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Industry News
12 January 2013
USM to exhibit at BORU 2013
USM is attending the BORU fair in 2013
after highlighting Turkey as one of the
new leading European economies for
the next 20 years. The company returns
to the show after a break following a
change to its Turkish partnership and
said it is very glad to return to a country
it enjoys working in.
USM has been working with Turkish
factories for more than 20 years and
saw significant growth before the big
crisis of the 1990s. However, since the
beginning of the millennium the Turkish
economy has started to bloom.
USM said it never lost interest in
Turkey and now it is very happy to be a
partner of all of the most important tube
makers in the country.
USM is very confident that the
Turkish tube industry will be even more
successful in the coming years and is
happy to be a part of this since this as
the region adapts to new concepts of
working and to using new materials to
boost productions.
A new generation of carbide inserts
for tube scarfing, a new generation of
ferrite cores (only top quality brands)
for impeder manufacturing and many
other items are now being used. At
BORU 2013 USM will display many
consumables and machines that are in
daily use in the steel tube industry.
USM has been the of the first movers
in the European market of consumables
in the tube industry in the past 30 years.
It is still a leading company in Europe
and and one of the most important
worldwide, exporting to 84 countries.
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EFD Induction opens new
subsidiary in Brazil
EFD Induction’s worldwide network
expanded recently with the launch of its
Brazilian subsidiary. The new company
– with the formal name of EFD Induction
Ltda – is based in the city of Sorocaba,
about 60km from the metropolis of São
Paulo.
“This is a milestone in our growth,” said
EFD Induction CEO Eivin Jørgensen.
“We have previously sold many systems
throughout Latin America. But having
a subsidiary in Brazil’s economic
heartland means we can offer better
and faster support to customers in the
region.”
The new subsidiary is headed by
Evandro Nishimuni, a mechanical
engineering graduate who has
previously worked in France and in
the Brazilian automotive industry.
“EFD Induction and Brazil have so
much to offer each other,” said Mr
Nishimuni. “There is growing awareness
throughout Brazil and the continent that
sustained economic growth can only
be maintained by investing in modern,
efficient and proven technologies such
as induction heating.”
Although the subsidiary is new, Brazil
and Latin America is no stranger to
EFD Induction products and services.
“Absolutely,” said Mr Nishimuni. “For
instance, several of our mobile Minac
induction heating systems are being
used to braze hydroelectric turbine
stators at the Santo Antônio and
Jirau dams, key structures in a new
hydroelectric complex being constructed
in Amazonia. And Basso, the world-
renowned valve makers in Argentina,
recently installed an EFD Induction
hardening system.”
Mr Nishmuni is, however, keen to
stress that most of the new company’s
business will most likely occur much
closer to home. “True, if Brazil is the
engine of South American economic
growth, then the state of São Paulo
where we are located is its dynamo. In
fact this state alone is responsible for
a third of all Brazilian GDP. That gives
you some idea of just how economically
vibrant the region is.”
EFD Induction Brazil currently has
three employees – Mr Nishimuni
as manager and salesman, Aline
Gonçalves as administrator and Carlos
Feliciano Ferreira as engineer and after-
sales support technician.
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Evandro Nishimuni (right), heads the
new EFD Induction subsidiary in Brazil.
Beside him is EFD Induction
Group CEO Eivin Jørgensen