31.8.2012
31.08.2012 EVRAZ VÍTKOVICE STEEL has signed a general partnership contract with Hockey Club VITKOVICE STEEL and remains the club’s general partner also for this new season.
EVRAZ VÍTKOVICE STEEL is a long-term partner of VITKOVICE STEEL hockey club and considers the sponsorship of Vitkovice hockey club a very important social investment by EVRAZ in the Moravian-Silesian region. “Supporting HC VITKOVICE STEEL is part of our long-term strategy to support the development of sports and other activities in the region. I wish the club all the best in the new season and I hope that also this year the club will successfully represent our region in the Czech Republic.” says Dmitrij Scuka, Chairman of the Board of EVRAZ VITKOVICE STEEL. “We greatly value the long-term support we receive from EVRAZ. It helps us maintain Vitkovice hockey at the highest league level”, says the president and chairman of the board of HC VÍTKOVICE STEEL, František Černík.
For more information please contact:
Crest Communications Ostrava
Jaromír Krišica
Work cell: +420 603 543 572
krisica@crestcom.cz
EVRAZ VÍTKOVICE STEEL specializes in the production of steel and its subsequent products: thick plates and cut shapes from thick plates. The goal of the company is to continue increasing the sales of products with a high added value, for example, the supply of plates for product pipelines. Thanks to the indispensable support of the Evraz Group and its strong position on the Russian and world markets, the company successfully entered the Russian product pipeline market. In the field of thick plate production, EVRAZ VÍTKOVICE STEEL is the main European manufacturer and the dominant producer in the Czech Republic.
EVRAZ is a leading vertically integrated steel, mining and vanadium business with operations in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, USA, Canada, Czech Republic, Italy and South Africa.Evraz Group S. A. In 2010, the group produced 16.3 million tons of raw steel and sold 15.5 million tons of rolled steel products. Mining assets cover 100% of the company’s own consumption of iron ore and coking steel. In 2010, the consolidated profits reached 13.394 billion USD and the consolidated adjusted EBITDA reached 2.350 billion USD.
