business & market news
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Tube ProducTs InTernaTIonal January 2014
Fine Tubes appoints engineering and
finance directors
Fine Tubes, a manufacturer and
global distributor of precision tubes
for critical applications, has appointed
John Rooney as director of engineering
and technology. Based at the
company’s head office in Plymouth,
UK, Mr Rooney will have overall
responsibility for engineering solutions
for the development of products and
processes.
Mr Rooney has 25 years’ experience
in engineering design gained across a
wide range of industries, including food,
pharmaceuticals, general manufacturing
and machine building. He has also
received awards for design, and has
successfully patented a number of
inventions.
Mr Rooney commented, “I am very much
looking forward to working closely with
a wide range of Fine Tubes personnel
to find the best answers to the most
difficult problems and help drive the
business forward. From everything
I have seen so far, it should be an
enjoyable and rewarding experience.”
Ronen Day, managing director of Fine
Tubes, added, “We’re delighted that
John agreed to join us. He has just
the right blend of skills and experience
to make an important contribution
across the spectrum of our engineering
activities.”
Fine Tubes has also announced the
appointment of Graham Maxa as the
company’s new finance director. Mr
Maxa will play a key role in helping to
drive the company forward following
its change of ownership in 2012. In
particular, he will have specific
responsibility for the financial direction
of the company’s strategic plans in
addition to maintaining day-to-day
financial controls.
A member of the Chartered Institute of
Management Accountants, Mr Maxa
has over 20 years’ experience with
a wide range of manufacturing and
engineering companies.
Most recently he held the position of
group financial controller at Prodrive, a
specialist engineering and motorsport
company.
Commenting on his new role, Mr
Maxa said, “During my first visit to
the Plymouth site, I was impressed by
the operations, the systems and the
management team at Fine Tubes. I’m
excited by the prospect of helping the
company develop further, particularly
with the support they now have from
their new owners for investment in
future growth opportunities.”
Fine Tubes has headquarters and
production facilities in Plymouth,
UK, and sales offices in Munich,
Germany; Orleans, France; New
Delhi, India; and Houston, USA. The
company manufactures both seamless
and welded tubes, in a wide range
of stainless steel, nickel, titanium and
zirconium alloys, for critical applications
in the oil and gas, nuclear and power,
aerospace, chemicals and medical
equipment industries.
Fine Tubes ltd
– UK
Graham Maxa
John Rooney
Subsea contract for Gulf of Mexico project
Technip has been awarded, by LLOG
Exploration Offshore LLC, a contract
for the development of the Delta
House field, located in the Mississippi
Canyon area of the US Gulf of Mexico.
The contract covers the project
management, engineering, fabrication,
installation and pre-commissioning
of more than 200km of infield and
export flowlines and risers. The water
depth of this development is between
approximately 100 and 2,000m.
Technip’s operating centre in Houston,
Texas, USA, will perform the overall
project management.
The infield flowlines and risers will be
welded at the group’s spoolbase in
Mobile, Alabama, USA.
Offshore installation is expected to
be performed in the second half of
2014 by vessels from Technip’s fleet:
the
Deep Blue
will lay the deepwater
infield lines, while the
G1200
construction vessel will install the
export flowlines. Frédéric Delormel,
Technip’s executive vice president
and chief operating officer subsea,
commented, “This new project
reinforces our leadership in the US
Gulf of Mexico deepwater market. It
also confirms our positioning in deep
to shallow export lines, following the
acquisition of Global Industries.”
Technip
– France
