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Middle East Plastic Pipes
) will take place
from 1-3 June 2009 at the JW
Marriott Hotel, Dubai, United Arab
Emirates. The conference brings together
leading pipe producers, specialists and civil
engineers from the MENA region. Based on
incredible architectural growth in the region,
the conference will examine the relation of
new product industries using PVC pipes.
The 3rd PaintExpo (www.
paintexpo.de), an international
trade fair for industrial coatings
technology, will take place in
Karlsruhe, Germany from 13-16 April 2010.
The event has already attracted over 110
exhibiting companies, 12 months before the
event opens its doors. At the last show in
2008, nearly 6,000 specialist visitors from 43
countries took part.
PS China 2009
com/china) will be staged
from 17-19 September 2009
at Shanghaimart in Shanghai,
China. The exhibition will showcase the
latest in tube and pipe, valves and fittings,
and pumps and systems. PS China is
targeted at markets including agriculture,
automotive, manufacturing, shipbuilding, oil
and gas, and petrochemical.
The Wire, Tube and Cable Expo
2009 (WTC ’09), took place with
success from the 14-17 May 2009
at India’s premier venue, the
Chennai Trade Centre, in Chennai, India.
WTC ’09 was held in conjunction with the
5th International Machinetools Expo (IMEX
’09), a leading machinery event.
The first Valve World Expo
) to be
held in Düsseldorf in 2010 has
already received bookings for 80
per cent of the exhibition area in halls 3 and
4 of the Messe Düsseldorf showgrounds.
The organizers have already registered
220 companies from 28 countries for the
event to be held from 30 November to
2 December 2010. This success validates
the changeover from Maastricht to
Düsseldorf, a popular city for trade fairs.
Stexpo 2009
com.cn), the 6th China (Beijing)
international steel tube industry
expo, will take place from
13-15 August 2009 at Beijing’s China
international exhibition centre. In the
region of 500 exhibitors and 30,000
visitors are expected. The event will
feature exhibits including large-diameter
pipeline, seamless steel tube, industrial
welded pipe, and valves/fittings.
Machinery on display will include pipe
welding units, hot dip galvanizing lines,
and SAW mills.
Pipeline Coating 2009 (www.
amiplastics.com) was staged
with all round success from
26-28 January 2009 in Vienna,
Austria. The conference attracted a
wide range of companies from pipe
coaters to engineers and operators,
with 24 countries represented from
Argentina to Russia. Presentations
came from companies including Bredero
Shaw, Shawcor, Total, Petrobas, Dow
Hyperlast, Borealis, Eupec, Arkema, and
Dhatec.
Progress is going well for
Pipe & Tube Istanbul 09, the
International Tube Association’s
next biennial technical
conference, organised jointly with Ihlas
Fuar. The event will take place at the
WOW Hotel and Convention Centre
in Istanbul from 2-3 November 2009.
Sessions will be conducted in two very
well appointed conference rooms, with
simultaneous Turkish, Russian and
English translation.
Citypipe , the
4th international exhibition for
municipal piping systems, will
be held from 26-29 May 2009
at the Crocus Expo centre in Moscow,
Russia. Exhibits will include tube and pipe,
pipe manufacturing equipment, valves and
fittings, pipeline laying and repair, pipeline
inspection and trenchless technology.
The 5th Shanghai Tube Expo
) will
be staged at the Intex Shanghai
showgrounds in Shanghai,
China, from the 5-7 May 2009. Shanghai
Tube Expo is one of the largest exhibitions
of its kind not only in China, but also in
the Asia-Pacific region. The exhibition is
targeted at equipment and tube products for
industries including petroleum, automobile,
petrochemical, shipbuilding, power station,
and construction.
Steel-Tech .
com/steeltech-about.htm) will take
place from 18-20 May 2009 at the
Expo Centre Sharjah in Sharjah,
Untied Arab Emirates. Steel-Tech will form
part of Thermal Industry Middle East and will
be a key component of the show together
with an industry conference.
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