The aim of PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih is to create a manufacturing company of high-quality spare parts for own needs and for the needs of external customers. LLC Casting & Mechanical Plant will be established by merging the shops of the company.
A competitive enterprise having a team of highly skilled specialists, with a strong leader and modern equipment, will enter the market.
LLC Casting & Mechanical Plant will be created as an independent business unit with a full cycle: from production of liquid steel in electric arc furnaces to finished spare parts and machine-building equipment. Main focus will be on the following: increase of products quality; enhancing competitiveness due to business processes optimization; cost reduction; expansion of capacities and range of products; and productivity improvement.
The new plant will be comprised of shops of Central Maintenance and Repair Department: Mold Production Shop, Steel Foundry Shop, Iron Foundry Shop, Repair Mechanical Shops Nos. 1 and 2, Repair Mechanical Shop No. 3 and Metal Structures Shop.
Since 2011, highly skilled specialists of these shops have been successfully producing spare parts for the group companies, such as ArcelorMittal Annaba (Algeria), ArcelorMittal Alaberia (Spain), ArcelorMittal Temirtau (Kazakhstan), ArcelorMittal Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina), ArcelorMittal Service Group (Poland), ArcelorMittal Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico) and ArcelorMittal Bremen (Germany). Products were delivered for nuclear companies of France – Industeel Creusot and Industeel Loire – and USA mining companies – International Mine. Ukrainian machine-building companies producing equipment for Metinvest, Corum Group and others have also been the customers of the shops. Creation of the independent business unit will enable the company to significantly increase the supply volumes of products and to determine focus areas and expand the product range.
Main types of products to be manufactured by LLC Casting & Mechanical Plant are pots, grate bars, molds, pallets, armors, teeth, shaped casting, mechanical products etc. Spare parts and own products will, first of all, cover the requirements of the company, enable to minimize purchases from external companies and reduce emergency orders, that, in its turn, will have a positive impact on the reliability of equipment and cost of steel products. Investment will be done to purchase new equipment for timely performance of important orders.
Under the leadership of Valeriy Movchan the organizational chart will be amended and employees will be transferred from the shops mentioned above to the new plant. This process has been already started and will have been finished by April 2018. All procedures will be done strictly as per Ukrainian legislation involving Trade Unions of the plant.
All warranties and privileges stipulated in the collective agreement will remain unchanged for those who will be transferred to the new plant, providing decent working conditions, competitive salary, full social package, medical insurance, additional leave, health improvement at the company camps and boarding houses. Children of employees will be able to have a rest at Burevestnik and Parus.
The new plant will comply with the policies and standards of ArcelorMittal and will act in accordance with Ukrainian legislation. (AMKR/Ukrainian metal)