Dubai commenced its commercial production with production capacity of 6,000 MT p.a. A joint venture between Usha Martin International Ltd and Gustav Wolf of West Germany. The Company obtained prestigious order for wire ropes for a period of 3 years from OTIS Elevators for world wide supplies.The Company successfully created new facilities by modifying the cable plant to manufacture value added products such as bright bars, special wires and conveyor cords.
2004The Company successfully commissioned DRI and WHRB power plant at its Steel Division in Jamshdedpur.
2005The Company signs an MOU with Joh.Pengg for manufacturing of the speciality oil tempered spring steel wire. Takeover of JCT Ltd.’s steel division completed and successfully integrated with Usha Martin.Commences Iron ore mining successfully. Railway Siding commenced. DRI power plant capacity augmented by further 5 mw by putting up 40 tph char boiler. Commissioning of 3rd Ladle Furnace at SMS to increase steel capacity to 3,60,000 mt p.a.The Company made its third GDR issue at a price of US$ 4.61 per GDR, for a total consideration of US$ 33.29 Million (1 GDR representing 1 equity share).Preferential allotment of 5800000 warrants to promoters@ Rs 153/- per warrants totaling Rs 88.74 Crores.Incorporation of Brunton Shaw America Inc as a new subsidiary of the company
2006Pursuant to B.T.A the company acquired the business of Usha Construction Steel Ltd, Rolling Mill at Agra w.e.f 1st December,2006 as a part of its steel segment.
2007The company acquired Netherland based distribution and rigging company De Ruiter
Staalkabel B.V.Successful commissioning of Wire Rope Plant at Houston, America.The company subdivided its equity share from Rs 5/- each to Rs 1/- each.Preferential allotment of 385,00,000 warrants to promoters @Rs 87/- per warrants totaling Rs 335 Crores.
About Us / Vision
About Us / Management Board of Directors (as on 10.05.2010)
Mr. Prashant Jhawar – Chairman
Mr. Prashant Jhawar, Chairman, is a commerce graduate, and has been closely associated with the company since its inception. He has industrial experience of more than 20 years. Under his leadership, the Usha Martin Group had successfully diversified in the areas of telecom and software. Mr. Jhawar has studied Management Development courses at the Wharton Business School. He was a member of the CII, Eastern Region Council, the Chairman of CII International Trade Sub-Committee and was a Member of the Eastern Region Advisory Committee of IDBI.
Mr. B.K Jhawar – Chairman Emeritus
Mr. B.K Jhawar, Chairman Emeritus, is a commerce graduate and the founder of the Usha Martin Group. He has founded and spearheaded several successful industrial enterprises of the Group in India and abroad. Mr. Jhawar was on the Board of Trustees of UTI as a nominee of IDBI for eight years and was on the Board of ICICI for about six years. Mr. Jhawar is actively involved in social development activities and has promoted a highly successful NGO, 'Krishi Gram Vikas Kendra' and Agriculture and Rural Development Centre for the economic and
social upliftment of tribals in the State of Jharkhand and he is its President.
Mr. Brij K Jhawar – Director
Mr.Brij K Jhawar, Director, is a science graduate and one of the founders of the Usha Martin Group. He did his Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and was granted Diploma of Fellowship of The Institution of Engineers (India) in the year 1987 for his outstanding contribution to the progress and advancement of the mechanical engineering fraternity. He is a great believer in human values and human resources development. He is very conscious of industries' social obligations and is actively involved with Krishi Gram Vikas Kendra as its Vice President.
Mr. N.J.Jhaveri – Director
Mr. N. J. Jhaveri, Director, holds Masters Degrees in Economics from Gujarat University and also from the London School of Economics. Mr. Jhaveri started his career as a teacher of Economics in Ahmedabad and then after a brief stint with NCAER, he joined the RBI. He then moved of ICICI in 1974 as Chief Economist and rose to the position of Joint Managing Director of ICICI before becoming the Executive Chairman of I-Sec in 1993. Presently, he is on the Board of Directors of several companies and also serves as the Chairman of the IMC Economic Research and Training Foundation.
