Alloy Steels Plant of SAIL gets ‘Best Performing Vendor’ award

Shashank Shekhar

Bokaro ( Jharkhand ) :  Alloy Steels Plant (ASP) of Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) on November 29, 2017, received the “Best Performing Vendor – 2017” award from Ordnance Factory, Medak (OF-M),  for indigenization, development and supply of import substitute steel plates.

The steel plates in two categories, for which SAIL received the award, were supplied by Durgapur-based ASP, the special steels plant of SAIL. The award was received by A K Patra, DGM, ASP, SAIL, at the Ordinance Factory’s (OF)  Vendors’ meet held at Medak.

Plates made with two special-grade varieties of low- and medium-carbon steels developed at SAIL-ASP as import substitutes were supplied to OF, Medak, for meeting the specific property requirements of defence applications. Apart from meeting stringent chemical properties, the plates developed by SAIL-ASP also excel in matching physical attributes of the plates like excellent surface finish.

SAIL-ASP has a diverse product portfolio of over 400 grades catering to critical end-use by strategic sectors like Defence, Railways, Automobile, Power plants and Heavy engineering & manufacturing industries. For Defence applications, the Plant manufactures high impact-resistant steels (armour-grade steels) and customized steels for Naval applications. SAIL-ASP also has capability for manufacturing a variety of Stainless Steels products also.

SAIL is pioneering the ‘Make in India’ campaign by producing world-class steel products in various categories and partnering the Make in Steel – Make in India vision of the Ministry of Steel.  SAIL steel has been used in various prestigious national projects like the Dhola-Sadiya bridge, Sardar Sarovar Dam, Metro projects in various cities, Chennai-Nashri tunnel, Pamban railway Sea Bridge, Bandra-Worli sea link, etc. This information was given on November 29 by Bokaro steel plant chief of communications Manikant Dhan.