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10 July /August 2007
Industry News
Messe Düsseldorf, organisers of Tube
Southeast Asia and wire Southeast Asia
2007, have reported that 90 per cent of
available exhibit space has already been
booked for the event. They have also
revealed that many companies absent
from the last Tube Singapore in 2005,
the forerunner to the new show, are due
to attend the Bangkok event from 16-18
October 2007.
A number of industry business leaders have
already been vocal in their support of the
event and its location serving the Thai and
other regional markets.
Mr Phillip Knight, executive secretary of the
International Tube Association (ITA), says,
“The ITA is delighted to support the move
of the former Tube Singapore exhibition to
Bangkok under its new title Tube Southeast
Asia. As Thailand and its neighbours
develop their economies and instigate major
infrastructure projects the relevance of being
at the centre of this activity is unquestioned.
Thailand, for example, is targeting a top ten
global position in car manufacture, a market
that is extremely important for both the tube
and wire industries.”
Mr Bob Doran, vice president (sales) of
Thermatool Corp, commented, “One major
advantage which Thermatool sees in the
move to Bangkok is that Thailand has a
large established tube and pipe production
industry which is expanding. The exposure
to Thailand’s tube and pipe market which
the Bangkok location offers, coupled with
the usual excellent attendance from the
other Southeast Asian countries, will make
this a truly valuable show which cannot be
missed.”
During the exhibition, to be held at BITEC
(Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition
Centre), an international conference will also
take place on the 17 October. Co-organised
by the ITA and the IWMA (International Wire
& Machinery Association), Non-Ferrous
Bangkok will comprise a wire session in
the morning and a tube session in the
afternoon.
Messe Düsseldorf Asia Pte Ltd
– Singapore
Fax: +65 6337 4633
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Pipe beveling machines receive international export
DWT GmbH, Germany, is now exporting its leading range of portable pipe beveling
machines under the brand name Babcock. Following a takeover of Babcock, the
company became the license manufacturer of this technology and recently decided to
make it available worldwide.
Boiler manufacturer Babcock originally
developed this pipe beveling range based
on the first-hand experience of its onsite
workers. The machines have a high metal
removal rate, are easy to handle and are of a
rugged and compact construction. Especially
suited to boiler walls, DWT offers very special
applications for onsite operations with flexible
and low weight machines.
In practice it has been proven that weld
preparation of tube ends substantially influences the quality of the welding junction. For
welding applications of tubes with a high wall-thickness and for orbital welding technology
the welding engineer currently requires a perfect and effective weld preparation by use
of mechanized weld preparation.
To support its new export operations, DWT’s 2007 exhibition calendar includes
international trade shows in UAE, Turkey, Russia, Bangkok, Kazakhstan, Hungary, Iran
and Bulgaria.
DWT – Germany
Fax: +49 201 45099 99
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Exhibit space near capacity for Tube Southeast Asia
fi The heart of the southeast Asian market: the international tube and pipe industry will converge on Bangkok
for the first time in October
› The Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition
Centre (BITEC), which will play host to Tube
Southeast Asia and the Bangkok Non-Ferrous
technical conference › DWT produced Babock beveling machines
are now available for worldwide export