Piping Technology and Products is a privately owned pipe support manufacturing and engineering company headquartered in

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, Sweco Fab, Fronek Anchor/Darling Enterprise, and Pipe Shields. These companies provide

pipe support A pipe support or pipe hanger is a designed element that transfer the load from a pipe to the supporting structures. The load includes the weight of the pipe proper, the content that the pipe carries, all the pipe fittings attached to pipe, and t ...

s, expansion joints, shock and vibration controls, and pre-insulated supports to a variety of industries including LNG, chemical, petrochemical, pulp & paper, and aerospace.

History

* 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., 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

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. Began manufacturing metallic expansion joints. * 1997: Acquired

from Ketema LP of

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* 2003: Launched field services division and began services calls, installations and maintenance * 2004: Acquired Fronek Group * 2011: Launched 3D printing of

Pipe support A pipe support or pipe hanger is a designed element that transfer the load from a pipe to the supporting structures. The load includes the weight of the pipe proper, the content that the pipe carries, all the pipe fittings attached to pipe, and t ...

s and

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to evaluate designs

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