Tata Steel has been fulfilling Honda Motor Cycle and Scooter India’s (HMSIL) raw material requirements since it began operations in India in 2002. The steel maker today has 100% share-of-business with HMSIL and its key ancillaries. Each Honda scooter or motorcycle made in India is manufactured by cold rolled and coated steel made by Tata Steel.

The Company, therefore, believes in matching Honda’s worldwide parameters for excellence to further cement this relationship.

The Company was evaluated recently by HMSIL on the basis of five parameters - Quality, Cost, Delivery, Development and Management Practices, commonly known as QCDDM, according to which Honda assesses its suppliers worldwide. Tata Steel emerged the leader in the Raw Material category for 2005-06.

The award was conferred on the Company at HMSIL’s Annual Suppliers Meet and was presented to it by Mr K Toyota, Executive Director, Purchase, HMSIL and was received on behalf of Tata Steel by Mr Sunil Prakash, Chief, Sales - FP. This is the second time in the four year history of HMSIL that Tata Steel has been recognised by the international manufacturer for its contribution as a Raw Material Supplier.

For the third year in succession, Tata Bearings has been recognised by Toyota Kirloskar Motors Limited (TKML) and Toyota Kirloskar Auto Parts (TKAP) for achieving zero defects in its supplies during the year 2005. Bearings Division, along with 20 other suppliers was honoured by the company at its 7th Annual Supplier Meet. Mr G S Rattan, Executive-in-Charge (Bearings) received the award on behalf of the Division. The Meet was attended by senior executives of TKML and TKAP as well as senior management representatives of the award winning companies.

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Eastern Region has conferred its Rotating Trophy for Total Quality on Tata Steel’s Ferro Alloys and Minerals Division.

“Tata Steel has always been the leader in Indian steel industry. Be it in terms of quality, branding, innovation or customer orientation, Tata Steel has emerged as a leading global player in world steel scenario. Now in this ongoing unprecedented growth phase of the Indian steel industry, Tata Steel is again leading from the front with a well developed and ambitious expansion programme.

We, at RHI Refractories are proud to be associated with Tata Steel in this journey of continuous improvement. We have been given the opportunity to offer our products and solutions to Tata Steel for more than last 20 years and our experience with Tata Steel has always been highly encouraging. To honour this long-standing mutually satisfying business relationship and to acknowledge the leading role of Tata Steel in Indian and world steel industry, we are proud to present this “Award of Excellence” on behalf of RHI Refractories, AG”.

Mr. Uwe Ranner, Resident Representative - India, RIH Refractories said while conferring the “Award of Excellence” on Tata Steel. The award was received on behalf of the Company by Mr U K Chaturvedi, Vice President, Long Products.
 

Manufacturing hubs of
international companies in
India rely on Tata Steel
for their supplies