Product Mix Analysis of Vallourec and Related Inspiration for Steel Tube Enterprises of China (PartⅠ)

Detailed here in the article are the main aspects concerning the product status of Vallourec,including the product mixes of the three major steel tube categories,i.e.,the OCTG,the power plant-service pipe and the general industrial purpose pipe,and the material and steel grades thereof,etc. Also analyzed here are the shares of the company’s sales incomings as attributed by different product types. Based on the analysis,accordingly four suggestions are put forward as follows for product development by domestic seamless steel tube makers. Focusing on the core market,and meanwhile giving considerations to the segmental ones;working out systematic solution for each specific market;keeping surveying of any development change of the industry for starting new product development in advance;and paying close attention to the statistics of the new product basic data and performance.