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Does a challenge remain a challenge even after it
has been met and mastered? In the tube and pipe
industry, perhaps so. Over decades of the model years by
which car companies mark the passage of time, much has been
asked of tubing products commissioned by the automotive industry:
long service life, performance across a broad temperature range,
corrosion protection, resistance to oil and coolants; uniformity,
flexibility, coilability; elasticity, formability, weldability.
The tube makers delivered. Every time.
Now that the world’s car makers must operate under stringent environmental
and weight constraints, they are turning once again to their able partners
in the tube and pipe industry. The new demands must be met with no
compromise of the “old” ones. It’s a challenge, by any definition. But it is one
for which the suppliers reviewed in this section of Tube & Pipe Technology
are superbly well prepared.