Spiral Facility
API-5L Spiral Weld Operation
Location
Baton Rouge, LA, covering 12.5 acres of 125 acre facility with over 40 acres of pipe storage area.
Size Range
- OD: 24" to 60"
- Walls: 0.250" to 1.00"
- Length: Maximum 80'
- API-5L Grades: through X-80
Certifications
- ISO 9001 Registered
- API 5L and 5CT Licensed
- API Q1 Certified
Spiral Mill Leadership
Dr. Lampros Kompotiatis
Vice President and General Manager, Spiral Mill Operations
Dr. Lampros Kompotiatis joined Stupp's management in 2008 and is critical to providing the spiral technology leadership that is vital to the continued success of the Stupp operation as well as assuring that our customers are the benefactors of his superior credentials. Dr. Kompotiatis (Dr. K) is a former scientific advisor to NATO having served with other highly regarded scientists in the Hellenic Organization for Standardization. He is one of the world's leading experts on spiral weld technology and along with bringing a "lab approach in the manufacturing setting" worked with the German equipment manufacturers in the design of methodologies that improved upon the technically superior two-step helical process.
Dr. K also has previous successful experience constructing and commissioning another SSAW operation and brings eight years of direct management experience to Baton Rouge, LA.
Stupp Making Giant Strides
Stupp continued on its path of bold, industry-leading undertakings when it placed an order for a coil of 1" thick API-5L X-80 continuous cast steel. The steel coil has been received and will be placed into production of API-5L gas line pipe when the optimum production date is determined. President and COO Ed Scram commented that "The initiation of this process supports Stupp's underlying business approach of being market-driven and customer oriented."
The steel coil was produced by ArcelorMittal Steel and confirmed their ability to produce this industry leading product for the energy market. Stupp will be working closely with ArcelorMittal representatives over the near future to assure that the technical exchanges and benefits of this endeavor serve both companies as they share in providing the energy market the next generation of products.
