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Dates announced for
Shanghai Tube Expo 2009
Shanghai Tube Expo 2008 received a
successful staging last August, with 302
exhibitors from 30 countries and regions.
Held in an exhibition area of nearly
12,000m 2, the event attracted 18,163
professional visitors.
Visitors came from the fields of petroleum,
petrochemical, shipbuilding, shipping, water
conservation, boiler, power plants, coal
mines, construction and household pipe.
Shanghai Tube Expo has been successfully
held for four consecutive years since 2005.
The event has grown year-on-year in scale
and impact, and is now regarded as a platform
for international exchanges and cooperation
in the steel tube industry. It has become a
leading Asian and international event covering
the whole steel tube supply chain.
To continue the success of this event, the
dates have been announced for Shanghai
Tube Expo 2009. The event will be held
from 5-7 May 2009 at the Intex Shanghai
exhibition showgrounds.
Shanghai Shenshi Exhibition &
Convention Ltd – China
Fax: +86 21 52830923
Website:
oil and gas, power, and construction, which
have led to tremendous growth prospects
for India’s tube and pipe industry.
The seminar detailed the shifts in domestic
tube and pipe consumption patterns and
the future requirements by the user sectors.
There was an acceptance that the tube
industry in India needs to increasingly adopt
the latest available technology.
The seminar discussed the importance of
basic raw material. There are shortages
of pressure vessel grade steel plates and
tubes, while the industry is facing problems
of price shifts. Due to inadequate availability
of input material and stable prices of raw
materials the delivery and commissioning
schedules of various projects are being
affected to a great extent.
The main areas addressed by the event
were the present status and challenges
ahead, R&D, regulatory issues and
export thrust, bottlenecks faced by the
manufacturers and users, and advancement
in technology for the tube industry.
Confederation of Indian Industry – India
Fax: +91 11 24 682229
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The Confederation of Indian Industry held
a highly successful seminar, titled the
Steeltube Partnership Summit 2008, at the
start of September. Distinguished speakers
from the steel tube industry and user
industry sectors gave presentations on a
range of topics.
Hosted at the Indian Habitat Centre in New
Delhi, the seminar examined the remarkable
growth in key sectors such as automotive,
PHI-Tulip makes key appointment and
reorganizes sales department
PHI (a division of Tulip Corporation), USA, has reorganized its sales department for tube
bending and end finishing machines. This reorganization has been accompanied by the
appointment of a new sales manager, Mr Steven Moss.
The company has been operating as PHI since 1985, following the purchase of Leonard
Precision and Conrac Corporation’s machine tool division. As part of a new market
strategy, the company plan to add more distributors and representatives worldwide to
answer the growing market needs for its machines.
PHI offers a complete family of machines and tooling for applications ranging from 1/8"
light wall tubing to 8" pipe. The end finishing machines are used to shape the tube and
pipe ends, with operations including flaring, beading, squaring and deburring and 90º
cold flanging.
Bending machines are available from small bench-top models to larger machines
designed for tubes up to 3" x 0.188 WT, with bend radii as tight as 2 times the tube
diameter. Controls range from manual to programmable.
The company, which now also manufactures welders, presses and tooling, aims to take
a more proactive role in addressing the market.
PHI-Tulip Corporation – USA
Fax: +1 626 333 3610
Website:
Successful steel tube seminar
staged by Confederation of Indian Industry
 The Steeltube Partnership Summit 2008 was
held in New Delhi, India