TPi May 2015

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Buhlmann focuses on North America business

Bresser, managing director of Buhlmann North America LP. The office of the new subsidiary is located in The Woodlands business location, close to Houston. Many oil ventures, research institutes and other globally engaged companies are also located in this area. Buhlmann North America LP – USA unitedstates@buhlmann-group.com www.buhlmann-group.com

distributor of steel pipes, fittings and flanges is always close to the customer. By expanding to North America the objective is to strengthen the position in the US market and to explore new sales potentials. “The new location in Houston enables us to not only be close to our customers, but to react fast and more specific to the requirements of the market,” said Robert

The internationally operating Buhlmann Group recently established Buhlmann North America LP, an independent subsidiary in Houston, Texas, USA. The business is already present in more than 27 locations in 19 countries worldwide.

With stand-alone subsidiaries in many parts of Europe and Asia, the

Optimised steel making Kanto Steel Ltd has signed off on performance savings for the supply and purchase of an EFSOP ® Holistic Optimization System that was commissioned in the spring 2014. The EFSOP system was installed at the EAF#1 ‘top charged’ 90t furnace at the

of 0.5 per cent. Overall consumption savings reached were slightly more than 190JPY/t. Tenova Goodfellow Inc – Canada goodfellow@ca.tenovagroup.com www.tenova.com

Kanto steel plant in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, Japan. Consumption savings attained during the project lifecycle were electrical 0.5 per cent, oxygen 8 per cent, kerosene 20 per cent, and an increase in yield

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