JSW Steel Inaugurates India’s Most Modern Cold Rolling Mill
04/25/2014 - JSW Steel Limited announced the launch of its Cold Roll Mill 2 (CRM-2) facility at Vijayanagar Works, Karnataka, India.
With India on road to becoming a global hub for automobiles, the demand for high end steel by the auto sector is likely to see an exponential growth.
The new CRM-2 complex, with a production capacity of 2.3 million metric tons per annum (MTPA), is the most sophisticated plant by configuration with capability to produce high strength and advanced high strength steel, both in uncoated and coated (galvanized and galvannealed, GI and GA) categories and wider widths up to 1870 mm.
The CRM-2 facility includes a continuous annealing line, which is the first to start operations in India.
JFE Steel, which has a 15% stake in JSW Steel, has been providing technical assistance to develop various grades of auto steel, including steel for external panels for automobiles, to meet the high demand from both domestic and international arena.
Dr. Vinod Nowal, deputy managing director, JSW Steel said, “The CRM-2 is equipped with the latest technology to produce continuously annealed CR up to a strength level of 980 MPA (UTS) and auto galvanizing line with capability to produce both GI & GA up to a strength level of 590 MPA (UTS). At present, the high strength and higher grades are mostly imported.”
JSW Steel has commissioned phase 1 of CRM-2 consisting of 2.3 MTPA pickling line coupled with tandem cold mill (PLTCM), 0.95 MTPA continuous annealing line (CAL-1) and 0.4 MTPA continuous galvanizing line (CGL).
Phase 2 of the CRM-2 plant, consisting of 0.95 MTPA CAL-2, is targeted to be commissioned during first half of fiscal year 2016. The new plant will be the cornerstone of JSW Steel’s growth story enhancing the share of value added products in the product basket of the company.
JSW Steel, the flagship company of the JSW Group, is India’s leading integrated steel manufacturer with a capacity of 14.3 MTPA. It is one of the largest producers and exporters of coated flat products in the country with presence in over 100 countries across five continents.
The new CRM-2 complex, with a production capacity of 2.3 million metric tons per annum (MTPA), is the most sophisticated plant by configuration with capability to produce high strength and advanced high strength steel, both in uncoated and coated (galvanized and galvannealed, GI and GA) categories and wider widths up to 1870 mm.
The CRM-2 facility includes a continuous annealing line, which is the first to start operations in India.
JFE Steel, which has a 15% stake in JSW Steel, has been providing technical assistance to develop various grades of auto steel, including steel for external panels for automobiles, to meet the high demand from both domestic and international arena.
Dr. Vinod Nowal, deputy managing director, JSW Steel said, “The CRM-2 is equipped with the latest technology to produce continuously annealed CR up to a strength level of 980 MPA (UTS) and auto galvanizing line with capability to produce both GI & GA up to a strength level of 590 MPA (UTS). At present, the high strength and higher grades are mostly imported.”
JSW Steel has commissioned phase 1 of CRM-2 consisting of 2.3 MTPA pickling line coupled with tandem cold mill (PLTCM), 0.95 MTPA continuous annealing line (CAL-1) and 0.4 MTPA continuous galvanizing line (CGL).
Phase 2 of the CRM-2 plant, consisting of 0.95 MTPA CAL-2, is targeted to be commissioned during first half of fiscal year 2016. The new plant will be the cornerstone of JSW Steel’s growth story enhancing the share of value added products in the product basket of the company.
JSW Steel, the flagship company of the JSW Group, is India’s leading integrated steel manufacturer with a capacity of 14.3 MTPA. It is one of the largest producers and exporters of coated flat products in the country with presence in over 100 countries across five continents.