Mr. A.K. Chaudhuri – Director
Mr. A. K. Chaudhri, Director, holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering with distinction from Delhi University in 1959. He joined the Department of Telecommunication in 1960 and held various assignments till his retirement in 1995 as Chairman and Managing Director of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, New Delhi. He was the Co Chairman of Telecom Committee of FICCI for two years.
Mr. Ashok Basu – Director
Mr. Ashok Basu, Director first class first in Bachelor of Arts Exam (Honours in Economics) Presidency College, University of Calcutta in the year 1962. He was member of Administrative Service during the period 1965 – 2002. He pioneered reform, restructuring and modernization of India’s iron and steel industry and the electricity sector as Secretary, Ministry of Steel and Secretary, Minister of Power. He was also the Chairman of Central Electricity Regulatory Commission during 2002-2007, Chairman, South Asian Forum for Infrastructure Regulation, Advisor, Planning Commission of India and was on the Boards of several Central Public Sector Enterprises as Government Nominee Director.
Mr. Salil Singhal – Director
Mr. Salil Singhal, Director, is an industrialist and is associated with his family business since 1965. He was the Chairman of Crop Care Foundation (erstwhile Pesticides Association of India) for 17 years and was subsequently elected as Chairman Emeritus for life by the members of the Foundation. Mr. Singhal was also a member of the Executive Committee of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry [FICCI] and the Chairman of Environment Committee of FICCI for 5 years. He was also the past Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Northern Region. He is presently the Chairman of the National Council of SMEs of CII and is a member of National Council of CII.
Ms. Ramni Nirula – Director
Ms. Ramni Nirula, Director,holds a Bachelor Degree in Economics and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Delhi University. She is the Senior General Manager of ICICI Bank Limited. She has more than three decades of experience in the financial sector, beginning her career with the erstwhile ICICI Limited in 1976 in the project appraisal division. Since then she has held various leadership positions in areas of Project Financing, Strategy, Planning & Resources and Corporate Banking. She also held key position as Managing Director & CEO of ICICI Securities Limited, the investment banking arm of ICICI Bank Limited. She was part of the top-level task force, which has successfully planned and implemented ICICI Bank's entry in the Rural Banking, Micro finance & Agriculture Business group identified by the Bank as a key thrust area. She headed the Corporate Banking Group for ICICI Bank and subsequently assumed responsibility for the Government Banking Group and Corporate Agri Group based out of New Delhi.
Mr. G N Bajpai – Director
Mr. G N Bajpai, Director, holds a Master's Degree in Commerce from the University of Agra and a Degree in Law (LLB) from the University of Indore. He was the former Chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India, Life Insurance Corporation of India and Corporate Governance Task Force of International Organization of Securities Commission of the Insurance Institute of India, a counterpart of Chartered Insurance Institute, UK. He was also on the Governing Board of Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and also has been a visiting faculty at leading Institutes of Management and Training. He has served/serves as non Executive Chairman and a Director on corporate boards in India and other countries
Mr. Nripendra Misra – Director
Mr. Nripendra Misra, Director, is a retired IAS Officer of 1967 batch and has served in various administrative field positions and was the Special Secretary of Finance of Uttar Pradesh. He has been the Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and was the former Secretary of the Department of Telecom (DOT). During 1985 to 1988, he was Minister (Economics) Embassy of India , Washington DC, USA. He is the author of number of publications and has been associated with community building activities through NGO.
Mr. Rajeev Jhawar – Managing Director
Mr. Rajeev Jhawar, Managing Director, is a Commerce Graduate. He has been associated with the Group for more than a decade and brings with him rich experience in the administration of industrial enterprises. Mr. Jhawar also underwent Management Development Course at London Businesses School.
