Vijayawada gets South India’s 1st Tata Steel center

Vijayawada: Tata Steel on Wednesday inaugurated its third fully automated construction service centre here to offer customised reinforcement products and solutions to India’s booming construction industry.

The center was inaugurated by Ashish Anupam, Vice President, Long Products, Tata Steel, in the presence of other senior company officials along with channel partner representatives.

The fully automated service centres are instrumental in shaping the construction sector while also positioning Tata Steel as a knowledge-intensive leader. This endeavour reiterates Tata Steel’s commitment to innovation and excellence by looking beyond traditional steel production and forging ahead as a comprehensive solution provider for the construction sector. The company plans to open 10 such centres across the country by 2025.

The new facility with a capacity of 3,000 metric tonnes (MT) per month, will produce Tiscon ReadyBuild (customised Cut & Bend Tata Tiscon TMT rebars along with coupler threading). The center is spread across five acres and will provide comprehensive solutions to the construction sector. The facility will subsequently extend its downstream solutions portfolio to include welded wire mesh and bore pile cages, establishing itself as a “one-stop downstream construction service center.” The facility has been built in collaboration with the company's channel partner Samrat Irons Pvt Ltd.

The facility is the first such centre from Tata Steel in the South, with the first two in Cuttack (East) and Ghaziabad (North) opened for business last year. The Cuttack facility, spread over 11 acres, has a monthly capacity of 3,000 MT, while the one in Ghaziabad can process 3,500 MT of steel products in a month.

Speaking on the occasion, Ashish Anupam, Vice President, Long Products, Tata Steel said, “Our increasing focus on the downstream business is a reflection of our commitment towards shaping India’s construction sector. Today Tata Steel is focusing on building an ecosystem with strong capabilities to provide ready-to-use steel products and solutions to the construction sector. We expect to further expand our innovative offerings through more such service centres across the country.” The company also organised a meet of AEC (architecture, engineering and construction) community titled ‘Converse to Construct’ in Hyderabad on Tuesday. The meet was attended by more than 100 customers and consultants from the infrastructure, housing, and

industrial sectors.