FSL Group has always been at the forefront of nation builder and its role has been acknowledged at the highest level. Of the various awards and trophies won by the group - President’s Excellence Award (1998) for Fazal Steel (Pvt.) Limited and Prime Minister’s ICCI Export Performance Award (2004) for Barkat Rice Mills (Pvt.) Limited are prominent.
The Group
Fazal Steel (Pvt.) Limited is one
of the leading steel rolling mills in
Pakistan. The company has excelled
in steel industry with expertise in
manufacturing steel bars for
reinforcement of concrete and
sectional steel products of different
grades and sizes.
FSL is best known for its state-of-art
technology, high standards in quality
and commitment to the development
of Pakistan. Success of the company
can be gauged by the portfolio of
mega-projects in which it has
participated over the last few
decades.
Fazal Steel (Pvt) Limited
manufactures deformed and
torsion steel bars for
reinforcement of concrete and
various other sectional steel
products. The company voluntarily
follows international product
standards like ASTM A615...
Steel Bars manufactured by FSL are used in most critical constructions specially bridges, dams, powerhouses, nuclear reactors, cement plants, high-rise & multistory buildings.
Quality Assurance
Although the company has had a suitable quality control system in place for years, but the transformation from a traditional system to a modern quality assurance system has lifted its performance to a new high. The fact that this system was designed in-house and its implementation was carried out by FSL itself speaks a lot about management’s own abilities and commitment of its workers.
To achieve standardization in its operations, the company has documented manuals, procedures, work instructions and job descriptions. Every worker is trained and provided with copies of relevant work instructions, written in local language, enabling him to carry out his job in a thoroughly professional manner.
The company has formed a highpowered team, headed by Director Sales, with an objective to keep a close watch on the performance of all departments. This team includes Quality Assurance Manager, ISO9000- 2000 Lead Auditor and Departmental Heads as its members. The team members coordinate with each other to ensure that customers get better quality and better service at all times. A review meeting is held at least once in a month to discuss ways to improve performance of the system. From time to time, customers are also invited to give their feedback on products and services they get. Their remarks, suggestions and complaints are discussed in the review meetings and actions are taken accordingly.
Testing Facilities
The physical testing laboratory atFSL is equipped with modern testing equipment, wellmaintained and regularly calibrated by reputed agencies including Air Force Complex Kamra and Engineering University Lahore. The laboratory is capable of performing several requisite tests on steel bars manufactured i.e. yield & tensile, elongation, bend test and hardness test. Frequent tests are performed for each heat / lot on in-coming, in-process and final dispatch stage. Apart from the usual physical testing laboratory, FSL is the only steel re-rolling mill in Pakistan to have the chemical testing facilities through most advanced but expensive - Spectrolab.
Spectro Lab for chemical Analysis
Metallography equipment
This enables the company to apply comprehensive quality control measures at input, in process and final stage. Installed with latest and modern testing equipment, chemical and physical testing laboratories of FSL are taken at par with any internationally recognized testing laboratory.
Material Handling
FSL has ample space in its steel yard with a storage capacity of more than 10,000 tons of finished products / raw material. Overhead cranes and billet cutting shear machines have been installed to expedite the material handling process and make the raw-material available for production in shortest possible time. This elaborate network is not available with any other steel mill in this region.
Raw Meterial
Availability of prime quality billets is extremely important for any rerolling mill producing rebars as per inter-national standards like ASTM, BSS or AASHTO. FSL recognizes the fact and it is therefore that the company got itself registered with Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation (PSMC) as a consumer dealer. PSMC is the largest producer of prime quality billets in Pakistan. The quality of its products is known to be in accordance with international product standards. PSMC and FSL have long-term contracts for supply of prime quality billets to the later. With these contracts in place, FSL ensures that its customers get their products delivered on time.
Characteristics Affecting Quality of Steel Bars
Following factors affect the strength of steel bars and its bonding with concrete.
i) Rib Spacing ii) Height of Ribs iii) Gap Cord iv) Deformation, and v) Surface scrapes
CNC Lab for making Ribs and notching letters on Roll
Any deviation in these parameters, howsoever minute, can significantly decrease bonding capability with concrete as well as strength of bars itself.
Unit weight of steel bars is another factor that can significantly affect quality of construction as well as hurt the customers pocket in big way. It can be proved that manufacturing of steel bars under uncontrolled conditions or without required expertise produces over-size / under-size or over-weight / underweight steel bars. Such bars when used in construction significantly hamper implementation of engineering-design as the weight and strength of steel bars varies considerably.
CNC Lab for making Ribs and notching letters on Roll
FSL ensures that all quality parameters are adhered to strictly and on consistent basis. All this expertise in manufacturing and quality of raw material used makes FSL branded steel bars an extremely reliable product for quality-conscious customers. No wonder if FSL is the first choice for construction of dams, hydropower plants, nuclear-power plants, bridges, motorways, factories, high-rise buildings etc.
FSL Branded Steel Bars:
In today’s age of intensecompetition, very few brands enjoya decisive edge in free market; FSL is however one exception. This has been possible because of sheer commitment, extensive efforts, unrivaled expertise and fair dealings; a matchless combination with ultimate benefit going to the customer.
In its drive to serve the customer better, FSL has introduced advanced and efficient technology with an equally effective production process. The company has also comple-mented its abilities in manufacturing of steel bars with a very useful quality assurance system. certified under ISO9001-2000. In fact, FSL is the first steel mill in Pakistan to have implemented ISO9002 way back in 1997-98.
FSL branded steel bars are manufactured under controlled conditions in accordance with internationally acclaimed product standards. The company manufactures:-
Deformed Bars - also called hot worked steel bars manufactured under American standard ASTM615A.
Torsion Bars - also called cold worked or twisted bars are manufactured under British standard BSI4449.
Export
FSL Honour to export Deformed rebars of reinforcement to international market and Afghanistan. FSL is enjoying good reputation to export their quality products and reinforcement deformed bar accourding to ASTM 615 A Grade 40 & 60.
The FSL Group
Fazal Steel (Pvt.) Limited is one of the leading steel rolling mills in Pakistan. The company has excelled in steel industry with expertise in manufacturing steel bars for reinforcement of concrete and sectional steel products of different grades and sizes.
FSL is best known for its state-of-art technology, high standards in quality and commitment to the development of Pakistan. Success of the company can be gauged by the portfolio of mega-projects in which it has participated over the last few decades.
FSL Group of companies is a premier industrial establishmentof Pakistan; involved in diverse business activities like steel casting, foundries, re-rolling, rice processing and textiles. The group’s history in steel business goes back to 1913 when the foundations were laid down by opening of a trading house for steel products. This humble beginning soon turned into a strong countrywide distribution network selling products of world renowned Tata Steel and Nippon Steel.
The group first entered into manufacturing line in 1976 and since then has strengthened its position as a trend-setter and a technology leader in the area. Today the group has as many as five manufacturing units with the capacity of hundred thousad matric tons 100000 m/tons in its folds – with two new units under installation.
