TPI November 2020

Interview – Sharath Satish President, Business Unit Tube APAC, Sandvik Materials Technology India Private Limited (SMTIPL)

Could you tell us about some of the main projects you have worked on in the recent past? Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to oversee the addition of a new cold finishing tube manufacturing line at Sandvik’s Mehsana mill, in Gujarat, western India. It was created to meet the growing demand for special alloy tubes in India and Asia Pacific, the additional line doubles Mehsana’s cold working capacity to allow swifter delivery times across the region. It’s part of our ongoing commitment to customers in India and the Asia Pacific region to improve the availability of our top-quality products, broaden our portfolio and further cement our position as a reliable, one-stop-shop in the region. Together with fabricators and end-users, we are expanding new opportunities to boost productivity and extend the lifecycle of their equipment with the help of predictable, high-precision tubing – delivered when they need it. We have also undertaken portfolio innovation investment around coil tubing in our state-of-the-art tube mill PU Zhenjiang in China, where we can supply tubes in coiled form for instrumentation applications and for special coiled heat exchanger applications. This portfolio innovation will help customers in APAC reduce installation costs and yield losses, increase system integrity, along with improving the ease of shipping and storage. This portfolio offering, coupled with a guarantee of much shorter delivery times (normally within

“When taking a longer term view, the future of the market is a positive one, with organisations transitioning towards green power generation with a focus on renewables and automotive industries running on hydrogen and other clean alternative fuels. This shift of the pivot towards energy technologies of the future is an inevitable outcome.” What does your company specialise in and why is it the best at what it does? Sandvik is a leading manufacturer of seamless tube and pipe in an extensive program of stainless steels, nickel alloys, titanium, zirconium and other advanced materials with mills and offices globally. We base our operations on unique expertise in materials technology, extensive knowledge about industrial processes and close customer cooperation. In addition, we hold several approvals as a manufacturer of seamless tube and pipe, and can deliver tubular products in accordance with most international standards. We work closely with our customers to discover various ways of addressing their challenges. Our collaborations with leading research centres and universities worldwide contribute to new or further developed technologies for increased customer value.

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