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New Current Stock: for a fast and accurate search

We are pleased to announce the refresh of Pipex Italia’s Current Stock, the section of our website where you can view the products available in stock and submit inquiries to our team. We are always committed to improving our services and listening to the needs of our customers, which is why we have introduced significant…

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Free online ticket office – Made in Steel 2023

We are pleased to announce that the online ticket office for Made in Steel 2023 is now open. Do not miss the opportunity to participate in Made in Steel and to visit us at stand L42 in pavilion 22. You can access the fair for free by downloading your ticket now by accessing this link….

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The importance of really getting to know a business partner through a visit to the plant. I.S.A.C.’s story on the visit to Železiarne Podbrezová

Pipex and Železiarne Podbrezová are committed to maintaining excellent relationships with their commercial partners, and this is demonstrated by the fact that we often host our customers at our steel plant in Slovakia. We do this not only to show them how we produce the products they purchase, but also to highlight the identity values…

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Pipex Energy: behind the teacher’s desk at the Politecnico di Milano

Decarbonization is a central subject in the steel world just hence, training of young resources will be absolutely essential for the achievement of an epochal industrial transformation. It was therefore an honour and a great opportunity for Pipex Energy to hold a seminar on 28th November at the Politecnico di Milano entitled “Biochar: a solution for metallurgical industry decarbonization“….

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Železiarne Podbrezová Product Portfolio

Like every year, Železiarne Podbrezová offers us the updated version of the Product Portfolio. In the manual you will find the technical specifications of the steel tubes and tubular semi-finished products produced by our parent company and a brief overview of the standardization (EN, ASTM, ASME, etc…). Access or download the catalogue: click here. Article…

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Pipex Italia at Made in Steel 2023

As per tradition, we will again be participating in Made in Steel 2023. The international Conference & Exhibition dedicated to the steel supply chain, which this year marks its tenth edition, will take place on 9-10-11 May 2023 at Fieramilano Rho, Milan. The members of our team will be ready to welcome you cordially at…

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Product Carbon Footprint – billets

The development of new economic models focused on environmental sustainability is a theme that has become central in commercial relations. The steel world in particular is today engaged in a transformation aimed at the production of an increasingly sustainable steel. An essential starting point for any initiative is the mapping of one’s own emissions. Both…

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Luigi Cuzzolin for La Stampa – business and energy crisis

Our CEO Luigi Cuzzolin sums up, in the Italian newspaper “La Stampa”, the industrial situation and how his group Železiarne Podbrezová is facing the energy crisis. We report below the translation of the article by Valentina Sarmenghi. Pipex Italia, synergies with Slovakia help not to feel the energy crisis From an economic point of view,…

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ZP builds the largest photovoltaic power plant in Slovakia

The largest photovoltaic power plant in Slovakia will be built on the roofs of our production halls. The current energy crisis is one of the most discussed topics today. The rising energy prices, raise concerns about their impact on economy for the coming years. The search for alternative sources, while addressing climate change threat, is…

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Luigi Cuzzolin – new opportunities and initiatives

“2022 is a very positive year that should close, except for a total stop of the gas and therefore inactivity of the steel plant, with very interesting numbers” These are the words of our CEO Luigi Cuzzolin during the Siderweb interview. In addition to the opportunities that the energy crisis has opened up for seamless…

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‘+53% of revenues for Železiarne Podbrezová

The company’s Annual Report 2021 has recently been published on the Železiarne Podbrezová website. 2021 was a year of economic recovery after the difficult year of restrictions in 2020 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Positive economic and financial results emerge from the 2021 Annual Report. In fact, there was a significant increase, equal to…

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Relamping: consumption reduced by 60% thanks to LEDs

Energy efficiency is, quoting the IEA (International Energy Agency), the “first fuel” to be used in the ecological transition. It is in fact a rapid implementation and highly effective tool to be adopted on a large and small scale. Thus, in order to reduce the carbon footprint of the activities at our Italian warehouse in…

