TPT January 2009

‘Tube and Copper Plants’ business unit of Mannesmann Demag Metallurgy. In 2001, the ‘Long Product Rolling Mills Division’ was integrated into SMS Meer, and in 2003, SMS Meer became part of the ‘Tube, Long Product and Forging Technology’ business area of the SMS Group. The product range of SMS Meer essentially consists of: manufacturing plants and automated finishing systems for seamless and welded steel tubes (diameters from 4-1,800mm), hydraulic presses such as open-die forging presses and powder presses, and casting and rolling plants for sections, wire rod and bar steel. This is in addition to casting and rolling plants for extrusion billets, strips, wire rod, anodes and tubes made from non-ferrous and precious metals, plants for the production and further processing of aluminium billets and slabs as well as plants for the recycling of aluminium. Website : www.sms-meer.com

36,000m 2 outdoor area and 10,000m 2 indoor area. These spiral welded steel pipes are used for natural gas, petroleum and water pipelines as well as piles for ports and construction. UFUK performs its spiral welded steel pipe production in accordance with the API 5L, DIN, BS, AWWA, UNI, ASTM, NFA, EN and TS standards. The pipes can be coated with epoxy, bitumen, cement mortar, polyethylene,

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TMK is a holding company that also includes a trading house for Russian and CIS sales, TMK Global AG for international exports, and the TMK-Transportation company. TMK’s head office is in Moscow with affiliate offices, including those of the trading house, located in Switzerland, USA, Azerbaijan, China, Kazakhstan and Germany. The company’s yearly production capacity is circa 3.7 million tons of pipe. Its products meet international standards including API, ASTM and EN\DIN, with quality control systems approved by ISO 9001 and АPI Spec Q1 standards. TMK – Russia Website: www.tmk-group.com TMK Global – Switzerland Fax : +41 43 888 73 01  TMK’s annual production capacity is 3.7 million tons of pipe

polyurethane and polypropylene. Website : www.ufukboru.com.tr

Yu-Nion Machinery Co Taiwan 9-E119B

Yu-Nion Machinery Co Ltd is a leading tube and pipe machinery manufacturer. The company’s high quality machinery and equipment is designed for the tube and pipe industry and steel processing industries. The Yu-Nion range includes tube mills for ERW carbon steel/stainless steel pipe, slitting lines, cut-to-length, hot rolling mills, and forming machines. The company can also provide finishing lines and complete plant equipment. Website : www.yunionm.com.tw ■ Read this magazine online @:

TMK Russia

9-B101

TMK is a leading Russian producer of pipes used in the oil drilling sector, the chemical and petroleum industry, energy and construction companies, machine-building factories and auto manufacturers. The company is an umbrella organisation for the four largest pipe manufacturers in Russia: the Volzhsky Pipe Factory, the Seversky Pipe Company, the Sinarsky Pipe Factory and the Taganirogsky Metallurgical Factory. In addition, TMK operates two companies in Romania – the Artrom Pipe Factory and the Resita Metallurgical Factory.

UFUK Inc Turkey

10-C115

UFUK Pipe Industry and Trading Inc is a manufacturer of spiral welded steel pipes. The company operates manufacturing facilities that comprise 46,000m 2 , with

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