TPi January 2012

Acciaitubi SpA. Pursuing innovation since 1961

thus ensuring top-rated timeliness and efficiency.

the Russian market, and the DVGW product certificate for the German market. Another relevant product in Acciaitubi’s portfolio, endowed with the best quality certifications, are ASTM pipes. Recommended for pressure and high temperature uses, ASTM pipes are carbon steel seamless tubes, available black, galvanised and on request NPT threaded. At Acciaitubi’s plant in Terno d’Isola (Bergamo, Italy), the forming and welding of tubes is carried out on hot and cold-rolled materials, Sendzimir and high resistance. The production structure allows to handle the raw material with flexibility, finalizing the slittering to the single orders

Extreme versatility, promptness and compliance to customers’ requests are the mainstays of Acciaitubi’s productive commitment, what makes them an ideal business partner when it comes to steel tubes for the gas, water, oil, chemical, and construction industry. Acciaitubi’s production range includes gas and water welded and seamless tubes, ASTM pipes, painted tubes, conduit pipes, boiler tubes, structural and scaffolding tubes, Sendzimir, pickled and high resistance tubes. Gas and water tubes are employed for hydrothermal sanitary uses, civil and industrial plants. They are available in a wide range from 3 / 8 " to 6" diameters, and in different finishings: black, painted, galvanised, or threaded, with or without the socket. The company attained for these tubes the GOST certification for And your proudest moment? Having overcome 2009 and 2010 is what makes me proud, we were able to revitalise and improve ourselves. We’re stronger and more motivated than ever. If you were not involved in the tube industry what career would you have followed? I’m a Law school graduate. I would have liked to become a lawyer. Acciaitubi is famous for its tubes for the gas industry. What other industries are you targeting with your products today? We are investigating the chemical and oil industry sectors. What do you think makes your business particularly special? Our friendly relationships with customers and suppliers, our commitment to the environment, and to society. I’d like to name just two of our initiatives. One is dated June 2011. After two years of consistent investments, we earned the ISO 14001:2004, the top environmental certification, an additional security for our customers that the products they buy are produced in full compliance with environment protection rules. The second one is called Tekne. Tekne is the name of a new type of high

Alongside the forming lines there are the hot dip galvanising line and the finishing treatments, such as: threading, grooving, precision cutting and painting. The company’s strength points include a wide range of in-stock products and a just-in-time service. Another competitive advantage ensured by Acciaitubi to all its customers is quality, a long-lasting value built on strength and commitment. In fact, in 1987, the company achieved the first certification of quality management system. Nowadays, Acciaitubi conforms to the ISO 9001:2008 regulation, certified by CERMET, and from June 2011 also achieved the certification for the environment management system UNI EN ISO 14001:2004.

If you could choose a historical, political or sport personality to spend a day with who would it be? I would choose JFK. I wonder if he would spend a day with me ( laughing ). I’m not Marilyn Monroe. What is your favouriteway of spending your time when you do not work? I like skiing, jogging and reading. What do you fear most? The day I’ll wake up without enthusiasm for life. I hope it will never come.

quality steel, produced by reducing fuel consumption and emissions. Its most important users, including us, have created Tekne community, a network that finances research projects aimed at energy saving, sustainable development and improvement of the performance results, through the donation of part of our revenue for each ton of steel we buy. If you could choose a word to describe your products which word would you choose? Reliability. I hope you do not mind some more personal questions, to reveal the man behind the company . . .

What qualities do you admire most? Honesty and sincerity.

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