TPi March 2017

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Innovation award joint win Cooper Standard and DSM were honoured with a Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Automotive Innovation Award during the annual awards gala. The team won SPE’s Most Innovative Use of Plastics award in the materials category for Cooper Standard’s high performance vacuum brake tubes designed for automotive industry applications. “The DSM Arnitel ® CM622 thermoplastic material provided us the perfect opportunity to deliver customers an innovative solution to meet critical mass reduction goals, while exceeding their expectations for high performance vacuum brake applications,” said Chris Couch, vice president, innovation and product groups, Cooper Standard. “We’re thrilled to be honoured by SPE for this team achievement.”

Commenting on the award on behalf of DSM, Bill Senge, R&T director Americas, stressed the importance of the partners’ collaboration from concept to market in this project: “What is most challenging in our business is to stay ahead of the innovation curve. We at DSM believe strong collaborations ensure that our developments cater for current and future market trends. This SPE award for Cooper Standard’s high performance vacuum brake tubes is also proof of what can be achieved when material specialists and application engineers join forces to drive automotive trends and speed the implementation of next-generation

Developed to replace traditional clamped rubber hoses, Cooper Standard’s vacuum brake tube simplifies engine and undercarriage routing. The design uses a smaller diameter with a thinner wall, which allows a 35 per cent space saving and more than 50 per cent weight reduction over current rubber hoses and clamps. The product also allows for rapid assembly and ease of maintenance through the use of quick connectors, and eliminates the need for heat shields and brackets.

Arnitel CM622 thermoplastic enables the vacuum brake tubes to perform over a broad temperature range (-40°C to +150°C), with chemical resistance, burst strengths exceeding 60 bar and flexural force of greater than 50N. The Arnitel CM622 material was designed to maintain property retention after extended exposure to elevated temperatures. The plastic lines and connectors are resistant to the corrosive effects of road salts.

lightweighting designs.” Cooper Standard – USA www.cooperstandard.com Royal DSM – Netherlands www.dsm.com

TMK GIPI delivers casing pipes to BP Oman Pipe manufacturer TMK Gulf International Pipe Industry (TMK GIPI) LLC, part of global pipe manufacturer TMK, has completed delivery of J55 casing pipes to BP Oman. BP Exploration (Epsilon) Ltd ordered 18 5 / 8 " 87.5ppf J55 BTC R3 casings from TMK GIPI (totalling 6,100m) for an urgent requirement. The plain end pipes were produced by TMK GIPI’s Oman facility and delivered to the USA, where casing pipes were threaded by TMK IPSCO and delivered to BP Oman on time. Andrey Parkhomchuk, international business VP at TMK, commented, “TMK is a global leader in producing steel pipe, and supplies oil and gas majors with best-in-class tubular products all over the world. BP is our respectful client and our TMK GIPI subsidiary was keen to successfully execute an important urgent order for BP in tight schedule conditions.” TMK GIPI was established as a limited liability company in the Sultanate of Oman in January 2007. It claims to be the first manufacturer of high pressure steel line pipes and casing pipes in Oman and the first mill in the MENA region and the subcontinent of India to manufacture high pressure 24" ERW steel pipes. TMK – Russia tmk@tmk-group.com www.tmkup.com

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