TPi April 2008

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highways, civil engineering, construction and housing.

The company’s product portfolio includes more than 1,000 standard size tubes produced of more than 100 corrosion and heat resistant steel grades in seven segments: general pipes, boiler tubes, heat-exchanger tubing, instrumental tubing, furnace tubes, hollow bars and Ni-alloy tubes.

responsibilities and assist them in ensuring compliance with environmental laws and regulations. Awarded with the certificate of registration ISO 14001 – ‘Environmental Management Systems’ in 2005, the company has continued to integrate environmental laws and regulations into its company policy, demonstrating its commitment and contribution to the welfare of the environment. The accreditation also rewards the company’s commitment to improved environmental performance by ensuring a reduction of negative environmental impacts. The company is part of the international pipelines division, Saint- Gobain Canalisation, France. The pipelines division is part of the multi- national Saint-Gobain Group, which has three business divisions – glass, high performance materials and housing products. Saint-Gobain Pipelines – UK sales.uk.pipelines@saint-gobain.com www.saint-gobain-pipelines.co.uk

The realignment of its external sales teams reinforces the company’s com- mitment to harness its global technical expertise, optimised engineering solutions and innovative product ranges to meet the specialised requirements of local markets within the UK. Simon Cottingham, regional sales manager, utilities, water and sewer, will head up the new water and sewer team concentrating on ductile iron pipes, fittings, valves, hydrants, couplings and adaptors, while Lee Goodall, regional sales manager, access covers and gratings, will head up a sales team encompassing product ranges targeting this sector. The company has also retained the ISO 14001 internationally recognised standard for effective environmental management across all four of its UK manufacturing plants. ISO 14001 is a European standard developed to help manufacturers maintain and improve their management of environmental

Centravis Holding – Ukraine www.centravis.com Restructured sales team

Saint-Gobain Pipelines, UK, has restructured its sales team in order to provide customers with increased levels of specialisation on a local basis. The company is a supplier of ductile iron pipes, fittings, valves, access covers and gratings, and a producer of cast iron above and below ground drainage systems. Its markets include water and sewerage, telecommunications,

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