ArcelorMittal Ostrava to Supply Tubes for Water Conduit Project in France
04/29/2013 - ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava in the Czech Republic has concluded an important contract worth several tens of millions crowns for supplies of water tubes with polypropylene coating for an extensive project of construction of drinking water conduit in the north of France.
ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava (AMTPO), a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal Ostrava in the Czech Republic, has concluded an important contract worth several tens of millions crowns for supplies of water tubes with polypropylene coating for an extensive project of construction of drinking water conduit in the north of France. In April and May, the Ostrava-based tube plant will supply ten kilometers of spirally welded tubes with inner cement lining and with external polypropylene coating.
The total length of the water conduit named Noreade that will lead to the city of Lille is 66 kilometers. “This year, the first approximately 30 kilometers will be built of which the Ostrava tube plant will supply approximately one third. We are also negotiating on cooperation in 2014 when the construction of the second half of the conduit is planned,” said Zuzana Blahútová, sales & marketing director at AMTPO.
Spirally welded steel tubes with external diameter of 711.0 mm and wall thickness of 7.1 mm for drinking water supply are lined with cement mortar on the inside. The external surface is coated with three layers of polypropylene insulation, which AMTPO has newly introduced this year after successful testing as a protection against mechanical, thermal or chemical damage during storage, transport, installation, and operation. The polypropylene insulation is also resistant to temperatures ranging from minus 20 up to plus 110 °C. Furthermore, one end of the tube is equipped with a socket joint allowing easier assembly when connecting the tubes.
ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava a.s. is the biggest producer of tubes and pipes in the Czech Republic. The main product is smooth, threaded, flanged and OCTG seamless pipes. The company also manufactures spirally welded pipes for gas industry. The annual production capacity is 320,000 tonnes. ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava has 1047 employees and is a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal Ostrava a.s.
ArcelorMittal Ostrava a.s. is the largest steelmaker in the Czech Republic and part of the world’s largest steel and mining group ArcelorMittal. It has production capacity of 3 million tonnes of steel annually; about 50% of the output is exported to more than 60 countries worldwide. ArcelorMittal Ostrava and its subsidiaries employ more than 7500 people. Average income of its employees amounted to 34,213 CZK in 2012. ArcelorMittal Ostrava produces iron and steel in compliance with all environmental legislation. It already conforms to the EU best available techniques (BAT) emission limits that are to be binding only from 2016 onwards. The sole shareholder is ArcelorMittal Holdings A.G.
