TPi January 2013

business & market news

APP adds purchasing director American Piping Products, Inc (APP), a pipe supplier and distributor, has announced the addition of Abigail Mueller to its St Louis buying team. customers. Her career has been based on providing a high level of support to sales and order fulfilment.

capital to our organisation to support our dynamic customer base.”

Ms Mueller is a graduate of Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville with a BS in Business Administration and a speciality in International Business.

“Abigail is an accomplished buyer in the steel industry and a strong addition to our purchasing department,” said Al Rheinnecker, chief executive officer of APP. “As we continue our strong year- over-year growth, we will add human

Ms Mueller has prior experience in the pipe and tube distribution industry, and has extensive knowledge of welded and seamless pipe as well as value- add services that APP provides its

American Piping Products, Inc – USA www.amerpipe.com

Moscow offices for Danobat Spanish machine tool manufacturer Danobat Group has opened new offices in Moscow. Russia, defending the interests of the company, and assisting in dealing with the performance of contractual obligations to supply equipment.

Danobat Group believes Russia to be a priority market, in view of the active development of the railway, oil and gas, and aircraft industries, where the company is a leading provider of technology solutions.

The offices will become a service centre and also a representative office.

The service centre will provide a local team of engineers, full service of machines installed, and storage of spare parts for faster delivery.

Danobat Group – Spain asegues@danobat.com www.danobat.com

The representative office will aim to promote the company’s equipment and automated production lines in

North Sea valve management appointment CNR International (UK) Ltd has awarded engineering specialist Severn Unival a three-year contract to manage control and choke valve populations across its five North Sea platforms. Severn Unival’s brief is to ensure that the control and choke valves on these mature assets operate effectively and efficiently to support productivity and satisfy KP4 Health & Safety objectives associated with ageing platforms. tender, demonstrates CNR’s on-going confidence in the quality of Severn Unival’s technical support. It will run back-to-back with a previous three-year contract initially awarded in 2006, then lengthened with all available extension options. CNR’s instrument technical authority, Craig Reid, says it is Severn Unival’s intelligence-led engineering that sets it apart from the competition. “Our objective is to extend the life of our North Sea assets to maximise profitability without compromising safety,” Mr Reid explained. “Severn Unival’s philosophy is to consider each control valve individually as well as treating the population as a whole. This ultimately proves to be the most cost-effective approach. It underpins precise technical specifications that enable shrewd repair, retrofit and replacement activity.” Severn Glocon Group – UK www.severnglocon.com CNR International (UK) Ltd – UK www.cnrl.com The contract, which was won following a competitive market

Ten-year titanium extrusions deal Semi-finished titanium airframe extrusion producer Plymouth Engineered Shapes has been awarded a contract from Airbus.

A $12.1mn capability and capacity investment is planned for its aerospace- focused titanium shapes operation at Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Plymouth Tube Company – USA aero@plymouth.com www.plymouth.com

for the A350 XWB, including A350-800, A350-900 and A350-1000. In support of the Airbus contract and to ensure its continued success as a semi- finished titanium airframe extrusion producer, in November 2011 Plymouth Engineered Shapes announced an expansion plan.

The scope of the ten-year agreement includes titanium extrusions that will be utilised throughout the programmes

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