Zaporizhstal Iron and Steel Works is increasing the durability of its rolls by increasing the volume of rolled metal and improving its efficiency.
According to the company, the hot rolling shop systematically implements effective measures to improve production and reduce costs.
For example, last year, the rollers increased the stability of horizontal rolls at Slabbing 1150, which made it possible to roll 20 thousand tons more metal per coil. This resulted in an economic effect of about $18 thousand per year.
In addition, the specialists of the Cold Rolling Shop (CRS) implemented a combined technology for processing slabs, which led to a significant reduction in rejects. As a result, the economic effect amounted to $125 thousand per year.
We also worked productively on one of the most important indicators – the metal consumption ratio. A whole range of measures was implemented to reduce the amount of scrap metal by 2.2 kg per ton of rolled steel. These measures resulted in $475 thousand of economic effect per year.
“Zaporizhstal is one of the largest industrial enterprises in Ukraine, whose products are in great demand among consumers both in the domestic market and in many countries around the world.
“Zaporizhstal is in the process of being integrated into Metinvest Group, whose major shareholders are System Capital Management PrJSC (71.24%) and Smart Holding Group (23.76%).
Metinvest Holding LLC is the management company of Metinvest Group.
Zeleny Park LLC (Iziaslav, Khmelnytsky region), which produces corrugated paper (fluting) and containerboard, increased its production by 18.9% in 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, to UAH 581 million.
According to UkrPapir Association’s statistics provided to Interfax-Ukraine, the company’s output in physical terms increased by 6.1% last year to 32.7 thousand tons.
Also in December, the company increased its production of fluting and testliner by 27.6% by December 2023 and by 95% by November 2024, to 3.7 thousand tons.
Zelenyi Park LLC was registered in 2011 and manufactures products from waste paper, processing up to 72 thousand tons of waste paper annually.
The factory is equipped with Finnish Valmet equipment, which allows it to produce fluting and testliner with a density of 70 to 200 g/sq. m and a roll width of up to 2.8 m.
According to the Clarity Project, the owner of 100% of Zelenyi Park LLC is Cyprus-registered Carton Mill Limited, and the ultimate beneficiaries are ATB Corporation co-owner Gennadiy Butkevych and Volodymyr Shandra (full name is the same as the full name of the former Minister of Industrial Policy (2005-2006) and the former Minister of Emergency Situations (2007-2010) – IF-U).
The company ended 2023 with a loss of UAH 78.2 million (56% more than a year earlier) on a 6.8% drop in revenue to UAH 498.6 million.
Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (DMZ), a part of DCH Steel of businessman Aleksandr Yaroslavsky’s DCH group, reduced rolled steel production by 59.4% in 2024 compared to 2023, to 42.9 thousand tons.
According to information in the corporate newspaper DCH Steel on Thursday, the company did not produce steel products in December, while in November it produced 7.1 thousand tons of rolled metal.
“The production campaign at rolling shop No. 2 will begin in the third decade of January and will include the production of channels of various sizes: from 10 to 30,” the statement said.
Coke production in 2024 decreased by 1.2% to 289.1 thousand tons. In December, coke production decreased by 2% compared to November 2024, to 23 thousand tons.
At the same time, DMZ produced 5.2 thousand tons of rolled metal products and 23.9 thousand tons of coke in December 2023.
As reported, in 2023, DMZ increased its output of rolled metal products by 86.2% compared to 2022 – up to 105.6 thousand tons, coke – by 38.5%, up to 292.7 thousand tons.
In 2022, the plant reduced its rolled steel production by 74.2% compared to 2021, to 58.4 thousand tons, and coke production by 56.3%, to 211.3 thousand tons.
DMZ specializes in the production of steel, pig iron, rolled products and products made from them.
On March 1, 2018, DCH Group signed an agreement to buy Dnipro Metallurgical Plant from Evraz.
