October 07, 2008

TMK Volga plant starts construction of a coating plant

It is reported that Russian pipe major TMK’s Volga Tube Plant has started the construction of foundations for a new internal coating station. It would cover pipe diameters from 530mm to 1420mm in wall thickness of up to 42mm. Commissioning of the new station is scheduled for September 2007

As per report, the capacity of this facility would be 600,000 tonnes per annum.