Jamshedpur Continuous Annealing and Processing Company Private Ltd's continuous annealing and processing line, a 600,000 tonnes per annum facility for manufacturing 'automotive grade continuous annealed products', was inaugurated at Steelennium Hall inside Tata Steel's Jamshedpur Works.

Tata Sons chairman Cyrus P Mistry and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation chairman Shoji Muneoka jointly inaugurated the facility in Jamshedpur.

JCAPCPL, a 51:49 Joint Venture of Tata Steel Ltd and NSSMC, has set up India's first Continuous Annealing & Processing Line that will produce 600,000 tonnes per annum of high-quality cold rolled sheets exclusively for the automotive industry, including outer panels and high tensile sheets.