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Light-weight stainless steel composite panels for cladding

The new Ashok Leyland CorporateHeadquarters in Guindy, Chennai, sportsthe latest in stainless steel claddingtechnology. Over 3,000 square meters ofstainless steel composite panels are cladon the exterior faces of this impressivebuilding, adding to the building’s grace andelegance. Being in a coastal environment,the grade chosen for cladding is AISI 316in different finishes. Some quantities of

stainless steel composite panels (SCP)are also used for the interiors.

Light-weight stainless steel compositepanels are typically 4 mm in totalthickness. Each of the two thin stainlesssheets are 0.3 mm thick if mirror finishedand 0.4 mm thick if Hairline finish isdesired. The core of the panel is usuallyof Low Density Poly Ethylene (LDPE) filled

between the sheets. The sheets could beordered in AISI 304 or 316 depending onthe environment in finishes desired by thearchitect.

For interior applications, use of SS 304exterior sheet and aluminium backingsheet is both appropriate and costeffective.

The 4mm thick SCP weighs just about1Kg per square foot. In SCP, the naturalbeauty, flatness and rigidity of stainlesssteel is now combined with light weight,flexibility and ease of fabrication, makingit an architect’s dream. Light-weight SCPallows you to incorporate curves, anglesand other design elements which are notpossible with metal plates, tiles, graniteand other stones.

The clean and bold look of stainless steel,easily matching with adjacent materialsof construction like glass or stone, addsto the beauty and prestige of the building(See boxed item ‘The SCP Advantage’ onpage 2 for technical details).

The availability of SCP is a great boon toarchitects and owners of prestigiousbuildings, and for those whose homes aretheir prized possession. The principalbenefit is that SCP cladding will last thelife of the structure (80 years +) in thepristine condition in which they wereinstalled. All that is required is a mild soapand water wash two or three times a year.(See boxed item on Socony-Mobil Buildingwhich was cleaned for the first time in 40years!- Page 2)

These days many corporate buildings,hospitals, airports and malls in India sportmetallic cladding. Stainless steel willcertainly be costing more initially but giventhe well established durability of stainlesssteel to the environments in cities, whilestainless steel will last over the life of thebuilding in its pristine condition, other

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Socony-Mobil BuildingThe 42-storey Socony-Mobil Building wasbuilt in 1956. It was the world’s largestmetal-clad building at that time. Itsexterior uses 40,500 m2 of nickel-containing S30200 stainless steel. Theexterior was cleaned for the first time in1994 (nearly 40 years after installation).

A simple scrubbing with a mild non-acidic,non-abrasive detergent removed the dirtand grime of 40 years of exposure to New

Sustainable development:Stainless steel is the most recycledmaterial in the world – even more thanglass and paper. It is recycled almost100%. On an average, 60% of the chargegoing into the furnace for makingstainless steel is recycled material. Itdoes not need painting. During its servicelife, it does not deteriorate or give rise tocorrosion products.

Optical Flatness:The core of LDPE with stainless steelouter sheets makes the panelexceptionally stiff. This results in aproduct with very superior optical flatnesswhich the architects greatly value. Suchoptical flatness if not easily attained incase of plain metallic sheets unless oneuses substantially higher thicknesseslike 3 or 4 mm in order to avoidappearance of waviness (called ‘OilCanning’).

Impact and load resistance:Apart from high stiffness, this three - layercomposite panel greatly improves impact(dent) resistance. This makes SCP muchbetter suited for areas of heavy pedestrianmovements where accidents andvandalism are possible, compared tosofter materials like aluminium. Thisthree-layer composite also provides thepanel excellent torsion and bendingstrength for the exterior walls which tendto sway under wind loading.

Thermal Insulation:LDPE core has very good thermalinsulation properties. With stainlesssteel itself not being a good conductor ofheat, their combination in SCP gives a

product which is an ideal material forinsulating the interiors from externalheat.This directly results is huge savingson utility bills for air-conditioning.

Weathering ability:Stainless steel is unaffected by long-termexposure to ultraviolet rays and significantchanges in ambient temperature all yeararound. It can withstand extreme weatherconditions and not corrode, deteriorateor lose its sheen.

