September 08, 2008

PEB makers plan to form an association

It is reported that India's Pre Engineered Buildings manufacturers are planning to form an association which would make efforts to promote the merits and usage of PEBs in the country.

Mr Chetan Toila CEO of TATA Bluescope JV said that the association is likely to be modeled after the Institute for Steel Development and Growth, which strives to expand the use of steel in the domestic construction industry.

He said that "Earlier most PEB manufacturers used to campaign the causes of better value by using PEB techniques. Over the past few months, individual efforts have been put together to form an association to promote the industry with concerted efforts."

Pre Engineered Buildings has started in 1999-2000 with a meagre volume of less than 10,000 tonnes per annum, PEB construction is catching up fast and about three lakh tons of material was produced in the last fiscal. There are only a few players engaged in PEB buildings manufacturing in India.