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16 Tube Products International November 2015
Severn advances power industry ambitions
with A-T Armaturen acquisition
Control valve engineering company
Severn Glocon Group has acquired a
majority shareholding in A-T Armaturen-
Technik GmbH.
Now trading as Severn A-T Armaturen,
the business is an expert in engineered
valves for thermal power applications
such as turbine bypass and feedwater
heater bypass. It specialises in
severe service control valves and
special high-pressure isolation valves.
The firm has more than 45 years’
experience in the sector, and all valves
meet strict regulations of the German
Industrial Safety Authority (TUV). Its
products complement Severn Glocon
Group’s existing portfolio of valves
and advanced engineering services,
strengthening and extending the
group’s power industry offering.
Following the acquisition, Severn
Glocon Group appointed Peter
Borzsony as general manager for its
overall power business. Mr Borzsony
brings more than three decades of
experience in the power industry
coupled with a long-standing
specialisation in control valves. He is
responsible for driving the Severn A-T
Armaturen business forward, using it to
spearhead expansion of Severn Glocon
Group’s power industry market share.
A-T Armaturen-Technik’s former
managing director, Manfred Leufgen,
continues to work with the business as
a consultant.
Severn Glocon Group CEO Maurice
Critchley says the companies’
combined skills and expertise will
enable development of groundbreaking
technologies for the power sector.
“A-T Armaturen-Technik GmbH and
Severn Glocon Group have a shared
discipline of continual product
improvement rooted in performance
feedback,” Mr Critchley explained. “This
underlying synergy was a critical factor
in the agreement and will be a conduit
for our future success. Harnessing this
ethos in one unified business will allow
us to develop powerful new solutions
to maximise valves’ reliability and
overcome some of the enduring process
challenges of power generation.”
Since 2012 the group has acquired
and integrated four businesses,
strengthening its position in high growth
sectors such as subsea oil and gas.
Severn Glocon Group – UK
Peter Borzsony
Centravis passes supervisory
audit standards
Centravis, a global provider of solutions
in seamless stainless steel tubes,
has successfully passed its annual
surveillance audit for compliance with
international standards in the field of
environmental protection and industrial
safety, OHSAS 18001:2007 and ISO
14001:2004.
Evaluations were conducted in Ukraine
by the official representative of the
German certification group TÜV SÜD,
Technical & Management Services
(TMS).
Throughout the audit, TMS evaluated
the company’s efficiency in health and
safety as well as its environmental
management system.
The inspecting audit firm gave a
positive assessment, and confirmed
that Centravis is in compliance with the
required standards OHSAS 18001:2007
and ISO 14001:2004, renewing
certification for the period of one year.
“Successful completion of OHSAS
18001:2007 and ISO 14001:2004
compliance audit is an important signal
to our partners that Centravis continues
to be a reliable and responsible
supplier,” said Ivan Kikhtenko, chief of
occupational health and environment
at PJSC Centravis Production Ukraine.
“We have set ourselves a goal not to
stop here, but to continuously improve
the plant’s environmental protection and
safety standards.”
Centravis supplies products to all
key markets worldwide through a
branched network of sales offices in
Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Switzerland,
Poland, Italy and the USA, and sales
agents in other regions, including
Brazil, the Middle East, Korea and
Australia.
Centravis – Ukraine