NLMK Becomes Preferred Supplier of Transformer Steel for Alstom
11/13/2014 - Russia’s NLMK Group received the status of preferred category A supplier of transformer steel by the Alstom international group.
The highest category (category A) was allocated following the results of a production audit performed at the Lipetsk production site and at VIZ-Steel in Yekaterinburg by experts of the company which is a global leader in energy machine-building.
Alstom representatives examined the production processes; magnetic testing labs; sales and logistic services; and other departments of the production sites.
Ilya Guschin, NLMK vice president for sales, said: “NLMK Group is the only manufacturer of transformer steel in Russia. The company’s share in the Russian market for this type of high-tech product is 99%; and approximately 9% in the global market. Alstom auditors remarked on the high quality of NLMK Group companies in terms of technology, equipment, and production control throughout the cycle. The fact that we were recognized as a top category supplier serves as yet another confirmation of the effectiveness of our work as part of Strategy 2017, aimed at increasing the share of high value added products in our output.”
Transformer (grain-oriented) steel is used in the electrical engineering industry to manufacture the cores of transformers and the immobile parts of electric machines. NLMK Group’s transformer steel production capacities are located in Lipetsk (100,000 metric tons per year) and Yekaterinburg (170,000 metric tons per year).
In 2013, NLMK Group’s export sales of transformer steel totaled 82% (194,000 metric tons) of the total production output. In 2013, Novolipetsk and VIZ-Steel sold a total of 236,000 metric tons of transformer steel.
Alstom representatives examined the production processes; magnetic testing labs; sales and logistic services; and other departments of the production sites.
Ilya Guschin, NLMK vice president for sales, said: “NLMK Group is the only manufacturer of transformer steel in Russia. The company’s share in the Russian market for this type of high-tech product is 99%; and approximately 9% in the global market. Alstom auditors remarked on the high quality of NLMK Group companies in terms of technology, equipment, and production control throughout the cycle. The fact that we were recognized as a top category supplier serves as yet another confirmation of the effectiveness of our work as part of Strategy 2017, aimed at increasing the share of high value added products in our output.”
Transformer (grain-oriented) steel is used in the electrical engineering industry to manufacture the cores of transformers and the immobile parts of electric machines. NLMK Group’s transformer steel production capacities are located in Lipetsk (100,000 metric tons per year) and Yekaterinburg (170,000 metric tons per year).
In 2013, NLMK Group’s export sales of transformer steel totaled 82% (194,000 metric tons) of the total production output. In 2013, Novolipetsk and VIZ-Steel sold a total of 236,000 metric tons of transformer steel.
