that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . july 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message jsw steel ltd. type public company traded as bse 500228 nse jswsteel industry steel founded 1982 founder sajjan jindal chairman headquarters mumbai maharashtra india area served worldwide key people sheshagiri rao mvs dr.vinod nowal products steel flat steel products long steel products wire products plates revenue 485.27 billion us 7.2 billion 2013 14 1 profit 13.34 billion us 200 million 2013 14 1 number of employees 11103 parent jsw group subsidiaries ispat industries ltd website www.jsw.in jsw steel ltd. bse 500228 nse jswsteel the flagship company of over 11 billion jsw group jsw steel is one of india s leading integrated steel manufacturers with a capacity of 18 mtpa . it is one of the fastest growing companies in india with a footprint in over 140 countries . jsw steel is an indian steel company owned by the jsw group based in mumbai maharashtra india . 2 jsw steel after merger of ispat steel has become india s second largest private sector steel company . the current installed capacity is 18 mtpa . 3 a 11 billion conglomerate with presence across india usa south america & africa the jsw group is a part of the o.p. jindal group with strong footprints across core economic sectors namely steel energy infrastructure cement ventures and sports . 4 jsw s history can be traced back to 1982 when the jindal group acquired piramal steel limited which operated a mini steel mill at tarapur in maharashtra and renamed it as jindal iron and steel company jisco . 5 the group set up its first steel plant in 1982 at vasind near mumbai . soon after it acquired piramal steel ltd. which operated a mini steel mill at tarapur in maharashtra . the jindals who had wide experience in the steel industry renamed it as jindal iron and steel co. ltd. jisco . jindal vijayanagar steel ltd. jvsl was set up in 1994 with its plant located at toranagallu in the bellary hospet area of karnataka the heart of the high grade iron ore belt and spread over 3 700 acres 15 km2 of land . it is just 340 kilometres 210 mi from bangalore and is well connected with both the goa and chennai port . in 2005 jisco and jvsl merged to form jsw steel ltd. jsw steel has also formed a joint venture for steel plant in georgia . the company has also tied up with jfe steel corp japan for manufacturing the high grade automotive steel . the company has also acquired mining assets in republic of chile united states and mozambique . contents 1 history 2 facilities 2.1 vijayanagar works 2.2 salem works 2.3 dolvi works 2.4 vasind works 2.5 tarapur works 2.6 kalmeshwar works 3 products 4 competitors 5 references 6 external links history edit in 1994 jindal vijayanagar steel jvsl was set up with its plant located at toranagallu in the bellary hospet area in the state of karnataka the heart of the high grade iron ore belt and spread over 10 000 acres 40 km2 of land . 6 over a decade . it also set up a plant at salem with an annual capacity of 1 million tonne . it is on the threshold of a major expansion plan of adding 3.2 million tons per annum to its at vijayanagar plant to achieve 11 mtpa by 2011 . it has established a strong presence in the global value added steel segment with the acquisition of a steel mill in us and a service center in united kingdom . jsw steel has also formed a joint venture for setting up a steel plant in georgia . the company has further acquired iron ore mines in chile and coal mines in usa & mozambique.the current manufacturing capacity of company is 18 mtpa . 7 in aug 2014 it acquired welspun maxsteel ltd in a deal valued at around 1 000 crores . 8 jsw has already acquired 3 mtpa hot rolling plant in dolvi maharashtra earlier named ispat industries ltd . facilities edit vijayanagar works edit india s first 12 mtpa steel plant at single location the fastest growing steel plant in india . the jsw steel vijayanagar plant is the first integrated steel plant to reach 12 mtpa capacity in a single location . it is the first in india to use the corex technology for hot metal production.now other steel plants are coping the same . the first hot strip mill at vijayanagar was commissioned in 1997 . since then it has grown exponentially and now has an installed capacity to produce 12 mtpa of steel . located at a remote village toranagallu part of under developed north karnataka in the bellary hospet iron ore belt of karnataka the fully integrated steel plant is well connected with both the goa krishnapatnam mangalore and chennai ports . citation needed unique features regarded as the world s corex showpiece citation needed ; it was the first greenfield project in india and among the first in the world to have successfully used this technology to produce green steel houses india s largest blast furnace and the widest hot strip mill the only plant in india with pair cross technology and twin stand reversible cold rolling mill the highest productivity steel plant in india producing 800 plus tonnes per person per annum recognized for its zero effluent discharge status ; it reuses more than 95 per cent of process waste low carbon footprint as it recycles 96 % of coke oven gas for power generation uses sophisticated ambient air control infrastructure beyond and has reduced gas flaring to lower levels . salem works edit jsw acquired siscol in the year 2004 a sick unit at that time . quick turnaround of the plant was achieved by expanding capacity from 0.3 mt to 1 mt and switching over to value added products . unique features complete product range rounds 5.5 to 