Volzhsky Pipe and Sections Works has put into operation a new pipe-welding machine 20-89 manufactured by DMC Tech Corporation. Now the company operates 7 mills. Water and gas pipeline pipe with the diameter of 20 and 25 mm has been added to the company product portfolio. The company has also mastered the manufacture of pipes…
TMK Chermet and Volzhsky Pipe Works have carried out a project to expand the scrap delivery ways by using automobiles. Previously scrap was delivered only via railroad. Under the project an additional exit from the scrap procurement site of TMK Chermet has been created, and three trucks have been prepared. And VTZ has assembled automobile…
In March Volzhsky Pipe Works sold 86.1 thousand tons of products, down by 0.4% MoM and by 2.8% YoY. In February the results were -13.6% and +23.2%, while in January +15.1% and +40.1% respectively. In January-March sales reached 272.7 thousand tons, up by 18.4% YoY, but down by 8% and by 28% from 2016 and…
Volzhsky Pipe Works hosted a meeting with the representatives of the local authorities. The deputy governor, chairman of the industry and trade committee of the Volgograd region Roman Bekov noted the positive experience of pipe makers who occupied leading positions in exports not only in the region, but in the country as well. The works…
Volzhsky Pipe Works has finished the scheduled modernization of the main sites at the pipe-rolling shop No. 3, which produces hot-deformed seamless pipes for oil and gas industry. In particular, the sites of the pipe hot-rolling and casing pipes treatment have been modernized. The works have considerably improved the operating characteristics of the shop machinery.…
In October Volzhsky Pipe Works shipped 61 thousand tons of steel pipes via railroad, down by 0.5% MoM and by 31% YoY. The works has been lagging behind the last year results since the start of this year. VTZ supplied 52 thousand tons of pipes to the local market (down by 2.5% MoM and by…
Volzhsky Pipe Works (a part of TMK) has put its continuous-casting machine No. 2 at the arc-furnace shop into operation after an overhaul. The halt of the machine didn’t affect steel smelting process, as it was carried out at other machines according to the plan. The arc-furnace shop of VTZ produces square (240×240, 300×300 and…