Salem Steel Plant, (SSP), a unit of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), has won the prestigious National Sustainability Award for the year 2010 from Indian Institute of Metals (IIM). Shri Virbhadra Singh, Hon’ble Minister of Steel, Govt of India, gave away the award, which was received by Shri Pankaj Gautam, Executive Director, on behalf of Salem Steel Plant, at a glittering awards function on 14th November 2010 during the 48th National Metallurgists’ Day celebrations at Bangalore.
SSP has won the first prize amongst the Secondary Steel Plants / Alloys Steel Plants category for the year 2010. Salem Steel Plant has bagged this award consecutively for the 7th time and 14th time since inception of this award in the year 1991. The award symbolizes SSP’s commitment to quality and the value of its brand, Salem Stainless.
14th November is celebrated as the National Metallurgists’ Day, as a tribute to the important role played by metallurgists in the industrialisation and economic development of India. The Ferrous Division of the Indian Institute of Metals has been organising the National Quality Competition since 1991 to encourage the quality control aspects in the steel sector.
