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Julian Kennedy : On his visit to United States in 1901 Mr. J N Tata encounterd at last the man for whom he had been searching. This was Mr. Julian Kennedy, the head of the of Julian Kennedy, Sahlin and Co. Ltd. Engineers, whose headquarters are at Pittsburg, with a branch at Brussels. Mr. Kennedy was one of the foremost metallurgical engineers in the world, and had a reputation which may well be described as international. Mr. Tata unfolded his scheme to Mr. Kennedy and received the practical counsel he required. Mr. Kennedy's acquaintance with the iron and steel business was encyclopaedic. He told Mr. Tata that the first institute a far more thorough and scientific investigation of the local condition, the raw materials, and the markets of India, that he had hitherto done. He also warned him that the preliminary inquiries would probably cost large sums of money, but he pointed out that it would be unwise to embark upon the enterprise which in the end would cost millions, without first conducting an exhaustive examination and possibilites. His firm were formally appointed Construction Engineer to the Tata Iron and Steel Co. (TISCO) in the year 1907.
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