TPT July 2013

Industry News

Weldability-sif exhibit at Schweissen und Scheiden 2013

Weldability-Sif will be giving away free products each day of the exhibition with ten visitors per day having the chance to claim a product with a value of up to £163. Steve Purnell, marketing manager at Weldability-Sif, said: “We took the strategic decision to attend Schweissen und Schneiden to show the world market our total capabilities ranging from a comprehensive range of welding and cutting machines together with welding consumables to apprentice training courses and virtual reality welder training. We are a one stop shop.” Weldability-Sif is a multi-million pound company operating from purpose built facilities in Hertfordshire, UK, supplying MIG, TIG, MMA, spot and oxy/fuel welding and plasma cutting machines, torches, accessories, consumables and personal protective equipment to both the UK distributor market and exporting to a number of countries around the world. The company’s Letchworth Garden City facility enables distributors to single source more than 2,000 different products and allows the company to maintain a stock of high volume consumables including the distribution of over 4,000 tons of mild steel MIG welding wire per annum to the international market. solution for the honing problem.” With a newmachine build often having a six-month lead-time, not all businesses can wait for that period of time or even have the capital available for such a large outlay. A second hand machine may be more cost-effective, and may be available almost immediately. Every machine sold by Apperley Honing is fully serviced and set up exactly to the customer’s specification. Apperley Honing – UK Email: sales@apperleyhoning.co.uk Website: www.apperleyhoning.co.uk Weldability-Sif – UK Website: www.weldability-sif.com

plasma cutting equipment and welding consumables. Among the new products on show will be the SifWeld 200 MTS portable multi process MIG, MMA and TIG welding inverter with an integral wire feed system, an OCV of 63V, a welding current range from 5 to 200A and rated 200A @ 25 per cent duty cycle.

Weldability-Sif is also closely involved with the training of welding apprentices and will be showing how it is now very easy for educational establishments to deliver

a traineeship or apprenticeships in welding, especially with financial assistance from the Weldability-Sif Foundation. On show will be NOS mapped work books and innovative and full inter- active E-Learning package with leading edge Virtual Welding PCs as well as practical classroom and workshop solutions. Also along for the ride will be the company’s newest recruit, in the form of “Motorman”, a 2m-high metallic sculpture that was put together by German artist Armin Ciesielski, one of three German metal sculptors who work together and have turned their talents to constructing grim aliens and predators from scrap metal and are now also recreating a few iconic and unobtainable automobiles from recycled, truck and automobile parts.

WELDABILITY-SIF, the UK based one- stop source for all welding products, has booked a stand (7-F105) at the welding exhibition ‘Schweissen und Schneiden’ in Essen, Germany from 16 to 21 September 2013. This is the first time that the company has exhibited at this show for a number of years, but it is continuing to develop its market and business both in the UK and overseas. The decision was made to exhibit the company’s products to the world’s buyers of welding equipment. The theme for the stand is ‘looking back and moving forwards’ and visitors will have the opportunity to explore the heritage of Weldability-Sif and try the company’s innovative new products first hand. The company will be highlighting its extensive range of MMA, MIG and TIG welding equipment along with

50 years of honing APPERLEY Honing, which is

for honing parts for the oil industry. Other sales have included Estonia, Turkey and Finland. “The success of the used machines department is really quite simple,” explained Charles Sanders, managing director. “We use our experience and knowledge from the subcontract honing business and advise customers on the best machine for the job in hand. As an independent business we are not tied to any brand so will offer the best

celebrating 50 years in the subcontract honing industry, has reported a strong start to 2013, with the used machine department having sold 12 honing machines in the first quarter. Recent sales have included a Zanrosso CH 200 to a UK business restoring vintage cars, a Delapena HHM 15 to the United Emirates for honing parts for the oil industry, and a Barnes #3 machine to Norway, again

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