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Industry News
The FABTECH International and AWS
Welding Show, including METALFORM,
will be held at McCormick Place, Chicago,
15-18 November.
35,000 visitors are expected to converge
in both the North and South Halls of
McCormick Place, and this year’s combined
event brings over 900 exhibits, industry
innovators, and hundreds of live equipment
demonstrations among pavilions dedicated
to forming and fabricating, stamping,
welding, tube and pipe, lasers, and thermal
spray.
Attendees can also take advantage of a
unified educational curriculum during the
2009 event, featuring a variety of technical
seminars, conferences and professional
programmes.
From metal forming, fabricating, tube and
pipe and welding technology to economic,
operation and management issues, the
programming at the event has been
coordinated to provide the latest and
most up-to-date information needed to
successfully operate in every aspect of the
industry.
Three days of free special
event programming
will feature keynote
presentations and drill
down sessions covering
topics ranging from
workforce development,
diversifying operations,
financing/credit and tax
incentives to opportunities
in the wind, solar and oil
and gas supply chain.
Additional show infor-
mation, including a list
of exhibitors, education
programme schedule,
special events and more
can be found at the event’s website, where
visitors can also save $50 by registering in
advance.
Fabricators & Manufacturers
Association, International – USA
Fax: +1 815 484 7701
Email:
Website:
2009 FABTECH International
& AWS Welding Show
 Brisk business at the previous Fabtech event
Phamitech International, China, is a
supplier of pipe mills to the global market.
The company has experience and flexibility,
and can tailor solutions to customer
requirements.
The company states that after dozens
of installations of piercing mills, rotary
expanders, accu mills, assel mills,
sizing mills/stretch reducing mills, pipe
straightening machines, and other
Seamless tube technology in China
finishing equipment, China has emerged
as an important supplier of 2-roll and 3-roll
retained mandrel pipe mills (MPM).
Phamitech has delivered two MPMs in
China, one of which, a 250MPM, has been
in operation for almost three years. The
other is a 114MPM, which is a repeating
order from WSP Holding Limited, and has
been delivered recently. The company has
also received orders for another two lines  10" stretch reducing mill
 258mm piercing mill from the same customer: a 366 TRCM
(3-roll retained mandrel pipe mill) that is
under manufacture, and a 140MPM that is
in the design stage.
Phamitech’s next order, from Neimeng
Mengfeng, is for a 140MPM seamless tube
plant, which is also in the design stage.
In February, the company obtained one
180MPM order from India, which is the
first MPM order Phamitech has received
from the international market, indicating a
successful step into global competition. The
project is in progress as per contract.
Phamitech Int’l Company Ltd – China
Fax: +86 10 68470948
Email:
Website: