Rimera Group, a services division of Russian steel pipe producer ChTPZ, has announced that its shipments to CIS customers were up by more than 30 percent year on year in the first nine months of the current year.
During this time, the Izhevsk-based plant of Rimera delivered 13 percent more products to Kazakh petroleum companies compared to the same period last year. Contracts for deliveries of reduction gears and mixing units account for much of this upward trend. In the January-September period this year, Rimera subsidiary Izhneftemash shipped more subsurface sucker rod pumps and mud pumps to Kazakhstan, up by 62 percent and 10 percent year on year, respectively.
Alnas, Rimera's Almetyevsk-based mechanical engineering plant, also reports growing sales to customers in CIS member states. This year's deliveries to LUKOIL-Uzbekistan have increased by almost twofold compared to the previous round of deliveries (the customer awards contracts through a competitive bidding process once every two years). Alnas also increased its exports to Ukraine by almost 30 percent. In addition to deliveries of standard products (pumps, motors, and protectors), cable extensions have been shipped to Ukrainian customers for the first time.
Other Rimera Group companies also achieved growth in sales to CIS clients. The Czech plant MSA has reported a six-fold year-on-year increase in pipeline valves to Uzbekistan.
In addition to the Russian market, shipments to CIS member states are a high priority for all plants both in the Rimera division and in ChTPZ Group.
