TPI July 2013

business & market news

Marmon/Keystone branch earns ISO certification

As a wholesale distributor of tubular products for over 100 years, Marmon/ Keystone inventories more than 15,000 sizes and grades of carbon, alloy, stainless and aluminium tubular and bar products. It also offers a full range of value added services to enhance manufacturing needs. Service centres and sales offices are located throughout North America, with corporate headquarters in Butler, Pennsylvania.

expect from Marmon/Keystone. The certification process was a true team effort, and I am proud of everyone’s hard work.” To become ISO 9001:2008 certified, an organisation’s quality management system must consistently provide products that meet the requirements of both the customer and applicable laws and regulations. The company must also strive to improve customer satisfaction through the application of the quality management system and on-going process improvement.

Marmon/Keystone’s Cleveland service centre has achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification by meeting stringent standards for consistently providing quality products and service. “Being ISO certified will heighten our on-going focus on quality, and enhance our ability to meet our goals,” said district operations and sales manager Frankie Krouse. “Continual data tracking will monitor progress and allow us to be proactive, ensuring our customers are provided with the top-notch service they have come to

Marmon/Keystone LLC – USA sales@marmonkeystone.com www.marmonkeystone.com

SSAB introduces tubes and profiles SSAB has introduced a new Tubes & Profiles product sector. This new area of steel tubes will act as a complement to the company’s offer of high strength steel. The high strength steel tubes are offered with the same opportunities for flexible, customer-tailored solutions as flat high strength steel. company’s goal of meeting the growing needs of customers for different high strength steel products. “We are well prepared for the start up of the business,” said Anna Stiwne at SSAB. “We are initially able to offer tubes in our well-known brands Hardox, Domex and Docol. This means that we have tubes that cover a host of different application areas, from structural tubes SSAB’s investment in the production of high strength steel tubes is part of the

to wear plate tubes for, for example, the concrete industry.”

Tubes & Profiles is a part of SSAB Shape, which is an effort made by SSAB to offer more processed and customer-tailored products. The aim is to be able to offer technical and practical support to customers when they upgrade to more high strength steel for their products. Hardox is recognised for its wear resistance and strength, and is often used in structures exposed to extreme wear such as excavators, heavy machinery, crushers and trucks. Domex is used in constructions all over the world, and with the company’s new range of tubes, SSAB wants to broaden the possibilities open to designers to find lighter, stronger and more environmental solutions. The steel’s strong and light characteristics contribute to vehicles and equipment that can manage a higher payload with lower fuel consumption, and which at the same time have a longer lifespan. 
Along with the possibility for placing special orders, large parts of the range are ready for fast delivery directly from the company’s finished stocks.

SSAB AB – Sweden info@ssab.com www.ssab.com

SSAB Shape Docol Tube

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