TPi October 2008

products & developments

Chinese manufacturer of ERW pipes

Petroleum Society, line pipes which conform to GB/T 9711.1-1997 and GB/T 9711.2-1999, petroleum casing pipes in grade J55 and K55 according with API 5CT of American Petroleum Society, and rectangle structurepipes conforming to Japanese JIS3466 Standard and GB/T 9711.2-1999. The dimensions of square pipes range from 200x200mm to 500x500mm, while the dimensions of rectangular pipes range from 300x200mm to 600x400mm. The thickness of square pipes and rectangular pipes ranges from 4 to 20mm. yanzr@tipo-steelpipe.com www.tipo-steelpipe.com Cold drawing and hot rolling AnhuiTiandaOilPipeCo,Ltd,established in 1993, operates cold drawing and hot rolling branch factories. The company’s cold drawing branch factory located in Tianchang City, Anhui Province has more than twenty production linesequippedwithadvanced manufacturing technologies. The major sizes for oil tubing and other industrial applications include Ø60.3, Ø73, Ø88.9 and Ø114.3, including API pipes, tubing and casing. Products are supplied for high pressure boilers, ship- building, stainless steel pipes and alloy steel tubes, and the annual output is 150,000 tons. The hot rolling branch factory is located in the Development Zone of Economy & Technology, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province. The major sizes produced by the hot rolling oil pipe production lines are Ø114.3, Ø139.7 and Ø177.8 for oil casings. Annual output is 300,000 tons. The company has invested in oil tubing and casing heat treatment lines with an annual output of 100,000 tons, and casing threading machining lines also with an annual output of 100,000 tons. Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe Co, Ltd – China xsk@td-gg.com www.td-gg.com Shanghai Zhongyou Tipo Steel Pipe Corporation – China

the first domestic Ø610 straight-seam and high-frequency ERW pipe mill, which can produce ERW pipes with an outside diameter ranging from 219 to 630mm and with thickness from 3.2 to 20mm. Its specified length can reach 18m. The corporation has an annual prod- uction capacity of 300 thousand tons of ERW pipes, which include line pipes of grade X80 and lower pipe grade according with the API 5L of American

Shanghai Zhongyou Tipo Steel Pipe Corporation, established in 2002, is a large-scale enterprise funded by Shenyang Zhongyou Tipo (Group) Materials & Equipments Corporation, China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau and Shanghai Pujiang Town Assets Administration Co, Ltd. The total investment of the corporation is 0.45 billion RMB.

The company has introduced advanced equipment and technology to establish

Range of steel pipes from Pakistan International Industries Limited, IIL, was established in 1948 in Karachi, Pakistan. During 2008, the company conducted business of US$212 million, with exports exceeding 50,000 tons, amounting to US$46 million. The company claims to have the highest production capacity of steel pipes in Pakistan, with over 300,000 tons capacity in a 25 acre production and storage facility. Following expansion projects undertaken in the last six years, IIL is now operating with six cold rolled tube mills, six hot rolled tube mills, three hot

rolled slitters, two cold rolled slitters and four fully automatic hot dipped galvanising plants. Four Thermatool welders, eight vacuum tube type welders and eight cold saws plus four friction saw NC cut offs are utilised in manufacturing. These, along with on-line eddy current testing systems, ensure production of zero-leakage pipes. In galvanised iron pipes, the product range varies from ½" to 6", having a thickness range from 1.80-7.11mm. Capacity is 150,000 tons/annum. IIL states that it is the only local private sector company to have a cold rolling mill, and its cold rolled tubes product range varies from

IIL produces galvanised iron pipe from S S ½" to 6"

12.70-60.3mm in round, 10-38mm 2 in square, 10x20 to 32x62 rectangular and 19x42 to 24x56 elliptical tubes, with a thickness range from 0.6-2mm, and a capacity of 72,000 tons/annum. A sizable amount of the local API pipe demand is met by IIL with its 2", 4" and 6" pipes. All API pipes are produced with in-line seam annealing and hydro- testing. In 2006, the company widened its portfolio of products by installing two extrusion plants for polyethylene pipes (PE), with a product range of 12-250mm and a thickness range of 1.8-30.5mm. IIL has been the recipient of the FPCCI Export award for mechanical products over the last eight consecutive years. In the Karachi Stock Exchange listing of top 25 companies, IIL has featured in the last seven consecutive years.

International Industries Limited – Pakistan inquiries@iil.com.pk • www.iil.com.pk

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