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14 Tube Products International January 2010
Mathey Dearman, Inc, USA, a
manufacturer focused on welding and
pipeline productivity, has appointed
Charles G Lutz as vice president of
sales and marketing for Africa, Asia,
Australia, Latin America, the Middle
East and New Zealand.
Mr Lutz initially spent nine years with
Invensys Plc, a UK-headquartered
provider of industrial control components
and systems for climate control, as
director of international business
development. Based in the UK, he led
the entry of the company’s newly formed
safety electronics division into Europe.
Most recently, Mr Lutz was director of
Mathey Dearman appoints new vice
president of sales and marketing
international sales with La-Co Industries,
an industrial manufacturer of paints and
chemicals. Mr Lutz holds a BS degree
in Business from Elmhurst College and
sits on the board for the Illinois Trade
Association of Greater Chicago.
Mathey Dearman and its Italian
subsidiary offer a wide variety of
equipment, developing, manufacturing
and marketing patented cutting and
bevelling machines for all types of pipe
and pipe diameters to allow pipe fitters
and welding professionals to achieve
quick, accurate, safer and easier pipe
fit-up. Products include pipe alignment
and reforming clamps, welding electrode
s Chuck G Lutz, Mathey Dearman’s new
vice president of sales and marketing
and flux ovens, and smaller pipe tools
for pipe fitting and layout.
Mathey Dearman, Inc – USA
Bucking the trend despite metals difficulties
Following earlier investment and
expansion of offices and warehouses
in Brisbane and Adelaide, Van Leeuwen
Pipe and Tube Group has opened a new
office and warehouse facility in Sydney,
Australia.
The new premises in St Mary’s,
approximately 60km west of Sydney,
include the new head office of the
Australian operations, an office for the
New South Wales branch operations
and a state-of-the-art warehouse with
Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube opens new office
and warehouse facilities in Australian bases
enlarged inside and outside storage
capacity. Customers throughout New
South Wales will benefit through higher
service levels and the availability of a
broader and deeper stock assortment.
Emmanuel Zammit, managing director
of Van Leeuwen Australia, stated in
his opening address that the company
is now ready for further growth in the
various industry segments that are
currently being serviced. Its nationwide
branch network and strong product
offering, combined with the strength of
being part of an international group of
companies, will enable the company
to further focus on segments such as
the hydraulic and mechanical industry,
construction/building and mining
industry, and the larger projects in the
oil and gas industry.
Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group
BV – The Netherlands
Heat and corrosion resistant material
specialist Corrotherm International has
expanded its operations, despite the
general decline in the metals distribution
industry.
The company, which is one of the few in
its sector that remains privately owned,
has recently moved its UK headquarters
to larger premises, opened a new sales
office in India, and employed more staff
in its UK and Dubai offices. The move to
larger premises in the UK has allowed
the company to extend its range of
specialist Incoloy 625 stocks, while the
rest of the industry is busy de-stocking.
Corrotherm holds niche stocks in the
high-end nickel alloys, and also targets
difficult and risky markets such as the
Middle East, Africa and the Caspian.
“We have competitors in various areas of
our operation, but no one company that
does everything we do,” said Jan Ward,
CEO. “In addition to materials supply we
are able to give support and advice on
materials selection and fabrication. More
recently, we are frequently having to help
rewrite manufacturing specifications for
our customers to cover the many new
end uses that nickel alloys are being
used for.”
Corrotherm recently won the contract
to supply the Saudi Karan project with
seamless Inconel 625 pipe. Karan is
the first non-associated offshore gas
field project to be developed by Saudi
Aramco in the Kingdom.
Corrotherm has also developed another
specialised specification for Inconel
625 in partnership with EPC contractor
Acergy for very deep water umbilicals
for the Deep Panuke project.
Corrotherm International Ltd – UK