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VISITORS’ 1ST CHOICE
10th Biennial Valve World Conference & Exhibition
The experts meet in Düsseldorf at the most important inter-
national trade fair for valves and industrial valves. You can
gather specific information here about innovations, new
products and processes especially for your area of application
at VALVE WORLD EXPO and the VALVE WORLD CONFERENCE
in Düsseldorf, from 29 November to 1 December 2016.
Turn it on, now!
MEET THE COMPLETE VALVE
SPECTRUM
Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
P.O. Box 101006 _ 40001 Düsseldorf _ Germany
Tel. +49(0)211/4560-01 _ Fax +49(0)211/4560-668
Sponsored by: Supported by:
Fine Tubes and
Superior Tube
continue to extend
nuclear capabilities
Fine Tubes, a manufacturer and global supplier of precision
tubes for critical applications, continues to extend and
promote its nuclear capabilities, together with its sister
company, the USA-based Superior Tube. Both companies
showcased their latest high-specification tubing ranges in
stainless steel, titanium, zirconium and nickel alloys at the
World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE) in Paris, in June.
The companies have long records of working closely with
nuclear reactor suppliers on new build, maintenance and
decommissioning projects, including the manufacture of
critical heat exchanger tubing for the Flamanville European
pressurised reactor in France.
Fine Tubes has also raised its profile further across the entire
nuclear industry supply chain by successfully completing
the Fit for Nuclear (F4N) programme run by Nuclear
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC). F4N is
a service designed to help UK manufacturing companies
win contracts in the civil nuclear supply chain by measuring
their operations against the exacting standards required by
the nuclear industry. Whilst primarily a UK initiative, F4N
status provides Fine Tubes with additional global exposure
through Nuclear AMRC’s international partners.
Nuclear AMRC was established in 2009, in response to
the UK Government’s Low-Carbon Industrial Strategy,
and led by the University of Sheffield and the University
of Manchester, with Rolls-Royce as lead industrial partner.
Other founding partners were Areva, Westinghouse,
Sheffield Forgemasters and Tata Steel.
Fine Tubes’ involvement in the nuclear power industry
began when the company started supplying nuclear fuel
cans to the UK’s first generation of gas-cooled reactors.
Since then the company has manufactured products for
advanced gas-cooled, pressurised water, light water, heavy
water and fast breeder reactors. Today, its products are
deployed in plants throughout the European Union, the
USA, Canada, India and China.
Superior Tube, which has had an association with the
nuclear industry since the 1930s, continues to work with
the US Government on a wide range of nuclear energy
projects.
Fine Tubes – UK
Superior Tube – USA