{"id":2217,"date":"2024-07-23T12:32:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T12:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/china.vallourec.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2217"},"modified":"2024-07-23T12:58:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T12:58:28","slug":"they-did-it-tianda-chuzhou-delivers-new-vam-premium-connections-to-saudi-aramco","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/china.vallourec.com\/en\/news\/they-did-it-tianda-chuzhou-delivers-new-vam-premium-connections-to-saudi-aramco\/","title":{"rendered":"THEY DID IT! Tianda Chuzhou delivers NEW VAM Premium connections to Saudi Aramco\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2217\" class=\"elementor elementor-2217\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70403ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70403ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1367bc1\" data-id=\"1367bc1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12d224e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12d224e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The story began in June 2023, when Tianda Chuzhou started industrializing NEW VAM premium connections, to meet growing market demand and as part of the New Vallourec plan to enhance Vallourec Tianda&#8217;s product offering. The mission was not an easy one. The transition from API connections to NEW VAM connections posed several challenges, such as assessing and upgrading equipment, strengthening the quality system and meeting tight deadlines.<\/p><p>At the same time, in September 2023, Saudi Aramco, one of the world&#8217;s largest oil companies and a crucial customer for Vallourec, signed an order for the production and delivery of around 10,000 pipes and couplings of grade L80-1, size 7&#8242;. The order was awarded to Tianda Chuzhou, with delivery scheduled for April 2024. Tianda managed all stages of production, from tube rolling and heat treatment to threading of premium fittings and packaging.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e69b51\" data-id=\"8e69b51\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3207315 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3207315\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vallourec.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/vallourec-aramco-new-vam-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2221\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vallourec.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/vallourec-aramco-new-vam-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vallourec.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/vallourec-aramco-new-vam-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vallourec.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/vallourec-aramco-new-vam-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.vallourec.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/vallourec-aramco-new-vam-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vallourec.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/vallourec-aramco-new-vam.jpg 1268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a476d33 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a476d33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a2f1e96\" data-id=\"a2f1e96\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cdc533 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9cdc533\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78068a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-title\" data-id=\"78068a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n      <div class=\"block mb-[3rem] md:mb-none md:flex relative\">\n      <h2 class=\"w-fit title-h2 pb-2 md:pb-0 \">A double challenge for our Chinese team: industrializing the connection and delivering our customer on time <\/h2>\n      <div class=\"title-divider ml-0 mr-0 md:ml-3 self-center\"><\/div>\n      <p class=\"title-anchor -bottom-[2rem] md:bottom-[50%] right-0 \" id=\"\"><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cf14d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cf14d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Tianda team, with the support of the VAM TCC department, then pulled out all the stops, enabling the mission to be crowned with success. In December 2023, the new connection was officially qualified, along with the VAM\u00ae TOP connection. And as good news never comes alone, production of this first order was completed in three months, enabling Saudi Aramco to be delivered on schedule.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-785dd65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"785dd65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b2b77b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b2b77b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-83771f0\" data-id=\"83771f0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ace7b33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ace7b33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1332\" height=\"777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vallourec.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/NEW-VAM-industrialization-progress-en-e1721736392120.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2232\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vallourec.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/NEW-VAM-industrialization-progress-en-e1721736392120.jpg 1332w, https:\/\/www.vallourec.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/NEW-VAM-industrialization-progress-en-e1721736392120-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vallourec.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/NEW-VAM-industrialization-progress-en-e1721736392120-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vallourec.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/NEW-VAM-industrialization-progress-en-e1721736392120-768x448.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1332px) 100vw, 1332px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">NEW VAM\u00ae industrialization progress<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a67f22\" data-id=\"3a67f22\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d11e5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d11e5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>To speed up delivery, the Tianda Chuzhou and VAM TCC teams took on several challenges:<\/p><ul><li><b>Equipment Upgrades<\/b>: Two old lathes were upgraded to increase production efficiency and bridge the capacity shortfall of couplings.<\/li><li><b>Optimization<\/b>: Several Continuous Improvement Teams (CITs) were rapidly set up in the first month of NEW VAM\u00ae production to address bottlenecks and reduce threading cycle times.<\/li><li><b>Production Ramp-Up<\/b>: The production ramp-up was successfully completed within a span of four weeks.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b104618 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b104618\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-06c6863\" data-id=\"06c6863\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2c4fc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f2c4fc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c5a2dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c5a2dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2026\" height=\"973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vallourec.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/NEW-VAM-TIANDA-CHUZHOU-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2223\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vallourec.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/NEW-VAM-TIANDA-CHUZHOU-1.jpg 2026w, https:\/\/www.vallourec.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/NEW-VAM-TIANDA-CHUZHOU-1-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vallourec.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/NEW-VAM-TIANDA-CHUZHOU-1-1024x492.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vallourec.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/NEW-VAM-TIANDA-CHUZHOU-1-768x369.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vallourec.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/NEW-VAM-TIANDA-CHUZHOU-1-1536x738.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2026px) 100vw, 2026px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Congratulations to the team  <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0c34a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a0c34a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e275b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-title\" data-id=\"7e275b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n      <div class=\"block mb-[3rem] md:mb-none md:flex relative\">\n      <h2 class=\"w-fit title-h2 pb-2 md:pb-0 \">Future Prospects <\/h2>\n      <div class=\"title-divider ml-0 mr-0 md:ml-3 self-center\"><\/div>\n      <p class=\"title-anchor -bottom-[2rem] md:bottom-[50%] right-0 \" id=\"\"><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c379863 elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"c379863\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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Not only does it enable the company to reach a significant milestone in the industrialization of high-end connections, but it also represents a significant step forward in the strategy of the New Vallourec. 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