Private Sector

Recent Boom in the private sector industries in the past two decades opened up doors for many engineering professionals to achieve and accomplish professional experience.

Private sector is recruiting people through campus placements and pool interview programs.

Major Private Sector players in India are distributed in following industrial segments.

1. Thermal Power Plants

The total power generation in India during FY 14-15 was 1048 BU ( BU means Billion units) (including Bhutan import) as against a generation target of 1023 BUs, about 2.5% above target. The contribution from the private sector was 281.53 BU which was 109.5% against target of 256.98 BU. Moreover, the government has set a target of producing 1,098 BUs of power during 2015-16. The central sector plants will contribute 411 BUs and state sector 401 BUs to the total targeted capacity. Of the total 1,098 BUs that the government is aiming to generate in the current fiscal, 965 BUs will come from thermal power and the remaining from hydro plants (133 BUs). As many as seven hydro projects, which are likely to come up during the current financial year, will contribute 2,766 million units of electricity to the total generation.

Major Private Players in Thermal Power segment are listed below:

Plant Name	Operator	Location	State	Units	Total Capacity (MW)
Amravati Thermal Power Plant	Indiabulls	Amravati	Maharas.	5 X 270	1,350
Angul Thermal Power Station	Jindal India Thermal Power	Angul	Odisha	2x600	1,200
Dahanu Thermal Power Station	Reliance Infrastructure	Thane	Maharas.	2 x 250	500
DB Thermal Project Ltd.	DB POWER	Janjgir Champa	Chhattisgarh	2X600	1,200
Essar Power Gujarat Ltd.	Essar Power	Salaya	Gujarat	2X600	1,200
Hinduja Thermal Power Station	HNPCL	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	1 x 525	525
Hirakud Captive Power Plant	Hindalco Industries	Sambalpur	Odisha	1 x 67.5, 3 x 100	367.5
IL&FS Thermal Power Station	ITPCL	Cuddalore	Tamil Nadu	1 x 600	600
Jindal Megha Power Plant	Jindal	Raigarh	Chhattisgarh	4 x 250, 4 x 600	3,400
Jojobera Thermal Power Plant	Tata	East Singhbhum	Jharkhand	3 x 120, 1x67.5	427.5
JSW Vijayanagar Power Station	JSW Energy	Bellary	Karnataka	2 x 130, 2 x 300	860
Kamalanga Thermal Power Plant	GMR Group	Dhenkanal	Odisha	3x350	1,050
KSK Mahanadi Power	KSK Energy Ventures	Bilaspur	Chhattisgarh	1 x 135	135
Lanco Amarkantak Power Plant	Lanco	Korba	Chhattisgarh	2 x 300	600
Meenakshi Thermal Power Station	MEPL	Nellore	Andhra Pradesh	2 x 150	300
Mundra Thermal Power Station	Adani Power	Kutch	Gujarat	4 x 330, 5 X 660	4,620
Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project	Tata Power	Kutch	Gujarat	5 X 800	4,000
Muthiara Thermal Power Station	Energen	Tuticorin	Tamil Nadu	1 x 600	600
New Cossipore Generating Station	CESC	Kolkata	West Bengal	1 x 100	100
Neyveli Zero Lignite Power Station	TAQA	Cuddalore	Tamil Nadu	1 x 250	250
Raj West Lignite Power Plant	JSW Energy	Barmer	Rajasthan	8 x 135	1,080
Rosa Thermal Power Plant	Reliance Power Limited	Shahjahanpur	Uttar Pradesh	4 x 300	1,200
Sabarmati Thermal Power Station	Torrent Power	Sabarmati	Gujarat	1 x 60, 1 x 120, 2 x 110	400
Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project	Reliance Infrastructure	Singrauli	Madhya Pradesh	6 x 660	3,960
Sembcorp Gayatri Power Complex	SGPC	Nellore	Andhra Pradesh	4 x 660	2,640
Simhapuri Thermal Power Station	SPL	Nellore	Andhra Pradesh	4 x 150	600
Sterlite Jharsuguda Power Station	Vedanta	Jharsuguda	Odisha	4x600	2,400
Tirora Thermal Power Station	Adani Power	Gondia	Maharas.	5 X 660	3,300
Titagarh Thermal Power Station	CESC	North 24 Paraganas	West Bengal	4 x 60	240
Trombay Thermal Power Station	Tata	Mumbai	Maharas.	1 x 150, 2 x 500, 1 x 250	1,400
Tutiorin (Pvt) Thermal Power Station	Indbharat	Tuticorin	Tamil Nadu	2 x 150	300
Udupi Thermal Power Plant	Adani Power	Udupi	Karnataka	2 x 600	1,200
Vedanta Jharsuguda Captive Power Plant	Vedanta	Jharsuguda	Odisha	9x135	1,215
VS Lignite Power Plant	KSK Energy Ventures	Bikaner	Rajasthan	1 x 135	135
Wardha Warora Power Plant	KSK Energy Ventures	Chandrapur	Maharas.	4 x 135	540

