Metso to deliver shredding plant to India

Metso Corp., headquartered in Helsinki, has received an order to deliver a Texas Shredder PS metal shredder for installation at Tata Steel Ltd.’s upcoming steel scrap recycling plant in India. The company says the shredder will be the first of its kind in India.

India-based integrated steel producer Tata Steel has manufacturing operations in 26 countries. The company’s annual crude steel capacity across its Indian operations is nearly 13 million tons per year.  

According to the press release from Metso announcing the sale, the companies have a history of more than 25 years of cooperation in India.

The value of the order, which was booked in the second quarter of this year, has not been disclosed.

“We are very honored that Tata Steel is relying on our proven metal shredding technology, which is among the most comprehensive in the industry,” says Keith Carroll, director of business development, Metso Metal Recycling, who is based out of San Antonio. “Many of our processing equipment solutions are globally recognized as the benchmark for their product types.”

Metso Metal Recycling offers a wide range of solutions for the fragmentation, compaction and separation of virtually every type of metal scrap through the Lindemann, Texas Shredder and N-Series product lines.