Fine Tubes
IndustryEngineering
Founded1943
HeadquartersPlymouth, UK
ProductsMetal tubes
Websitewww.finetubes.com

Fine Tubes is a UK-based designer and manufacturer of stainless steel, nickel, zirconium, and titanium alloy tubes, based in Estover, Plymouth, Devon.[1] These highly specialized tubes are used in oil and gas power plants, nuclear power plants, airspace and aeronautics, large scale chemical-industrial manufacturing, medical practice (including implants), and high performance liquid chromatography.[1][2]

Sales for the company include: Munich, Germany; Orléans, France; New Delhi, India; and Houston, Texas. Of note, The company has supplied cooling tubes to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.[3]

In 2012, Fine Tubes was acquired along with its sister company, by The Watermill Group, an investment firm in the USA.[4] It now operates as a subsidiary of Tubes Holdco Limited.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Fine Tubes Ltd.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. "Precision tubes for aerospace, nuclear, medical & chemical industry | Fine Tubes". www.finetubes.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  3. "Cornwall's role in 'big bang'". BBC. 10 September 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
  4. "Plymouth firm Fine Tubes gets new owner". BBC. Retrieved 12 September 2012.


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