180 mm rcs 55 to 265 mm flats 60 to 101 series dsir approved r & d centre with sophisticated modern equipments . online automatic inspection and testing facilities for rounds and rcs up to 160 high precision rolling reducing and sizing block in bar and rod mill dolvi works edit the 5 mtpa integrated steel plant at dolvi maharashtra majority stake acquired in 2010 is an inherent part of jsw steel . this is indian s first and only operating conarc technology plant . located on the west coast of india the plant has a jetty with a capacity of 10 million tonnes per annum . this provides the unit with logistical advantages in importing raw materials and savings on freight cost . the unit is connected through rail road and sea and has given the jsw steel a strategic presence in western india . the dolvi plant caters to several industries including automotive projects and construction machinery lpg cylinder makers cold rollers oil and gas sector and consumer durables . unique features the dolvi plant is the first in india to adopt a combination of conarc technology for steel making and compact strip production csp for producing hot rolled coils . the main feature of csp is thin slab casting . it can produce coils with thickness as low as 1.0 mm . hr coils produced at dolvi are feed material for the two jsw steel cold rolling and downstream facilities at vasind and tarapur . vasind works edit the vasind plant focuses on jsw branded high end steel products.it sources hr steel coils from the dolvi and vijayanagar plants to manufacture value added branded steel products such as galvanised steel plain and corrugated products as well as color coated products . the journey that started in 1982 with the commissioning of a 20 high cold rolling mill has turned into a full fledged complex with cold rolling hot rolling galvanizing and colour coating facilities . galvanized steel from vasind is a market leader in both domestic and international markets . the unit exports mainly to the usa europe and middle east asia and south african continent . the plant has a total capacity of 0.45 mtpa in galvanized and cold rolled products 0.225 mtpa color coated products and hot rolled plates manufacturing facility . unique features part of india s largest coated product producer and exporter of galvanized steel . manufacturer of appliance grade color coated products a revolutionary product in the indian steel industry which will replace imported steel in the manufacture of white goods in india . it has one of the plant that acquired in jsw . turn around delivery time within three weeks of demand . tarapur works edit the tarapur plant marks one of the first milestones for jsw steel . this plant was originally inaugurated on 11 may 1974 by hon. vasant rao naik the then chief minister of maharashtra . the plant was acquired by late shri o. p. jindal on 9 november 1982 from piramal steel limited and renamed jindal iron and steel company . the plant offers coated products catering to several sectors . tarapur plant specializes in galvanizing galvalume and color coated steels . it is india s largest producer and exporter of coated products . the tarapur plant has five cold rolling mills and five coated strip divisions which include two dual pot galvanizing cum galvalume lines two color coated lines and a 30 mw captive power plant . it has a total capacity of 0.75 mtpa including ongoing projects and sources coils from the vijayanagar and dolvi plants to manufacture value added branded steel products . unique features the tarapur plant is specialized for the ultra thin coated products . the tarapur plant features two dual product lines for galvanized cum galvalume with a coating capacity of 0.45 mtpa . it also has 30 mw captive power plant cpp to meet the power requirement of both tarapur and vasind plant . tarapur has a zero discharge facility having a multi effect evaporator system for effluent treatment . it has a unique service center facility to meet the customized requirement of various segment like export oem retail for their cut sheet corrugation and profiling requirement it has also installed rainwater harvesting system to meet its water requirement . kalmeshwar works edit one of the downstream operations of jsw steel is executed from kalmeshwar . the kalmeshwar plant has a pickling line two rolling mills two galvanizing lines two color coating lines a galvalume line six slitting and 7 cut to length lines two profiling lines and a tile profiling line . it was earlier ispat industries . unique features zero liquid discharge facility products edit hot rolled product cold rolled product galvanised product pre painted galvanised product electrolytic tinplate tmt bars wire rods & special steel products color coated products competitors edit competitors of jsw steel are tata steel essar steel and sail.electrotherm steel india ltd. references edit a b c bse plus . bseindia.com . retrieved 2014 09 05 . get in touch with jsw group companies . jsw.in . retrieved 2010 12 23 . jsw steel has become the second largest steel producer in the country after state owned steel authority of india sail . economictimes.com . retrieved 2013 06 03 . jsw group one of the fastest growing business house . jsw.in . retrieved 2010 12 23 . jsw steel ltd. is one among the largest indian steel companies in india today . jsw.in . retrieved 2010 12 23 . 1 http www.jsw.in companies company jswsteel.shtml welspun max steel sold . bloomberg tv india . external links edit official website v t e steel industry of india companies steel bhushan steel bramhani industries essar steel goel tmt ispat industries ltd