TPT March 2008

Wiederholt GmbH Germany

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Wiederholt GmbH is a leading manufacturer of super high tolerance precision steel tubing (SHT-PST). The company processes over 100,000t of steel a year, 80 per cent of which goes into all sectors of the automotive industry as either long length tubing or tubular based components. Tubular components are manufactured in Wiederholt’s multi-component robotic arm manufacturing (McRAM) cells. These unique in-house developed, manufacturing facilities ensure that best cost practices are fully absorbed into innovative product design that is centered around world-class production capabilities. For over twenty years Wiederholt’s emission control department has been developing and manufacturing specialist exhaust parts for the automotive industry. Wiederholt offers customers a cost effective, full-service product offering from

design through to full scale manufacturing in the sensitive area of emission control. Wiederholt has other speciality departments covering the areas of engine development, active and passive suspension systems, drive train and safety. Within these departments numerous projects are currently underway, providing customers with innovative solutions based on Wiederholt’s core competence in SHT-PST manufacture. Wiederholt GmbH is certified for quality to ISO 16949 and environmental protection to ISO 14001. › Wiederholt manufactures super high tolerance precision steel tubing using McRAM robotic cells

of hot-finished titanium tubes (114-325mm OD and 7-30mm WT). The success of the company has been bolstered by company reorganisation and R&D for new technologies in titanium tube production. For example, the company now offers octahedral and ribbed tubes, a special kind of thin tubes for accordion boots, and long-length tube production. CJSC Tube Works Vsmpo-Avisma has all the necessary equipment for conducting tests to ensure all products meet requirements of international and national standards. Website : www.tw-vsmpoavisma.dp.ua › Vsmpo-Avisma offers a number of specialised tube products œ

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Website : www.wiederholt.com

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