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Tube Products International July 2011
Unifit awarded ‘approved
manufacturer’ status
by Van Leeuwen
With Turkey now the world’s 11
th
largest
producer of raw steel, with an annual
output of 25.8 million tons, Unifit AS,
a manufacturer of seamless steel pipe
fittings and flanges established in 2005,
has an important part to play in country’s
steel industry.
Turkey’s leading seamless steel pipe
stockist, Burak Boru Group, has
announced that its group member
Unifit AS has been included in the
approved manufacturing list (AML) of
the international industrial distributor
Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group,
following a successful external audit.
To be listed in the AML of The Van
Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group, one of
the largest distributors of steel pipes
and fittings with a diverse distribution
network around the world, is a sign of
the company’s attention to the quality
policy. This approval is an important
step for Unifit. Prestigious collaboration
with one of the largest industrial pipe
and fittings distributors is a good
reference for the company and creates
new collaboration opportunities.
“Unifit, exporting mainly to Western
Europe, Mid-East Europe, the Middle
East, and Turkic Republics, belongs
CE/PED, ISO 9001-2008 and AD2000
Merkblatt certificates and shows a
difference in the domestic and foreign
market,” commented Okan
Bozkurt, foreign trade
manager of Burak Boru and
Unifit Boru companies.
In addition, sister company
Burak Boru AS, Turkey’s
largest seamless carbon
steel pipe stockist, supplies all of Unifit’s
product ranges and, despite unstable
market periods and fluctuating prices,
can provide the entire pipe range with
highest quality.
During the global crisis period at the
end of 2008 and the beginning of
2009, Unifit did well to convert the
crisis situation into an advantage for
increasing production capacity day by
day. Bearing in mind necessities and
demands of its clients, Unifit has added
new lines to its production pool and
increased its production capacity.
With new semi/fully automatic induction
machines for elbows, new oil pressure
cold forming tees and reducer machines,
and cap forming machines, production
capacity has increased to 800 tons per
month.
The company is now implanting forging
machines for the production of forged
steel flanges. Once the test production
finishes for all range for all standards
(EN, DIN, ASTM) the company will start
mass production.
Burak Boru is a leading seamless steel pipe stockist
Products from Unifit
With its state-of-the-art technology
installed factory and experienced
staff, the company manufactures its
Unifit branded products with high
quality standards. All Unifit products
are manufactured in accordance
with Directive PED/97/23/EC –
Annex I, Chapter 4.3. In addition to
this certification, Unifit products are
approved by AD Merkblatt 2000. With
new machines, the company already
produces to the most common
standards, such as EN, DIN and
ASTM, with a wide product range that
includes seamless and welded steel
elbows, equal tees, reducing tees, conc.
reducers and caps.
Burak Boru and Unifit Fittings conduct
activity on a 70,000m
2
area, of which
30,000m
2
is covered, close to highways
and cargo ports, providing a logistical
advantage.
The companies are based in Turkey,
which is a member of the European
Custom Union and in negotiations
for permanent membership of the
European Union, and so benefits by
fiscal procedures the same as European
countries.
Burak Boru, occupying a leading
position in the sector of seamless steel
pipes, trading with its stock and sales
volume, has been supporting many
industrial sectors including automotive,
HVAC installations, construction, and
naval architecture, with the experience
of 27 years in the steel sector.
Unifit AS
– Turkey
Burak Boru AS
– Turkey
