Company Profile

Jindal Stainless Limited is an ISO: 9001, ISO: 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certified company, is the flagship company of the Jindal Organization. The Company today, has come a long way from its incorporation in 29th September of the year 1980 as Jindal Ceramics Limited. The Company is India's largest stainless steel manufacturer with integrated melting, hot rolling and cold rolling facilities. The company produce standard and specialty stainless steel, in each of the 200, 300 and 400 series grades, for Kitenware, commercial and industrial applications. The company manufactures and sells a broad range of stainless steel flat products including slabs, blooms, flat bars, hot rolled and cold rolled coils, plates and sheets and special products including, precision strips and coin blanks. The Company's plants are situated in Haryana, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa. Jindal Stainless is the fully integrated manufacturer of International standard Stainless Steel flat products in Austenitic, Ferritic and Martensitic grades; the company has strong export markets in over 40 countries including US, Europe, MiddleEast and South Asian countries. The Company changed its name to Jindal Int.com Limited in 29th January of the year 2001. In order to create a focused stainless steel company, the business of Jindal Strips Limited was restructured by demerging the stainless steel business from Jindal Strips Limited to the Company and all the properties, assets, rights, powers and liabilities relating to the stainless steel undertaking of Jindal Strips Limited had been transferred to the Company with effective from April 1st 2002. During 2002-03 the company completed de-bottlenecking by augmenting the Stainless Steel melting capacity to 400,000 MT. The Company's name was renamed as Jindal Stainless Limited in 28th January of the year 2003. During April of the year 2003, the Austenitic Creations Pvt Ltd and J-Inox Creations Ltd were amalgamated with the company. Both the companies are in the business of Architecture, Building Construction sector. Jindal Stainless had acquired an Indonesian company, PT.Maspion Stainless Steel and formalities has been completed in December 2004.Consequent of this acquisition, PT.Maspion Stainless Steel has become the subsidiary of the company and this Indonesian company has started commercial production. The Company had launched a premium range of beverage sets in designer stainless steel under the brand name Art d'inox and also in the same year of 2004 signed a stainless steel supply contract for US $ 18.5 million. During 2004-05 the company has entered into a technical assistance with Nisshin Company Ltd, Japan to assist the company in improving quality of the finished products. Further the company has set up a service center at Gurgaon by way of subsidiary company in collaboration with an Italian company Steelwat s.r.l. Italy. The Life Style Product Division and Architecture Division of the company was hived-off to Austenitic Creations Private Limited and Jindal Architecture Limited respectively with effect from 1st April of the year 2005, vide its Order dated 13th July of the year 2006. The Company had entered into MoU with the Government of Orissa for setting up Stainless Steel project at Orissa in the year 2005-06. During the year 2006-07, the company commissioned its New Tension Leveler under Cold rolling division. In April of the year 2007, a new 220-tpd-Oxygen

plant had been commissioned in Hot rolling division. Jindal Stainless is expanding its operations through forward and backward integration and focusing on increased levels of productivity, quality & cost competitiveness. As at May 2008, The Company signed a Joint Venture Agreement with Antam Tbk to develop a nickel smelting and stainless steel facility in North Konawe, South East Sulawesi. Antam share in project 55% with Jindal owning a 45% share. The Company awarded the second phase of DTC Bus-QShelters in June of the year 2008 by Delhi Transport Corporation DTC); the Second Build Own Transfer (BOT) project envisages putting up of approximately 400 BusQShelters uniquely designed and modeled in Stainless Steel.