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The FMA’s
5
th
annual North
American
hydroforming
conference & exhibition
(www.fmanet.org) will be held
from 19-21 September 2007 in
Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Organised by
the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association
International, the program is co-sponsored
by the Tube & Pipe Association International
(TPA), and the Society of Manufacturing
Engineers (SME). Topics will include
applications, problems, and solutions for
hydroforming and other emerging forming
and fabricating processes.
The
Pipeline 2007
event
(www.pipelineconnection.com) will take place from 26-
28 November 2007 in Abu
Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Organised by Pipeline Connection,
the conference will examine the major
issues affecting the future development
and implementation of both onshore
and offshore oil, gas and water pipeline
projects. A full exhibition will run alongside
the conference. The deadline for paper
submissions is 26 July 2007.
The Tianjin Zhenwei Exhibition
Co Ltd
(www.chinacipe.com.
cn) will hold the
8
th
China
international pipeline and
tube material exhibition
(CIPE)
on 21-23 August 2007. The
exhibition will take place at the Tianjin
Binhai International Exhibition Centre in
Beijing, China. Exhibits will include metal
and plastic tube and pipe, petroleum and
OCTG linepipe, and pipe manufacturing
machinery.
Metallurgy Ukraine 2007
(www.messe–duesseldorf.
de), the international trade fair
for metallurgical plants and
rolling mills, thermo-process
engineering and foundry machinery,
will welcome the metals industry to the
Expodonbass fairgrounds in Donetsk,
Ukraine from 4-7 September. According to
organisers Messe Düsseldorf, metallurgy
makes up around 52 per cent of the
Ukrainian industry structure. Topics will
include plants and rolling mills, foundry
machinery, sheet metal and tubes, and
welding/cutting.
Tata Metaliks Ltd
(www.
tatametaliks.com)
are
to
develop a new ductile iron
pipe manufacturing facility
(110,000t/a) in Kharagpur,
India. Expected to begin production in 2009,
the new plant is a joint venture with leading
Japanese manufacturers,
Kubota Corp
(www.kubota.co.jp)and
Metal One Corp
(www.mtlo.co.jp).
TMK
(www.tmkgroup.ru)and
Rosneft
(www.rosneft.com)
have agreed a joint venture
in order to develop a long-
term strategic partnership.
Under the terms of the initial three-
year partnership, TMK and Rosneft will
cooperate in the design and production of
new types of pipes. These pipes will be
supplied by TMK to Rosneft for use in the
oil and gas industry, both in the medium
and long term.
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