Vijayanagar Works

Vijaynagar works was the first Greenfield project in world to use Corex technology to produce steel. On February 18,2009 India largest Blast Furnace of 2.8MT capacity was commissioned here. With this commissioning, JSW Steel become the largest private sector steel producer in India with 7.8MT capacity. It is also in the advance stage of setting up of 5MTPA state of the act Hot Strip Mill which will be commissioned in the second half of fiscal 2009-10. The next phase of expansion taking the total production to 10mtpa plant at Vijayanagar Works is also under implementation. It will be commissioned in fiscal 2010-11. This makes it among the fastest growing steel plant in the world.

It's eco-friendly approach has also led to the development of Vijayanagar into a modern township. Enveloped by acres of greenery and maintained by JSW, Vijayanagar is prospering by leaps and bounds. Be it education, career opportunity or women empowerment, the Company's initiative has gone a long way in making Vijayanagar the success that it is today.

It is here that all began. A new chapter was written in the history of Indian Steel Industry when JSW made its foray at Vasind in 1982 and setup a 20 Hi CR mill. JSW then acquired a mini steel mill, which moved on to become JSW Steel Ltd.

Apart from being a leading manufacturer of cold rolled and color coated steel, Tarapur and Vasind works is today India’s biggest producer & largest exporter of galvanized steel. At Vasind Works, the Company has recently launched GALVALUME, a revolutionary product in the steel industry. Its strategic location, with access to the major ports of Mumbai, markets and raw material sources has worked to its advantage.

The total capacity of Vasind and Tarapur Works is 0.9 MTPA of Galvanised, GALVALUME & Colour Coated Cold Rolled products.

As JSW grew phenomenally, it also steered Tarapur and Vasind towards newer horizon of prosperity. Apart from providing more jobs, JSW actively participates and organizes various social and cultural activities to make lives richer. The region is now cleaner happier and even more beautiful. Better health initiative, promotion of sports & education are few of the development initiative that has gained in JSW presence

JSW group acquired the Company and took over the Management from November 2004. Salem Works is the only integrated steel plant in Tamil Nadu and is located at Pottaneri/M. Kalipatti villages and at about 35 kms from Salem.

As part of the JSW group, the plant underwent a dramatic transformation and started making profits from the first year onwards. Today, it has become the first 1 MTPA integrated steel plant in Tamil Nadu.

The Company is having facilities for production of Pig Iron, Steel, Billet and Rolled Steel products in the long product category. The present capacity is being expanded to one million tones per annum. It has adopted the Sinter plant – Blast furnace – Energy Optimising Furnace – Ladle Furnace, Vacuum Degassing Continuous Casting Machine – bar and rod mill route with iron ore as the basic input material. It also has plants for generation of power and production of oxygen.

Salem Works is highly environment conscious and the process and technology is designed for reusing and recycling the process waste. We have an expanding green belt to provide a green environment.

Products of Salem Works have the hallmark of quality and combined with competitive pricing, they are highly preferred in automobile and construction sectors.