A stockist we supply in Europe once told us that half his slow-moving inventory was honed tube he had bought because the price was good, not because his customers actually asked for it. He had capital tied up in grades and diameters that turned over once a year while the sizes his cylinder-builder b
Written by Alex, Production Engineer at EAST AIA distributor once pushed back hard on one of our chrome plated rod quotations because a competitor was offering what looked like an identical rod for noticeably less money. When we asked to see the competing specification, the difference jumped out imm
Written by Alex, Production Engineer at EAST AIA cylinder builder called us not long ago frustrated that two batches of tube he considered equivalent were behaving completely differently on his welding line. One batch welded cleanly at the end caps and passed pressure test first time, while the othe
