UGMK-OTsM takes the lead on copper pipe market

XVIIth International Industrial Exhibition “Metal-Expo 2011”, which took place in Moscow within the period from November 15th to November 18th, became a unique summing up of the year in the Russian steel industry. UGMK-OTsM is a permanent participant of the exhibition. The stand of the company is the most visited one at the exhibition. About 800 people, representing over 600 enterprises, visited the exposition of UGMK-OTsM within 4 days this year. There were meetings with the representatives of famous enterprises of Europe, the CIS countries and Russia in the filed of machine building industry, electrical engineering and ship-building. The results of a partnership with the clients have been summed up during the negotiations and the plans for 2012 have been agreed.
UGMK-OTsM’s director for sales and marketing A.Sherbakov noted: “The results of the exhibition are positive ones. The popularity of the stand confirmed a leadership of the company on the market of non-ferrous metal rolled stock. A strengthening of the positions and further increase of the quality of the product is planned next year.
New and prospective directions of development of the product assortment of UGMK-OTsM have been presented at the exhibition.
Within the first 10 months of 2011, UGMK-OTsM kept leading position on the market of copper air conditioning pipe and increased the volume of supplies by 47%. UGMK-OTsM is among the 4 leaders on the market of copper water pipe. It has increased the supplies of the product to the Russian market 3 times and came over the leading European producers as for production volume.
The consumers and visitors of the exhibition could assess an improvement of copper tires quality of Kolchugtsvetmet, due to which they have managed to increase the volume of supplies to the Russian market by 63%. New roofing bands of the Kirov plant OTsM have been introduced to visitors. To date, the Kirov roofing band hold out the parameters of the goods, produced in Western Europe and take precedence over the analogues of Eastern-European and Russian producers.
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Translated by Iraida Idiyatova