MECON (company)

MECON
मेकॉन लिमिटेड
PSU
Industry Consulting
Founded 1973
Headquarters Vivekanand Path, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Key people
 Shri A K Tyagi (Chairman and Managing Director)
Number of employees
 2057
Slogan A House of Engineering Excellence....Aiming Beyond
Website www.meconlimited.co.in

MECON Limited, formerly known as Metallurgical & Engineering Consultants (India) Limited is a Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Steel of the Government of India. It began in 1959 as the Central Engineering and Designing Bureau (CEDB) of the Hindustan Steel Limited (HSL), the first public sector steel company. [1] Subsequently, CEDB grew as Metallurgical and Engineering Consultant (MECON), a subsidiary of the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) in 1973. It later became an autonomous company reporting to the Ministry of Steel in 1978. 1 April is observed as Foundation Day in MECON.

Key areas of activities

MECON Limited provides services in Power, Energy & Environment, Infrastructure, Oil & Gas, Metallurgy and other specialized areas. MECON is the first engineering consultancy organization in India to be accredited with the ISO 9001 certification.MECON GLIMPSES:[2]

Metals

Power

Oil & gas

Infrastructure

Network of Offices

MECON Limited is headquartered at Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. Its corporate offices are situated at New Delhi and Bengaluru. Apart from these, regional and site Offices are located all across the country. MECON Limited also has its establishment at Lagos, Nigeria.

Major ongoing projects

MECON has been appointed as consultants for SAIL's ongoing modernization and expansion projects. MECON is also providing engineering consultancy and project management consultancy services (Construction) to National Mineral Development Corporation for its first 3 MTPA iron and steel plant at Nagarnar, Chhattisgarh. Major delays, mainly caused by bureaucratic processes, have shifted the finalization several years ahead. RINL-VIZAG Steel Plant has also entrusted MECON for consultancy and project monitoring services for its Coke Oven Battery No.5 Complex and other associated facilities under its 6.3 MTPA expansion program. It has successfully commissioned the Wire Rod Mill 2 of RINL.

Mecon Tower

Mecon Tower is a combined residential-commercial complex situated on Prince Anwar Shah Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Mecon Tower has been a recognizable landmark for years.

Its owners are exclusively the employees and retired employees of MECON Limited.[3] Recently in August 2008, MECON developed India's first confocal microscope.[4] Since May 2008, MECON has also been consulting SAIL on its Vision 2020 which aims to enhance production from the existing 15 million ton per annum to 45 million ton in the next 12 years.[5]

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Story of Striving, Scaling and Succeeding
  2. ↑ Mecon FAQs
  3. ↑ MECON Diversifies Consultancy Services
  4. ↑ MECON Develops India's 78th Con-focus Microscope
  5. ↑ MECON to Help SAIL Enhance Production

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