Izhora Tubes and Pipes Works to Produce K65(X80) Pipes

Coordination Council of 2 Severstal affiliated enterprises – Cherepovets Steel Works and Izhora Tubes and Pipes Works have summed up 2007 cooperation results and worked out strategy for 2008.

According to Mr. A. Kruchinin, Director General Cherepovets Steel Works and Chairman of Board of Directors, Izhora Tubes and Pipes Works, the cooperation results not only in quantitative progress, but also in qualitative aspect as well as in mastering of new and unique technologies.

On the one side, in the II half of 2007 strips dispatch volume to Izhora Tubes and Pipes Works increased by 80 % compared to the I half of 2007.

In the other side, cooperation of technologists of the companies covering the whole production chain has enabled to master production of a unique range of products. The cooperation has resulted in mastering of production of strips steels for such large-scale projects as North-European-Gas Pipeline and Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline.

The joint plans for 2008 include industrial mastering of strips and К65 tubes for Bovanenkovo-Ukhta project. It will be the first pipeline in Russia composed of К65 (Х80) pipes.