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STAINLESS INDIA / VOL. 15, No.1/ 1

ISSDA Celebrates its 20th AnniversaryCRU’s 12th World Stainless Steel Conference held in Mumbai

In a grand event held in Mumbai during22-24th November 2009, ISSDAcelebrated the 20th Anniversary of itsfounding (in November 1989). Thiscelebration was combined with the 12th

World Stainless Steel Conference ofCRU (Commodities Research Unit), aLondon-based authority on worldwidecommodities including stainless steel.The last time ISSDA partnered with CRUin holding a high-profile World Stainless

Steel Conference in India was in Delhiin the year 2005.

During the celebrations, the role playedby ISSDA in laying the foundations forcontinued prosperity of the stainlesssteel industry in India, and how itenabled the Indian stainless steelindustry to be counted amongst the topcountries of the world was highlighted.Important personalities from the Indian

stainless steel industry were felicitatedfor their contributions (see photos).

Partnering of this event by CRU ensuredthe presence of over 300 high-profileIndian and overseas personalities fromthe industry. Several experts from aroundthe world spoke on stainless steelmarkets and the raw material scenarioin detail. They shared their viewspossible trends in prices and availability

Mr. Ratan Jindal speaking at the Inaugural Session of the Conference. Seated beside him from the left are the Chairman of thesession Mr. Manish Pande of CRU, Mr. Philip Tomlinson, Director CRU, Mr. Nitan Chhatwal of Viraj Profiles, Mr. Pascal Payet

Gaspard, Secretary General, ISSF and Mr. N C Mathur, President, ISSDA.

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in the immediate future and mid-term,both at the global and regional levels.

As the host, ISSDA provided expertspeakers on the Indian market, its near-term and future prospects, with emphasison important growth areas likeArchitecture, Building and Constructionand rail transportation sectors. Thevibrancy of the Indian market and the verypositive outlook of the Indian economyprovided the audience, especially thosefrom overseas, a welcome change fromthe gloomy prospects, especially in thewestern economies.

Mr. Ratan Jindal, Vice Chairman and MD ofJSL Ltd., being felicitated by Mr. Pascal Payet

Gaspard of ISSF

Mr. Nitan Chhatwal receiving the honours fromMr. Philip Tomlinson of CRU on behalf of Mr.

Neeraj R. Kochhar, CMD of Viraj Profiles.

A cultural event by Rajasthani folk musicians enthralled everyone present at the Gala Dinner.

ISSDA thanks all its members andparticipants from around the world for thegrand success of this programme. Wethank speakers from many differentcountries who shared their experienceand insights on regional and globalstainless steel market scenario.

ISSDA places on record its gratitude tomember companies who came forwardto sponsor this important event in the lifeof our Association.

Mr. K.R. Ananthanarayanan, stainless steelconsultant, being felicitated by Mr Ratan

Jindal for his contributions to the industry.

Mr. Neeraj R. Kochhar, CMD, Viraj Profiles Ltdaddressing guests at the Gala Dinner

Mr. Ashok Malhotra, CMD of PanchmahalSteel Ltd and former President, ISSDA, with

Hanish Malhotra and Anil Shah

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Mr. Yogesh K Agarwal, CEO,Rimjhim Ispat Ltdreceiving a momento from Mr. N C Mathur

Mr. B. B. Singh, ED (Ops & Spl Steels), SAIL,receiving a momento from Mr. N.C. Mathur

Mr. B.S. Shekhawat, President Viraj ProfilesLtd & Vice-President, ISSDA.

Ms Nicola Coslett, DirectorCRU Events

Mr Manish Pande, Regional ManagerCRU India

Mr Stephen Barnett, President,Nickel Institute

Mr Ravinder Sethi, Director, Mindsight Consulting Pvt Ltd

Mr David Gaddes, CEO,Norilsk Nickel Europe Ltd

Mr Andrea Gatti, Corp. Vice President,Outokumpu

According to Mr. Markus A. Moll,Managing Director of the AustrianMarket Research Company SMR,which provides market intelligencefor the specialty steel industry, Indiais set to become the third largeststainless steel market in the worldby the year 2014.

