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May/June 2015
Vol 28 No 3
The May Issue
Welcome to the latest issue of Tube
& Pipe Technology magazine. This
month we have features on handling,
bundling, packaging & logistics and tube
scarfing systems & tools. We also have
a technical article on a greenfield turnkey
plant for high quality steel grades from
Interpipe.
It has been great to read about some really big
investments and deals being signed in this issue.
Combilift has made a €40mn investment in new facilities,
which will create more than 200 new jobs. Nakata has
received the first order for its newly developed 30" orbital
die forming pipe mill and Fives has completed giant
projects in China for the Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel
Union and Baosteel Zhanjiang. It is great to see these
success stories in the industry.
Next issue we have features on software for design,
production & management; OCTG & pipeline
manufacturing; and straightening technology &
equipment. We also take a first look at Tube Southeast
Asia 2015, which is taking place in Bangkok, Thailand.
Please do send me your articles and press releases if
any of these features are of interest to your company.
If I can help with anything please feel free to contact me
at:
I hope that you enjoy the magazine.
Rory McBride –
Editor
On the cover . . .
As an industrial engineering group, Fives
designs and supplies machines, process
equipment and production lines for the
world’s largest industrials, including the
aluminium, steel, glass, automotive,
aerospace, logistics, cement, energy and
sugar sectors.
Located in over 30 countries and with nearly 8,000
employees, Fives is known for its technological expertise and competence
in executing international projects. Fives’ multi-sector expertise gives
it a global vision of the industry which provides a continuous source of
innovation. The effectiveness of its R&D programmes enables Fives
to design forward-thinking industrial solutions that anticipate clients’
needs in terms of profitability, performance, safety and compliance with
environmental standards.
Fives is a prominent supplier of Abbey and OTO mills, Taylor-Wilson
finishing equipment, and Bronx straighteners, providing custom
engineered products that offer a quality, fully integrated solution. This
combination of resources and infrastructure utilises the most recent
developments in technology, delivering reliable tube and pipe mill and
finishing solutions for a wide range of seamless and welded products.
Recognised for experience and superior technology by steel and non-
ferrous manufacturers, thousands of installations are commercially
present throughout the world such as OTO and Abbey mills that feature
the best in ERW pipe mills, entry systems, tube and pipe cutoffs, and
Abbey slitting lines and drawbenches. Fives’ installations also include
Bronx tube and pipe and long product straighteners, Taylor-Wilson
hydrostatic pipe testing, collapse testing and leak testing machines and a
complete line of end-facing and rotary cut-off equipment.
Fives supplies Bronx, Abbey, OTO and
Taylor-Wilson tube & pipe equipment
for the energy, automotive,mechanical
and structural sectors.
ULTIMATE MACHINES
ULTIMATE FACTORY
Vol28 No3 US$33
MAY2015
The international magazine for the tube & pipe industries
EDITORIAL INDEX 2
INDUSTRY NEWS 6
TECHNOLOGY NEWS 26
GLOBAL MARKETPLACE 64
中文综合 80
ADVERTISERS INDEX 88
ARTICLE: 84
1.32mt/y greenfield turnkey
plant for high quality steel
grades at Interpipe
By Gennadiy Yesaulov and Andrea Michielan,
Interpipe Steel, and Aurelio Mortoni,
Colloredo Marco and Marco Rinaldi,
Danieli Officine Meccaniche SpA