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16 Tube Products International October 2010
Following the success of Yorkshire
Copper Tube’s visit to PHEX in April,
the company has signed up to the
Manchester and Chelsea events. It will
exhibit at Old Trafford on 13 and 14
October and at Stamford Bridge on
Bushwick Metals LLC, Bridgeport,
Connecticut, is a distributor of carbon
steel, high strength, low alloy steel,
stainless steel and speciality products.
The firm is an affiliate of Marmon/
Keystone LLC of Butler, Pennsylvania,
a distributor of steel and aluminium
tubular products.
The Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund
(CEEF) has presented Bushwick Metals
with an incentive cheque of $14,067 for
its participation in the Energy Conscious
Blueprint programme.
Bushwick Metals installed 25 light pipes
during a recent roof replacement, which
offers ambient light to a portion of the
warehouse at its facility. The light pipes
are actually dome-shaped skylights
Copper tube continues to shine
Metals firm wins energy conscious award
23 and 24 November, as part of its 60th
anniversary celebrations of successful
manufacture in Kirkby, Liverpool.
The copper tubing specialist, which
supplies products to companies across
installed in the roof. This lighting
technique lessens the need for electrical
lighting during the day. Even on overcast
days, the light pipes replace the need
for 25 400W metal halide fixtures.
The light pipes will save Bushwick
33,375kWh annually, with an expected
lifetime savings of 500,625kWh.
Orion Energy Systems of Manitowoc,
Wisconsin manufactured the lighting
system.
“The new light pipes will not only help
to reduce expenses at Bushwick,
they also have a positive impact on
the environment,” said John Schudy,
director of operations, Bushwick Metals.
“While it was the energy reduction
and environmental benefits that drove
Uncoated coils
from Yorkshire Copper Tube
the globe, will be showing its range of
plain, plastic coated and special finish
copper tube, which are suitable for
diverse applications such as gas, water
and sanitation systems.
A team of Yorkshire’s expert technical
staff will also be on hand to talk visitors
about the benefits of using copper tube,
and to answer any questions. There will
also be competitions and giveaways
during the exhibition, where installers
will get the chance to win polo-shirts,
fleeces, torches, tube cutters, umbrellas
and more.
Yorkshire Copper Tube combines
advanced manufacturing methods and
sophisticated quality control techniques
to ensure that only consistently
high standard tubes are supplied to
customers. The company is a member
of the KME Group of companies, which
together represent Europe’s largest
producer of copper and copper alloy
materials.
All of Yorkshire’s copper tubes carry the
British Kitemark, and the company’s
quality management system is BS EN
9001 approved.
Yorkshire Copper Tube – UK
this project, we also achieved a more
efficient work area. Our employees
overwhelmingly prefer working under
the brighter natural light and this factor
alone has increased productivity.”
Bushwick Metals intends to pursue
additional energy savingmeasures for the
remainder of the facility, and is currently
reviewing high efficiency lighting retrofit
options for its existing high bay fixtures
and additional light pipes for a second
section of the facility.
Marmon/Keystone LLC – USA
Bushwick Metals LLC – USA