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January/February 2016
Vol 29 No 1
The January Issue
Welcome to the latest issue of Tube &
Pipe Technology magazine.
This issue we have features on
inspection, testing & quality control
and welding technology, equipment &
consumables. We also have two in-depth
articles, from Metalube about water-based steel rollforming
packages and from Schwarze-Robitec on tube resource
efficiency in shipbuilding and plant construction, as well as
all the latest industry and technology news.
Next issue is our special Tube Düsseldorf show issue, so
please do submit your editorial to be included in plenty
of time as it always proves a popular and busy issue.
The magazine will be widely distributed at our two stands
at this fantastic show so it is a great opportuninty to let
readers know precicely what you will be exhibiting and
where your stand is located. I hope to see many of you at
the show. You can find us in the North Hall at stand EN03
or Hall 4 at 4B27.
In the forthcoming March issue we also have features
on coiling and uncoiling technology, and tube scarfing
systems and tools. The deadline for editorial is 7 January
so please submit your stories to
The advertising deadline is 8 February.
I hope you enjoy the magazine.
Rory McBride –
Editor
EDITORIAL INDEX 2
INDUSTRY NEWS 6
TECHNOLOGY NEWS 32
GLOBAL MARKETPLACE 72
中文综合 93
ADVERTISERS INDEX 102
ARTICLE: 97
Metalube’s water-based steel
rollforming packages
deliver new levels of
performance at
Top Tubes
By Wayne Thornhill, product
specialist, Metalube
ARTICLE: 99
Tube resource efficiency in
shipbuilding and plant
construction
By Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Jürgen Korte,
sales manager, Schwarze-Robitec
On the cover . . .
From sheet metal strip to finished tube
– SEUTHE is the one-stop source for
standardised plant equipment and
entire lines. In close cooperation
with its customers, SEUTHE
customises and tailors equipment
and machines to fit to customers’
exact requirements when it comes
to worldwide steel tube and section production.
Innovative technology and various tube mill concepts for
different requirements are in the product portfolio giving
SEUTHE its excellent reputation – and its customers a
competitive advantage. SEUTHE can now offer both groups
more than ever since the owner-managed ASMAG group
acquired the company in 2010.
In-house production, the technology alliance between both
companies, the high quality standards and in-depth know-how
of SEUTHE in the manufacture of machines and equipment for
the production of longitudinally welded tubes and sections have
catapulted the company all the way forward again – for
the benefit of the customer.
The international magazine for the tube & pipe industries
VOL29 NO1
US$33
JANUARY2016
Innovation. Precision. Productivity.
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