Top 10 Steel Fabrication Companies in India

by David Swift Content Crafter

Steel Fabrication is the process involving the transformation of raw steel into a product or item that can be used in construction or assembly. Steel is considered an alloy of iron and other metals. There are a wide variety of different kinds of steel, which are used in structural and fabrication operations. Essentially, fabrication is basically making the metal into the shape that you need. Steel fabrication involves taking raw materials and shaping them to the desired form.

The raw materials are melted down and mixed into steel before being constructed into the desired shape. The process requires a skilled technician who has experience in taking raw components and transforming them into marketable items, and there is often very little room for error. Industrial facilities use steel fabrication to create everything from vehicular parts to household appliances.

The basic methods of fabrication include cutting or burning, forming, machining, or welding. Let's look at these briefly.

Machining – this process involves using a specialized piece of equipment to shave away parts of the metal to make it into the shape that is needed. Some of the tools involved include lathes, mills, and drills.
Welding – this is a common form of steel fabrication. Welding is used to bend or combine pieces to make them one piece.
Cutting – usually involved water jet cutting, an abrasive process that uses high-pressure water to cut virtually any material with a high level of precision and no distortion.

Iron fabrication in India dates back to 1800 BCE and it is in India that metal fabrication first began. Modern steelmaking in India however, began with the setting of the first blast furnace in Kutli in 1870 and production began in 1874 and this was set up by Bengal Iron Works.

TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company), India’s first among the private structural fabrication companies that was set up by Dorabji Tata in 1907 in Jamshedpur which is colloquially known as Tata City. It was part of his father’s conglomerate and by 1939 it had become the largest steel plant in the British Empire accounting for a significant proportion of pig iron and steel being produced at the time. India has come a long way since then and is a major world hub for steel manufacturing and fabrication. Following are the top ten heavy structural fabrication companies in India:

1. Mittal Steel – Mittal Arcelor Group

Mittal Steel is a global player in the iron and steel industry. Headquartered in Luxemburg City, it was formed after the 2006 takeover of the Arcelor Group by Mittal Steel that is owned by Lakshminiwas Mittal. It has an annual turnover of $7 Billion.

2. Tata Iron & Steel Company (TISCO) - Tata Group

A subsidiary of the Tata Group, TISCO is a multi-national steel-making company based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand and headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is an annual turnover of over $22 Billion.

3. JSW Steel – Jindal Group

JSW Steel Ltd. Is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra and is a subsidiary of the JSW Group. It is one of the fastest growing companies in India with a global footprint in over 140 countries.

4. SAIL – Steel Authority of India

Steel Authority of India is Indian state-owned steel making company based in New Delhi. It is a public sector undertaking, owned and operated by the Government of India.

5. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam – Vizag Steel

Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant is the integrated steel plants of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. which was founded by the Government of India in 1971. It focuses on the production of value-added steel.

6. Bhushan Steel – Tata Steel BSL

Founded in 1987, Bhushan Steel now Tata Steel BSL is the largest manufacturer of auto-grade steel in the country.

7. VISA Steel

VISA Steel was founded in 1996 and is based out of Kalinganagar Industrial Complex, Odisha and runs along with an MoU with the state.

8. Essar Steel – Essar Group

ESSAR Steel India Ltd. Is a fully integrated steel producer and steel mill in Hazira in Surat, Gujarat. Founded in 1976, it is a part of the diversified Essar Group Holdings.

9. FACOR Steels – Ferro Alloys Corporation

The Ferro Alloys Corporation Limited was floated in 1955 by the house of Sarafs and Mors to become the first major producer of ferromanganese in India. Setup in 1956 it based in Sriramnagar, Garividi, Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh.

10. Mahindra Ugine – Sanyo Special Steel – Nppon Steel

Founded in 1962, Mahindra Ugine Steel is a manufacturer of speciality steel, stampings and rings. Part of the Mahindra Group, is headquartered in Mumbai, India.