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Company History
The
company was incorporated in 1920 and the site
chosen was Golmuri, Jamshedpur. The first steel
plate of Tinplate gauge was rolled on 18th Dec
1922 at the Hot Dip Plant (HDP) producing Hot
Dip Tinplate, from tin bars supplied by Tata Steel
and this continued till 1979 albeit with capacity
enhancements. For 50 years, TCIL thus almost single-handedly
built up the Indian Tinplate Industry.
To keep
pace with technological developments, TCIL was
the first to set up a combination line capable
of producing both Electrolytic Tinplate (ETP)
and Tin Free Steel (TFS). This plant, the first
of its kind in India, was commissioned in 1978
and commenced production in January 1979. In 1982,
Tata Steel bought the shareholding of Burmah Oil,
the then major shareholder and took over the management
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First
hot-rolled tin sheet- 1922 |
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Annealing Bay -
1972 |
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In
1991-92, TCIL undertook backward integration to
setup a Cold Rolling Mill (CRM) for production
of TMBP Coils based on Hot Rolled Coil supplies
from Tata Steel which was also setting up its
Hot Strip Mill (HSM) at the same time. The CRM
was thus a strategic fit for TCIL with Tata Steel.
The Cold Rolling Mill (CRM) was commissioned in
1996-97 but with heavy time and cost over-runs,
the company started incurring severe losses. A
turnaround strategy was developed with the objective
of ensuring Revival and Setting Fundamentals Right,
and implemented during the financial years of
1997-2001. The basic elements of this strategy
were:
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Operational Improvements |
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Financial Restructuring |
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Hot Dip Plant(HDP) phase out and downsizing |
Since April
1998, TCIL operates under a conversion arrangement
with Tata Steel for its business.
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Today,
TCIL is the only indigenous manufacturer
of value-added Tinplate and TFS for processed
food, battery, dairy product, beverage and
soft drink crown caps in both single reduced
and double reduced forms. The establishment
of the Solution Centre in December 2005
should provide further impetus to its business
purpose of being a cost-effective metal
packaging solutiom provider with focus on
innovation and consumer convenience.
The
solution centre will facilitate the process
of building solutions for end-use customers
i.e.fillers/food processors, complement
the efforts of can fabricators across the
country and develop R&D capabilities.TCIL
with its continuing yen for quality, productivity,
cost-effectiveness and customer service,
looks forward to the future with confidence.
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