In January 2006, Pervouralsky Novotrubny Zavod JSC (new tube maker works of Pervouralsk) produced 46,600 tons of tubes, which exceeds the figures for the same period of 2005 by 14%. During the first month of 2006, the company shipped 40,800 tons of its production (an increase of 7% compared to 38,300 tons of tubes shipped by the company in January 2005).

In January 2006, the total shipping of tube production by the group of consolidated tube works of Chelyabinsk and Pervouralsk including Pervouralsky Novotrubny Zavod and Chelyabinsky Truboprokatny Zavod came to 98,400 tons (an increase of 20% compared to the same figures for the previous year).