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July/August 2007
Industry News
DIARY OF TUBE EVENTS
2007
OCTOBER
02-04 Tubotech/Metaltech
São Paulo, Brazil
Exhibition
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SEPTEMBER
24-26 Tube Ukraine (ITA)
Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
Conference
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16-18 Tube/wire Southeast Asia
Bangkok, Thailand
Exhibition
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NOVEMBER
11-14 Fabtech
Chicago, USA
Exhibition
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FEBRUARY
2008
14-16 Tube India
New Delhi, India
Exhibition & Conference
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17 Non-Ferrous Bangkok (ITA Seminar)
Bangkok, Thailand
Conference
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17-19 17th international conference on
pipeline protection
Edinburgh, UK, Conference
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JULY
25-27 2 nd International Tube &
Pipe Exhibition
Tehran, Iran
Exhibition
Phone: +98 912 189 0956
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13-16 Tube & Pipe Central Asia
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Exhibition
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MARCH/APRIL
31-04 Tube Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
Exhibition
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02-04 Rio Pipeline 2007
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Exhibition
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24-28 Korea Metal Week
Seoul, Korea
Exhibition
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09-12 Pipe & Tube Houston
Conference (ITA/TPA)
Houston (TX), USA
Conference
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17-22 EMO Hannover 2007
Hannover, Germany
Exhibition (tools)
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AUGUST
21-23 CIPE – 8th China international
pipeline and tube exhibition
Beijing, China
Exhibition
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Borusan Mannesmann
establish pipe mill to serve
Iberian Peninsula
Borusan Group, Turkey, has established a
Spanish subsidiary, Borusan Mannesmann
España SA, with the aim of setting up a
pipe mill on the Iberian Peninsula for the
production of spirally welded pipes. This
move will help cement the company’s
cooperation in Spain with leading coating
specialists Socotherm, Italy.
The pipe mill – expected to have an initial
annual capacity of about 50,000t – will be
installed adjacent to Socotherm España’s
Hellin pipe coating facilities in southeast
Spain. This partnership is based on
the positive forecast of the Iberian pipe
market, both for oil and gas and water
projects. Working in cooperation, Borusan
Group and Socotherm España will supply
these markets in Spain, Portugal and
Andorra.
Socotherm España SA owns a 3-layer
polyolefin external anticorrosion coating
plant and an internal flow coating plant,
both able to coat large diameters pipes.
Socotherm España is currently coating the
270km pipes of the Balearic submarine
pipeline, the first 100 per cent Spanish
offshore gas line carrying the gas from the
Iberian Peninsula to the Balearic Islands.
“The choice of Borusan Mannesmann,” says
Mr Zeno Soave, chairman of Socotherm
España, “is the confirmation that we took
the right decision when we decided to install
a pipe coating plant in the southeast of
Spain. Through this cooperation, Socotherm
España will coat all the pipes manufactured
in Hellin optimising its production capacity.”
“We now have the opportunity to expand
our pipe business in Spain where we will
cooperate with Socotherm – Borusan
believes in the future success of cooperation
with Socotherm. This investment is sure
to contribute to the development of this
region,” stated Mr Agah Ugur, CEO of
Borusan Group.
Borusan will undertake construction of the
pipe mill in 2007, with startup due by 2008.
Socotherm SpA – Italy
Fax: +39 0426 90 10 55
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Borusan Mannesmann – Turkey
Fax: +90 212 293 69 60
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