TPT January 2021

Business & market news

Dick Williamson wins achievement award TD Williamson chairman Emeritus Richard B ‘Dick’ Williamson has received the International Pipeline Conference Lifetime Achievement Award during the International Pipeline Expo, which was held virtually from Calgary, Canada recently.

board member of the American Gas Foundation (AGF), Mr Williamson worked with industry leaders and state and federal pipeline safety regulators to establish the Distribution Integrity Management Program (DIMP) pipeline standard. In addition, he has supported engineering professional and career development programs throughout his career. “It was my days in the ditch, on the pipeline and in the plant that taught me about the heart of the industry we serve,” Mr Williamson said. “I worked alongside people who cared for pipelines as their vocation. I was learning the heart of the industry as it is experienced by the people whose day revolved around assuring that the pipeline operated safely and that its customers were being served.” TD Williamson www.tdwilliamson.com

The IPC Lifetime Achievement Award is given to a “person or group that has demonstrated through their work and actions that the safety and economy of pipeline systems has been advanced”. In the announcement, IPC credited Mr Williamson with expanding the international presence of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), including co-founding its International Offshore Pipeline Forum (IOPL), helping form and serving as vice-president of ASME’s International Petroleum Technology Institute and working to develop the first-ever ASME- sponsored India Oil & Gas Pipeline Conference.

Mr Williamson picked up the prestigious award after many years in the pipe industry

Mr Williamson has also been actively involved with the American Petroleum Institute (API), National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), and Gas Appliance Manufacturing Association (GAMA). He helped the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) frame the core elements of the US in-line inspection (ILI) system, program and training standards. As a

Changes to stainless steel tube production Ilta Inox, an Italian producer of welded stainless steel round tubes, has completed a new investment plan worth €40mn to produce high frequency welded hollow sections at its manufacturing plant in Cremona, Italy. In the past decade, Ilta Inox has invested heavily in technology throughout its production lines, including a 24" laser welding line. With its facility fully equipped with laser welders, slitting lines, straightening lines and a polishing line, production capacity has increased to 100,000 tonnes. The addition of a new building solely dedicated to stocking material increased capacity dramatically. Today all 22 lines are equipped to operate according to ISO 9001 for quality systems, ISO 14001 for environmental compliance, and OHSAS 18001 for worker’s safety. The production of HF hollow sections secures Ilta Inox’s strategic position in this market with a product range from 10x10mm up to 250x250mm and thickness from 1mm to 6mm. The strategy is to provide customers with a one-stop-shop for all tube requirements. An automatic warehouse system with the capacity to store up to 12,000 tonnes of tubes now facilitates the rapid picking, packing and delivery of orders. Ilta Inox www.arvedi.it

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