TPT September 2011

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Tolexpo 2011: recovery and innovations

For the first time this year, in partnership with the Tolexpo show, Tôlerie magazine is organising a competition for students in the various areas that involve sheet metal working. The Tol&Design Challenge has been created to put the spotlight on the expertise of young people who have chosen the various subjects which involve sheet metal working, and aims to promote these subjects and the production chain itself, by bringing students together to work on an industrial project. It is also an opportunity for the students to present their expertise to industry professionals by creating finished products – in this case a chair – using precise specifications. The organisers of Tolexpo, Midest, the global sub-contracting show, and Maintenance Expo, the maintenance solutions show, are continuing to work THE world pipe market is projected to expand 5.8 per cent per year to 31.5bn metres in 2015, a mild deceleration relative to the 2005-2010 period. This slowdown can be almost entirely attributed to China, the world’s largest consumer of pipe. After increasing rapidly from 2000 to 2010, Chinese pipe demand is expected to rise at about the average worldwide rate through 2015. Advances in North America, Eastern Europe and Western Europe are expected to accelerate through 2015, as these regions recover from the global financial crisis. The Africa/Mideast region and the rest of the Asia/Pacific region will also record faster growth, as local construction firms and industrial enterprises use pipe more intensely. These and other trends are presented in World Plastic Pipe, a new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc, a Cleveland-based industry market research firm. World plastic pipe demand is forecast to increase 7.3 per cent annually to 20.3 million metric tons in 2015. Consumption of smaller-volume plastic pipe products – such as ABS, GRP and PP pipe – will expand at an above-average pace, as end users become more familiar with their technical characteristics and performance features. Increases in global construction activity and process manufacturing output

together in order to create communication synergies and boost their industry sectors. The major objective is to create a technological showcase that will bring the expertise of sub-contractors together with that of production equipment manufacturers. This agreement confirms the close links between these three events, which are positioning themselves to cover the whole of the industrial process, from start to finish, in various business sectors. It offers buyers and principals the opportunity to find solutions to all their needs under one roof: equipment and investments with Tolexpo; expertise with Midest; and services with Maintenance Expo. DBR Event – France

THE 4 th edition of Tolexpo, the international show for sheet metal, coil, tube and section equipment, organised by DBR Event, will be held at Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre from 15 to 18 November 2011. Six months before the show opens, Tolexpo already had more than 150 exhibitors, among them both French leaders in the sector and the majority of foreign manufacturers. Almost 11,000 targeted visitors looking for new equipment will discover the products and technical innovations offered by suppliers at the show. Visitors will find solutions to all their needs, whether they are looking to renew or modernise their equipment, begin using new technology, improve their productivity, or bring their businesses into line with standards and regulations.

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World pipe market to expand 6 per cent will support growth. The North American plastic pipe market is forecast to grow more than six per cent annually through 2015, as product sales in the US recover rapidly.

Plastic pipe consumption in the US is expected to increase nearly seven per cent per year during this time, after it declined dramatically between 2007 and 2009 because of turmoil in the residential construction industry and the global financial crisis. More than two-thirds of all plastic pipe demand generated during the 2010-2015 period will be attributable to the Asia/Pacific region. Several major Asian countries are forecast to record rapid growth, including India, China and Indonesia. China alone will account for 40 per cent of global plastic pipe demand generated between 2010 and 2015. Growth in the Africa/Mideast, East European and West European plastic pipe markets will accelerate through 2015. In contrast, Central and South America will register slower growth than their industrialising counterparts as advances will be measured from a fairly high 2010 base.

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