What is "tenaris"

Tenaris is a multinational manufacturer and supplier of seamless and welded steel pipe products and provider of pipe handling, stocking, and distribution services to the oil and gas, energy, and mechanical industries. It is a majority-owned subsidiary company of the Argentinean/Italian group Techint.

It is headquartered in Luxembourg and is also a supplier of welded steel pipes for gas pipelines in South America. With manufacturing facilities in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Romania, and USA and a network of customer service centers in over 20 countries. Tenaris has an annual production capacity of 3.3 million tons of seamless, and 2.8 million tons of welded pipes, annual consolidated net sales in excess of US$ 12.1 billion (2008) and 23,500 employees worldwide. Tenaris has recently bought Hydril and later split the premium connections from pressure control side of the business. The pressure control business was sold to GE Oil and Gas in April 2008.

The company's CEO is Paolo Rocca; its CFO is Edgardo G. Carlos, its CIO is Carlos Pappier and its Planning Director is Alejandro Lammertyn.

'Tenaris ' is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1838. It is native to southern Africa.

1. Tenaris browniana S. Moore - Angola
2. Tenaris chlorantha Schltr. - South Africa
3. Tenaris filifolia (Schltr.) N.E. Br. - South Africa
4. Tenaris schultzei (Schltr.) E. Phillips - Kalahari Desert

1. Tenaris rubella, syn of Brachystelma rubellum
2. Tenaris simulans, syn of Brachystelma rubellum
3. Tenaris subaphylla, syn of Caralluma edulis