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Industry News
May2008 6
LAPGmbH Laser Applikationen, Germany,
has recently opened a new 1,500m2
production building at its Lüneberg
headquarters. The expansion effectively
doubles the company’s production space to
allow for big increases inmachinery orders.
Involving a total investment of almost €4
million, the development provides the laser
measurement equipment
manufacturer with the
necessary space to produce
large measuring systems for
the steel industry.
During the last three years
the company has raised its
turnover by 150 per cent to
€30 million. The expansion
was urgently needed due to
these record turnovers and
increasingly fullerorderbooks.
The production of large
measuring systems – which
sometimes span over eight
metres – could not be realized
in the existing facilities. The
expansion of the production
capacitywas unavoidable.
Mr Guido Jung, managing
directorofLAP,explains“Our
systems must be completely assembled
and tested here in our workshops under
realistic conditions before they can be
shipped to our customers. We are now
in a position to perform pre-shipment
approvals in our workshops, checking
every single detail before the system
is shipped. This gives our customers
confidence.”
With future development in mind, the
investment package also includes the
modernization of existing facilities at the
company’s headquarters in Lüneburg. The
new production building features special
foundations for the heavy equipment, a
crane with a lifting capacity of more than
five tonnes and a most state-of-the-art IT
infrastructure.
The software engineers have direct access
to the systems from their work places,
As the doors closed on Tube 2008many new doors had already
been opened, with full order books, newly forged partnershipsand excellent prospects for post-fair business the result of the
show held inDüsseldorf from 31March to 4April.
Tubewelcomeda record-breakingnumberofover1,000exhibitors
inmore than 41,000m2display space, while partner show wire 2008
hosted1,129exhibitingcompanies.The two regularshowswerealsoheldalongside
new show Metav, which meant that
Tubewas relocated into exhibition halls
6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 8a, 8b and part of hall
5. The new halls 6, 8a and 8bprovided a more modern
environment for Tube
exhibitors.
met all expectations we have of leading
international trade fairs. For us, they
proved to be outstanding platforms with
the expected high level of sophistication of
the trade visitors.”
Over 73,000 visitors attended the
combined Tube and wire events. Tube
welcomed 32,900 visitors from 71
countries, a 9.7 per cent increase on
2006.Of these visitors, 52 per cent were
international.
The next show will take place in Spring
2010,withanannouncementonshowdates
due soon. The jury is also currently out on
whether Metav will take place alongside
Tubeandwire in two years’ time.
MesseDüsseldorf –Germany
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NewLAP facilitydoublesproduction space for
‘largemeasuring systems’
MrGuido Jung andDrArminRöckseisen demonstrating a system for themeasurement of tube inside diameters. From left:
Mr Hans-PeterWerner (technical director at LAP), Mr Manfred Nahrstedt, Mr Hartmut Möllring, Mr Guido Jung, Dr Armin
Röckseisen (senior director of LAP),andMrUlrichMaedge
The showgrounds in Düsseldorf saw a
record-breaking Tube 2008, with over 1,000
exhibitors
Tube 2008: the industry favourite rompshomeagain
A number of artistic exhibits added
extra interest to Tube 2008 (exhibit
fromFelssGroup)
There was a mixed reaction to the co-staging of
Metav, with a number of exhibitors saying that the
show had become too large,while therewas little of
relevancebetweenTubeandMetav.
Dr Ing Joachim Schönbeck, chairman of the
management board of SMS Meer GmbH and
member of the management of SMS GmbH,
said,“The two trade fairs, wire and Tube, have
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Like other specialities at the nexus of basic and
applied science, tubewelding is ina constant state
of being made to yield more: greater integrity of the
joint, fuller automation of the process, higher and yet
higher productivity.
The composition, structure, and properties of welds
are under study and development at all times; as
are the methods – butt welding, spot welding, arc
welding,MIG, TIG, stick, orbital – on which rest the
serviceability of the product and the reputation of the
manufacturer.
Butrunningparalleltothesedevelopments istheadvance
of welding itself, the state-of-the-art manufacturing
process. As customer-specific fabricating becomes
more prevalent, we can expect just-in-time production
strategies to power a trend towardmass customization. Integration of
welding processes into the direct fabricationmethodswill likely follow.
The evolution toward real-time distribution of partswill influence the
selectionof joiningprocesses formanyapplications.Thiswilldemand
sensor and control technology based on sophisticated programming,
for ensuring the integrity ofwelded products in the new environment.
And so on.
The precise, reliable, cost-effective technique of welding is always in
progress.Asserting that industrymustbealert todemographicsandother
socialconditions–andbeable to respondquickly to theneedsof thepopulation– theAmericanWeldingSociety
evendiscernsahumanitarian component to it.
