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and Humbel the remaining 49 per cent. JV
TMK-CPW is scheduled to start production
in mid-2007 with over 200,000t of pipes
annually.
Three Coins Steel Products (threecoins@
eth.net), India, will enter the manufacturing
sector, with production of ERW hollow
section pipes of up to 300 x 300mm, in
various thicknesses. The maximum pipe
length will be 12m, although this is yet
to be finalised. The company will shortly
announce both the total investment in this
project, and details of the increase in the
company’s turnover for the 2nd quarter.
Trumpf Inc ) has
named Mr Tim Morris as the general
manager of its Laser Technology Center in
Plymouth, Michigan, USA. He will report to
Dr Holger Schlueter, vice president, laser
for Trumpf Inc. Mr Morris joined Trumpf in
May 2001 as a product manager, and in
July 2004 was appointed technical sales
manager of the Laser Technology Center,
where he was responsible for developing
new markets for the product group.
TMK’s Seversky Tube .
ru), Russia, have ordered an electric arc
furnace meltshop for its Polevskoy works
from SMS Demag ),
Germany. The order, which will provide a
production capacity of 1 million tonnes per
year, includes an Arccess® 135t electric
arc furnace. Arccess ® technology uses
electric energy and burner/oxygen injection
technology for high productivity and low
production cost. The deal comprises of all
related equipment and ‘Plug & Work’ testing
prior to commissioning.
In accordance with the EU’s Construction
Products Directive operation, Mueller
Europe is
planning to stamp all of its copper tubing
with the CE mark by mid 2007. The CPD
has instructed that all seamless, round
copper tubes for water and gas in heating
and sanitary applications receive the CE
stamp of authority. By 2009/2010, Mueller
Europe also plans to include the CE stamp
on its copper tubing for drinking water.
Davis-Standard LLC
com), USA, has recently relocated the
Extrusion Systems area of its European
business from Erkrath in Germany to the
D-S Brookes facility in Birmingham, UK. The
Converting Systems business will remain in
Erkrath. The move is part of a reorganisation
to enable Davis-Standard to focus on its
core customer base in Europe and key
heritage brands, Betol and Repiquet.
Borealis , a
leading provider of plastic solutions, has
appointed Mr Dan Shook as its chief
financial officer and member of the executive
board. He succeeds Mr Clive Watson who
left the company in September 2006. Mr
Shook previously spent 12 years at the BOC
Group, a producer of industrial gases.
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