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Haworth as Acting President - Tube division
Nigel Haworth , currently President of Business Unit Energy at Alleima , has been appointed as Acting President of Tube division . In addition to his current role as President of Business Unit Energy , Haworth will have full responsibility for the Tube division during the transition period .
How the war pushed Centravis to expansion
Plymouth Tube adds three new directors
Plymouth Tube Company announced changes to its Board of Directors with the addition of three new directors – John Byrne , Pete Murray and Dax Whitehouse . John Byrne is Chairman of the Board for STS Metals and serves on the board of Pasayetn Advisors following a successful twenty-year tenure at Boeing as VP of Aircraft Materials and Structures . Pete Murray is the president of Stirling Rock LLC . Having started his career in sales and marketing at Alcoa , Pete subsequently led Charter Dura-Bar , Charter Automotive and Charter Wire as President . Dax Whitehouse is the Managing Director of Axiom Financial Strategies Group , providing advisory services to closely held and family businesses . Previously Dax was CEO of NetShape and GM of Hawk Precision Components .
HUDI signs Huanqiu partnership
Huadi International Group has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering as a first-tier supplier of stainless steel seamless pipes and tubes . Pursuant to the Agreement , HUDI will supply stainless steel seamless pipes and tubes to Huanqiu and its affiliated subsidiaries as part of Huanqiu ’ s procurement process for contracted construction projects .
Centravis , a global supplier of high-quality solutions in the seamless stainless steel pipes and tubes segment , started the year by scaling production capacities . In Uzhgorod city , located in the west of Ukraine , a new production site has been launched , concentrating on tube production for the automotive and instrumentation segments . The enlargement perspective was discussed in Centravis before the war , but the Russian invasion pushed the company to implement these plans without delay . The Centravis team managed to cope with this ambitious project despite the difficulties of the war and electricity limits , which are applied across the country . The feature of the new production facility is a modern automated line which minimises the involvement of human work . All processes at the Uzhgorod production site are controlled by a team of qualified specialists from Nikopol . The company also plans to create new jobs and attract local specialists with the opportunity to study at the Centravis base . The new production site in Uzhgorod should strengthen the company ’ s position in cooperation with the leading automotive brands in Europe and the USA . Currently , Centravis is ranked in second place in the global ranking of tube suppliers for fuel systems of internal combustion engines .
Bri-Steel to construct TPE mill
Bri-Steel Manufacturing is building its second North American Thermal Pipe Expansion mill ( TPE ) in Enid , Oklahoma . Bri-Steel has acquired the former GEFCO facility in Enid , Oklahoma . This facility has enough infrastructure for future expansion and provides the company with multiple options to produce a hyper-efficient factory . The plant will produce seamless carbon and alloy pipe in sizes 12 "– 36 " in wall thickness up to 3 " thick . Bri-Steel will produce to all major industry standards and will continue with their API Q1 quality system .
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