TPi January 2010

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Mathey Dearman appoints new vice president of sales and marketing

Mathey Dearman, Inc, USA, a manufacturer focused on welding and pipeline productivity, has appointed Charles G Lutz as vice president of sales and marketing for Africa, Asia, Australia, Latin America, the Middle East and New Zealand. Mr Lutz initially spent nine years with Invensys Plc, a UK-headquartered provider of industrial control components and systems for climate control, as director of international business development. Based in the UK, he led the entry of the company’s newly formed safety electronics division into Europe. Most recently, Mr Lutz was director of Following earlier investment and expansion of offices and warehouses in Brisbane and Adelaide, Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group has opened a new office and warehouse facility in Sydney, Australia. The new premises in St Mary’s, approximately 60km west of Sydney, include the new head office of the Australian operations, an office for the New South Wales branch operations and a state-of-the-art warehouse with Heat and corrosion resistant material specialist Corrotherm International has expanded its operations, despite the general decline in the metals distribution industry. The company, which is one of the few in its sector that remains privately owned, has recently moved its UK headquarters to larger premises, opened a new sales office in India, and employed more staff in its UK and Dubai offices. The move to larger premises in the UK has allowed the company to extend its range of specialist Incoloy 625 stocks, while the rest of the industry is busy de-stocking.

international sales with La-Co Industries, an industrial manufacturer of paints and chemicals. Mr Lutz holds a BS degree in Business from Elmhurst College and sits on the board for the Illinois Trade Association of Greater Chicago. Mathey Dearman and its Italian subsidiary offer a wide variety of equipment, developing, manufacturing and marketing patented cutting and bevelling machines for all types of pipe and pipe diameters to allow pipe fitters and welding professionals to achieve quick, accurate, safer and easier pipe fit-up. Products include pipe alignment and reforming clamps, welding electrode enlarged inside and outside storage capacity. Customers throughout New South Wales will benefit through higher service levels and the availability of a broader and deeper stock assortment. Emmanuel Zammit, managing director of Van Leeuwen Australia, stated in his opening address that the company is now ready for further growth in the various industry segments that are currently being serviced. Its nationwide branch network and strong product Corrotherm holds niche stocks in the high-end nickel alloys, and also targets difficult and risky markets such as the Middle East, Africa and the Caspian. “We have competitors in various areas of our operation, but no one company that does everything we do,” said Jan Ward, CEO. “In addition to materials supply we are able to give support and advice on materials selection and fabrication. More recently, we are frequently having to help rewrite manufacturing specifications for our customers to cover the many new end uses that nickel alloys are being used for.”

s Chuck G Lutz, Mathey Dearman’s new vice president of sales and marketing and flux ovens, and smaller pipe tools for pipe fitting and layout.

Mathey Dearman, Inc – USA sales@mathey.com www.mathey.com

Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube opens new office and warehouse facilities in Australian bases

offering, combined with the strength of being part of an international group of companies, will enable the company to further focus on segments such as the hydraulic and mechanical industry, construction/building and mining industry, and the larger projects in the oil and gas industry. Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group BV – The Netherlands cc@vanleeuwen.nl www.vanleeuwen.com Corrotherm recently won the contract to supply the Saudi Karan project with seamless Inconel 625 pipe. Karan is the first non-associated offshore gas field project to be developed by Saudi Aramco in the Kingdom. Corrotherm has also developed another specialised specification for Inconel 625 in partnership with EPC contractor Acergy for very deep water umbilicals for the Deep Panuke project. Corrotherm International Ltd – UK sales@corrotherm.co.uk www.corrotherm.co.uk

Bucking the trend despite metals difficulties

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