TPi September 2018

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September 2018

The trademagazine for tube and pipe products

The September issue

2018

6-8 June Guangzhou (Guangzhou, China) International exhibition www.julang.com.cn

Welcome to the latest Tube Products INTERNATIONAL magazine. This issue we have a feature on tube welding technology and an extended article by Erika Hedblom from Sandvik on the advantages of using integrated sensors in stainless steel tube production, which you can read on page 61. This issue will be distributed at Tube China 2018 in Shanghai and also at EuroBLECH, which is being held in Hanover, Germany. If you are at either of these trade shows do come and say hello as members of our team will be manning stands at both events promoting the magazine – and of course your tube-related products within its pages. This summer oil prices have reached a two-year high, which has been good news for the tube industry, with prices rising to $77 per barrel. Steel tube production in the US, for example, has risen 34 per cent due to political trade barriers and the growth of shale gas exploration. Similar figures for growth have been reported in Europe for makers of welded tubes, according to an article by VOSCO GmbH looking at the global pipe and tube market. The article, published in ITAtubeJournal, suggests there has been a shift in pipe and tube production capacity back to Europe and the US, and away from China, partly due to a move to the manufacture of products with higher technical requirements and investment in advanced technology, and partly due to trade barriers in the US. In the next issue of Tube Products INTERNATIONAL we have features on valves, fittings, flanges and connectors and tube inspection and testing technology. The magazine will be distributed at FABTECH 2018 in Atlanta, USA, Tube India 2018, which is taking place in Mumbai, India, and Valve World 2018 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

12-14 June FABTECH Canada (Toronto, Canada)

International exhibition www.fabtechcanada.com

26-29 September Tube China (Shanghai, China) International exhibition www.tubechina.net 17-19 October Indometal (Jakarta, Indonesia) International exhibition www.indometal.net 23-26 October EuroBLECH (Hanover, Germany) International exhibition www.euroblech.com

6-8 November FABTECH (Atlanta, USA)

International exhibition www.fabtechexpo.com

27-29 November Tube India (Mumbai, India) International exhibition www.tube-india.com

27-29 November Valve World Expo

If you would like to contribute editorial to the upcoming November issue then email me at rory@intras.co.uk

(Düsseldorf, Germany) International exhibition www.valveworldexpo.com

Enjoy the magazine.

Rory McBride Editor

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