OREANDA-NEWS. On 18 July 2008 was announced, that representatives of the national certification system GOST R and the international certification system TV CERT have conducted a recertification audit of Trubodetal. The audit was conducted owing to the expiry of the earlier certificates of compliance granted to the Trubodetal Quality Management System (QMS).

According to the audit results, it was concluded that the Company’s QMS was functional and complied with the requirements of standards 9001 and 29001. It will be recommended that the certification authorities of GOST R and TV CERT should provide Trubodetal with certificates of compliance with standards GOST R ISO 9001-2001, MS ISO 9001:2000 and ISO/TS 29001:2003. Trubodetal will be one of the first companies to obtain the certificate of compliance with the requirements of international standard ISO/TS 29001:2003. This standard applies to the quality systems of oil and gas companies and contains additional requirements as compared with those specified in MS ISO 9001.

The audit confirmed the validity (until 2009) of the certificate for compliance of the Trubodetal Environment Management System with MS ISO 14001. In addition, performance of the Director General, heads of the subdivisions and directorates, and the main workshops and departments was audited. Special emphasis was placed on the setting of goals and their compliance with Trubodetal's Development Strategy and Quality Policy, and on the monitoring, measuring, and analysis of the QMS processes.

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.