TPi September 2013

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Elbows and buttwelding fittings in Europe

STAROFIT supplies alloy steel and stainless steel elbows and fittings

STAROFIT is a major supplier for steel, alloy steel and stainless steel elbows and buttwelding fittings in Europe, and its mission is to provide high quality goods and services to customers. Founded in Germany in 1975, STAROFIT started distributing buttwelding fittings with a staff of three and a storage facility of 250m 2 . STAROFIT’s commitment to deliver high quality goods and services has allowed it to enjoy nearly four decades of growth. The company now employs over 60 highly skilled professionals and operates advanced storage facilities on an area of 70,000m 2 . While the company has evolved in scale, its philosophies remain – it believes in its comprehensive product range, rigorous quality control and reliability assurance, and international orientation. These philosophies are its core values and it incorporates them in its day-to- day business to offer customers the best possible solutions. STAROFIT’s holdings range from large stocks of ASME and EN/DIN stand- ardised products to highly specialised elbows and fittings with extreme wall thicknessesandexceptional dimensions. It also specialises in demand-based tailor-made elbows and fittings to cater

with an additional advantage. STAROFIT is certified according to ISO 9001, PED 97/23/EC and AD2000-W 0 and allows its products to be installed in plants subject to monitoring. STAROFIT has always laid an emphasis on quality and says that it achieves this through total quality management. Its rigorous supplier selection process allows only products from ISO, PED and TÜV approved manufacturers to be accepted. All incoming goods undergo meticulous product testing to qualify for the STAROFIT-Standard. To ensure accuracy, the procedure requires that the dimensions and markings be catalogued, and the chemical compositions be tested. STAROFIT said that it highly values the trust that its customers place in it. Therefore, when requested to deliver goods on behalf of its customers, which consist entirely of resellers, it aims to provide services that help strengthen the relationship between customers and their end clients. Having served customers worldwide since the beginning of its business, it has acquired extensive international business know-how in the piping industry. Its experience allows it to fulfil its customers’ demands regardless of the complexity. STAROFIT considers its customers as partners and is continuously looking for new international partnerships.

for complex requirements, providing products that are sustainable under extreme conditions (eg temperature, pressure and mediums). Coupling product diversity with its know-how, STAROFIT is able to provide rapid deliveries to its customers and give them the competitive edge they need in any fast-paced market. STAROFIT has a permanent fittings stock of 6,500 tons, which enables it to provide prompt responses to its customers’ requests and process their orders rapidly. Its in-house production specialises in small batch production of customised products made from round bar and machining elbows and fittings per customer requirement. Its ability to fulfil unique requests, even at short notice, provides its customers

STaroFIT Klose GmbH & co KG – Germany

info@starofit.de www.starofit.de

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