Zhejiang Kingland Pipe Industry province of Zhejiang of China awarded PWS an SMS Meer company both Germany, a contract for the supply of off line spiral pipe welding equipment.

PWS will supply an integrated system solution consisting of a spiral pipe forming and tack-welding machine for forming and initial welding of the hot rolled steel strip and the three downstream off line finish welding stands. The new installation is to be commissioned in the second quarter of 2013.

Zhejiang Kingland will have the option of adding a fourth finish welding stand at a later stage. This would increase annual capacity from above 180,000 tonnes to some 240,000 tonnes.

Mr Michael Stark CEO of PWS said that "Installation of an additional finish welding stand was included in our engineering planning from the start as it would permit a significant increase in production capacity, with no interruption to ongoing operation.”