TPT March 2008

I ndustry N ews

Successful market launch for Centravis

Centravis, a new company in stainless steel tube, was officially launched at the end of last year at two of the most prestigious exhibitions held in Europe and CIS countries. The company was presented to the industry by Mr Ilya Shorokobrod, Centravis sales and marketing director, last November fi Mr Ilya Shirokobrod, Centravis sales and marketing director

at the Stainless Steel World exhibition in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Centravis was also revealed to Russian and CIS representatives by Mr Yuriy Atanasov, the CEO of Centravis, at Metal-Expo in Moscow, Russia. The speakers presented their vision of the current situation in the industry of seamless stainless steel tubes to the international community and gave their detailed appraisal of the challenges put forth by the market to the industry’s major players. Along with this, the top management team, new company strategy and progressive business principles were also presented. Centravis plans to become a global leader in seamless stainless tubes based on European business culture, quality and service. In its presentations, the company detailed the role of those concerned with Centravis: clients, suppliers, financial partners and the general public. Mr Ilya Shirokobrod, Centravis sales and marketing director, said, “For our clients the new brand is, first of all, the wide range of high-quality tubes at competitive prices, flexible service and modern business thinking, transparent management style with clear client orientation. For our suppliers this is a reliable partner, long-term business growth and excellent quality level of the production, as it was before.”

Mr Yuriy Atanasov, Centavis chief executive officer, stated, “We have been showing permanent growth and stable financial position in the international market for years, along with setting the standards for Ukrainian business. This is why I claim with confidence that for our financial partners the new brand will be an attractive and creditworthy partner with a transparent corporate management structure on investment and bond markets.” All major Centravis clients and partners, industrial experts and analysts attended the presentations in Maastricht and Moscow. › Mr Yuriy Atanasov, Centavis chief executive officer

Centravis – Ukraine Fax : +38 56 373 4846 Website : www.centravis.com

SMS Demag begins cooperation with Linde AG SMS Demag AG, a company of the SMS group, Germany, has concluded a cooperation agreement with Linde AG, Germany. The agreement involves the exclusive marketing of the Rebox ® -DFI process in continuous annealing furnaces to be newly erected for strip processing lines. Revamping work on the existing plant will continue to be carried out by Linde AG. The Rebox ® -DFI process has been developed by Linde AG and involves the very rapid heating of the strip in the continuous furnace. It is based on Linde AG’s considerable experience in the field of combustion of fuels using pure oxygen and the application of this in furnaces employed in the steel industry. The process is not only characterized by the extremely fast heating of the steel strip but also, to a very large extent, cleaning of the strip surface both of residual oil and solid particles arising from the production process. Strip cleaning upstream of the furnace can thus be greatly simplified or even dispensed with altogether. The Rebox ® -DFI process is already being used successfully in several facilities, including ThyssenKrupp Steel and Outokumpu Stainless.

SMS Demag – Germany Fax : +49 211 881 4386 • Website : www.sms-demag.com

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