OREANDA-NEWS. November 16, 2007. TMK, one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipe producers and the market leader of the Russian pipe industry, today announces that new hot rolling and finishing equipment has been installed at its Volzhsky Pipe Plant subsidiary. The installation of this new equipment, in line with TMK’s Strategic Investment Programme, will increase output and quality as well as enhance the Company’s premium product range.

This new equipment will produce 146 to 178 mm premium pipes with 7.3 mm wall thickness and 12 m lengths and will increase Volzhsky Pipe Plant’s annual premium production capacity by 75 thousand tonnes.

These new pipes are manufactured with a high degree of accuracy and offer minimum wall tolerance and enhanced performance characteristics.