PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, Dec 23: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has awarded the first license to produce Structural Weather Resistant Steel (Corten Steel), conforming to IS 11587, to Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur plant.
The license is given to Tata Steel as part of India’s larger endeavour to reduce the country’s dependence on the import of shipping containers manufactured using Corten Steel. This special-grade steel is predominantly used in the manufacturing of shipping containers and other heavy-duty weather-proof applications including rail wagon side panels, rice mill containers, building construction, street furniture and upmarket works of art, signs, chimneys and fire bowls.
A felicitation ceremony was organised on Thursday by BIS in New Delhi to formally grant the license to Tata Steel. The license was presented to the Company’s senior executives – Debashish Bhattacharjee, Vice President (Technology & New Materials Business) and Chanakya Chaudhary, Vice President (Corporate Services) by Pramod Kumar Tiwari, Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards in the presence of Abhijit Narendra, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel and other senior dignitaries.
The license provided to Tata Steel to produce Corten steel will contribute to the Government’s vision of a self-reliant nation – ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, which aims to strengthen India’s manufacturing economy by systemically lowering the dependence on imports across various products.
Chanakya Chaudhary, Vice President, Corporate Services, Tata Steel, said: “We thank the Ministry of Steel, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, and BIS for granting us the license to produce this new grade of steel. As a responsible corporate, we will continue to work closely with the government, and all stakeholders to explore new ways to strengthen the Indian steel sector by making it more resilient and ‘Aatmanirbhar’ to the evolving demands in the market.”
