TPT July 2008

I ndustry N ews

Tube & Pipe Central Asia returns in November

India’s Allied Consulting Engineers join Seco/Warwick Group

An upcoming event for the CIS region, Tube & Pipe Central Asia 2008 will take place from 18-21 November at the Atakent exhibition centre in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The organiser, Central Asia International Exhibitions, has been busy promoting the new show at recent events Tube 2008 and Boru 2008. The 9 th largest country, Kazakhstan is regarded as a strategic point to enter the central Asian market, with Almaty at the gateway to the silk trade route. A business centre for the region, Kazakhstan is also a member of the five-country Eurasia Economic Community along with Belarus, Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The region has attracted substantial investment in its comprehensive oil and gas supply network. Kazakhstan’s oil, gas and mineral projects have received over US$20 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) since 1993. Kazakhstan’s exports

are currently valued at around US$10.3bn, while the country’s GDP growth is an average of 8 per cent a year. The exhibition is expected to attract around 225 companies from over 24 countries such as Austria, Canada, China, Germany, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgzistan, Poland, Russia, Spain, Turkey, UK, USA, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. In addition to the international attendance, the event is also expected to draw a large number of visitors from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and the Siberian region of Russia. Tube & Pipe Central Asia will feature a range of products including ferrous and non-ferrous tube and pipe, plastic/composite tube and pipe, fittings, and raw materials. Technology will be focused on tube manufacturing machinery, processing and finishing plants and machinery, dies and tools, and measuring and control technology. Central Asia International Exhibitions – Kazakhstan Fax : +7 727 266 36 84 Email : info@expocentralasia.com Website : www.expocentralasia.com

Allied Consulting Engineers Pvt Ltd, India, has joined the Seco/Warwick Group of companies and will assume the name Seco/ Warwick Allied Pvt Ltd. Founded in 1971, Allied Consulting Engineers has over 180 employees and is a highly accomplished producer of industrial furnaces and incineration systems. Seco/Warwick SA president, Mr Jeffrey Boswell, comments, “We are pleased to have finalized this strategic agreement in order to provide both global engineering and local manufacturing to our customers in India. Seco/Warwick Allied brings a host of technologies into the group including hydrogen bell annealing, continuous steel strip annealing, steel reheating and galvanizing furnace systems.” Mr Vishnu Nasta, president of Seco/ Warwick Allied, stated, “We are moving forward with our strategic plan to expand our manufacturing capabilities and bring high quality products, manufactured in India, to the world market.” Allied Consulting Engineers specialize in hydrogen bell annealing, roller hearth, galvanizing, continuous hardening and tempering, reheating, bright annealing, bogie hearth, pit pot, rotary and special application furnace systems. As an integral member of the Seco/ Warwick Group, Seco/Warwick Allied will share engineering expertise and provide local manufacturing services in India. The company manufactures industrial heat processing equipment including heat treat furnaces, vacuum furnace technology, and atmosphere generators. A specialist in heat-treating equipment and services worldwide, the Seco/Warwick organisation includes Seco/Warwick Corp (USA), Retech Systems LLC (USA), Seco/ Warwick SA (Poland), Elterma SA (Poland), Seco/Warwick Allied Pvt Ltd (India) and Seco/ Warwick Industrial Furnace Co Ltd (China). Seco/Warwick Corp – USA Fax : +1 814 724 1407 Email : info@secowarwick.com Website : www.secowarwick.com Seco Warwick Allied Pvt Ltd – India Fax : +91 22 2528 3805 Email : allied@alliedfurnaces.com Website : www.alliedfurnaces.com

 Kazakhstan lies at the heart of the central Asia region, and holds a key position in the CIS

 Almaty is the dramatic backdrop for the 2 nd Tube & Pipe Central Asia (photo courtesy of almaty.kz and Yuri Bekker and Anatoliy Ustinenko)

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