TPI January 2009

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RathGibson titanium tubing will be installed in India’s US$4.2 billion Tata Mundra Project ▲ ▲

Contract for Tata Mundra Project

Exhibition Centre from 12 to 16 April 2010.

Tube 2010 will take place in halls 1 to 7, where a complete range of products and services will be displayed, including tube production via processing to machining. Exhibits will include rawmaterials, tubes and accessories, machinery for the production of tubes, used machines, process technology tools and auxiliary materials, measurement and control technology. Test engineering and special areas such as warehouse automation, monitoring and control systems will complement the range of technology on display. The accompanying wire 2010 event will be held in halls 9-12 and 15-17. The segmentation in halls 15 to 17 is new for this show. The area of fastener technology will present its current technologies in hall 15, while part of hall 16 will be dedicated to the latest processes in spring making. All applications connected to wires and cables, wire and cable machinery and fibreglass machines will be located in halls 9-12 and 16-17. A major topic is the area of tube trade. For the second time, after a successful debut in 2008, pipelines and OCTG (oil

contribute to India’s domestic growth and commercial competitiveness.

RathGibson, USA, is a manufacturer of welded, welded and drawn, and seamless stainless steel, nickel, and titanium tubing. The company’s Bahrain branch office has secured a major contract in India’s first 4,000 megawatt power project. The company was chosen by Indian engineering firm Larsen & Toubro to supply titanium welded tubing for the condensers for the Tata Mundra Project. The power plant will be built near the city of Mundra, in the state of Gujarat, India. Alfredo D’Souza, the company’s director for business development, Middle East and India, commented, “ Our commitment to the region has resulted in increased education and technical support for our channel partners and end-users. We are excited to witness the exponential expansion in this area and are proud to contribute to that development. ” Developed by Coastal Gujarat Power Limited, the Tata Mundra Project will provide power to over 16 million customers in the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Punjab, and Haryana. The plant, an answer to the country’s energy shortage, will

The project will create India’s first private power plant to use supercritical technology. The term ‘supercritical’ refers to the state of water when it cannot be clearly defined as a liquid or a gas. By achieving this supercritical state, the efficiency of energy generation is increased while emissions are greatly decreased. RathGibson supplies products to diverse industries such as chemical, petrochemical, power generation, energy – oil and gas, food, beverage, pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical, biotechnology, and general commercial.

RathGibson – USA www.rathgibson.com A look ahead to Tube 2010

The international trade fairs Tube and wire, being held for the twelfth time, will showcase technological power from the sectors of wire, cable and tube processing, at Germany’s Düsseldorf

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