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May 2014 Tube Products International 13
business & market news
Sekisui to exhibit at IFAT 2014
Sekisui SPR will present its product and
service portfolio at the IFAT trade fair
for potable water, wastewater, waste
and resource management in Munich,
Germany, 5-9 May. With ‘Underneath
the city’ as its slogan, the company
will introduce technologies for pipe
rehabilitation at stand 121 in hall B5.
Visitors to the exhibition will be
presented with a holistic approach to
the management of pipe systems with
services and technologies from the
fields of inspection, design, installation
and maintenance. The focus will be
on a broad technology portfolio for
trenchless rehabilitation of potable
water, water and sewage pipes with the
spiral-wound pipe, cured-in-place pipe,
and fold-and-form processes.
The technologies fulfil the various
requirements of maintaining infra-
structure. They are characterised by
short construction times and less strain
on local residents and the environment.
Visitors can also expect to see a live
demonstration of the SPR™ spiral-
wound technology.
With this method, an endless PVC profile
strip is fed from a spool placed above
ground into the machine stationed
directly in the sewer, and formed into a
watertight pipe inside the old pipe.
Sekisui SPR Group – Germany
tel: +44 (0)1494 679500
Sekisui will present a live
demonstration of the SPR
spiral-wound method for
rehabilitation of sewers
Photo credit: Sekisui SPR Europe GmbH
Stainless steel event
The ‘Stainless steels hot news on: regulations – laws –
directives – certifications’ event, organised by Centro Inox
in partnership with Unsider, will be held in Milan on 29 May.
From the point of view of regulations, laws and standards,
the world of stainless steel production and distribution is
going through an important period, due to the updating,
integration and revision activities, which represent a point of
reference for those who must be informed on the inclusion of
new alloys, those who must buy appropriate materials, and
those who want to be up-to-date on physical and chemical
characteristics and end uses.
A one-day seminar has been organised, aimed at discussing
and clarifying the different issues included in the agenda, and
in particular the updating status of the laws and regulations
referring to the main iron and steel products, and the major
current regulation and standard projects, in a period in which
new steel grades have been launched and are increasingly
used for specialised applications. In addition, the relevance of
imports of stainless steel products originating from Far-East
countries to Europe should not be underestimated.
Problems arising in connection with issues such as non-
compliance with international standards can become the
cause of claims and counterclaims between suppliers and
users, which may depend on misunderstanding or incomplete,
incorrect information.
Centro Inox – Italy