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Abbey International designs and
manufactures a wide range of welded tube
and pipe mills, and advanced quick-change
systems for new mills and for retrofitting.
The company also offers a large selection of
chain and hydraulic draw benches with up to
450,000kg pull and up to 60m long. Abbey
International is the exclusive distributor of
Abbey Etna pipe mill equipment.
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Ad Tubi Inossidabili SpA produces welded
tube made of stainless steel, duplex steel,
superduplex steel, and exotic alloys. The
product range covers TIG welded round
section tubes, with a dimensional range
from 7.24mm (9/32") to 50.8mm (2"), and WT
from 0.4mm (0.0157") to 3mm (0.1181").
The company is highly specialized in the
production of tube for heat exchangers,
with special lengths/tolerances, in bright
annealed executions. This type of product
represents an average of 65 per cent of the
company’s complete output.
The company possess ISO 9001:2000
and AD2000W0 certifications with TUV
and Lloyd’s Register approval. Due to a
fully controlled production system, certified
production process and a fully equipped
laboratory, Ad Tubi offers its customers a
state-of-the-art products.
The company has recently undertaken
expansion with the construction of a
new factory. This allows the company to
increase the quantity of material produced
and also the range of dimensions offered,
due to the introduction of new welding
lines.
The new factory is equipped with new,
modern machines, while continuous
technological research and development
assure the highest quality standard.
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Ajax Tocco Magnethermic Corp is one
of the world’s leading manufacturers of
induction melting and heating equipment,
with worldwide operations in nine countries.
Along with serving industries such as steel,
automotive, forging and foundry, Ajax Tocco
has a global commitment to the tube and
pipe industry.
The company manufactures induction-
heating systems that process up to 120t of
high quality pipe and casing per hour with
consistent quality and ovality. According
to the company, this induction heating
equipment provides a reliable and flexible
supply of heat, with outstanding control.
The Ajax Tocco converters facilitate this
flexibility with a patented, wide operating
window. This allows a larger range of sizes
to be processed in one induction coil size
without the need for capacitor or voltage
switching.
Converting the barrel furnaces to induction
heating for stretch reducing, enables the
use of existing handling equipment and
the advantage of fast, controllable, energy
saving induction heating. The results can
lead to dramatic savings in space, reduced
energy consumption, improved quality and
the benefit of recipe control.
Ajax Tocco is at the forefront of API pipe
production for the oil and gas industry.
Because casing drill pipe and line drill pipe
reliability is crucial, the company believes
it is a highly dependable source of supply
systems to harden and temper pipe, casing
and couplings to full API specifications.
An industry expert for tube and pipe
heating, Ajax Tocco specialises in seam
annealing, solution annealing, bright
annealing, coating, bending and forming.
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Baofeng Enterprise is a large stainless
steel manufacturing group with four
interrelated branches. Established in 2002,
the company has an annual production
capability of 30,000t of austenitic steel and
10,000t of stainless steel pipe. The four
branches of the company are Wenzhou
Baofeng Special Steel Co Ltd, Baofeng
Steel Industrial Co Ltd, Lishui Baofeng
Welded Pipe Co Ltd and Wenzhou Baofeng
Perforation Co Ltd.
In 2006, the company’s total output was
valued at over 1,000 million Yuan. The
company’s products are found in a host
of applications including oil and gas,
chemicals, power plant, food production,
nuclear power station, smelting, aerospace,
papermaking, shipbuilding, environmental
protection, heat exchanger, water
resources, and electricity.
EXHIBITOR PROFILES
 Abbey International manufactures welded tube
and pipe mills
 Heating a pipe using the machinery from Ajax
Tocco
 Baofeng is a manufacturer of stainless steel tube
from Ø 6-630mm