31 Jan 2007
Tubemart™ - The World's First Single-Source Tube Manipulation Machinery Supply Catalog - is Launched by AddisonMckee

World-leading tube bending and end-forming technology specialists, AddisonMckee, have launched 'TubeMart' - a brand new division specifically created to provide users of mid-range tube manipulation equipment with a highly convenient single-source way of selecting high quality machinery and consumables at exceptionally competitive prices.

Product catalog

Bringing together the widest choice of hand-picked solutions from many of the world's premier manufacturers into a highly comprehensive catalog and website, TubeMart™ will immediately offer a range of over 120 machines for tube bending, cutting, end-forming, notching and polishing.

Quality assured

Built to the highest standards, every product featured in the TubeMart™ catalog will also carry an uncompromising quality assurance guarantee - certifying that it has been manufactured to exacting industry standards.

Global facility

Commented AddisonMckee Director of Global Marketing, Christian Rogiers, "It has long been our objective to create a global tube manipulation technologies supply facility - a single resource offering high-quality, affordable equipment from a range of respected manufacturers."

"Via the introduction of TubeMart, he continued, "we have revolutionized the way purchases of all manner of machines, tooling and consumables will be implemented across the tube manipulation sector. We have already established dealer and service facilities across Northern Europe and it is our intention to implement a worldwide sales structure with a minimum of 75 dealers globally within the next three years."

Catalog requests

Tube manipulation machinery users can register for a copy of the TubeMart™ catalog by contacting:

AddisonMckee Inc.
1637 Kingsview Drive
Lebanon, Ohio 45036
USA
Tel: (513) 228-7000
Fax: (513) 228-7234
or by emailing djacobs@addisonmckee.com

About AddisonMckee

Globally renowned for the design, manufacture and supply of some of the world's finest tube bending and end forming technologies - for increasingly complex automotive, aviation, truck and shipbuilding requirements - AddisonMckee also offers highly innovative tube measuring solutions, tube perforation, piercing and louvring technologies, hydraulic press machinery, muffler assembly solutions, plant automation and complete workcell integration.

In addition to these capabilities, a whole range of tooling and accessory options are also provided, as are comprehensive maintenance and service contracts, training and education programs and financial services. Where applicable, AddisonMckee is also able to offer customers the opportunity of machine rebuilds, refurbishment, upgrades and trade-ins.

From its state-of-the-art manufacturing centers in the USA, United Kingdom, Canada and China, AddisonMckee is committed to providing rapid solutions to market and also regularly assists clients in product prototyping, parts development, small production runs and pre-production sample development.

AddisonMckee is principally owned by WHI Capital Partners (WHICP), a Chicago-based private equity group that invests in middle market, industry-leading companies with solid financial fundamentals and proven management teams. WHICP is an affiliate of William Harris Investors, Inc., a family-based asset management firm founded by Irving B. Harris in 1987.

For further information please contact:
Rachel Thomas – BHL Marketing
E-mail: rachel@bhlmarketing.com
Tel: +44 (0) 1244 851850
Fax: +44 (0) 1244 851888

Christian Rogiers – AddisonMckee
E-mail: crogiers@addisonmckee.com
Tel: +1 513 228 7076
Fax: +1 513 228 7226