Fire resistance:Composite panels with a fire-resistantcore, in combination with the highresistance of stainless steel to hightemperature deformation, have excellentfire resistance characteristics. Even atflame temperature, stainless steel willretain half of its room temperaturestrength. The absence of paints avoidsnoxious fume generation.

Sound Insulation:Compared to plain metallic sheets, tiles,marble, granite and wood, SCP havemuch higher sound dampening abilityand greatly help in cutting down thetransmission of street level noises.

Easy, cost-effective installation:The coefficient of thermal expansion ofstainless steel is only three-fourths thatof aluminium. Because of the high levelof rigidity of SCP, there is no requirementof additional reinforcement or thermal/noise insulation. Installation becomes alot easier and cost-effective.

This article has been contributed by Mr.K R Ananthanarayanan, a stainless steelconsultant based in Bangalore.

The trapezoidal cladding used on the endwalls of the building is made from1.5 mm S31600 stainless steel. It has aNo. 4 finish giving it the low reflectivity,high-quality appearance which is sopopular with architects.

The building is washed twice a year, andthe stainless steel trapezoidal claddinglook as good as new. In comparison, theold aluminium curtain walling has beencompletely replaced with new. (Thismatter is extracted from a report in‘Nickel’ Magazine, 42 years after thebuilding was constructed.)

Forever YoungThe Thyssenhaus was one of the firststeel-framed, curtain–walled high risebuildings to be constructed in Europe.Designed by Dr. Ing. Hentrich in 1956with stainless steel cladding on twosides and aluminium curtain-walling onthe others, it quickly became the landmark building in Dusseldorf. Even today,it looks just the same as it did in 1956.

The SCP Advantage

Standing tall in its pristine glory with theChrysler Building’s gleaming stainlesssteel art deco in the background.

YOUNGER THAN ITS YEARS; Dusseldorf’sThyssenhaus as it appeared in 1956

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Socony-Mobil being cleaned.

York City’s atmosphere and restored thebuilding to its original luster.

metallic claddings will have to be totallyreplaced after a couple of decades. Whenyou consider this, stainless steelcomposite panels definitely cost muchless over the life of the buildings comparedto other metallic panels (See box itembelow ‘Forever Young’).

The installation of SCP on Ashok LeylandCorporate Headquarters in Guindy,Chennai, was done by M/s AmericanBuilding Technology (P) Ltd., 21,Alexandra Street, Richmond Town,Bangalore – 560 025; Tel 080 2223 7559.E-mail: blrindia@alubond.comWebsite: www.alubond.com

Architects: M/s Mani Chowfla Architects& Consultants, i-6 Maharani Bagh,New Delhi 110 065.

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‘Singara Chennai’ in Tamil means‘Beautiful Chennai’. ‘Singara Chennai’ isthe project of Chennai Corporation toenhance the image of the city. As a partof this exercise, Chennai Corporationhas replaced 10 existing traffic umbrellasin the city with modern and state-of-the-art stainless steel Traffic Umbrellas ona trial basis.

As you can observe from the photo, thenew stainless steel traffic umbrella givesa contemporary look and feel to the trafficintersection. This make-over is not justfor the looks. They add invaluablefacilities and comfort to trafficconstables. These include a cushioned360o rotating seating, concealed lightingand fan (which you need all year aroundin Chennai), a first aid box, a trafficcontrol console within comfortablereach, a utility cabinet for the constable,provision for displaying social/civicmessages, a public address system andmost important, a wind / dust / rain guardmade of clear acrylic sheets to protectconstables from the harsh environmentof Chennai.

Chennai Corporation seems to havemissed out on airconditioning and toiletfacility?Everything else has been takencare of for the constables to do their jobin relative comfort.

The old Traffic Umbrellas were justumbrellas stationed at intersections forpolicemen to regulate traffic. Trafficpolicemen were fully exposed to heat anddust, and rain during the monsoons. Noplace to sit, plus total exposure to noxiousexhausts of vehicles.

Chennai Corporation Beautifies City

M/s Sreevatsa Stainless SteelFabricators (P) Ltd“Sri Malola”, 174 G Habibullah Road,T.Nagar, Chennai 600 017.www.sreevatsastainless.com

The Stainless steel umbrellas arecompletely modular. These are easilytransported to, and assembled at site. Thegrade of stainless steel used is 304. Thebase, the support tubes and roof arefinished in No. 4 finish. The traffic consolecabinet, first aid box and utility cabinet inthe umbrella are also made of 304. Total

quantity of stainless steel per TrafficUmbrella is about 900 kg.Designed and fabricated by :

The Nickel Advantage -- NICKEL IN STAINLESS STEELThis publication by the Nickel Institutelooks in some detail at the role of nickelin stainless steel. What is its purpose?Why is it needed? We all appreciate thatwhen it comes to stainless steel, theselection of the correct grade is of utmostimportance. This document enlightensreaders in the area of material selectionand helps them appreciate why two-thirdsof stainless steel produced in the worldtoday contain nickel.

The aim of this document is to give acomprehensive technical view of thevarious advantages associated with the

10 such beautiful and efficient traffic umbrellas have been installed in Chennai

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use of nickel in stainless steel and alsoof nickel’s significant contribution tosustainability. This will be a very usefulreference book for those dealing withstainless steel.

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In order to minimize the buildup ofradioactive contaminants in the primarynuclear reactor-to-steam generation unit ofnuclear power plants, very high purity wateris circulated. Specifications limit the totaldissolved solids (TDS) in the water to onepart per million (ppm). The limit of 1 ppmis an order of magnitude less than in themost pristine fresh waters.

This limit of 1 ppm is so far below thesolubility of most common materials inwater that a new phrase, hungry water,was coined to describe the high level ofcorrosiveness of 1 ppm TDS high puritywater. This very hungry water dissolvesmost radioactive species, preventing theiraccumulation in the system.

To give an example, we make iron & steelout of iron ore, which is essentially madeof oxides of iron. By extracting oxygenfrom the ore, we get iron and steel. If steelis left in the atmosphere, it is desperate toreturn to its original form, that is, to goback to its natural state again, i.e.,become oxides of iron. We call thisphenomenon rusting. We see thishappening all the time with unprotectediron and steel surfaces in the presence of

leaving a frosty or etched appearance. Fewengineering materials, other than stainlesssteel, can contain 1ppm TDS water withoutlosing some species to the water andincreasing TDS. Clean stainless steel canhold 1 ppm water without measurableincrease in TDS over long periods of time.This ability to keep high purity water justthat – high purity – is a major reasonthat stainless steel has become thestandard material of construction fornuclear power plants.

The ability of stainless steel to hold highpurity water is due to the highly protective,tenacious and self-replenishing nature ofthe passive film that forms on stainlesssteel. The film is so thin (only a fewAngstroms (10-10 meters thick)) as to betransparent and, so readily formed, thatwhen scratched it reforms instantly in airor water, as long as there is any oxygenpresent.

Such very high purity water is also neededfor pharmaceutical plants, biologicallaboratories, hospitals and food processindustries. These industries use stainlesssteels extensively to ensure very high levelsof hygiene in their products and services.

“Hungry Water” necessitates use of stainless steel in Nuclear Power Plants

Stainlesss Steel Assures 120-year Life with “Zero Maintenance”

moisture. What we are seeing here is thehunger of purified iron for its original stateof being combined with oxygen. Similarly,the 1 ppm TDS highly purified water hasan extreme ”hunger” for impurities suchas minerals which exist in natural water.That is why most materials cannotwithstand the corrosiveness of “hungrywater”.

This water is such a good solvent for nearlyall materials that at this artificially depletedlevel, it will leach silica out of glass,

The Stonecutters Bridge is located acrossthe Rambler Creek at the entrance to oneof the busiest ports in the world, the KwaiChung container port in Hong Kong. Thisport has played and continues to play akey role in the economic and commercialsuccess of Hong Kong and China.Between the years 1987 and 2004, it wasrated 15 times as the busiest containerport in the world. In 2005-2007, it wasranked third busiest in the world behindShanghai and Singapore.

