January 2012 Tube Products International
71
stainless steel tubes
Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do Brasil
Ltda (VSB), a seamless pipe joint
venture formed by Sumitomo Metal
Industries, Sumitomo Corporation and
Vallourec, began a test operation at its
integrated seamless pipe steelworks,
by successfully piercing its first billet at
9pm local time on 11 December 2010.
Following the completion of the rolling
mill, upstream facilities, including
charcoal blast furnaces that enable
carbon neutral iron making processes,
began operation in the second quarter
of 2011. Full operation as an integrated
blast furnace steelworks will then
commence.
VSB plans to obtain approvals from
the American Petroleum Institute (API)
and its customers such as major oil
companies, and fully ramp up the
steelworks by the first half of 2012
in order to meet growing demand for
global energy development. Production
capacity will be 600,000 metric tons of
seamless pipe per year (Sumitomo and
Vallourec will each sell 300,000 tons),
and 1,000,000 metric tons of crude steel
per year (of which 300,000 tons will be
shipped to Vallourec).
Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do
Brasil Ltda
– Brazil
Seamless pipe steelworks produces
first steel pipe
Grow Ever Steel is an ISO 9001:2008
certified company specialising in
the manufacture of ERW precision
steel tubes (round, RHS and SHS).
The company’s factory is located in
Kolkata, India, where it manufactures
close tolerance tubes in the range of
15.88 to 81mm OD, with thickness
range of 0.6 to 4mm.
These are suitable for use in the
automotive, light engineering, medical/
hospital equipment, construction and
furniture sectors.
Grow Ever also provides a complete
solution for internal fin scarfing on all
sizes.
Grow Ever Steel (India) Pvt Ltd
– India
Steel tubes for automotive applications
