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14 Tube Products International October 2008
Annual results for
Cronimet Group
The Cronimet Group, Germany, is
an international group of companies
involved in the trading, production and
recycling of alloying raw materials for
the stainless steel industry.
The group has reported that its 2007
fiscal year went very well, and that
Cronimet achieved a new sales record
in the company’s history over the past
fiscal year.
With an annual tonnage of 1.056 million
tons, the group achieved sales of €3.2
billion (US$4.7 billion), compared with
€3.067 billion (US$4.046 billion) in 2006.
This increase in sales was achieved
despite weak stainless steel activity and
lower global stainless steel production.
The number of employees across the
group increased from 4,052 to 4,180,
and new recycling operations were
opened in Italy and Turkey.
Armenian Zangezur Copper and
Molybdenum Combine AG (ZCMC),
in which Cronimet Mining GmbH has
a majority holding, also registered
outstanding development in fiscal year
2007 and a very satisfactory result.
Cronimet Group – Germany
Water China 2009
and PVP China
2009 trade fair
The largest Chinese trade fair for the
water industry, Water China/PVP China
in Canton (Guangzhou), will be held from
4-6 March 2009. The fair is organised by
the China Foreign Trade Centre Group
in association with Merebo Messe
Marketing, Germany.
The fair incorporates the10th International
Water, Wastewater & Water Treatment
Trade Show (Water China 2009) and
the 9th International Pump, Valve & Pipe
Trade Show (PVP China 2009). The
show will take place in a gross space
of 12,000m2 in Asia’s largest venue, the
Sales reorganisation
PHI, a leader in tube bending and end finishing machines, and a division of Tulip
Corporation, has announced the reorganisation of its sales department and the
recent appointment of new sales manager, Steven Moss.
Having purchased Leonard Precision
and Conrac Corporation’s Machine
Tool Division, and operating as PHI
since 1985, the company is now
poised to add more distributors and
representatives worldwide, in response
to growing demand 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 ends of pipe
and tubes including flaring, beading,
squaring and deburring, and 90° cold
flanging.
Bending machines are available from
small bench-top models to larger
machines designed for tubes up to
3" x .188 WT, with bend radii as tight
as 2 times the tube diameter. Controls range from manual to programmable.
The company also manufactures welders, presses and tooling.
PHI – USA
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Steven Moss has been appointed ▲ ▲
as sales manager at PHI
The eighth edition of the MECSPE
International Fair of Skilled Mechanics
will be held in Parma, 19-21 March 2009.
“The mechanical field has a leading role
in Italy,” commented Emilio Bianchi,
director of event organiser Senaf. “That’s
why we’re willing to increase MECSPE’s
offer in 2009 to meet the entrepreneurs’
needs, promoting new ideas”.
The 2008 fair featured a show area of
42,000m2 and almost 23,000 exhibitors.
The 2009 event will also feature the return
of the two-year exhibition Trattamenti &
Finiture alongsideMECSPE, Eurostampi,
PlastixExpo, Subfornitura, Control Italy
and Motek Italy. The seven shows
will offer visitors an overall view of all
the different fields that make up the
manufacturing industry.
Senaf will organise the exhibition areas
withmany avenues and thematic squares
MECSPE 2009:
innovation within tradition
to assure visitors the best visibility and
comfort. The showwill feature 50working
areas, including ‘From the project to the
object’, an initiative that has reached
its tenth edition and focuses on topical
subjects such as innovation and the
technological transfer to industries
where the moulding technique of plastic
materials is used.
The working areas will gather in a single
site all companies that are involved in
the creation of an item, from the design
to the final product, creating a real
industry within the ‘mechanical town’.
Everything will be performed using
working machines to enable visitors to
see each step of the production process
and find out the best solutions to their
needs.
Senaf srl – Italy
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