Are we ready for this?In 2014, India to be the 3rd largest stainless steel market in the world

In his presentation to a largeaudience at Ahmedabad in Januarythis year, he said that while Chinawill continue to reign supreme in theworld in the No. 1 spot for manyyears to come, India which was the5th largest market in 2008 behindChina, EU, Japan and USA, movedto the No. 4 spot in 2009.

On the basis of extensive study ofworldwide markets, Mr. Moll expectsthat India will be ahead of both USAand Japan to move into the No. 3spot in the year 2014, behind Chinaand EU. In 2014, the total worldmarket is expected to be over 39million tonnes. Printed with permission from SMR


Elegant Stainless Steel Spiral Staircase

M/s Tarini Engineering Private Limited,a Mumbai-based member company ofISSDA specialize in architectural design,fabrication and on-site erection. They haverecently completed an elegant spiralstaircase project at the Moksha Plazalocated in Borivali, Mumbai, for M/sSitara Builders (Rohan Group).

This spiral staircase, using 4.5 tonnesof 304/316 stainless steel in productforms such as spiders, trapezoidal andtubular sections and other fittings, wasdesigned by Architects Vivek Bhole &Associates, Mumbai.

The main load-bearing step supports arespiral-shaped trapezoidal sections instainless steel grade 304 of 5mmthickness. The glass is 24mm thicktoughened multi-laminated with frostedfilm backing. The glass steps are held inposition by spider fittings made ofstainless steel grade 316. Specialmounting arrangements were designedfor the mounting of spider fittings on thesupport sections.

The mid-landing is also manufacturedfrom 5mm thick stainless steeltrapezoidal section and mounted onstainless steel pipe of 600mm diameter.

The handrails are in stainless steel grade304, satin finish.

Detailed AutoCAD drawings wereprepared prior to the manufacture of thesections. Templates of the curvaturewere manufactured by Laser cutting formatching the radius profile.

M/s Tarini Engineering completed theproject in four months.

For further details contact:Mr. Rajendra Nardekar, DirectorM/s Tarini Engineering Pvt Ltd17-B, Waghela Bhuvan, J P NagarRoad No.1, Opp Canara BankGoregaon (E), Mumbai 400 063Tel: 022-6452 6397, 2685 2036, 65218471, Telefax: 91-22-2685 5027Email: [email protected]: www.tariniengineering.net

Top view shows the elegant flowing lines of the spiral staircase


Port Blair Airport Gets a Modern Look

Waiting area inside the airport Entrance to the AirportPort Blair is the capital of Andaman &Nicobar Islands, a Union Territory of India.The look and feel of Port Blair Airport haschanged drastically after the recentbeautification project executed by JindalArchitecture Ltd (Arc). The old traditionallook of the place still exists but in amodern perspective with the modernmaterial stainless steel being used asthe medium. The work done by Arc hasnot only given a face lift to the entire place,but also strengthened the infrastructureof the columns and passage-way andcreated convenience for airport staff andtravelers. The place is adorned withbeautiful stainless steel railings and

column claddings in simple but moderndesigns. The interesting fact is that allthis work had to be done withoutdisrupting the existing set up likecladding the three side facing columnwhere the groove had to be designed andfabricated to suit the layout of thecolumn.

Port Blair is one of the latest airportprojects done by Jindal Arc wherein ateam of specialists, technicalsupervisors, design engineers etc werestationed for more than three months inPort Blair to ensure smooth executionof the project.

Apart from this, Arc has alsosuccessfully executed beautification andre-structuring works at almost all themajor airports in India including Delhi,Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore,Amritsar, Trivandrum, Jaipur and will besoon starting work in Chennai,Chandigarh, Varanasi, Dehradun andIndore airports, to name a few. Total areaof stainless steel cladding of columns –500 square meters; total length of railing– 600 running meters.

