Seventeen correspondents from major Russian and Moscow-based international media, including leading dailies and business newswires, key industry publications, and a TV channel, took part in a one-day press trip to Vyksa Steel Works (Vyksa, Novgorod Region, Russia). The trip highlighted the signing of the contract between Nord Stream and United Metallurgical Company (OMK), a major Russian pipe producer (of which Vyksa Steel Works is a subsidiary), for the supply of steel pipes for the Nord Stream Pipeline through the Baltic Sea. A dozen regional journalists joined their Moscow counterparts at the event in Vyksa.
While taking a tour of the pipe mill, journalists had a chance to see samples of the pipes produced at the plant. Following the tour, a technical presentation on the Nord Stream project was given and the participants learned about the specifics of the pipeline construction and operation. At the official signing ceremony, Matthias Warnig, Managing Director of Nord Stream, and Vladimir Markin, President of OMK, put their signatures on the pipe contract. At a press conference afterwards, they answered numerous questions from the media about the contract, the Nord Stream project and the manufacturing plant.
