TPi November 2019

Business & market news

Van Leeuwen to acquire Benteler Distribution The Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group has entered into an agreement to acquire Benteler Distribution, a division of Benteler International AG with an annual turnover of around €750mn (2018). This strategic acquisition will provide Van Leeuwen with access to additional key markets in Europe, and will contribute to improving its position as a distributor of pipe and tube materials in Europe. offering a full range of carbon and stainless steel tubes and customised services, operating in the mechanical engineering, automotive, energy, construction and ship-building industries. The company has 59 locations, including storage facilities, across 24 countries. The addition of BD will expand Van Leeuwen’s global presence, specifically in Germany, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Central Europe. regulatory authorities, closing of the transaction is expected during the last quarter of this year. Peter Rietberg, chairman of the management board of Van Leeuwen, commented, “Adding Benteler

Distribution to the Van Leeuwen network is a perfect example of realising ‘more than tubes’. We are looking forward to welcoming our new colleagues to the Van Leeuwen family. Their expertise, market knowledge and dedication are of great value to us. Together we can further invest in the development of systems, solutions and infrastructure that will offer our customers an even broader range of pipe and tube products and value added services.” The Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group specialises in steel pipes, and pipe and tube applications. The family-owned company was founded in 1924 and has more than 40 branches spread throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and North America. Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group BV – Netherlands

Benteler Distribution (BD) is an international distribution company

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vlptg@vanleeuwen.nl www.vanleeuwen.com Benteler Distribution – Germany www.benteler-distribution.com Nadcap recognises commitment to continual improvement in aerospace quality Pipes in the Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube warehouse in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands

Companies such as Specitubes work hard to obtain this status and they should be justifiably proud of it.” With roots dating back to 1870, and based in Samer since 1961, Specitubes has been the supplier of Dassault Aviation and the main partner of Airbus, fulfilling their needs for titanium, stainless steel and nickel alloy tubes for decades. The company has been a subsidiary of the Leggett & Platt group since 2013. Specitubes SA – France www.specitubes.com

another step of cold-working,” said Emmanuel Lenarduzzi, quality manager and metalwork expert at Specitubes. “Final heat-treatment is necessary to fix the tube’s mechanical properties to meet some specific customer requirements, depending on the application.” Joe Pinto, executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Perfor- mance Review Institute, commented, “Achieving Nadcap accreditation is not easy: it is one of the ways in which the aerospace industry identifies those who excel at manufacturing quality prod- uct through superior special processes.

Specitubes has received Nadcap accreditation for demonstrating its ongoing commitment to quality by satisfying customer requirements and industry specifications. The scope of the accreditation covers the heat-treating of seamless precision metallic tubes made in Samer, in northern France, of nickel and cobalt, alloys, austenitic stainless steels and titanium alloys. Typical applications include hydraulic and pneumatic ducting systems for aircraft. “Intermediate heat-treatment is dedicated to giving ductility to the material in order to be able to perform

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