Incorporated in Dec.'73 as a private limited company, Garg Furnace was converted into a public limited company in Feb.'76. Promoted by Dharam Pal Garg and Jagdish Chand Garg, Garg Furnace manufactures alloy steel. Its manufacturing facilities are situated at Ludhiana, Punjab._x000D_ _x000D_ The company commenced operations in 1974 with a 1-tonne capacity arc furnace to manufacture steel casting. In 1981, the arc furnace was scrapped, as its technology was not so successful and during the same year, it installed a 0.5-metric tonne capacity induction melting furnace. In 1988, it added a rolling mill for the manufacture of MS hot rolled rounds. The melting capacity was increased in the years 1989, 1991, 1994 and again in Mar.'93. _x000D_ _x000D_ In 1995, the company completed expansion-cum-forward integration plan to put up a new induction melting furnace to enhance its ingots manufacturing capacity from 48,000 tpa to 72,000 tpa and to also to set up a wire rod mill with an installed capacity of 30,000 tpa. It tapped the capital market in Apr.'95 to part-finance the project. _x000D_ _x000D_ The company's products are being supplied to Indian Railways, thermal power stations, cement plants, sugar mills and auto, bicycle and sewing machine parts manufacturers._x000D_