In its ‘Vision for the welding industry’, which
examines the issues and opportunities that the
welding industrywill face in 2020,AWS cites this
example: “A market is emerging to serve the
needs of ageing baby boomers. Industry will
develop products to support this generation’s
medical requirements, creating new joining
opportunities in technologies such as
biocompatible implants.”
Howmanyother industrialprocesses
can claim such synchrony with the
concerns of the great world beyond
the factorydoors?
Tube & Pipe W elding:
Trends & Progress
May2008 86 ›
The evolution
toward real-time
distribution of
partswill influence
the selection of
joining processes
formany
applications
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AmexMachineTools........................................India
ApexTubes .......................................................India
AWSSchäferGmbH ..................................Germany
BiharTubesLimited .........................................India
BMWI...........................................................Germany
BültmannGmbH ........................................Germany
CombiliftLtd ........................................................UK
DBEngineering.................................................India
DalianFieldHeavy..........................................China
DalianWantong Industrial .............................China
dataMSoftwareGmbH .............................Germany
DeeTee Industries.............................................India
DeltaSensor......................................................India
DWTGmbH.................................................Germany
Electronic&EngineeringCo (I)PLtd.............India
ElectronicaMachineToolsLtd........................India
EZTMJSC.......................................................Russia
EmagLeipzig .............................................Germany
ErneFittingsGmbH......................................Austria
FelssBurgerGmbH...................................Germany
FlashForge .......................................................India
FramagGmbH............................................Germany
Gallium Industries ............................................India
GH Induction.....................................................India
GlobalEngineering IncoSL............................Spain
GoodLuckSteel ...............................................India
HarveGroup......................................................India
IHTAutomationGmbH&CoKG ..............Germany
IljinLightMetalCoLtd........................SouthKorea
IMSMesssystemeGmbH..........................Germany
Inductotherm (India)PvtLtd............................India
Innov-XSystemsBV.............................Netherlands
InternationalTubeAssociation .......................... UK
ITL Industries.................................................... India
JiangsuWujinCoLtd..................................... China
JiangyinTianningCoLtd............................... China
JindalLtd........................................................... India
KLTAutomotive ................................................ India
Köster&CoGmbH.................................... Germany
KrystalSteel...................................................... India
KüttnerGmbH&CoKG ............................ Germany
LinsingerMaschinenbauGmbH.................. Austria
LongLub-TekCorporation .......................... Taiwan
MagneticAnalysisCorp.................................... USA
MairResearchSpA............................................ Italy
MFLMaschinenfabrikLiezenGmbH........... Austria
MesseDüsseldorfGmbH.......................... Germany
MetaVisionSystemsLtd .................................... UK
Mokshi Industries............................................. India
MultimetalsLimited.......................................... India
NDTTechnologies ............................................ India
NDTS India (P)Limited..................................... India
NezoneStrips ................................................... India
NipponSteelTradingCoLtd ......................... Japan
Olimpia 80Srl..................................................... Italy
Omni-X Inc.......................................................... USA
OtoMillsSpA ..................................................... Italy
Otokumpu IndiaPvtLtd................................... India
Pioneer Intertrade............................................. India
Powermaster..................................................... India
Prosimet India .................................................. India
PSTLutzTechnikGmbH ........................... Germany
QualityStainlessPvtLtd ................................. India
RatnadeepMetal&TubesPvtLtd...................India
GRauGmbH&CoKG ..............................Germany
RhodiusGmbH&CoKG...........................Germany
RollFormEquipment .......................................India
RonMas India ....................................................India
SaetSpA.............................................................Italy
SaffaireMarketing ............................................India
SainestTubes ...................................................India
SamKang IndustriesCoLtd ..............SouthKorea
SchierleStahlrohreKG .............................Germany
ShreeGaneshForgings...................................India
SMSDemagAG..........................................Germany
SMSMeerGmbH........................................Germany
StappertSpezial-StahlHandelGmbH......Germany
TATASteel –TubesDivision............................India
Technofour........................................................India
ThermoFisher...................................................India
TorresinTitanioMetalli......................................Italy
trafimetSchweisstechnikGmbH..............Germany
TrumpfGmbH.............................................Germany
Tube Investmentsof India ...............................India
Tube&PipeTechnologyMagazine ....................UK
UnideritendLtd.................................................India
VDMA..........................................................Germany
Venus Inter-TradeAgencies.............................India
VulcanEngineers..............................................India
WKÖ...............................................................Austria
YeeYoung IndustrialCoLtd........................Taiwan
ZelezarnyVeseliAS........................CzechRepublic
Zhejiang JiuliHi-TechMetalsCoLtd ............China
Zwick India ........................................................India
EXHIBITOR LISTING
January 2008 63 ›
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