TPi July 2018

Business & market news

Hempel expands business activities Following the integration of the UK-based Precision Strip Service Centre of Firmus Metals into the Hempel Special Metals Group in 2016, and the subsequent takeover of the business activities of TK-Fittings GmbH during 2018, Hempel Special Metals furthered its scope of supply towards completing a full range of services offered in high- performance materials and forms.

Photo credit: Philipp Isenbart

“With this expansion of our business activities we are strengthening the entire Hempel Special Metals Group in the area of fittings/piping and thin slit strip,” said managing director Andre Hempel. “The TK-Fittings brand and the associated quality and reliability will be continued, and the business can be continuously expanded internationally by the Hempel Special Metals Group of companies.” TK-Fittings has been manufacturing and supplying fittings, flanges and special

General manager Ingo Stiebe with a standard T-piece (right), and area manager Nina Kristin Ziemens with a mechanically reworked T-piece

parts in stainless steels and nickel alloys for more than 30 years, while Hempel Special Metals’ headquarters in Switzerland will soon celebrate its 100 th anniversary. Hempel Special Metals is one of Europe’s largest stockholders of titanium, nickel alloys and stainless steels.

The group specialises in grades such as stainless steel 6 Mo, Alloy 59 and other exotic alloys, which are marketed through seven of its own facilities and several agents in over 50 countries worldwide. Hempel Special Metals Ltd – UK www.hempel-metals.com

Annual US Water Treatment Conference

LMN Power is hosting the Power Plant Water Treatment Conference in Chicago, USA, on 12 and 13 September, which will bring wastewater professionals together to hear the latest techniques, research, processes, approaches, case studies and practices in power plant wastewater management. Time management is critical in the power industry, and a factor to success is having an effective management procedure. The conference will draw together industry figures within the US power industry to discuss the most pertinent issues facing wastewater management. Featured topics will include protecting water equipment during idle times; effluent water management at coal-fired energy plants; the latest development to reduce the build- up of scale in boilers; measures to protect plant water treatment equipment from corrosion; water softener system maintenance and troubleshooting; innovative concepts for water management in coal power generation; reducing boiler energy consumption; chemical water treatment for cooling towers; corrosion inhibitors; and the latest in filtration technologies.

LMN Power – USA www.lmnpower.com

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