OREANDA-NEWS. October 6, 2011. Interpipe recently held the "KLW: innovative solutions for the railway industry" conference  for its railway wheels and tires customers from Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the CIS countries.

Representatives from the Research Institute VNIIZHT, the Institute of Natural Monopolies of the Russian Federation, the certification body TUV Rheinland, and the research laboratory Sincotech all held presentations at the conference. KLW wheel brand customers presented their assessment in the development of local markets of railway products, and shared their experience with regards to gaining TSI certification. During the conference 12 reports were presented and 2 roundtable meetings took place.

Mikhail Iskov, Director for Railway Wheel Sales at Interpipe said: “This year the conference provided a platform where discussions on innovative technologies, market forecast, and organizations’ certification  requirements took place. During the conference, we presented the state-of-the art electric steel smelting complex, Interpipe Steel. For the first time we presented Interpipe’s Continuous Improvement System (CIS), and spoke about the planned overhaul of the wheel-rolling shop. During the round table discussions we received specific customer feedback, where we learnt about the needs for improving  production and business processes.