TPi September 2013

business & market news

Sandvik implements new pricing for piping products

“Implementation of this new pricing structure will enable us to provide consistency for our customers across the region and focus on the whole package of piping system products.” order acknowledgements provided before 5 June 2013 will remain valid. A complete stock range of tube and pipe, fittings and flanges along with the relevant standards can be found on the company’s website. In other Sandvik news, the company has appointed Michael Andersson as the new head of the tube product area. Mr Andersson joined Sandvik in 2002, when he started within the company’s manufacturing programme, initially as a change leader, and later becoming manager of the programme. In 2005 he moved to the strip product area, where he spent four years as production All quotations and Ronen Day, managing director at Fine Tubes, said, “We have come a long way since the business started back in 1943. At that time, the products we made were aimed at more commercial markets. However, due to the nature of the industries we work with, the technical demands on the products are very high. “They have to work in a variety of tough environments, from outer space to deep under the sea, and so need to be durable and light, able to perform at extremely hot or cold temperatures, and sometimes under high pressure. “We always aim to exceed what is required in the performance of our products and we very often work with our clients to create something totally unique for them, which will answer their technical challenges.”

Sandvik Materials Technology has introduced a structural price change for its piping system products, with effect from 5 June, throughout its European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) area. The change is valid for the company’s complete range of stocked piping system products, including seamless and welded tube and pipe, fittings and flanges, for deliveries within EMEA. “Sandvik is the only manufacturer of seamless pipe in Europe that offers a comprehensive stock programme of piping system products available through its strategically located distribution centres,” explained Beat Wuersch, global sales manager within the tube product area. “These allow the company to reach any customer with stock product deliveries quickly and efficiently throughout the region.”

manager, before being appointed general manager for the strip operations in Sandviken, Sweden. He has also been production manager for tube production in Sandviken, prior to his appointment as business unit manager within tube. He takes over as head of the tube product area from Petra Einarsson, who was appointed president of Sandvik Materials Technology in February. Sandvik Materials Technology – Sweden www.smt.sandvik.com Michael Andersson, new head of Sandvik Materials Technology’s tube product area

Fine Tubes celebrates 70 th anniversary 2013 sees Plymouth, UK-based Fine Tubes celebrate 70 years in the metal tube fabrications industry. Fine Tubes worked on Concorde in the 1960s

As a key player in the aerospace, medical, chemical process, nuclear, power, and oil and gas sectors, the last 70 years have seen many innovations. The company’s projects include working on Concorde in the 1960s; creating thousands of kilometres of tubing for Skylon, the first reusable space plane; and being one of only a few tube mills worldwide qualified to produce the titanium tubing used for the high pressure hydraulic system of the Airbus A380. The company has also designed and manufactured tubing for Gemasolar, the first commercial solar power plant in Spain; and for CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.

Key services from Fine Tubes include the design, production and supply of seamless or welded and redrawn tubes in a variety of specialist materials such as stainless steel, nickel and titanium alloys. As a global distributor, the company exports its products to over 35 countries.

Fine Tubes ltd – UK www.finetubes.co.uk

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