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Our week at Tube 2022

The week of the Wire & Tube 2022 international fair, which was held in Düsseldorf from 20 to 24 June, has just ended. As per tradition, Pipex Italia was present in the role of exhibitor, together with our parent company, Železiarne Podbrezová. Eventful days, during which we met people with whom we have been collaborating…

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Tube Unit Converter: ZP’s new app

Our parent company Železiarne Podbrezová (ZP) created its first app: Tube Unit Converter. The application allows you to convert imperial units into metric units for a wide variety of steel tubes. It also includes useful cost formulas and technical specifications. The aim is to simplify navigation in the ZP product portfolio for all customers from…

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Our Warehouse Manager: Raul

One of the souls of Pipex Italia is our Italian warehouse located in Bagnatica (BG) near the A4 highway, one of the main Italian arteries. Thanks to the partnership established with our shippers, we are able to manage shipments throughout the European Union as well as guaranteeing the possibility for the customer to pick up…

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EPD. Seamless precision tubes

Železiarne Podbrezová (ZP) announces the issuance of a third document concerning seamless precision tubes. After the publication of the declaration concerning seamless hot-rolled tubes and later the one concerning continuous casting billets, the ZP Group thus closes the circle with regard to the documentation on its three product families. Our cold drawn tubes are used…

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Pipex Italia at Tube 2022

The Tube Düsseldorf 2022 is about to start. It will take place from 20 to 24 June 2022. The International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair, which takes place every two years, was initially scheduled for May but had been postponed due to the Covid-19 emergency. However, the time when it will be possible to meet…

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Hot Briquetted Iron: trials in progress

Reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is one of the priorities of the steel industry in the world. One of the fastest decarbonisation option is to switch steel production from conventional converters to electric arc furnaces. This will involve the increase of scrap demand and the potential scarcity of such valuable raw material. Železiarne Podbrezová (ZP)…

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Conflict and expensive energy: interview with Luigi Cuzzolin

The impacts of the conflict on the steel industry and possible solutions to expensive energy including hydrogen for which Pipex Italia, Snam and Corinth Pipeworks have collaborated and already built thousands of km of pipeline for its transport. These are the issues addressed in March on Siderweb TV. Our CEO Luigi Cuzzolin then made more…

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Quality: always a priority

Our organization has always considered quality a priority. This has allowed us over the years to optimize business performance and to pursuit a continuous improvement; which is the primary objective that international legislation and company policy require. Our quality system certification dates back to 2005. This year again the audit on quality certification, which assesses…

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AISI 304 and AISI 316: what is the difference?

This is the question that many customers, who buy our seamless stainless steel tubes, asked us and it is the reason why we have decided to tackle the subject. We all know that steel is resistant and versatile, excellent in various fields. For this reason, it is the most used material in the world. Although…

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Our new management software: transparent, safe, reliable

We were in the midst of the pandemic, when Pipex Italia decided to take advantage of the lockdown by transforming itself internally: welcoming a new management software to optimize accounting, warehouse, active and passive billing, management of sales and of all suppliers other than the parent company Železiarne Podbrezová. A major project, which has completely…

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Environmental Product Declaration: continuous casting billets

Just one month after the publication of its first Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), Železiarne Podbrezová (ZP) announces the issuance of a second document concerning continuous casting billets. In doing so, after the publication of the declaration concerning seamless hot-rolled tubes, the ZP Group continues its initiative devoted to transparency and a centrality of environmental issues….

