The company B&B Pipe and Industrial Tools (B&B) was originally founded in Houston, Texas, USA in the 1990’s, offering initially mainly the standard pipe rollers and applications, sold into petrochemical construction projects along the Texas Gulf Coast. Over the years B&B became an important player in the U.S. market.
With the merger in 2019 of B&B Pipe and Industrial Tools LLC (USA), Mathey Dearman Inc. (USA) and TAG Pipe Equipment Specialists (UK) and the recent addition in 2022 of AXXAIR (France) into Specialized Fabrication Equipment (S.F.E.) Group, the various product groups offered by the original manufacturers have been re-aligned and integrated into the overall S.F.E. Group product range whilst keeping their own brand identity.
Backed by nearly 30 years of development, today S.F.E. Group’s B&B brand is dedicated to and covering pipe handling pipe machines & equipment, pipe fixtures, applications and solutions. With the B&B brand, S.F.E. Group not only wishes to highlight the focus on this particular product line, but also supply the growing demand and diverse applications in the industries that it already serves and intertwine with other product applications within S.F.E. Group.
As an OEM, S.F.E. Group prides itself on being renowned for its innovations, ground-breaking developments and creative designs within the B&B product range. With its engineering capabilities, customer-oriented focus and flexibility, the B&B brand provides the possibility to design out-of-the-box pipe handling solutions to fulfill customers’ projects’ specific needs in particular and to cater for an ever-evolving industry in general.
The B&B brand portfolio consists of a comprehensive range of pipe purging equipment: pipe fixtures, pipe jacks and stands, mega rollers and stands, and material handling carts.
B&B products are available from the international S.F.E. Group branches on 4 continents, as well as from S.F.E. Group’s extensive and continuously expanding global network of partners and distributors.
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Specialized Fabrication Equipment (S.F.E.) Group was founded in 2019 after the merger of three world leading OEM’s in the field of pipe fabrication equipment, tooling and machinery: B&B Pipe and Industrial Tools LLC (USA), Mathey Dearman Inc. (USA) and TAG Pipe Equipment Specialists (UK). In 2022 the AXXAIR Group (France) was acquired and in 2023 respectively Magnatech LLC (USA) and Climax Portable Machining & Welding Systems LLC (USA) were added to the S.F.E. Group.
The S.F.E. Group is formed with the vision of merging various fabrication tool businesses and brands together to offer the world’s most comprehensive range of orbital welding, pipe fabrication, precision engineered applications and cutting solutions for a wide variety of industries. S.F.E. Group’s unrivalled offering of complementing industrial tools is brought to its customers all around the world through its expanding global presence and extensive partner network (250+), offering an unmatched level of local availability, support and service.
S.F.E. Group looks forward to welcoming you into its global network as a partner, distributor or end user customer and remains at your disposal at any time.
S.F.E. Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of CLIMAX Portable Machining & Welding Systems, based in Newberg, Oregon, USA.
(October 2023)
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