# Valinox Nucléaire wins Framatome contract for steam generator tubes for Hinkley Point C

Vallourec subsidiary Valinox Nucléaire signed a contract with Framatome to make more than 47,500 tubes for the eight steam generators of the two new EPR units at Hinkley Point C in England. Production will begin in 2018 at Montbard, France.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-05-30
- Where: Hinkley Point C, England, United Kingdom
- Status: announced
- Capacity: more than 47,500 tubes, about 1,000 km
- Products: steam generator tubes, nuclear premium tubes
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md), [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Vallourec](https://endata.com/companies/335.md) (partner)
- [Valinox Nucléaire](https://endata.com/companies/3369.md) (supplier)
- [Framatome](https://endata.com/companies/3370.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [news.europawire.eu](https://news.europawire.eu/vallourec-subsidiary-valinox-nucleaire-signed-a-major-contract-with-framatome-for-the-manufacture-of-steam-generator-tubes-for-the-new-new-epr-hinkley-point-c-units-9856236532/eu-press-release/2018/05/30/09/43/21/63800/), 2018-05-30: "has signed a major contract with Framatome for the manufacture of more than 47,500 tubes for the 8 steam generators"

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