TPi October 2008

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pressure, boiler, and hydraulic applications.

Plymouth Tube Company is head- quartered in Chicago, with ten manufacturing plants across the US supplying the aerospace, transportation, energy, and industrial markets. Over the last five years, the company’s sales revenue has more than doubled due to market share growth and strategic acquisitions. The company is a global supplier of speciality carbon, alloy, nickel alloy, and stainless steel tubing for mechanical,

Trent Plant makes towards the space programme.

Steel, nickel and titanium extruded and cold drawn shapes are produced by Plymouth Engineered Shapes, while Plymouth Tube Co Chicago Processing offers coil slitting and a wide variety of speciality edging options. Plymouth Tube Company – USA sales@plymouth.com www.plymouth.com

Neuenkamp recertified Messerfabrik Neuenkamp, part of the Dienes Group, has been recertified to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000. The achievement demonstrates the company’s commitment to enhancing its process operations and performance. The aim of ISO 9001:2000 is to continuously improve the quality management system and thus to optimise the products and services to increase customer satisfaction. The recertification achieved proves that Neuenkamp has complied with the core processes of its quality management system. Acquired fromCrucible in2007, Plymouth Tube’s Trent Plant produces 1 / 8 " to 4" diameter welded and welded and drawn stainless steel tubing, including nickel and high alloys, for a variety of applications. Primary products include mechanical, air cylinder, electropolished tubing and speciality tubing products such as tubing for aircraft, sanitary, pharmaceutical, high purity, and nuclear applications. Plymouth Tube Company’s AL-6XN tubing was chosen as the material for all fluid systems to be used on the new Constellation launch platform – an extremely corrosive environment. When using AL-6XN, maintenance and time spent replacing tubes due to corrosion damage is greatly reduced. AL-6XN is a superaustenitic stainless steel that has resistance to chloride pitting, crevice corrosion, and stress-corrosion cracking that is superior to that of the 300 series stainless steels.

HIGH PRESSURE FITTINGS Forged-Carbon-Alloy-Stainless Steel, Threaded and Socket Weld PRODUCTS: 90°/45° elbow, tee, union, coupling, bushing, plug, cap, insert, pipe nipple & swage nipple . . .etc. MATERIALS: - Stainless Steel: ASTM A182, F304/304L, F316/316L, F304H/F316H, F317L - Carbon Steel: ASTM A105, SF440A & A181, A350 LF2 - Alloy Steel: ASTM A182 F11, F22 PRESSURE RATINGS: 2000, 3000, 6000 & 9000 lbs APPROVAL CERTIFICATES: ISO-9001 Quality Assurance, L/R, C/R, N/K & ABS register of shipping, PED (CE)

Messerfabrik Neuenkamp GmbH – Germany

Manufacturer & Exporter BOTH-WELL STEEL FITTINGS CO., LTD. No. 303, Jen-Hsin Rd., Jen-Wu Hslang, Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan (814) Tel: +886 7 3711536, 3710497, 3720260 Fax: +886 7 3713864, 3713882 E-mail: box@mail.bothwell.com.tw http://www.bothwell.com.tw E-mail: export@mail.bothwell.com.tw ®

info@neuenkamp.de www.neuenkamp.de

Dienes Werke für Maschinenteile GmbH & Co KG – Germany www.dienes.de

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