Valve Magazine - Summer 2008

Tantaline, Inc.

ADDRESS: 1050 Winter Street, Suite 1000, Waltham, MA 02451 USA PHONE: 888-268-2586 FAX: 888-292-9243 EMAIL: sales@tantaline.com WEBSITE: www.tantaline.com YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2004 FACILITY LOCATIONS: Massachusetts and Denmark INDUSTRIES SERVED: CPI, oil and gas, pharmaceutical COMPANY PROFILE: Tantaline’s Alloy Bonding Surface Technology makes it possible to combine unique material characteristics and an exceptional corrosion-resistant surface in one product. Tantaline products consist of a core substrate (typically stainless steel), which is uniformly protected with a 100% corrosion-safe layer of pure tantalum metal. The element tantalum is the most corrosion-resistant metal available on earth. Tantaline products are typically applied in applications that utilize strong acids at high temperatures where flouropolymers and special metals (including nickel alloys, titanium and zirconium) fail due to insufficient corrosion resistance. If you use specialty alloys and are interested in superior resistance, short lead times and a lower cost of ownership, we would love to talk to you about your application.

Tico Titanium, Inc.

ADDRESS: 30150 South Wixom Road, Wixom, MI 48393 USA PHONE: 800-521-4392

FAX: 248-446-1995

EMAIL: sales@ticotitanium.com

WEBSITE: www.ticotitanium.com

KEY PERSONNEL: Gary Johnson, President; Jeff White, Vice President; John A. Mountford, Jr., Director of Marketing; Lynn Brace, Sales Manager YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1957 FACILITY LOCATIONS: Wixom, MI; Oak Ridge North, TX INDUSTRIES SERVED: industrial, chemical process, valve, petrochemical, mining, oil and gas, refinery, pulp and paper, utility, decorative and tool coating, heat exchanger, navy and marine markets COMPANY PROFILE: Full-service center with 86,000 sq ft located in Michigan and Texas with one of the most extensive CP and alloy inventories, supplying in the industrial, chemical, process, valve, petrochemical, mining, oil and gas, refinery, pulp and paper, utility, decorative and tool coating, heat exchanger, navy and marine markets for over 50 years. Tico stocks a full line of fasteners, fittings, flanges and mill products bar, billet, rod, weld wire, plate, sheet, seamless and welded pipe, seamless and welded tube, specialty products and services, including sputtering targets (all metals, shapes, sizes), rings, standard and specialty forgings, tanks, fire/rescue tools, hinges, clamps, plate for armor, water-jet cut/shear, cut/saw, cut standard products, specialty and prototype parts and custom fabrications.

Thorco, Inc.

ADDRESS: 420 East Archer, Tulsa, OK 74120 USA PHONE: 918-584-7101 FAX: 918-587-5630 EMAIL: sales@thorcoinc.com WEBSITE: www.thorcoinc.com KEY PERSONNEL: Kim Kern, Doug Byfield YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1973 FACILITY LOCATIONS: Tulsa, OK; Santa Fe Springs, CA; Borger, TX INDUSTRIES SERVED: refining, chemical, gas processing, power COMPANY PROFILE: Thorco, Inc. is a service company that provides in-shop and onsite repair services for pressure-relieving devices. We hold a National Board “VR” authorization and are a member of the Farris Authorized Service Team (FAST). We are committed to: “Understanding what the customer wants….making it happen!”

TopWorx

ADDRESS: 3300 Fern Valley Road, Louisville, KY 40213 USA PHONE: 502-969-8000 FAX: 502-969-5911 EMAIL: info@topworx.com WEBSITE: www.topworx.com YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1950 FACILITY LOCATIONS: United States, United Kingdom, Bahrain, South Africa, Singapore INDUSTRIES SERVED: chemical, food and beverage, oil and gas, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, power, pulp and paper, water and wastewater COMPANY PROFILE: Top Worx valve control, position sensing and field networking solutions enable plants, platforms and pipelines to intelligently manage operations in the most demanding and extreme conditions. Valvetop discrete valve controllers enable automated on/off valves to communicate via Foundation fieldbus, AS-Interface, DeviceNet and Profibus. GO Switch leverless limit switches have set the standard for reliable position sensing in extremely hot, cold, wet, dirty, abusive, corrosive and explosive conditions. Networx field networking solutions provide everything needed to connect valves and instruments to a variety of fieldbus protocols.