July 25, 2013. Seversky Pipe Plant (a member of Pipe Metallurgical Company) coordinated a number of events dedicated to the employees' professional holiday – Metallurgist's Day. Pipe Metallurgical Company Director-General Alexander Shiryayev, Mayor of Polevskoy Dmitri Filippov, and the plant's Managing Director Mikhail Zuyev gave their congratulatory speeches at the plant's Palace of Culture, the company's press service reports.

Over 300 workers received their well-deserved awards. Foreman of Electric Welding Pipe Department 2 Vladimir Savin, mill operator of Pipe-Rolling Department 1 Andrei Sedov, and foreman from the Electric Steel-Smelting Department Anatoly Chebakov were given the title of Honorable Metallurgist. Igor Bryukhanov, shift manager from the Electric Steel-Smelting Department Igor Kryuchkov, and a repairman from the Electric and Power-Generating Equipment Depot were given Pipe Metallurgical Company badges of merit. Six employees were awarded the title of Pipe Metallurgical Company's Honored Worker.

'The celebration of Metallurgist's Day in Polevskoy coincided with another important anniversary this year – the town's 295th birthday. The weekend program covered a variety of events, ranging from the sports (summer ski racing and the 'pram parade') to culture and entertainment (concerts and games, a local crafts fair, and a contest of asphalt drawings). Some 5,500 locals came to a performance by the Russian pop singers invited by Seversky Pipe Plant,' the press release states.

Besides, Open Doors Days were held in the Severskaya Blast Furnace Museum; the agenda of these events covered both a tour of the furnace and the the Temple of the Transfiguration of the Saviour as well as workshops and prize-winning contests.