TPI April 2011

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Polypipe Terrain looks to repeat awards success

Polypipe Terrain, which took first place in the Manufacturer of the Year category at the 2010 Building Awards, has been shortlisted for the same category at the 2011 awards. “We were thrilled to win the award last year, but to then be shortlisted again this year is nothing short of amazing,” said sales and marketing director Adam Turk. “There have been a record number of entries this year and so to win a place on the shortlist is a real achievement.” The awards recognise the UK construction industry’s top performers and are judged on the basis of innovation, contribution to the industry and commitment to sustainability. In 2010 the judges described Polypipe Terrain’s business performance as being “so remarkable that it could be described as construction’s equivalent of Chariots of Fire”.

The Manufacturer of the Year Award being presented to Polypipe Terrain in 2010

market for applications such as highway lighting, traffic signal control structures, light rail, high mast and smart grid structures, and highway signage. These are large national markets that generally benefit from federal and state funding and that are forecasted to experience long-term, steady growth to support the necessary expansion and upgrade of the US transportation system. The broad steel pole product line would complement the company’s line of decorative concrete lighting poles used in commercial and residential markets. In addition, it is expected that offering a full steel pole and concrete pole line would provide synergies throughout the distribution network. James S Marlen, Ameron’s chairman, president and chief executive officer, stated, “This investment represents a significant strategic growth opportunity in a market with which we have experience. With the new plant, we will have a cost-efficient, state-of-the- art manufacturing process and the capacity to grow the business.” Ameron International Corporation – USA www.ameron.com generate increased sales. With this in mind we also devised a plan which centred on using the company’s British heritage to position ourselves as ‘Uniquely British, Uniquely Terrain’ and we supported this by staging a series of UK roadshows and a dedicated marketing programme.” Polypipe Terrain Ltd – UK commercialenquiries@polypipe.com www.polypipe.com

extremely busy with new projects,” added Mr Turk. “We’ve implemented a number of successful strategies. We’ve approached new markets including export, we’ve launched innovative new products such as Terrain Firetrap and we’ve heightened our focus on delivering outstanding customer service.

“The overall aim is to clearly differentiate ourselves from our competitors and

“Far from sitting on our laurels since last year’s success we’ve been

New steel pole plant

Ameron is a producer of water transmission lines and fabricated steel productssuchaswindtowers;fibreglass- composite pipe for transporting oil, chemicals and corrosive fluids and specialised materials; and products used in infrastructure projects. The company has announced plans to construct a new steel pole plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The capital investment for the 75,000ft 2 facility is expected to total approximately $35mn, and the plant should be operational within two years. The facility will include a proprietary manufacturing process and when fully operational the facility will have an annual sales capacity of up to $75mn. The manufacturing capabilities provided by this investment will allow the business to effectively compete in a broad range of product applications for the national transportation market.

The strategic initiative focuses on the national transportation infrastructure

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