Since 1958, BUTTING has been manufacturing a wide range of products for nuclear plants. The main plant in Knesebeck recently received an order for prefabrication of pipelines for the French nuclear industry.
Global Nuclear Metal Supply (GNMS) commissioned BUTTING to produce welded components, which will be used to make cryogenic pipes for installation in a mega-project, International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). In this research project, an experimental fusion reactor is to be started as part of one of the world’s largest experiments in the field of plasma physics. Once installed, the process lines from the materials 1.4311 and 1.4307 will supply helium and liquefied gas to the reactor.
GNMS is a co-operation of European manufacturers and stockists whose shared objective is to enable the direct supply of products to the nuclear industry, thus offering an economical supply chain from the raw material supplier to the final product. BUTTING joined the co-operation more than two years ago.
