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SLV Munich ), a major welding
research institute in Germany, and welding company
Pulsar Ltd ), Israel, will co-host a
conference on magnetic pulse welding on 3 July 2008. The
conference will detail the latest developments and practice
of industrialized magnetic pulse welding and forming. At the event, SLV
will present its recent acquisition, the Pulsar MPW 25 9 model.
The 3rd steel tube and pipe conference
will take place from 27-29
May in Istanbul, Turkey. Organized by Metal Bulletin, the
conference will address topics including offshore production
facilities, OCTG supply and demand, linepipe supply and
demand, steel making costs (ie for API plate), seamless production
in China and India, and analysis of the welded pipe and seamless
tube markets. Delegates will also be able to examine the markets for
engineering and automotive applications.
Sandvik Materials Technology
uk) will sponsor the British Stainless Steel Association 2008
conference, which will be held this year at the Chesford Grange
Hotel, Kenilworth, UK. The conference – titled ‘Stainless steel
– building the future’ – will take place from 19-20 June.
The 2008 Dongguan international exhibition on foundry &
diecasting industries ) will be
held from May 21-23, 2008. Organised by the Hong Kong
Foundry Association and Hong Kong Diecasting Association,
the exhibition will be staged in Dongguan, China.
InterPart , Surfacts and MediPart
will take place from 3-5 June 2008 in Karlsruhe, Germany. The
trio of events is designed for the automotive, engineering, and
medical-technology sectors. InterPart is targeted at automotive-
component makers, Surfacts is the international trade show
for surface technologies, and MediPart is for precision components for
medical-device manufacturers.
Roll-Kraft , USA, recently conducted
a one-day, in-house seminar at the Valtimet facility in TN,
USA, with nearly 80 employees in attendance. Valtimet is
a major producer of stainless steel and titanium tubular
products in the industry.
The 4th TeijinAramidEuropeanConference
com) will be held from 26-28 May 2008 at the Kurhaus Hotel
in Scheveningen, the Netherlands. Titled ‘Use of Aramid as
elastomer reinforcement’ , the event will cater to the European
elastomer-reinforcement market and production chain.
EuroLITE 2008 ) – the 2nd
international specialist trade fair for lightweight design – will
be held from 24-26 June 2008 in Salzburg, Austria. The
exhibitor stands, which cover all the aspects of lightweight
construction, will be supplemented with a special area
dealing with ‘joints and connections’.
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