Ukrtruboizol, a research and production enterprise with foreign investments, has launched a new workshop for the production of polyethylene and pre-insulated pipes intended for main water supply and heating networks in housing and communal services.
According to a press release, the investment in the new project is more than UAH 150 million, including a 1.3 MW solar power plant that provides electricity to the new shop.
Dmytro Kysylevskyi, Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Economic Development, announced this on his Facebook page.
According to him, the design capacity of the new shop is to produce 1200 mm diameter polyethylene pipes with a volume of up to 3.5 km per month, as well as 133 mm diameter pre-insulated pipes with a volume of 12 km per month. The shop will employ 30 people.
To partially finance this project, Ukrtruboizol took advantage of the government’s 5-7-9 affordable loan program. This program is part of the Made in Ukraine policy and allows manufacturing companies to receive concessional loans of up to UAH 150 million for investment needs.
Ukrtruboizol is Ukraine’s largest producer of large-diameter (426-1422 mm) longitudinal SAW steel pipes with anti-corrosion external and internal coating. The company employs 200 people.
The company is owned by individuals Sergiy Krasnopilsky and Igor Bilakovsky with 31.40% each, and Nikolay Kundiev with 27.4%.
PJSC Centravis Production Ukraine, a part of Centravis Ltd. holding, increased pipe production by 8% year-on-year to 10.1 thousand tons in January-September this year (9.4 thousand tons in 9M2023).
According to a press release on Monday, citing Andriy Krasiuk, Chief Operating Officer, Centravis exports almost all of its products mainly to the EU, the US, and the Middle East and Asia.
The share of exports in the volume of production in 2024 reached 98.9%.
“In 2023-2024, we have a stable positive production growth trend. It may look a bit strange against the backdrop of the news from Nikopol, but these figures hide the great work of the entire team. Every day we prove to ourselves, our colleagues and customers that Centravis can operate even in the current conditions,” stated Mr. Krasiuk.
According to him, the company has many projects underway this year. One of them is a completed order for SpaceX.
“We are now preparing for the world-famous ADIPEC-2024 exhibition in Abu Dhabi, where we will have our own stand. We are working, developing, and not resting on our laurels,” said the production director.
As reported, in 2023, Centravis increased its production by 12% to 12.2 thousand tons. More than 98% of its products are supplied to foreign markets. The company has exported its products to 38 countries, including Germany, Italy, the USA, Japan, South Korea, the UAE, Oman, and others.
Today, Centravis is one of the world’s ten largest producers of seamless stainless steel pipes.
“Founded in 2000, Centravis is one of the ten largest producers of seamless stainless steel pipes in the world. Its main production facilities are located in Nikopol (Dnipropetrovska oblast). In 2023, the company opened a branch in Uzhhorod.
Centravis Holding Ltd. was established on the basis of Nikopol Stainless Pipe Plant CJSC, service and trading companies of Production and Commercial Enterprise YUVIS LLC. Its shareholders are members of the Atanasov family. Centravis Ltd. owns 100% of the shares of Centravis Production Ukraine.
Centravis Production Ukraine, a part of Centravis Ltd. holding, increased pipe production by 14% year-on-year to 3.2 thousand tons from 2.8 thousand tons in January-March this year.
According to a press release on Wednesday, citing Andriy Krasiuk, the company’s production director, the company has reached a good production rate.
“We are doing our best not to slow down and, most importantly, not to stand still. Despite the difficult situation in the country, we continue to invest in new developments. Recently, our team took part in the international Tube exhibition in Düsseldorf. We received a lot of interesting information from there. We are analyzing global trends and preparing to process requests from potential customers,” said Krasiuk.
As reported, Centravis increased production by 12% to 12.2 thousand tons in 2023. More than 98% of its products are exported.
“Founded in 2000, Centravis is one of the ten largest producers of seamless stainless steel pipes in the world. Its main production facilities are located in Nikopol (Dnipropetrovska oblast). In 2023, the company opened a branch in Uzhhorod.
Centravis Holding Ltd. was established on the basis of Nikopol Stainless Pipe Plant CJSC, service and trading companies of Production and Commercial Enterprise YUVIS LLC. Its shareholders are members of the Atanasov family. Centravis Ltd. owns 100% of the shares in Centravis Production Ukraine.
In January-September of this year, Ukrtruboprom’s enterprises increased pipe production by 5% year-on-year to 376.1 thousand tons.
According to the association on Friday, in January of this year, about 30 thousand tons of pipe products were produced (44.9% compared to January-2022), in February – 39.5 thousand tons (80.4% compared to February-2022). In February, the company produced 57 thousand tons (1631.4% compared to March 2022), in March – 57 thousand tons (1631.4% compared to March 2022), in April – 42.3 thousand tons (228.6% compared to April 2022), in May – 49.6 thousand tons (96.5% compared to May 2022), in June – 35 thousand tons (67.8% compared to June 2022).
