TPi April 2008

developments products &

Siemens provides equipment for long product rolling mill

Indonesian steel pipes

PT Steel Pipe Industry of Indonesia (Spindo) is a manufacturer of a wide range of steel pipes, tubes and other related products. Established in 1971, the company employs around 1,000 people and owns four modern plants in Surabaya and Pasuruan, Indonesia. The company is certified to ISO 9002 and API 5L, and its products also comply with international standards API, JIS, BS, ASA, ASTM and SNI, the national standard of Indonesia. The company’s quality standards require each pipe to undergo pressure test, leak test and other tests using high standard testing equipment such as hydrostatic machines, ultrasonic test and evaluation machine, holiday detector and thickness gauge.

as well as spare parts. Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works is a subsidiary of the Industrial Union of Donbass (ISD) group. The company is currently engaged in a comprehensive expansion and modernisation programme, which will increase its annual steel production capacity from 3.4 to 7.6 million tons. Another aim of the modernisation project is to reduce environmental pollution. In the course of the renewal of AMK’s production facilities, Siemens Metals Technologies has supplied two new converters including dedusting and desulphurisation systems, and two two- strand slab casters, ladle furnace and vacuum degassing.

Siemens Metals Technologies has received an order from OJSC Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works (AMK), Ukraine, to supply new equipment for the company's long product rolling mill. The scope of supply includes all the mechanical and electrical equipment as well as the basic and process automation systems. The goal of the project is to expand the range of products and improve production quality and the production process. The project is scheduled for completion by mid-2009. The equipment supplied by Siemens includes eleven Red Ring stands, two of which are universal stands, ten abrasive disk saws, bar profile monitoring system, bar marking machines and the transfer system. Siemens is also supplying the equipment for stacking, bundling and weighing, systems for accessory fluids, operationalchangestandsandcartridges

Siemens AG – Germany www.industry.siemens.com

Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works – Ukraine abrosimov@amk.lg.ua www.amk.lg.ua

PT Spindo – Indonesia marketing@spindo.com www.spindo.com

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