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May 2014 Tube Products International 9
business & market news
Valve World Expo 2014
Valve World Expo takes place for the third time in Düsseldorf
from 2 to 4 December 2014. With exhibition space of more
than 16,000m2 already sold and 522 exhibitors from 35
countries confirmed, the event is fully booked. The fair
presents valves and fittings along with relevant components
and parts, actuators and positioners, pumps, compressors,
engineering services and software.
Exhibition halls 3, 4 and 5 will be occupied, and both the North
and the South entrance will be open. Traditionally, European
companies from the UK, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic,
Turkey, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Poland,
Russia and Germany are represented in great numbers. Many
exhibitors travel to Düsseldorf from overseas countries such
as the USA, India, China, South Korea and Taiwan to attend
the trade fair and the congress.
Once again, the Valve World Conference will take place at
the same time. The conference has been incorporated into
the layout of hall 4. Workshops on a variety of topics will be
offered in addition to the lectures. Experts from around the
world will be on-hand to engage participants in an exchange
on the innovations from the growing valve technology segment
and related upstream and downstream technologies.
Messe Düsseldorf GmbH – Germany
Fabrication
contract for Gulf
Coast investment
CB&I has been awarded a contract to provide pipe
fabrication for The Dow Chemical Company US Gulf
Coast Investment Program. Dow’s investment plan
includes construction of a new propylene and ethylene
production unit in Texas, and four new polyethylene
plants in Texas and Louisiana.
“CB&I’s strategically located fabrication facilities,
production management systems and manufacturing
technology give us the unique capability to provide
complete piping solutions for major energy infrastructure
projects,” said Luke Scorsone, president of CB&I’s
fabrication services operating group. “This distinct
expertise offers our customers greater quality, efficiency
and schedule reliability, and in turn, we help our
customers get their products to market faster.”
CB&I – USA