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March/April 2007
Industry News
DIARY OF TUBE EVENTS
2007
MAY
28-31 Tube Russia/Metallurgy/Wire Russia
Moscow, Russia
Exhibition
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OCTOBER
02-04 Tubotech/Metaltech
São Paulo, Brazil
Exhibition
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SEPTEMBER
24-26 Tube Ukraine (ITA)
Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
Conference
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JUNE
18-20 Nagoya Tube 2007 (ITA)
Nagoya, Japan
Conference
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16-18 Tube/wire Southeast Asia
Bangkok, Thailand
Exhibition
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MARCH
22-25 BORU 2007
Istanbul, Turkey
Exhibition
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NOVEMBER
10-12 Shanghai Steel Tube Expo
Shanghai, China
Exhibition
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11-14 Fabtech
Chicago, USA
Exhibition
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FEBRUARY
2008
14-16 Tube India
New Delhi, India
Exhibition
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17 Non-Ferrous Bangkok (ITA Seminar)
Bangkok, Thailand
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21-24 8th Guangzhou Intl Metal &
Metallurgy Exhibition
Guangzhou Province, China
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15-17 SIPPE 2007
Shanghai, China
Exhibition (pipelines & OCTG)
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17-19 17th international conference on
pipeline protection
Conference
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JULY
25-27 2nd International Tube &
Pipe Exhibition
Tehran, Iran
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13-16 Tube & Pipe Central Asia
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Exhibition
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APRIL
16-20 Messe Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Exhibition (including pipeline technology)
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Lone Star forms JV with
India’s Welspun
Lone Star Technologies Inc, USA, has
formed a joint venture with the Welspun
Group, one of India’s leading manufacturers
of tubular products and textiles. The
deal involves the construction of a US
manufacturing facility capable of producing
300,000 net tons annually of spiral-welded
tubulars in the 24-60" OD range.
Named Welspun-Lone Star Tubulars LLC,
the newly formed company is 40 per cent
owned by Lone Star with the remaining 60
per cent stake held by Welspun Pipe Inc.
Welspun Pipe is a 100 per cent subsidiary
of Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren Ltd,
Welspun’s steel pipe manufacturing arm.
Lone Star will invest up to $26.4mn in the
total JV operation of $66mn, with profits
shared according to respective ownership
stakes. The new spiral weld mill facility,
which is expected to begin production
by early 2008, will be located close to
Lone Star’s existing customer base in the
southwest United States.
As a result of this transaction, Lone Star
is expected to gain an entry point into the
large diameter linepipe market. This market
is currently experiencing strong demand due
to a number of new construction projects for
the natural gas transmission infrastructure.
Once completed, the new facility will enable
Lone Star to include spiral welded linepipe
in its product range.
Both the capacity and location of the spiral
weld mill will position Welspun-Lone Star
Tubulars within the rapidly growing North
American large diameter linepipe industry.
The partners expect to source high-quality
steel hot roll coil for the spiral weld mill both
domestically and internationally.
“We have already established our US
presence by supplying pipes for the laying
of the world’s deepest pipeline in the Gulf
of Mexico. The Joint Venture will enable
us to strengthen that presence in the fast-
growing US market, where demand for
spiral pipe continues to increase,” said Mr
BK Goenka, Welspun’s vice chairman and
managing director.
Lone Star Technologies Inc – USA
Fax: +1 800 527 4615
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Welspun Group – India
Fax: +91 22 24908020
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