About Us
FACOR, incorporated in 1955, is one of the India's largest producers and exporters of Ferro Alloys, an essential ingredient for manufacture of Steel and Stainless Steel. It exports to several countries like Korea, Japan, Italy, Netherlands, USA, Turkey, China and Taiwan. Today, FACOR stands synonymous to a name, which employs experience, resources and technical know-how, not only in technology but in quality as well. Alongwith strengthening its industrial activities, which include marketing, production and technology development, FACOR continuously strives towards creating new products of high technology. Known for its positive as well as courteous approach, every FACOR venture is a milestone in itself.
Shri Durgaprasad ji Saraf our founder, took the initiative and pioneered in manganese ore mining and thereafter commissioned three submerged electric arc furnaces of 7.5MVA each in Garividi, Vizianagaram District, 85 KM north of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
Subsequently, Facor commissioned the fourth submerged arc furnace of 12MVA, for production of HC Ferro Chrome and an open arc slag furnace of 8MVA for production of LC Ferro Chrome.
Facor indigenously developed its own technology and commissioned the 16MVA submerged arc furnace for the production of HC Ferro Chrome in 1981.
The Facor has currently an installed production capacity of 72,000 tons per year and successfully able to operate at beyond 100% capacity utilization, for several years.
The mission is to rebuild, reinforce and revitalize the industry for the sustenance of plant operations, with its committed and experienced manpower base.
Plant and Manufacturing Facilities at Shreeramnagar, (A.P.):
The plant & office buildings are laid out on a land ofapprox. 90 Acres. The company has supporting facilities such as 132/11 KV main receiving sub-station and has a sanctioned load connection of 40 MVA from APEPDCL, Vizianagaram.
The Company has full-fledged facilities for Raw Material Handling, Metal & Slag casting, Crushing, Sizing and other ancillaries. The furnaces are equipped with individual Bag Filter type Pollution Control systems in order to maintain a clean environment in and around the Industry. Continuous monitoring is ensured to control the pollution levels within the limits prescribed by the Pollution Control Board.
Additionally, required facilities for beneficiation and agglomeration of Chrome Ores, a mechanized briquetting plant as well as a Metal Recovery Plant to extract the valuable metallic from slag-metal mixers have also been set up.
Work force at Shreeramnagar (A.P.):
The work force consists of about 99 supervisors and 232 regular employees apart from 303 contractor’s workmen. The movements of employees to the factory are governed computerized attendance recording system, monitored by Personnel Department. An emergency control center is maintained at security main gate monitored by security department to meet all emergencies. The company has been compliant of ISO 9000 series standards since 1994 and is currently certified as per ISO 9001:2015 standards with effect from 01/04/2018.
