MISHRA DHATU NIGAM LIMITED

Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI)was established in the year 1973 as a Government of India Enterprise under administrative control of Ministry of Defence. The production unit of MIDHANI, located at Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad, was commissioned in the year 1982. MIDHANI was set up with a view to achieve self-reliance in production and supply of various super alloys, special steels, soft magnetic alloys to Defence and other Strategic Sectors such as Energy, Space and Aeronautical applications. The guiding factors for setting up of MIDHANI were the demand for Defence oriented technologies, which come under the national priorities. The materials manufactured by MIDHANI are basically import substitutes and their non-availability would have affected various strategic programs of the country.

With 49 years of glorious past MIDHANI is one of the leading manufacturers of special steels, Superalloys, and the only manufacturer of Titanium alloys in India. Our state-of-the-art facilities are capable of catering to complex and dynamic requirements of critical materials.

Manufacturing Facilities:

Hyderabad:The manufacturing facilities at MIDHANI plant in Hyderabad include Primary and Secondary melting furnaces such as Electric Arc Furnace with Ladle Refining Furnace, Vacuum Degassing/Vacuum Oxygen Decarburisation, Vacuum Induction Melting Furnace, Vacuum Induction Refining Furnace, Vacuum Arc Re-Melting Furnace, Electro Slag Re-Melting Furnace and Electron Beam Melting Furnace. Subsequent operations are carried out at 6000T/1500T Forge Presses, Ring Rolling Mill, Hot Rolling and Cold Rolling Mills, Bar and Wire Drawing Mills etc. based on the output, form and sizes required. The auxiliary supporting services like conditioning, heat treatment, machining, pickling, quality control also forms part of MIDHANI’s manufacturing processes.

MIDHANI has diversified and has set up several facilities such as Wide Plate Mill (WPM)- a state of art facility, capable of rolling plate with 3 Meter width to cater to the needs of Strategic Sectors and Springs Project to manufacture Springs indigenously with a capacity of 60,000 Springs per year which will also facilitate MIDHANI’s presence in Railway sector. With these additions, MIDHANI is poised to witness growth and expand its global reach.

Rohtak:: Armor facility has been set up at Rohtak, Haryana to cater to the demand for high end Armour products. The new plant in Rohtak is spread across 10 acres of land and is equipped with Fibre cutting machine, Hydraulic ballistic press, CNT spray machine, water jet cutting technology, plasma cutting technology, autoclaves, forming machines and composite moulding presses to undertake a variety of manufacturing processes to cater to the increase in demand for Body Armour, Vehicle Armouring, Bullet Proof Morcha, Bullet Resistant Jackets etc.

Joint Venture Company: :‘Utkarsha Aluminium Dhatu Nigam Limited’ (UADNL) a (50:50) joint venture of MIDHANI and National Aluminium Co. Ltd, (NALCO) was incorporated to set up High end Aluminum Alloy Production plant at Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. To establish green field project of Aluminum Alloy flat rolled product facility, land of 110 Acres has been procured in Nellore. Corporate Office of UADNL has been set-up at Hyderabad and Environmental Clearance and Consent for Establishment has also been obtained. A technical consultant has been appointed for the project and the technical specification for technology Know-how and equipment supply is under progress.

With advancement in technology within India and abroad, materials such as Super alloys, Titanium alloys and Special steels, which are the core products of MIDHANI continue to witness incremental demands thereby resulting in increased production over the years.