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03.11.2006

Posts Record Sales in October 2006

TMK has released its production and sales figures for October 2006. For the first time in the company’s history, the company’s subsidiaries sold 271,400 tonnes of pipes and produced 154,200 tonnes of steel in a one-month period. In all, from January-October 2006 TMK sold 2,502,...

17.10.2006

TMK raises USD155 million syndicated structured facility

TMK, one of the world’s leading steel pipe producers, has successfully closed a USD 155 million syndicated structured facility. Bank Natexis (ZAO), Moscow, the Russian banking subsidiary of Natexis Banques Populaires, acted as the sole Mandated Lead Arranger, Facility Agent and B...

16.10.2006

New Gas Purification System for Electrical Steel Smelting Launched at Volzhsky Pipe Plant

A new gas purification system has been launched in the electrical steel smelting production unit of Volzhsky Pipe Plant (VTZ), a subsidiary of Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK). The new system was launched as part of a program to modernize and re-equip the production capacity of T...

10.10.2006

A new pressure-tight joint for oil-well tubing was created in ТМК

The OAO “TMK” received the favorable statement on stand tests of the new thread joint “Premium” for oil-well tubing – “ТМК-FMT”. This thread joint has successfully passed comprehensive tests at OJSC “VNIITneft” and LLC “VNIIGAZ”. Following the results of these tests the following...

06.10.2006

TMK Announces Results of First 9 Months of 2006

Russian pipe producer TMK has announced the results of its production activities for the first 9 months of 2006. From January-September 2006 the company’s subsidiaries shipped 2,229,000 metric tons of pipes, which was 3.2% higher than in the same period of 2005. TMK produced 1,63...

04.10.2006

TMK and Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren to Set up Joint Venture

TMK, the leading Russian steel pipe company, has announced that Volzhsky Pipe Plant (VTZ), a member of TMK, and Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren (Weslpun), India’s largest manufacturer of high-end large-diameter pipes for oil and gas industry, have signed the MOU and agreed to set up...

26.09.2006

TMK and Corinth Pipeworks S.A. Set Up Joint Venture

OAO TMK, a leading world producer of steel pipes, and Corinth Pipeworks S.A., the largest producer of steel pipes in Greece and one of the largest in Europe, have announced that one of TMK’s plants – Seversky Tube Works (STW) – and Corinth Pipeworks S.A. have agreed to set up a j...

13.09.2006

TMK and Severstal discuss prospects for collaboration

A meeting of the Coordination Council of OAO “TMK” and OAO “Severstal” was held at Volzhsky Pipe Plant (VTZ), a subsidiary of TMK. General Director of OAO “TMK” Konstantin Semerikov and General Director of OAO “Severstal” Anatoly Kruchinin took part in the work of the council....

12.09.2006

Resita Works renamed

At an Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting of SC C.S.R. SA (city of Resita, Romania), a subsidiary of TMK, a decision was adopted to rename the plant SC TMK-Resita SA. The change was registered with the State on 1 September 2006. The decision was adopted in order to ensure...

12.09.2006

TMK and Hydril Company LP Set Up Joint Venture

Russia’s leading pipe producer TMK and Hydril Company LP (United States), the world’s leading developer and producer of threaded premium connections for pipes, have created a joint company called TMK-Hydril CJSC. The charter capital of the new company will be divided equally betw...

05.09.2006

ТМК increases volume of pipe shipment to oil and gas companies by 26%

During the first six months of 2006 TMK shipped about 700 thousand tons of oil and gas pipes to customers globally. Thirty percent of these drilling, casing and oilwell pipes were exported. Compared to the same period of the previous year oilwell tubing and casing piping suppli...

24.08.2006

TMK has signed an agreement with ITERA

ТМК and OOO “SSC “ITERA” concluded a long-term cooperation agreement. Cooperation between the Companies will be aimed at supplying needs of enterprises of ITERA Group in tubular goods by means of deliveries from TMK plants. The parties are going to coordinate their cooperation...

