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BLM Group UK Ltd (www.
blmgroup.com), UK, recently
staged a successful 5-day
in-house event. InTube drew
visitors from across the
UK, who were able to view a number of
machines including several models of all-
electric bending and forming machines (eg
E-Turn and E-Bend). A similar event for
BLM’s cutting and profiling technology is
being planned for next year.
The 5th China International
Steel Congress (www.
steelcongress.com) took
place from 2-4 June 2008 in
Shanghai, China. Co-organised
by the China Iron and Steel Association
(CISA) and the Metallurgical Council of
CCPIT (MC-CCPIT), the event took place
alongside the Metal+Metallurgy China 2008
Expo and China International Steel Mill
Rolls Conference (CISMRC 2008).
Roll-Kraft Ltd
com), USA, has recently hosted
several training seminars in
Canada, detailing the best
techniques for producing
roll formed products and tube and pipe.
Attendees were also invited to visit the Roll-
Kraft Ltd facility in Woodbridge, Ontario.
Information on future seminars, including
onsite seminars, is available on the
company’s website.
The 12th Medtec .
com), the world’s largest show
for medical technology and
products, took place in Stuttgart
from 11-13 March 2008. The
event welcomed 635 exhibitors from 24
countries, which is a year-on-year increase
of 14 per cent, while over 9,100 visitors
were in attendance. The event, organised by
Canon Communications, was accompanied
by a three-day conference. The next Medtec
will take place from 3-5 March in 2009.
The China Steel Trade Expo
2008 ) will
take place inShanghai from21-23
August, 2008. The event will play
host to 1,100 exhibition stands
and around 30,000 visitors. Exhibit areas will
include construction, oil and shipping. For the
first time, the show will feature sheet, tube,
profiles, wire and bar products.
The 4th Shanghai international
casting, forging, heating &
furnace expo
cn) will be staged from 21-23
August 2008. The last event in
2007 received 200 casting companies from
20 countries. Exhibits will include foundry
machinery, furnaces, surface treatment,
quality castings, and heat treatment.
Surfex 2008 008.
net) – the largest and most
comprehensive UK exhibition
for surface coatings, printing
inks, adhesives, corrosion and
construction chemicals – welcomed 180
exhibitors from 3-4 June 2008. The event is
organised by Surfex Ltd and sponsored by
Oil and Colour Chemists’ Association. 
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Outokumpu Copper BCZ SA, Belgium, and Outokumpu Copper SA, Spain,
have been acquired (100 per cent) by Alfonso Ortega and a management team,
with assistance from Lead Business Holdings SL. The joint turnover of the two
companies, active in European sanitary and industrial copper tube markets,
exceeded €300 million in 2007. The new company includes the production units at Bilbao and
Liege, and an extensive network across Europe.
Interpipe ), Ukraine, aims to increase tube production at
its Niko Tube mill with investment of US$6.3mn. The new project willl increase
production by 30,000t/annum for API 5CT and GOST 633-80 tubing with upset
ends (Ø 60.3 to 89mm). The new equipment includes a Bronx/Taylor-Wilson
5-roll straightening press (6CR11), intended for straightening pipes from Ø 60-139mm
with wall thickness from 2-15mm.
TheKorean distributor of HuntingdonFusionTechniques .
com), UK, has secured significant orders for specialist ancillary products to facilitate
fabrication of LNG terminal pipework and vessels in the area. This follows on from
UK success with supply to the massive Milford Haven gas pipeline project and
several other LNG installations.
Wolf Maschinenbau AG ) has moved to new
facilities at Wilhelm Maybach Straße 2 in Brackenheim (D-74336), Germany.
The new 1,500m 2 building offers more space to accommodate the company’s
growth and further expansion. Since 1991, the company has been producing
rotary table transfer and linear type machines (RTM and LTM) for tube production, together
with indexing table transfer machines (TSM 280).
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