& products inc. type private industry manufacturing founded 1978 headquarters houston tx area served worldwide products pipe supports spring hangers expansion joints pre insulated pipe supports slide plates and pipe rollers shock vibration controls pipe shoes guides & anchors pipe clamps and risers clevis hangers and beam attachments pipe support hardware saddle supports and coverings hold down pipe clamps pressure vessels and tanks pig launchers receivers services 24x7 quick turn emergency service field services and installation maintenance stress analysis and product testing engineering and design services online technical webinar presentation website www.pipingtech.com piping technology and products is a privately owned pipe support manufacturing and engineering company headquartered in houston texas united states . 1 its wholly owned subsidiaries are us bellows sweco fab fronek anchor darling enterprise and pipe shields . 2 these companies provide pipe supports expansion joints shock and vibration controls and pre insulated supports 3 to a variety of industries including lng chemical petrochemical pulp & paper and aerospace . history edit 1975 durga d. agrawal and alan muller entered into a partnership and established an engineering and consulting company called stress technology & products . the company specialized in design engineering and computerized stress analysis but evolved into a manufacturing and fabrication business over the next three years . 1978 the company was reorganized as piping technology & products inc. and developed the constant load spring hanger design . 1986 acquired sweco fab . inc. an asme u stamp shop that designs and fabricates pressure vessels pig launchers and receivers instrument supports conical strainers spectacle and line blinds orifice plates and flanges duct and transition pieces bellmouth reducers and dampers louvers . 1995 acquired rm manufacturing from rm engineered products of ladson south carolina . began manufacturing metallic expansion joints . 1997 acquired us bellows from ketema lp of san diego california 4 2003 launched field services division and began services calls installations and maintenance 2004 acquired fronek group 2007 received iso 9001 2000 certification 2009 received iso 9001 2008 certification 2012 received the texas board of professional engineers certification 2011 launched 3d printing of pipe supports and expansion joints to evaluate designs 2012 asme defines new inspection criteria for high energy pipelines references edit the manufacturer piping technology from the ground up retrieved 21 september 2010 common causes university of houston retrieved 21 september 2010 process cooling & equipment magazine a shoe that fits 1 july 2007 . kellar william henry the first twenty years page 108 . 1998 . external links edit piping technology company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title piping technology and products & oldid 743466347 categories manufacturing companies based in houstonmanufacturing companies established in 1978technology companies established in 1978privately held companies based in texas navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 19 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view