Quality standards are high at Van Leeuwen

Jan Kroon,
Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube, Zwijndrecht

For many years, the Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group has supplied shipyards in the Netherlands with tubes, flanges and fittings. We also supply materials to various piping companies who work as subcontractors in the shipbuilding industry. In this blog I will tell you about the specific demands of our customers in this market and how we respond to those demands.

I have worked at Van Leeuwen’s commercial department for many years and over the course of time, I specialized in the maritime industry. Van Leeuwen excels in delivering quality and although our products can be purchased at many mills, we uphold very high standards when it comes to product quality. In order to reach that level of quality, we operate using an Approved Manufacturers List (AML). If a supplier is unable to meet our quality requirements, we are obliged not to purchase any products from that supplier. In other words, when we promise to deliver quality, we mean it and our customers know that.

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Tubes, fittings and flanges used in shipbuilding are usually varnished to add a temporary protection against rust. It’s fine to use those tubes for other projects. However, I know from experience that my customers in shipbuilding prefer untreated materials. For that reason, we keep stock of untreated materials, especially for them. This saves customers time and money, because there is no need to shotblast the materials before delivery. Instead, they are immediately ready to be processed.

I am not afraid to say that we have a unique assortment of products in stock for the shipbuilding industry. The only way to achieve and maintain that unique position in the market is to be in frequent personal contact with customers. I enjoy transforming the wishes of our customers to practical solutions.

Thousands of sizes

To give an example, I recently wrapped up an order for a shipyard which had to make adjustments to 10 ships in order to comply with certain laws. We just finished the order for the first ship. When we start working on the next ship, we will restart the entire process and focus on finding the optimal solution. This works much better than purchasing materials for all 10 ships at once, which makes you less flexible and makes adding small alterations at a later stage more difficult. Thanks to our well established contacts with the suppliers on our AML, we are able to use this workflow.

We also have thousands of sizes of tube and other components in our stock, so we can deal with unexpected repairs. A ship contains many different materials for many different applications. Take, for instance, fuel pipes, ballast and flange pipes, jet water pipes, bow thruster pipes, spud poles and railings. We can supply tube materials for all those parts from our stock and we have a special range of so called “bending” tubes. A ship’s engine room is usually pretty cramped and filled with pipelines. For this purpose, special flexible tubes according to BS 3059 are used. The material quality of these pipes allows bending over a very sharp angle, making them very suitable for small spaces.

Obsolete sizes in stock

Furthermore, we have decided to refill our stock with slow moving sizes of seamless heavy wall tubes. After all, when a ship needs repairs, it could be 20 or 30 years old and require sizes which were common at the time. They often are very difficult to find, except, of course, in our warehouse. The same goes for flanges. When a customer needs an uncommon type of flange, we discuss if we should take it back in our stock. I'm also involved in this aspect of our marketing strategy.

Certified

I've noticed an increasing demand in our market for certified materials. This mainly concerns orders for 3.2 certificates. I advise my customers about this subject almost every day, as well as “upgrading” a 3.1 certificate. This is a service we also provide, in cooperation with a certification company of the customer's choosing, like Bureau Veritas, Germanischer Lloyd or any other. In these cases, additional tests will be conducted to find out if the material can meet the required extra standards. Some companies have never had to deal with these procedures before. Thanks to my experience and asking the right questions, I can show them the way.

This month, we will participate in the Maritime Industry trade fair in Gorinchem, a 3-day event in the Netherlands for the shipbuilding industry. I meet many of my customers there, so, like every year, I'm looking forward to it!

