Usha Martin is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of wire rope. Established in the year 1960, today Usha Martin is a multi-unit and multi-product organization. The company is known for making a wide range of wire rope products, which have applications across the world. Rajeev Jhawar is the Managing Director of Usha Martin Limited. With the knowledge acquired from London Business School, Rajeev Jhawar started his journey as Sr. Vice President (Commercial) and became the Managing Director of Usha Martin Limited. In the three decades that he has been at the helm of the Usha Martin Group, he has accelerated growth.
Usha Martin is one of the largest manufacturers of wire ropes in the world and has the capacity to produce 300,050 tonnes of it per annum. The ropes manufactured by Usha Martin serve in some of the most critical applications across diversified industrial segments, which include oil & offshore, cranes, mining, elevators, aerials, fishing, conveyor belts and general engineering. The company has a global base of wire rope manufacturing, with facilities located in India, the UK, Dubai and Bangkok.
The infrastructural facilities of Usha Martin Limited include the latest state-of-the-art high-capacity machines to manufacture world-class products. The global R&D centre of Usha Martin Limited located in Italy is actively engaged in designing wire ropes and uses proprietary design software to develop products that are the best in class. Usha Martin also has a comprehensive R&D facility in their manufacturing unit at Ranchi in India.
Mr Rajeev Jhawar, the Managing Director of Usha Martin is an Indian industrialist with over three decades of experience in strategic management. He started his journey as Sr. Vice President (Commercial) and became the Managing Director of Usha Martin Limited in 1998. In the three decades that he has been at the helm of the Usha Martin Group, Rajeev Jhawar has accelerated growth and enhanced stakeholder value. Rajeev Jhawar uses his in-depth understanding of business administration and strategic decision making to take the company to a higher growth trajectory.
Usha Martin Limited has always focused on delivering value-added products and services to the customers. To ensure that commitment to quality percolates through every sphere of their operations, they have built a robust network of capabilities spread across the globe. Long-standing application of their wire ropes in diverse sectors like Oil & Offshore, Mining, Crane, Elevator, Infrastructure etc. is the testimony of their expertise in manufacturing high-quality wire rope products.
Usha Martin’s facility at Ranchi is one of the world’s largest wire rope manufacturing facilities under one roof. Other than wire rope, this unit manufactures LRPC strands, customized to have diversified applications in infrastructure, renewable energy installations, bridges etc. Their distribution centers are located in the UK, North America, South America, Netherlands, Australia, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Kazakhstan and Iran.
Rajeev Jhawar is also the Director of Neutral Publishing House Limited which has a leading regional newspaper under the flagship title ‘Prabhat Khabar’ published in the Indian cities of Patna, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Jamshedpur & Kolkata. He is also a director on the boards of Usha Martin’s overseas subsidiaries, i.e., Usha Martin International Limited in the UK, Usha Siam Industries Public Company Limited in Thailand and Brunton Wire Ropes FZ Co. in Dubai.