Friday

01


March , 2019
Jindal Stainless sets up first dedicated facility for Railways in Chennai
13:45 pm

B.E. Bureau


 

Jindal Stainless through its subsidiary JSL Lifestyle Limited, commissioned its first dedicated facility for Railways in Chennai. It is spread over two acres in the Industrial Estate, Maraimalai Nagar. This new railway facility will supply high quality stainless steel components with ‘just-in-time’ delivery to the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai for production of railway coaches. It is equipped with state-of-the-art robotic spot welding guns which function in the most precise and consistent manner. These automated guns complete the welding task faster, resulting in timely delivery of stainless steel components with minimum distortions. The proximity of this unit to ICF Chennai will ensure just-in-time deliveries for Indian Railways, and low inventory costs will help in improved cost efficiency. Earlier, these components were supplied to Indian Railways from the Jindal Stainless’ Pathredi unit in Haryana.

Inaugurating this facility in presence of senior railway officials, Managing Director, JSL Lifestyle Limited, Deepika Jindal said, “The Jindal Stainless’ relationship with the Indian Railways is almost two decades old Currently we have begun our operations with around 4800 tonnes of fabrication annually and will ramp it up to 7200 tonnes in a couple of years.” This railway facility will produce railway coach sub-assemblies like side-wall, roof arch, trough floor and retention tanks for ICF, Chennai. These components will be used in LHB (Linke Hofmann Busch) model coaches and other variants. The Company is expecting initial revenue of nearly Rs. 100 crore annually from this facility. The revenue is expected to touch nearly Rs. 300 crore annually once the enhanced capacity reaches 7200 tonnes.

The stainless steel material produced by Jindal Stainless is already tested and approved by Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO).

 

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