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Costa Levigatrici SpA, an Italian
company located in Schio, Vicenza, and
established in 1982, is a specialist in
advanced solutions for surface finishing.
The company, which has a production
area of 17,000m2, supports customers
with branches all over Europe, the
Americas, Asia and Australia.
Over 8,000 Costa Levigatrici wide
belt sanders are in operation today,
being used on ferrous and non-ferrous
materials.
Products include: wet and dry polishing,
brushing, grinding, buffing and brushing
lines for sheet to sheet and coil to coil
lines; wet and dry universal de-burring
and polishing machines; wet and
dry universal brushing and polishing
Advanced surface
finishing solutions
machines for sheets, tubes and flat bars;
wet polishing machines for flat bars and
tubes; and woodworking sanders.
Costa Levigatrici’s MK3 CC polishing machine
Petek Boru Sanayi AS has been involved
in the production and coating of carbon
and stainless steel pipes and fittings, as
well as the production of polyethylene
pipes and fittings, since 1979.
The company’s spirally welded steel
pipe production line can manufacture
pipes between 219.1 and 1,626mm
(8" to 64") in diameter, in a 3.2 to 14mm
wall thickness range, via continuous
on-line UT (ultrasonic test) control.
Current production capacity is 18,000
tons per year.
Petek Boru is experienced in the external
coating of all types of steel pipes with
PE (polyethylene), FBE (fusion bonded
epoxy), liquid epoxy, bitumen, varnish,
primer and wire-mesh reinforced
external cement mortar. For internal
lining, solvent-free and coal-tar epoxy
lining as well as cement mortar lining
are the most used methods. Thermal
insulation of pipes is another area of
expertise.
Products include spirally welded steel
pipes (carbon steel and stainless steel);
fittings (carbon steel and stainless
steel); elbows, tees and reducers; and
coatings and linings (polyethylene
coating, fusion bonded epoxy coating
and lining, solvent-free epoxy coating
and lining, bitumen coating, concrete
lining, and thermal insulation).
The company also manufactures HDPE
100 polyethylene pipes and fittings,
chimney pipes, victaulic pipes, sigur-
headed pipes, and threading and
coupling, as well as selling natural gas
and petroleum pipes.
Carbon and stainless steel pipes and fittings
Petek Boru has EN 10217-1, EN 12201-
2 and ISO 9001- TUV SUD certifications
and can produce according to ASTM
A-53 standards. The company exports
over 35%of its turnover, and is finalising a
new 40,000m 2 facility in Sakarya, Turkey,
to increase its production capacity.
Petek Boru Sanayi AS – Turkey
Costa Levigatrici SpA – Italy