Tohoku Steel India (TSI) Private Ltd, a wholly-owned unit of Tohoku Steel Co Ltd, Japan, inaugurated its new heat-resistant steel rod manufacturing facility in Sri City on July 19. The company has invested around Rs 80 crore to set up the six-acre plant.
The plant carries out secondary processing on heat-resistant steel rods and soft magnetic stainless steel rods, and produces rods in required sizes specified by its customers.
The present production capacity of the plant is 360 tonnes per annum, and this may increase up to 2,000 tonnes, in a phased manner. The rods are used as raw material for fabricating