Tube Technologies Inc. opened in Minneapolis in July of this year. The company manufactures inertia-welded drill pipe, subs, casing, stabilizers and other accessories. The company sells products worldwide and services the water well, oil and gas, environmental, construction and utility industries.
Owner Tom Ronnkvist, who owned and operated LTA Corp., manufacturing inertia welded drill pipe and accessories from 1988-1995, saw an opportunity to return to the drilling tool manufacturing market.