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India’s Allied Consulting
Engineers join
Seco/Warwick Group
Allied Consulting Engineers Pvt Ltd, India,
has joined the Seco/Warwick Group of
companies and will assume the name Seco/
Warwick Allied Pvt Ltd. Founded in 1971,
Allied Consulting Engineers has over 180
employees and is a highly accomplished
producer of industrial furnaces and
incineration systems.
Seco/Warwick SA president, Mr Jeffrey
Boswell, comments, “We are pleased to
have finalized this strategic agreement in
order to provide both global engineering
and local manufacturing to our customers
in India. Seco/Warwick Allied brings a host
of technologies into the group including
hydrogen bell annealing, continuous
steel strip annealing, steel reheating and
galvanizing furnace systems.”
Mr Vishnu Nasta, president of Seco/
Warwick Allied, stated, “We are moving
forward with our strategic plan to expand
our manufacturing capabilities and bring
high quality products, manufactured in
India, to the world market.”
Allied Consulting Engineers specialize
in hydrogen bell annealing, roller hearth,
galvanizing, continuous hardening and
tempering, reheating, bright annealing,
bogie hearth, pit pot, rotary and special
application furnace systems.
As an integral member of the Seco/
Warwick Group, Seco/Warwick Allied will
share engineering expertise and provide
local manufacturing services in India. The
company manufactures industrial heat
processing equipment including heat treat
furnaces, vacuum furnace technology, and
atmosphere generators.
A specialist in heat-treating equipment and
services worldwide, the Seco/Warwick
organisation includes Seco/Warwick Corp
(USA), Retech Systems LLC (USA), Seco/
Warwick SA (Poland), Elterma SA (Poland),
Seco/Warwick Allied Pvt Ltd (India) and Seco/
Warwick Industrial Furnace Co Ltd (China).
Seco/Warwick Corp – USA
Fax: +1 814 724 1407
Email:
Website:
Seco Warwick Allied Pvt Ltd – India
Fax: +91 22 2528 3805
Email:
Website:
are currently valued at around US$10.3bn,
while the country’s GDP growth is an
average of 8 per cent a year.
The exhibition is expected to attract around
225 companies from over 24 countries
such as Austria, Canada, China, Germany,
India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgzistan,
Poland, Russia, Spain, Turkey, UK, USA,
Uzbekistan and Ukraine. In addition to the
international attendance, the event is also
expected to draw a large number of visitors
from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan,
Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and the Siberian
region of Russia.
Tube & Pipe Central Asia will feature a range
of products including ferrous and non-ferrous
tube and pipe, plastic/composite tube and
pipe, fittings, and raw materials. Technology
will be focused on tube manufacturing
machinery, processing and finishing
plants and machinery, dies and tools, and
measuring and control technology.
Central Asia International Exhibitions –
Kazakhstan
Fax: +7 727 266 36 84
Email:
Website:
An upcoming event for the CIS region,
Tube & Pipe Central Asia 2008 will take
place from 18-21 November at the Atakent
exhibition centre in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The organiser, Central Asia International
Exhibitions, has been busy promoting the
new show at recent events Tube 2008 and
Boru 2008.
The 9th largest country, Kazakhstan is
regarded as a strategic point to enter the
central Asian market, with Almaty at the
gateway to the silk trade route. A business
centre for the region, Kazakhstan is also
a member of the five-country Eurasia
Economic Community along with Belarus,
Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
The region has attracted substantial
investment in its comprehensive oil and
gas supply network. Kazakhstan’s oil, gas
and mineral projects have received over
US$20 billion of foreign direct investment
(FDI) since 1993. Kazakhstan’s exports
Tube & Pipe Central Asia returns in November
 Almaty is the dramatic backdrop for the 2nd Tube
& Pipe Central Asia (photo courtesy of almaty.kz
and Yuri Bekker and Anatoliy Ustinenko)
 Kazakhstan lies at the heart of the central Asia
region, and holds a key position in the CIS