Founded in 1951, TUBIFLEX became a stock holding company in 1967. In 1995, the shareholders decided to transfer the industrial activities to what is now TUBIFLEX S.p.A., consolidating those of a different nature in the parent company QUASAR S.r.l.The latter carried out its partnership activity for another company that operates in the flexible hose and expansion joint business: Hose Master L.L.C. (Ohio, Texas, Georgia).
The production plant in Orbassano (TO) covers a surface area of 34,000 square metres, with 20,000 sq. m. of industrial workshop and 3,000 sq. m. of offices.
Proprietary know-how and engineering autonomy have characterised Tubiflex from its inception, positioning it as one of the most technologically advanced companies in its sector, enabling it to exporting 45% of its production in all five continents.
In its 60 years of life, Tubiflex has become the Italian leader in the manufacturing and marketing of a vast assortments of products, including:
- Flexible metal and non metal bulk hoses
- Flexible hoses assemblies
- Expansion joints and bellows
- Heat exchangers made with corrugated metal hose
- Special products
TUBIFLEX products are used as “original equipment” or spare-parts in the following segments:
- Aeronautic and aerospace industries
- Medical and biomedical equipment
- Shipbuilding
- Industrial furnaces
- Energy generation: Traditional and alternative sources (solar, nuclear, fuel cells, biomass, etc.)
- Oenology
- Residential plumbing systems
- Industrial plants
- Offshore oil-drilling
- Machines for the food industry
- Chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, glue, and ink production plants
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- Automotive and industrial vehicles
- Railway and tramway vehicles
- Glassworks
- CD and DVD manufacturing
- Electronics industry
- Mining
- Steelworks
- Paper-making industry
- Moving Platen presses (for manufacturing of rubber, laminates, wood, etc.; lyophilization processes)
- Air Conditioning
- Refrigeration
- Heating
- Gas cookers, both domestic and professional
- Instrumentation
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TUBIFLEX also offers a vast assortment of “made-to-measure” flexible solutions to meet every need, even under extreme operating conditions, for the following applications:
- Conveyance of any type of fluid (liquid, viscous, colloids, gaseous), also in the presence of thermal shock, pressure impulse, high vacuum, highly aggressive chemicals, vibrations, frequent movements, etc.
- Conveyance and distribution of gas and water
- Silent conveyance of pressurized Freon with minimal pressure drop
- Absorption of vibrations
- Delivery of granules and dusts
- Delivery of fumes and exhaust gases
- Protection of electrical cables, also in hazardous areas
- Heat transmission, reflection, insulation and exchange
- Expansion joints