Tube Products International March 2015

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10 Tube Products International March 2015
Tube Developments celebrates 50 years
in business
Founded in 1965, Tube Developments
Ltd has become one of the largest steel
tube stockholders in Europe, and is now
celebrating 50 years in business.
The company’s initial aim was to
provide an immediate stock supply of
steel tube throughout Scotland and
the North of England, servicing the
shipbuilding and heavy engineering
industries. The company states that
it quickly developed a reputation for
quality, reliability and value, and this
allowed it to establish itself in the
international markets covering Europe,
Australia, USA, Africa, India, the Middle
East and Asia.
The company still operateswith the same
principles and commitment to quality
and service that the current chairman
and founder, John Fraser, envisaged
when he created
the company. The
company operates
from modern
premises near
Glasgow, UK, and
has at any one
time thousands of
tonnes of carbon
steel pipe and
tubulars in covered
and controlled
warehouses.
The company’s
reputation for sup-
plying carbon steel
pipe and high yield tubulars has seen
it working on complex projects around
the world, including the petrochemical,
offshore/onshore oil, and construction
industries. Tube Developments has an
extensive customer base, and in 2013
received recognition, at a presentation
ceremony in London, for its successful
supply of the structural tubulars on the
Jasmine Project in the central North
Sea.
Following its vendor approval status
for many of the leading oil and gas
contractors, some of which include
Saipem, Technip and Saudi Aramco,
2014 saw both Qatar Petroleum and
Oman Oil & Gas Industry’s Joint
Supplier Registration System added to
the list of registered vendor approvals.
The company’s QA/QC procedures and
manuals are assessed and approved by
each customer prior to achieving this
type of status.
Tube Developments Ltd – UK
Company expansion leads to
new premises
Due to ongoing business growth at
The Online Electronics Group (OEG),
a second facility in Aberdeen, UK,
commenced operations in 2014. The
new premises are in close proximity
to the group’s head office, and both
buildings are strategically located
alongside the main road to the city
centre and Aberdeen International
Airport.
Online Valves Ltd (OVL) has achieved
exceptional growth since the business
was established in 2012 and, with
the support of OEG business units in
Houston (USA), Dubai (UAE), Singapore,
and Perth (Australia), is planning for
trends in growth to continue both in
home and overseas markets.
OVL’s new premises offer a combination
of modern office space, and meeting
and conference, storage and workshop
facilities. The building, around 4,000ft2
in area, has all of the heavy lifting
and handling capabilities suitable for
planned expansion into stock holding.
OVL’s sales director commented,
“Despite being a very young company
we are delighted to have outgrown the
parent company building so quickly.
I believe this rapid growth is due to
our total commitment to providing
a quality service with fast response
and fast deliveries to meet the urgent
requirements of the oil, gas and
petrochem markets worldwide.”
Online Electronics Group – UK
OVL staff in Aberdeen: Dave Sim, sales
director; Bill Priest, project coordinator; and
James Padgham, operations manager
Topsides being added to Chevron Big Foot in Texas, USA,
prior to starting in the Gulf of Mexico in 2014