A bridge across the Rambler channel wasdesperately needed to reduce travel timebetween the new Hong Kong airport andKowloon—the commercial hub of HongKong. It was also needed for speeding themovement of containers to and from thePort.

The need for keeping the sea lanes clearfor passage of even the biggest ships, andat the same time providing quick roadtransportation from the airport to Kowloon,

posed a simple but gigantic question. Ifthe bridge were ever to be repaired, itwould certainly hold up or restrict thesea lanes. It would also congest cityroads. Such an eventuality couldseverely hurt Hong Kong and China’seconomy.

The solution was to build a long lastingbridge which would not need anymaintenance at all for 120 years; a ZEROmaintenance bridge.

This was achieved by using stainless steel304 grade reinforcement bars in theconcrete piers and the main towers’ splash

Mumbai also deserves a sturdy Sea-Link like this!

Stonecutters Bridge in Hong Kong

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Nuclear Power Generation – A growing market for stainless steel

“Zero maintenance” . . . From Page 4

zones. A total of 2,882 tonnes of rebar indiameters up to 50mm was used.

Hong Kong is prone to very strongtyphoon winds. Considering this, the twomain towers which rise 290m into thesky, had to be designed in concrete upto level 175m and a compositeconstruction consisting of inner concretecore with a stainless steel skin for thetop 120m. Stainless steel grade S32205was chosen to satisfy the rigorousstructural and surface finishrequirements. About 2,000 tonnes hotrolled plates of S32205 were used for thispurpose. It could be clearly seen that useof conventional steel structure above level+175m would have been too lively andlead to unacceptable vibrations of thestay cables.

Its deck will soar 75 meters above theentrance to Hong Kong’s Kwai Chungcontainer port, allowing large ocean linersto travel under it. When it is completed thisyear, the 1,600-meter-long StonecuttersBridge with a span of 1,018 meters andsoaring 290 meters into the sky will be akey component in China’s global tradeactivity. The combination of duplex towersand stainless steel reinforcing bar shouldresult in a bridge that will endure.

Compositions:S32205: C max. 0.03%; Cr 22.5%; Ni5.5%; Mo 3.2%; NitrogenS30400: C max 0.08%; Cr 19%; Ni 9%(Source: Excerpted from: The NickelAdvantage – Nickel in Stainless Steel,published by the Nickel Institute.)

According to a recent report in the Timesof India (April 12, 2009), India is planningto set up several massive nuclear powerparks. These will be located in Jaitapur inMaharashtra, Haripur in West Bengal,Patisonapur in Orissa, Mithirvirdi inGujarat and Kowadi in Andhra Pradesh.Six to eight reactors of 1,000-1,650 MWwill be installed at each nuclear park.Negotiations are in progress with fourglobal suppliers – GE-Hitachi, Toshiba-Westinghouse, Areva of France andAtomstroyeksport of Russia.

According to the analyst Mr. SwaminathanS. Ankalesaria Aiyar, “all foreign nuclearsuppliers will transfer technology andindigenize production in India. Mr. Aiyarexpects this because when South Koreaand China placed major orders for nuclearpower plants, they mandated transfer oftechnology and localization of equipmentthey manufacture”.

MNCs involved are also keen to set upjoint ventures in India because of the lowcost of production and availability oftechnical manpower. In addition, Westernmanufacturers find the construction costsof nuclear power plants spiraling, makingit less attractive to build new nuclearplants. One way to sustain resurgence ofthe nuclear power industry is to constructplants and establish nuclear partsproduction in low cost countries.

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Utmost effort is put into ensuring thatthere is no infringement of copyright orIPR. In spite of our best efforts,sometimes incorrect informationcreeps in, mainly because we havefaith in those who contribute articles/images for us. Any such error, if at all,is deeply regretted. If pointed out, wehave no qualms in admitting our errorand publish an apology in an effort toappease the aggrieved party.

