TPT March 2009

I ndustry N ews

Business News in Brief…

has recently shipped a complete 3K2H-3.5 tube mill to a large tube manufacturer in China, who will use it to produce a range of tube ODs and wall thicknesses on one tube mill.

business news in brief…

Randolph (www. randolphtool.com), USA, has announced the purchase of the Tool

and Northern Ireland. Mr Rooney will add support to current Combilift dealerships in these areas. Prior to his appointment, Mr Rooney had already been with Combilift for just under eight years.

Suraj Stainless Ltd (www. surajgroup.com) has received the Federation of Indian Export

National Knife Co and Service Grinding Co. Randolph Tool has specialized in the manufacturing and sharpening of industrial knives and tooling for industries worldwide as well as precision machining since 1968.

Organization’s ‘Niryat Shree’ certificate of excellence (Non-SSI) award at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. The company is a leading manufacturer of welded and seamless tube, pipe and U-tube. About 70 to 80 per cent of the company’s production is exported to European countries.

Rafter Equipment Corp (www. rafterequipment.com), USA, has added Mr Mark Prasek as vice-

KTM Tech Co (www.karam90. com), Korea, has developed and released a titanium tube and pipe

president of sales & marketing. Mr Prasek has spent the last sixteen years in the tube and pipe industry working for both Yoder Manufacturing and EFD Induction. Rafter Equipment manufactures tube and pipe mills, rollforming machines, cutoff machines, and other tube mill machinery.

mill with its own brandname. This mill has been in R&D for a number of years, based on the company’s advanced technology. The KTM brand is popular on the domestic market and growing in recognition on the international stage.

SMSMeer GmbH (www.sms-meer. com), Germany, has appointed Mr Michael Cottin as new vice

president for ERW-welded tube plants. Mr Cottin is the successor of Mr Wilhelm Bungert who recently retired. Mr Cottin joined the SMS group in 1985 as a design engineer, and 3 years later switched to sales where he spent 17 years in the hot and cold rolling divisions. From 2005-2007 he was the global key account manager for ArcelorMittal.

Abbey International (www. abbeyintl.com), a division of Bronx International, has

Combilift Ltd (www.combilift. com), a leading manufacturer in the long-load handling sector,

appointed Mr Eric Martin as its new sales manager. Mr Martin will be responsible for growing the sales of Abbey International tube and pipe mill products. The company

has appointed Mr Anthony Rooney as product manager responsible for Scotland

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