KIEV, Oct. 20 – Interpipe, a pipe and wheel company, has plans to put into operation the Dniprostal steel smelting complex (Dnipropetrovsk) in March 2012, Interpipe Chief Executive Officer Oleksandr Kyrychko announced at a press conference in Dnipropetrovsk.

According to Kyrychko, cold tests at the factory are expected to begin on October 21 and hot tests should begin in December.

All the tests are expected to be completed in early March, and Danieli Heavy Machinery Engineering will deliver the finished factory to Interpipe in March.