TPi May 2015

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Primetals receives FAC for heat treatment plant

Borusan Mannesmann, a major steel pipe manufacturer in Europe, now has a major facility in the USA. It provides products such as gas pipes, water pipes, general-purpose pipes, boiler pipes, construction pipes and profiles, industrial pipes and profiles, and large diameter pipes used in infrastructure projects such as water, gas, and oil transmission lines, as well as concrete pump pipes, oil pipes and sprinkler pipes. The company supplies products for the fields of energy, construction, automotive, installation, white goods and furniture manufacturing, and for various national and international water, oil and gas pipeline projects. PrimetalsTechnologies is anengineering, plant-building and lifecycle partner for the metals industry. The company offers a complete technology, product and service portfolio that includes integrated electrics, automation and environmental solutions. This covers every step of the iron and steel production chain that extends from the raw materials to the finished product, in addition to the latest rolling solutions for the non- ferrous metals sector.

Mannesmann Boru, and is the first Turkish-owned plant in the USA.

Primetals Technologies has received the final acceptance certificate (FAC) from Borusan Mannesmann Pipe US for a heat treatment plant installed in the company’s new ERW (electric resistance welded) pipe mill in Baytown, Texas, USA. The equipment is used to quench and temper oil country tubular grades, enabling Borusan Mannesmann to produce a wide range of products for the competitive OCTG market.

Primetals Technologies supplied FCE – F&D Furnace Technologies quenching and tempering equipment, including a direct-fired, walking beam austenitising furnace; a high-pressure water spray quench system; a convective, walking beam tempering furnace; all associated material handling equipment; all necessary instrumentation; and a PLC control system. The services included engineering, delivery, installation, and commissioning of the heat treatment plant.

The Baytown facility is a subsidiary of the Turkish steel pipe producer Borusan

Primetals Technologies Ltd – UK www.primetals.com EC approval to divest steel service centres Borusan’s new mill in Baytown, Texas, produces tube and pipe products for the growing oil and gas industry

Tibnor AB), the 50 per cent ownership interest in each of Norsk Stål AS and Norsk Stål Tynnplater AS in Norway and Plannja Oy in Finland (a wholly owned subsidiary of Plannja AB). As a result of the transaction, Tata Steel’s ownership of NST will increase to 100 per cent. Employees in the Naantali and Halmstad service centres and in NST will continue on unchanged employment terms and conditions.

approval of national competition authorities, and have only a limited impact on SSAB’s financial results. In July 2014 SSAB received the European Commission’s approval for the combination with Rautaruukki. The approval was conditional on a commitment by SSAB to divest the following assets within what was then its Nordic Steel Distribution system and Finnish construction business: one steel service centre in Sweden (Halmstad) and one in Finland (Naantali), Tibnor Oy in Finland (a wholly owned subsidiary of

SSAB has received approval from the European Commission to sell Naantali steel service centre in Finland, Halmstad steel service centre in Sweden, and 50 per cent of the shares in Norsk Stål Tynnplater AS (NST) to Tata Steel in Europe. The transactions are part of the divestment remedies that the EC deemed necessary for the combination of Rautaruukki with SSAB. SSAB has now received approval regarding the divestments of all those remedies required for the combination. The transactions are still subject to the

SSAB AB – Sweden info@ssab.com www.ssab.com

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