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Al Gharbia Pipe Company can now manufacture largediameter longitudinal welded pipes made of quality steels ? mainly for the energy sector ? targeting markets in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the UAE (United Arab Emirates).
Al Gharbia Pipe Company is a joint venture of investment
company Senaat, JFE Steel and Marubeni-Itochu Steel (MISI). The new company leverages JFE Steel’s technology for high-qual- ity large-diameter longitudinal welded steel pipes, MISI’s sales
capabilities and Senaat’s indus- trial expertise in Abu Dhabi.
At the end of May, Tagmet, based in Taganrog, Russia, and part of TMK`s Pipe Metallurgical Company, produced the five millionth ton of pipes on the PQF® (Premium Quality Finishing) seamless pipe mill supplied by SMS group. This milestone batch of line pipes for the oil industry – of 168 millim- eters diameter and 18 millimeters wall thickness - was produced using continuously cast billets from a steel plant that was also supplied by SMS group.
Commissioned in 2008, the con- tinuous PQF® mill at Tagmet was the first pipe rolling mill in Russia to use the latest PQF® technol- ogy for the production of seam- less steel pipes for the oil and gas industry. With six thousand employees, Tagmet is today one of the leading companies in the pipe industry, both nationally and internationally. The mill produces basically all types of seamless steel pipes within the dimen- sional range of 73 to 273 milli- meters, including high-strength pipes with special material prop- erties to meet the ever-growing demands of the market.
Seamless steel pipes on the cooling bed in the Tagmet PQF® mill.
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Taganrog Metallurgical Works (Tagmet)
produces five millionth ton of pipes on
continuous PQF® mill from SMS group
“Undoubtedly, this milestone is a credit to the entire plant staff. A key element of the success are the well-coordinated actions of all the mill’s technical service teams, who – through highly efficient maintenance of the equipment - have always ensured stable and flawless production, and of all our staff members involved in the technological process,” says Sergey Bilan, Managing Director of Tagmet.
Over the years, trustful cooper- ation between Tagmet and SMS
group has led to the continuous further development of the tech- nology in the PQF® seamless pipe mill. Renewed proof of this coop- eration is the latest order placed by TMK for the supply of a newly developed mandrel thrust block for the cone-type piercing mill. The thrust block is currently being assembled in the SMS group work- shop in Germany.
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