TPT May 2007

Industry News

TPA and ITA to host major technical event

DIARY OF TUBE EVENTS

2007 MAY

The Tube and Pipe Association Intl (TPA), USA, and the International Tube Association (ITA), UK, have announced their first ever collaboration on a world-class conference devoted to updating seamless and welded tubular product technology and processes. The event, titled Pipe & Tube Houston 07 – ‘Seamless and welded technology for global markets’, will take place from 9-12 September 2007 at the Woodlands Resort, near Houston, Texas, USA. The conference organising team comprises the North American management board of the ITA and three TPA councils – the tube and pipe producers council, the tube and pipe fabricators council, and the extrusion, drawing and tube reducing council. This team of organisations will update the tube and pipe communities on current and future practices.

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10-12 Shanghai Steel Tube Expo Shanghai, China Exhibition

Website : www.gangguan-expo.com

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28-31 Tube Russia/Metallurgy/wire Russia Moscow, Russia Exhibition

Email : wolfgramC@messe-duesseldorf.de Website : www.metallurgy-tube-russia.com

JUNE

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03-05 2nd Steel Tube & Pipe Conference Düsseldorf, Germany Conference

Email : enquiries@metalbulletin.com Website : www.metalbulletin.com

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18-20 Nagoya Tube 2007 (ITA) Nagoya, Japan Conference 21-24 8 th Guangzhou Intl Metal & Metallurgy Exhibition Guangzhou Province, China Exhibition JULY 25-27 2 nd International Tube & Pipe Exhibition Tehran, Iran Exhibition

Email : jstp@jstp.or.jp Website : www.jstp.jp/en

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Email : julang@pub.guangzhou.gd.cn Website : www.julang.com.cn

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Phone : +98 912 189 0956 Email : ajoop_1357@yahoo.com

SEPTEMBER 24-26 Tube Ukraine (ITA)

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Email : info@itatube.org Website : www.tube-ukraine.com

Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine Conference

OCTOBER 02-04 Tubotech/Metaltech São Paulo, Brazil Exhibition

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Email : cipa@cipanet.com.br Website : www.cipanet.com.br

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16-18 Tube/wire Southeast Asia Bangkok, Thailand Exhibition

Email : tube@mda.com.sg Website : www.tube-southeastasia.com

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Non-Ferrous Bangkok (ITA Seminar) Bangkok, Thailand Conference

Website : www.itatube.org

This cooperative event will consist of technical paper presentations, round table discussions, three plant tours, and tabletop exhibitions. This combination of promotional opportunities will ensure prime networking over the three days. Fields of interest will include welded-seam tubes, seamless tubes, cold drawing and reducing tubes, extrusion, inspection, finishing, OCTG and fittings. International Tube Association – UK Fax : +44 1926 314755 Email : info@itatube.org Website : www.itatube.org

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17-19 17 th international conference on pipeline protection Edinburgh, UK, Conference

Email : conforg5@bhrgroup.com Website : www.bhrgroup.com

NOVEMBER

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11-14 Fabtech

Email : information@fmafabtech.com Website : www.fmafabtech.com

Chicago, USA Exhibition

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13-16 Tube & Pipe Central Asia Almaty, Kazakhstan Exhibition

Email : info@expocentralasia.com Website : www.expocentralasia.com

FEBRUARY 2008 14-16 Tube India

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Email : kueppersS@messeduesseldorf.de Website : www.tube.de

New Delhi, India Exhibition

TPA Education – Tube & Pipe Association, Intl (TPA) – USA Fax : +1 815 484 7750 Email : jen@fmanet.org Website : www.tpatube.org

MARCH/APRIL 31-04 Tube Düsseldorf

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Email : liedtkeM@messeduesseldorf.de Website : www.tube.de

Düsseldorf, Germany Exhibition

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