21.08.2006

TMK Establishes Scientific and Technical Council

TMK has established a Scientific and Technical Council. The council was established on the basis of the Technical Council, which was established in 2002 and engaged in the coordination of the technical and technological work of TMK’s divisions. The Scientific and Technical Coun...

15.08.2006

Volzhsky Pipe Plant has confirmed the conformity to API standards

Volzhsky Pipe Plant, a part of ТМК, has confirmed the conformity of quality management system to Q1 specification requirements of the American institute of oil (American Petroleum Institute, API). On results of audit there was confirmed the plant capacities to produce goods on...

14.08.2006

Volzhsky Pipe Plant has received “TRANSCERT” Certificate

Volzhsky Pipe Plant, a part of ТМК, was the first among Russia n pipe undertakings who received the Certificate of conformity to the system of voluntary certification \"TRANSSERT\". Validity date of the Certificate on serial release of electro welded spiral seamed pipes...

09.08.2006

Volzhsky Pipe Plant has passed Shell’s qualification

Volzhsky Pipe Plant, a part of ТМК, has passed qualification of oil-extracting company \"Shell\" and is entered into the list of official suppliers of pipes of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) N 80 and L 80 durability categories. In 2005 Volzhsky Pipe Plant was qualified by Shel...

08.08.2006

Seversky Tube Works has confirmed its conformity to API standards

Seversky Tube Works, a part of ТМК, has confirmed the conformity of a quality management system to specification Q1 requirements of the American institute of oil (American Petroleum Institute, API). On results of audit there was confirmed the factory capacity to produce goods i...

04.08.2006

TMK and Olivotto Ferre undertakings have signed contracts on delivery of equipment

ТМК undertakings and one of leading world manufacturers of the thermal equipment \"Olivotto Ferre\" company (Italy) have signed contracts on delivery of equipment of lines of heat treatment pipes for Sinarsky Pipe Works, Taganrog Metallurgical Works and Volzhsky Pipe Plan...

25.07.2006

Sinarsky Pipe Plant confirmed conformity with API standards

Sinarsky Pipe Plant, a part of TMK, confirmed the conformity of quality management system and pipe production with standards of American Petroleum Institute. Auditors of American Petroleum Institute made an examination and acknowledged quality management system to conform with...

24.07.2006

Seversky Tube Works Recommended for International Certification

A certification audit of the integrated system for quality management, ecological management and the management of labor protection and industrial safety of Seversky Tube Works, a member company of TMK, has been conducted at the company. Based on the results of the audit, Burea...

05.07.2006

TMK sums up results of work for first 6 months of 2006

TMK has summed up the preliminary results of its production activity for the first 6 months of 2006. In the period January-June the Company’s enterprises shipped to consumers 1,459,000 tonnes of pipes of various types and 319,800 tonnes of commercial finished steel and section, w...

04.07.2006

TMK and Gazprom develop scientific-technical cooperation

TMK and Gazprom have confirmed a Programme of Scientific and Technical Cooperation for 2006-2009. The main aim of the document is to coordinate the companies’ efforts in assimilating import substitution and new types of pipe products with high technical and economic specification...

03.07.2006

"TMK" holds Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting

The OAO \"TMK\" Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting took place on 30 June 2006. The meeting elected the Board of Directors and Audit Committee, confirmed the annual report and annual accounting statements. OOO Ernst and Young was confirmed as the official auditor for OAO TMK....

29.06.2006

TMK Global AG founds a company in the United Arab Emirates

TMK Global AG has founded the company TMK Middle East in the city of Dubai (United Arab Emirates), which is the latest step in the development of the TMK’s international trade network. TMK Middle East was created to organize sales and client services in the countries of t...

23.06.2006

TMK and Salym Petroleum Development N.V. signed an agreement of strategic cooperation

TMK and Salym Petroleum Development N.V., a joint enterprise set up on a par by “Shell” trust and the Russian company “Avikhon”, signed an agreement of strategic cooperation. The document envisages supplying pipes of oil and gas range manufactured by TMK – casing pipes, tubings...

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