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FACE TO FACE

“EVERY ONE OF US IN THE COMPANY,
UNDERSTANDS THE NEED FOR COMMITMENT

ON QUALITY”

In conversation with Mr. Nirmalya Mukherjee, Editor-in-chief
of Steel and Metallurgy, Mr. Ashok Sawhny, President of Global
Monarch elaborates on the history of Global Monarch while also
unfolding the details of the organization’s products and services
brought to the customers. Along with this Mr. Sawhny also states
his views on the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative and the dependency
of the Indian refractory industry on China.

Mr. Ashok Sawhny
President of Global Monarch

NM: Good Day Mr. Sawhny. Global and OCL India, and to a few smaller
Monarch started its journey in 1978 as plants. A couple of years later, we started
premium marketing and international off as agents for Heine Bros. for BHP
trading company and you have a Australia, bringing in metallurgical coke
diversified range of products from and thermal coal to the Indian markets,
refractories to steel ferroalloys, ores and this association lasted until 1990.
and minerals. How would you evaluate
the journey of Global Monarch during To evaluate the journey of To evaluate the journey of Monarch
the last forty-six years? over the last 40 years, all I can say is
Monarch over the last 40 that I am pleased with my company
AS: Thank you, Mr. Mukherjee, for the years, all I can say is that I dealing in refractories, refractory raw
opportunity given to me for the Interview am pleased with my company materials, steel plant consumables,
in Steel & Metallurgy which is among the dealing in Refractories, variety of chemicals, ores and minerals
reputed prints in the Steel sector. Refractory raw materials, and Refractory presses from Sacmi, etc.
steel plant consumables,
I started this company in 1975, but at variety of chemicals and I still work full time. Of course I have my
that time we weren't doing refractories two daughters and two grandsons in my
and related materials but were doing Refractory presses from company. So it has been a wonderful, 47
other items textile and textile yarns that Sacmi, ores and minerals years and I am pleased with where we are.
we were importing from Korea, before etc.
which, of course, I had worked 20 years NM: In the areas of refractories and
with industry, including some time with refractory raw materials could you
James Finlay, which was then taken over highlight the details of your products
by Tata Tea, and also with DCM, which and the raw materials which Global
was a very old, famous textile company, RHI Magnesita). Magnesita Brazil Monarch is capable of supplying to its
in those days. was essentially selling their Magnesite customers across the globe?
grades M10, M20 and M30 and we were
Refractories were next, and it started bringing these materials into India and AS: In the areas of refractories and
off with Magnesita Brazil in 1978, (now started supplying to Tata Refractories refractory raw materials, we trade in

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