OREANDA-NEWS. Prakash Sarode, managing director, Tata Pigments (right), receiving the award from Dr Mukund Rajan, brand custodian and chief ethics officer, Tata Sons, and member of the Group Executive Council.

Tata Pigments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Steel, has surpassed the previous records of production and sales in the financial year 2013-14 and created new records. The company has also achieved the annual business plan in both internal production and sales.

Tata Pigments has produced 3,529 tonnes of prime pigments during the financial year 2013-14 as against 2,726 tonnes the previous year, registering a growth of 29 percent.

Total sales of pigments and paints is 17,561 tonnes during the financial year 2013-14 as against 14,500 tonnes in the previous year, registering a 21 percent growth.

On this occasion, Prakash Sarode, managing director, Tata Pigments, and Rakeshwar Pandey, president, Tata Pigments Workers' Union, jointly cut the cake and addressed the employees on the establishment day of the company, on April 2, 2014.

Tata Pigments is committed to excel in business and has adopted the Tata Business Excellence Model. At the Business Excellence Convention held in December 2013, Mr Sarode received an award on behalf of the company, from Dr Mukund Rajan, brand custodian and chief ethics officer, Tata Sons, and member of the Group Executive Council, because Tata Pigments crossed the 450 band in the TBEM Basic Assessment 2013.