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Tube Products International November 2013
BSS Industrial promotes home-grown talent
Heating and pipeline solutions supplier
BSS Industrial has appointed Lee Burgin
as key account director for a number
of its national heating and ventilating
accounts.
Mr Burgin joins the company from
Plumbing Trade Supplies (PTS), where
he was a branch manager for two
years in Sheffield, UK. However, he
is not new to BSS Industrial, having
previously worked from 1997 to 2011
in various roles, from internal sales
and external account management to
branch manager at BSS Stoke.
Mr Burgin will be responsible for a
number of BSS Industrial’s major H&V
accounts, including SES and NG Bailey.
The key account director role provides
a single point of contact for national
customers, ensuring the best possible
product solution and service is provided.
Mr Burgin commented, “Having spent
a large part of my career with BSS
Industrial, I am delighted to be returning
to the company. The H&V market is a
great one to be involved in – it’s always
moving and much of my time will be
spent ensuring our key accounts are
fully aware of the new and innovative
product solutions BSS Industrial has to
offer. I look forward to building on my
previous experience and working closely
with our teams and our customers.”
BSS Industrial, part of the plumbing
and heating division of Travis Perkins
plc, is a pipeline and heating distributor
with over 60 national branches. The
company has a number of specialist
brands that provide customers with a
single-source solution.
BSS Industrial
– UK
Energex in agreement
with Metal One
Energex Tube, a division of JMC Steel
Group, has agreed to a deal with
Metal One Corporation, offering semi-
premium connections for use in North
American oil and gas drilling.
“This agreement brings together two
companies that are both focused on
better servicing the OCTG market,” said
Randy Boswell, president of Energex
Tube. “With Energex Tube’s diversified
tubular portfolio combined with Metal
One’s strong family of connections
and well-established technical service
network, I envision this as the beginning
of a long and prosperous partnership.”
Metal One’s proprietary connections to
be offered in North America by Energex
Tube include Geoconn semi-premium
casing connections in sizes 4.5" to
20" OD, for use in drilling with casing
applications and SAGD (steam-assisted
gravity drainage), as well as geothermal
wells; and Supermax tubing and casing
non-upset connections in sizes 1.9"
to 4.5" OD, with better clearance and
improved work string capability.
“The Metal One connections enhance
the value of our products and provide
tubing and casing connection solutions
for our North American E&P customers,”
added Mr Boswell. “We are certainly
excited about the opportunity to team
up with a global company like Metal
One and work together to better serve
customers.”
Energex Tube
– USA
Metal One Corporation
– Japan
Norma Group acquires Guyco
Engineered joining technology firm
Norma Group has signed an agreement
to acquire 100 per cent of the shares
in the Australian business Guyco Pty
Ltd. The parties agreed to maintain
confidentiality on the transaction
details.
Guyco, headquartered in Adelaide,
Australia, commenced business in 1994
as a distributor to the agricultural market.
Today the company specialises in the
design, manufacture and distribution
of fittings and valves for freshwater
distribution, irrigation, agricultural,
plumbing and industrial market sectors.
Guyco supplies over 700 customers in
Australia and New Zealand through its
warehouses in South Australia, Western
Australia and Queensland. It generated
sales of around €7mn in 2012.
“We are pleased with the acquisition of
Guyco,” commented Werner Deggim,
CEO of Norma Group. “The service
range of Guyco ideally complements our
recent acquisitions of Chien Jin Plastic,
a Malaysian manufacturer of pipe
compression fittings and components
for the irrigation, agriculture and water
distribution markets, and Davydick, an
Australian distributor of rural irrigation
fittings, valves and pumps for the
agricultural, hardware and plumbing
markets.”
Norma Group
– Germany
Lee Burgin, BSS Industrial’s new key
account director
