Sterlite Copper wins CII Kaizen Competition award

Tuticorin : Sterlite Copper has bagged a prestigious award in the Kaizen competition organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (Southern Region) on Wednesday.

The award was received by the Refinery team of Sterlite Copper from Mr.C.Narasimhan , Advisor, M/s.Sundaram Clayton Ltd in a function held at Chennai. 55 companies presented 121 Kaizen projects in the competition and the Refinery Operations project of Sterlite Copper won the award in the Process Industry category.

Kaizen (Japanese for "improvement" or "change for the better") is a philosophy or set of practices that focus on continuous improvement of processes in manufacturing, engineering, supporting business processes, and management. The Kaizen concept stimulates productivity improvement as an ongoing process in companies. The Kaizen Competition of CII Southern Region is organized every year to recognize and encourage member companies which give importance to continuous improvements through Kaizens.

“Over the years, organizations have been successfully practicing Kaizen for excellence. Many Indian organizations have realized that the basic imperatives to survive in today’s competitive environment need Kaizen-Continuous Improvement. It is a great honour for us to receive the award. It stands testimony to various positive standards shown by Sterlite on a continuous basis for continual improvement,” said Mr.K.Pankaj, Vice President, Operations, Sterlite Copper on the achievement.  

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Sterlite Copper distributes course completion certificates to students under Coastal Livelihood Project

Tuticorin : Sterlite Copper distributed the course completion certificates to the students who had successfully undergone vocational training under Sterlite Coastal Livelihood Project in a function held at Hotel Bell here on Monday.

Mr.B.V.V.T Prasad Naik IRS, Commissioner of Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax, Tirunelveli presented the course completion certificates to 40 students who have undergone vocational training in beautician, blouse stitching and chudithar set making courses.

Under Sterlite Coastal Livelihood Project (CLP), vocational training is being provided in eight identified trades to the students in partnership with four training institutes. Sterlite spends Rs 14 lakh towards this project every year. SIIL is implementing CLP for the last six years with an objective of providing alternate employment opportunities for the coastal youth. Last year, 86% of the students were employed and their average monthly income is Rs 3500. 220 students from the coastal villages of Tuticorin are getting benefitted through this programme every year. The project has increased the employment opportunities for the youth in the district.

Mr.Sridhar Narasimhan, Vice President – Finance, Mr. Mukul Agarwal, Associate General Manager – Indirect Taxation, Mr.R.Rajasekarapandy, Head – Corporate Social Responsibility, Sterlite Copper and directors of various training institutes were present during the event.  

Cut Line : Mr.B.V.V.T Prasad Naik IRS, Commissioner of Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax, Tirunelveli handing over a  course completion certificate to a student of Sterlite Coastal Livelihood Project

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L.N.Balakrishnan Head - Public Relations Sterlite Copper

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This press release contains “forward-looking statements” – that is, statements related to future, not past, events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address our expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “should” or “will.” Forward–looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. For us, uncertainties arise from the behaviour of financial and metals markets including the London Metal Exchange, fluctuations in interest and or exchange rates and metal prices; from future integration of acquired businesses; and from numerous other matters of national, regional and global scale, including those of a political, economic, business, competitive or regulatory nature. These uncertainties may cause our actual future results to be materially different that those expressed in our forward-looking statements. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements. 

Sterlite Copper sponsors Rs 20 lakh to construct badminton courts

Thoothukudi: Sterlite Copper has sponsored Rs 20 lakh to construct two indoor badminton courts at Thoothukudi District Sports Stadium.

Col.S.Krishnan, General Manager – Admin & Security, Sterlite Copper handed over a cheque for Rs 20 lakh to Mr.Ashish Kumar IAS, District Collector, Thoothukudi at the district collectorate here on Thursday.

Sterlite Copper is sponsoring the construction work on the request from the district administration. The district administration has planned to carry out several renovation works at the Thoothukudi district sports stadium as part of silver jubilee celebrations of Thoothukudi district. The total cost of the project is estimated as Rs 75 lakh out of which Sterlite Copper has come forward to sponsor Rs 20 lakh. The work will be carried out under Tamil Nadu government’s Self Sufficiency Scheme.  