For details click www.jindalarc.in or mailto [email protected]

A modern swimming pool with all accessories in stainless steel

Stallion Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd, having theirfactories at Bangalore & Delhi have recentlycompleted the prestigious assignment for MegaSports Complex of National Games 2010 at Ranchiin Jharkhand. With this novel project, stainless steelhas made its first major presence felt in Jharkhandand opened up a gateway for many more stainlesssteel applications.The project was distributed over nine sports venues– Basketball, Badminton, Gymnastics, Aquatics,Cycling Track - Velodrome, Trap and Skit ShootingRange, Shooting Range, and Shooting Range 50meters, where together 2,500 meters length of SSrailings in 304 grade were installed.A total of 20 tonnes of 304 grade Stainless Steelwas utilized, under the watchful eyes of theArchitects, as per their approved design. The entireproject took only about six months to complete.Contractors:Stallion Infrastructure Pvt. LtdWebsite: stallionind.comEmail: [email protected]: Ajay Shah - GM Projects (09350255891)

Stainless Steel Graces JharkhandProtective railings for the National Games 2010


Energy-efficient Stainless Steel Cookware

Stainless steel is the preferredcookware material in Indian householdsand accounts for about 70% of totalstainless steel usage in the country.Commercial kitchens in hotels,restaurants and fast-food outlets alsouse stainless steel extensively forcooking. Indian stainless steelcookware is exported to almost allcountries of the world.

Indian households fully appreciate theneed for stainless steel in order that thefood they cook remains hygienic withoutcontamination from the cookwarematerial (all the grades used in Indiahave been extensively tested forcorrosion resistance in all food mediaand found not to impart any metallicelement into the food being cooked), itis easily cleaned no matter how muchyou burn the food, and durable fordecades in tip-top condition withpleasing appearance.

Stainless steel cookware in India andthe world has seen quite a number ofnew design changes. Some werecosmetic changes to give new surfacefinishes to the cookware and tablewareinstead of the usual buffed finish. Manyother design changes concentrated onimproving thermal efficiency whilecooking in order to reduce fuelconsumption and cooking time.

Amongst the latter we can recall copperelectroplated in the bottom; then camesandwich-bottoms with aluminium,again at the base of the cookware. Butat all times, the food contact surfacewas always stainless steel. Aluminiumand copper have much better heatabsorption and transmission propertiescompared to 200 and 300 seriesstainless steels but they are no matchfor stainless steel when it comes tobeing in contact with food being cookedand delivering wholesome food.

A new design combining the bestproperties of stainless steel andthermally better performing copper/aluminium is now available elsewherein the world and the techniques ofmanufacturing these can be madeavailable by ISSDA to those who areinterested.

Cooking with LPG or electricalheating elementWhether it is LPG cooking or cookingover an electrical heating element, theheat is not supplied uniformly to thebottom of the cookware. The image hereshows uneven distribution of heat at thebottom

2-Ply TechnologyThe use of copper or aluminium in thebottom helps even out the heat input.This is what we use in copper cladbottom or aluminium sandwich-bottomin our cookware these days. Thismethod does not cover the sides of thecookware which leads to significant lossof the applied heat energy.

The new technology is to roll aluminiumor copper sheets with stainless steelsheets and then cut circles out of themand form the cookware. The cookwarehas thermally better performingaluminium or copper on the outside andstainless steel on the inside. Thisensures more effective and uniformdistribution of heat in the entirecookware from the bottom to the top.This saves energy and time byefficiently transferring the maximumamount of heat available from the LPGor electrical or kerosene stove.

Induction Cooking with 3-PlytechnologyWe are now comfortable with theconcept that electricity can beconverted into microwaves which cancook or heat our food directly withoutlosing energy to heat the surroundingsor even the ceramic or glass container.Similarly, Induction heating is a new wayof converting electricity to heat. Ininduction heating, eddy currents arecreated in the ferromagnetic utensil anddirectly creating heat in the cookwarewithout any loss to the surroundings.This is highly energy efficient heattransfer. In flame or electrical elementheating, there is plenty of room for agood amount of the heat escaping intothe surroundings.

In induction heating the cookware needsto be magnetic (i.e. be attracted bymagnet). The 200 and 300 seriesstainless steels are not magnetic.

The white spots show the hottest regionswhere LPG flames directly hit the bottomof the stainless steel utensil; Red areashows moderate heat and blue areas arequite cold in comparison

Hence, an outermost layer of FerriticGrade stainless steel 430, which is fullymagnetic, is used.

Like the earlier concept of 2-Plytechnology, now we roll together threedifferent materials; (1) An outer 430 gradestainless steel sheet for getting heated;(2) a middle layer of copper or aluminiumsheet for thermally efficient transfer ofheat to the innermost layer; (3) finally the200 or 300 series stainless steel sheetfor the inner food-contact area.

The three layers are rolled together,heated treated for improvement ofproperties then circles are cut andcookware made.