DISCLAIMER

In the wake of sustainability concernsaround the world, nuclear power, untilrecently labeled “expensive and unsafe”,is suddenly seen as being essential toproduce emission-free electricity.Worldwide, the demand for nuclear powerequipment is expected to quadruple in thenext decade. The best way to meet thisdemand is to create much of theinfrastructure in countries such as Indiaand China, which have technical skills, lowcosts and large local demand.

Only one plant in France and one in Japancan make the giant forgings needed forlarge nuclear power plants. Bharat Forgeof India has recently signed a pact withAreva of France to manufacture nuclear

equipment – including giant forgings.Larsen & Toubro has signed a similarnuclear equipment deal with Mitsubishi.

Such an emerging scenario could makeIndia an exporter of nuclear equipmentapart from meeting its own growing needs.According to market analysts, 750 tonnesof stainless steel long products,essentially in the form seamless tubes,and 250 tonnes of flat products are neededfor every 500 MWe of nuclear powerproduced. Apparently stainless steelgrades AISI 304L, 316L and 347 willdominate. Nickel alloys such as 600 and690 are also used, depending on theseverity of service environment.

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ARCHITECT : M/s Ksm Consultants (P) Ltd, E Block, 6th Floor, Nelson Chambers,45/115 Nelson, Manickam Road, Chennai 600 029, www.ksmconsultants.comFABRICATOR : M/s Sreevatsa Stainless Steel Fabricators (P) Ltd, “Sri Malola”,174 G Habibullah Road, T.Nagar, Chennai 600 017, www.sreevatsastainless.com

The hanging mezzanine floor project wasexecuted for M/s Samson Lightingshowroom in Chennai. This showroom ofM/s Samson Lighting is the biggestlighting showroom in India. More than2,000 variants of lighting fixtures aredisplayed over a 10,000 square feet area.

Being a lighting showroom, the architectconceived the mezzanine floor as a verylight-weight structure that could be hungfrom the ceiling, thereby avoiding anyvertical supports on the floor. The structurenot only hangs, it also has glass flooringto make it more transparent, allowing lightto diffuse all over.

Vertical rods suspended from the ceilinghave modular holders for the top railingand supports for the vertical glass, allmade of stainless steel AISI 304. TheISMC section for the base was made ofmild steel for cost reasons and painted tosilver to match stainless steel. Thestaircase is also designed to be as sleekas possible with the main structure lasercut and assembled with modularmachined components. The treads of thestaircase are of glass.

Hanging Mezzanine Floor for a Lighting Showroom

Samson Lighting Showroom at Choolai, Chennai

Practical Guidelines for Fabrication of SS409M

Very large quantities of stainless steel409M are being produced and fabricatedin India. The main application areas arewagons for the railways, and materialhandling equipment in sugar, cement andcoal & mineral processing. Our estimateis that India may have used over1,50,000 Tonnes of this grade of stainlesssteel in 2008-09.

409M is a dual phase lean stainless steelcontaining about 11.5% Cr and < 1%Nickel which is also a thick-sectionweldable grade. Since many of theengineers and workers engaged infabrication of this grade may be relativelynew to this material, ISSDA has produced

Live coverage ofpresentations made at

Nickel Institute’sworkshop on materials forthe Petroleum Refining,

Petrochemicals and Ureaproduction held in

December 2008 is nowavailable on DVD.

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a publication titled ‘PRACTICALGUIDELINES FOR THE FABRICATIONOF SS 409M’. This is available free ofcharge.

For obtaining a free copy, mail to:nissda@gmail.com with your completepostal address.

For easy access, this 8-page documentcan also be downloaded from our website:www.stainlessindia.org

ISSDA is thankful to the author of thispublication Mr. K R Ananthanarayanan forfreely sharing his expertise, time andenergy for the benefit of the stainless steelfabrication industry in India.Mr. Ananthanarayanan was formerly withthe Steel Authority of India (Salem SteelPlant) for long years in the Product andApplications Department. During histenure there, Mr. Ananthanarayananinitiated and saw through the developmentof this lean stainless steel grade and itsuse in railway wagons and otherapplications.