“The badminton courts will have wooden flooring. The project will be a boon to promote the sport in the district and also help to train sports persons to compete at international level,” Mr.Ashish Kumar said. 

Photo Cut Line: Col.S.Krishnan, General Manager – Admin & Security, Sterlite Copper handing over a cheque for Rs 20 lakh to Mr.Ashish Kumar IAS, District Collector, Thoothukudi for construction of badminton courts.

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L.N.Balakrishnan Head - Public Relations Sterlite Copper

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This press release contains “forward-looking statements” – that is, statements related to future, not past, events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address our expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “should” or “will.” Forward–looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. For us, uncertainties arise from the behaviour of financial and metals markets including the London Metal Exchange, fluctuations in interest and or exchange rates and metal prices; from future integration of acquired businesses; and from numerous other matters of national, regional and global scale, including those of a political, economic, business, competitive or regulatory nature. These uncertainties may cause our actual future results to be materially different that those expressed in our forward-looking statements. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements. 

STERLITE COPPER CONDUCTS FREE EYE CAMP

TUTICORIN: Sterlite Copper organized a free eye camp at North Aathoor here on Sunday.               

As part of Sterlite’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives in the field of health, various health and eye camps are being conducted in different parts of the district regularly. An eye camp was organized in association with Aravind Eye hospital, Tirunelveli at Shanmugasundara Nadar High School, North Aathoor.

Around 175 people were benefitted from the camp and the participants were screened by a team of Aravind hospital doctors comprising Dr.Adarsh and Dr.Naronil.

During the camp, tests on various defects like myopia, hypermetropia, presbyopia, eye pressure, colour blindness were carried out on the participants and 34 people were referred for cataract surgery at Aravind Eye hospital, Tirunelveli.

Mr.R.Rajasekarapandy, Head – Corporate Social Responsibility, Sterlite Copper and employees of Sterlite were present during the event.

PHOTO CUT-LINE: Doctors screening the participants of eye camp at Shanmugasundara Nadar High School, North Aathoor in the district organized by Sterlite Copper on Sunday.

              

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L.N.Balakrishnan Head - Public Relations Sterlite Copper

ln.balakrishnan@vedanta.co.in Tel:  +91 461 4242926

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This press release contains “forward-looking statements” – that is, statements related to future, not past, events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address our expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “should” or “will.” Forward–looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. For us, uncertainties arise from the behaviour of financial and metals markets including the London Metal Exchange, fluctuations in interest and or exchange rates and metal prices; from future integration of acquired businesses; and from numerous other matters of national, regional and global scale, including those of a political, economic, business, competitive or regulatory nature. These uncertainties may cause our actual future results to be materially different that those expressed in our forward-looking statements. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements

Sterlite conducts mock drill

Tuticorin :Sterlite Copper conducted an emergency response mock drill in the premises of the plant on Thursday.

Sterlite conducts mock drill exercise twice a year to ascertain the preparedness in case of any emergency in the plant. A mock drill on fire fighting and rescue operations was held in which all the emergency coordinators and team members actively participated. They demonstrated their role in the fire fighting and rescue operations.

Mr. N R Sadhanandam, Deputy Chief Inspectorate of Factories, Tuticorin who witnessed the mock drill lauded all the team members and management for their efforts and expressed satisfaction on the emergency response procedures of the plant.

Mr.VinodWagh, General Manager – Engineering Service, Sterlite Copper said that the main objective of the mock drill is to ensure the preparedness for any emergency and working of the fire fighting systems so as to give assurance of safety to the public.  He also added that the plant is equipped with modern fire fighting facilities and alarm systems to manage any on-site emergencies.

Sterlite Copper has assisted the district administration on numerous fire fighting occasions and has been appreciated by the government officials and public.

Mr. P Divakaran, General Manager, Operations, Mr.SandeepAcharya, Manager, Fire & Safety and Dr.R.Kailasam, Chief Medical Officer, Sterlite Copper were among the officials present.