On October 29, 2009, the charitable foundation OMK-Participation provided the Pediatric Oncology and Hematology Research Institute, part of the Public Institution “Blokhin Russian Oncological Research Center” (GURONTs), with medical equipment and expendable materials (a neonatal intensive care place, as well as a freezer and two refrigerators to be used for creating blood banks), worth of more than 3 million rubles, for the treatment of seriously ill children.

Actors of the puppet theater Firebird gave a merry performance, Chok the Piglet, for the seriously ill patients of the Oncological Center and talked with their little spectators.

“Today, we have provided the Pediatric Oncology Research Institute with a set of equipment which will be of help to many of you, I am sure,” said Irina Sedykh, President of the Board of Trustees of the OMK-Participation Foundation, in her speech addressed to the management of the Institute and its young patients. “All this was bought using the money collected by people who are not indifferent to your future. The money collected by the OMK-Participation Foundation, which is more than 3 million rubles, was donated by those who had openheartedly given some parts of their wages for your benefit and speedy recovery.”

“I deeply appreciate the assistance provided by the OMK-Participation Foundation and United Metallurgical Company,” said GURONTs Deputy Director Georgy Mentkevich. “At a time when the government is not always can come to the aid of children patients, there are companies, like OMK for instance, whose civil responsibility cannot but inspire respect.”

Over the 12 months of its existence, the OMK-Participation Foundation provided seriously ill children with assistance worth of more than 12 million rubles. This made it possible to save the lives of dozens of children.

United Metallurgical Company (OMK) is one of Russia's largest producers of pipes, railroad wheels, and other metal products for energy, transport, and industrial companies. OMK comprises 7 largest enterprises in the metallurgical sector. The OMK Pipe-Rolling Division comprises Vyksa Steel Works (Nizhni Novgorod Region), Almetyevsk Pipe Plant (Republic of Tatarstan), and Trubodetal (Chelyabinsk Region); the OMK Steel Works Division comprises Chusovoy Metallurgical Works and Gubakha Coke (Perm Territory), Shchelkovo Steel Works (Moscow Region) and Casting and Rolling Complex (Nizhni Novgorod Region)

In 2008, OMK products accounted for 16% of pipes consumed in Russia, including 35% of large diameter pipes, 63% of railroad wheels, and 80% of automobile springs. In 2008, the OMK enterprises produced 1.5 million tonnes of pipes of various sizes and 783 thousand railroad wheels. The main consumers of OMK products include such leading Russian and foreign companies as Gazprom, Russian Railways, LUKOIL, Transneft, Surgutneftegas, Rosneft, TNK-BP, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, General Electric, and Samsung. OMK supplies its products to 20 countries.

OMK Press Office, telephone: 231-77-75, e-mail: press@omk.ru

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