TPi January 2018

business & market news

FlexQube and Multitube launch partnership FlexQube of Sweden and Multitube Engineering BV, Netherlands, have formed a partnership aimed at growing FlexQube’s market share in the Netherlands and Belgium. industrial carts as well as integration opportunities in combined FlexQube and Multitube designs to both existing and new customers.”

in a rapid growth in several business areas over the past years. This year we are ready to introduce FlexQube to our customers as the modular system for heavy duty industrial carts. Together with FlexQube we can better fulfil our goal to improve the material handling processes for our customers and eliminate the need for forklifts.” Multitube Engineering, founded in 2010, supplies a wide range of tube and joint components, known as the Multitube construction system. With this modular system the company provides customers with solutions such as flow-racks, workstations and carts for light- and medium-weight purposes. The company’s manufacturing and warehouse facility is located in the south of the Netherlands, between Belgium and Germany. FlexQube is a supplier of a modular concept to make industrial material handling carts that can replace welded solutions. The company has manufacturing facilities in Sweden and the USA, and distribution in North America and Europe. Multitube Engineering BV – Netherlands

Multitube Engineering CEO Jan Verhees commented, “We noticed FlexQube in 2013 when we were discussing our options for a more robust, heavy duty, modular system to build cart frames for tugger trains. At that time both companies did not yet have respectable track records. We decided to wait and focus on the expansion and development of the Multitube system, which resulted

Anders Fogelberg, CEO of FlexQube, explained, “Multitube has shown great ability to penetrate this market with tube- and joint-based material handling applications in the same customer segments FlexQube targets in other markets. With the partnership, Multitube will present and demonstrate both the FlexQube as a stand-alone concept for

info@multitube.nl www.multitube.nl FlexQube – Sweden sales@flexqube.com www.flexqube.com

FlexQube and Multitube in partnership

Sandvik a top achiever in 2017 Dow Jones sustainability index

corporate citizenship, philanthropy and human capital development and labour practice indicators. Sandvik is a developer and manu- facturer of products in advanced stainless steels and special alloys for demanding environments, as well as products and systems for nuclear applications.

“Sustainability is key to our ability to create increased customer value, enabling us to help our customers become safer, more efficient and more productive,” said Björn Rosengren, president and CEO of Sandvik. “Hence, it is a natural part of our business strategy.” Sandvik performed best of the assessed companies in the capital goods industry in the areas of customer relationship management, environmental reporting,

Sandvik has been selected as a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). The top 10 per cent most-sustainable companies in each respective industry are included. The 2017 DJSI has awarded a percentile score of 97, which means that Sandvik performs better on the indicators overall than 97 per cent of assessed companies in the same sector, capital goods.

Sandvik AB – Sweden www.materials.sandvik

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