May 29, 2013. The 14th coordination meeting of ChTPZ Group and OAO Severstal took place at Chelyabinsk Tube-Rolling Plant recently. The two parties, working within the framework of their existing cooperation agreement, agreed on the prospects of joined participation in a number of construction and oil and gas projects, ChTPZ Group’s press service reports.

The parties also agreed to work together on a cross-functional project known as Setting up the Delivery Process Control System; the launch of this system is believed to reduce the amount of time it takes to ship the goods from metallurgical companies to pipe manufacturers.

‘The meeting participants agreed unanimously that their overall cooperation strategy was the right and the mutually beneficial one. Working together allows us to solve all kinds of problems more efficiently, be it the quality and the volume of produce, the delivery terms, or the pricing policy. Today’s meeting will result in the establishment of a cross-functional group that will deal in the practical implementation of the plans we have set out,’ says ChTPZ Deputy DG for Strategic Liaising Alexander Golodyagin.