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TISCO stainless steel delivered for the construction of National Speed Skating Oval

By Wang Xuhong, Zhao Ruiqing, Zhang Hao UpDate 2020-11-09

Recently, TISCO received a letter of commendation from Beijing Urban Construction Yatai Group Co., Ltd., who speaks highly of TISCO’s contribution in the construction of National Speed Skating Oval for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. TISCO, who supplied stainless steel pipe, stainless rebar, L-type and C-type stainless steel plate for main pipes of the CO2 trans-critical direct cooling ice making system of the stadium, has made remarkable contributions to the building of the stadium with its high political awareness, full work enthusiasm, professional work ability and high-quality service, said the letter. Yatai appreciates and respects the expertise and excellence delivered by TISCO in this project.

The National Speed Skating Oval, as the main venue of Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, is also called "ice ribbon" as it looks like so. As the first CO2 direct cooling ice field in China and the largest in the world, the venue adopts the largest all-ice design in Asia, with an ice area of 12,000 square meters. It uses CO2 trans-critical direct refrigeration technology to make ice, which is of high-tech and is difficult to construct. The length of stainless steel pipes used for ice making in this project is totaled up to 120 km. Even before the construction, the goal of surpassing National Stadium Bird Nest has set a really high requirement to steel material supply quality. After thorough communication with customer to understand their demands and requirement, Beijing Sales Office of TISCO Marketing Center consulted with technicians and engineers of production line to solve technical problem and optimize production practice, so as to ensure product quality and meet customer’s requirements. Besides, they also kept tracking the material in following processing, supervising the accuracy of pipe shape and size during downstream processing.

Among all products, stainless steel pipe is of primary significance in this delivery. Small quantity, multi specification, tight delivery schedule, various bending operation, strict size tolerance …… all these factors brought unprecedented challenges to TISCO Stainless Steel Pipe Company. “It is one of the most challenging order we have had since the foundation of the company. However, our team kept going forward to embrace the difficulties and finally overcame the challenge. The success delivery of this special order reflects our wisdom and diligence. We are so proud to make contribution to the construction of the landmark building of Winter Olympic Games”, said Yang Chengyi, the secretary of CPC Committee and manager of the pipe company.

Despite the two-month shut down of the construction project caused by COVID-19 epidemic, the target date for completion remains unchanged, which imposes big pressure on TISCO production and delivery. Deng Xiaoguang, project leader in Beijing Sales Office, told the reporter that under the precondition of sound anti-virus protection and prevention measures, TISCO production line had made concrete effort to coordinate labor resources, make plan for raw material preparation, organize production, and improve quality control, so as to ensure that their product would be delivered in time and up to requirement. By present, the company has completely fulfilled the delivery of all three kinds of stainless steel products.

During his inspection tour to TISCO, Xi Jinping, the general secretary of Central CPC Committee of China, figured out that products and technology are the corner stones for enterprises to survive and thrive. Xi also encouraged TISCO to make persist effort to achieve new height. The company will always keep in mind secretary Xi’s encouragement, live up to the honored mission, carry forward the innovation spirit, keep a close eye on pressing demand of the nation, continuously improve its independent creativity, and use innovation as a powerful engine to push forward the high quality and transformational development of the company.