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Lindtsedijk 120
3336 LE Zwijndrecht
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Phone: +31 78 6252525
E-mail: vlptg@vanleeuwen.nl
Lindtsedijk 100
3336 LE Zwijndrecht
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Phone: (078) 625 25 25
Fax: (078) 625 20 20
E-mail: sales@vanleeuwen.nl
Industrieweg 26
4153 BW Beesd
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Phone: +31 345 687777
Fax: +31 345 683304
E-mail: sales.stainless@vanleeuwen.nl
Hamburgweg 6
7418 ES Deventer
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Phone: +31 570 500700
Fax: +31 570 500777
E-mail: info-precisie@vanleeuwen.nl
Lindtsedijk 100
3336 LE Zwijndrecht
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E-mail: sales@teulingstaal.nl
Ettenseweg 7b
7071 AA Ulft
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Phone: +31315236884
E-mail: ulft@vanleeuwen.nl
Schaarbeeklei 189
1800 Vilvoorde, België
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Phone: +32 225 54000
Schlütershof 30
47059 Duisburg
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Berner Str. 38
60437 Frankfurt am Main
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Phone: +49 69 904322-0
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Industriestrasse 21
71665 Vaihingen/Enz
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Fax: +49 7042 101-55201
E-mail: distribution.vaihingen@vanleeuwen.de
Chemnitzer Straße 8
14612 Falkensee
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Phone: +49 3322 277-0
Fax: +49 69 904322 110
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Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 29
04103 Leipzig
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Havellandstrasse 10-14
68309 Mannheim
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Am Moosfeld 26
81829 München
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Heisenbergerstr. 17A
33104 Paderborn
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Hammerbrookstraße 92
20097 Hamburg
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Grugaplatz 2
45131 Essen
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Perfektastrasse 69
1230 Wien
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2, Avenue des Pays-Bas
69881 Meyzieu (Lyon)
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32, rue de Mogador
75009 Paris
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The Deckhouse, The Waterfront, West Midlands
DY5 1LW Brierley Hill
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Brunel Road, Skippers Lane Industrial Estate
TS6 6JA Middlesbrough
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Crompton Way, Bolton
BL1 8TY Lancs
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Unit 1A, Rotunda Business Centre, Thorncliffe Park
S35 2PG Chapletown, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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Amstrong Road, Daneshill industrial Estate
RG24 8NU Basingstoke
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Tullow Industrial Estate
Bunclody Road Co. Carlow, Tullow
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Via Leonardo Da Vinci 97
20090 Trezzano sul Naviglio MI
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Kratka 753/3b
682 01 Vyskov
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Průmyslová 1666
263 01 Dobříš
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Areal ATPED, Na Brne 1972
500 06 Hradec Kralove
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Nabrezi Dr.Edvarda Benese 20
75002 Prerov
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Jurajov Dvor 523
925 28 Pusté Úľany
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Mikovíniho 4
91701 Trnava
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ul. Roździeńskiego 17
41303 Dąbrowa Górnicza
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Otiski Vrh 25A
2373 Šentjanž pri Dravogradu
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Lörinci ut 139
2220 Vecsés
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Rodūnios kelias str. 11
LT-02189 Vilnius
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17 C.A. Rosseti Str.
020011 Bucharest
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230119 Slatina
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131, Zelena str.
79035 Lviv
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95-113 Lee Holm Road
NSW 2760 St. Mary´s
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16 General Macarthur Place
Queensland 4301 Redbank
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Victoria 3175 Dandenong South
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W.A. 6155 Canning Vale
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Unit 1 lot 261 Schumacher Road
SA 5013 Wingfield
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627893 Singapore
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Kawasan Perindustrian I Park 81000 Bandar Indahpura
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59200 Kuala Lumpur
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Chonburi Industrial Estate (Bo-Win) 341 Moo 6 Highway no. 331 KM 91 District Bo-Win Amphur Sri Racha
20230 Chonburi Province
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25 Alma Link Building, 10th Floor, Soi Chidlom, Ploenchit Road, Lumpini, Pathumwan
10330 Bangkok
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Graha Pratama Building, Floor 14, Jl. M.T. Haryono Kav. 15
12810 Jakarta
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Intiland Tower 3rd Floor, Service Office Suite 02, Jalan Panglima Sudirman 101-103
60271 East Java
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Room 1708, You You International Plaza, 76 Pu Jian Road, Pudong New District
200127 Shanghai
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Qiao Bei Xin Rui 3rd Floor, Rm 311, No 10 Jintang Road, Dongli District
Postal 300301 Tianjin
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OilField Supply Center, Exec-03
P.O. Box 261145 Dubai - UAE
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Al Ghaith Tower - Office #1202, Hamdan Street
P.O. Box 47144 Abu Dhabi
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Prince Sultan St, Qurtoba Sehamiya Tower, Office 602
Al-Khobar 31952
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West Bay, Palm Tower 2
Suite 3003 Doha
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Building No. 1060, Plot No. 15, Way No 3709
South Ghubra, P.O. Box 835, PC 115 Muscat
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Block No. 2, Plot No. 284
Al Ardiya Industrial Area, P.O. Box 4819 13049 Safat
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2875 - 64th Avenue
T6P 1R1 Edmonton Alberta
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1225 North Loop West, Ste. 810
Texas 77008 Houston
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Olofsdalsvägen 32, Box 101
SE-30104 Halmstad
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Koesmosevej 48-58
5500 Middelfart
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Münchwilerstrasse 37
CH-9554 Tägerschen
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Avenue des Baumettes 3
1020 Renens
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15 route de Merville
27320 La Madeleine de Nonancourt
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Luchthavenlaan 4
1800 Vilvoorde
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De Limiet 15
4131 NR Vianen
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Fax: +31 (0)347 361730
E-mail: info@combulex.nl

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