TPi May 2014

7-11 April 2014

At Tube 2014, Bewo will display a complete operative Bewo cutting line, the Sigma, a de-burring machine, a digital length control system and a stacking robot with a touchscreen control panel.

Borusan Mannesmann Turkey

Bosal Benelux NV Belgium

3D28

3B24

Borusan Mannesmann, a manufacturer in the European steel pipe industry, decided to strengthen its market position in the USA and to be closer to its customer base by commissioning a new pipe mill with an annual production capacity of 300ktons in Baytown, Houston. With an investment cost of US$150mn, the mill will focus on the OCTG sector and will employ 300 people when operating at full capacity. Built on 125 acres of land, the mill is scheduled to start production by the second half of 2014. It is being equipped with cutting-edge technology and has an advantageous location with barge and train capabilities. Having served the US OCTG sector for years, with this investment Borusan Mannesmann exhibited a strategic and long-term view of the American market due to its size and quality approach.

Bosal Benelux is one of the largest producers of electrical welded precision steel tubes in the Benelux area. The company’s range covers tubes from 16 to 80mm. Tubes are high frequency welded, and available in hot rolled, cold rolled, Sendzimir galvanised, aluminised, stainless steel and Magnelis. The company also offers added value services such as punching, drilling, expanding/diameter reduction, sawing, laser cutting and bending operations. TIG welded tubes are available upon request.

info@bewo.nl www.bewo.nl

Borsen Boru Turkey

TBC

Borsen Boru, founded in 1979, is a distributor of stainless steel pipes, valves and fittings, and a manufacturer of TIG welded stainless steel pipes. The company carries a wide range of products from manufacturers in Europe, and supplies its products and services to companies in sectors including petrochemical, chemical, energy, shipbuilding, mechanical engineering, construction, food and beverage production, pipeline installation and trading. The company is the Turkish representative and single distributor of Ham-Let for valves and fittings, as well as of Alfa-Laval for sanitary flow equipment. The Ham-Let Group specialises in the design, development, production and marketing of instrumentation valves and fittings in a wide variety of materials for high pressure, temperature and vacuum applications. Alfa-Laval develops fluid handling equipment, including valves, installation material and tank equipment, which can be delivered from Borsen Boru’s warehouse upon request. Borsen Boru started manufacturing TIG welded stainless steel pipes in its own facilities in 2006. The quality assurance system for pipe production is certified by international Lloyd’s associations. The company’s test laboratory is an important part of the quality assurance process. Various destructive and non-destructive test procedures are available, such as eddy current testing, surface roughness measurements, hardness test, tensile test, bend test and chemical analysis.

www.bosal.com

C&F Steel International GmbH Germany 3B26

C&F International, an independent steel trading company, markets steel products and raw materials throughout the entire steel industry chain. Its services range from back-to-back trading transactions to storage, financing, transportation and delivery, toll processing and participation as supplier in large-scale construction projects. In 2012 C&F International became a 100 per cent subsidiary of Villacero, a leading distributor of steel products in Mexico. In September 2013 Villacero announced the change of the company’s name to C&F International, in an aim to emphasise the global character of the company and highlight its membership of Villacero’s industrial and financial group. Headquartered in Essen and Hamburg, Germany, as well as in Houston, Texas, USA, and with more than 260 employees working in 24 countries, C&F International possesses expertise in all major steel products, marketing steel volumes in every region of the world. The extension of the international steel pipe and tube business is one of the company’s major targets for 2014. Using its global sourcing network C&F International is able to recognise market trends, developments, innovations and opportunities.

Borusan’s pipe facility

The company will continue its production operations in its Italy and Turkey mills.

Founded in 1958, Borusan Mannesmann serves customers with a wide product range from 4.6 to 3,048mm diameter, and thicknesses from 0.6 to 25.4mm. The company’s product range includes water pipes, oil and gas line pipes, industrial pipes and profiles, automotive pipes, installation pipes, OCTG pipes and hollow sections. Exporting 60 per cent of its production, Borusan Mannesmann has experience in oil and gas pipeline projects, both in domestic and international markets, with high- grade API standards.

borsen@borsenboru.com www.borsenboru.com

mannesmann@borusan.com www.borusanmannesmann.com

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