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TMK Joins Industrial Liaison Program at MIT
Sep. 2, 2010 TMK has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to become a member company in the school's Industrial Liaison Program (ILP).
TMK becomes one of approximately 200 companies around the world (and the first Russian company) to gain access to MIT resources and receive benefits from the ILP's extensive human and intellectual capital.
Piotr Galitzine, Chairman of TMK IPSCO, the American division of TMK, said: "By joining the ILP, TMK will partner with internationally recognized experts in business and technology, and have access to unique research and development opportunities. This is an exciting demonstration of TMK's leadership and innovation in our industry."
TMK IPSCO operates in North America as a division of TMK, one of the three global market leaders in energy pipe production. TMK operates 23 production facilities around the world, and its product offerings include a range of seamless and welded energy tubular products such as oil & gas drill pipe, well casing and tubing, line pipe, LD pipe, standard pipe, hollow structural sections and related services. TMK also manufactures premium connections for oil and natural gas drilling and production under the ULTRA™ and TMK Premium brand names.