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12 Tube Products International July 2008
BASF names Swagelok as a
global preferred A-supplier
Swagelok Company has announced its designation by BASF as a global
preferred A-supplier for fluid systems technologies. The award was celebrated
with the signature of a new agreement and the handover of a BASF Procurement
Verbund Global Supplier Certificate, awarded to companies that both meet the
company’s worldwide procurement standards and have attained outstanding
standards for technical innovation and product quality.
Associates from Swagelok Company and BASF attended the certificate presentation ▲ ▲
BASF’s portfolio includes chemicals, plastics, performance products, agricultural
products and fine chemicals, and it uses Swagelok® products in a variety of
applications.
Swagelok Company is a developer and provider of fluid system solutions,
including products, assemblies, and services for the research, instrumentation,
pharmaceutical, oil and gas, power, petrochemical, alternative fuels, and
semiconductor industries. The company delivers its products and services not
only in the United States, but also in Europe and in Asia.
MatthiasFankhänel, senior vicepresident, BASFglobal procurement and logistics,
commented, “ BASF sets demanding standards and has high expectations
towards its suppliers. Swagelok deserves our recognition because it has been
working very hard to meet these standards. The certificate acknowledges
Swagelok’s success and establishes new goals for BASF’s suppliers.”
Arthur F Anton, Swagelok president and chief executive officer, said, “We are
tremendously proud and grateful that BASF has demonstrated its continued
trust and confidence in our ability to provide the highest levels of performance,
quality, and on-time delivery. As the preferred supplier, we are now in a position
to provide BASF with its desired global support for Swagelok products through
our extensive network of authorised sales and service centres around the
world.”
Swagelok Company – USA
Swagelok Europe – Switzerland
BASF – Germany
3rd International
Tube & Profile
Exhibition
The 3rd International Tube & Profile
Exhibition will be held 6-8 August 2008
at Hejab Hall, Tehran, Iran.
The exhibition aims to gather together
those active in tube and profiles, in-
cluding producers, related organisations
and specialists, in order to showcase
and represent the latest products and
industrial technology in the field of
tube and profile industry software and
hardware. The event will also feature
discussions about the obstacles and
challenges faced, domestic and foreign
market strategies, and counselling about
goal development methods.
The previous exhibition was attended by
32 Iranian organisations and 12 foreign
organisations from seven countries (UK,
Italy, Germany, Russia, China, Malaysia
and India).
Mine & Mining Industries Database
– Iran
Linde Group sells
valve production
facility
Gases and engineering company The
Linde Group, Germany, has sold its
MAPAG Valves GmbH valve production
facility to the international technology
corporation Metso, Finland, at an
enterprise value of €36 million. The
contract will enter into effect on approval
from the relevant anti-trust authorities,
andwill allowLinde’s engineeringdivision
to focus on its core competencies.
MAPAG is a specialist in producing high
performance butterfly valves for different
types of plants in the petrochemical, air
separation and liquefied natural gas
industry.
The Linde Group has more than 50,000
employees working in around 100
countries worldwide. In the 2007 financial
year it achieved sales of €12.3 billion.
The Linde Group – Germany
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