2. Steel Plants:

The private sector units consist of both major steel producers on one hand and relatively smaller and medium scale units such as Sponge iron plants, Mini Blast Furnace units, Electric Arc Furnaces, Induction Furnaces, Re-rolling Mills, Cold-rolling Mills and Coating units on the other.  Major private players in steel industry and their business portfolio is enumerated below:

Tata Steel Limited:  Tata Steel As per the data of World Steel Association, Tata Steel is world’s 7th largest Steel Company by production. In 2009, the production of Tata Steel was 20.5 MMT (Including Corus and NatSteel). Founded in 1905, Tata Steel is a multinational company. Recent acquisitions by Tata Steels such as Corus in 2007 and NatSteel of Singapore in 2004, reiterate the company’s ambitious target of having a capacity of 100 mmt by 2015. In India alone, crude steel production of TATA Steel during the period April-December 2009-10 is 4.86 MMT which is higher by 18.6% over the production of 4.105 MMT last year. The saleable steel production was at a higher level during the period April-December 2009-10 (3.717 MMT) compared to the corresponding period last year (3.310 MMT). Crude steel capacity as on March 31, 2009: 6.8 million tonne (Jamshedpur works) Some Greenfield projects of Tata Steel: Sarai Kala (Jharkhand), Kalinganagar (Orissa) Bastar (Chhattisgarh). Dhamra Port is a Joint Venture between Larsen & Toubro and Tata Steel and it was recently under the controversies regarding the environment concenrs as it is located near the Bhitarkanika Sanctuary, Orissa.

JSW Steel Limited: Jindal South West (JSW) Steel is a part of one of the fastest growing business conglomerates JSW group with a strong presence in the core economic sector. It is being led by Sajjan Jindal, who is also head of ASSOCHAM. It started as a steel rolling mill in 1982 and became a multi business conglomerate worth US $ 3.7 billion within a short span of time. Jindal Steel and Power Ltd Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. is led by Naveen Jindal. The Group has some other companies such as Jindal Power Ltd, Jindal Petroleum Ltd., Jindal Cement Ltd. and Jindal Steel Bolivia with a belief in the concept of self-sufficiency. Chairperson is Savitri Jindal, who is currently richest woman in India.

Essar Steel Ltd: Essar Steel Ltd., the Indian company of Essar Steel Holdings Limited, is the largest steel producer in Western India, with a current capacity of 4.6 MTPA at Hazira, Gujarat, and plans to increase this to 8.5 MTPA. The Indian operations also include an 8 MTPA beneficiation plant at Bailadila, Chattisgarh, which has the world’s largest slurry pipeline of 267 km to transport beneficiated iron slurry to the pellet plant, and an 8 MTPA pellet complex at Visakhapatnam. Ruia Brothers viz. Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia lead the Essar Group. Ispat Industries Ltd. (IIL) Ispat Industries Ltd. (IIL) has set up one of the largest integrated steel plants in the private sector in India at Dolvi in Raigad district, Maharashtra, with a capacity to manufacture 3 million tones per annum of Hot Rolled Steel Coils (HRC).

