Piping Technology and Products

Piping Technology & Products, Inc.

Company type| Private
Industry| Manufacturing
Founded| 1978
Headquarters| Houston, TX

Area served

| Worldwide
Products| Pipe Supports/Spring Hangers
Expansion Joints
Pre-Insulated Pipe Supports
Slide Plates and Pipe Rollers
Shock / Vibration Controls
Pipe Shoes, Guides & Anchors
Pipe Clamps and Risers
Clevis Hangers and Beam Attachments
Pipe Support Hardware
Saddle Supports and Coverings
Hold-Down Pipe Clamps
Pressure Vessels and Tanks
Pig Launchers / Receivers
Services| 24x7 Quick Turn / Emergency Service
Field Services and Installation / Maintenance
Stress Analysis and Product Testing
Engineering and Design Services
Online Technical Webinar Presentation

Piping Technology and Products is a privately owned pipe support manufacturing and engineering company headquartered in Houston, Texas, United States.[1] Its wholly owned subsidiaries are US Bellows, Sweco Fab, Fronek Anchor/Darling Enterprise, and Pipe Shields.[2] These companies provide pipe supports, expansion joints, shock and vibration controls, and pre-insulated supports[3] to a variety of industries including LNG, chemical, petrochemical, pulp & paper, and aerospace.

## History

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* 1975: Durga D. Agrawal and Alan Muller entered into a partnership and established an engineering and consulting company called Stress Technology & Products. The company specialized in design engineering and computerized stress analysis, but evolved into a manufacturing and fabrication business over the next three years.
* 1978: The company was reorganized as Piping Technology & Products, Inc. and developed the constant load spring hanger design.
* 1986: Acquired Sweco, Fab. Inc.,[4] an ASME U-Stamp Shop that designs and fabricates pressure vessels, pig launchers and receivers, instrument supports, conical strainers, spectacle and line blinds, orifice plates and flanges, duct and transition pieces, bellmouth reducers and dampers / louvers.
* 1995: Acquired RM Manufacturing from RM Engineered Products of Ladson, South Carolina.[5] Began manufacturing metallic expansion joints.
* 1997: Acquired US Bellows from Ketema LP of San Diego, California[6]
* 2003: Launched field services division and began services calls, installations and maintenance [7]
* 2004: Acquired Fronek Group (Fronek Anchor/Darling Enterprises, Inc.)[8]
* 2007:ISO 9001: 2015 Certification[9]
* 2011: Launched 3D printing of Pipe supports and expansion joints to evaluate designs
* 2014: Partnered with DST to offer Compact Spring Supports [10]
* 2024: Capital investments in mass customization manufacturing in Houston based headquarters [11]

## References

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1. ^ The Manufacturer Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine, Piping Technology, From the Ground Up (retrieved 21 September 2010)
2. ^ Common Causes, University of Houston (retrieved 21 September 2010)
3. ^ Process Cooling & Equipment Magazine A Shoe That Fits, 1 July 2007.
4. ^ Sweco Fab - About Us
5. ^ RM Engineered Products of Ladson, SC
6. ^ Kellar, William Henry: The First Twenty Years, page 108. 1998.
7. ^ Piping Technology & Products, Inc. Services
8. ^ Fronek Anchor/Darling Enterprises, Inc.
9. ^ ISO 9001:2015 Certified by DNV GL
10. ^ DST Partnership to offer Compact Spring
11. ^ Investment in manufacturing