ArcelorMittal Tube Plant in Ostrava Supplies Tubes for Polish Gas Pipeline
12/07/2012 - The Czech Republic's ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava willl participate in the construction of the backbone network of gas pipelines in Poland with no less than one third of the volume of the supplies of spirally welded tubes.
ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava a.s. (AMTPO), a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal Ostrava, concluded a significant contract with GAZ System, a Polish gas distributor. AMTPO shall participate in the construction of the backbone network of gas pipelines in Poland with no less than one third of the volume of the supplies of spirally welded tubes.
"I’m glad that our products have done well in such a large competition thanks to their quality. Within this project we have already supplied Poland with 27 kilotons of spirally welded tubes with the diameter of 711 mm, of a special quality. The technical specification is very demanding and includes a multitude of quality requirements beyond the scope of usual standards," says Otto Mischinger, the CEO of AMTPO.
Before it submitted its bid to the tender, AMTPO had successfully undergone a demanding pre-qualification process, in which only three consortia succeeded in the end because of high quality requirements. Together with another two Polish partners AMTPO is a member of a consortium, which guarantees meeting of all demanding financial, commercial, and technical preconditions of the supplies to the Polish gas sector. In the project of a 694 km (132 kt) gas pipeline, AMTPO shall participate with its supplies during the period of three years. Until present, 145 km (27 kt) of tubes have been supplied. The company responsible for the construction and operation of the terminal for liquefied natural gas in the Polish port Świnoujście is Polish company GAZ System.
Last year AMTPO participated in the construction of STORK gas pipeline leading from the underground tank in Třanovice to the Czech-Poland border. In this project AMTPO cooperated with the gas company RWE.
ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava a.s. is the largest producer of tubes in the Czech Republic. The most important products are seamless tubes - smooth, threaded, flanged, and OCTG. The company further produces spirally welded tubes for gas industry. The annual production capacity of seamless and welded tubes is 320,000 tonnes. ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava has 1047 employees and it 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. It employs 4,120 people, together with its subsidiaries nearly 8,000 people. Average income of its employees amounted to 32,796 CZK in 2011. 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.
