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| foundation          = {{Start date and age|13 September 1981}}
| foundation          = {{Start date and age|13 September 1981}}
| founder            =  
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| location            = Salem, Tamil Nadu, India
| location            = [[Salem]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
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| products            = {{ubl|Hot-rolled stainless steel|Cold-rolled stainless steel}}
| products            = {{ubl|Hot-rolled stainless steel|Cold-rolled stainless steel}}
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Later on 26 March 1991, the second phase at a cost of {{INRConvert|76.27|c}} was realised, increasing production capacity to  70,000 tones per annum.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> On 24 December 1993, a blanking line was commissioned with a capacity of 3600 tones [[Bar stock|blanks]] per annum.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> This was the first such facility to be established in India.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />
Later on 26 March 1991, the second phase at a cost of {{INRConvert|76.27|c}} was realised, increasing production capacity to  70,000 tones per annum.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> On 24 December 1993, a blanking line was commissioned with a capacity of 3600 tones [[Bar stock|blanks]] per annum.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> This was the first such facility to be established in India.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />
== Production ==
=== Production facilities ===
The major facilities at the plant include<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
* Steel Melting Shop
* Cold Rolling Mill Complex
* Hot Rolling Mill Complex
* Stainless Steel Blanking Line
SSP specializes in the production of [[Cold-formed steel|cold rolled stainless steel]] in the form of coils and sheets.<ref name=":2" /> The raw materials are imported and also supplied by [[Durgapur Steel Plant|Alloy Steel Plant]] in [[Durgapur]].<ref name=":1" /> The steel melting shop's annual capacity is 1,80,000 tonnes of slabs per annum. The hot-rolling mill and cold-rolling mill have capacities of 3,64,000 and 66,600 tonnes per annum respectively.<ref name=":0" />
SSP supplies steel to [[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited|BHEL]]-[[Tiruchirappalli|Tiruchirapalli]], [[HMT (company)|HMT]], [[Bharat Electronics Limited]]-[[Bangalore]] and [[Indian Telephone Industries Limited|Indian Telephone Industries]].<ref name=":1" /> Stainless steel is also exported to over more than 37 countries including Spain, UK, Japan, Germany and Switzerland.<ref name=":2" /> Between 1994–95, around 41,500 tonnes to as many as 27 countries.<ref name=":1" />
== Achievements ==
The units of cold rolling mill complex was ISO 9002 certified in April 1993. The hot rolling mill complex received certification two years later. It received ISO 14001 certification, for its pollution free environment, from German RWTÜV in 1999.<ref name=":1" />
=== Awards ===
* SAIL Corporate Award 1994-95{{fact|date=July 2020}}
* Annual Safety Awards at Visakhapatnam – Ispat Suraksha Puraskar award<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Awards & Accolades in 2007-08|url=https://sail.co.in/sites/default/files/sail-pages/company/award2007-08.pdf|website=sail.co.in|access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref>
* Ferrous Division of Indian Institute of Metals – National Sustainability Award 2007<ref name=":4" />


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Steel industry of India}}
{{Public Sector Undertakings in India}}
[[Category:Economy of Salem, Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Steel Authority of India]]
[[Category:Steel plants of India]]
[[Category:Salem, Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Economy of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:1981 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1981]]