Piotr Galitzine, Chairman of TMK IPSCO, the American division of TMK, is eager for this new relationship between academia and industry.
"MIT is one of the world's outstanding research universities, and TMK is one of the world's leading oil and gas pipe producers," said Galitzine. "By joining the ILP, TMK will partner with internationally recognized experts in business and technology, and have access to unique research and development opportunities."
TMK IPSCO operates in North America as a division of TMK, one of the three global market leaders in energy pipe production. TMK operates twenty three production facilities around the world.