In November 2008, a Joint Venture agreement was signed in India with JSW Building Systems Ltd (a subsidiary of JSW Steel Ltd of India) to jointly create a structural steelwork business based in Bellary and Mumbai, India.

The core operations of the new company, which will be called JSW Severfield Structures Ltd, will be based adjacent to JSW Steel's Vijayanagar works in Bellary District, 220 miles south of Bangalore and some 390 miles south-east of Mumbai.

The business will be involved in the design, fabrication and erection of structural steelwork to principally service the Indian markets.

The factory will be operational in 2010 and will initially consist of 2 fabrication lines and a Fabsec plate line, with an annual capacity of 35,000 tonnes of fabricated steel per annum.

Severfield-Rowen is delighted to be establishing a business in India with a partner such as JSW Steel, and is confident that it will provide the Group with a platform for significant growth in an area with large and growing infrastructure and construction markets.