“India faces vastly increasing needs for high-alloyed, high-quality stainless steel to support sustainable growth and industrialization in the country. We have true answers to both current realities and future challenges in India,” declares Andrea Gatti, Executive Vice President – Commercial Operations of Outokumpu, as the stainless steel company opens a new sales office in New Delhi. Mr. Gatti lists infrastructure development, the chemical and other process industries, transport, and building and construction as areas where Outokumpu has particular strengths.

Outokumpu is one of the world’s foremost stainless steel producers and offers one of the widest ranges of austenitic and special grade products available in the market. Outokumpu is the world leader in duplex stainless steels, which feature high corrosion resistance combined with very high strength. The Outokumpu product range comprises plate, coil and sheet, tubular products, and long products. The company is recognized for technical leadership, high quality and reliability. Outokumpu’s long-term mission is to become the undisputed number one in stainless on a global basis, recognized as the industry benchmark in customer relations.

With production operations in Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States, Outokumpu operates globally through sales offices in 28 countries. Many of these offices have long served fast-growing Asian regions.

The New Delhi sales office, Outokumpu India Private Limited headed by Yatinder Pal Singh Suri, brings the full range of Outokumpu products and services including technical customer service to the Indian market. The Outokumpu India sales team will act as a liaison in forming long-term relations between Outokumpu and customers in India.

One of the objectives of Outokumpu India is to educate both current and potential stainless steel users in India about the full potential of stainless steel and how quality stainless can enhance the competitiveness of their businesses. The Outokumpu team will aid efforts to boost the country’s low per-capita consumption of stainless steel and to effect a shift away from low-alloyed, manganese grades, convinced that only more highly alloyed grades can achieve improvement in industrial standards.
 
“We believe that India will in the future be recognized as a major player in the quality stainless steel arena. We strongly believe that the Indian stainless steel users will appreciate Outokumpu’s grades, high quality and reliability to serve them in demanding applications,” Mr. Gatti concludes.

For further information, please contact: 
Yatinder Pal Singh Suri
Country Head, Outokumpu India Private Limited
Tel. +91 11 46518444, Mob. +91 98181 20952
E-mail: yatinder.suri@outokumpu.com