Ural Steel (part of metalloinvest) supplied Vyksa steel works (VSW, part of United metallurgical company) million ton of billets (TLC) for the production of railway wheels.

Supplies are the framework of the signed in early 2017 10-year contract between metalloinvest and NLMK. The VSW wheel-rolling production carried out a full transition to the use of steel billet Ural Steel after the decommissioning of the open hearth plant in early 2018.

In commemoration of the first million, first Deputy General Director - commercial Director UK "metalloinvest" Nazim Efendiev has handed over to head of the commercial Department, OMK Eduardo Stepantsova a memorable gift. The ceremony took place in the framework of the 25-th international industrial exhibition "Metal-Expo'2019".

"Our long-standing cooperation with OMK is an example of mutually beneficial integration of metallurgical enterprises, - said Nazim Efendiev. We guarantee to our partners stability of supply and high quality products on a long term basis. This allows OMK to confidently increase production volumes and to expand the range of railway wheels".

"Partnership connects Ural Steel and VMZ for more than 20 years. We are very pleased to achieve the first big milestone now in collaboration to ensure the Vyksa steel plant for production of railway wheels. It resulted in an increase in quality wheel products OMK and record performance," commented the supply of a million tons Eduard Stepantsov.

Delivery VSW of billets for railway wheels production at Ural Steel began in 2016. Under the 10-year contract between metalloinvest and OEMK, Ural Steel has mastered production of a new format with higher quality characteristics of the cast billet round cross-section with a diameter of 455 mm. Specifically for this project at the steelmaking shop at Ural Steel was reconstructed CCM-1, and the wheel-rolling shop of Vyksa steel works upgraded storage site and installed a new sawing systems.

VMZ in 2015-2016 has done much work in preparing for the transition from use in a disk producing their own open-hearth billets casted to purchased from metalloinvest. Was made a test batch of wheels, held the necessary certification.
In 2018 has stopped operation of open-hearth production of VMZ, which allowed the company to increase production efficiency and reduce the burden on the environment.

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the company also delivers to enterprises OMK billets, strips, cast iron. Since 2004, implementing a program of joint activities for the development of new products. Then the metallurgists of Ural Steel was developed and introduced production technology of rolled sheets, strength class K60 for the manufacture of gas-and-oil pipes of large diameter.

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