VISA Steel Limited Annual Report 2007-08

integrating the value chainVISA Steel took steps to install a new pusher car withplate system and shut down the Blast Furnace forrefractory relining, which shall restart from second quarterof 2008-09. The new pusher car has already beencommissioned in March 2008 and coke production hasreached 90% capacity utilisation levels during April 2008.De-bottlenecking these facilities led to the creation ofmultiple revenue streams from which the Company willderive full benefits in the coming year.Annual Report 2007-089Taking tactical steps to increase efficiencywill strengthen VISA Steel’s backendproduction of vital inputs.With the production assets in placeimproving efficiencywas the next stepThe production efficiency is vital once the manufacturing assets are in place. A series ofdifficulties arose requiring the need to de-bottleneck facilities and improve efficiency. Boththe Blast Furnace and Coke Oven experienced technical difficulties. The Blast Furnaceexperienced problems due to quality of water and power trippages affecting the refractorylining of the furnace. Additionally, the Coke Oven had problems due to its pusher carequipment with coal box getting deformed. These issues resulted in the below parproduction of coke and pig iron during 2007-08.de-bottlenecking the Coke Ovenand the Blast Furnace led tothe creation of multiple revenuestreams from which the Companywill Derive full benefits in thecoming year.