M A K S T I L steel with macedonian sun

APPLICATION OF

STANDARDS IN

THE WORK OF

MAKSTIL

PROFILE

Company name: Makstil AD – Duferco Group

Industry: Ferrous metallurgy

Employees: 790

General Manager: Ivan Banovski

President of the

Board of Directors: Minco Jordanov

HISTORY

The company MAKSTIL came out from the reconstruction and the privatization of the former Mines and Iron & Steelworks Skopje

The plant started it’s activity on October 20th, 1967 and reached a production of about 1,15 million mt/year of finished products from 1986 to 1989.

During mid 90’s the various production units were divided into 10 independent companies following the decision of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia.

MAKSTIL AD Skopje was established on May 15th, 1997 as an independent entity, out of the above 10, with Duferco Group as majority shareholder.

PRODUCTION PLANTS Scrap plant with separator for selection and preparation of ferrous scrap ready for use in furnace.

The steel making plant with an electric arc furnace and ladle furnace for production of liquid non or low alloyed steel and a continuous casting machines to transform liquid steel into slabs.

In finishing line MAKSTIL has facilities for shot-blasting and priming of plates

The Reheating furnaces

and Quarto plate mill for

reheating and rolling the

slabs into hot rolled

steel plates.

CONTINUOUS CAST SLABS

Semi-finished products with thickness of 170, 200, 250mm and 300mm, up to 1550mm width, ready for rolling into plates.

HOT ROLLED STEEL PLATES

Dimensions:

thickness: from 5-120mm. width: from 1000-3050mm.

length: max 18000mm for transportation.

PRODUCT

SELLS

MAKSTIL sells approx. 5% of his products to ex Yu markets and rest of 95% through

distributive network of Duferco to the European and world markets.

STANDARDS The production of liquid steel (steel slabs) and hot rolled steel plates completely must meet the criteria from world standards specified by clients during ordering for each point;

ISO 9001:2008 / ISO 14000 / ISO 26000

Standards for steel grades;

Standards for tolerances (EN10029, ASTM/ASME A(SA)6/A(SA)20, EN 10163-1/2, DIN 1543, JUS. C. B4. 110);

Standards for blasting and priming (ISO 8501 / 8502 / 8503);

Standards for destructive and non-destructive testing (EN 10160, EN 10164, ASTM, ISO, DIN);

Standards for documentation (EN 10204, EN 10168);

STEEL GRADES normal carbon structural and constructive steels, non alloyed or low alloyed according to EN 10025, EN 10225, ASTM, ASME, DIN 17100, UNI 7070, BS4360, JUS C.BO.500, CSA;

non alloyed and low alloyed steels for pressure vessels and boilers according to EN 10028, DIN 17155, JUS B.B4.014, ASTM, ASME;

aging resistant steels according to DIN 17135, JUS C.BO.508;

steels for welded pipes according to API 5L (PSL1);

ship building steels according to ABS, LR, BV, DNV-GL, RINA, CR, RMRS;

ship building steels for pressure vessels and boilers according to LR, BV, DNV;

steels for quenching and tempering (EN 10083).

CERTIFICATES

Quality System based on application of world standards results with numerous International Certifications obtained over the years verifying high quality of the

products and post production services of our clients.

consolidation of traditional production activities

revamping and modernization of the production facilities

diversification of the production range

exploitation of new market opportunities

all activities in quality assurance

care for employees

protection of environment

BASIC OBJECTIVES

BENEFITS

high quality of final product;

adaptability for small and large series proceeded with short terms of shipment;

performing on low tolerances by world quality norms and out of standards requests of some clients;

conquest on new markets;

decreasing of costs and increasing of quality.

... successful story continues