The institute confers the TPM awards to applicants from all over the world for implementing total productive maintenance to increase plant efficiency.
This is the first time in India when a hot strip mill, a bearings plant, a precision tube mill and wire rod mill have achieved the distinction of getting the JIPM TPM Excellence Award, a Tata Steel spokesperson said.
Buoyed by the significant improvements achieved in these units, the deployment of this TPM philosophy has now been done at all the manufacturing and support service areas of the company, including mines and collieries, the spokesperson said.
As of now, more than 50 units of the company have initiatied the TPM journey and are at various stage of its deployment, he said.
