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Industry News
WITH Turkey now the world’s 11th largest
producer of raw steel, with an annual
output of 25.8 million tons, Unifit AS,
a manufacturer of seamless steel pipe
fittings and flanges established in 2005,
has an important part to play in country’s
steel industry.
Turkey’s leading seamless steel pipe
stockist, Burak Boru Group, has announced
that its group member Unifit AS has been
included in the approved manufacturing
list (AML) of the international industrial
distributor Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube
Group, following a successful external
audit.
To be listed in the AML of The Van
Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group, one of
the largest distributors of steel pipes
and fittings with a diverse distribution
network around the world, is a sign of the
company’s attention to the quality policy.
This approval is an important step for
Unifit. Prestigious collaboration with one
of the largest industrial pipe and fittings
distributors is a good reference for the
company and creates new collaboration
opportunities.
“Unifit, exporting mainly to Western
Europe, Mid-East Europe, the Middle East,
and Turkic Republics, belongs CE/PED,
ISO 9001-2008 and AD2000 Merkblatt
certificates and shows a difference in the
domestic and foreign market,” commented
Okan Bozkurt, foreign trade manager of
Burak Boru and Unifit Boru companies.
In addition, sister company Burak Boru
AS, Turkey’s largest seamless carbon
steel pipe stockist, supplies all of Unifit’s
product ranges and, despite unstable
market periods and fluctuating prices, can
provide the entire pipe range with highest
quality.
During the global crisis period at the end
of 2008 and the beginning of 2009, Unifit
did well to convert the crisis situation into
an advantage for increasing production
capacity day by day. Bearing in mind
necessities and demands of its clients,
Unifit has added new lines to its production
pool and increased its production capacity.
With new semi/fully automatic induction
machines for elbows, new oil pressure cold
forming tees and reducer machines, and
cap forming machines, production capacity
has increased to 800 tons per month.
The company is now implanting forging
machines for the production of forged
steel flanges. Once the test production
finishes for all range for all standards (EN,
DIN, ASTM) the company will start mass
production.
With its state-of-the-art technology
installed factory and experienced staff, the
company manufactures its Unifit branded
products with high quality standards.
All Unifit products are manufactured in
accordance with Directive PED/97/23/EC
– Annex I, Chapter 4.3. In addition to this
certification, Unifit products are approved
by AD Merkblatt 2000. With new machines,
the company already produces to the
most common standards, such as EN,
DIN and ASTM, with a wide product range
that includes seamless and welded steel
elbows, equal tees, reducing tees, conc.
reducers and caps.
Burak Boru and Unifit Fittings conduct
activity on a 70,000m2 area, of which
30,000m2 is covered, close to highways
and cargo ports, providing a logistical
advantage. The companies are based in
Turkey, which is a member of the European
Custom Union and in negotiations for
permanent membership of the European
Union, and so benefits by fiscal procedures
the same as European countries.
Burak Boru, occupying a leading position
in the sector of seamless steel pipes,
trading with its stock and sales volume, has
been supporting many industrial sectors
including automotive, HVAC installations,
construction, and naval architecture, with
the experience of 27 years in the steel
sector.
Unifit AS – Turkey
Fax: +90 216 593 04 09
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Burak Boru AS – Turkey
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Unifit awarded ‘approved manufacturer’
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