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Tata Steel Selects Supplier for 6-High Cold Mill

11/10/2008 - Tata Steel signs contract with CMI FPE Ltd to supply a 6-high reversing cold mill in Tata’s Tinplate Co. of India Limited as part of a new 200,000 million tonnes/year tin mill black plate cold rolling mill.

Tata Steel has signed a contract with CMI FPE Ltd to supply a 6-high reversing cold mill in Tata’s Tinplate Co. of India Limited (TCIL) as part of a 200,000 million tonnes/year Tin Mill Black Plate (TMBP) Cold Rolling Mill No. 2.

 

Tinplate offers functional superiority over other alternatives for packaging of edibles because of decisively better shelf appeal, product preservation, barrier properties, and resistance to biodegradation.
 
Though India is one of the largest producers and consumers of food products, the percentage of produce currently processed and packed is 2% as compared to 24%, some 50% of the level in developed countries.
 
The retailing boom in India along with encouraging Government policies and incentives are expected to lead to robust growth for the food processing industry.

The new Cold Rolling Mill No. 2 will help the Tata double TCIL’s tinplate production capacity. Tata Steel will use the new 6-high reversing cold mill to supply the input required for a second 200,000 million tonne/year tinning line that TCIL recently started up. The cold mill will supply 220,000 million tonnes/year of full hard cold rolled coils for the production of tinplate.
 
The agreement between the two companies comprises two contracts. One contract is for design, engineering, manufacturing and supply of equipment, and the other contract is for receiving, handling at site, preservation, erection, testing, start-up, commissioning and demonstration of the performance test.
 
TATA Steel has worked separately with CMI Group and FPE in the past for the supply of various lines for their cold rolling mill complexes. This new alliance between CMI and FPE will help TATA Steel to benefit from technological innovations and world-class services.
 
CMI FPE Ltd is scheduled to finish the project within 20 months and will comply with stringent quality and capacity requirements.
 
Established in 1907 as Asia's first integrated private sector steel company, Tata Steel Group (including Corus) is the world’s sixth-largest steel producer with a crude steel capacity of over 28 million tonnes. It is now the world’s second most geographically diversified steel producer, with operations in 26 countries and commercial presence in over 50 countries. With a turnover of USD 33 billion (in 2007-2008) and over 82,700 employees across four continents, the Tata Steel Group is a Fortune 500 Company. Tata Steel’s India operations have also been awarded the prestigious Deming Award for excellence in Total Quality Management.
 
Tinplate Co. of India Limited is the largest producer of tinplate in India. They export 30% of their output to Southeast Asia and to the Middle East. Through continuous improvement, they have been able to increase their tinplate capacity from 90,000 tonnes/year to 170,000 tonnes/year. With the recent commissioning of its new ETL#2 line, TCIL’s capacity of tinplate has gone up to 380,000 tonnes/year.
 
CMI Group of Belgium is one of Europe’s largest engineering companies. They supply cold rolled process lines including pickling lines, electrolytic annealing lines, continuous annealing lines, galvanizing lines and color coating lines. CMI group of Belgium has recently taken over Flat Products Equipment (I) Ltd to form the CMI FPE Ltd in India. With Flat Products Equipment (I) Ltd they now have the capability to supply end-to-end solutions in the cold rolling and coated products business.
 
Flat Products Equipment (I) Ltd was the largest producer of cold rolling mills and other cold rolling process line supplier in India. They have also supplied mill and process lines in Southeast Asia and in the Middle East. They were the supplier of Continuous Galvanizing Line No. 1 for Tata Steel’s Cold Rolling Mill Complex.