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Industry News
25 March/April 2007
A leading annual show for industrial
technology, Hannover Messe 2007 (www.
hannovermesse.de) will be staged from
16-20 April 2007 in Hannover, Germany.
Established for sixty years, the event
features a host of mini-shows including
Pipeline Technology, Energy, ComVac,
Industrial Automation, MDA (Motion, Drive
& Automation), Digital Factory, Surface
Technology, and MicroTechnology.
CityPipe 2007 ), the 2nd
international trade fair and conference for
municipal infrastructure piping systems,
will take place from 29 May to 1 June
2007 at the Crocus Expo Centre in
Moscow, Russia. Organised by Sibico, the
exhibition is geared towards construction,
diagnostics, repair and operation of piping
systems.
The 8th China (Guangzhou) international
metal and metallurgy exhibition (www.
julang.com.cn) will return from 21-24 June
2007. The event – which features a special
exhibition for plate metal, tube, bar, wire
and metal processing – will take place at
the Guangzhou International convention
and exhibition centre in Guangzhou, China.
Organisers Julang Exhibition Co Ltd expect
high numbers of visitors to attend from over
25 countries and regions.
Isgatec , the 5th
specialised exhibition for sealing and
bonding technology, will be held in
Nuremberg, Germany from 27-29 March
2007. Exhibits will include dynamic sealing
systems, shaft seals, hydraulic/pneumatic
seals, chemically engineered seals,
industrial adhesives, and bellows/profiles.
The Shanghai Steel Tube Expo (www.
gangguan-expo.com) will take place from
10-12 May 2007 at the Intex Shanghai &
Shanghai Mart in Shanghai, China. Exhibits
will include steel tube products such as
seamless steel tube, welded pipe, stainless
steel tube, construction tube, and composite
steel tube. A range of steel tube equipment
will also be on display, including welding
equipment, inspection equipment, and
surface engineering technology.
Roll-Kraft ), USA,
recently completed a series of tube/
pipe and rollforming seminars at their
headquarters facility in Mentor, OH. The
seminars ran over a two-day period, with
tube and pipe topics including integrity
and alignment of the mill, various setup
preparations, and tooling maintenance.
Rollforming topics included roll design,
calculating strip width, pass layouts,
setups, and downhill forming.
CIPE ), the 7th China
international exhibition on equipment for
pipeline, oil and gas storage/transportation,
will be staged at the Beijing Exhibition
Centre, China, from 3-5 April 2007. The
event will include CIOOE – the 4th China
international offshore oil and gas exhibition;
and CIPPE – the 7th China international
petroleum and petrochemical technology
and equipment exhibition.
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