In experiments done over a period of timein residential environment, it has beenfound that cooking in 2 and 3-plycookware over LPG gas stove take onlyabout half the time taken for cookingsimilar quantities of rice or vegetablesusing an aluminium or sandwich bottomcookware. This is a great saving in fuelcost and TIME.

If you use a 3-ply even if you do not havean induction cook-top, the benefit is thatyou also have a stainless steel exteriorwhich will be easy to clean and will lookgood for long periods of time.

Many induction-cooking units areavailable in the market for a reasonableprice. If this is used, provided you havegood electricity supply, then you cansave even more energy.

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3-Ply configuration in Induction cookwareStainless steel- Aluminum/Copper – Stainless Steel all round

3-Ply cookware

STAINLESS STEEL MODULAR TOILETS FOR INDIAN RAILWAYS (LHB/HYBRID COACHES)THE SS MODULAR TOILET SYSTEM IS DESIGNED FOR BOTH INDIAN STYLE

& WESTERN STYLE FOR LHB/HYBRID COACHES OF INDIAN RAILWAYS.

The module is fitted with all theaccessories and lowered into the LHBcoach from the roof. All the panels andvisible surfaces have a powder coating inclear or blue with coating thickness of80 microns. The powder coating will havea life-span of 5 - 7 yrs. Modular toiletshave stain-free interiors and areaesthetically pleasing. Panels are ofSS304 grade with 1.2 mm sheetthickness. Roof panels are of 1.2 mmsheet thickness backed by roof frame of3 mm thick angles of stainless steel. Thegross weight of the moudle is approx. 300kgs.

The inlay tray is made of SS304 sheet, 2mm thickness and has a slip-free epoxycoating in matching color. The inlay flooris sloped to minimize wateraccumulation. These modular toilets are

easy to maintain. Water pipeline is alsoof stainless steel. None of the fittings oraccessories will loosen during severevibration conditions of a running train.Anticipated life of this modular toilet isapprox. 20 years. All the toiletaccessories are from branded suppliers.All panels have a non-metallic backingto reduce drumming.

Surface Preparation Sheet Levelling

For details click www.jindalarc.in or mailto [email protected]


Ahead of the Commonwealth Games, New Delhi has 2,000 street signs withstainless steel structural support

In preparation for the Commonwealth Games to be heldin Delhi in October this year, one of the initiatives takenby the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) is toinstall more than 2,000 street signs with stainless steelstructural support systems. These signs have beeninstalled in all NDMC territory.

The structural supports for signage are made of SS 304grade welded tubes. Apparently about 300 metric tonnesof stainless steel have been used in this project. Thesignage is on aluminium sheets using Retro Reflectivefilms.

INDINOX 2010 Stainless Steel Fairwith 340 exhibitors was organized inAhmedabad during January 16-19this year. A variety of products instainless steel were exhibited.

According to the organizers, the fairhad a footfall of over 100,000 visitorsduring the four days. The Fair wasinaugurated by Mr. Narendra Modi,Chief Minister of Gujarat. He exhortedthe industry to diversify applicationsof stainless steels and promised hisgovernment’s fullest support for thegrowth and mushrooming of stainlesssteel fabrication units in Gujarat.

According to the organizers, about52 overseas buyers visited the fair andwere very happy with the businessthey transacted.

INDINOX 2010 STAINLESS STEEL FAIR HELD IN AHMEDABAD


The Indian Smelting &Refining Co. Ltd.,

-78Mumbai

Authorised Stockist

VALE IN C O EUROPE LTD .

London

M T IAgents to

ISR

M/S FIRST METAL CORPEstablished in 2007, First Metal Corp(FMC) is an indenting company engagedin Non-ferrous metals primarily. Itrepresents Amalgamated Metals Trading(AMT, one of the Ring Dealing Membersof the London Metal Exchange) andTennant Metals Pty Ltd. (Australia) astheir broker in India.FMC currently is one of the majorindenters of Non-ferrous metals in India

GEMS PRECISION CASTINGSPRIVATE LIMITED is a steel castingsmanufacturing foundry located on

Chennai - Bangalore Highway and isabout 52 Km away from Chennai city.Chennai is one of the most industrializedplaces of India and is well connected toother parts of the country by road, rail,sea and air.

