TPT March 2008

I ndustry N ews

event news in brief… Event News in Brief…

Dedicated to the aluminium and foundry industry, Metef- Foundeq 2008 (www.metef.com) will be held from 9-12 April 2008, in Montichiari (Brescia), Italy. With 20,000 visitors expected, this year’s show will include an area dedicated to

finishing and a non-competitive show for castings and extrusions.

Plastics in Underground Pipes 2008 is a new international conference that will deal with the use of thermoplastic and thermoset materials in buried pipe. Organised by AMI LLS, the event will take place from 22-23 May 2008 at the Westin Galleria hotel in Houston, Texas, USA. Topics will include pipe installation methods, sewage pipe systems, natural gas pipe, trenchless technology, and the latest advances in polymer materials. EMO Hannover 2007 (www.emo-hannover.de) concluded with a very successful six-day show at the tail end of last year. Exhibitors, visitors and organisers confirmed a very busy show with more exhibitors and visitors from a higher number of countries. The next EMO will take place from 5- PaintExpo (www.paintexpo.de), a trade fair for industrial coatings technology, will welcome more than 270 exhibitors for its 2 nd staging. Taking place at the Karlsruhe exhibition centre in Germany, the event will be held from 11-14 March 2008. Covering nearly 80,000ft 2 of net floor space, the exhibition will highlight liquid painting, powder coating and coil coating. The ShanghaiTubeExpo2008 (www.gangguan-expo.com) will be held from 10-12 April 2008 at the Shanghai International Exhibition Centre (INTEX Shanghai). The event – organised by the Shanghai Shenshi Convention & exhibition Service Co td – will have a total exhibition area of over 30,000m 2 and attract more than 600 exhibitors from all around the world. The last show attracted over 400 exhibitors in an exhibit area of 25,000m 2 . PS Vietnam 2008 (www.hiecc.com), the international exhibition for fluid, air and gas handling systems, took place from 27-29 February 2008. The 6 th event of its kind, the show hosted over 100 companies and enabled companies to gain a foothold in the Vietnamese market. PS Vietnam includes sub-shows including Pumps & Systems Vietnam, Valves & Piping Vietnam, Compressors & Systems Vietnam, Fluid Power Vietnam and Control & Instrumentation Vietnam. The Japan International Welding Show (www. weldingshow.jp) will host the very latest in welding technology from 9-12 April 2008 at the Intex Osaka venue in Osaka, Japan. Organised by the Japan Welding Engineering Society and Sanpo Publications Inc, it will be the 20th time that the event has taken place. This year's show will focus on achieving great success in the gateway of Asia. 10 October 2009 in Milan, Italy.

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