PSL Ltd has commissioned its new pipe mill unit
at Kandla on the west coast of Gujarat. With initial phase of the project
commissioned, the company will make the pipe mill fully operational by the third
quarter of financial year 2005-06 wherein it will add the capacity of 3.6 lakh
tonnes to the company's existing capacity of 6.75 lakh tonnes and will boost the
export market of the company.
The effort to increase production capacity is in
response to rising regional infrastructure development activities, rising demand
for water and gas pipeline in the region.
The technology used for the new pipe mill in
Gujarat has been acquired from German engineering company Management Engineering
GmbH.