Vallourec's history started near the end of 19th century, after the Mannesmann's brothers discovered a process for rolling seamless steel tubes in Germany.

French manufacturers then began to adopt this same method, as well as construct many industrial sites in Northern France and the Burgundy (Bourgogne) region.

The newly formed group then continued to break into the international market with major acquisitions in both Brazil and the United States.

The acquisition of North Star Steel, located in Youngstown, Ohio, considerably strengthened the company's presence in the United States.

[5] Also, in that same year, following the acquisition of the American company OMSCO in September 2005, Vallourec became the world's second largest manufacturer of drill pipes.

Vallourec continues to develop its operations in the Oil & Gas sectors, reinforcing its presence in China[6] and the Middle East[7][8] and investing in tubes for nuclear plants.

[11] In January 2016, Vallourec announced a strategic partnership with Technip, one of the world leaders in project management and engineering for energy.

[citation needed] In recent years Vallourec has reduced the European actives by selling off or closing down the steel works in Saint-Saulve, the rolling mills in Zeithain, Montbard, Déville-lès-Rouen, Düsseldorf-Reisholz, Düsseldorf-Rath and Mülheim-an-der-Ruhr.

This strategic capital reinforcement, combined with the restructuring initiated by Philippe Guillemot, positions Vallourec on a path of sustainable and competitive growth in global markets.

Vallourec has provided tubes for the construction of the steel structure of the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Stade de France, the Grande Arche de la Défense, Wembley Stadium in London, Bangkok Airport in Thailand, as well as certain necessary components used to build the top of One World Trade Center.

[15][16] Vallourec has a R&D team of 500 engineers and technicians in 6 research centers around the world: France (2 in Aulnoye), Germany (2 in Düsseldorf), Brazil (Belo Horizonte), and the United States (Houston).