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MultiServ to Increase Services at V&M do Brasil
Dec. 27, 2007 Harsco Corp.’s MultiServ division will increase its on-site mill services to V&M do Brasil, one of Brazil's top producers of seamless steel tubes and part of the worldwide Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes organization. The five-year contract is expected to generate additional new revenues of more than $30 million over its duration.
With the new contract MultiServ's role has been expanded to include additional service responsibilities for internal logistics, including on-site product handling and warehouse support, as well as management of the mill's internal yards.
MultiServ has provided support to V&M do Brasil since 2002, when it was awarded a multi-year contract to provide on-site material transport services of the mill's finished and semi-finished products. The additional new services are scheduled to be phased in during the first quarter of 2008.
Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes is a world market leader in the manufacture of seamless hot rolled steel tube. Its V&M do Brasil operations, which produce a range of seamless steel tubes for industrial applications, are a leading supplier to the booming Brazilian oil industry.
Harsco is one of the world's leading diversified industrial services companies, serving major customers in the construction and infrastructure, steel and metals, energy and railway industries.