GEMS PRECISION CASTINGSPRIVATE LIMITED commencedcommercial production in March, 2006and is designed to a capacity of 150Tons of castings per month. It produces

M/S GEMS PRECISION CASTINGS PRIVATE LIMITEDcarbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steeland manganese steel castings for avariety of applications such as valve,pump, earth moving, mining, petrochemical, sugar, cement, paper, railwayand other general engineeringapplications.

GEMS PRECISION CASTINGSPRIVATE LIMITED has been set up by agroup of professionals who are qualifiedand well experienced in the fields offerrous foundry . Quality comes first inall activities of the Company and theCompany has dedicated itself to provideits customers with timely delivery ofquality castings at competitive prices.

GEMS PRECISION CASTINGSPRIVATE LIMITED has been certified ISO9001:2000 Quality Management Systemby TUV Nord and Indian BoilerRegulations Known. It gives an overallpicture about the various qualitymeasures adopted to ensure rightcastings are produced first time andevery time. It also serves the purpose ofproviding to customers and inspection

M/s METAL TRADERS (INDIA) PVT LTDestablished in the year 1992, is an ISO9001:2008 Certified Company.

It is a leading Importer & Selling Agentof Non Ferrous Metals.It is a selling Agent to “THE INDIANSMELTING & REFINING CO. LTD.,MUMBAI”, a Birla Group Concern for the

complete range of their products. Thisis an ISO 9002 Certified Concern.

It’s principal is one of the largestManufacturer of Non Ferrous Alloys &Non Ferrous Semi Rolled products under“Double Hammer” Brand. They arepioneer in manufacturing of consistentquality products as per listed below:

Cut Nickel

Inco Nickel1. ETP Copper Sheet/ Strips/ Foils.2. Copper Sheet/ Strips/ Foils.3. Brass Sheet/ Strips/ Foils (in Composition of 63/37, 70/30, 90/10)4. Phosphorous Bronze Sheet/ Strip/ Foils (Grade- I, II, III, IV),5. Nickel Silver Sheet/ Strips/ Foils

agencies an assurance that quality isbuilt into the castings. Though theCompany produces castings for a widevariety of applications, it plans to focuson pressure containing castings for valveapplications.

For further details please contact :Mr. G. SWAMINATHAN – DirectorM/s Gems Precision CastingsPrivate Limited.Keeranallur Village, SriperumpudurTaluk, Kancheepuram DistrictTamil Nadu , India – 602 108.Phone No.+91 44 37214455,27192853E-mail:[email protected]

and neighboring markets doing more than40,000 MT of base metals alone.Product Range : Nickel, Zinc, Copper,Cobalt, Tin, Aluminium, Lead andMolybdenum.Contact : Mr Hitesh Jain, Director,M/s First Metal Corporation, 610, KrishnaApra Business Square, Plot No. 4, 5 &6, Netaji Subhash Place, Pitam Pura,New Delhi 110 034, Tel : 91-11-4701 2670Fax: 91-11-4701 2671Email: [email protected]

Welcoming New Members

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M/s SINGHAL PRODUCTS (I) PVT LTD

We are a part of Singhal Group which isprimarily involved in major fields relatedto stainless steel industry.

We are the sole & exclusive distributorof S.S. Flat for M/s JSL Ltd. [the largestproducer of stainless steel in privatesector] & also for M/s Electrotherm IndiaLimited for complete Gujarat region. Thework is carried out under following twocompanies :-

M/s SRU Ltd.

We are also trading in S.S. Sheets, S.S.Plates & S.S. Coils from our Delhi office.Primarily dealing in material from JSLLtd. & also imported material. The workis carried out under :-

M/s Singhal Agencies

We are trading in stainless steel utensilsand specializes in S.S. cookware [oneof the largest consumed S.S. productworld wide]. The major quantity gets

exported to various countries across theglobe primarily to U.S. & Europe. In thenear future, we will be coming out withour own brand to cater to the needs ofthe domestic market. The Utensil tradingdivision work is carried out under :-

M/s Homezone Housewares

Also, in the near future, we will be enteringinto other manufacturing fields ofstainless steel industry for which we aredeveloping our land at Vapi-Silvassa inGujarat.

We have our offices in Mumbai,Ahmedabad & Delhi from where all theabove activities are controlled &managed.