In July, the company produced 43.9 thousand tons of pipes (up 12% compared to July-2022), in August – 41.8 thousand tons (14.5%), in September – 36.9 thousand tons (down 10.2%).
At the same time, it is noted that for 9 months of 2023, pipe companies have demonstrated multidirectional dynamics. In particular, Interpipe Nico Tube and Ukrtruboizol II increased production of seamless pipes by 8.8% and 26.2%, respectively, while Trubostal reduced production by 54.5%. “Centravis increased its production of stainless pipes by 12.9%, while Interpipe NMTZ decreased its production of SAW pipes by 62.9%. Oscar’s pipe production decreased by 25%.
Georgiy Polskiy, CEO of Ukrtruboprom, noted that in the first nine months of the year, the Ukrainian pipe industry showed positive dynamics despite the constant shelling of production sites located in the frontline areas, particularly in Nikopol. The plants are investing in employee safety, for example, by placing mobile protective units on the territory of the workshops where people can hide from the bombardment. In addition, the problem of stable water supply to pipe production facilities remains unresolved after the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam was blown up and the Kakhovka reservoir was shallowed.
“The blockade of the Ukrainian-Polish border, which began in early November, was a real stab in the back for Ukrainian exporters, particularly steel pipes. The European direction is the only one left for our business after the start of a large-scale war. Many trucks with pipes are still stuck in traffic, and all delivery deadlines to European customers have been disrupted. But there is a threat that the strike will spread to other Eastern European countries. If this happens, almost all pipe plants located in the frontline regions will have to shut down production facilities from mid-December,” the CEO emphasized.
As reported, Ukrtruboprom’s enterprises increased pipe production by 5.9% to 126.5 thousand tons in the first quarter. In the first half of the year, they increased pipe production by 5% to 253.5 thousand tons.
In 2022, Ukrtruboprom’s enterprises reduced pipe production by 37.9% compared to 2021, to 449.7 thousand tons. Last year, all plants showed negative dynamics. “Interpipe Nico Tube and Trubostal reduced production of seamless pipes by 31.1% and 61.6%, respectively, Centravis – stainless pipes by 38.3%, Interpipe NMTZ – electric-welded pipes by 67.1%. Production of pipes at Oscar fell by 20%, and only Ukrtruboizol, the second largest producer of pipes, reached the level of the year before last. Dnipropetrovs’k Pipe Plant is idle and in the process of liquidation.
The enterprises of the Ukrtruboprom association increased production of pipes by 2.5 times in January 2022 y-o-y, to 69,200 tonnes.
According to a press release from the association on Thursday, all pipe plants of Ukrtruboprom demonstrated positive dynamics. In particular, Interpipe Niko Tube and Trubostal increased production of seamless pipes by 4.2 times and by 60% respectively, Centravis – stainless pipes by 29%, and Interpipe Novomoskovsk Pipe Plant – electric-welded pipes by almost 14 times.
Heorhiy Polsky, General Director of Ukrtruboprom, said that the favorable situation in foreign markets, associated primarily with rising prices for hydrocarbons, allowed Ukrainian pipe plants to maximize its production capacity.
“Some enterprises have already formed a portfolio of orders for several months in advance. At the same time, high gas prices in Ukraine are still a risk factor, making production of certain types of pipe products economically unfeasible,” the CEO said, whose words are quoted in the press release.
The main pipe enterprises of Ukraine in 2021 increased the production of pipes made of ferrous metals, according to operational data, by 15.1% compared to the previous year, to 980,700 tonnes, including 78,800 tonnes produced in December tonnes.
As a source in the government told Interfax-Ukraine, in particular, enterprises of the Ukrtruboprom association last year increased pipe production by 32.6%, to 710,500 tonnes, including 65,800 tonnes produced in December.
At the same time, the source said that after the pipe-rolling production of Interpipe Nyzhniodniprovsky Pipe Rolling Plant formally became part of Interpipe Niko Tube from April 2021, the statistics of pipe production at these enterprises changed. In accordance with the updated statistics, there was no production of pipes at Interpipe Interpipe Nyzhniodniprovsky Pipe Rolling Plant in June-December 2021, while at Interpipe Niko Tube it amounted to 57,000 tonnes last month, and in 2021 it doubled to 592,500 tonnes.
The production of pipes at Interpipe Interpipe Novomoskovsk Pipe Plant over the past year decreased by 24.3%, to 59,400 tonnes (in December it was 6,700 tonnes).
The Dnipropetrovsk Pipe Plant was idle last year, while in 2020 it produced 300 tonnes. Centravis reduced production by 2.2%, to 18,000 tonnes of stainless steel pipes (1,900 tonnes in December).
The Trubostal plant increased its output by 17.6% – up to 2 thousand tonnes of pipes (0.2 thousand tonnes).
Mariupol Illich Iron and Steel Works, which is not part of the Ukrtruboprom association, reduced the production of pipes by 28.7%, to 108,600 tonnes (in December it was 100 tonnes), Kominmet cut output by 1.3%, up to 161,600 tonnes (12,900 tonnes in December).
