TPT July 2007

Industry News

Borusan Mannesmann establish pipe mill to serve Iberian Peninsula Borusan Group, Turkey, has established a Spanish subsidiary, Borusan Mannesmann España SA, with the aim of setting up a pipe mill on the Iberian Peninsula for the production of spirally welded pipes. This move will help cement the company’s cooperation in Spain with leading coating specialists Socotherm, Italy. The pipe mill – expected to have an initial annual capacity of about 50,000t – will be installed adjacent to Socotherm España’s Hellin pipe coating facilities in southeast Spain. This partnership is based on the positive forecast of the Iberian pipe market, both for oil and gas and water projects. Working in cooperation, Borusan Group and Socotherm España will supply these markets in Spain, Portugal and Andorra. Socotherm España SA owns a 3-layer polyolefin external anticorrosion coating plant and an internal flow coating plant, both able to coat large diameters pipes. Socotherm España is currently coating the 270km pipes of the Balearic submarine pipeline, the first 100 per cent Spanish offshore gas line carrying the gas from the Iberian Peninsula to the Balearic Islands. “The choice of Borusan Mannesmann,” says Mr Zeno Soave, chairman of Socotherm España, “is the confirmation that we took the right decision when we decided to install a pipe coating plant in the southeast of Spain. Through this cooperation, Socotherm España will coat all the pipes manufactured in Hellin optimising its production capacity.” “We now have the opportunity to expand our pipe business in Spain where we will cooperate with Socotherm – Borusan believes in the future success of cooperation with Socotherm. This investment is sure to contribute to the development of this region,” stated Mr Agah Ugur, CEO of Borusan Group. Borusan will undertake construction of the pipe mill in 2007, with startup due by 2008.

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2007

JULY 25-27 2 nd International Tube & Pipe Exhibition Tehran, Iran Exhibition AUGUST 21-23 CIPE – 8 th China international pipeline and tube exhibition Beijing, China Exhibition

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SEPTEMBER

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09-12 Pipe & Tube Houston Conference (ITA/TPA) Houston (TX), USA Conference

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17-22 EMO Hannover 2007 Hannover, Germany Exhibition (tools)

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24-26 Tube Ukraine (ITA)

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Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine Conference

OCTOBER 02-04 Tubotech/Metaltech São Paulo, Brazil Exhibition

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02-04 Rio Pipeline 2007

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Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Exhibition

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16-18 Tube/wire Southeast Asia Bangkok, Thailand Exhibition

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Non-Ferrous Bangkok (ITA Seminar) Bangkok, Thailand Conference

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17-19 17 th international conference on pipeline protection Edinburgh, UK, Conference

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24-28 Korea Metal Week Seoul, Korea Exhibition

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NOVEMBER 11-14 Fabtech

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Chicago, USA Exhibition

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13-16 Tube & Pipe Central Asia Almaty, Kazakhstan Exhibition

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FEBRUARY 2008 14-16 Tube India

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New Delhi, India Exhibition & Conference

MARCH/APRIL 31-04 Tube Düsseldorf

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Düsseldorf, Germany Exhibition

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