OREANDA-NEWS. On 16 May 2008 was announced, that Trubodetal, part of United Metallurgical Company (OMK) has reported its operating results for April 2008.

During the reporting period, Trubodetal manufactured 1,458.2 tonnes of products and exceeded its planned figure by 8.9% (118.8 tonnes). As compared with April 2007, output was up by 21.4% (against 1,200.5 tonnes in April 2007).

In April 2008, Trubodetal manufactured 370.8 tonnes of HFC elbows (made using high-frequency currents), thus exceeding the target figure by 18.3%. Insulation was applied to 3,706.1 square meters of products, which is by 31.8% higher than the planned figure. The plant produced 644.7 of pipe fittings in accordance with the GOST requirements (a 14.1% increase as compared with the planned figure).

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 six 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), and Shchelkovo Steel Works (Moscow Region).

In 2007, OMK products accounted for 18% of pipes consumed in Russia, including 34% of large diameter pipes, 62% of railroad wheels, and 75% of automobile springs. In 2007, the OMK enterprises produced 1.8 million tonnes of pipes of various sizes and 820 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.