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Front Cover Story: Sinico
Italy-based Sinico specialises in the design
and manufacture of automatic rotary transfer
cut-off and end-finishing machines suitable
for producing medium/large series of metal
parts (steel, stainless steel, copper, brass,
aluminium, titanium, Inconel, etc) from tubes,
bars, coils, forgings and blanks.
Its machines carry out operations commonly
performed with chip-removing machine tools
such as cutting, facing, chamfering, boring,
centring, turning, drilling, threading, tapping, milling, grooving, splining
and so on and shaping operations such as flaring, tapering, rolling,
pressing, marking and knurling.
Sinico has racked up over 1,500 orders delivered to companies
working in a whole range of different sectors: automotive industry,
bicycles, motorbikes, electrical motors, household appliances, power
transmissions, hydraulics, pneumatics, pipe fittings, earth moving
machinery, chains, tools, nuts and bolts, bearings, doors and windows.
Editor Rory McBride
Features editor (USA) Dorothy Fabian
Editorial assistant Christian Bradley
Production Lisa Wright
Sales & marketing Catherine Sayers
English speaking sales
Giuliana Benedetto
Vendite & Marketing (Italia)
Hendrike Morriss
Verkauf & Marketing
(Deutschland, Osterreich, Schweiz)
Linda Li
中国大陆，台湾，
香港以及远东地区销售代表
Jeroo Norman
Indian sales
Advertising Liz Hughes
co-ordinators Andrea McIntosh
Subscriptions Liz Hughes
Accounts manager Richard Babbedge
Publisher Caroline Sullens
Founder John C Hogg
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The March Issue
Welcome to the latest issue of Tube & Pipe Technology
magazine. This issue we have features on stainless steel
production, furnaces and heat treatment. Our featured show
is Made in Steel 2013, which looks like it will again surpass
its record for exhibitors this year from companies in the iron
and steel industries. Such great attendance is a fantastic
achievement and something that shows the traditionally
powerful, respected and proud steel industry in Italy refused to
be dented. We should all be happy to hear that.
The show is based in the historical industry powerhouse
of Milan in Northern Italy. One can hardly think of a more
appropriate city or region in Europe for such an exhibition
of engineering excellence. It is also a great and stylish
international city with fantastic air and rail links that make it a
perfect destination for a trade show of this type.
One thing I particularly admire about the philosophy of the
show is the strong emphasis on forums and panel discussions
and the exchange of ideas, expertise and contacts. While it is
great to exhibit machinery and products it is also invaluable
if you can come away with a pearl of wisdom from one of the
leading experts in the world or make contact
with someone who can solve a problem that was
hampering you. So I would urge everyone who
attends to throw themselves into the show with
enthusiasm and I am sure you will be more than
rewarded for this.
Rory McBride – Editor