Fine Tubes

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]

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

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. "Fine Tubes Ltd.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  2. "Precision tubes for aerospace, nuclear, medical & chemical industry | Fine Tubes". www.finetubes.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  3. "Cornwall's role in 'big bang'". BBC. 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
  4. "Plymouth firm Fine Tubes gets new owner". BBC. Retrieved 12 September 2012.


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