January 2012 Tube Products International
81
Extreme versatility, promptness and
compliance to customers’ requests are
the mainstays of Acciaitubi’s productive
commitment, what makes them an ideal
business partner when it comes to steel
tubes for the gas, water, oil, chemical,
and construction industry.
Acciaitubi’s production range includes
gas and water welded and seamless
tubes, ASTM pipes, painted tubes,
conduit pipes, boiler tubes, structural
and scaffolding tubes, Sendzimir,
pickled and high resistance tubes.
Gas and water tubes are employed for
hydrothermal sanitary uses, civil and
industrial plants. They are available in a
wide range from
3
/
8
" to 6" diameters, and
in different finishings: black, painted,
galvanised, or threaded, with or without
the socket. The company attained for
these tubes the GOST certification for
the Russian market, and the DVGW
product certificate for the German
market.
Another relevant product in Acciaitubi’s
portfolio, endowed with the best quality
certifications, are ASTM pipes.
Recommended for pressure and high
temperature uses, ASTM pipes are
carbon steel seamless tubes, available
black, galvanised and on request NPT
threaded.
At Acciaitubi’s plant in Terno d’Isola
(Bergamo, Italy), the forming and
welding of tubes is carried out on hot
and cold-rolled materials, Sendzimir and
high resistance.
The production structure allows to
handle the raw material with flexibility,
finalizing the slittering to the single orders
thus ensuring top-rated timeliness and
efficiency.
Alongside the forming lines there are
the hot dip galvanising line and the
finishing treatments, such as: threading,
grooving, precision cutting and painting.
The company’s strength points
include a wide range of in-stock
products and a just-in-time service.
Another competitive advantage ensured
by Acciaitubi to all its customers is
quality, a long-lasting value built on
strength and commitment. In fact, in
1987, the company achieved the first
certification of quality management
system. Nowadays, Acciaitubi conforms
to the ISO 9001:2008 regulation,
certified by CERMET, and from June
2011 also achieved the certification for
the environment management system
UNI EN ISO 14001:2004.
And your proudest moment?
Having overcome 2009 and 2010 is
what makes me proud, we were able to
revitalise and improve ourselves. We’re
stronger and more motivated than ever.
If you were not involved in the tube
industry what career would you have
followed?
I’m a Law school graduate. I would have
liked to become a lawyer.
Acciaitubi is famous for its tubes
for the gas industry. What other
industries are you targeting with your
products today?
We are investigating the chemical and
oil industry sectors.
What do you think makes your
business particularly special?
Our
friendly relationships with customers
and suppliers, our commitment to the
environment, and to society. I’d like to
name just two of our initiatives.
One is dated June 2011. After two years
of consistent investments, we earned the
ISO 14001:2004, the top environmental
certification, an additional security for
our customers that the products they
buy are produced in full compliance with
environment protection rules.
The second one is called Tekne.
Tekne is the name of a new type of high
quality steel, produced by reducing fuel
consumption and emissions. Its most
important users, including us, have
created Tekne community, a network
that finances research projects aimed at
energy saving, sustainable development
and improvement of the performance
results, through the donation of part of
our revenue for each ton of steel we buy.
If you could choose a word to describe
your products which word would you
choose?
Reliability.
I hope you do not mind some more
personal questions, to reveal the man
behind the company . . .
If you could choose a historical,
political or sport personality to spend
a day with who would it be?
I would choose JFK. I wonder if he
would spend a day with me (
laughing
).
I’m not Marilyn Monroe.
What is your favouriteway of spending
your time when you do not work?
I like skiing, jogging and reading.
What do you fear most?
The day I’ll wake up without enthusiasm
for life. I hope it will never come.
What qualities do you admire most?
Honesty and sincerity.
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