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ZP renews its website about steeltube.sk products

News from our parent company: the new Železiarne Podbrezová website has just been inaugurated to make product research more user friendly. New graphics, more search filters, in one word greater ease in finding information on the offer portfolio. With the new version of www.steeltube.sk, the user can easily perform a series of actions with just…

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EPD. ZP’s Environmental Product Declaration document

Železiarne Podbrezová (ZP) is pleased to announce the publication of its first Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). The document reports the environmental performance of our seamless hot rolled pipes. These products today are employed in areas such as power production, fluid transport, mechanical and construction processing. The EPD certification is an essential tool that allows the…

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Wire & Tube 2022: fair postponed to June

Messe Düsseldorf has decided to postpone Wire and Tube 2022 – Leading International Trade Fairs.Following the surge in SARS-COV-2 infections, they consider necessary to delay the event originally planned for May. The fair will then take place from 20 to 24 June 2022. We are convinced that this deferral will give the opportunity to create an event…

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e-Pipex, our online shop for stainless steel

The goal is to make the most of the client’s knowledge to design a more modern and customized purchase path. When last July we launched e-Pipex, our primary objective was to simplify our customer’s purchasing process. In other words, we wanted to offer a way of reordering that would make him autonomous and independent. But,…

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Zeleziarne Podbrezova reached the record number of heats

Since its establishment in 1840, the steel mill of Železiarne Podbrezová has been characterized by the fast technology development, precision production and the high-quality standard of the final products. Over the years several significant milestones have been reached. If we look at modern history, the first automated control system was introduced in the eighties of…

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2022

During the Christmas period, the Pipex Italia offices will remain open except for the following days: December 24th, 2021 December 31st, 2021 e January 6th, 2022. Our warehouse in Bagnatica, on the other hand, will be closed from December 20th to December 31st included. It will reopen on January 3rd, 2022. Pipex Italia wishes all…

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Great satisfaction and turnout at the Renaissance steel fair

Two keywords: innovation and sustainability. Made in Steel 2021 ends and we at Pipex thank the organization and all the visitors met in these intense days. The ninth edition of Made in Steel, the first international event in attendance for steel in the world since the outbreak of the pandemic, went well beyond expectations with 13,505 attendees from…

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Biocarbon: a precious resource for electric arc furnaces

A webinar dedicated to the theme of climate neutrality was held on 7th September in which our Green Manager, Ing. Luca Orefici, participated as a speaker. Furthermore, after the meeting, an interview was held which was subsequently published in the Scenarios / Experts’ corner section of the September issue of La Metallurgia Italiana. Among the…

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Made in Steel 2021: Luigi Cuzzolin interviewed by siderweb TV

During the ninth edition of Made in Steel, the European Exhibition dedicated to the world of steel, our CEO, Mr. Luigi Cuzzolin, was interviewed by Siderweb TV. Many are the topics that were discussed, from the closing in profit of financial year 2020, the year marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, to comments and forecasts regarding…

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Cogeneration: a 20 year-long practice in ZP

We have been producing combined power and heat for twenty years. View of the gas turbine of the cogeneration unit (on the lower left); in the background, the boiler of the cogeneration unit. The cogeneration unit, also known as steam-gas plant, replaced the outdated technology of separate electricity and steam production in 2001. Our company…

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Stainless steel: endless eco-sustainable solutions

The use of steel materials in many industrial sectors is increasingly frequent: have you ever wondered why? Expecially in the sphere of food and distribution; this phenomenon is certainly linked to a set of characteristics making them particularly suitable for lots of applications, from the simplest to the most complex ones. For example: corrosion resistance,…

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Made in Steel 2021: download your ticket for free

We are pleased to invite you to the ninth edition of Made in Steel. The Southern Europe’s premier tradeshow for the steel industry will be held from 5 to 7 October 2021 at Fieramilano Rho (Milan), from 9:30 am to 6:30 pm, Halls 9 and 11. Pipex Italia will be present in Hall 11, Stand…

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Open for holidays: we are up and running all August

The Pipex Italia offices will remain open throughout the month of August 2021. Our warehouse in Bagnatica, on the other hand, will be closed from 09 to 13 August inclusive. It will reopen on Monday 16th August. Pipex Italia wishes all its customers and suppliers happy summer holidays. For any need you can write to…

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