Praxir India bags second major on-site contract from Tata Steel

New Delhi, May 24 (UNI) Praxair India today announced it has bagged its second major on-site contract from Tata Steel, to build and operate two on-site industrial gas plants at its steel plant at Jamshedpur.

Praxair India will build, own and operate two cryogenic air separation plants, each with a capacity of 700 metric tons per day [MTPD] to meet Tata Steel's gas requirements.

In addition to meeting Tata Steel's oxygen, nitrogen and argon requirements, these plants may also meet the growing demand for liquid gases from customers in eastern and northern India.

These plants will be commissioned by early 2008 well in time for the on going 1.8 million metric tons expansion of this plant.

In October 2005, Praxair commissioned an 875 MTPD plant at Jamshedpur to supply Tata Steel's needs.

"We have confidence that Praxair will once again meet the quality and reliability expectations of Tata Steel, in the supply of cryogenic gases required to meet the capacity expansions called for in our corporate plan," Tata Steel Ltd Deputy Managing Director (Steel) Dr Tridibesh Mukherjee said.

"This contract with Tata Steel recognises Praxair's overall capabilities and high level of service and safety standards," said Praxir India Managing director Mr John Panikar said.

Praxair India was recently awarded a contract by Steel Authority of India [SAIL] to build and operate an on-site industrial gas plant with a capacity of 700 MTPD SAIL's steel plant in Durgapur, north of Kolkata.

Tata Steel is Asia's first and India's largest integrated private sector steel company. It plans to increase its production from 5 million tonnes to 15 million tonnes, by 2010.

Praxair India, headquartered at Bangalore, is the largest industrial gas producer.

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