TPT May 2007

Industry News

planning to stamp all of its copper tubing with the CE mark by mid 2007. The CPD has instructed that all seamless, round copper tubes for water and gas in heating and sanitary applications receive the CE stamp of authority. By 2009/2010, Mueller Europe also plans to include the CE stamp on its copper tubing for drinking water. Davis-Standard LLC (www.davis-standard. com), USA, has recently relocated the Extrusion Systems area of its European business from Erkrath in Germany to the D-S Brookes facility in Birmingham, UK. The Converting Systems business will remain in Erkrath. The move is part of a reorganisation to enable Davis-Standard to focus on its core customer base in Europe and key heritage brands, Betol and Repiquet. a leading provider of plastic solutions, has appointed Mr Dan Shook as its chief financial officer and member of the executive board. He succeeds Mr Clive Watson who left the company in September 2006. Mr Shook previously spent 12 years at the BOC Group, a producer of industrial gases. ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com),

and Humbel the remaining 49 per cent. JV TMK-CPW is scheduled to start production in mid-2007 with over 200,000t of pipes annually. Three Coins Steel Products (threecoins@ eth.net), India, will enter the manufacturing sector, with production of ERW hollow section pipes of up to 300 x 300mm, in various thicknesses. The maximum pipe length will be 12m, although this is yet to be finalised. The company will shortly announce both the total investment in this project, and details of the increase in the company’s turnover for the 2 nd quarter. Connect with the industry online @: ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ www.tubefirst.com/ forum

Trumpf Inc (www.us.trumpf.com) has named Mr Tim Morris as the general manager of its Laser Technology Center in Plymouth, Michigan, USA. He will report to Dr Holger Schlueter, vice president, laser for Trumpf Inc. Mr Morris joined Trumpf in May 2001 as a product manager, and in July 2004 was appointed technical sales manager of the Laser Technology Center, where he was responsible for developing new markets for the product group. TMK’s Seversky Tube (www.tmkgroup. ru), Russia, have ordered an electric arc furnace meltshop for its Polevskoy works from SMS Demag (www.sms-demag.com), Germany. The order, which will provide a production capacity of 1 million tonnes per year, includes an Arccess ® 135t electric arc furnace. Arccess ® technology uses electric energy and burner/oxygen injection technology for high productivity and low production cost. The deal comprises of all related equipment and ‘Plug & Work’ testing prior to commissioning. ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖

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In accordance with the EU’s Construction Products Directive operation, Mueller Europe (www.muellereurope.com) is

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