TPI July 2012

business & market news

Aluminium HVAC agreement Hydro’s aluminium tubing plant in Denmark and the Turkish company Konveyör have signed a cooperation agreement designed to support customers and make easier their replacement of copper tubing with aluminium in heating, ventilation, refrigeration and air conditioning applications. Konveyör is a specialist in capillary tubing and can handle fabrication work like bending, beading, swaging and brazing. The agreement brings new opportunities and enables both companies to expand their respective product ranges. The new developments offered can provide top-performing drop-in aluminium solutions for HVAC customers.

and distributors. The company has six production sites in Turkey, supplying appliance manufacturers and other customers in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. Hydro specialises in precision-drawn and extruded aluminium tubes, supplying solutions for automotive, solar and HVAC&R heat transfer applications. Hydro aluminium Precision Tubing Tønder as – Denmark www.hydro-aluminium-tube.com

The idea behind the agreement is to help customers in their move from copper to aluminium in their heat transfer applications. Hydro will supply precision-drawn aluminium tubes while

Konveyör, headquartered in Istanbul, is a specialist in tube assemblies based on brazed material, such as manifolds

Deepwater contract for Gulf of Mexico Tata Steel has been awarded a contract to supply pipe for Enterprise Products Partners LP’s new crude oil export pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico’s Keathley Canyon area. The contract will see Tata Steel deliver more than 48,000 metric tons of steel pipe from its 42" mill in Hartlepool, England for the Lucius Development Project, which has the capacity to produce in excess of 80,000 barrels of oil per day. Tata Steel will provide 105 miles (169km) of 18" diameter line pipe. The pipe will be laid at water depths of up to 2,133m (7,000ft) and is designed to meet the required specification for deepwater conditions. Deirdre Fox, director of sales and marketing at Tata Steel, said, “We have a long record of success with providing line pipe for deepwater projects. This is a significant contract Tata steel europe ltd – UK bob.jones@tatasteel.com www.tatasteel.com for Tata Steel. We have excellent dimensional tolerance control within the 42" mill in Hartlepool, which enables us to offer deepwater anti- collapse properties and fast lay rates. This contract enhances our position as the global leader in delivering line pipe for deepwater projects.”

BSS appoints sales manager BSS Industrial has appointed Roger Attisha as the new sales manager for its Austin Stroud brand stainless and carbon steel pipeline offering. With 22 years’ experience within the industrial and building services markets, Mr Attisha has worked for market leading manufacturers of mechanical piping solutions.

a broad, high quality product portfolio, of which Austin Stroud is a key part. My experience so far has been within industrial plastic piping solutions and my new role within BSS will allow me to learn about a new area of industry. I am looking forward to broadening my knowledge of different products and materials and tackling the new challenges that working for the market leading distributor will bring.” Austin Stroud supplies stainless and carbon steel pipeline products to the UK process and utility industry. Working on behalf of BSS, Austin Stroud offers expertise in machined and standard products.

The appointment comes as BSS targets the water, chemical, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage markets, and in his new role Mr Attisha will work closely with managers from the Austin Stroud brand to maintain and develop the stainless and carbon steel offering, which is available to customers through the BSS branch network. Mr Attisha commented, “Having worked within the industry for over two decades, I have closely followed the successes of BSS as a market leading distributor. BSS is known for delivering outstanding levels of customer service and offering

Roger Attisha

bss Industrial – UK enquiries@bssgroup.com www.bssindustrial.co.uk

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