About 3 tonnes of stainless steel, 2.5 T carbon steel and 1 tonne of glasswere used in this project.

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New Stainless Steel Products for the Indian Market

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Since 1984, Grind Master has developeda wide range of machines for metalfinishing. With a state of the art designand manufacturing facility, spread over50,000 sq. feet in the city of Aurangabad,India, Grind Master offers you world classproducts and services.

We are committed to provide youcomplete solution which comprises of TheTools, The Machine & The Process. Wemanufacture widest range of CentrelessMachines including low cost LMCLModels with fixed Vertical Belt Headsused by Fabricators, Railing & balustradeand furniture manufacturers to high valuesophisticated FH series used by S.S.Tube, hard chrome bars and hydrauliccylinder makers. Various models areoffered from heavy grinding high stockremoval, applications to super finishingapplications to achieve 0.05 micron Ra.

The machines are modular and areconfigured to suit individual requirements.

The unique design of pneumaticallyfloating type belt grinding headensures uniform grinding pressureeven on the bent tubes. Advancedfeatures like Automatic Tube sizesetting and auto wheel wearcompensation, make our machinesextremely user friendly and processcontrolled to give absoluteconsistency in finishing results.

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Omkar Foundries is a third generationfamily-run engineering unit. M/sDandekar Brothers was the name of theengineering unit in Sangli started twogenerations ago.

The new unit Omkar Foundries wasstarted in 1983 in MIDC Area Sangli. From1983 to 1995, Omkar Foundries produceonly cast iron castings. In 1996, thefoundry started making steel & stainlesssteel castings, mainly for the pumps &valves industries. All grades of stainlesssteel castings are made by our unit.

OMKAR FOUNDRIES

Contact Details:R G DANDEKAR, Partner.M/s OMKAR FOUNDRIESPlot J-1 MIDC KupwadSANGLI-416436. MaharashtraTel : (0233) 2644791, Fax: (0233) 2644619.email: omkarfoundreis@rediffmail.com

Sunshine Fasteners is one of the leadingFasteners manufacturing units in India.Established in 1992 in highlyindustrialised Gujarat State of India, ourproducts are well known in the field ofStainless Steel Fasteners.

The company is having Manufacturingfacilities divided in four divisions:

• Wire Preparation Plant

• Nuts Manufacturing Division

• Bolts/Screws & MachineScrews Manufacturing Division

• Self Tapping Screws & WoodScrews Manufacturing Division

Our Strength is 125 highly trained andexperienced manpower including qualifiedengineers and a team of technicalprofessionals.

Our Motto is ‘VALUE FOR MONEY ANDSERVICE TO INDUSTRY’

Sunshine Fasteners is engaged inproducing Stainless Steel Fastenersbasically used in various sectors likeAutomotive, Chemical Process,Appliances, Engineering, Electronics,Construction, Battery, Telecom, Pump,Power, Defence, Valves, Railways etc.

We believe in quality control at everystage of business cycle, viz. Marketing-Designing-Planning-Purchasing-Receiving-Inspection-Manufacturing/Process Control – Finished Product

Inspection – Shipping – Credit Control.

A Quality Task Force headed by a highlyqualified and experienced person hasbeen set up to train and to educate thework force for adopting modern qualitycontrol techniques like- SQC, QualityCircles, 5S, Kaizen etc..

Sunshine Fasteners constantly strives toupgrade its processes and incorporatesInternational Development Standardsthrough customer feedback and marketrequirements.

Manufacturing Facilities:

1. Manufactured at the most modernfasteners plant in India.

2. The plant has complete in–housemanufacturing facility as well as toolroom.

3. State of the art cold forging in Multistation fully automatic machines.

4. Superb Thread Rolling, Testing(Physical, Chemical & Non Destructive)

5. Passivation/Plating, SpecialOperations like Slotting, Assembly etcare all done in-house.

Quality and Reliability :

Committed to precision and excellence,Sunshine ensures that every fastenerproduced at its plant matches and inmany cases; surpasses in minutestdetail to those made by othermanufacturers anywhere in the world.

