Burn Standard Company Limited (BSCL) (Howrah)

India / Bangla / Haora / Howrah / Nityadhan Mukherjee Road
 factory, foundry
a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) of the Government of India. Headquartered in Kolkata, India, BSCL is engaged mainly in railway wagon manufacturing under the Ministry of Railways. The company was formed with the merger of two companies – Burn & Company (founded 1781) and Indian Standard Wagon (founded 1918),[1] and was nationalised in 1975. In fiscal 2006, the company reported aggregated revenues of ₹1373 million (US$20 million). Subsequently the company with its two engineering units at Howrah and Burnpur came under the administrative control of Ministry of Railways in September 2010. The refractory unit at Salem, Tamil Nadu, was transferred to Steel Authority of India Limited.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_Standard_Company
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Coordinates:   22°34'36"N   88°20'14"E

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  • Burn & Co. came into existence in 1781 at Howrah, WB. In 1976 following Nationalization, the Company was amalgamated with Indian Standard Wagon Company and renamed as Burn Standard Company Limited. At present, Company has two (02) Engineering units at Howrah & Burnpur and one (01) Foundry unit at Howrah. Due to consistent losses and erosion of net worth, Company was referred to BIFR in November 1994 & officially declared sick in January 1995. Rehabilitation package approved by BIFR in April 1999 was declared failed in 2001. Effort to bring in change in management did not fructify. Revival plan has been approved by CCEA in August 2010. After revival of package, Company came under the administrative control of Ministry of Railways (MOR) from Ministry of Heavy Industry on 15.09.2010. Pl read more in http://www.burnstandard.com/ Due to high quality standard, customers like Durgapur Steel plant, Bhilai Steel Plant, National Aluminium Co (NALCO), Tramways Co. etc place repeat orders . Burn Standard has manufactured a wide variety of capital equipments and products meeting quality standards of reputed agencies like Lloyds, Crown agents, SGS, Dot Norsake Veritas, Defence Department, RDSO, RITES BARC etc.
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