Stainless steel coils, circles and precision strip — from Asia's mills to your port.
TOOB Global finds the right mill in China, Vietnam or Thailand for your grade, size and price — and stays with every lot from contract to arrival. Coils and circles for kitchenware, utensil, pipe and fabrication units; precision strip from 0.03 mm for springs, electronics, blades and stamping.
Why buyers work with us
Importing stainless from Asia is easy when it goes right and expensive when it doesn't. Our job is to make it go right.
One person who knows the trade
Santosh Aggarwal has worked in stainless steel since 1989. You deal with him directly — no call centre, no chain of middlemen.
Mills matched to your grade
We know which mills in China, Vietnam and Thailand make which grades and sizes well, so your inquiry goes to the right three or four — not to everyone.
Documents right the first time
Sales contract, mill test certificates, Certificate of Origin (Form AI for the India–ASEAN duty benefit) and BIS where required — checked before shipment, not after.
Follow-up until the cargo lands
We track loading, B/L, sailing and arrival for every lot, and keep advance and balance payments matched to what was actually shipped.
On the ground with our mills
We visit the mills we work with — the floor, the lines and the people behind every coil.
Visit to YongJin, Thailand — 5 November 2026
The drive in to the YongJin plant, and lunch with their team after a two-hour meeting on grades, sizes and the season ahead. Short clips, straight from the phone.
About Santosh Aggarwal
Santosh started in the stainless steel trade in January 1989 and has spent his working life in it. He knows the material, the mills, and the small details that decide whether a shipment goes right: the right grade for the job, a realistic tolerance, and documents that clear customs without delay.
In 2011 he began working directly with China — sourcing stainless circles, and once even a complete cold-rolling coil mill. Since 2018 he has run the family indenting business that is today TOOB Global, bringing coils, strips, sheets and circles from mills in China, Vietnam and Thailand to manufacturers in India and Bangladesh.
His path has not been a straight line. There have been pauses along the way, and each time he has come back with fresh ideas and more energy than before — which is, in its own way, what “think out of the box” means to him. Like kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold, the cracks have become part of the strength.
What he is proudest of is simple: being honest and transparent with buyers and mills alike.
He works in English, Hindi and Bengali. Outside steel, he practises Vipassana meditation, writes Hindi and Urdu poetry and sings — more on the Beyond steel page.
What we source
Cold-rolled and hot-rolled stainless steel, cut to your width and length.
| Grade | Typical use | Finishes |
|---|---|---|
| 201 · J1, J3, J4 | Utensils, kitchenware, pipes and tubes | 2B, BA |
| Low-nickel 200 · N1, N7 | Economy kitchenware and hollowware | 2B |
| 304 / 304L | Deep drawing, sinks, cookware, food equipment | 2B, BA, No.4, No.1 |
| 316 / 316L | Marine, chemical and pharma equipment | 2B, No.1 |
| 409 · 410 | Automotive exhaust and general engineering | 2B, No.1 |
| 420 · J1, J2 | Cutlery, blades and tools | 2B, No.1 |
| 430 | Appliances, sinks and interiors | 2B, BA, No.4 |
Precision stainless steel strip
Thin, flat and consistent — for parts where a few microns decide whether the press runs or stops.
Grades
- 301 / 304 spring steel (CSP)
- Martensitic: 6Cr13 to 9Cr18MoV, the 420 family
- Medium & high-carbon and alloy steel
- Full-hard, ¾, ½, ¼-hard and soft tempers
Where it goes
- Springs and spring clips
- Phone, laptop and electronics parts
- Cylinder and engine gaskets
- Medical needles and surgical tools
- Knives, blades and razors
- Precision stamping for auto and appliances
How it is made
- AGC automatic thickness control
- Tension levelling for flatness
- Bright annealing in hydrogen atmosphere
- Precision slitting with clean edges
- Spectro, hardness, cupping and roughness tests
Part of Yongjin Corporation (Shanghai-listed, 603995), with 4.5 million tonnes of cold-rolled capacity across nine plants. The Thai plant at WHA Eastern Seaboard 3, Chonburi runs 650 mm and 1780 mm 20-high mills: 0.1–2.0 mm × 15–1580 mm in 300-series BA/2B and 400-series BA, including 12,000 tonnes a year of precision strip. Thai origin brings the Form AI duty benefit for Indian buyers.
Ultra-thin and special stainless since 2002: CSP spring strip, martensitic strip for blades and surgical tools, and high-carbon alloy strip, from 15,000 tonnes of annual capacity.
Inside AMT-Yanhan, Shanghai: 20-high Sendzimir mill, tension levelling and precision slitting.
Recycled stainless and BIS certification
Two services that help steel cross borders: proof of recycled content for markets that ask for it, and the BIS licence that India requires.
RCS-certified recycled stainless
Buyers in Europe, the US and other advanced markets increasingly have to show the recycled content and carbon footprint of the steel in their products. Our partner mills supply stainless with certified recycled content under the Recycled Claim Standard (RCS), with chain-of-custody documents for every lot.
- Coils and strips with certified recycled content
- RCS transaction certificates with each shipment
- Supplied from YongJin, Vietnam
BIS certification
India's Steel Quality Control Orders make BIS certification compulsory for a long list of stainless and carbon steel products. Without a licence these cannot be sold in India — by the mill or by its traders. We take mills through the licence from start to finish.
- Prepare and file the BIS application
- Explain and arrange every requirement
- Coordinate the factory inspection by BIS
- Follow up sample testing with BIS labs
- Licence grant, agreement and renewals
How an order runs
The same five steps for a single container or a full season's booking.
- InquiryGrade, size, quantity and port — by WhatsApp or our inquiry form.
- OffersQuotes from suitable mills, compared side by side for you.
- ContractSales contract signed and advance paid to the mill.
- LoadingMaterial, documents and B/L checked before sailing.
- ArrivalCargo tracked to your port; balance paid against documents.
For mills and traders
We work with stainless steel mills and stockists in China, Vietnam and Thailand that want steady, well-documented business with manufacturers in India and Bangladesh. Send us your product range and capacity.
Talk to us
Send your requirement and we'll come back with offers from suitable mills. We speak English, Hindi and Bengali.
- Contact
- Santosh Aggarwal
- +91 98110 51238
- [email protected]
- Office
- Kundli, Sonipat, Haryana, India