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Technip has announced it will set up a new
flexible pipe manufacturing plant under the
name Asiaflex Products. Located in Tanjung
Langsat industrial complex, on the southern
tip of Peninsular Malaysia in Johor State,
this new plant will have direct access to a
deepwater quayside.
Asiaflex Products will have a manufacturing
capacity of 200km2 (normalized) per annum
of flexible pipes. It will allow the Technip
group to reach a total maximum production
capacity of 1,060km (normalized) per
annum. This figure includes the current
capacity of the two existing Technip plants
– Flexi France in Le Trait, France and
Flexibras in Vitória, Brazil.
The new plant is part of a €1 billion capex
programme to strengthen Technip’s
assets in the subsea industry (vessel fleet,
engineering centres and manufacturing
plants) and reinforce Technip’s worldwide
leadership in the flexible pipe market.
Expected to be operational by 2010,
Asiaflex Products’ primary focus will be the
emerging deepwater oil and gas markets in
the Asia-Pacific and Middle-East regions.
The facility will have the capability of
producing the complete range of Technip
flexible pipes. The manufacturing site will
be designed to allow future extension for
umbilical production. The plant will provide
employment for approximately 300 people.
Technip is a global player in oil and gas
services and a long-standing leader in oil
and gas engineering in the Asia-Pacific
region with more than 3,200 employees, key
operating centres across Asia and Oceania
and regional headquarters in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
Mr Bernard Di Tullio, Technip president &
COO stated: “This new plant, benefiting
from its strategic location and our expertise
in flexible pipe manufacturing, will further
consolidate our global leadership.”
Technip – France
Fax: +33 1 47 78 33 40
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US government supply
agreement for tube
manipulation technology
AddisonMckee, tube-bending and end-
forming specialist, has entered into an
exclusive supply agreement with GSA
contractor and manufacturing distributor,
Phillips Corporation (Federal Division).
This deal will involve the supply of superior
tube manipulation technologies to the US
Federal Government.
The new partnership between the
companies will provide all government
customers with access to the latest tube
bending technology at a competitive
price. GSA schedules provide the option
of circumventing many of the challenges
usually associated with the government
procurement process. GSA purchases
enable customers to buy products at a price
that is pre-negotiated and deemed fair and
reasonable by the federal government.
A well-established company in the US
Federal Government marketplace since
1961, the goal of Phillips Corp has always
been to deliver the best technology
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Technip to establish new flexible pipe
manufacturing plant in Asia