TPi May 2015

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TMK and Rusnano expand high-tech pipe production

climate and geological conditions, in horizontal and deep-hole drilling.”

public offering, and now owns a 5.476 per cent share in the company. “The new project will help us expand the product range of oil and gas pipes that meet and often exceed the strictest international quality standards in terms of physical, chemical and geometrical properties,” said Alexander Shiryaev, TMK CEO. “The innovative pipes we produce at our Seversky pipe plant within the joint project with Rusnano can be used in adverse

TMK, a producer of tubular products, and Rusnano Corporation are running a joint project at TMK’s Seversky pipe plant to expand the production of high- tech pipe with improved performance for the oil and gas industry. Rusnano has invested 5.5bn roubles in the project, and TMK’s investment has amounted to at least 12.5bn roubles.

TMK manufactures and supplies steel pipes for the oil and gas industry, operating 28 production sites in the USA, Russia, Canada, Romania, Oman, UAE and Kazakhstan, and two R&D centres in Russia and the USA. In 2014 TMK’s pipe shipments totalled 4.4mn tonnes.

TMK – Russia www.tmk-group.com

To execute the project, Rusnano acquired shares in TMK’s additional

Asahi/America welcomes new sales team member

member for 12 years including two terms as president and treasurer. He is also a licensed professional engineer in the state of Florida. Asahi/America specialises in providing solutions for fluid handling systems, individualised to meet customers’ needs. The company manufactures corrosion- resistant thermoplastic fluid handling products, including valves, actuators, pipe and fittings. It also maintains an extensive custom fabrication department, and provides on-site consultation, supervision and training where required. years of experience providing testing and inspection solutions for the steel fabrication industry, and brings experience in consulting, service and sales of leading edge technology. In entering into this relationship with JSNT Corp, Cameron Serles, president of Xiris Automation explained, “We are excited to work with the top distributor of NDT and inspection equipment in Korea, JSNT Corp. They share our values of a high level of commitment to ensuring customer satisfaction and continuous improvement of technical knowledge.”

Asahi/America, Inc has announced the addition of George Tenhagen to its sales team. Mr Tenhagen, who will represent the company in Florida, Georgia and Alabama, USA, graduated from the University of South Florida with a bachelor’s of science in environmental engineering. For the past 15 years he has been area manager of facilities engineering at a theme park in Tampa, Florida. He has been an active member of Aquatic Animal Life Support Operators (AALSO), serving as an executive board

George Tenhagen

Asahi/America, Inc – USA asahi@asahi-america.com www.asahi-america.com

Xiris signs agent for Korea Xiris Automaton has signed JSNT Corp as the exclusive distributor of Xiris products for the tube and pipe industry in Korea.

In choosing to work with Xiris, JY Park, president, said, “We wanted to work with Xiris because they offer high quality inspection equipment that complements our testing systems as solutions to our common customers in the tube, pipe and steel industries, helping them improve the level of quality of their end products.” Xiris specialises in developing optical equipment used for process and quality control across a number of industries.

The agreement enables JSNT to distribute and support Xiris products with immediate focus on the WI2000p post weld inspection system, used to detect quality issues related to the tube welding and forming process. JSNT Corp, a distributor of non- destructive testing and inspection equipment to the tube, pipe and steel industries, has more than 20

Xiris Automation Inc – Canada sales@xiris.com www.xiris.com

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