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Essar Steel today announced setting up ESSAR HYPERMART
in the city of Agra. This is In line with its philosophy
of making steel available to end users close to
the user point.
Essar Hypermart is a pioneering initiative of
Essar Steel to retail steel products in the country.
Essar Steel has till date set up 65 Hypermarts
across the country ever since it was first launched
in 2006.
Essar Hypermarts caters to the customers ranging
from small manufacturers, local fabricators and
general engineering firms to large corporations
and construction companies. It offers a comprehensive
range of flat and long steel products for a variety
of applications. The outlet chain provides immediate
delivery, transparent pricing, customized quantities
and guaranteed quality to its retail customers.
Essar Hypermart also arranges for channel financing
thru banks to deserving customers. In fact, Essar
Hypermart customers are assured of materials from
an ISO 9002 and 14001 certified mill. Moreover,
all the products are available with a quality
test certificate. Essar Hypermarts have a strong
pan-India presence. Sales from the Essar Hypermart
currently account for 20 percent of Essar Steel’s
annual revenues.
Commenting on the plan, Mr. Vikram Amin, Director
(Sales & Marketing), Essar Steel, said, “It’s
a win-win situation for everybody, especially
SMEs. Customers will have direct access to the
company’s products, without the intervention
of any intermediaries, and without any restrictive
terms and conditions. Essar Hypermart offers complete
transparency in its dealings”.
Essar Steel has plans to expand its distribution
network through Expressmarts and the Expresspoints.
Expressmarts and Expresspoints are dealer owned
– dealer operated outlets and will offer
Essar Hypermart products across all key steel
consumption centres.
The distribution model is backed by world class
Service Centre facilities and Supply Chain Management
of Essar Steel and make available customized products
to customers at their door step. Customers can
now buy steel as per their requirement with a
guarantee for right price, excellent quality and
timely delivery from within their town/city limits.
About Essar Steel
Essar Steel, part of Essar Global Limited, is
a fully integrated flat carbon steel manufacturer—from
iron ore to ready-to-market products. Essar Steel
has a current capacity of 4.6 million tonnes per
annum (MTPA). Its products find wide acceptance
in highly discerning consumer sectors, such as
automotive, white goods, construction, engineering
and shipbuilding. Essar Steel produces highly
customised products catering to a variety of product
segments and is India’s largest exporter
of flat products to the highly demanding US and
European markets, and to the growing markets of
South East Asia and the Middle East. It has invested
in downstream capabilities to evolve from being
a product based company to becoming a value added
service provider. It has a global network of retail
steel outlets, called Steel Hypermarts, and offers
services, like cutting, slitting and blanking
of steel sheets, through specialised Steel Service
Centres worldwide.
For Media Queries
Manish kedia, Sr. VP – Corporate Affairs,
Essar Group,
Phone: +91 98197 30092, Email: manish.kedia@essar.com
B.Ganesh Pai, GM - Corporate Communications,
Essar Group,
Phone: +91 98197 30225, Email: ganesh.pai@essar.com
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