TAP awards contract to Salzgitter Mannesmann International
Published by Angharad Lock,
Digital Assistant Editor
World 鶹ýӳ,
Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) has awarded a contract to Salzgitter Mannesmann International GmbH for approximately 270 km of the onshore 48鶹ýӳ line pipe, as well as the bends TAP requires for both onshore (48鶹ýӳ) and offshore (36鶹ýӳ) use. Salzgitter Mannesmann International will provide 48鶹ýӳ line pipes and bends for the onshore sections of TAP in Albania, Greece and Italy, and 36鶹ýӳ bends for the offshore section across the Adriatic. This contract award makes up approximately 170 000 t of line pipe.
The award of offshore 36鶹ýӳ line-pipe and the remainder of the 48鶹ýӳ diameter onshore line-pipe will be the subject of separate announcements in the near future.
Ian Bradshaw, Managing Director at TAP, said: 鶹ýӳI would like to congratulate Salzgitter Mannesmann International for its successful bid and thank all those companies that took part in this tender. TAP has employed a rigorous selection process in this round of contract awards and will continue to do so, selecting companies based on their technical competence, health and safety standards as well as a number of other selection criteria that adhere to international best practice.鶹ýӳ
鶹ýӳTAP plans to award several more large contracts by the end of the year and. This will enable pipeline construction to begin in Greece, Albania and Italy in 2016 as planned,鶹ýӳ Bradshaw added.
Salzgitter Mannesmann International GmbH is part of the Salzgitter AG Group, which was founded in 1859 and ranks as one of Europe鶹ýӳs leading steel and technology groups, with external sales of €9 billion in 2014, a crude steel capacity of nearly 9 million t and a workforce of more than 25 000 employees.
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