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2009

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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

(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

Extensive modernisation for seamless pipe manufacturer

VTTZ has had success from its biggest ever modernisation

programme