TPT March 2008

in 2001, were united under the main partnership and management of Borusan Mannesmann Boru Inc. Borusan Mannesmann Boru exports its spiral-welded line pipes 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. The company will solely provide the pipe supply of a new line that will increase the

Borusan Mannesmann Turkey 6A39

Celebrating its 50 th anniversary this year, Borusan Mannesmann Boru is a leading company in the Turkish steel pipe sector. The company provides products for construction, automotive, installation, white goods, natural gas and furniture sectors. Borusan Mannesmann Boru products include natural gas pipes, concrete pump pipes, oil pipes, and grooved pipes.

› Blissenbach’s new return flow impeder systems

it was important to look into a solution that increases the lifetime of the impeder casing. The objective being to make it resistant to the molten particles that cannot be flushed away – a problem that is not experienced when using through flow impeders. Improved impeder casing has been achieved by applying a special coating to the surface of the casing. Since the introduction of this new product, users have reported reduced downtime by an average of around 30 per cent. The new safe coat impeders are available for all sizes as well as for through flow or return flow systems. Blissenbach also offers an entire return flow system without any cooling inside the tube. In addition, recirculation inside the ID- scarfer mandrel itself makes sure that the tool body does not get overheated. Blissenbach has launched the next smallest generation of mechanical ID-scarfer systems that includes an impeder for tube 10.5mm to 12mm ID.

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› Borusan Mannesmann Boru is a leading company in the Turkish pipe sector

The company also offer spiral welded linepipes for infrastructure projects such as water, natural gas and oil transmission lines, industrial pipes and profiles, boiler pipes, construction pipes and profiles (Borusan-Pro) and Borusan SRM pipes. The range also includes PPRC pipes and fittings, PVC-U pipes and fittings for water pipes, and pipes for general purposes. The company performs production activities at its factories in Turkey and provides production for the European automotive sector at the Vobarno factory in Italy. In 2006, the company established a new factory in Spain designed to cater to the North African, Middle East and European markets. In parallel with this, all overseas companies, including the cold-drawn pipe facilities in Italy purchased by Borusan

amount of natural gas carried to east and south-east regions of Georgia, USA. The pipeline, scheduled to be completed in mid- 2010 with a total length of 312km, will have a yearly capacity of 34 million m³. Website : www.borusanmannesmann.com

Bosal Benelux NV Belgium

Website : www.blissenbach.de

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Bosal is a large-scale European manufacturer of tubes, with specially equipped factories in Belgium, France, the UK and South Africa. The company supplies round, oval, rectangular, square or any other shape of tube. These tubes can be supplied as TIG-welded and thin-walled (0.3mm up to 1.2mm), or high frequency welded and thicker-walled (0.8mm up to 3mm), produced in cold reduced, hot rolled, galvanised/aluminised steel, plain or perforated tube. With ISO and TS 16949 certification, the company manufactures its products on advanced tube mills, using the most up- to-date decoiling, forming, welding, cutting and packaging methods.

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