Our specialty is in impellers & pumpcasings. We also specialize in newlydeveloped ceramic moulded castings. Wealso manufacture Ni-Hard castings for dustcollectors. Our valuable customers are M/s Kirloskar Brothers Limited, KirloskarEbara Pumps Ltd., Thermax Ltd., andTushaco Pumps Ltd.

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The main key factor of early success ofSunshine Fasteners is the primary focuson customers satisfaction, continuousimprovements and growth, all becominga way of life at Sunshine Fasteners.

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BEML Bags Bangalore MetroOrders

BEML has bagged the prestigious orderfrom Bangalore Metro Rail CorporationLimited (BMRCL) for the supply of 150metro coaches valued around Rs.1,672.50 crores. BEML is also likely toget an additional order for 63 metrocoaches for further expansion andextension of proposed Metro lines inBangalore city.

BEML is in possession of yet anotherprestigious order worth about Rs. 1,365crores for the supply of metro rail coachesto Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)for its Phase – III project. Apart from this,BEML has also indigenously developedstainless steel coaches to the IndianRailway’s EMU services in Chennai andMumbai. The company also hopes togarner sizeable export business in metrorail coaches from the Philippines and SriLanka, apart from tapping the potential forsupply to emerging centres in Tier-II citiesof the country. BEML is also pursuing toset up “National R&D Centre ofExcellence” for Metro rail products withCentral Government funding to the tune ofRs. 125 crores.

News on Opportunities for Stainless Steels

Kochi Metro Rail getsGovernment nod

The Kerala government has approved theproposed Rs. 3,048 crore Kochi Metro Railproject and sanctioned Rs 50 lakh to setup an office at Kochi. The project will beon similar lines to the Delhi Metro RailCorporation. It will be a joint venturebetween the state and the centre. Theproject will cover a 26 km stretch betweenTripunithura and Aluva and is expected tobe completed in three years.

Chennai Metro Rail Project –first phase approved

The Cabinet has approved the ChennaiMetro Rail Project Phase – I, comprisingtwo corridors, covering a length of 45.046km at a cost of Rs. 14,600 crore. Thiswill be executed through ‘The ChennaiMetro Rail Corporation Ltd, a jointownership SPV of Government of India andState Government of Tamilnadu, on a 50-50 equity basis. The Detailed ProjectReport (DPR) for this was done by DelhiMetro Rail Corporation Ltd for setting upa world-class state of the art Metro RailSystem in Chennai on the pattern of DelhiMetro. The total length to be covered was

45.046 km in two corridors [23.085 km(underground: 14.300 km + 8.785 km)]from Washermanpet to Chennai Airportwith total stations 18 and [21.961 km(underground 9.695 km + 12.266 km)] fromChennai Central to Saint Thomas Mount.

BEML’s Defence equipmentunit in Palakkad

BEML is setting up an Rs 266 croremanufacturing complex at Kanjikode inPalakkad district of Kerala. The newcomplex will be a dedicated Centre for themanufacture of Defence equipmentsincluding Mil Wagons, Floating Bridges,parts and aggregates for Rail & MetroCars. This centre will also be exclusivebase for the manufacture of indigenouslydesigned and developed Aluminum andstainless steel 100 ton freight wagons.

Architect Appointed forModernizing New Delhi

Railway Station

The Indian Railways is the largest railwaysystem in the world under one ownership.This system has about 8,000 railwaystations. As part of the ongoing processfor modernizing the entire railway systemincluding rolling stock, comfort levels ofpassengers, safety systems etc., therailway stations will also be upgraded allover the country. This will beaccomplished over a period of time.

The New Delhi Railway Station will be thefirst to get this world class look amongstMetro Cities. UK-based architect Sir TerryFarrell has been appointed as the architectand technical consultant for preparing themaster plan and feasibility report for NewDelhi Station.

Sir Terry Farrell has the reputation ofhaving done Hong Kong’s KowloonStation.

New Delhi station is spread over 87hectares of prime land in the centre ofDelhi. Indian Railways plan to earnsubstantial revenue by leasing out the areaaround the station for commercialdevelopment.

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