TPi May 2015

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EPIC Piping announces executive management team

envision EPIC Piping becoming the gold standard in the piping andmanufacturing industry,” said Mr Chapman. “Our management team will ensure that the highest standards are maintained as we grow domestically and internationally,” he added. Epic’s total fabrication capacity currently exceeds 360,000ft 2 , and will expand to more than 500,000ft 2 by 2016. Fabrication capabilities include carbon steel, chrome moly, stainless, Duplex steels, nickel-based alloys and jacketed piping.

Shepherd is an executive with more than 26 years of Fortune 500 experience in the pipe and steel fabrication industry. President of international fabrication Remi Bonnecaze is an executive with over 27 years of Fortune 500 experience in the pipe and steel fabrication industry. Tom Calamia joins the company as chief financial officer. Mr Calamia will oversee and implement EPIC Piping’s financial reporting and structure, and oversee the company’s future financial growth. Chief administrative officer and CIO Jeremy Turner will oversee and implement EPIC Piping’s information technology systems and human resource operations.

EPIC Piping has announced the executive management team that will be responsible for driving growth at its two facilities under construction. This leadership team will also drive the future international expansion of EPIC Piping. David Chapman, Sr will lead the company as chief executive officer. Mr Chapman has been in the manufacturing and fabrication industry for over 45 years, managing the pipe and steel fabrication and distribution divisions for several global industry leaders. He will be responsible for managing business and operational strategies across the entire organisation.

EPIC Piping – USA contact@epicpiping.com www.epicpiping.com

“We are excited to be the fastest growing fabricator in the world and we

Kent Shepherd joins the company as president of domestic fabrication. Mr

Zhejiang Kingland puts spiral pipe production

into operation Zhejiang Kingland Pipe Industry, based in Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, has successfully commissioned a spiral pipe plant supplied by PWS. With its use of ‘PERFECT ® arc’, the plant meets Ecoplants criteria in terms of sustainability, and offers energy savings of up to 30 per cent, along with increased productivity. The plant consists of a spiral pipe forming and tack-welding machine for forming and pre-welding hot rolled steel strip, and three downstream offline finish-welding stands. It has a capacity of 200,000 tons per year, but can be extended by a fourth finish- welding stand to increase capacity to 260,000 tons. The newly developed Perfect arc welding current sources are used for the welding machinery. No transformers are required – the systems are operated using IGBT (insulated-gate bipolar transistor) power electronics, with the welding current completely digitally controlled.

As a result, the welding machines can attain an efficiency rate of over 90 per cent. Another benefit is the reduced transfer of heat into the pipe. For this purpose, the process parameters are adapted for each individual welding wire, in order to prevent unnecessary heat being transferred into the pipe material. This is particularly important for high-strength steels. Zhejiang Kingland uses its offline spiral pipe welding plant to produce pipes to API 5-L PS2 standard, with an outside diameter of 508 to 1,626mm (20" to 64"), wall thicknesses of 6.35 to

PWS GmbH – Germany pws@sms-pws.com www.sms-pws.com

25.4mm (¼" to 1"), and lengths of 8 to 12.5m. The plant processes high- strength steels up to API grade X100.

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