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Industry News
32 September 2013
Extended piping systems
facilities in Belgium
VICTAULIC, a manufacturer of
mechanical pipe-joining and fire
protection systems, has expanded and
refurbished its European headquarters
as part of a major investment
programme. The facility supports
customers within Europe, the Middle
East, Africa and India.
Improvements to the premises,
located near Ghent, Belgium, include a
600m2 extension that provides customer
demonstrations and installer training.
Offices at the site, which Victaulic has
occupied since 1998, have also been
upgraded to better accommodate the
company’s expanding workforce and
offer additional meeting facilities.
A new ground-floor visitor centre
displays the company’s range of
pipe-joining products and models to
demonstrate the benefits of grooved
piping systems over flanging and welding.
Demonstration areas for Victaulic fire
protection devices have been completely
refurbished, along with
the prefabrication shop
where customers can
see the application of
grooved pipe-joining
systems.
Mark Gilbert,
Victaulic vice-president
and general manager
for Europe, Middle
East, Africa and India,
commented: “The
changes we have made
here in Belgium give
us not only a much-
improved European
headquarters to benefit
our global status but
also a first-class branch
facility to help us better
serve our customers,
as the demand for our
products continues to
grow in the region.”
This latest global
investment follows
the opening of a new
Victaulic branch in
Pune, India, at the end
of 2012, along with new locations in
Dalian, China; Queretaro, Mexico; and
Chihuahua, Mexico.
Providing sustainable solutions,
Victaulic is a member of BREEAM and
the UK Green Building Council, and
is also involved with other important
international initiatives.
Victaulic – Belgium
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Victaulic has refurbished
customer demonstration
areas at its European
headquarters
Subsea contract
for Gulf of Mexico
TECHNIP has been awarded a
substantial lump-sum contract by Exxon
Mobil Corporation for the development of
the Julia field. This field is located in the
Walker Ridge area of the Gulf of Mexico,
at a water depth of approximately
2,100m (7,200ft).
The contract covers the project
management, engineering, fabrication,
installation and pre-commissioning of
more than 48kmof 10.75" outer diameter
insulated flowlines, steel catenary
risers and flowline end terminations.
Technip’s operating centre in Houston,
Texas, USA, will perform the overall
project management, with detailed
flowline design being completed by
Genesis, Technip’s wholly owned
subsidiary. The flowlines and risers will
be welded at the group’s spoolbase in
Mobile, Alabama, USA.
The offshore installation is expected
to be completed in 2015 by the Deep
Blue, one of Technip’s deepwater
pipelay vessels.
Technip – France
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