TPT July 2007

Industry News

The Tianjin Zhenwei Exhibition Co Ltd (www.chinacipe.com. cn) will hold the 8 th China international pipeline and tube material exhibition

The FMA’s 5 th annual North American hydroforming conference & exhibition (www.fmanet.org) will be held from 19-21 September 2007 in

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Tata Metaliks Ltd (www. tatametaliks.com) are to develop a new ductile iron pipe manufacturing facility (110,000t/a) in Kharagpur,

(CIPE) on 21-23 August 2007. The exhibition will take place at the Tianjin Binhai International Exhibition Centre in Beijing, China. Exhibits will include metal and plastic tube and pipe, petroleum and OCTG linepipe, and pipe manufacturing machinery.

Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Organised by the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association International, the program is co-sponsored by the Tube & Pipe Association International (TPA), and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). Topics will include applications, problems, and solutions for hydroforming and other emerging forming and fabricating processes.

India. Expected to begin production in 2009, the new plant is a joint venture with leading Japanese manufacturers, Kubota Corp (www.kubota.co.jp) and Metal One Corp (www.mtlo.co.jp).

Metallurgy Ukraine 2007 (www.messe–duesseldorf. de), the international trade fair for metallurgical plants and rolling mills, thermo-process

The Pipeline 2007 event (www.pipelineconnection. com) will take place from 26- 28 November 2007 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

TMK (www.tmkgroup.ru) and Rosneft (www.rosneft.com) have agreed a joint venture in order to develop a long- term strategic partnership.

engineering and foundry machinery, will welcome the metals industry to the Expodonbass fairgrounds in Donetsk, Ukraine from 4-7 September. According to organisers Messe Düsseldorf, metallurgy makes up around 52 per cent of the Ukrainian industry structure. Topics will include plants and rolling mills, foundry machinery, sheet metal and tubes, and welding/cutting.

Organised by Pipeline Connection, the conference will examine the major issues affecting the future development and implementation of both onshore and offshore oil, gas and water pipeline projects. A full exhibition will run alongside the conference. The deadline for paper submissions is 26 July 2007.

Under the terms of the initial three- year partnership, TMK and Rosneft will cooperate in the design and production of new types of pipes. These pipes will be supplied by TMK to Rosneft for use in the oil and gas industry, both in the medium and long term.

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