TPi October 2008

Tube products Fabr icated WT products are smooth interior, dual wall corrugated pipe in 100 to 1,200mm diameters (4" to 48"), with either soil tight or watertight joint performance.

Tube bending specialist

The company’s welding competence is ensured by continuous on-the- job training in the latest techniques and the supervision of Lloyds and Stoomwezen.

Buigstaal Tube Bending Alkmaar BV, Netherlands, is an ISO 9001 certified company within the Van Der Wel Group, and is a specialist in tube bending and the assembly of tubular components in ferrous and non-ferrous materials with a diameter of 3 to 168.3mm. Buigstaal has, in the course of 60 years, secured its position in both domestic and foreign markets as a producer of tubular components. Industries supplied by the company include automotive (trucks, buses and military vehicles), industrial compressor manufacturing, hoisting and lifting equipment, shipbuilding and offshore, and nuclear energy. The company’s additional processes for tube forming include reducing or expanding tube diameters; partial tube flattening; tube end forming (flares, bedding, etc); and applying slot holes. For metal removal operations the company offers drilling or milling of holes; CNC turning of non-standard components; applying threads; and applying bevel ends.

These products are manufactured with virgin HDPE with the exception of Ecoflo WT, which is manufactured with an engineered blend of material containing a minimum of 50% recycled content, to meet or exceed the same performance requirements of the virgin products. In addition to its standard product offering, Prinsco also manufactures custom pipe and fittings engineered to meet customers’ specific requirements for demanding applications such as mining, post tensioning duct, and non- potable water transmission. The company has manufacturing facilities in the Midwest and West coast of the United States, with each location containing a comprehensive laboratory for extensive product testing to ensure product quality. The newest production facility, in California, is designed to manufacture Prinsco’s full product offering, and is located to service multiple international seaports. Prinsco Inc – USA prinscoinfo@prinsco.com www.prinsco.com Steel tubes and finishing services Jansen, Switzerland, produces welded, cold-rolled or drawn precision and formed steel tubes made of various qualities of steel, using state-of-the-art, high performance machines. The company’s advantage lies in the development and production of customer-specific steel tubes. In close collaboration with customers and

Buigstaal Tube Bending Alkmaar BV – Netherlands

info@buigstaal.nl www.buigstaal.nl Corrugated HDPE pipe

Prinsco is a supplier of corrugated high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe and fittings, manufacturing in 75 to 1,200mm diameters (3" to 48"). The company offers multiple configurations of its product in single wall and dual wall, with either soil tight or watertight joints to cost effectively meet project demands in commercial, residential, construction, industrial, and agricultural markets. Prinsco’s Goldflo pipe is a single wall corrugated pipe in 75 to 600mm diameters (3" to 24"), and is suitable for drainage projects where soil tight joints are acceptable and maximum flow is not critical. Goldflo, Goldflo WT, and Ecoflo

Tubing consultant with manufacturing capabilities MS Tube Technologies combines a singular focus on the tubing business with broad manufacturing abilities. Tubing is the company’s only product and it is dedicated to maintaining engineering expertise while offering turnkey manufacturing services. The company states that in the past four years, its business has grown tenfold. MS Tubing provides a combination of tube-specific engineering knowledge and extensive tube manufacturing experience. At considerable cost, the company has developed several patented pieces of tooling equipment, allowing it to make all its own tooling on-site. The company also consistently invests in updated automated equipment.

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The company claims to be able to produce fabricated tube products more cheaply than most of its customers who have internal tubing capabilities.

Value engineering combined with manufacturing expertise creates solutions that cost less than the solutions most customers could design internally for themselves.

MS Tube Technologies – USA sales@mstubetechnologies.com • www.mstubetechnologies.com

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October 2008 Tube Products International