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Industry News
Highly automated tube processing
for automotive and air conditioning
industries
T-DRILL CUT-OFF
T-DRILL COLLARING
T-DRILL TCC- machines are designed
for chipless cutting of coil and straight
tube for sizes Ø 1.5 - 45 mm
,
NAP Gladu
acquires BC Saw
QUINTEC, the tooling platform company owned by Tenex
Capital Management, has announced the completion of the
acquisition of BC Saw, Toronto, Canada, by its NAP Gladu
subsidiary.
BC Saw has specialised in the sale and service of carbide
saws, routers, insert tooling, diamond tooling, metal saws
and custom tooling since 1966. The company has built a
reputation of offering superior tool design, product quality,
exceptional service and technical support, in addition to an
extensive product catalogue. NAP Gladu currently operates
a tooling service centre located in Mississauga, Ontario, that
will be merged with BC Saw.
Co-owner of BC Saw, Doug Reid, commented, “BC Saw
has developed a very strong core business in the Ontario
market that will benefit from greater product offering,
advanced custom tool design capabilities and investment
support provided by NAP Gladu.”
NAP Gladu president Brad Stack stated, “We are very
excited about the addition of BC Saw to the NAP Gladu
network of tool manufacturing and service operations in
NorthAmerica. Both companies serve a large base of premier
customers in the woodworking and metalworking industries
and our combined expertise will create exceptional value for
our expanding customer base.”
NAP Gladu – USA
Fax: +1 800 457 7458
Website:
BC Saw – Canada
Fax: +1 416 251 7268
Email:
Website:
Weld box
completed
RAFTER Equipment Corporation has completed a RT-
4500 weld squeeze box for a major North American API
pipe producer.
The box is part of an upgrade to the customer’s
existing HFI pipe mill. It is sized for up to 114.3mm
OD x 6.7mm wall (4.5" OD x 0.262" wall) HSLA steel
pipe. The design includes push-on-centre squeeze
roll adjustments, high-capacity tapered roller bearings
within the roll tools, and central lubrication piping. This
project is the first of two weld box upgrades for this
customer.
Rafter Equipment Corporation – USA
Website: