Luca Zanotti

Heat Treating Restarts with Pipe Mill Reopening

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A Texas company that manufactures a complete range of seamless and welded steel tubular products recently celebrated the reopening of its plant in Conroe, which will include the restart of heat treating capabilities.

Luca Zanotti, Tenaris President, USA

Tenaris had suspended operations at the Conroe mill, which is located about 40 miles north of Houston, for three years due to an economic slowdown in the oil & gas industry. The plant is now heat treating and finishing pipe from Tenaris’s mill in Bay City, Texas, to support the ramp-up of domestic production. Tenaris invested approximately $7 million USD to ready the plant for operations, including safety, training, equipment and systems upgrades.

“I want to thank our employees, many of whom have returned to the plant and those who are new to Tenaris, for their dedication to completing a safe, and successful, start-up,” said Luca Zanotti, Tenaris President, USA. “Our Conroe facility is playing an important role in the resurgence of US manufacturing.”

 

 

Photo credit: Tenaris / Photo caption: From left to right: Roberto DeHoyos, Tenaris Vice President of Public Affairs; Germán Curá, Vice Chairman, Tenaris Board of Directors; U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady; and Luca Zanotti, Tenaris President, USA tour the reopened plant in Conroe during an event held on October 19, 2018.

 

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Tube Supplier Ramps Up Heat Treating, Announces Restart of Operations

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Luca Zanotti, Tenaris President, USA

A tubes and related services supplier for the world’s energy industry recently announced it will restart select areas of its mill in Conroe, Texas, to support the company’s ramp-up of heat treatment and finishing of pipe products in the U.S.

Tenaris, headquartered in Luxembourg, also has manufacturing facilities in Bay City and Houston, Texas, which will both contribute to the resumption of operations at Conroe.

“We are prepared to respond to the increased demand for the domestic supply of pipe,” said Luca Zanotti, Tenaris President, USA. “Reviving areas of the plant will allow us to maximize production from our new mill in Bay City expediting the finish, prep, and delivery of our products while raising the current level of activity at the plant that, during the downturn, remained opened as a service center.”

At Conroe, Tenaris pipe products will be heat treated and then finished, which includes threading, inspecting, testing, stenciling, and prepping the pipe before being dispatched.

In preparation for the restart, Tenaris will form a team of more than 100 employees – internal and external hires – who will be trained to operate the two areas of production as well as bringing equipment back online and performing tests to ensure the lines are operating as required.

“Market conditions have been improving over the past year with a higher price of oil, increased drilling activity and actions by the U.S. administration to support domestic manufacturing. We look forward to expanding our team and resuming industrial activity inside the plant to further support and deploy our strategy in the US,” added Zanotti.

 

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