Steel pipe and railway wheel maker, Interpipe will support a team from the Minsk Automobile Plant (MAP) on the ‘Silk Way 2010’ rally, part of the Dakar rally series. The rally will take place in Russia between 11-18 September between the cities of St Petersburg in the north of Russia and the Black Sea resort of Sochi in the south of Russia.

Akbar Gasemi - Aliabadi, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Ukraine visited steel pipe and railway wheel company Interpipe, during which he met the management board of the company and saw the production of steel pipes at the NTRP mill.

Steel pipe and railway wheel producer Interpipe has successfully passed the qualification tests for its UPJ (Ukrainian Premium Joint) at the Oil State Industries (UK) Ltd UKAS Accredited Test Laboratory in Scotland.

Interpipe Limited has published its offer on the terms of its Eurobonds restructuring. The Company has offered holders of its US$200 million Eurobonds to extend the maturity of the notes for seven years and increase the coupon interest rate from 8.75% to 10.25%.

Interpipe NTRP has passed an audit for the Quality management system of wheel products meeting the demands of the RISAS standard (Railway Industry Supplier Approval Scheme).