ANNEX.l

Form A,Part 1 Sno A-1liii)

Narrative ofthe orooosaland Proiect/scheme forwhichforest land is required

The proposal has been submitted for grant of NOC for diversion of 0.006967 hectare of forest land for approach road for our proposed Manufacturing unit of Tube lnvestments of lndia,(Unit :Iube Products of lndia) at Village Sandharsi , on the Shambu - Ghanaur ODR road , Tehsil Rajpura, Distt Patiala at KMs 24.157 LHS (Punjab).

The proposed unit shall manufacture Electric Resistance Welded (ERW) and Cold Drawn Welded lCDW), precision steel tubes which find applications in Bicycles and automobile parts and accessories. Some of the major applications ofthese tubes are bicy.le frames, fork column of bicycles, shock absorber tubes for automobiles, propeller shaft and rear axle tubes, suspension and steering parts for automobiles etc. The basic raw material used for these tubes is Hot rolled and cold rolled steel strips which shall be procured from steelmanufacturers such as TATA" JSW and ESSAR.

Details of the companv :

Tube Products of lndia is one of the units of Tube lnvestments of lndia Ltd wiih its head office in

Chennai, India. Tube lnvestments of lndia Is a flagship company of . Founded in 1900, the Murugappa Group is one of lndia's leading business conglomerates. The Group has 28 businesses including nine iisted Companies traded in NSE & BSE. Headquartered in , the major Companies of the Group include Tube lnvestments of lndia Ltd., Ltd., Cholamandalam lnvestment and Finance Company Ltd., Cholamandalam MS General lnsurance Company Ltd., Coromandel lnternational Ltd., Coromandel Company ttd., E.l.D. Parry {lndia) Ltd., Parry Agro lndustries Ltd., Parry Sugar industries Ltd, Shanthi Gears Ltd and Wendt {lndia) Ltd.

Tube Products of lndia has been supplying precision tubes to Tierl/2 vendors of major Automobile ,Two wheeler and Bi€ycle manufacturers such as Maruti Suzuki , Hyundai motors, Honda car and Scooters, Bajaj Auto ,IVS Motors, Hero Moto Corp , Tata Motors, Toyota lndia, Hero cycles, Tl cycles and customers such as Gabriel, Munjal Showa , Endurance, Spicer tndia, Sona Steering group and Showa lndia.

Tube Products of lndia has integrated manufacturing fac;lities in and around chennai (Two tubes plants and one strips plant at near Chennai, One newly built state ofthe art Large dia tube plant at Thiruthani near Chennai), Shirwal near Pune in Maharashtra & Mohali in Punjab. These plants

Tube lnvestments of lndia Ltd. Unit : Tube Products of lndia conform to international standards and achieve operational excellence through TPM. TPI has distrlbution centres across lndia, which ensurestimelyservicetothecustomer's daily requirements.

Tube products of lndia maintains leadership position in the country for Precision ERw(Electrical resistance welded)and CDW(Cold drawn welded ) steel tr.rbes with the widestvarlety and range in terms of size as well as material grades offered. TPI Enioys 57% market share in the Precision CDW steel tube segment across India. With an annual production volume of 1.10 Lakh M.T., Tube products of lndia is now among one oflargestCDW precision tube manufucturer across the Globe-

Proiect Summalv :

Tube products of lndia plans to maintain its leadership position and further strengthen and grow in its current tubes business- Thk is planned through capability enhancement and regional balancing across the geographical locations in lndia.

The existing economic environment in the country has witnessed modest growth and as a result the automotive sector in two wheeler and four sesments is likely to see a posltive trend in vehicle production. Thls in turn will create excellent opportunities for Tube Products of lndia with increase in denrand of their products.

Tube Products of lndia currently servi.es the tube requirement through its 5 plants with 3 located in Chennai is South India , 1 near Pune in Western part of lndia and 1 in Mohali (Punjab) in North lndia. The NationalCapitalregion of New Delhiis major hub ofautomotive manufacturingwith the largestfour wheeler (Maruti Suzuki ltd) and two wheeler (Hero Motocorpi anufacturing companies located in the region. Other major automolive manufa€turing companies Honda Motors, Honda Scooter and Motorcycles and Yamaha motorcycles and scooter also contribute tothevehicle production in a big way in lndia.

Tube Products of lndia envisages a major requirement of tubes in the NCR of New Delhi hence the management plans to augment its tube manufacturing capacity by starting a new greenfield manuf:cturing plant in North . For this the location has been identified and land has been acquired at village Sandharsi , Tehsil Rajpura in the Puniab st.te for which the proposal for diversion of forest land has been submitted.

Tube lnvestments of lndia Ltd. Unit: Manufacturins Process

The manufactu.ing process involves the following process:

. Receivlng of raw materialfrom dedicated vendors and suppliers. . Rollins of E.R.W. tubes for internal C.D-W. tubes & external customers. . Pre treatment ofmaterialfor next process.

. Processing & Finishing for C. D.W. material.

. Dispatch.

PLANT CONFIGURATION

Buildins& site development

The plant wlil be put up in an area of 1.05 Lakhs Sq.ft including all anciliaries, office etc. Sufficient storage space for raw material and finished goods is planned in the factory layout, with suitable loading arrangement fortubes and unloading arrangement for handling dit coih,

The land area forthe project is 34.03 a€res.

Plant& machinerv

It is proposed toinstalltwotubemills,one(maximumOD41.28mm)tocatertotheERW&Cycle tubes requirements and another(maximum OD 76.20 mm)to catertothe hollows requirement ofCDW. The selection ofequipment and processes has been done based on our experience in our existing plants. The best possible features have been incorporated in both processes and equipment.

Annealing furnace, wet process line and other ancillary equipment will be sourced from suppliers whose capability has already been established. The 20 Ton and 50 Ion Cold draw bench lines would be integrated finishing lines with on line straightening and testing equipmeotto achieve Iinearflow and faste r through put.

Raw Material

The RM required for the Precision tubes are Hot Rolled and Cold Rolled Steel strips which will be procured from domestic steel mills JSW TATA / ESSAR/SAIL who are current suppliers to TPl.

Tube lnvestments of lndia Ltd. Unit: Tube Products of lndia

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