January 2014 Tube Products International
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business & market news
Investment in fabrication facility
Pipe Center is investing in its Fabrication
specialist pipe work facility in order
to extend its capabilities and offer
improved service.
Based at West Horndon, a fewmiles east
of London, UK, Fabrication provides off-
site pipe work design and construction
services for large commercial and
industrial projects.
Pipe work systems are built in factory
conditions before being transported to
site for immediate installation, saving
material and site labour, improving
quality, and ensuring project deadlines
and costs are met.
Pipe Center is investing in the latest
Victaulic equipment to offer pipe
grooving capability for high performance
systems. It is also investing in the
latest welding plant and additional
trained manpower. The company has
traditionally focussed on steel pipe
work for HVAC applications, but is now
expanding to meet contractors’ wider
needs, including copper pipe systems
for use in large scale cold water projects.
Gary Franklin, general manager of
Fabrication, said, “The investments in
new equipment and people significantly
extend our capabilities, and enable us to
take on a wider range of work. The aim
is to build on our core strength in steel
pipe work for commercial buildings,
and grow in new areas that add value
to customers – as well as our own
business.”
The diversification includes the creation
of complete pump packages, with all
components assembled and skid-
mounted for delivery to site.
Fabrication is working closely with Pipe
Center’s other value added businesses,
Valvestock, Modular Engineering and
Custom Build, to provide complete
solutions across the spectrumof building
services and industrial applications.
Pipe Center
– UK
Pipe Center is expanding its
specialist pipe work capabilities
