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including automotive, installation, white goods, natural gas and furniture. The company’s products include natural gas pipe, concrete pump pipe, oil pipe, grooved pipe, and spiral welded linepipes for infrastructure projects such as water, natural gas and oil transmission lines. The company also offer industrial pipe and profiles, boiler pipe, construction pipe and profiles (Borusan-Pro) and Borusan SRM pipe. In addition, the range includes PPRC pipes and fittings, PVC-U pipe and fittings, for water and general purpose pipe. Borusan Mannesmann has factories in Turkey and provides production for the European automotive sector at its Vobarno factory in Italy. The company decided to establish a new factory in Spain, within the framework of its progressive investment plan started in 2006, for the North African, Middle East and European markets. In parallel with this investment in Spain, all overseas companies, including the cold- drawn pipe facilities in Italy purchased by Borusan in 2001, were united under the main partnership and management of Borusan Mannesmann Boru Inc. The company exports its spiral-welded linepipes to Algeria, Kazakhstan, USA and Canada, and to more than 100 other countries. The company has successfully accomplished major projects in Algeria, and is strengthening its position in the region with new projects. Website : www.borusanmannesmann.com construction,

3R Software Solutions Germany 9-E117

3R Software Solutions is a partner to many manufacturers of bending machines. The company’s software is used extensively in German shipyards such as Blohm + Voss, NSWE, and Aker Warnow, as well as in the automotive and plant construction industries. The company’s Kolli bending simulation, now in its seventh generation, has become a benchmark for collision testing software and can be customised to meet most user demands. Interfaces to the most common third party programs, including Tribon, AutoCAD, Inventor, Medusa and UniGraphics, are available, and interfaces to other software can be implemented if required. Rather than forcing the user to select from a list of pre-created models, Kolli 7 includes editor modules for tools, machines and materials. These allow users to create 3D models of the exact machines and tools used in their pipe shop. Special and multi- layered tools can be created in minutes, and modifications and extra features of machines can be included when the model of the machine is created. The material editor makes it possible to take the special properties of different metals into consideration, such as differences in elasticity (springback values). Isometric display of the tube created by the bending data allows for easy visualisation, and the program independently looks for alternative solutions if a collision occurs during simulation. Using other 3R programs, like the RoniBase database program or the RoniCAD construction program, the user can create an integrated software framework. Because every program accesses the same database, there are no compatibility problems, since every program uses the same data. Therefore clients will be capable of streamlining and controlling the entire fabrication process, from planning and construction to quality control. Progress of individual jobs can be checked at any point, so that the operator is always aware of the production status of every item.

 3R’s Kolli bending simulation software

The features of Kolli, RAMP, RoniCAD and other 3R Software programs are customised for the user, making the programs both easy to learn and comfortable to operate. Website : www.3-r.de

Birlik Makina Turkey

9-C100

Birlik Makina has over 16 years’ experience in the design, manufacture, and installation of complete systems for the production of welded tube. The company also supplies profile lines, solid state HF welders, cold saws, slitting lines and cut to length lines.

Buhlmann Rohr-Fittings Germany 9-D115

 A tube mill for the production of welded tube

Using the latest technology, Birlik Makina provides turnkey production plants, revamping of existing systems, training of mill personnel, and after-sales service. Website : www.tunaexim.com

Buhlmann is a global supplier of tube, pipe and other materials, with a wide range of product stock and comprehensive service network. The company’s whole product range conforms to relevant standards (ie ASTM/DIN/EN), and includes alloy and carbon steel tube and pipe, seamless and welded stainless steel tube and pipe, and flanges in carbon, alloy and stainless steel. The company can also provide long and short radius elbows, tees, reducers and caps – seamless and welded – in carbon, alloy and stainless steel.

Borusan Mannesmann Turkey 10-C103

Borusan Mannesmann Boru is a leading steel pipe manufacturer for applications

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