TMK’s Pervouralsk Pipe Plant (PNTZ) and Orsky Machine Building Plant (OMZ) have significantly ramped up production of all cylinder types to a total of 200,000 tonnes, with PNTZ shipments up 17% y-o-y and OMZ hitting record highs not reached since 2007.
PNTZ achieved the highest growth in the basic segment of medium-capacity cylinders, growing 24% to represent more than half of the total output. At OMZ, the largest share of supplies came from cylinders for natural gas vehicles (NGVs), up 57%.
The key consumers of PNTZ cylinders in 2021 were energy, machine building, and chemicals companies. OMZ supplied products for firefighting systems, NGVs, technical gas storage, and the construction of automatic gas refueling stations.
