Rustavi Steel Responded to Baku Steel Company
"The management of the company Rustavi Steel reviews the application from the owners of Baku Steel Company in the newspapers as an open PR campaign against a strong competitor." So the company commented the interview (http://xalqqazeti.com/az/news/economy/37136) with the owner of Baku Steel Company Rasim Mammadov, in which, inter alia, he stated that construction rebar produced by Rustavi Metallurgical Plant and imported into Azerbaijan is of poor quality.
Since 2012 Fittings Company Rustavi Steel certified and produced according to DSTU 3760-2006 (Ukraine). The steel is produced under the supervision of Russian advisers from famous Russian firms. Control of the chemical composition of the steel is at the present optical emission spectrometer ARL 3460, which is bought in 2012
Mechanical testing of valves manufactured by modern tensile machine CY-6040 A 12 with a computer issuing test reports, which eliminates the possibility of error. This machine is certified by the Georgia standards body. This machine also performed mechanical testing of pipes produced by the standards of API Spec.5L, API Spec.5CT, which is certified by the American Petroleum Institute, they told Turan in Rustavi Steel.
"In addition, for 2012 and 2013 the plant did not receive any formal complaints about the quality of fittings, including from customers in Azerbaijan.
Given the above, the management of Rustavi Steel offers to all its customers in the event of any claim to immediately contact us to investigate the issue through scientific survey involving local or international independent laboratory," the response of the Georgian company reads. - 08B-
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