Essar Steel Algoma Blog: Essar’s Steel Keeps Officers Safe

Members of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service Tactical Team and Essar Steel Algoma employees exchange perspectives

Today inside our Heat Treated Plate facility here in Sault Ste. Marie, the local Police Service unveiled an impressive new armoured truck to add to their fleet of response and rescue vehicles. Essar Steel Algoma donated the armour plate used in the construction of the vehicle, and today’s event brought our steel full circle.

The Ballistic Armoured Tactical Transport will help protect officers during high-risk calls such as armed and barricaded persons inside buildings, high risk vehicle stops, execution of high risk warrants, gun calls, hostage takings and other serious incidents.

Essar Steel Algoma is proud to play a supporting role in the safety of our police officers and the security of our community. We are also excited to share this investment with those employees who make the armour plate.

At today’s event, officers from the Tactical Team had a chance to see first hand how the armour plate is made and to meet some of the employees who made the steel. For our employees, the event provided a rare opportunity to examine an end use application up close, and to meet the customers whose lives will be protected by their steel.

To read the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service official News Release, click here.

The Essar Steel Algoma Heat Treated Plate Facility produces a full range of high quality heat treated products for high strength, abrasion resistant, ballistic and other specialty plate applications.

To read more about Essar Steel Algoma’s armour plate, and other heat treated plate products, click here.

Below are photos from today's event:

(A member of the Sault Ste Marie Police Tactical Team)

(The back door of the armour vehicle bears Essar's name)

(Superintendent of Plate and Strip Finishing Domenic Spadafora explains the plate process to members of the tactical team)

(a member of the tactical team explains the vehicles specs to Essar Steel Algoma employees)

(From left to right (bottom row): members of the tactical team, Ravi Subrama Randham, General Manager Flat Roll Operations, Pramod Shukla, Chief Operating Officer, Sault Ste. Marie Police Chief Bob Davies, (top row): Essar Steel Algoma Plate and Strip employees

(Left to right (Essar Steel Algoma employees who helped to make the armour plate), Andrew Newton, Martin Champagne, Dominic Spadafora, Mike Fera, Rod St. John, Jim Lauricella, Paul Conway, Chris Misner, Dan Reed)