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jInDAl stAInlEss sEts uP FIrst DEDICAtED FACIlItY
For rAIlWAYs In Chennai

ew facility will supply stainless components were supplied to Indian The Company is expecting initial revenue of
steel components to Integral Railways from the Jindal Stainless' Pathredi nearly Rs 100 crore annually from this
NCoach Factory, Chennai. Jindal unit in Haryana. facility. Revenue is expected to touch nearly
Stainless Sets Up First Dedicated Facility Rs 300 crore annually once the enhanced
Jindal Stainless Sets Up First Dedicated
For Railways In Chennai. Demonstrating its capacity reaches 7200 tonnes.
Facility For Railways In Chennai
robust engagement with the Indian
The operations of this railway facility will be
Railways, Jindal Stainless, through its
Inaugurating this facility in presence of
subsidiary JSL Lifestyle Limited, managed by highly skilled workers with
senior railway officials, Managing Director,
commissioned its first dedicated facility for expertise in railway fabrication. In fact,
JSL Lifestyle Limited, Ms Deepika Jindal
Railways in Chennai. Spread over two
said, “Jindal Stainless' relationship with the Jindal Stainless was the major supplier of
acres in the Industrial Estate, Maraimalai
Indian Railways is almost two decades old. stainless steel for coach body of the
Nagar, this new railway facility will supply
We have further strengthened it by setting- recently launched Vande Bharat Express,
high quality stainless steel components with
up our facility in Chennai, and expect to India's fastest train, which too was
'just-in-time' delivery to the Integral Coach
conquer several new milestones in this manufactured at ICF Chennai facility.
Factory (ICF), Chennai for production of
journey. Our association with Railways rests
railway coaches. Over the next 4-5 years, Railways plans to
upon the strong foundation of high quality,
and our products have always set the produce around 10,000 stainless steel
This facility is equipped with state-of-the-art coaches annually. A stainless steel coach
benchmark.
robotic spot welding guns which function in
not only enhances safety due to high impact
the most precise and consistent manner. Currently, we have begun our operations resistance, but is also fire and corrosion
These automated guns complete the with around 4800 tonnes of fabrication resistant, thereby drastically reducing
welding task faster, resulting in timely annually and will ramp it up to 7200 tonnes casualties in cases of accident/ collision.
delivery of stainless steel components with in a couple of years.” This railway facility will
minimum distortions. produce railway coach sub-assemblies like The stainless steel material produced by
side-wall, roof arch, trough floor and Jindal Stainless for railway coaches is
The proximity of this unit to ICF Chennai will
retention tanks for ICF, Chennai. These already tested and approved by Research
ensure just-in-time deliveries for Indian
components will be used in LHB (Linke Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO).
Railways, and low inventory costs will help
Hofmann Busch) model coaches and other
in improved cost efficiency. Earlier, these
variants.
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