Second Blast Furnace at Tata Metaliks

doubles capacity

Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharya Honourable Chief Minister of    West Bengal and Dr T Mukherjee congratulate Mr H Jha    and the Tata Metaliks team

Promoted in 1990, by Tata Steel and the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation Tata Metaliks Limited, it is a “one-stop” shop for pig iron foundries where the foundry owners get customised products which meet their quality and end-use requirements.

The Company had commenced production in April 1994 with an initial capacity of 90,000 tpa. The introduction of hot blast stoves, strand type pig iron casting machines and blowers led to the capacity at the plant increasing to 1,40,00 tpa in October 2000. It zoomed up to touch 1,63,000 tpa in 2005. Apart from catering to domestic producers, Tata Metaliks markets its products internationally to 14 countries including Egypt, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan and others.

The process of constant innovation and development at Tata Metaliks has ensured that the Company is trusted by Customers and enjoys a leadership position in the industry. Now, Tata Metaliks is strongly focussed on rapidly growing and achieving its vision of “Reaching Tomorrow First...”

Dr. T Mukherjee enjoys a visit to the new facility

The 2nd Blast Furnace of the Company inaugurated by the Honourable Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mr Buddadeb Bhattacharya on February 26, 2005, in the presence of Mr Nirupam Sen, Honourable Minister for Commerce & Industries, Government of West Bengal and Deputy Managing Director, Tata Steel, Dr T Mukherjee. With a capacity that the first blast furnace, the two together will now raise the overall production capability of Tata Metaliks to 3,20,000 tpa, making it the biggest foundry grade producer of pig iron in India.

The Company has been repeatedly recognised for its business excellence by industry associations as well as government agencies. The awards received by it include the Udyog Ratna Award by IES for 2003 and 2004 for the Managing Director of the Company, Mr H K Jha; “Commendation Certificate” conferred by the CII-EXIM Bank Business Excellence Awards for 2003 and 2004; the Benchmark Achievement Award in IMRB Survey for 2003; CII HR Award for 2003; the Greentech Environment Award as well as the Pollution Control Award conferred by the Government of West Bengal.