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Tube Products International October 2012
Princess opens skills and innovation centre
Earlier this year, Pipex px was honoured
to host Her Royal Highness The Princess
Royal at the company’s multi-award-
wining facility in Plymouth, UK, to
officially open the Pipex px Skills and
Innovation Centre.
Following the presentation of Member
of Parliament for Plymouth Moorview,
Alison Seabeck, by Pipex px chairman
and founder Alan Smith, Her Royal
Highness enjoyed refreshments coupled
with a company briefing by marketing
director Sarah Raynor.
A facility tour followed, hosted by Pipex
px co-chief executives Tom Smith and
WilliamMurphy, incorporating each of the
manufacturing divisions, thermoplastic
pipes and products and structural
composites and composite pipes,
during which Her Royal Highness was
introduced to and spoke with a number of
Pipex px employees, including technical
director Matt Hewstone and senior
project manager Brian Dunn, who gave
a brief on Pipex px involvement with the
Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier project.
The Princess Royal
was then escorted
to the Skills and
Innovation Centre.
A briefing was given
by Mr Smith and Mr
Murphy regarding
the work undertaken
in the facility together
with a number of
current innovations.
During this period a
number of additional
introductions were
made to Pipex px
directors, managers,
staff and customers, and to everyone’s
delight Her Royal Highness kindly
took time to engage each person in
conversation.
Alan Smith accompanied The Princess
Royal to a staged area where he gave
a short speech thanking Her Royal
Highness for attending the prestigious
occasion and also thanking Pipex px
employees and customers. Her Royal
Highness was then invited to unveil a
plaque, officially marking the Pipex px
Skills and Innovation Centre as open.
The afternoon was completed with a
presentation of posies by CEO William
Murphy’s two daughters, Ellie and Isla,
and Her Royal Highness’s signing of the
company visitor book.
Pipex px
– UK
Texas Gulf Energy to expand pipeline
Texas Gulf Energy, Inc is expanding
its capacity to provide pipe and vessel
fabrication services to its energy
sector clients by forming Texas Gulf
Fabricators, Inc.
David Mathews, Texas Gulf Energy
president and CEO, commented, “The
Gulf Coast has seen numerous recent
multi-billion dollar announcements of
refinery, pipeline and plant expansions
which will require substantial fabrication
expertise and services. We have
received many current client enquiries
requesting fabrication, and we believe
it provides a substantial opportunity
for expansion of our business. For
example, in June, a current client
and one of the largest mid-Western
refiners awarded Texas Gulf Energy
a fabrication contract based on the
quality of our other services being
provided to them. We are currently
planning our facilities’ expansion, and
further information will be provided
as soon as possible. We intend that
Texas Gulf Fabricators will become
a major resource for dependable,
on-time delivery of vessel and piping
fabrication services as well as modular
construction of skid mounted facilities
to our Fortune 500 customer base.”
Since its founding in 2003, Texas Gulf
Energy, Inc’s companies have deployed
thousands of engineering, construction,
technical, skilled crafts and project
management personnel to major
international energy companies.
Now entering its tenth year in business,
the company has vertically integrated
its service offering into other energy
market segments, including pipeline and
vessel fabrication, wellhead services, oil
and gas production, and professional
consulting services both domestically
and internationally.
Texas Gulf Energy, Inc
– USA
Ellie and Isla Murphy present flowers to
The Princess Royal
Irestal renews its website
Irestal Group, one of the leading independent stainless steel service centres, has
completely renewed its website. The Catalan group, based in Barcelona, which
claims to have been the first company to introduce stainless steel in Spain,
has decided to change its website with the latest search engine optimisation
solutions, in order to improve customer service, offering in a flexible and
complete way information about its extensive product range.
Irestal Group
– Spain
