ABB India Limited has informed the Exchange regarding a press release dated May 22, 2025, titled "Steel Authority of India Limited signs digital transformation agreement with ABB India".
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ABB India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), a government-owned Maharatna company, to digitally transform operations at SAIL's Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha. The partnership involves creating digital twins of blast furnaces and basic oxygen furnaces, using data-driven models to optimize ironmaking and steelmaking processes for better efficiency and sustainability. Rourkela Steel Plant currently produces 4.08 million tons of saleable steel annually (FY25), with plans to scale up to 9 million tons by 2030. The collaboration covers automation and digitalization expertise from ABB, but no specific contract value has been disclosed, and the filing does not mention any immediate revenue impact.
This is a strategic partnership announcement rather than a confirmed revenue-generating order, so the immediate stock impact may be limited. However, it strengthens ABB India's positioning in the growing Indian steel sector and could translate into future business as SAIL expands capacity toward its 2030 target, benefiting ABB's process automation segment over the longer term.