Welspun Corp has commissioned a manufacturing facility in Anjar, Gujarat, which will have a highly-advanced blast furnace and a sinter plant. One of the top welded pipes manufacturers, Welspun recently received a Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification for the said factory and has already begun trial production of Ductile Iron pipes. The facility has a manufacturing capacity of 500,000 MT of hot metal per annum. Besides the furnace and sinter plants, the unit also has state-of-the-art PCI and oxygen plant coke oven. The unit will mainly manufacture pig iron and ductile iron (DI) pipes.
Furthermore, the subsidiary of Welspun Group is also in the process of setting up a TMT bars manufacturing facility in the same area. This facility has a production capacity of 350,000 MT per annum. The unit will use inputs from their existing manufacturing set-up of BIS-certified steel billets and direct reduced iron to manufacture Thermo-Mechanically Treated (TMT) bars.
Vipul Mathur, MD and CEO of Welspun Corp, said, that these two facilities are part of the company’s plan to expand its product portfolio.
Meanwhile, BK Goenka, Chairman of Welspun Group, said, “The furnace and the TMT bar facility have been commissioned in record time despite facing unprecedented challenges, including two severe waves of the pandemic and volatile commodity prices. The DI plant will contribute to Har Ghar, Nal Se Jal, which will ensure households across India easy access to tap water.”
