Air Water Inc. (Osaka, Japan) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Air Water India Pvt. Ltd., has acquired a large-scale gas plant currently under construction at Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur plant in Jharkhand, Eastern India, and has entered into a 20-year long-term operation and maintenance contract. The plant will produce Oxygen gas, Nitrogen gas, Argon gas, Liquid Oxygen, Liquid Nitrogen and Liquid Argon. The plant will be able to produce 1,800 metric tons per day (m.t./d) of oxygen.
The plant is scheduled to commence operations in November 2025. It will provide Tata Steel with a stable supply of industrial gases, while also supplying the liquefied gases produced as by-products to the merchant customers in Eastern and Northern India, where demand is strong, thereby accelerating the growth of our industrial gas business in India.
Tata Steel is one of the largest steel manufacturers in India and a core company of the Tata Group, the country’s largest conglomerate, which plays a vital role in supporting the development of the Indian economy. Air Water India currently owns three onsite gas plants at Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur plant, supplying gases continuously for six years since 2019. Air Water’s sales capabilities and strong presence as an industrial gas manufacturer in the Indian market have been highly valued by Tata Steel and have led to the awarding of this project as the fourth onsite gas plant for Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur plant. Going forward, Air Water Group will continue to leverage its comprehensive capabilities to further enhance safe and stable operations, while expanding and strengthening its gas production and distribution infrastructure in India.