For more than 100 years, Mannesmann, then Vallourec, has been supplying China with large quantities of increasingly sophisticated tubes and pipes primarily serving the power generation and oil & gas markets as well as petrochemical, mechanical and structural applications.
On the power generation market, Vallourec is a recognized and experienced expert of solutions for nuclear and conventional (supercritical and ultra supercritical) power plants.
As an example, the Group delivered its first premium tubular solutions for the supercritical plant project of Qin Bei in 1995.
In Oil & Gas, Vallourec offers a wide range of premium tubular solutions as drill pipes, OCTG, risers, line-pipes and offshore structures, delivering products to the most demanding and critical fields in China such as Tarim basin (deep wells with critically geological conditions), Sichuan basin (extreme drilling conditions wells with high content of H2S and geological difficulties) as well as Bohai and Nanhai Seas (performance products for drilling deep water wells and complex extended reach wells).
China represents approximately one third of the global seamless pipes consumption.
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For more than 100 years, Vallourec has been building strong and lasting business relationships in China by supplying large quantities of high-quality tubes and pipes. These relationships were further reinforced with the establishment of several production sites in China over the last 20 years; bringing us closer to our customers and facilitating the development of new steel pipe applications in collaboration with our business partners.
Our sites in China include the Vallourec Tianda (Anhui) Chuzhou and Changzhou plants (formerly VAM® Changzhou). Vallourec Tianda (Anhui) Co., Ltd. was established in 1993 (formerly Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe Co., Ltd.) and was acquired by Vallourec in 2016, world leader in the seamless pipes industry. Since January 1st 2020, VAM® Changzhou became a new branch within Vallourec Tianda under the name: Vallourec Tianda (Anhui) Co., Ltd. Changzhou Branch.
Vallourec Tianda supplies high-quality seamless pipes for demanding applications for a wide range of industries such as: Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Fluid Transport, Project Mechanicals and more.
Thanks to its product quality, its brand reputation and expertise, Vallourec Tianda has become the reference in China within the seamless pipe industry, selling products to over 50 regions and countries around the world. Vallourec Tianda has successfully passed all certifications of several international organizations such as ISO and API, as well as the product certification by several authoritative institutions such as ABS, BV, LR and TUV.
The Vallourec Tianda Chuzhou plant and the Changzhou branch have both been approved by more than 30 domestic and international largescale Petroleum Companies, such as: Sinopec, PetroChina, TOTAL, Chevron, Shell, ConocoPhillips & Sinopec, MOC, ADNOC, KOC, EI, Pertamina EP and Exxon-Mobil, and have been recognized as important production sites for the Oil & Gas Industry.
Our safety, quality and environmental measures are often cited as outperforming in international standards. Our experienced management team together with our highly qualified and dedicated workforce are committed to one shared objective: total customer satisfaction.
Excellent sales service Teams have sold products to more than 50 regions and countries around the world.
A unique offer
Vallourec Tianda supplies high-quality seamless tubes and pipes.
Since its acquisition, Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe Co., Ltd. (Tianda) has benefited from Vallourec’s 100-year-old experience in pipe mill manufacturing.
Carbon, alloy and high alloy steel grades
Outside diameters 4.5″- 13.37″ (114.3mm - 33 9.7mm)
Maximum outside diameter of coupling material to 14.56″ (370mm)
Wall thicknesses 0.19″- 1.37″ (5mm - 35mm) Tailor-made solution
Highest quality
Vallourec Tianda is supported by Vallourec’s worldwide expertise.
Vallourec Tianda has the same quality standards as all other Vallourec mills around the world and is supported by the Vallourec World Wide Process community that ensures the highest quality in all mills of the Group, and homogenizes processes in all mill activities.
For and with our customers
Vallourec Tianda has been one of the top exporters of Project Line Pipe, Process and OCTG products for many consecutive years.
We are more than a supplier to our
customers. Vallourec Tianda is a reliable, long-lasting and stimulating partner
in all challenges, especially the craziest!
Combining efficiency and proximity
The process itself is extremely flexible and our service is outstanding.
With Vallourec Tianda you get a highly competitive mill under the Vallourec brand. Located close to Shanghai’s port and Nanjing, close to Middle East & Asian markets, we can easily ship to the rest of the world.
Short lead time.
Based on a history that stretches back to 1904 when the first tube delivery reached Shanghai, Vallourec has built strong and lasting business relation-ships in China. Working in close accord with business partners in China to support the development of steel tube applications, Vallourec has established several production sites in Changzhou in order to be close to its customers.
Vallourec Changzhou works was established in 2006. The hollows from Europe are finished and equipped with the most advanced pipe forge mill in 2012. Vallourec Changzhou is good at supplying our customer outstanding quality large-diameter pipes.
Both production steps are available in the plant: customers can still choose the so-called two-step process where the hollows come from overseas or they can call for one step production, where even the hot forming part is made in the Vallourec Changzhou works.
Vallourec Changzhou is a reliable source of premium tube and pipe for demanding applications in a wide variety of industries such as energy, mechanical engineering, petrochemical, transportation, etc.
Our safety, quality and environmental regimes are often cited as outperforming international standards. Our experienced management team together with our highly qualified, dedicated workforce are committed to one shared objective: total customer satisfaction.