United Metallurgical Company (AO OMK) is one of the leading Russian manufacturers of products for top energy, transport and industrial companies. The company produces steel, rolled products, pipes, pipeline valves and fittings. OMK is proceeding with a project to make in Russia special ball valves designed with diameters of up to 1,400 mm and for pressures of up to 42 MPa that are currently being imported for use in the gas industry. OMK consists of five large metallurgical enterprises: Vyksa Steel Works (AO VMZ, Nizhny Novgorod Region), Almetyevsk Pipe Plant (AO ATZ, Republic of Tatarstan), Chusovoy Metallurgical Works (AO CMZ, Perm Region), Trubodetal (AO Trubodetal, Chelyabinsk Region), Blagoveshchensk Valves Plant (AO BAZ, Republic of Bashkortostan).