In January-September 2022, the international vertically integrated steel and railway company Interpipe cut its steel output by 36.3% year-on-year, to 463 thnd mt.
According to the presentation of the company results for the first nine months of last year, the output of pipes decreased by 30.2% to 309 thousand tons, railway products – by 49.6%, to 64 thousand tons.
In Q3-2022, steel output stood at 177 thnd mt (a 43.9% increase on Q2-2022), pipe output – at 105 thnd mt (a 4.5% decrease), railroad output – at 24 thnd mt (a 33.3% increase).
As previously reported, in 2021, Interpipe increased steel output by 28.1% compared to 2020 – up to 971 thousand tons, pipe output increased by 32.5% – to 614.8 thousand tons, while production of railway products decreased by 9.7% – to 172.1 thousand tons.
“Interpipe is a Ukrainian industrial company, which produces seamless pipes and railway wheels. The company supplies its products to over 80 countries all over the world through a network of commercial offices located in the key markets of the CIS, the Middle East, North America and Europe. In 2021, the company sold 602 thnd mt of tubes and 174 thnd mt of railroad products. The company sells its railroad products under the KLW brand.
There are about 10 thsd. employees in Interpipe.
The company consists of five industrial assets: “Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant (NTZ)”, “Interpipe Novomoskovsk Tube Plant (NMTZ)”, “Interpipe Niko Tube”, “Interpipe Vtormet” and the electric steelmaking complex “Dneprosteel” under the brand name “Interpipe Steel”.
The ultimate owner of Interpipe Limited is Ukrainian businessman Viktor Pinchuk and his family members.