TPI May 2013

business & market news

Marmon/Keystone opens new service centre Marmon/Keystone has announced the completion of a 105,000ft 2 service centre, ten miles northeast of downtown Birmingham, Alabama, USA, at 105 Goodrich Drive. The office andwarehouse facility features five overhead cranes, three new Amada high-speed band saws and a new DoALL mitre saw. These fully automated saws will increase productivity and offer expanded cutting capabilities up to 26" OD. The building also includes a steel- reinforced concrete storm shelter.

“We are extremely grateful to all of our suppliers and customers; they have been very supportive over the past year,” said Mike Gregory, Birmingham branch manager. “The assistance we received from our fellow Marmon/Keystone team members, especially those at the Atlanta, Houston and Charlotte locations, enabled us to continue providing the superior customer service we are known for at Marmon/Keystone.” As a wholesale distributor of tubular products for over 100 years, Marmon/ Keystone inventories more than 15,000 sizes and grades of carbon, alloy, stainless and aluminium tubular and bar products. The company also offers a full range of value added services to enhance manufacturing needs. Service centres and sales offices are located throughout North America, with corporate headquarters in Butler, Pennsylvania. said German Cura, the company’s president in North America. “The facility is being designed according to the most stringent environmental and safety standards, with the implementation of control technologies that will reduce our emissions footprint and exceed state and federal regulations.” The new facility is expected to begin operations in 2016. Tenaris is a manufacturer and supplier of steel pipe products and related services for the energy industry and other industrial applications. Customers include oil and gas companies and engineering companies engaged in constructing oil and gas gathering, transportation, processing and power generation facilities.

The facility was completely rebuilt from the ground up after sustaining severe damage from an EF3 tornado, which devastated the area in January 2012. All operations have been relocated back to the Goodrich Drive service centre from a temporary site on Pinson Valley Parkway without any interruption to sales, service or delivery.

Marmon/Keystone’s Birmingham location serves customers in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and the majority of Kentucky and Tennessee. Major markets include agriculture, automotive, fabrication and heavy equipment.

Marmon/Keystone’s newly built service centre in Birmingham, Alabama

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community, which always plays a major role in decisions like this,” commented Texas governor Rick Perry. “The most profound statement about our favourable economic climate comes when companies like Tenaris make an investment of this size in our state. That says that not only is Texas the best place to grow your business now, but they’re confident that we’ll remain that way moving forward.” An analysis conducted on the economic impact of Tenaris in Matagorda County states the company will have a large direct and indirect influence on the area. The new plant will generate 600 direct manufacturing jobs and offer substantial economic impact in Matagorda County as well as in the surrounding areas.

Tenaris has announced that it will build its first US seamless pipe mill in Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas. With an estimated investment of US$1.5bn, the new facility will have an annual production capacity of 600,000 tons of seamless pipe. With its proximity to Houston and to Tenaris’s North American headquarters, the location offers a combination of favourable geography, operational logistics and availability of a skilled workforce. “Our new facility will complement our integrated global manufacturing network and work closely with our existing North American operations to further strengthen domestic production,” said Paolo Rocca, chairman and CEO. “This announcement is only possible thanks to the hard work of state and local officials, as well as the area business

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“The company’s commitment to the environment and safety is a top priority,”

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