Contact Details:

Mumbai : 022-24949800 / 66151716

Ahmedabad : 079-26562661 / 30029785

Delhi : 011-23233522 / 23238734

Import CategoryOn the import front, Company is theimporter of primary non- ferrous metals.The company is an authorized stockiestof VALE INCO EUROPE LTD., London.The varied products included in importcategory are as follows:Nickel - BrandsInco of Canada, OMG of Finland,Tocantins of Brazil, Severo of RussiaSumitomo of Japan, Xstrata of NorwayTIN - Brand : MSC of Malaysia

DISCLAIMERDrawings/ photographs of equipment,

machinery, products and services in

STAINLESS INDIA are for illustrative

purposes only and their inclusion

does not constitute or imply any

endorsement of the items or the

companies that manufacture or

distribute them by ISSDA and its staff.

Utmost effort is put into ensuring that

there is no infringement of copyright

or IPR. Inspite of our best efforts,

sometimes incorrect information

creeps in, mainly because we have

faith in those who contribute articles

/ images for us. Any such error, if at

all, is deeply regretted. If pointed out,

we have no qualms in admitting our

error and publish an apology in an

effort to appease the aggrieved party.

Nickel Magazine‘Nickel’ is a magazine devotedto nickel and its applications,published by the Nickel Institute.After 24 years of beingpublished in print and sent free-of-charge to over 32,000persons across the globe(including 3,500 in India), it hasnow gone online.Those wishing to receive thisvaluable magazine, pleaseregister at:

www.nickelonline.org/subscribeto receive email notification offuture issues.You may also write [email protected].

Zinc - Brand: Special High Grade AZSpecial High Grade of AustraliaLead - Brand: BROKEN HILL ofAustralia.8mm Copper Wire Rod – Brand:MM Kembla Australia. The Company hasHead office in Delhi and Branch atFaridabad. Contact : Mr Ajay Gupta,Director, M/s Metal Traders (India) PvtLtd, 685 Chowk Bara Tooti, Sadar Bazar,Delhi- 110 006. Tel : 91-11-2368 3271-76e-mail: [email protected]

M/S PHOENIX FOILS PVT LTD

Phoenix Foils Pvt. Ltd., an ISO9001:2000 company, is a precision rollerof Cold Rolled Stainless steel coils /foils in various grades and sizes. Ourunit is setup in Umbergaon, Gujrat, 150Kms from the Mumbai main seaport.

Phoenix Foils has a strength of 100highly trained and skilled manpowerincluding qualified engineers and a teamof technical professionals.Manufacturing Facility:1) Precision rolling mills to manufacture

coils / foils upto a minimum thicknessof 0.05mm

2) Annealing, Pickling and Brightannealing lines

3) Slitting lines and grinding machines4) Complete in house testing facilities,

tool room, etc.Our Product Range:Cold Rolled Stainless steel coils / foils

Thickness:From 3.00mm to 0.05mm Thick up to amaximum width of 365mmSurface finish and condition:2D, 2B, BA, CRGrades:301, 302, 304, 304L, 305, 309S, 310,310S, 316, 316L, 316L High Moly, 316Ti,317L, 321, 347, 409L, 410S, 430, 904L,202, 201.Applications:Our Coils / Foils are used in variousapplications such as Petrochemicals,Structured Packing, Random Packing,Solar Panels, Solar heaters, Nuclearapplications, Heating elements,Submersible pumps, Bellows, Gaskets,Automobile components, HydraulicHoses, Armouring of Optic Fibre cables,Batteries, Pharmaceuticals, HoseClamps, Hypothermic needles, WatchStraps, Pipes & Tubes, Utensils, generalengineering, etc.

Contact details:Kapil Bhandari, (Director)M/s Phoenix Foils Pvt. Ltd.52/52 ‘A’, Nanubhai Desai RoadShop No.13, Islampura StreetMumbai 400004, Mah, India.Tel No: 23860103 / 23860104Fax No: + 91 (22) 23803944email: [email protected]: www.phoenixfoils.com


Editorial ENHANCE FABRICATION CAPABILITIES THROUGH ISSDAISSDA was formed by the Indianstainless steel industry in 1989 tointroduce and promote extensive use ofstainless steel in industry sectors thatwere hitherto not using stainless steel.