Dr. P. Bhattacharya – Jt. Managing Director
Dr. P. Bhattacharya, Jt. Managing Director,joined the Usha Martin Group in 1998. He did his M. Tech. in Design Engineering and Ph. D in Solid Mechanics from IIT, New Delhi. He has over 37 years of experience of managing large industrial enterprises. Before joining the group, he worked as General Manager (Marketing) of National Aluminum Company, was Chief Executive of Exports of Indal and Chief Operating Officer of Essar Steel. He is a Committee Member of Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Dr. Vijay Sharma – Executive Director & Chief Executive (Steel Business)
Dr. Vijay Sharma, Executive Director & Chief Executive (Steel Business) , is a Metallurgical Engineer from IIT, Kharagpur and completed his MS in Materials Engineering from R P I New York, USA. He also did his MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur and Ph.D from Anna University, Chennai. Dr. Sharma is a practicing Metallurgist in the field of Special Steels and Long Products and has extensive experience for Project Management as well as Plant Operation.
Mr. P K Jain – Executive Director & Chief Executive (Wire & Wire Rope Business)
Mr. P K Jain, Executive Director & Chief Executive (Wire & Wire Rope Business), is B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) and MBA (General Management & Finance). Mr. Jain commands rich experience in operations, project implementation, product marketing, brand building, setting up dealers and distribution networks apart from in fields of production, maintenance quality cost optimization etc. He has widely traveled across various locations during his professional career.
Senior Management Team
Mr. S.N. Guha Chief Operating Officer (Steel Business) Email - [email protected]
Mr. A.K. Somani
Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary,
Email - [email protected]
Mr. A. BasakSenior Vice President (Commercial & Shared Services)
Email - [email protected]
Mr. A.K. Dutta
Senior Vice President (Engineering & SPD Works)
Email - [email protected]
Mr D J Basu Senior Vice President (Human Resource)
Mr S K Jala Senior Vice President (Information
Technology)
About Us / Group Companies USSILUsha Siam Steel Industries ( "USSIL") was incoporated in 1980 as a joint venture between Usha Martin Industries, India and Leading Industrialists in Thailand - Promoted by Board of Investment ("BOI") for production of Steel Wires and Ropes.
USSIL became a Public Company Limited in 1997 and subsequently become an wholly owned subsidiary of the Usha Martin Limited, India.
USSIL is among the largest integrated Steel Wires, Industrial Strands, Control Cables and Wire ropes Plants based in the ASEAN region with an annual manufacturing capacity of 36,000 MT.
http://www.ushasiam.com/
UM SingaporeEstablished in 2000, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Usha Martin Limited, India. It has been operational as a distribution center for Usha Martin Group’s core business of steel wire ropes and related products in South East Asia. It also has distribution set up in Australia & Indonesia.
BWWREstablished in 2003, Brunton Wolf Wire Ropes FZCO is a joint venture between Usha Martin Limited of India and Gustav Wolf of Germany .
BWWR is the first wire rope factory set up in the middle east, situated in Jebel Ali Free Zone Enterprise (FZE) with an annual capacity of 12,000 MT. The product range includes general engineering rope, elevator rope, crane rope, off-shore application rope, etc.
http://www.bruntonwolf.com/
UM CablesA wholly owned subsidiary of Usha Martin Limited, located at Silvassa, Western India, manufactures PIJF Copper Telecom cables and Optical Fibre Cables and has an annual capacity of 2.9 MCKM and 35000 RKM respectively.
http://www.umcables.co.in/
UMILEstablished in 1997, Usha Martin International Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Usha Martin Limited, formed to facilitate distribution & marketing of the group’s wire & wire rope products in Europe. The company also acquired in 2001 a Nottinghamshire based Wire Rope manufacturing company “Brunton Shaw UK” with an annual capacity of 6,000 MT. It also specialises in providing services to oil drilling and offshore exploration activities thru its arm European Management & Marine Corporation having offices in Aberdeen (UK), Baku & Tananger(Norway).
http://www.bruntonshaw.com/http://www.emmcorp.com/
UM AmericaA wholly owned subsidiary of Usha Martin Limited, India. It has been operational as a distribution center for Usha Martin Group’s core business of steel wire ropes and related products in United States of America.
