B. Muthuraman, managing director, Tata Steel, inaugurated Tata Ryerson Limited’s 'precision CR slitting line' and a 'narrow precision cut-to-length line' on April 2, 2002. Pro-Eco, Canada, supplied the former, while Red Bud Co, USA, supplied the latter. 

With the commissioning of these highly sophisticated equipment, Tata Ryerson’s capability to process precision CR materials can now be ranked as not only the best in India but also one of the best in the world. The product range has expanded from hot-rolled sheets and blanks to both hot- and cold-rolled sheets and blanks, besides galvanised sheets.

Coupled with a wide variety of other processing equipment for hot-rolled products and commercial cold-rolled products at its Jamshedpur and Pune units, Tata Ryerson is the largest service centre in the country, capable of handling and executing a variety of services for its customers in India and abroad.

Tata Ryerson entered the distribution market in a big way last year with the opening of new sales outlets in Chhatisgarh, Haryana and Chennai, besides upgrading its existing ones in Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Faridabad and Pune.

Sales through distribution grew by almost 60 per cent in the year just concluded – a remarkable achievement in a highly demanding and competitive market. The company's production volumes (tolling) have increased by more than 25 per cent over 2000-01, with turnover rising up by more than 50 per cent.

Tata Ryerson is aiming for equally spectacular growth in the new financial year.