TPI January 2014

business & market news

Investment in fabrication facility Pipe Center is investing in its Fabrication specialist pipe work facility in order to extend its capabilities and offer improved service. expanding to meet contractors’ wider needs, including copper pipe systems for use in large scale cold water projects.

Gary Franklin, general manager of Fabrication, said, “The investments in new equipment and people significantly extend our capabilities, and enable us to take on a wider range of work. The aim is to build on our core strength in steel pipe work for commercial buildings, and grow in new areas that add value to customers – as well as our own business.” The diversification includes the creation of complete pump packages, with all components assembled and skid- mounted for delivery to site. Fabrication is working closely with Pipe Center’s other value added businesses, Valvestock, Modular Engineering and Custom Build, to provide complete solutions across the spectrumof building services and industrial applications.

Based at West Horndon, a fewmiles east of London, UK, Fabrication provides off- site pipe work design and construction services for large commercial and industrial projects. Pipe work systems are built in factory conditions before being transported to site for immediate installation, saving material and site labour, improving quality, and ensuring project deadlines and costs are met. Pipe Center is investing in the latest Victaulic equipment to offer pipe grooving capability for high performance systems. It is also investing in the latest welding plant and additional trained manpower. The company has traditionally focussed on steel pipe work for HVAC applications, but is now

Pipe Center is expanding its specialist pipe work capabilities

Pipe Center – UK www.pipecenter.co.uk

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January 2014 Tube Products International