TPi October 2012

business & market news

Princess opens skills and innovation centre Earlier this year, Pipex px was honoured to host Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal at the company’s multi-award- wining facility in Plymouth, UK, to officially open the Pipex px Skills and Innovation Centre. Ellie and Isla Murphy present flowers to The Princess Royal

The Princess Royal was then escorted to the Skills and Innovation Centre. A briefing was given by Mr Smith and Mr Murphy regarding the work undertaken in the facility together with a number of current innovations. During this period a number of additional introductions were made to Pipex px directors, managers,

Following the presentation of Member of Parliament for Plymouth Moorview, Alison Seabeck, by Pipex px chairman and founder Alan Smith, Her Royal Highness enjoyed refreshments coupled with a company briefing by marketing director Sarah Raynor. A facility tour followed, hosted by Pipex px co-chief executives Tom Smith and WilliamMurphy, incorporating each of the manufacturing divisions, thermoplastic pipes and products and structural composites and composite pipes, during which Her Royal Highness was introduced to and spoke with a number of Pipex px employees, including technical director Matt Hewstone and senior project manager Brian Dunn, who gave a brief on Pipex px involvement with the Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier project. Texas Gulf Energy, Inc is expanding its capacity to provide pipe and vessel fabrication services to its energy sector clients by forming Texas Gulf Fabricators, Inc. David Mathews, Texas Gulf Energy president and CEO, commented, “The Gulf Coast has seen numerous recent multi-billion dollar announcements of refinery, pipeline and plant expansions which will require substantial fabrication

plaque, officially marking the Pipex px Skills and Innovation Centre as open.

staff and customers, and to everyone’s delight Her Royal Highness kindly took time to engage each person in conversation. Alan Smith accompanied The Princess Royal to a staged area where he gave a short speech thanking Her Royal Highness for attending the prestigious occasion and also thanking Pipex px employees and customers. Her Royal Highness was then invited to unveil a expertise and services. We have received many current client enquiries requesting fabrication, and we believe it provides a substantial opportunity for expansion of our business. For example, in June, a current client and one of the largest mid-Western refiners awarded Texas Gulf Energy a fabrication contract based on the quality of our other services being provided to them. We are currently planning our facilities’ expansion, and

The afternoon was completed with a presentation of posies by CEO William Murphy’s two daughters, Ellie and Isla, and Her Royal Highness’s signing of the company visitor book.

Pipex px – UK sales@pipexpx.com www.pipexpx.com Texas Gulf Energy to expand pipeline

further information will be provided as soon as possible. We intend that Texas Gulf Fabricators will become a major resource for dependable, on-time delivery of vessel and piping fabrication services as well as modular construction of skid mounted facilities to our Fortune 500 customer base.” Since its founding in 2003, Texas Gulf Energy, Inc’s companies have deployed thousands of engineering, construction, technical, skilled crafts and project management personnel to major international energy companies. Now entering its tenth year in business, the company has vertically integrated its service offering into other energy market segments, including pipeline and vessel fabrication, wellhead services, oil and gas production, and professional consulting services both domestically and internationally.

Irestal renews its website Irestal Group, one of the leading independent stainless steel service centres, has completely renewed its website. The Catalan group, based in Barcelona, which claims to have been the first company to introduce stainless steel in Spain, has decided to change its website with the latest search engine optimisation solutions, in order to improve customer service, offering in a flexible and complete way information about its extensive product range.

Irestal Group – Spain www.irestal.com

Texas Gulf Energy, Inc – USA www.tgnrg.com

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