Bhushan Power & Steel Limited (BPSL): Bhushan Power & Steel Limited (BPSL), formerly Bhushan Limited (BL), is a closely held 36-year-old steel manufacturing and processing company. Presently, the company has five plants in Chandigarh and Derabassi, one plant in Kolkata and is now implementing an integrated steel plant at Sambalpur in Orissa in phases with an ultimate capacity of 2.8 MTPA.

Bhushan Steel Limited: The company has three manufacturing units in the state of Uttar Pradesh (Sahibabad Unit), Maharashtra (Khopoli unit), and Orissa Plant (Meramandali unit) in India and sales network is across many countries.

3. Aluminium Plants:

India is worlds 5^th most Aluminium producing country in the world. Average production is more than 2,100 thousand tons per annum. India also has got some of the world’s best Aluminium manufacturing companies of the world.

Below are the listed top 9 aluminium manufacturing companies in India:

1. HINDALCO:

Hindalco is most profitable and the leading aluminium manufacturing company of India. It has the largest market share counting to a mammoth 39% in Indian aluminium industry.

Company is a profit making segment of Aditya Birla Group. Four of its production units are in Uttar Pradesh. These 4 manufacturing units make foils, extrusions wheels, rolled products and primary aluminium.

Hindalco is reputed to have all the ultra-modern equipment and technology. It also boasts to have a strong skilled team of engineers- focused on manufacturing quality products.

2. STERLITE:

Sterlite is another leading aluminium manufacturing company of India. The Company is flourishing at an incredible rate. Its USP is its ability to produce top quality aluminium in minimum price.

3. Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BACL):

Bharat Aluminium Company Limited is rated among the top aluminium producing companies of India. Established in 1965, and the company has become a leading player in country’s Public sector. BACL is ISO 9001:2000 certified company and is very well known for manufacturing high quality aluminium products.

4. Madras Aluminium Company:

Madras Aluminium Company is another prominent name in the aluminium production segment of India. It is a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources.

As its name says the company has got a production plant in Tamil Nadu. The company is engaged in diverse activities like mining as well as refining and smelting in the aluminium industry.

5. Indian Aluminium Company Limited (IACL):

Indian Aluminium Company Limited is a well reputed aluminium production company in India. It is now merged with Hindalco Industries Limited. It is also known for its quality products in aluminium industry.

6. Kennametal India:

Kennametal India was established in the year 1964. With more than 50 years of experience the company is well trusted aluminium producing player. The is formally known as Widia India Limited.

7. Hindustan Zinc:

Also known as HZL, Hindustan Zinc is another preeminent aluminium producing company in India. It is public listed company. It started its operation in 1966 and with 50 years of experience in aluminium industry.

8. Sujana Metal Products:

Established in the year 2000, Sujana Metal Products has become a foremost Aluminum manufacturing company in Southern region of India. Company has many products such as international trade, structural steels, TMT bars, and tower manufacturing.

9. Gujrat Foils LTD. (GFL):

Gujarat Foils Ltd. or GFL is a part of the $1.1 Billion company known as Topworth Group. It is the 3^rd largest manufacturer of aluminium foils as well as sheets in India. GFL is company is publicly listed in the BSE or Bombay Stock Exchange

The company covers a range of products such as thin gauge sheets and coils meant for closure stock that are used in the Brewery and Pharmaceutical Sectors. It also bares foils such as Fin stock for heat exchanger fins, lidding foil for the Food & Beverage Sector, etc.

4. Refineries:

At present only two private players in the field of refinement of oil exists in the Indian market, however this figure is likely to change in the coming future. 

1. Jamnagar Refinery : Reliance Industries Limited

2. Essar Refinery: Essar Oil Limited

5. Automobile industry

6. Other allied industries