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During the World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE), Manoir Industries signed an agreement to create a joint-venture with the Suez Group to develop an industrial maintenance and cleaning activity on nuclear power plants in China. Since the 1990s, Manoir Industries moved to China through various JV and took part in the construction of the first two units of the Chinese nuclear power plants. In 2013, the TaiHai Group, leader of the civil nuclear power in China acquired Manoir Industries. With the support…

With more than 40 years of international experience in the nuclear industry, Manoir Industries is launching a new global strategy to increase Manoir’s scope of work from a component into a system supplier, through careful acquisitions, organic growth and internal restructuring in order to exploit the full synergies of the new extended group. Manoir Global Nuclear Solutions is a business offer granted with all existing certifications operating in the nuclear industry. It is positioned…

Pressurized water reactors are today the most common functioning nuclear powerplants. They are designed with three successive coolant loops. The primary loop drives the heat extracted from the nuclear reaction towards steam generators. The steam generated within secondary loop then drives steam turbines that generate electricity. The coolant water within primary loop circulates within the reactor. It is highly pressurized at around 150 bar to remain liquid at high temperatures (350°C). The primary loop is a critical component that…

Manoir Pîtres, Manoir Industries’ subsidiary, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Created in 1917, it has constantly invested and innovated to remain at the forefront of the metallurgical industry in terms of manufacturing processes, controls and new material development. Manoir Pîtres is a foundry that is mainly aimed at the petrochemical, nuclear, hydraulic, defence, steel and railway markets. More than 80% of its products are exported. All over the world, moulded and machined components, ready to be assembled, along with…

The new ASME III certification positions the Manoir Pîtres plant as the only French foundry certified for all possible construction codes in force in the nuclear industry! Following the RCCM and HAF 604 certifications, the organization and the quality system of Manoir Pitres’ Plant has been successfully awarded ASME certification (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Section III certification – Nuclear (Material Organization). This certification defines the rules for equipment construction & inspection under pressure in nuclear plant worldwide. This knowhow makes…

In the continuity of improvement of centrifugally cast parts, Manoir has extended its fabrication by installing vertical spinning equipment which is a complement to the horizontal spinning equipment used for tubes. The process consists in having the mold spinning around a vertical axis, while submitting the cast metal to varying acceleration according to their dimension or their shape. The advantages of this process are numerous: the pieces are perfectly sound and can meet the strictest radiographic test requirements, we obtain a…