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Industry News
AWD announces new ‘welding world
village’ at MACH 2012
THE AWD (Association of Welding
Distribution Ltd) has announced that it will
be actively supporting the MACH 2012
exhibition from 16–20 April 2012, through
the AWD Welding World™ Village at the
show, sponsored by the association and its
members.
The AWD Welding World™ village will
comprise many stands devoted to the
presentation of high technology welding and
cutting equipment, welding consumables,
health and safety equipment, process gases
and other ancillary products while the AWD
will also feature a welding world seminar
area and hospitality lounge facility.
Adrian Hawkins, AWD director and
national chairman, said: “As our country
now recognises the necessity to expand the
UK manufacturing industry to supplement
the ailing financial services sector, the
association of welding distribution has a
lead role in the promotion of manufacturing
technology and in particular, the welding and
thermal cutting processes. The association
is delighted to be able to support the UK’s
premier manufacturing exhibition MACH
2012 through the AWD Welding World™
village where many of our members will
exhibit the latest innovations and equipment
in welding and gas technology.”
Toby Gourley, chairman of the AWD
exhibition committee said: “The Association
of Welding Distribution membership
represents a cross section of some of the best
and most forward thinking manufacturers,
suppliers and innovators in the industry. I’m
confident that the Welding World™ village
within MACH will provide an opportunity
for them to showcase and demonstrate the
knowledge and advancements the industry
has to offer.”
Adrian Sell, MACH 2012 sales manager,
said: “We are delighted to be working
closely with the AWD for MACH 2012.
MACH is the week long showcase for the
UK’s manufacturing industry and as such
the addition of the Welding World Village to
MACH 2012 will add real value to Mach’s
20,000+ visitors.”
AWD Member, Nick Dulley, Nederman
business manager – machining commented:
“Nederman has exhibited at the bi-annual
MACH shows for the last eight years in
our capacity as both a welding and now
a machining equipment supplier I would
very much endorse both the visitor quality
and the quantity. The last show in 2010
produced at least 90 high quality leads over
the five days, some of which were in fact in
our welding sector. The organisation and
professionalism of this show has proven to
withstand the toughest market forces and I
am convinced that it will grow in the coming
years to be the premier manufacturing
technologies exhibition for the UK.”
Association of Welding Distribution Ltd
– UK
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Continuous
caster
SALZGITTER Flachstahl GmbH, a company
of the Salzgitter Group, has placed an
order with SMS Siemag, Germany, for the
expansion of its single-strand slab caster
No 3. The aim is to maintain and increase the
casting speed, in particular for small casting
widths, thereby enhancing production capacity.
With Continuous Caster 3 supplied
by SMS Siemag in 2004 for slabs with
thicknesses of 250mm and widths of 850
to 2,100mm, Salzgitter Flachstahl’s range
of steel grades was expanded with a focus
on IF steels, C steels, I steels, micro alloyed
strengths and sour gas-resistant steels. The
continuous caster was designed with a view
to ensuring that it could be expanded to
include three segment places, ie segments
13-15. Segment 13 will now be installed to
increase the production capacity.
SMS Siemag AG – Germany
Fax: +49 211 881 4902
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