When ISSDA was founded, the onlyknown application of stainless steel, asfar as the common man and even manyengineers and architects wereconcerned, was kitchenware. There wasno readymade roadmap for the creationof new markets for stainless steel inIndia. All we could display was theachievements in the West or in Japan.No one ever believed that India, whichwas very backward in the late 1980s andearly 1990s, could even dream of suchthings.

Fortunately for us, Salem Steel Plant(SAIL) had wide cold-rolled sheets inproduction and in all earnestness theyinitiated and pursued the objective ofintroduction of stainless steel inArchitecture and in the Railways. Thiscame in extremely handy to pursue andbroaden the good work SSP initiated byinvolving the entire industry.

We realized early on that the only wayto change the situation was to changethe mindset of those responsible formaterials selection. Over the last 20years, several hundred workshops,conferences, meetings, exhibitions andtraining programmes were held variousparts of the country to create awarenessabout the benefits of using stainless steelamongst architects, engineers anddesigners. In-house or publicconferences were held for the Army,

Navy, airports, railway, CPWD, PWD andlocal municipality personnel across thecountry. Tonnes of free technical literatureon stainless steel and its applicationsfrom the Nickel Institute were mailedacross India. The quarterly magazine‘STAINLESS INDIA’ which is beingpublished since 1995 on a quarterly basisis sent free of charge to over 7,000persons across India. Alongside, thehandful of stainless steel fabricators wereencouraged, provided technical support,and helped in getting prestigious projects.

We feel that ISSDA’s biggestaccomplishment is the CHANGE OFMINDSET ABOUT STAINLESS STEELIN INDIA. Once this is accomplished, therest, as they say, is history. Thisawareness creation goes on.

Stainless steel production in India in 1989was barely 2 lac tonnes. In this year, thetransportation sector alone would beusing 2 lac tonnes out of a totalindigenous production of over 2 milliontonnes.

Now we have some good fabrication unitsto cater to both the architectural sectorand also to the railways. But the numberswe have is very insignificant comparedto the size and the potential requirementof the country. Newspapers herald thatMercedes and BMW are moving to theClass II and Class III cities. If thestainless steel market is to grow, that isthe direction in which we have also togo.

But the limiting factor is the existence ofa significant number of good qualityfabricators to cater to these demands.

Once you start supplying the non-metromarkets, there is no limit.

Looking at the mass enthusiasm andeagerness of visitors and exhibitors atINDINOX 2010, we feel that this wouldbe an appropriate time to reiterate andmake known to a larger audience thatISSDA’s technical support andassistance in establishing qualityfabrication facilities IS ALWAYSAVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO NEED.ISSDA would be happy to providetechnical lecture and hands-ontraining in quality fabrication togroups of entrepreneurs anywhere inIndia.

You can also get technicalpublications on various subjects(www.nickelinstitute.org) andanswers to your technical queries bywriting to [email protected] of sister SSDAs around theworld can be reached fromwww.stainlessindia.org for moreknowledge.

In addition, we are also pleased to informour readers that the services of anexperienced project consultant can bearranged for those who want to ventureinto high quality stainless steelfabrication of any product to cater to thisgrowing market. If interested, pleasewrite to [email protected].

Project consultants with experience andexpertise in putting up units for fabricationof stainless steel products for thearchitectural or transportation sector witha track record of successful projects canpresent their credentials and beregistered with ISSDA for referral.

Publish Articles in this MagazineIf you have any worthwhile new product or service, anews item, or bagged a prestigious project, or wonan award, you are most welcome to publish it in thepages of ‘Stainless India’. A high density image toaccompany the write up would be appreciated. Theonly condition is, it should be related to stainless steeland verifiable.This service is available to all, even if you are presentlynot a member of ISSDA. There is no charge for thisopportunity. Over 7,000 copies are distributed to end-user sectors and the stainless industry in India andoverseas.

Technical Services from ISSDAIf you have questions regarding grade selection,fabrication or failures in service, please write [email protected]. A good number of end-users andfabricators use our services which are free of charge.ISSDA is the storehouse of authentic technicalinformation on stainless steels. We have technicalback-up support from raw materials associations ofNickel, Chromium and Molybdenum and closeworking relationships with a large number ofStainless Steel Development Associations aroundthe world who freely share their knowledge withISSDA.

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