Tata Ryerson, India's largest steel service centre, has won the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards for the year 2007 in the category of large scale service industry for its Jamshedpur unit.

The award ceremony will be held on April 10, 2008 at New Delhi. The Union Minister of Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Sharad Pawar, will give away the prestigious award. The company's managing director, Sandipan Chakravortty, and chief operating officer, Abraham Stephanos will receive the award on behalf of Tata Ryerson.

The Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award was instituted by the Bureau of Indian Standards in 1991 with a view to encouraging Indian manufacturing and service organisations to strive for excellence and giving special recognition to those who are considered to be the leaders of quality movement in India. Past winners have included companies like BHEL and L&T. The award has been designed in line with respected awards such as the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in USA, the Deming Prize in Japan, and the European Quality Award.

This award represents Tata Ryerson's commitment to quality and business excellence.

Tata Ryerson pioneered the steel service centre business in India and within a span of 10 years has positioned itself as the undisputed market leader in the rapidly evolving steel service centre industry in India, starting with a meager turnover of Rs1.8 crore in 1997-98, and achieving an turnover of more than Rs1300 crore in 2007-08, with a CAGR of more than 50 per cent for last five years.

Tata Ryerson operates with 18 sales offices and 6 processing facilities at Jamshedpur, Pune, and Faridabad. It has three upcoming facilities at Tada, Pantnagar and Singur.