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06.02.2007

TMK and SMS Group sign Strategic Partnership Agreement

OAO TMK (TMK), one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipe producers, and SMS Group (Germany), one of the world’s leading manufacturer of metallurgical and pipe-rolling equipment, have signed an agreement on strategic cooperation through to 2015. The strategic partnership fores...

31.01.2007

Shareholders of ОАО TMK approve revised Management Board Regulations

At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGM), which took place in Moscow on January 17, 2007, the shareholders of ОАО TMK reviewed the proposed amendments to the Management Board Regulations of the Company. The revised Management Board Regulations of ОАО TMK contai...

30.01.2007

TMK and Corinth Pipeworks S.A. set up joint venture

Seversky Pipe Plant (SPP), part of TMK, and HUMBEL Limited, the 100% subsidiary of Corinth Pipeworks S.A., the largest pipe manufacturer in Greece, have registered a joint venture (JV) named ZAO “TMK-CPW” in Polevskoy town (Sverdlovsk region, Russia). SPP owns 51% of the shares i...

22.01.2007

TMK Announces Production Results for 2006

OAO ТМК (TMK), one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipe producers, and the market leader of the Russian pipe industry, today announces its production results for 2006. The total volume of pipes shipped [1] reached an all-time high of 3,018,000 tonnes . Shipments of billets w...

17.01.2007

Seversky Tube Works has brought to a commercial level a new type of pipes

Seversky Tube Works (STW), which is part of the ОАО TMK , has brought to a commercial status the production of OTTG-M plant pipes, diameter 250.8 mm, and wall thickness 15.88 mm, thread connected. The pipes of a new standard size, manufactured under order from OAO Gazprom affil...

27.12.2006

New Piercing Mill Installed at Seversky Tube Works

Seversky Tube Works, a subsidiary of OAO “TMK”, has celebrated the completion of the assembly of a new piercing mill. It is the latest project of the company’s strategic investment program and a component of the modern high-tech seamless pipe production complex being created at t...

19.12.2006

Hot testing of primary mill completed at Sinarsky Pipe Plant

Hot test run of the primary mill has been succesfully completed in Tube mill workshop No.3 of the Sinarsky Pipe Plant (SinTZ), an affiliate of the OAO «TMK». The new plant will allow the enterprise to use in its tube production uninterruptedly cast billets made at the Severs...

18.12.2006

Taganrog Metallurgical Works confirmed compliance with DIN EN 10210-1 standards

At the Taganrog Metallurgical Works (TAGMET) incorporated in the ОАО «ТМК» the planned audit on compliance with the European Standard DIN EN 10210-1 took place. The audit was executed by representatives of the Product Experimental Laboratory of the Italian University of t...

14.12.2006

Standard & Poor’s Rating Agency upgraded Corporate Governance Score on ТМК

Standard & Poor’s International Rating Agency announced the rise of its corporate governance score (CGS) on ТМК . The Governance Services of the agency raised the score on TMK according to the international scale from CGS-5+ up to the CGS-6+ level. At the same time Standard &...

12.12.2006

VPP’s Ecological Management System has been certificated

Volzhski Pipe Plant (VPP), which is a part of the OAO “ TMK” , has received the certificate of conformance of the ecological management system to requirements of the international standard ISO 14001:2004. Certification audit has been carried out by the experts of the internatio...

01.12.2006

Construction of continuous casting machine for semi-finished products completed at Seversky Tube Works

Integrated testing of a continuous casting machine for semi-finished products made by the German company SMS Demag AG has begun at Seversky Tube Works (STW), affiliated to TMK. The official ceremony of the commissioning of the continuous casting machine was attended by the Co-C...

29.11.2006

TMK held conference with Korean pipe purchasers

TMK organized held a research and development conference with Korean pipe purchasers in Seoul on November 28, 2006. TMK gave presentation of its wide spectrum of pipe products manufacturing and research and development capabilities, as well as and its new technological advancem...

27.11.2006

Taganrog Metallurgical Works Confirms Conformity with TUV NORD Standards

A planned audit of TUV NORD has been completed at Taganrog Metallurgical Works (TAGMET), a subsidiary of Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK). An expert from Germany checked samples of water- and gas-carrying pipes made by Tagmet for conformity with the standards currently in e...

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...

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