TUBE 2014
supplier of steel tubes and pipes. Japan – supplier of large-diameter tubes for the Nord Stream project – and Switzerland, the Ukraine and Turkey also delivered more steel tubes to Germany than they had done in the year prior. By contrast, deliveries from the Czech Republic declined. In times when growth happens mostly outside of Germany and Europe, a global presence is becoming more and more critical for German tube manufacturers, too. For instance, the tubes division of Salzgitter AG with its Europipe holdings has long been represented in the U.S. growth market through company-owned manufacturing sites there. In late October 2012, Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH from Paderborn announced the construction of its first U.S. manufacturing site in Shreveport in northwest Louisiana. The company hopes the building of a seamless, hot-rolling steel tube mill will
Figure 2: German steel tube production trend from 2003 to 2012
strengthen its position beyond current sales activities in one of the most important growth markets for
global oil and gas exploration. Says Matthias Jäger, CEO of Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH: “This is the
perfect place to step up our OCTG market activities and to expand our presence in North America
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