TPT July 2007

Industry News

Kemppi sponsors Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 team

Broad metals technology at Korea Metal Week Korea Metal Week, the principal exhibition for the Korean metal and machinery industry, will return to Seoul from 24-28 October 2007. Held alongside Korea Machinery Fair 2007 and Tool Tech 2007, the event brings together five well established exhibitions: the 11 th Cable, Tube & Pipe Korea, the 11 th Fastener & Wire Korea, the 10 th Foundry, Forging & Furnace Korea, the 6 th Die Casting Korea, and the 4 th Machine Parts & Mold Manufacturing Korea. suppliers, manufacturers and traders from across the world. The 2005 event attracted over 80,000 visitors, with similar numbers expected for this year’s event. The exhibition will be staged in halls 1-5 of Kintex (Korea International Exhibition Centre), which can accommodate 53,541m 2 of exhibit space. The event will attract

Finnish welding equipment manufacturer, Kemppi OY, has entered into a sponsorship agreement with the Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team for the 2007 season. The sponsorship agreement will see the Kemppi brand logo carried on the racing team’s distinctive orange and tungsten

Mr John Frost, director of sales and marketing (UK), said, “The Etihad Aldar Spyker team’s distinctive colours tie in perfectly with Kemppi’s own orange and black branding. F1 racing globally touches all our markets providing us with a perfect vehicle to promote orange welding power.”

The Mastertig MLS™ 2300 AC/DC is a very compact and powerful welder, and offers a high power to weight ratio. The equipment is rated 230A at 40 per cent duty cycle and 170A at 100 per cent duty cycle giving it enough power to weld 5mm aluminium. designed for high quality aluminium welding and can be used both from a It is

› Kemppi will sponsor the Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team for 2007

mains supply or a generator, making it useful for installation and repair work both on-site and in fabrication shops.

› The event will take place at Kintex in Seoul

F8-V11 cars, on the team’s website, supporting vehicles and printed materials. Kemppi is also supplying the team with four of its latest Mastertig MLS™ 2300 AC/ DC, digitally controlled single phase 230V inverter power sources for both MMA and TIG AC/DC welding. These will be used by the F1 racing and test teams at Grand Prix circuits around the world, as well as at their R & D and fabrication workshops in Silverstone, UK.

A seminar program will be held concurrently with Korea Metal Week. This seminar will welcome experts from all corners of the metal industry, with presentations on the latest technological developments and new products.

Kemppi Oy – Finland Fax : +358 3 899 428

Email : export@kemppi.com Website : www.kemppi.com

Korea Trade Fairs Ltd – Korea Fax : +82 2 784 6810 Email : ktfairs@ktfairs.com Website : www.ktfairs.com

Kemppi (UK) Ltd – UK Fax : +44 845 6444202 Emai l: sales.uk@kemppi.com

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