OREANDA-NEWS. Tata Steel was conferred the IEI Industry Excellence award in the category of Business Excellence and Industry Practices in Manufacturing & Processing (Category - Turnover of Rs. 1000 cr and above) at the inaugural function of 29th Indian Engineering Congress held on 19th December' 2014 at Hyderabad. The ceremony was organised by The Institution of Engineers, India.

The award was received by Mr B K Das, Vice President, Coke Sinter & Iron, Tata Steel on behalf of the company from His Excellency, Mr E S L Narsimhan, Honorable Governor, State of Andhra Pradesh and Telengana.

About IEI Industry Excellence

The IEI Industry Excellence Award has been instituted to recognize industry leaders for their innovation, excellence in engineering operations and thereby to lead their industry in competitive manner. Realizing that such industries can provide the leadership to a large number of other industries in the country, it has been considered appropriate by the IEI Council to launch the IEI Industry Excellence Awards in the year 2008.

About Tata Steel

Established in 1907 as Asia's first integrated private sector steel company, Tata Steel Group is among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of nearly 30 million tonnes per annum (MnTPA). It is now the world's second-most geographically-diversified steel producer, with operations in 26 countries and a commercial presence in over 50 countries. The Tata Steel Group, with a turnover of US\$ 24.81 billion in FY 14, has over 80,000 employees across five continents and is a Fortune 500 company. The Group's vision is to be the world's steel industry benchmark in "Value Creation" and "Corporate Citizenship" through the excellence of its people, its innovative approach and overall conduct. Underpinning this vision is a performance culture committed to aspiration targets, safety and social responsibility, continuous improvement, openness and transparency. In 2008, Tata Steel India became the first integrated steel plant in the world, outside Japan, t.o be awarded the Deming Application Prize 2008 for excellence in Total Quality Management. In 2012, Tata Steel became the first integrated steel company in the world, outside Japan, to win the Deming Grand Prize 2012 instituted by the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers.