TPT November 2011

I ndustry N ews

Change of management at Schoeller GUNTHER Voswinckel has taken over management of welded stainless steel tube manufacturer Schoeller Werk GmbH & Co KG. Dr Voswinckel succeeded Jörg Rumpf as chairman of the management board on Mr Rumpf’s retirement in May. It is the first time since the founding of Schoeller that a non-family member has been at the head of the company.

100 welding lines and a large number of drawbenches, produce up to 100 million metres of stainless steel tubing per year. Key buyers of the stainless steel tubes are automotive manufacturers and their suppliers. In addition, Schoeller is a recognised supplier of tubing for power plants, logistics systems, offshore and shipbuilding as well as machines and plant engineering. Schoeller stainless steel tubing is available in TIG-welded and laser-welded condition, circular or profiled, or as coiled or straight lengths. The products meet all common international standards for welded stainless steel tubing. Eddy current, ultrasonic and pressure testing ensure quality. Depending on usage, the tubing is cold-formed using a drawing method to produce improved surface structures, closer tolerances and defined material yield. Millions of fixed lengths are produced on

Dr Voswinckel is supported by Frank Poschen and Jürgen Mensinger, who had been executives and have now also been called onto the board of management. Schoeller Werk GmbH & Co KG began in 1827 at its current site in Hellenthal, Germany. It was the first company in Europe to use automated machines for manufacturing nails and rivets. The company now specialises in the production of welded stainless steel tubes with an outside diameter of between 0.1 and 127mm. The company’s staff of almost 1,000 employees, working on more than

high-performance separation lines, brush- de-burred or chamfered. Material grades include all common austenitic materials up to titanium and nickel-base alloys as well as special ferritic steels. Schoeller Werk GmbH & Co KG – Germany Fax: +49 2482 81 109 Dr Gunther Voswinckel is the new chairman of the Schoeller Werk management board

Email: info@schoellerwerk.de Website: www.schoellerwerk.de

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