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Essar commissions USD 15-million steel service centre in Indonesia

June 25, 2008

The Essar Group’s steel plant in Indonesia, PT Essar Indonesia (PTEI), has commissioned its most advanced service centre in the firm’s cold rolling complex near Jakarta. Built at a cost of USD 15 million, the centre will have an annual capacity of 0.3 million tonnes and include units like hot rolled and cold rolled slitters, four corrugation lines, floor deck, cut-to-length lines and truss making lines. These units are able to process hot rolled, pickled, cold rolled and coated steel products. This is the only facility in Indonesia to offer pickled, cold rolled, galvanised and service centre facility under one roof.

Given its sophisticated range of capabilities, the service centre will cater to customer segments that expect excellent quality and superior service. These typically include manufacturers of automotive equipment, components, white goods, enamel & cookware, precision tubes, electrical stamping, furniture, construction and electrical appliances & panels. Such customers are predominantly local and use steel in smaller quantities.

The centre will use PTEI’s pickled, cold rolled and galvanised products will be available in the thickness ranging from 0.2 mm to 3.2 mm, width from 20 mm to 1,380 mm and length from 100 mm to 6,000 mm.

About PT Essar Indonesia
PTEI operates a cold rolling complex with cold rolling capacity of 4,00,000 tonnes per annum and galvanizing capacity of 150,000 tonnes per annum. It is a part of Essar Group.

About Essar Group
Essar Group is a diversified corporate group with businesses in the manufacturing and services sectors of Steel, Energy, Power, Telecommunications, Shipping, Ports & Logistics, Mining & Mineral Resources, and Construction. Essar Group has a firm value of approximately USD 50 billion and employs 38,000 people worldwide. More than 15 percent of Essar’s workforce is in the Americas.

For more information, contact:
Manish Kedia, Sr. Vice President, Essar, India at +91 98197 30092
B Ganesh Pai, General Manager, Essar, India at +91 98197 30225
William Clutterbuck, Maitland, UK: +44 207 379 5151

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