According to Siemens' press release, Borusan Mannesmann, a Turkish steel pipe manufacturer, has turned to Siemens for the expansion of its operations to the United States. The company is building its new ERW (Electric Resistance Welded) pipe mill and accompanying heat treatment plant to quench and temper oil country tubular goods (OCTG) in Baytown, Texas. This will be the first Turkish owned plant in the United States.
Siemens said that the competitive landscape is very high in the OCTG market and Borusan needed to separate itself from an ever-growing number of similar producers by providing the market with higher quality products. Siemens' offering of FCE - F&D Furnace Technologies quenching and tempering equipment enables Borusan to achieve this immediately. Siemens will supply a direct-fired, walking beam, austenitizing furnace; a high pressure, water spray quench system; a convective, walking beam, tempering furnace; all associated material handling equipment; all necessary instrumentation; and PLC control system. The services include engineering, delivering, installing, and commissioning for the heat treatment plant.
The plant broke ground in April and its expected completion is Q3 2014.