Brunton Shaw AmericaEstablished in 2007, Brunton Shaw America is a wholly owned subsidiary of Usha Martin Limited, India having a wire rope manufacturing capacity of 6000 TPA.
Products
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Low Carbon Steel Grades
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Spring Steel Grades
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Spring Steel (Round) Grades
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Products / Coil & Bar / Manufacturing Process / Wire Rods
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Products / Coil & Bar / Production Capability / Wire Rods Mini Blast Furnace Amongst the highest MBF productivity in the world of 2.7 tonnes/ cubic metre/ day.
Oxygen enriched blast and oil injection for higher productivity and optimised energy utilisation.
Low coke rate. Utilisation
Low coke rate.DRI/Sponge IronRotary Kiln Process Each module capable to produce 350t/d with facilities to accept iron or e pellets.
Electric Arc Furnace Unique process of steel making by charging hot metal, scrap and DRI in the EAF.
Two Electric Arc Furnaces with heat size of 35 MT each. One Electric Furnace of 70MT capacity.
Super sonic oxygen lancing.
Foamy slag practice for effective dephosphorisation and carbon boil.
Eccentric Bottom Tapping (EBT) / Slide Gate for slag free tapping. Ladle Furnace
Synthetic slag usage to achieve lower sulphur levels.
Continious Argon purging and cored wire injection facility. Vacuum Degassing
35/70 tonne VD units.
0.5 TOR minimum vacuum level.
Multistage steam ejector.
Provision for VOD in future. Continuous Casting Machine
CCM1 - 110 x 110 sq. mm, 4 metre radius, 2 strand type .
CCM2 - 130 x 130 mm, 6 metre radius, 2 strand type - 150 x 150 sq. mm, 6 metre radius, 2 strand bow type.
CCM3 - 200 x 240 mm , & 300 x 360 mm 12/16.5/30 metre, 2 strand caster.
Auto mould level controller.
Automatic billet cutting torch.
Turnover cooling bed.
Sequence casting with flying tundish.
Auto-Bloom marking & identification. Ingot Casting and Cogging
Ingot Size 200 mm x 250 mm.
Ingots are cogged down to 100 / 110 mm2 RCS for internal rolling or as per customers' requirement.
Wire Rod Mill 29 stand Morgardshammer, state of the art mill with H-V configuration from the begining.
Production capacity of 270,000 tonnes per annum. (Will be modernised to 4,00,000 tonnes per annum).
Walking Beam Reheating Furnace.
5 mm to 17.5 mm by Conveyor route, 18.5 mm to 28.6 mm by Garret route.
10 stand super heavy duty no twist wire rod block.
Automatic coil compacter.
Ability to handle coil weights of 1000 kg and 2000 kg. Annealing
Coil Annealing facility through vacuum bell annealing furnace.
Capacity - 20000t/yearProducts / Coil & Bar / Production Capability / Straight Lengths Mini Blast Furnace
Amongst the highest MBF productivity in the world of 2.7 tonnes/ cubic metre/ day.
Oxygen enriched blast and oil injection for higher productivity and optimised energy utilisation.
Low coke rate. Utilisation
Low coke rate.DRI/Sponge IronRotary Kiln Process Each module capable to produce 350t/d
with facilities to accept iron or e pellets. Electric Arc Furnace
Unique process of steel making by charging hot metal, scrap and DRI in the EAF.
Two Electric Arc Furnaces with heat size of 35 MT each. One Electric Furnace of 70MT capacity.
Super sonic oxygen lancing.
Foamy slag practice for effective dephosphorisation and carbon boil.
Eccentric Bottom Tapping (EBT) / Slide Gate for slag free tapping. Ladle Furnace
Synthetic slag usage to achieve lower sulphur levels.
Continious Argon purging and cored wire injection facility. Vacuum Degassing
35/70 tonne VD units.
0.5 TOR minimum vacuum level.
Multistage steam ejector.
