Forging Links with Steel.

Bureau Veritas Inspectorate

Liepājas Metalurgs — Latvian biggest industrial enterprise as well as one of the oldest companies of Latvia, its history starts from 1882.Liepāja semi-integrated metallurgical plant Liepājas Metalurgs — the only metallurgical company in the Baltic states. The main product of the company — steel rolled bars for reinforcement of concrete structures.

The flagship of ISTIL business strategy has its manufacturing facilities in Donetsk, Ukraine. With the collapse of the former Soviet Union, Ukraine began an aggressive campaign to privatize many of its enterprises, including the Donetsk Steel Works. In 1996 Metalsrussia predecessor of ISTIL acquired majority shares of Donetsk steel Works. The plant was restructured after capital investment by the ISTIL Group during 1997-2000 period and ISTIL (UKRAINE) was retained by ISTIL Group with a steel production capacity of one million MT/annum.ISTIL (UKRINE) consists of electric arc furnaces shop, scrap preparation facility, a specialty bar rolling mill with heat-treatment and cold finishing facilities, oxygen block, and other ancillary equipment. Over the last 3 years, ISTIL Group has upgraded the said facility by investing over US$85 million from its retained earnings by introducing most-modern technology of steel making, steel refining and continuous-casting from the world leader in steel mills equipment manufacturing - Danieli, Italy.Mini Steel Mill ISTIL (Ukraine) is one of the most prominent metallurgical enterprises in Ukraine, an example of the successful foreign investment.http://www.mesteel.com/istil/

Mostly commercial activity (selling to the domestic & foreign markets of US, Europe products of metallurgical, coal & coke-chemical plants of CIS). Companies: Alex Iron Impex, AlSteel Group, Ukrexport etc.

Starting as a roller of hot roller mill / master of the shop / shop superintendent / head of production section to head of rolling mill.