74 | STEEL INDUSTRY Tira Group - South Island T T Hugh de Lacy Spiral welding plant a game changer “We recently won a dairy contract in Texas, and so we built another spiral-welding plant that we sent over there in February this year, where it’s started on the building of 14 silos.” T T to page 76 Bringing steel to life by revolutionising the way stainless steel tanks are built is the achievement of fabricator Tira Group in the Australian and New Zealand industrial markets. With a track record of creating stainless steel and specialty alloy solutions for more than 125 years, Tira Group – formerly known as NDA – is Hamilton-based, but with branches in Timaru, Invercargill, Blenheim, Hawera and Melbourne. The company offers fabrication services across four divisions: Tira NDA for darying, including vessels, components and road tankers; Tira Crown for wine, beer and beverage storage and processing; Tira Water for water industry tanks, vessels and pipework; and Tira Industry for specialist equipment in the chemical, gas and pharmaceutical industries. At the heart of the business, and reflecting the company’s long record of innovation, is the new division called innovex, which is driving product development and ground-breaking solutions, including the way that stainless steel tanks are actually made. The fabrication of large, welded stainless steel tanks on-site has traditionally been costly and fraught with problems. Tira recognised that a more cost-effective and transportable tank-building option was needed for infrastructure projects in the water treatment, dairy and other industries. The company’s solution was to develop a mobile plant that could spiral-weld stainless-steel tanks on foundations without the need to transport large sections or employ on-site cranes. In use commercially since early 2021, Tira’s spiral-welding machine is being deployed across New Zealand and Australia to make large welded stainless steel tanks and silos on-site. Phone: 03 983 5500 waterfordpress.co.nz Find new clients with regular marketing in print media ADVERTISING IS GREAT FOR BUSINESS
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