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Potential Customers Express Interest in Product from New MMK Plate Mill
07/07/2009 - Representatives of OJSC MMK met in Saint Petersburg with specialists and potential customers during an event sponsored by FSUE Central Research Institute of Structural Material Prometey.
Representatives of OJSC MMK recently met in Saint Petersburg with specialists and potential customers during an event sponsored by FSUE Central Research Institute of Structural Material “Prometey”. In the course of the meeting, participants considered such questions as the manufacturability of ship steels on MMK’s new Plate Mill; shared perspectives on industry developments; discussed the requirements for ship steel material, including product quality; and explored perspectives on joint cooperation.
The meeting preceded OJSC MMK’s planned launch of its No. 9 Rolling Shop’s 5-meter Thick Plate Mill, which is scheduled to start up in July 2009. The company said the new plate mill is designed to help it satisfy demand from the pipe industry and also demand from the ship, bridge and heavy machine building sectors.
Companies from the shipbuilding industry showed a keen interest during the recent meeting in products from MMK’s 5-meter Plate Mill. Potential customers expressed an interest in procuring steel plates from the new mill, which the company said will be capable of meeting both the current and potential future requirements of shipbuilders.
Representatives of MMK’s technical and commercial services also met in mid-June with specialists from the Central Research Institute of Structural Material “Prometey”. As a result of the meetings, OJSC MMK signed a contract with departments of FSUE Central Research Institute of Structural Material “Prometey” for research and technology work. The work is intended to facilitate the development of technologies for the production of common and advanced strength thick steel plates for shipbuilding, off-shore structures and transfer pipelines.
MMK has been interacting with consumers from its major sectors through such events for some time now.
The Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works OJSC (MMK) is among the world's largest steel producers and is one of the leaders of Russia's steel industry. The company operates a large steel-producing complex encompassing the entire production chain, from preparation of iron ore to downstream processing of rolled steel. MMK turns out a broad range of steel products with a predominant share of value-added goods. In 2008 the company produced 12 million tonnes of crude steel and 11 million tonnes of commercial products, and its Group sales stood at USD 10.550 billion.
