TPI July 2013

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Prolamsa picks Texas for new mill The Prolamsa Group has announced that it will build its new 300,000+ tons- per-year pipe and tubular products facility at Texas Triangle Park in Bryan, Texas, USA. the business-friendly environment, the adequate supply of skilled labour nearby, and its proximity to a large and growing base of customers for the plant’s products.

Construction on the major buildings of the new facility will begin shortly, and that phase should be complete by the fourth quarter of this year. Commissioning is scheduled for the second quarter of 2014. The plant will receive and ship by both truck and rail. Thenew183-acreplantwill produceERW energy tubular products in diameters up to 16", with wall thicknesses up to 0.625". It will have the capability to produce API grades as well as ASTM specified products. The Prolamsa Group, established in 1954, currently operates major mills and distribution centres in Mexico and Texas.

other areas where ISCO’s products and services, and the quality that comes with those products and services, have the capacity to play an integral part in the growth of these industries.” The main ISCO contact in Chile is regional sales manager Sergio Sanhueza. He can be contacted by telephone on +56 9 68981090, or by email at sergio.sanhueza@isco-pipe. com Since 1962 ISCO Industries has stocked and sold a wide variety of HDPE pipe and piping materials, and offers custom HDPE fabrication to provide piping solutions for multiple applications, such as industrial, municipal, power, oil and gas, mining, environmental, geothermal, golf, culvert-lining and landfill. The company also rents, services and sells McElroy fusion equipment. Prolamsa has been granted approvals for certain economic incentives, and is in the process of processing and finalising others, which played a critical role throughout the site selection process. Company officials went on to praise the state and local public officials who assisted in the selection process. A company spokesman said, “Everyone from Governor Perry’s office to public officials from Brazos County and the city of Bryan, and the Research Valley Partnership was extremely helpful and provided the information and an enthusiastic spirit that convinced us to locate in Bryan. We felt they truly wanted us as neighbours and business partners.”

The mill, which will cost in excess of $120mn, is expected to employ more than 285 people. It is scheduled to begin production by mid-2014 and will produce energy tubular products aimed at meeting the growing demand of the US oil and natural gas industries. The facility will operate under a newly formed company, Axis Pipe and Tube, Inc. Bryan, Texas, located in Brazos County, was selected after a comprehensive search of possible sites throughout the south-eastern and south-western United States.

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Company officials said that Bryan was chosen for several reasons, including

ISCO Industries opens new location in Chile

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ISCO Industries, a Kentucky, USA-based pipe supplier and custom manufacturer of HDPE piping products, has opened a new facility in Santiago, Chile. The 500m 2 facility is situated on a two- hectare lot that houses a full line of McElroy fusion equipment and offers sales, training and repair of fusion machines. “We looked at Chile over the last several years as a market with a lot of potential because of the increasing foreign investment, especially in the mining sector,” said vice president of international sales Ted Amaya. “Chile’s economy continues to grow. An ISCO Industries location in Chile positions us well to service our customers in the Latin American region.” “Mining is the entry point, but Chile’s economy is diversified,” added Mr Amaya. “There are opportunities in agriculture, power, geothermal andmany

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