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The first rolled tube in April 2011
marked the startup of rolling production
with state-of-the-art equipment.
A GIANT IS BORN
Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do
Brasil inaugurates an integrated steel
mill with production that will serve
the international oil and gas market.
“This is a dream come true for the two groups that
began four years ago, when we thought of building one
of the most modern, sustainable steel plants in the
world.” This was the opening remarks of Flávio Azevedo,
President of the Board of V & M do BRASIL (VMB) and
of Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do Brasil (VSB), who
opened the press conference of the VSB steel complex
inauguration on September 1st, which invested R$ 5
billion in the mill’s construction.
Since the placing of the cornerstone which set off the
beginning of the Plant works on July 7, 2007, VSB has
sustainability and technology as the focus of its actions.
“The placing of the cornerstone represented the beginning
of one of the largest investments made in Brazil
in recent years. In tune with the communities in the
Jeceaba region and respecting the environment, we
planted the seed for the construction of one of
Vallourec’s most important plants,” commented Flávio.
VSB’s figures are impressive, starting with the number
of employees that worked in the Mill during the peak
of the works – 11 thousand. The production capacity
of the plant that will supply the international oil and
gas market will be one million tons per annum of raw
steel and 600 thousand tons per annum of seamless
steel tubes.
As with the Vallourec Group, which establishes that
Safety is its Greatest Value, VSB couldn’t be any different.
With actions directed to promote on-the-job
health and safety, excellent results were achieved during
the construction of the Complex. /...
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