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TUBETECH CORPORATION LIMITED
TUBETECH WUHU MANUFACTURING CO.,LTD
EIGHT months before the start of Messe
Düsseldorf’s Tube trade show, the fair has
already recorded excellent registration
figures.
International exhibitors occupy more
net exhibition space than was the case
during the same period two years ago with
the companies attending Tube occupying
around 40,000 square metres already.
As a result, exhibition Halls 9 to 12
and 15 to 17 are nearly full with just a
handful of individual stands still available.
Traditionally the wire, cable and fibre
optic machinery sectors, wire and cable
production and the trade are presented
in Halls 9 to 12, 17 and parts of Hall 16.
A NEW power station that generates
electricity from wood waste uses advanced
pipework solutions from Pipe Center.
The groundbreaking Western Bioenergy
Plant at Port Talbot, UK, developed
by Eco2 Ltd in a joint venture with the
Spring making is also located in Hall 16,
while the fastener technology section
(wire) is located adjacent to this in Hall 15.
In Halls 1, 2 and 3 Tube is presenting
the following sectors: pipe and tube
accessories, production and trade. Hall
4 forms the interface to the machinery
park with testing machines, pipe and tube
production plant and machinery, the tube
trade and several large joint stands.
Tube bending machinery and equipment
is presented in Hall 5 and welding, cutting
and surface technology (surface finishing)
follow in the adjoining Hall 6. Pipe and
tube-processing plant and machinery is
shown in Hall 7a.
Western Log Group, cost £33mn to build.
Funded by Good Energies Investments Ltd
and supported in grant aid by the Welsh
Assembly European Funding Office and
the DTI, the plant is now up and running
following a two-year construction project.
It burns clean wood waste from
sustainable forestry sources to generate up
to 13.8MW of power, supplied to local homes
and businesses.
All pipework services for the project
were carried out by Industrial Pipework
UK Ltd (IPL) of Maesteg, South Wales.
This included water, natural gas and
compressed air systems supporting the
plant’s process and generation technology.
The company chose Pipe Center’s
Press-Fit pipework connection system due
to its exceptional speed and effectiveness.
Mark Waldron, IPL’s managing director,
said: “It’s an excellent system, and saves
significant time and manpower. We were
also very keen on the quality of the finish.
Good registration figures for Tube 2010
Biomass plant uses pipework solutions
The new sectors section and section
technology and the second presentation
of the oil field technology section are
particularly highlighted in the hall site plan: In
almost every hall you will find exhibitors who
will be showing their innovations in this field.
Both section production plant and machinery
along with the corresponding end-products
will be shown in various materials and forms.
As a result, the Tube halls are also nearly
full – only the machine section still has some
vacant slots. You will find the latest information
on both trade fairs on the respective trade fair
portals on the Internet at:
Messe Düsseldorf GmbH – Germany
Fax: +49 2114 56001
Email:
Website:
Although it is very quick to install, the end
result looks superb. We have not had a
single leak on the project, which says a lot
about the quality of the product.”
The plant takes surplus wood waste
from local sawmills and forests that would
otherwise be thrown away, and turns
it into clean electricity. Pipework and
components for the project were supplied
by Pipe Center’s Cardiff branch.
John Walker, national industrial sales
manager, said: “The project is an excellent
example of sustainable technology that is
both good for the environment and good
for business. IPL has done a great job on
the vital pipework systems that underpin
the plant. It not only works beautifully, it
looks superb.”
Press fittings have been used in
Germany for more than 40 years, but their
use is relatively new to the UK market.
Pipe Center – UK
Fax: +44 12145 63192
Email:
Website:
 Internal pipework within the Western bioenergy Plant at Port Talbot, UK
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