UK steel firm seeks SA partner

A UK steel and aluminium firm Ð Tyne Tube Services - will visit South Africa in July and is keen to appoint a South African agent or partner particularly for its aluminium boat division. Managing director Russel Foster has also expressed an interest in meeting steel industry players during his visit. The company is the main supplier to the UK mining industry of high pressure fire-fighting pipework and methane gas extraction pipes. It also supplies pipe fabrication }to the marine and petrochemical industries. Further information is available from British Trade and Investment in Johannesburg.