Bright Bars

Bright bar capacity at Viraj today is around 3,000 tpm, with forged bar capacity around 1,500 tpm. In a major project currently underway, a new facility is being set up for diameters below 100mm, with investment in equipment including new Schumags and new grinding machines, as well as new storage and packing areas. When these new facilities are completed, scheduled to be within the next six to nine months, production of bright bar alone (including angles, bars, flats, beams and channels) at Viraj will increase to around 4,000 tpm. In addition, plans are already in place to put in new peeling facilities due for start-up near the end of next year, adding another 1,000 tpm to bar capacity.As a result, ultimately, by the end of 2008, Viraj will have in place a total capacity for bar, in the size range 3mm to 300mm, of around 7,000 tpm.