TPi July 2016

business & market news

Voss Fluid acquires Italian market competitor

all conventional hydraulic applications. A highlight in the range is hose fittings with tear-off protection. With the integration of the Larga solutions, Voss Fluid is developing its product portfolio and expanding the range of services for matched hydraulic components for its customers. Against this background, the company sees hose fittings as a sensible supplement to the components already available in the hydraulic circuit. Voss Fluid and Larga guarantee long- term use of their components through a high degree of zinc-nickel corrosion protection. Voss Fluid’s product range includes tube couplings for stationary and mobile hydraulics, including cutting ring couplings, tube forming systems, and flange couplings. The company offers customers, from a single source, everything from project planning and engineering to production, assembly, and logistics services.

The two companies both have decades of experience in hydraulic connection technology, and a similar customer- focused corporate philosophy. Larga has production plants about 30km north of Milan, and has been active on the market since 1954. Along with tube connections, the manufacturer has specialised in hose fittings that cover

Voss Fluid has made a strategic acquisition, and purchased all shares of the Italian market competitor Larga. The German manufacturer of tube connections has taken this step to supplement its product range with additional hydraulic components, while increasing its manufacturing capacities for the global market.

Exterior view of the Voss Fluid headquarters in Wipperfürth, Germany

Voss Fluid GmbH – Germany www.voss-fluid.de

Tungum appoints North UK sales engineer TungumLtd has appointedMick Hopkins as sales engineer for Scotland and the north of England. His responsibilities include providing sales and technical assistance to customers using Tungum tube, related to hydraulic and pneumatic systems in a wide variety of applications and industries.

include oil and gas, dive, medical and military.

Sean Hammond, sales and marketing director of Tungum, commented, “We are extremely pleased to have Mick on board. His wealth of experience related to instrumentation in the industry sectors we work in will be an excellent addition to our great team.”

Mr Hopkins, who is based in Aberdeen, has more than 25 years of technical sales experience related to instrumentation tubing, fittings and related equipment. He has worked in industry sectors that

Tungum Ltd – UK sales@tungum.com www.tungum.co.uk

Mick Hopkins

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