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Fine Tubes celebrates 75 years of tube manufacturing

Fine Tubes

Fine Tubes of Plymouth, U.K., celebrates its 75th anniversary this year.

Fine Tubes, a Plymouth, U.K.-based manufacturer of high-precision tubing, celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. The company supplies stainless steel, nickel alloy, and titanium tubes for critical applications in the aerospace, medical, oil and gas, and energy industries.

Founded in Surbiton in 1943, Fine Tubes moved to a new 51,000-sq.-ft. production facility in Plymouth in 1962. Since 2016 the company has been part of the Specialty Metal Products division of Ametek Inc., a global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices.

The company currently employs around 320 permanent staff and exports its products to more than 35 countries.