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including construction, automotive,
installation, white goods, natural gas and
furniture.
The company’s products include natural
gas pipe, concrete pump pipe, oil pipe,
grooved pipe, and spiral welded linepipes
for infrastructure projects such as water,
natural gas and oil transmission lines. The
company also offer industrial pipe and
profiles, boiler pipe, construction pipe and
profiles (Borusan-Pro) and Borusan SRM
pipe. In addition, the range includes PPRC
pipes and fittings, PVC-U pipe and fittings,
for water and general purpose pipe.
Borusan Mannesmann has factories in
Turkey and provides production for the
European automotive sector at its Vobarno
factory in Italy. The company decided to
establish a new factory in Spain, within the
framework of its progressive investment
plan started in 2006, for the North African,
Middle East and European markets.
In parallel with this investment in Spain, all
overseas companies, including the cold-
drawn pipe facilities in Italy purchased
by Borusan in 2001, were united under
the main partnership and management of
Borusan Mannesmann Boru Inc.
The company exports its spiral-welded
linepipes to Algeria, Kazakhstan, USA
and Canada, and to more than 100 other
countries. The company has successfully
accomplished major projects in Algeria, and
is strengthening its position in the region
with new projects.
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Buhlmann is a global supplier of tube, pipe
and other materials, with a wide range of
product stock and comprehensive service
network. The company’s whole product
range conforms to relevant standards
(ie ASTM/DIN/EN), and includes alloy and
carbon steel tube and pipe, seamless and
welded stainless steel tube and pipe, and
flanges in carbon, alloy and stainless steel.
The company can also provide long and
short radius elbows, tees, reducers and
caps – seamless and welded – in carbon,
alloy and stainless steel.
3R Software Solutions is a partner to many
manufacturers of bending machines. The
company’s software is used extensively in
German shipyards such as Blohm + Voss,
NSWE, and Aker Warnow, as well as in
the automotive and plant construction
industries.
The company’s Kolli bending simulation,
now in its seventh generation, has become
a benchmark for collision testing software
and can be customised to meet most user
demands.
Interfaces to the most common third party
programs, including Tribon, AutoCAD,
Inventor, Medusa and UniGraphics, are
available, and interfaces to other software
can be implemented if required.
Rather than forcing the user to select from
a list of pre-created models, Kolli 7 includes
editor modules for tools, machines and
materials. These allow users to create 3D
models of the exact machines and tools
used in their pipe shop. Special and multi-
layered tools can be created in minutes,
and modifications and extra features of
machines can be included when the model
of the machine is created.
The material editor makes it possible to
take the special properties of different
metals into consideration, such as
differences in elasticity (springback values).
Isometric display of the tube created by the
bending data allows for easy visualisation,
and the program independently looks for
alternative solutions if a collision occurs
during simulation.
Using other 3R programs, like the RoniBase
database program or the RoniCAD
construction program, the user can
create an integrated software framework.
Because every program accesses the
same database, there are no compatibility
problems, since every program uses the
same data.
Therefore clients will be capable of
streamlining and controlling the entire
fabrication process, from planning and
construction to quality control. Progress of
individual jobs can be checked at any point,
so that the operator is always aware of the
production status of every item.
The features of Kolli, RAMP, RoniCAD
and other 3R Software programs
are customised for the user, making
the programs both easy to learn and
comfortable to operate.
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Birlik Makina has over 16 years’ experience
in the design, manufacture, and installation
of complete systems for the production of
welded tube. The company also supplies
profile lines, solid state HF welders, cold
saws, slitting lines and cut to length lines.
Using the latest technology, Birlik Makina
provides turnkey production plants,
revamping of existing systems, training of
mill personnel, and after-sales service.
Website:
Borusan Mannesmann Boru is a leading
steel pipe manufacturer for applications
3R Software Solutions
Germany 9-E117
 3R’s Kolli bending simulation software
Birlik Makina
Turkey 9-C100
 A tube mill for the production of welded tube
Borusan Mannesmann
Turkey 10-C103
Buhlmann Rohr-Fittings
Germany 9-D115