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The 5th Tube, Pipe and Fittings Fair,
held at the Istanbul Expo Center,
opened its doors to visitors on 5 March
2009. The fair’s inauguration ceremony
was conducted by İhlas Holding deputy
executive chairman Yavuz Özgün,
ÇEBİD (Steel Pipe Manufacturer
Association) executive board chairman
Bülent Demircioğlu, ITA (International
Tube Association) secretary general
Phillip G Knight, İSKİ general manager
Mevlüt Vural and TR Industry and
Trade Ministry deputy undersecretary
associated Prof Dr Yavuz Cabbar.
Following inauguration, the foremost
tube and pipe brands of Turkey and the
world exhibited their products. A total
of 181 exhibitors, including 59 from
abroad, participated in the event, and
19,829 visitors toured the fair. The event
increased its visitor numbers, despite
the global economic crisis. As with last
year’s fair, due to there not being enough
space in the fair area, the foyer area was
completely sold out. Conference pro-
grammes held by İgdaş – Ugetam were
followed by the sector with interest.
The 6th edition of the fair will be held in
2010.
Ihlas Fuarcilik AS –Turkey
Fax: +90 212 454 25 06
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Comco Corporation, Japan, has started
production at its newly built factory in
Toyota, Japan, following an investment of
JPY 1 billion (approximately US$10 million).
The company’s separate production sites
were integrated in Toyota City for effective
production.
The company has three production facilities:
Toyota, Japan; Prague, Czech Republic;
Shanghai, China; and sales and service
locations in Chicago/Detroit, USA and
Bangkok, Thailand.
At the new three-story factory, the tube
machinery division produces tube forming
machines such as KC Series tube cutters
Comco’s new factory begins operation
for coiled tubes and straight tubes, KE
Series tube end-formers and KB Series tube
benders (NC, CNC, open CNC, booster,
rotary head and special-purpose benders).
The OKA division produces manufacturing
equipment and tooling for heat exchangers
such as fin mills, tube mills, core builders,
tube cut off machines, wire tying machines
and custom engineered machines.
Production capacity in Japan has increased
from JPY 3 billion (approximately US$30
million) to JPY 7 billion (US$70 million).
Comco Corporation – Japan
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 Comco’s new three-story factory has an area of 2,900m 2
The Butting Group, Germany, has estab-
lished Butting Brasil Soluções em Tubos
Especiais Ltda, with a head office in the
Brazilian province of Santa Catarina,
providing the company with a sales base in
the most populous country in South America.
The desire to be close
to both established and
potential customers on
the ground was a factor
in the decision. Because
exploration has to be carried
out under the most difficult
conditions, the Brazilian oil
and gas industry is faced
with enormous challenges.
High-quality products are
increasingly in demand from
this industry in the regional marketplace.
There are specific needs, for example, for
metallurgically and mechanically clad pipes
(BuBi® pipes) and nickel alloy pipes, all
produced to the tightest tolerances.
The decision to develop business activities
in Brazil was also influenced by the political
stability in the country. Brazil is also very
rich in raw materials, with industrialisation
progressing fast, and so offers good
economic conditions.
Butting – Germany
Fax: +49 5834 50 445
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Butting sets up South American subsidiary
 (from left) Managers Markus Bartsch, Hermann Butting, Dr Iris
Rommerskirchen, Thomas Schüller and Dr Jens-Peter Lux
 More than 50 projects worldwide have been
supplied with metallurgically clad pipes from
Butting