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2017
23-25 March
BORU 2017 (Istanbul, Turkey)
International Exhibition
17-19 May
Made In Steel (Milan, Italy)
International Exhibition
5-8 June
Tube Russia (Moscow, Russia)
International Exhibition
28-30 June
Guangzhou Tube Fair (Guangzhou, China)
International Exhibition
18-23 September
EMO (Hanover, Germany)
International Exhibition
19-21 September
Tube Southeast Asia (Bangkok, Thailand)
International Exhibition
3-5 October
TuboTech (São Paulo, Brazil)
International Exhibition
6-9 November
FABTECH (Chicago, USA)
International Exhibition
Welcome to the latest Tube Products INTERNATIONAL
magazine. This issue we have a feature on oil and gas as
well as an extended article on environmentally friendly
corrosion treatments for pipe and tube (see page 56).
The magazine will be distributed at Tube Russia. Our
team will be there in Moscow so please do come and
say hello.
On the subject of tube shows, there are some exciting
new opportunities to make contacts in international
markets in 2017, with Messe Düsseldorf announcing
that it is supporting a new tube and pipe producers
and suppliers pavilion at FABTECH 2017. This is
excellent news and will hopefully see the tube side of
this fantastic show in Chicago grow even bigger.
There have been several stories in the press about
large pipelines in the US such as Keystone XL Pipeline
and the Dakota Access Pipeline finally being signed
off so the timing could not be better.
In addition, Messe Düsseldorf has announced a brand
new show called Iran Tube 2017, which will take place
in Tehran from 5 to 8 December.
The sanctions against the country have made it difficult
to fully develop its offshore oil and gas fields and
particularly what is thought to be the largest offshore
gas field in the world – South Pats, shared between Iran
and Qatar. Some believe some of the deals for, as an
example, chrome resistance alloy OCTG could be the
biggest ever signed, so the potential in the market is
absolutely huge, especially for companies in Europe and
Japan that traditionally tend to specialise in these areas.
Next issue we will have features on plastic and
composite tubes and pipes; fittings, valves, flanges
and connectors; and Guangzou
2017 and Valveworld 2017 trade
shows. The advertising deadline is
24 March.
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events calendar
The March issue
Rory McBride
Editor
TheOne-stopEquipmentSupplier
forTube andBarMillTechnology
Made inAustria&Germany,distributedworldwide.
TheOn -stopEquipmentSupplier
forTube andBarMillTechnology
Made inAustria&Germany,distributedworldwide.
The trademagazine for tube and pipe products
March 2017