Provision for VOD in future. Continuous Casting Machine
CCM1 - 110 x 110 sq. mm, 4 metre radius, 2 strand type .
CCM2 - 130 x 130 mm, 6 metre radius, 2 strand type - 150 x 150 sq. mm, 6 metre radius, 2 strand bow type.
CCM3 - 200 x 240 mm , & 300 x 360 mm 12/16.5/30 metre, 2 strand caster.
Auto mould level controller.
Automatic billet cutting torch.
Turnover cooling bed.
Sequence casting with flying tundish.
Auto-Bloom marking & identification. Ingot Casting and Cogging
Ingot Size 200 mm x 250 mm.
Ingots are cogged down to 100 / 110 mm2 RCS for internal rolling or as per customers' requirement.
Straight Bar Mill Product mix consisting of round bars, hexagonal bars, RCS and flats.
Size range from 20 mm to 75 mm.
5 Stand conventional rolling mill.
Pusher Hearth reheating furnace oil fired.
Production capacity of 36,000 tonnes per annum.
Size range 45-150 mm in round bars & RCS.
275,000 MT/y
28" Roughing Mill
3 Strand H-V Finishing Stands
Cogged Billets
Turn over cooling bed
Hot Saws
Auto -Ultrasonic & Eddy Current Testing
Bundling & Strapping
Bar Coded IdentificationProducts / Coil & Bar / Quality & Testing / Wire Rods We practice a Total Productive Maintenance philosophy in all activities to achieve zero defects and zero failures. Dedicated product development and quality improvement teams have been formed to work closely with customers to continuously fine tune our final products and upgrade our quality norms, thus resulting in reduced process loss, reduction in rejection rates and productivity improvement at the customers' end.
Our quality process are ISO 9002 certified. The stepwise checks performed to ensure stringent quality standards right from raw material stage to wire rod supply are as follow :
Raw Material Stage
Commitment to quality starts right from the raw material stage. The primary raw materials - iron ore, coke, and limestone are selected after meticulous chemical and fractional size analysis. Further, reputed independent inspection agencies periodically screen and select the best quality vendors.
Mini Blast Furnace Operations of the MBF are controlled by a state of the art PLC driven control system thus ensuring a hot metal output that is consistent and repeatable in its properties. The furnace utilizes a low Silicon hot metal suitable for steel making. Typical Hot Metal chemistry is as follows :-
% Carbon= 4.3
% Manganese = 0.20
% Silicon = 0.80
% Sulphur = 0.07
% Phosphorus = 0.12 Steel Melting Shop The Mini Blast Furnace - Arc Furnace process route ensures steel with minimal tramp elements and low gaseous content. Close monitoring at the Electric Arc Furnace, Ladle Furnace and Vacuum Degassing station controls the chemistry. It is further verified through our fully equipped testing facilities that include sophisticated instruments like optical emission Spectrometer & carbon sulphur analyzer. Some Specific techniques followed at the Steel melting shop for clean steel are :
Continuous argon purging in Ladle.
Cored Wire Injection in Ladle.
Vacuum Degassing treatment for special grades as required. Some of the characteristics of high quality steel produced are :
Low tramp level (Cr + Ni + Cu = 0.10% max).
Low gaseous content (Nitrogen - 70 PPM max).
Low sulphur (0.025% max.) and low phosphorus (0.025% max.).
Clean steel by modified inclusion morphology.Casting
During casting, the hot metal stream is protected from atmospheric contamination by a ladle shroud and a bellow shroud or submerged entry nozzle as applicable. An Electromagnetic stirrer in the mould and proper lubrication including usage of superior quality granulated fluxes ensure a defect free as cast billet surface. Few highlights of this process are:-
Electromagnetic Stirrer in mould.
Intensive secondary cooling.
Equiaxed grain structure at billet core.
Superior surface finish of billets.Further to prevent segregation and remnant defects, the first and last billets of any casting sequence are discarded. Rolling Before rolling, all billets are fully inspected and suitably dressed before charging into a walking beam reheating furnace. The walking beam furnace is designed for a uniform heating to achieve extra low decarburisation level. The wire rod mill is a fully automated unit with facilities like no twist single line rolling for better surface finish. It is also equipped with facilities for thermo mechanical rolling.
