TPT November 2009

I ndustry N ews

Good registration figures for Tube 2010

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: www.tube.de Messe Düsseldorf GmbH – Germany Fax: +49 2114 56001 Email: hartmannp@messe-duesseldorf.de Website: www.messe-duesseldorf.de 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: pipetech@wolseley.co.uk Website: www.pipecenter.co.uk

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.

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.

Biomass plant uses pipework solutions

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

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 Internal pipework within the Western bioenergy Plant at Port Talbot, UK

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