OM TechCorp, with its combined expertise of production technology and market trend in the seamless tubes & pipes sector, provides individual or custom packaged services or turnkey solutions to its clients for project conceptualization, project initiation, project execution, production, marketing and debottlenecking. They give the industry a better basis for project investment decisions.

OM TechCorp offers consulting services specializing in the value chain of industrial and specialty stainless-steel tubes. From integrated SS & CS plant (billet into finish tubes) to sales, the company provides individual or custom packaged services or turnkey solutions to its clients.

The company has expertise in the seamless tubes & pipes that are straight, U bend, and coil, finding application in the energy, power, defense, fertilizer, refinery, railways, automotive, process equipment, and aerospace.
The team has over three decades of hands-on experience in stainless steel tube plant design and erection, production, quality management and global sales. The team consists of contractors in electrical, civil and structural, engineering and design, IT and automation, environmental and safety, plant erection that specialized in tube plant projects.

Project activities are synchronised by the special team, ensuring adherence to project budget, schedule and smooth implementation. These contractor teams or vendors can invoice directly to clients, while the activities are monitored by the company.

Factors Fueling SS Tube and Pipe Growth in India

• Government Policies
  The government’s policies to boost local production and increase the competitiveness of Indian industries through “Make in India” and “AatmaNirbhar Bharat” initiatives will pave a way of opportunity for the steel pipe manufacturing sector.
  
  Further, government’s policies such as Production Linked Incentive (PLI), high budgetary allocations towards railways, roads, civil aviation, gas pipelines for affordable housing are expected to drive demand for steel tubes and pipes.
  
  Anti-dumping duties on stainless steel seamless tubes and pipes from China (imposed in 2022 for five years) and extended anti-subsidy duties on welded steel tubes and pipes from China and Vietnam (September 2024) protect domestic manufacturers from predatory pricing.
  
  The Indian government has implemented BIS certifications for certain steel tube & pipe imports that has drastically reduced tube & pipe imports.
  
  This policy has historically resulted in increase in the capacity utilization rates of domestic stainless-steel tubes and pipes manufacturers, is expected to continue to provide benefits to the domestic players in terms of operational efficiencies and margins.
  
  
• Increase in Local Demand for Quality Tubing
  The Indian stainless-steel tubes and pipes industry is poised for steady growth, driven by infrastructure development, industrial expansion, and increasing applications in specialized sectors. India’s growing sectors like nuclear, defense, energy, chemical, aerospace, and medical demand high quality tubes for critical application. This has given a demand rise to high quality hot finish pipes and cold finish tubes. Companies that invest in capacity expansion, technological upgradation, and product diversification will be well-positioned to capture growth opportunities in domestic and export markets.

Consulting Scope

The consulting scope of the company consists of concept, project initiation, project execution, production, marketing and debottlenecking.

In terms of concept, the company advises on product mix, end user markets, and project viability, and determines the production process route and technology based on product mix, yield and capacity.

The company provides plant machinery selection along with planning and contract selection for project initiation. For plant machinery selection, the company sets parameters, defines specification and aids in capex supplier selection. The planning and contract selection is made towards site layout, civil and structural, equipment foundation, internal logistic pathways, hoist energy system and main distribution, IT infrastructure, safety and emergency, adherence to local regulations, water and air.

For project execution, the site is monitored as per plans, and coordination is maintained across all interfaces between contractors, equipment and other related services. There is a complete and thorough supervision of equipment starting from installation and commissioning to its acceptance. The project execution ensures seamless integration between IT and plant automation.

Moving towards production, the company provides HR components in tube production, and advisory on raw material, production planning, quality management and certification. It also conducts final product trials, and supplier evaluation and selection, for long term repair and maintenance service.

For a new project, initial market penetration and sales is a challenge. Since break even schedule and profitability is largely influenced by sales, it is imperative to have an expert marketing team. The marketing team advises on plant approvals and develops new clients. Moreover, the company structures off-take agreement and aids in global market penetration and after sales management.

Lastly for debottlenecking, the company advises on the process upgrades and line modernization of existing plants. It optimizes product quality, yield and cost structure, and helps in expanding product portfolio and margin optimization.

How OM TechCorp’s Consulting Help Project Achieve Success

The company’s combined expertise of production technology and market trend, gives clients a better basis for project investment decisions. Moreover, the company’s ‘all under one roof’ expertise during the entire project ensures adherence to project budget and schedule. The single source of comprehensive production technology and co-ordination of major project activities optimize project interfacing, integration and eliminates issues dealing with individual suppliers.

The company also provides human resources for plants such as line operators, plant managers, metallurgists, process engineers etc. and provides support in market penetration and sales. This provides smooth business operations for a new project.

Advantage in Production Process Designs, OPEX and CAPEX

The production process designs offered by the company assure optimum operating expenses (OPEX) and lowest possible final product costing. The capital expenditure (CAPEX) for the production process is selected and customized with our hands-on technical input. This avoids over or under specified procurement, thereby optimising CAPEX expenditure to produce the desired capacity and quality. This focus on OPEX & CAPEX converts into better yield production, competitive product pricing and optimum break-even point.

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Value Addition by Expert Contract Team

The company has a hands-on expert team that is the backbone of their operational and project success.
The plant design and layout team specializes in basic and detailed engineering, dimensioning and layout planning for facilities such as storage, packing and transportation, shed and civil, auxiliary equipment such as compressed air station, gas stations, water supply and treatment systems, general etc. They design different aspects of the building including air conditioning system, heating and ventilating systems, fire detection and extinguishing systems, lighting, escape route and communication equipment such as telephone, industrial TV and intercom systems. Further, they process route layout for minimum product travel time and provide technical assistance in meeting statutory norms towards plant erection.

The construction and fabrication team handles civil infrastructure, structural for shed and cranes, construction engineering, equipment foundation, and layout for logistics systems.

The electrical and safety team ensures electrical safety measures by designing and implementation of voltage switchgears for distribution transformers, emergency power generation sets;and building electrification with power supply routing with SCADA interface options.

The IT, ERP and automation team have developed ERP exclusively for tube manufacturing plants and integrated it to plant automation by the automation team. Networking, computing and security set up.

The training team provides technical training for personnel in operations, production, quality control and maintenance.

And lastly OM TechCorp marketing team leverages its experience, network, application trends in global and domestic tube user market to provide marketing services for the clients. This service includes developing marketing strategy and team, connecting and branding in target markets, sales and off take agreement negotiation, after sales support, approval consulting. This builds a robust marketing platform along with sales for the clients managing the client’s activity smoothly.