TPT March 2007

25 / 116

Industry News
?=L F=O
>AJKL
).º*( 9HJAD *((/
ooo&`Yffgn]je]kk]&[ge
L9C= H9JL AF L@= OGJD<¿K :A??=KL
E==LAF? G> L@= =F=J?Q K=;LGJ
EYbgj ]f]j_q%j]dYl]\ l`]e]k
œ =f]j_q _]f]jYlagf Yf\ kmhhdq
œ Oaf\ ]f]j_q
œ =f]j_q ljYfkeakkagf l][`fgdg_a]k$
]f]j_q hmj[`Ykaf_
œ J]f]oYZd] ]f]j_q º \akljaZmlagf$
[gfn]jkagf Yf\ klgjY_]
œ =f]j_q Yf\ _ja\ eYfY_]e]fl kqkl]ek
œ @q\jg_]f # ^m]d []ddk
œ Hah]daf] l][`fgdg_a]k$ ]f]j_q Yf\ hdYfl [gfljY[laf_
œ =f]j_q Yf\ ]fnajgfe]flYd j]k]Yj[`
œ Kmh]j[gf\m[lgjk
@Yffgn]j >Yajk Yl GfljY[$ :ard]q @gmk]$ ooo&_dgZYd%]phg&[g&mc$ \Yna\&kYfkge8gfljY[%_jgmh&[ge$ l]d& ()*/- 0-(1(((
The International Tube Association
(ITA), organisers of the Nagoya Tube
2007 technical conference in Japan,
has announced a high quality line-up of
speakers. Due to take place from 18-
20 June at the Noyori Conference Hall,
Nagoya University, Japan, the conference
is coorganised by the Roll Forming
Research Committee of the Japan Society
for Technology of Plasticity (JSTP).
Nagoya Tube 2007 will run over two days
with the third day devoted to a choice of
plant visits to Sumitomo, JFE Steel and
Sango Co. The programme of 27 papers
will include keynote presentations by Dr
Ken Hirata, president of Shibaura Technical
College, and Professor Kiuchi, both ITA
president and chairman of JSPT.
A highlight will also come from Mr K Mine
of Toyota Motor Corp, who will present a
paper titled ‘Application of pipe materials for
cars’. Other major organisations scheduled
to speak at the symposium include Chiyoda
Corp, Sumitomo, SMS Meer, Nippon Steel,
Nisshin Steel Co, China Cold Rolling-
Forming Steel Association and Nakata
Manufacturing Co.
Apart from Japan, the conference will also
welcome speakers from China, Germany,
Netherlands, Italy, Ukraine, USA, Australia,
Norway and Canada.
International Tube Association – UK
Fax: +44 1926 314755
Email:
Website:
Utube or Youtube: confusion
reigns over website names
Universal Tube & Rollform, USA, has
reported ongoing problems with its website
as a result of the purchase
and increased promotion by Google of
the YouTube internet user video website.
Universal’s website was established in 1996,
while Google only purchased YouTube in
September 2006 for US$1.65bn.
Thousands of curious YouTube video
seekers mistakenly went to utube.com
(instead of youtube.com), leading to around
90,000 unique unwanted visitors a day (8-
9 million hits). This unwanted traffic even
forced the utube website to shut down on
several occasions, meaning Universal
has been forced into finding an alternative
internet provider with enough bandwidth to
accommodate the flood of visitors.
Some frustrated YouTube searchers even
sent abusive emails, filled out machinery
information request forms requesting video
download instructions and made irate
phone calls to Universal Tube & Rollform.
In an attempt to offset the extra bandwidth
cost, Universal has now included a search
option at the top of its web page to assist
accidental visitors looking for YouTube.
Universal Tube & Rollform
Equipment Corp – USA
Fax: +1 419 874 2825
Email:
Website:
Top-class speakers due at Japan’s
Nagoya conference