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Editor • Rich Sears
Features editor (USA) • Dorothy Fabian
Editorial assistant • Christian Bradley
Production manager • Lisa Benjamin
Design • Julie Tomlin
Sales & marketing • Catherine Sayers
English speaking sales
• Giuliana Benedetto
Italian sales
• Hendrike Morriss
German speaking sales
• Linda Li
Chinese sales
• Jeroo Vandrevala
Indian sales
Advertising • Liz Hughes
co-ordinators Andrea McIntosh
Subscriptions • Liz Hughes
Accounts manager • Richard Babbedge
Publisher • Caroline Sullens
Founder • John C Hogg
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2 Editorial Index
6 Industry News
24 Technology
Update
76 From T he
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128 Advertisers Index
Delivering the best of both worlds
As is expected nowadays with the industrial and economic shift to the Far East,
Tube and wire China took place for the third time in September with enormous
success. According to the organisers Messe Düsseldorf, the event welcomed over
30,000 visitors to the stands of 1,098 exhibitors.
Feedback from Tube China regarding Tube & Pipe Technology again confirmed that
there is a strong interest from Chinese readers in gaining access to the magazine’s
industry and technical news in the Chinese language. It is our mission to give due
consideration to all suggestions and ensure that Tube & Pipe Technology keeps apace
with the changes and requirements of the industry.
Because Tube & Pipe Technology is an international magazine that goes out to a wide
global audience, the question of multi-language content has always been under review.
However, it has generally been accepted that one of the strongest features of the
magazine is the amount of news and features packed into each issue. The inclusion of
several languages in addition to English would drastically reduce the quantity and flow of
editorial, as the process would involve duplication of one story several times over.
This is why the decision has been taken to provide the best of both worlds – print and online,
English and Chinese. As of this issue, the main news and feature sections will be translated
into Chinese and made available on a special section of . Hopefully, this will
become a vital service for both Chinese readers and those international companies wishing
to communicate with the Chinese tube and pipe industry.
Over the coming issues, we will be promoting this special
Chinese language service to both Chinese speakers and
the international industry. And if the Chinese website
content is a success, the addition of other languages may
follow in the future.
Rich Sears
Editor • Email:
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