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January 2008 Tube Products International 11
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Tube & Pipe Nov. 07 · Tube Products Int. Jan 08
With over 53,000 tons in 2006, Argentina
exported a lot more steel tubes/pipes
to the EU than the USA. Here too, it
was mainly seamless pipes and tubes
(almost 51,000 tons), more than half of
which were exported to Italy, while Great
Britain was the second most important
EU market for the Argentineans. EU
imports from Mexico (around 18,200
tons) were much lower. These were also
mainly seamless tubes.
It is not foreseeable how the sub-prime
mortgage crisis originating from the
USA will impact on the world economy
in the long term. Apart from this, the
positive trend in the steel pipe/tube
industry, which has been continuing for
several years, is based on the strong,
powerful growth of the world economy
with a special focus on the threshold
countries and continuing heavy demand
by the energy industry.
As before, this has led to strong
demand for oil-field, pipeline and boiler
pipes/tubes. This is complemented by
a positive, encouraging order situation
for other seamless and welded steel
pipes/tubes which are used in major
infrastructure projects worldwide.
The positive market perspectives are
also reflected in the different investments
made by the companies within the
sector at the most diverse locations. In
addition to China, Russia and Eastern
Europe, there is also an expansion of
capacities in other regions such as the
USA and Brazil.
Spiral-welded large pipes, powder-
coated on the inside as well as outside,
in highly robust steel qualities, are in
demand on the international stage and
are used, for example, in two ambitious
pipeline projects in the USA.
The Rockies Express Pipeline, is a
mega pipeline extending over a total
of 2,100km, making it the longest US
pipeline to have been built in the last
20 years. Used for transporting natural
gas from the producing stations in
the Rocky Mountains to the east of
the USA, the pipeline uses 335km
of Salzgitter pipes. A further 215km
of spiral pipes are to be used in the
construction of the complete Lousiana
Pipeline, which transports natural gas
– following its re-conversion – in the
form of liquid gas from the Gulf of
Mexico to inland Lousiana.
The steel pipe and tube sector therefore
has a great deal of momentum as it
approaches the next Tube exhibition –
31 March to 4 April 2008 in Düsseldorf.
Product focal points will include tubes
and tube products, manufacturing and
processing machinery, tools such as
measuring, control, regulating and
testing technology appliances. Around
960 exhibitors are expected, along with
30,000+ visitors.
Messe Düsseldorf GmbH – Germany
EuroBLECH 2008 show
The 2008 EuroBLECH trade show will be held in Hanover, Germany,
21-25 October 2008.
The exhibition will cover the entire sheet metal working technology chain,
including areas such as sheet metal, tube and sections (ferrous and
non-ferrous); finished products, components and assemblies; handling;
separation and cutting; forming; flexible sheet metal working; tube and section
processing; joining, welding and fastening; surface treatment of sheet metal;
and tools and dies.
Entrance tickets for the event will be available online from August 2008.
Tickets can also be purchased on-site on all exhibition open days.
Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd – UK
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