TPT March 2009

I ndustry N ews

Extensive modernisation for seamless pipe manufacturer

(around 32 per cent), ” said Mr Sarovsky. Within the context of the modernisation, a large number of employees had to be retrained for more exacting equipment. In addition to the Czech market, the markets for these products are most European countries and some of the states of North Africa, and the Middle East, Asia and the American continent. The share of the export represents around 70 per cent. The company’s products are used in applications in engineering and the automotive industry, construction, chemicals, oil and gas extraction, and water drainage. The pipes have been used in truck frames, trolleys, railway wagon bumpers, frames as part of construction of roller coasters, in the O 2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic, and in the Olympic stadium in Berlin, Germany. They are also to be found in two Czech nuclear power plants – Temelin and Dukovany. Valcovna Trub TZ, AS – Czech Republic Fax : +420 595 956 140 Email : info@vttz.cz Website : www.tube.cz

Valcovna Trub TZ, AS, Czech Republic, has reported notable success from the start-up of its most extensive investment project. In the middle of last year, the company began operation of its modernised main production line – the big Mannesmann. The reconstruction and modernisation cost 700 million Czech koruna. The company decided to modernise due to the requirements of present and potential

customers, and a generally increasing demand for seamless steel pipes of larger diameters. “ The main asset, besides increasing the amount of our overall production, is improvement of the pipes’ surface quality and accuracy, ” commented Mr Jaroslav Sarovsky, MBA, director of the company. Valcovna Trub TZ (VTTZ) has two production lines – the small Mannesmann,

which produces pipes with an outer diameter from 60-168mm, and the big Mannesmann, which manufactures pipes from 168- 406mm outer diameter. During the last year, the company produced more than 105kT of pipes, about 57 per cent of which were delivered by the big Mannesmann’s production line. “ After the modernisation we envisage an increase in our annual production of about 18kT on the main production line

 VTTZ has had success from its biggest ever modernisation programme

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