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April 2008 Tube Products International 17
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The company’s product portfolio
includes more than 1,000 standard
size tubes produced of more than
100 corrosion and heat resistant steel
grades in seven segments: general
pipes, boiler tubes, heat-exchanger
tubing, instrumental tubing, furnace
tubes, hollow bars and Ni-alloy tubes.
Centravis Holding – Ukraine
Restructured
sales team
Saint-Gobain Pipelines, UK, has
restructured its sales team in order
to provide customers with increased
levels of specialisation on a local
basis.
The company is a supplier of ductile iron
pipes, fittings, valves, access covers
and gratings, and a producer of cast
iron above and below ground drainage
systems. Its markets include water
and sewerage, telecommunications,
highways, civil engineering, construction
and housing.
The realignment of its external sales
teams reinforces the company’s com-
mitment to harness its global technical
expertise, optimised engineering
solutions and innovative product ranges
to meet the specialised requirements of
local markets within the UK.
Simon Cottingham, regional sales
manager, utilities, water and sewer, will
head up the new water and sewer team
concentrating on ductile iron pipes,
fittings, valves, hydrants, couplings and
adaptors, while Lee Goodall, regional
sales manager, access covers and
gratings, will head up a sales team
encompassing product ranges targeting
this sector.
The company has also retained the
ISO 14001 internationally recognised
standard for effective environmental
management across all four of its UK
manufacturing plants. ISO 14001 is a
European standard developed to help
manufacturers maintain and improve
their management of environmental
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responsibilities and assist them in
ensuring compliance with environmental
laws and regulations.
Awarded with the certificate of
registration ISO 14001 – ‘Environmental
Management Systems’ in 2005, the
company has continued to integrate
environmental laws and regulations
into its company policy, demonstrating
its commitment and contribution
to the welfare of the environment.
The accreditation also rewards the
company’s commitment to improved
environmental performance by ensuring
a reduction of negative environmental
impacts.
The company is part of the
international pipelines division, Saint-
Gobain Canalisation, France. The
pipelines division is part of the multi-
national Saint-Gobain Group, which
has three business divisions – glass,
high performance materials and housing
products.
Saint-Gobain Pipelines – UK
Gateway to the
booming Indian
tube and pipe market
The Tube and Pipe Expo 2008 exhibition, 13-16
November 2008, will be held at the newly developed
world-class exhibition and conference centre, Expo
XXI, Greater Noida, India.
The exhibition will offer an opportunity for sellers
and buyers to meet, for questions to be answered,
solutions explained, prices agreed, and technical
issues discussed.
Leading companies will demonstrate their products in
the field of tube and pipe technology, equipment and
engineering.
Tube and Pipe Expo 2008 is designed to give industry
representatives the opportunity to meet existing
suppliers, conduct business meetings, network with
others in the metallurgy industry and investigate new
products.
Expomedia Events Ltd – UK