Following are the highlights of rolling : Minimal decarburisation level (1% of wire rod diameter max.).
Standard testing done in process.
Options available for Slow cooling, Retarded cooling and Fast cooling.
Facility for thermomechanical rolling.
Front and tail cutting of billet at various stages of rolling.Final Inspection
Besides the standard tests for wire rods like Tensile, Hardness, Microstructure etc. a fully developed infrastructure exists for conducting final inspection tests as per customer specifications and international norms.
Following are the inspections conducted :
Dimension checking.
Hot upset and cold upset tests.
Tensile tests.
Rockwell / Brinell Hardness testing.
Hardenability testing.
Step down testing.
Microstructure analysis.
All other physical and metallurgical test are performed as per customer specifications.
Products / Coil & Bar / Quality & Testing / Straight Length We practice a Total Productive Maintenance philosophy in all activities to achieve zero defects and zero failures. Dedicated product development and quality improvement teams have been formed to work closely with customers to continuously fine tune our final products and upgrade our quality norms, thus resulting in reduced process loss, reduction in rejection rates and productivity improvement at the customers' end.
Our quality process are ISO 9002 certified. The stepwise checks performed right from raw material stage to round bar/ flat bar supply to ensure stringent quality standards are as follows :
Raw Material Stage
Commitment to quality starts right from the raw material stage. The primary raw materials - iron ore, coke, and limestone are selected after meticulous chemical and fractional size analysis. Further, reputed independent inspection agencies periodically screen and select the best quality vendors.
Mini Blast Furnace Operations of the MBF are controlled by a state of the art PLC driven control system thus ensuring a hot metal output that is consistent and repeatable in its properties. The furnace utilizes a low Silicon hot metal suitable for steel making. Typical Hot Metal chemistry is as follows :
% Carbon= 4.3
% Manganese = 0.20
% Silicon = 0.80
% Sulphur = 0.07
% Phosphorus = 0.12 Steel Melting Shop The Mini Blast Furnace - Arc Furnace process route ensures steel with minimal tramp elements and low gaseous content. Close monitoring at the Electric Arc Furnace, Ladle Furnace and Vacuum Degassing station controls the chemistry. It is further verified through our fully equipped testing facilities that include sophisticated instruments like optical emission Spectrometer & carbon sulpur analyzer. Some Specific techniques followed at the Steel melting shop for clean steel are :
Continuous argon purging in Ladle.
Cored Wire Injection in Ladle.
Vacuum Degassing treatment for special grades as required. Some of the characteristics of high quality steel produced are :
Low tramp level (Cr + Ni + Cu = 0.10% max).
Low gaseous content (Nitrogen - 70 PPM max).
Low sulphur (0.025% max.) and low phosphorus (0.025% max.).
Clean steel by modified inclusion morphology.Casting
During casting, the hot metal stream is protected from atmospheric contamination by a ladle shroud and a bellow shroud or submerged entry nozzle as applicable. An Electromagnetic stirrer in the mould and proper lubrication including usage of superior quality granulated fluxes ensure a defect free as cast billet surface. Few highlights of this process are :
Electromagnetic Stirrer in mould.
Intensive secondary cooling.
Equiaxed grain structure at billet core.
Superior surface finish of billets.Further to prevent segregation and remnant defects, the first and last billets of any casting sequence are discarded. Final Inspection A fully developed infrastructure exists for conducting final inspection tests as per customer specifications and international norms.
Following are the inspections conducted.
Dimension checking (size, length, ovality and tolerance).
Decarburisation.
Surface Defect.
Surface Condition.
Microstructure analysis.
Hardness.
Step Down Test (on specific request by the customer).
Jominy Hardness (on specific request by the customer).
Bundling.
Macro.All other physical and metallurgical test are performed as per customer specifications.
