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November/December 2007
Industry News
DIARY OF TUBE EVENTS
2007
NOVEMBER
11-14 Fabtech/AWS Welding Show
Chicago, USA
Exhibition
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FEBRUARY/MARCH
2008
13-15 Tube India
New Delhi, India
Exhibition & Conference
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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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28-02 BORU
Istanbul, Turkey
Exhibition
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MAY
27-30 Tube Russia
Moscow, Russia
Exhibition
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OCTOBER
06-08 Fabtech/AWS Welding Show
Las Vegas, USA
Exhibition
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JANUARY
11-14 Tube Arabia
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Exhibition
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DECEMBER
04-05 AutoRussia 2007
St Petersburg, Russia
Exhibition
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SEPTEMBER
23-26 Tube China
Shanghai, China
Exhibition
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2009
12 Pipe Dream India 08
New Delhi, India
Conference
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JUNE
02-04 Middle East Plastic Pipes
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Exhibition
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Steel Tube Institute introduces
redesigned website
The Steel Tube Institute, USA, which
represents the steel tube and pipe
producers of North America, has launched
its newly redesigned website.
The new website incorporates a complete
redesign, and a simplified navigation
system that enables visitors to quickly find
the areas and information that have been
most frequently requested on the site.
It also contains technical, manufacturing,
size-range and application information
about structural steel tubing (HSS), steel
conduit, as-welded mechanical and DOM
tubing, and standard pipe.
The website serves as a resource
for architects, fabricators, engineers,
contractors and others who design, specify
and use pipe and tube products.The STI
website also contains information about
tube and pipe producers, technical contacts,
technical papers, video segments and other
information.
Steel Tube Institute – USA
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Linde Group acquires Turkish
industrial gases company
The Linde Group, Germany, has acquired
the Turkey based industrial gases company
Birlesic Oksijen Sanayi AS (BOS), a
subsidiary of the Koc group, at an enterprise
value of approximately US$120mn, following
the receipt of unconditional approval from
the antitrust authorities.
BOS operates with industrial and speciality
gases. In the fiscal year 2006, the company
generated sales of approximately US$40mn
and employed a staff of around 180. “With
this acquisition we have complemented our
product range in the important strategic
Turkish market, and neighbouring markets
of the Middle East,” said Dr Aldo Belloni,
member of the executive board of Linde.
The takeover of BOS is Linde’s second
major transaction in Turkey, having acquired
Karbogaz AS in July 2006.
The Linde Group – Germany
Fax: +49 611 770 269
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