Employees of Tata BSS in Milton, FL plant trees in celebration of TEM

Tata Business Support Services in Milton, FL celebrated Tata Environment Month with a visit from Managing Director, M.N. Rao. Several employees planted trees in front of their office building to show their commitment to improving the local environment. Employees also competed in an educational poster contest covering a variety of eco-friendly topics. In addition they donated items to a local charity that would otherwise become landfill waste in an ongoing effort to support the community and promote reuse of clothing and household goods.

Tata Steel International Americas beat out  challenging competition from European and Asian mills to land a 5,000 metric tons order of bulb and universal flats for NASSCO, a division of General Dynamics, for the US Navy Program - MLP. The winning bid was enhanced by the availability of required product stock at Tata Steel International's Houston facility which could

General Manager Tata Steel International Americas, Pete Joyce

supplement mill deliveries from Tata Steel Europe Skinningrove and allow the US Navy to draw material on a Just-In-Time basis to meet the build schedule. The contract is expected to last through 2013, and 2,000 metric tons have been delivered so far, with an additional 3,000 scheduled for the 2011/12 fiscal year.

General Manager Tata Steel International Americas, Pete Joyce, reported that the positive outcome was the result of the Tata Steel Group mobilizing its many strengths and putting together an impressively constructed packaged designed to meet the US Navy's specific needs.