TPi March 2015

products & developments

Associated Tube Group awarded GM supplier quality excellence award

programme,” said August Noto, director of global automotive sales for ATG. “But we highly value our GM relationship and our team has really pulled it together to make it happen, time and time again.” The GM Gen 5 V6 and V8 are the primary engines for GM pickup trucks and large SUVs. Lee Cotterill, quality assurance manager for ATG, commented, “Both Associated Tube Canada (ATC) and Tubos Samuel de México (TSM) are proud of what we have achieved over the past few years supplying direct injection DOM tubes for various engine platforms. We look forward to continuing its superior level of excellence and quality for the automotive industry in 2015 and beyond.” Associated Tube Group is a global supplier of stainless steel and high nickel alloy tubular products, with facilities in Markham, Canada, and Saltillo, Mexico. Founded over 50 years ago, ATG was acquired by the Samuel Group in 1975. ATG offers welded stainless steel tube and pipe in straight lengths up to 100ft, and coils up to 25,000ft. The group has expertise in over fifty grades of stainless steel and high nickel grades.

General Motors Co (GM), one of the world’s largest automakers, has awarded Associated Tube Group, a division of Samuel, Son & Co, the 2014 GM Supplier Quality Excellence Award. Associated Tube Group (ATG) has been awarded this distinction three years in a row. 80 suppliers in the USA and Canada have achieved this distinction since the Quality Excellence Award was established by GM in 2012. The award is based on supplier performance for quality, on-time delivery, customer support, and several other criteria. ATG states that over the past few years it has achieved performance excellence based on its supply of the GM Gen 5 direct injection drawn-over-mandrel (DOM) tubing to GM Components Holdings LLC. “It has been a tough few years for ATG to meet the substantial demand for this GM engine TecnicaTre - PP Prodotti 55x125mm_Layout 1 16/0

Samuel, Son & Co offers end-to- end solutions in the distribution, transportation, processing and manufacturing of metals and industrial products. Originally founded in Toronto, Canada, in 1855, Samuel now operates more than 105 service centre and manufacturing locations. samuel, son & co, ltd – Canada sales@samuel.com www.samuel.com (from left) Lee Cotterill, ATG quality manager; Christopher Naegeli, GM executive director; and Paul Turpin, ATG sales manager, automotive, at the award ceremony held in Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Pipeline monitoring solutions UK engineering company Syrinix has announced global shipments of its pipeline monitoring solutions to Mexico, the Middle East, Australia and California. The company, which in 2014 saw its customer base grow within UK utility companies, is now fielding interest from around the world for all three of its products. pressure and damaging water hammer, are being shipped to the Middle East, Australia and California. Syrinix CEO James Dunning commented, “It is testament to the continued hard work of our innovative team that our products are now gaining exposure and visibility outside of our home market.”

STAINLESS STEEL 1.4301/1.4307 1.4401/1.4404 · Flanges · Butt Welding Fittings · Pipes · Threaded Fittings · Clamp and Din Unions and Fittings · Valves

The TrunkMinder product, which delivers high-resolution automated leak detection, location and notification in critical densely populated areas, is being shipped to Mexico, along with BurstMinder – the real-time Burst detector and locator.

The company’s TrunkMinder provides automated monitoring, including highly sensitive leak detection and location for high consequence and critical larger diameter (9"/225mm+) supply pipelines.

Tecnica Tre srl 36022 Cassola · VI · Italy Via L. Perosi, 56 T +39 0424 550 078 F +39 0424 550 210 exportdept@tecnicatre.it

syrinix ltd – UK info@syrinix.com www.syrinix.com

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First orders of the high-resolution TransientMinder, which monitors

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