In 2017 Zagorsky Pipe Works produced 146 thousand tons of pipes, up 4-fold YoY.
Recently ZTZ has agreed with Severstal to buy 180 thousand tons of rolled metal for pipe manufacture.
According to the company, pipe demand this year will range between 2.2 and 2.3 million tons, and in 2019 it will reach 2.5 million tons.
Thus the company intends to increase output to 550 thousand tons of pipes, with 230 thousand tons to be produced in H1. (Ukrainian metal)