Emirates Techno Casting celebrates successful 10 years

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While acknowledging this growth, a company official said: 'It's been boom years for us and we expect to grow by record numbers in 2008 onwards.'

Emirates Techno Casting has grown to be among the world's biggest supplier of specialty steel castings to the following sectors: oil; gas; power; chemicals; general engineering; and heavy engineering industries.

ETC Foundries is the flagship of the synergies which include ETC Gama (radiography services); ETC Cathodic Protection (Corrosion Engineering); ETC Picktec (stainless steel surface treatment); Al Ahamadi Steel Trading (recycling, trading and processing of all grades of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal), ETC Corporation India and ETC Technologies India (engineering services). ETC has emerged as one of the largest and fastest growing steel casting foundry in the world. The ETC Synergy annual turnover is over $130m, with a growth rate of 50 per cent annually. ETC today has gained worldwide recognition for its high quality & productivity.

Buoyed by world and regional developments, ETC has been adding new products to its range that includes valve castings, pump castings, cathodic protection equipment and industrial radiography services. Today ETC has emerged as the largest and fastest growing steel valve casting producer in the world.

It uses a wide range of materials that includes carbon; stainless steel to duplex and creep resistant high-chrome-moly steels. 'We have an extensive manufacturing facility with fully-automated machine in a modern CNC set-up in which value addition is offered to our customers,' said Faizal K. E. President and CEO of ETC.

The CNC machine adopts leading-edge technology on a highly efficient continuous production line producing 30,000 tonnes of steel castings annually and catering to the growing demands of valve manufacturers around the world.

'We thrive in our ability to sustain high levels of quality in our products and services. Our products conform to international quality specifications which incorporates special requirements when producing the steel castings. This enables us to satisfy our customers with varying needs,'

Faizal said.

'In appreciation of our quality standards, our products have been approved by major engineering companies and certification bodies across the world. At ETC, we emphasize on research, consistency and quality heritage that help us to create products of world class standards,' and adding, Faizal said 'We check the feasibility of the valve castings by doing solidification simulation to reduce the risk of failures. We have a sophisticated in-house testing facility for all our products.'

ETC has maintained ecological balance by eliminating foundry wastes and minimizing the use of diminishing natural resources. The company is aiming to be one of the few foundries in the world certified for ISO 14001, the environment management standard and OHSAS 18001 for occupational safety and ISO 9001 for quality control. The company emphasizes on research, consistency and quality heritage and has an in-house sophisticated facility for testing chemical, mechanical and non destructive materials.

The company's plant capabilities by weight are as follows: 1kg to 50 kgs - ETC Corporation India. 50 kgs to 100 kgs - ETC LLC in Ajman, and 100 kgs to 14 tonnes at ETC Free Zone, Hamriyah Free Zone, UAE. ETC is a 1000 member family today.

'At ETC, we believe in our people, skills, passion, quality, and the strong values that we uphold. We have a Community Centre with health, entertainment, training and exercise facilities for our employees with an adjoining sports arena,' Faizal KE, said.

ETC Synergies

ETC Corrosion Engineering is involved in the design, manufacture and supply of sacrificial aluminium alloy and zinc alloy anodes to the marine, offshore & onshore industries, such as rigs, on-shore/off-shore jetties, platforms, decks, cross country pipelines, sub-sea pipelines & storage tanks of all types. The company's clients include, Saudi Aramco, Qatar Gas, ONGC, NPCC Abu Dhabi to name a few.

ETC Gamma Radiography facility has been established inside the ETC Foundry with gamma ray source projectors - both iridium192 and cobalt60 and cobalt 100 sources along with automatic film processors'.

ETC Corporation India was established in 2007 to cater to huge demand for steel castings which are not produced in-house. ETC Corporation India offers, engineering and technical support and value added engineering services and back office operations including ERP system maintenance.

The Al Ahmadi plant specializes in recycling, trading and processing of all grades of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal. We provide metal recycling service to any size of industrial plants while also providing a 'receiving' yard for retail customers.

Today as ETC inaugurates the Community Centre & Design Centre, Mr. Faizal dedicates it to his people. His vision is that The ETC Community Centre will provide the right platform to the workforce to remain physically fit, highly skilled, aware, and environmentally conscious.

'The objective behind the concept of the Community Centre is to enhance the mind, body, soul and skills of our employees. We seek to provide a world-class facility for education, recreation and social interaction through which our employees can enhance their lifestyle and escape the rigors of everyday life,' said Shabana Faizal, Vice President Admin HR.

The community centre will cover an expanse of 2,400 square metres. It will include training rooms, computer training rooms; a cyber centre; a large dining facility where three meals will be served for all every day; an auditorium; movie hall; a coffee shop; and a world-class gym managed.

The Design Centre and R&D Lab will go beyond simple testing and compliance requirements, ETC has invested substantial sums of money and installed a modern facility where engineers would be working under the supervision of metallurgists and foundry specialists to carry out research on new materials, failure mode analysis and as well experimental design using six sigma techniques.