The REI Expo is one of the world’s largest new and renewable energy exhibitions. More than 725 companies from 40 countries participated in the Expo, along with approximately 50,000 visitors. The turnout was largely due to the Indian government’s infrastructure expansion and intensive investment plans for new and renewable energy.

POSCO’s Booth at REI 2017 showcased PV structures made of PosMAC steel.

POSCO India’s booth at the event showcased its solar PV structures made of PosMAC steel to major solar companies and structure manufacturers such as Adani, Nextracker, Arctech, Softbank, Purshotam, etc.

During the Expo, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreements were signed with four companies. POSCO India’s Chief Managing Director Gee Woong Sung said, “By the end of this year, we will complete the Indian solution marketing system, which will supply not only steel but also solar PV structures. In 2018, we will further expand PosMAC sales in India.”

POSCO India signs an MoU with Ganges Internationale.

In addition to showcasing their premium product, POSCO has been working hard to meet customer demands in all areas. In order to meet short delivery times and structural supplies required by various PV projects in all parts of India, POSCO India has decided to establish a PosMAC structure supply chain system through strategic cooperation with local construction companies.

In the first stage of development, the free space at POSCO-IAPC located in Ahmedabad will be utilized via a long-term lease, and the manufacturing machinery is being installed with an operation target set for October. In the second stage, POSCO India has plans for additional installations in the Delhi and Pune regions.

POSCO India will strive to build a differentiated sales network with its solution marketing activities and secure a sustainable competitive advantage over other companies through its premium-quality products and advanced supply chain system.

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With the winter season in full swing in northern India, POSCO India and India Delhi Processing Center (IDPC) employees, under the charismatic leadership of President Mr. Gee Woong Sung, planned to distribute warm smiles to needy children living in the slums. As an extension to the food donation drive, POSCO employees planned a visit in collaboration with the Delhi-NCR Food Bank on December 9, to one of the slum schools run by Sakshi, a non-governmental organization (NGO), at Badshahpur in Gurugram, Haryana.

The Sakshi Center at Badshahpur has around 200 impoverished kids who get a free education and meals. The ages of these children range between 3 to 10 years old. They receive a basic education at a small school which has 5 classrooms, 1 library cum computer room and 7 teachers in total. The children come in batches of 100, in 2 different shifts.

About Sakshi

Sakshi is the only full-spectrum grassroots NGO in India providing services spanning the development trifecta of education, health and community development to its community. The organization is thus able to provide a comprehensive path from poverty to prosperity for the destitute, and fully empower them to tread on it successfully.

Over the last eighteen years, Sakshi has grown to 120 centers and managed to carve paths to a beautiful life for thousands of marginalized young children, women and communities.

What was POSCO India’s role in this donation drive?

During this donation drive, POSCO India & IDPC voluntarily planned to spend time to help and support the children. They served food, cleaned & sanitized the school premises and provided logistic and stationary aid for the children to be able to continue their day to day education. The company donated shoe stands, notebooks, pencils, erasers, sharpeners, sketch pens, crayons and writing and reading books for the library. All the kids were extremely excited and overjoyed to meet POSCO volunteers at their school, and it was clearly evident that the feeling was mutual among POSCO employees as well. At the end of the visit, snacks were given to each child: a pack of apple juice and a banana, which ended up being the icing on the cake for the day.

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Employees at the IDPC Plant in Bawal, India

Established in January 2008 and located in the Industrial Growth Centre of Bawal in Haryana State, India, POSCO-IDPC is just 70 kilometers from the national capital of New Delhi. The company has two plants which have an annual capacity of 107,000 tons and 104,000 tons respectively. POSCO-IDPC was established with the objective of providing high quality service and Just-In-Time (JIT) supplies to its customers, especially in Northern India.

On crossing the one million ton cumulative sales mark, Ms. Yu-ran Seo, Managing Director of POSCO-IDPC said, “It is a proud moment for our IDPC. I would like to express my deep appreciation to the IDPCians for their achievements and for their sincere, hardworking and patient efforts. I am confident that we can soon achieve another one million ton sales target.” She encouraged the staff by praising their continuous good performance, adding, “As we put our heads and hands together, we remain confident that we will undoubtedly reach our goal soon.”

Also on this occasion, POSCO-IDPC launched its newsletter entitled “FAMILY,” continuing one step closer toward a “Global One POSCO.”

POSCO-India’s CMD Mr. Gee-woong Sung congratulating POSCO IDPC’s MD Mrs. Yu-ran Seo on the occasion of the company’s 1 million sales target achievement

POSCO-IDPC does not look at itself solely as a steel supplier. It aims to be a complete steel provider, delivering a wide range of services. It is recognized for its world-class packing standards and warehousing facilities, along with its on-time and safe delivery services. POSCO-IDPC also provides assistance in new product development to its customers.

Furthermore, POSCO-IDPC values its workforce as a top priority and is committed to creating a better workplace for all. To assist its staff in maintaining their health and fitness, the management has opened a gym within the Bawal plant premises. Also, several programs and workshops are conducted for the employees, such as training seminars on firefighting, and organizing and planning skills, along with team building workshops.

To mark the company’s achievement, POSCO-INDIA’s CMD (third from left) and POSCO-IDPC’s MD (second from left) plant a tree on the premises with other senior officials

Maintaining its spirit of dedication and good performance, POSCO-IDPC aspires to achieve the vision of “POSCO the Great” and “Global One POSCO” in India.

The Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) certified POSCO with its energy management system standard ‘ISO 50001’. POSCO has now become the first Asian steel company to receive the title. Apart from POSCO, Thyssen Krupp is the only steel company around the world with ISO 50001.

POSCO is now certified with its quality, environmentally friendly and energy management with ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 50001.

ISO 50001 was established in June 2011 to monitor carbon energy management of industry to minimize the pollution.

ISO 50001 watches establishing, implementing, maintaining and improving of an energy management system. Then, it awards the firms achieving continual improvement of energy performance.

POSCO has been trying to acquire ISO 50001 by forming a task force team of the firm’s 40 energy managers. They managed to train the onsite core-staff and prepared to respond to the evaluation process.

At the same time, POSCO, with the experts in and outside of the company, developed ‘Energy Saving Tool’ program as well as establishing a protocol for energy monitoring and revising operation standards over the course of the last eight months. In addition, the LRQA praised the ‘Energy Saving Tool’, which has been operative since 2000, as the ‘POSCO Style’ energy management system.

The certification awarding ceremony was held at POSCO center on 9th October, 2012. Gee-Woong Sung, Director of POSCO’s environmental energy department, and Sang-Keun Yoo, head of the LRQA Korea, attended the event.

POSCO will continue to maintain and develop its advanced management system through restless onsite management and evaluation to meet global standard.