The Salzgitter Group has received orders for 70,000 tons of spirally-welded large-diameter pipes by Essen-based Open Grid Europe GmbH. The three projects serve the purpose of extending the natural gas grid in southern and western Germany in order to ensure supply.
The orders were booked by the Group's subsidiary Salzgitter Mannesmann Großrohr GmbH (MGR) and will be produced in Salzgitter. Together with other pipeline projects in France, Poland and Italy totaling more than 50,000 t, double-shift capacity utilization has been secured for the large-diameter pipe mill through to mid-2017. Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH is to supply the input material.
Following years of stagnation, the awarding of pipeline projects is staging a gratifying recovery in the European market, as the supply of natural gas is to be expanded in many regions and, at the same time, geographically diversified. The companies of the Salzgitter Mannesmann Röhrenwerke Group as a leading producer of high quality line pipes are set to benefit from this trend.

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