Alfiniti, Inc., a North American manufacturer and supplier of drawn aluminum tube, has announced the acquisition of Alabama Tube Corporation, the sole manufacturer of welded aluminum tube in the United States.
The acquisition of Alabama Tube Corporation enables Alfiniti, Inc. to offer a wider range of aluminum tube products to meet diverse industry needs. With this acquisition, Alfiniti, Inc. expands its capabilities to fulfill welded tube orders in house.
"This move highlights Alfiniti, Inc.'s dedication to supporting and strengthening the U.S. manufacturing sector, ensuring the continued availability of domestically produced aluminum tube," said a spokesperson.
Welded tube is used to manufacture many products, including telescoping poles for window washing, painting, and deck washing; flagpoles; canoe and kayak paddles; shower curtain rods; conveyor rolls; and crutches.
"This acquisition is part of Alfiniti's longer term strategic plan to be a one-stop shop for extruded, welded and drawn aluminum tube and pipe in addition to the fabrication and finishing services needed by our customers. There remain significant opportunities for us to grow the product line, as we look at increasing the selection of alloys/temper, size ranges, fabrication and finishing services, coiled tubing availability and other areas," said Steve James, Managing Director, Alfiniti Inc.
Steven Bellemare, VP of sales for Alfiniti, Inc., said, "This acquisition provides our customers with another tubing solution-welded tube is intermediate in price between extruded and drawn tubing with significantly better tolerances than extruded tubing. While welded tube is not able to provide the wide range of properties and characteristics of drawn tube, it is a perfect solution for many of our customers. Our full-service partnerships for fabrication, anodizing and painting will also be available in all our plants, allowing a one-stop solution whether the end use requires extruded, welded or drawn tube."
Randy Pecaut, Operations Manager, Alabama Tube, said, "We at Alabama Tube are very excited to be a part of Alfiniti Inc. With this acquisition, Alfiniti covers all sources of aluminum tube, extrusion, drawn and now welded. This also opens up new areas for Alabama Tube, and we are ready for the challenge."
For more information contact:
Alfiniti, Inc.
P.O. Box 177
Winton, NC 27986
252-358-5811
info@alfiniti.com
www.alfiniti.com
Alabama Tube Corporation
398 Star Road
Fort Payne, AL 35968
256-638-9455
www.alabamatube.com