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Marcegaglia UK recently installed a new EFD Induction 400-kW Weldac high-frequency tube welding system on the largest pipe mill at its UK Dudley plant. The plant produces about 77,000 tons of carbon steel welded tubes annually. The single-cabinet machine, which replaced a valve welding machine, has...
Three months before the start of wire 2018—International Wire and Cable Trade Fair—and Tube 2018—International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair—exhibitors have booked a record 1.29 million sq. ft. of net exhibit space. This is about 107,600 sq. ft. more than at the 2016 event and the largest amount...
Strongsville, Ohio-based Rafter Equipment Corp. has shipped a pair of RT-2500S driven reshaping roll stands to a North American stainless steel tube manufacturer. The equipment was the final piece in a series of mill upgrades the customer used to reconfigure an old GTAW mill into a new HFI welded...
FluidForming Americas has integrated a tube forming capability into its line of FormBalancer fluid forming machinery. The machines now can handle intricate sheet metal forming, as well as forming of seamless, high-pressure metal tubing. The machines retain their compact design with this new...
transfluid® Maschinenbau GmbH has developed technology that allows automatic production of tubes in small quantities. It was developed as a coordinated automation system for a specific application of processing chromium VI-free coated tubes, as well as tubes with powder-coated surfaces. After the...
Tenaris has unveiled its $1.8 billion seamless pipe mill in Bay City, Texas. The project has generated more than 600 jobs, and more than 1,500 during the construction phase. The highly automated, 1.2 million-sq.-ft. mill has the capacity to produce 600,000 tons of OCTG annually. It is a critical...
St. Louis-based Bull Moose Tube and Manchester, Iowa-based XL Specialized Trailers have announced the successful test of an XL-designed bottom dump trailer that incorporated Bull Moose’s Stratusteel® hollow structural steel tubing in place of traditional steel tube to remove weight and add...
The U.S. Dept. of Commerce has announced the affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of cold-drawn mechanical tubing from Germany, China, Switzerland, India, Italy, and Korea. The Commerce Department preliminarily determined that exporters from...
Rattunde Corp., a manufacturer of tube and bar processing machinery in Caledonia, Mich., has appointed Jon Hisey as director of business development for North American operations. Hisey, who attended Michigan State University, worked most recently as national sales manager and general manager for...
Germany-based Schuler and Evraz North America have launched a spiral pipe mill at Evraz’s facility in Regina, Sask. Schuler spent three weeks training maintenance staff for software and hardware about the line and its components. Evraz, a producer of steel products for rail, energy, and...
Zekelman Industries, Chicago, has announced that Executive Chairman and CEO Barry Zekelman, a member of the Committee on Pipe & Tube Imports (CPTI), has urged President Donald Trump to move forward with restrictions on imported steel pipe and tube. Zekelman was one of 24 steel pipe and tube...
Rafter Equipment Corp., Strongsville, Ohio, has completed an order for three RT-3000 weld squeeze boxes; one RT-2500 HFI five-roll weld squeeze box; and one RT-3000 heavy-duty, single-tool weld bead upset trimmer. The equipment will be used to produce direct-formed HSLA welded profiles for the...
Göppingen, Germany-based Schuler has delivered a spiral pipe mill to Tuberías Procarsa in Monclova, Mexico, for production of pipes with diameters of 20 to 88 in. and lengths of 39 to 80 ft. The spiral mill works with hot-rolled coil raw steel, up to 1 in. thick. It forms the diameter and tack...
Fine Tubes, a U.K.-based manufacturer of precision tubing, has been awarded a Nadcap accreditation for chemical processing. Nadcap is an internationally recognized accreditation system that covers the key manufacturing and production processes used within the aerospace industry. This is the...
DS Mfg., a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Industries located in Pine Island, Minn., is now operating under the same name as its parent company. The company acquired DS Mfg., a fabricator of small-diameter tube, two years ago. Since the acquisition, the company has increased its workforce by...
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The Tube and Pipe Association focuses on the unique needs of tube and pipe producing and fabricating professionals.
Follow the link below to find a TPA member supplier near you.