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Dawn Sheppard is the General Manager of Special Piping Materials' Manchester headquarters and is a real asset to the company. Read on to find out more about her, why she has worked for Special Piping Materials for so long and what precautions the team is making against coronavirus.  Dawn Sheppard ... Read More

Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) is a fascinating sector and there has certainly been a massive growth in the LNG market in Europe in recent years. As new technologies have emerged over the past 20 years, it has become easier for LNG plants to be constructed. Subsequently an increasing number of ... Read More

The North Sea and Clean Energy are probably not two things you would traditionally associate together. The North Sea basin has produced nearly 40 billion barrels of oil over the past four decades, and the oil and gas industry in the region is inextricably linked with Europe’s consumption of fossil ... Read More

The UK recently held a transformative election, but what does it mean for the UK Energy industry and how have market experts reacted? In December, the Conservative Party won the General Election in the UK by a landslide. The Party secured 364 seats across the country, taking the largest majority ... Read More

The North Sea has always been a cornerstone of the oil & gas industry and is an area of huge importance. Recently, there have been questions over its future so here we look at its history and review some of the upcoming projects.  What is the “North Sea”? Within the ... Read More

Special Piping Materials, the leading stockholder and supplier of pipes, fittings and flanges has appointed Alex Forth as the new Managing Director in the UK as well as Regional Director across Australia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Alex is an industry expert, having been with the group for 11 ... Read More

Special Piping Materials celebrate 10 years in Scotland this July. The regional office and warehouse, located on Moss Road, Gateway Business Park in Aberdeen, opened its doors for the first time in July 2007, and since then has enabled Special Piping to expand its operations from its crucial vantage point ... Read More

Special Piping Materials (SPM) Corporate Video 2015

Special Piping Materials (SPM) was proud to finish 2013 celebrating a trio of awards & nominations from across the UK. Firstly SPM was included by the London Stock Exchange group annual publication “1000 Companies to Inspire Britain”. Next the “Sunday Times International Track 200” ranked SPM 38th in Britain's mid-market ... Read More

Special Piping Materials Manchester is proud to announce that it has been awarded its ISO 14001:2004 Environmental certificate from The British Standards Institution (BSI). This means that it operates an Environmental Management System which complies with the requirements of ISO 14001:2004 for the stockholding and supply of stainless steel, nickel ... Read More

Special Piping Materials (SPM) recently exhibited at the Offshore Europe 2009 Conference from 8-11 September in Aberdeen, Scotland. SPMs key focus at the Exhibition was in the Sub Sea, Desalination and Oil and Gas markets with emphasis on uses of our stock material Duplex, Super Duplex and 6% Moly. It ... Read More