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Service MatterS

What does it take to service the

steel industry?

Aniket Sheth, Vice President – Operations, SILA has all the answers.

Project details machinery, SILA also focused on sweeping machines, vacuum trucks

SILA’s association with the JSW building EHS processes to offer (with 4000 litre capacity), tipper
a superlative service on par with
trucks, man lifters and electric
Group began with providing soft world-class FM standards. breaker machines. The company
& technical services at JSW Realty was awarded the best Safety
& Infrastructure’s development Performance Award for 2022 from
project at Vijaynagar in Karnataka. Rewarding excellence over 200 vendors at the Dolvi plant.
This was followed by JSW Steel Backed by this experience, SILA
requiring housekeeping and facility was then awarded the contract SILA continues to build upon its
maintenance work at its plants in to cater to JSW Steel’s upstream strong association with the JSW
Vasind, Tarapur and Kalmeshwar steel products manufacturing Group and today has over 500
in Maharashtra. At these three facility at Dolvi, Maharashtra. personnel, servicing a range of
facilities, SILA was entrusted with With new capacity being constantly facilities across the country.
providing housekeeping services commissioned at the site, our
and catering to common area task was more technical in nature Challenges faced
maintenance with a collective team and required further investments
strength of 200 specially trained in heavy machinery like ride-on Steel manufacturing involves
manpower, equipped with highly extreme working conditions that
specialised mechanised and robotic necessitate a well-trained and
cleaning. equipped workforce that has a keen
understanding of the processes
We leveraged our learnings about “SILA’s focus on EHS has involved in safe work. The team
processes involved in downstream resulted in good safety standards. at SILA invested their time in
Their innovative technology and
steel production to optimise streamlined operations ensured learning about EHS requirements
operations and achieve a world- uninterrupted service delivery.” and invested in specialised heavy
class level of hygiene. Equipped machinery like skid steer and
with jet spray machines, robotic Hemant Sabat, backhoe loaders to minimise the
auto scrubbers, industrial-grade Deputy General Manager – IR & Admin, risk of operating in conditions
heavy-duty vacuum machines and JSW Steel where temperatures can reach up
a host of other advanced cleaning
to 60 °C. In addition to such high
temperatures, SILA’s workforce
had to undergo rigorous training
programs to safely work in areas
such as blast furnaces, calcination
plants, smelter units, and chimneys
that can reach heights of 50 metres.

Value created
With a total team strength of
18,000+ employees working across
125 cities, SILA has been able
to build a repertoire of domain
knowledge across industries that
have helped in fulfilling JSW
Group’s varied requirements for
each of the seven facilities currently
under management.

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