TPT September 2023

TUBE MILLS & ROLLFORMING LINES

Complete mill solution from coil loading to tube finishing

FIVES, an international engineering group, has signed a contract with Husteel to design and supply a complete solution to manufacture oil country tubular goods for its new plant in the US. Husteel, part of South Korea’s Shinan Group, is a leading welded tube and pipe manufacturer. The company is investing $122mn into a greenfield plant in Splendora, Texas. Fives will provide engineering, manufacturing and supply of the complete solution to produce tube and pipe with a diameter of 60 to 114mm and a wall thickness of up to 10mm for the oil and gas industry. “The new plant in Texas will be our first facility in the US. We are relying on Fives’ presence in the local market, its long-standing reputation as a supplier of reliable equipment and its vast experience. We look forward to starting production in this new facility in 2025,” said Hoon Park, CEO of Husteel.

A complete solution will be supplied to manufacture oil country tubular goods at the plant in the US

with a renowned manufacturer in our history,” said Jon Dunn, president & CEO at Fives Bronx, Fives subsidiaries in the US and UK. Both companies specialise in slitters, mills and finishing equipment under the historic brands of Abbey, Bronx and Taylor-Wilson. Fives designs and supplies machines, process equipment and production lines for the world’s largest industrial players.

The delivery will include: Abbey slitter; Abbey mill for welded tube and pipe; Bronx 6-roll straightener; Taylor-Wilson end facer; Taylor-Wilson blow out station; Taylor-Wilson triple-head hydrostatic tester; Taylor-Wilson dual-head drifter; Weight measure stencil and coating stations; and Taylor-Wilson packaging system. “We are proud and excited to be part of this new project delivering our complete solution from slitting to tube finishing. This is the largest fully integrated contract

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