Slavic Wallpaper-KFTP JSC (Koryukivka, Chernihiv region), a leading Ukrainian wallpaper manufacturer, produced 16.39 million conventional pieces of wallpaper in 2024, up 1.4% from 2023.
According to statistics provided by UkrPapir Association to Interfax-Ukraine, the company maintained a small increase in production at the end of the year, which gradually slowed down over the course of the year, with growth of 18-20% in the first months.
At the same time, in monetary terms, the factory’s production volume decreased slightly last year to UAH 1 billion 246 million.
In December, the company produced 1.02 million conventional pieces of wallpaper, which is 9.7% less than in December 2023 and 22.4% less than in November last year.
The Association does not have data on the total production of wallpaper in Ukraine in 2024, as the State Statistics Service has stopped providing it.
JSC Slavic Wallpaper-KFTP produces more than 10 types of wallpaper from the economy segment (paper, duplex, acrylic) to premium wallpaper (vinyl, non-woven, hot stamped), as well as its own latex, water-dispersion paint under the Latex brand.
As reported, in 2023, Slavic Wallpapers-KFTP increased its wallpaper production by 19% compared to 2022, to 16.2 million units, production increased by 38.2% to UAH 1 billion 249 million, and net profit increased almost eightfold to UAH 47.7 million.
Earlier, the company noted that sales volumes, especially through retail channels, had dropped significantly as a result of Russian aggression.
Kokhavyno Paper Mill (KPM, Lviv region), which produces sanitary paper products, increased its production by 85.2% in 2024 compared to 2023, to UAH 2 billion 132 million, according to statistics from Ukrpapir Association.
As reported, the factory started last year with a 9% increase in production by January 2023, but increased its growth every month, and in January-November it amounted to 82% compared to the same period in 2023.
According to the association’s statistics provided toInterfax-Ukraine, in physical terms, the production of the base paper for sanitary products at the factory increased by 42.2% to 59.3 thousand tons last year.
The output of toilet paper in rolls amounted to 137.3 million units, slightly decreasing by 2023. KPF confidently ranks second in terms of its output after Kyiv CPP.
As reported, in October last year, Kokhava Pulp and Paper Mill put into operation a paper machine for the production of cellulose base paper (previously, it produced only waste paper-based products). To organize such production in 2021, the mill attracted a EUR 13.8 million loan from the EBRD.
Kokhava Pulp and Paper Mill, which has been operating since 1939, produces base paper for sanitary and hygiene products, as well as toilet paper and paper towels. Before the new machine was put into operation, the mill had two paper machines with a total capacity of 40 thousand tons of base paper per year.
In 2023, the plant increased its production by 18% compared to 2022 to UAH 1 billion 151.2 million, while net profit increased 2.7 times to UAH 137 million.
In 2024, Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises increased their production of total rolled products by 15.8% year-on-year to 6.222 million tons from 5.372 million tons, according to preliminary data.
According to Ukrmetallurgprom, steel production increased by 21.6% to 7.575 million tons and pig iron by 18.1% to 7.090 million tons during the period.
In December, the company produced 480.8 thousand tons of rolled products, 547 thousand tons of steel, and 565.4 thousand tons of pig iron, compared to 477 thousand tons of rolled products, 540.8 thousand tons of steel, and 542.9 thousand tons of pig iron in the previous month.
As reported, in 2023, Ukraine increased production of total rolled products by 0.4% compared to 2022 to 5.372 million tons, but reduced steel production by 0.6% to 6.228 million tons, and pig iron by 6.1% to 6.003 million tons.
In 2022, Ukraine reduced production of total rolled products by 72% compared to 2021, to 5.350 million tons, steel by 70.7% to 6.263 million tons, and pig iron by 69.8% to 6.391 million tons.
In 2021, the company produced 21.165 million tons of pig iron (103.6% compared to 2020), 21.366 million tons of steel (103.6%), and 19.079 million tons of rolled products (103.5%).
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