Vyksa Steel Works (VSW, Nizhni Novgorod Region), part of United Metallurgical Company (OMK), has reported its operating results for September and the nine months of 2009.

VSW produced 1,137,427 tonnes of pipes of various grades from the beginning of 2009, which is 2% more than over the nine months in 2008 (1,105,962 tonnes), and shipped 1,154,480 tonnes of pipes.

In September 2009, VSW produced 143,706 tonnes of pipes, which is 30% more than in August last year (110,826 tonnes), and shipped 149,963 tonnes of pipes.

VSW manufactured 96,047 tonnes of large-diameter pipes (LDP) in September 2009, which is 51% more than in September 2008 (63,748 tonnes). For the first time in the history of Vyksa Steel Works, 102,918 tonnes have been shipped from one of its workshops. LDP output in January–September was 707,664 tonnes, or 30% higher in the equivalent period in 2008 (545,786 tonnes), with the LDP shipment figure accounting for 717,578 tonnes.

United Metallurgical Company (OMK) is one of Russia's largest producers of pipes, railroad wheels, and other metal products for energy, transport, and industrial companies. OMK comprises 7 largest enterprises in the metallurgical sector. The OMK Pipe-Rolling Division comprises Vyksa Steel Works (Nizhni Novgorod Region), Almetyevsk Pipe Plant (Republic of Tatarstan), and Trubodetal (Chelyabinsk Region); the OMK Steel Works Division comprises Chusovoy Metallurgical Works and Gubakha Coke (Perm Territory), Shchelkovo Steel Works (Moscow Region) and Casting and Rolling Complex (Nizhni Novgorod Region)

In 2008, OMK products accounted for 16% of pipes consumed in Russia, including 35% of large diameter pipes, 63% of railroad wheels, and 80% of automobile springs. In 2008, the OMK enterprises produced 1.5 million tonnes of pipes of various sizes and 783 thousand railroad wheels. The main consumers of OMK products include such leading Russian and foreign companies as Gazprom, Russian Railways, LUKOIL, Transneft, Surgutneftegas, Rosneft, TNK-BP, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, General Electric, and Samsung. OMK supplies its products to 20 countries.

OMK Press Office, telephone: 231-77-75, e-mail: press@omk.ru

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