26 January 2012
At the Makiivka branch of PJSC Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works of Metinvest Group manufacturing of new sort of product, intermediate rail fastening clip, has been launched. This event was preceded by a team-work of Yenakiieve Steel and its Makiivka branch’s specialists. For this purpose at mill “550” the production technology of strip with new quality specifications has been developed. Last week at the rail fastening area of the Rolling Shop the forming was carried out and the first lot of new product for Ukrainian railways was delivered.
It should be noted that the development of this new product gave a new lease of life to the Rail Fastening Shop (which is currently a part of Yenakiieve Steel Rolling Shop).
“The renewal of the Shop has been started since the period when two plants of Yenakiieve and Makiivka had been merged, - highlights Alexander Chudnovets, Director of Makiivka branch of Yenakiieve Steel. – Besides production of the intermediate rail fastening clip, now we are in the process of developing the manufacturing of two more sorts of products. These are narrow gauge rail joints Р24 and Р33”.