TPT March 2013

Furnaces and

heat treatment

Changes at SECO/Warwick SECO/Warwick SA, Poland, has announced that the joint venture with Winfor GbR, Germany, in SECO/ Warwick GmbH was dissolved at the end of 2012. SECO/Warwick SA acquired 49 per cent of the shares of SECO/Warwick GmbH from Winfor GbR. Nespi International GmbH, Germany, has been acquired via SECO/Warwick GmbH, with 100 per cent of the shares. The acquisition of Nespi, a furnace engineering company specialising in retrofits, repairs, service and spare parts supplies for many type of furnaces, is a further step in the strategic growth of SECO/Warwick, one of the fastest growing heat processing equipment manufacturers.

Western European markets. Group CEO Pawel Wyrzykowski commented, “The focus of the SECO/Warwick Group is a satisfied customer. After our successful development in some key world markets we would like to emphasise on our offer for our German speaking customers now.” SECO/Warwick Europe SA – Poland Fax: +48 68 3819 805 Email: info@secowarwick.com.pl Website: www.secowarwickeurope.com.pl

The managing directors, Thomas Wingens and Karol Forycki, left SECO/ Warwick GmbH on 30 November. Thomas Kreuzaler temporarily took over as managing director beside his other group functions.

SECO/Warwick GmbH reinforces with Nespi International GmbH the activities particularly in the German and

Extrusion billet casting machine VTORMET of Russia will be installing a Rautomead RX 1100 single stand horizontal casting machine to manufacture brass extrusion billet at its factory in Mtsensk, Oryol Oblast. The casting machine will be fed from a separate melting furnace, and feedstock will be carefully selected scrap. This is the second Rautomead machine to have been purchased by Vtormet, the previous one having been a smaller RT 650 horizontal continuous casting machine, commissioned at the customer’s plant in August 2012. These horizontal continuous casting machines were developed by Rautomead in the 1980s. Since then, the process and control systems have been refined to suit modern factory environments. Rautomead Ltd – UK Email: sales@rautomead.com Website: www.rautomead.com

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