TPT January 2013

Industry News

EFD Induction opens new subsidiary in Brazil

EFD Induction Brazil currently has three employees – Mr Nishimuni as manager and salesman, Aline Gonçalves as administrator and Carlos Feliciano Ferreira as engineer and after- sales support technician.

in Amazonia. And Basso, the world- renowned valve makers in Argentina, recently installed an EFD Induction hardening system.” Mr Nishmuni is, however, keen to stress that most of the new company’s business will most likely occur much closer to home. “True, if Brazil is the engine of South American economic growth, then the state of São Paulo where we are located is its dynamo. In fact this state alone is responsible for a third of all Brazilian GDP. That gives you some idea of just how economically vibrant the region is.”

EFD Induction’s worldwide network expanded recently with the launch of its Brazilian subsidiary. The new company – with the formal name of EFD Induction Ltda – is based in the city of Sorocaba, about 60km from the metropolis of São Paulo. “This is a milestone in our growth,” said EFD Induction CEO Eivin Jørgensen. “We have previously sold many systems throughout Latin America. But having a subsidiary in Brazil’s economic heartland means we can offer better and faster support to customers in the region.” The new subsidiary is headed by Evandro Nishimuni, a mechanical engineering graduate who has previously worked in France and in the Brazilian automotive industry. “EFD Induction and Brazil have so much to offer each other,” said Mr Nishimuni. “There is growing awareness throughout Brazil and the continent that sustained economic growth can only be maintained by investing in modern, efficient and proven technologies such as induction heating.” Although the subsidiary is new, Brazil and Latin America is no stranger to EFD Induction products and services. “Absolutely,” said Mr Nishimuni. “For instance, several of our mobile Minac induction heating systems are being used to braze hydroelectric turbine stators at the Santo Antônio and Jirau dams, key structures in a new hydroelectric complex being constructed

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Evandro Nishimuni (right), heads the new EFD Induction subsidiary in Brazil.

Beside him is EFD Induction Group CEO Eivin Jørgensen

USM to exhibit at BORU 2013 USM is attending the BORU fair in 2013 after highlighting Turkey as one of the new leading European economies for the next 20 years. The company returns to the show after a break following a change to its Turkish partnership and said it is very glad to return to a country it enjoys working in. USM said it never lost interest in Turkey and now it is very happy to be a partner of all of the most important tube makers in the country. USM is very confident that the Turkish tube industry will be even more successful in the coming years and is happy to be a part of this since this as the region adapts to new concepts of working and to using new materials to boost productions.

for impeder manufacturing and many other items are now being used. At BORU 2013 USM will display many consumables and machines that are in daily use in the steel tube industry. USM has been the of the first movers in the European market of consumables in the tube industry in the past 30 years. It is still a leading company in Europe and and one of the most important worldwide, exporting to 84 countries.

USM has been working with Turkish factories for more than 20 years and saw significant growth before the big crisis of the 1990s. However, since the beginning of the millennium the Turkish economy has started to bloom.

A new generation of carbide inserts for tube scarfing, a new generation of ferrite cores (only top quality brands)

USM – Italy Website: www.usm.it

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