SteelOrbis reported that the Ukrainian seamless stainless steel tube producer Centravis Production Ukraine located in Nikopol city has announced the successful testing of its new cold rolling tube mill KPW-25 supplied by leading German producer SMS MEER. The total investments in the mill amounted to USD 5.1 million.

Accordingly, the new KPW-25 mill will allow Centravis to increase its production capacities and to improve the quality of cold drawn tubes of 8mm to 30 mm outside diameter. The average capacity of the KPW-25 mill is 280 meters per hour which is three times faster than the current capacity of the tube drawing mills at the plant.

In August 2009 Centravis plans to commission its second analogue KPW-25 mill and to launch a new tube pressing line.

Centravis has a production capacity of 18,000 tonnes of seamless stainless steel tubes and delivers its products to more than 70 countries worldwide.

(Sourced from SteelOrbis)