TPT March 2013

Editor

Rory McBride

The March Issue Welcome to the latest issue of Tube & Pipe Technology magazine. This issue we have features on stainless steel production, furnaces and heat treatment. Our featured show is Made in Steel 2013, which looks like it will again surpass its record for exhibitors this year from companies in the iron and steel industries. Such great attendance is a fantastic achievement and something that shows the traditionally powerful, respected and proud steel industry in Italy refused to be dented. We should all be happy to hear that. The show is based in the historical industry powerhouse of Milan in Northern Italy. One can hardly think of a more appropriate city or region in Europe for such an exhibition of engineering excellence. It is also a great and stylish international city with fantastic air and rail links that make it a perfect destination for a trade show of this type. One thing I particularly admire about the philosophy of the show is the strong emphasis on forums and panel discussions and the exchange of ideas, expertise and contacts. While it is great to exhibit machinery and products it is also invaluable if you can come away with a pearl of wisdom from one of the leading experts in the world or make contact

Features editor (USA)

Dorothy Fabian

Editorial assistant

Christian Bradley

Production

Lisa Wright

Sales & marketing

Catherine Sayers English speaking sales catherine@intras.co.uk Giuliana Benedetto Vendite & Marketing (Italia) giuliana@intras.co.uk Hendrike Morriss Verkauf & Marketing (Deutschland, Osterreich, Schweiz) hendrike@intras.co.uk Linda Li 中国大陆，台湾， 香港以及远东地区销售代表 linda@intras.co.uk Jeroo Norman Indian sales jeroo@intras.co.uk

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Liz Hughes

Andrea McIntosh

Subscriptions

Liz Hughes

Accounts manager

Richard Babbedge

Publisher

Caroline Sullens

Founder

John C Hogg

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with someone who can solve a problem that was hampering you. So I would urge everyone who attends to throw themselves into the show with enthusiasm and I am sure you will be more than rewarded for this.

Rory McBride – Editor

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Front Cover Story: Sinico Italy-based Sinico specialises in the design and manufacture of automatic rotary transfer cut-off and end-finishing machines suitable for producing medium/large series of metal parts (steel, stainless steel, copper, brass, aluminium, titanium, Inconel, etc) from tubes, bars, coils, forgings and blanks. Its machines carry out operations commonly performed with chip-removing machine tools such as cutting, facing, chamfering, boring,

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centring, turning, drilling, threading, tapping, milling, grooving, splining and so on and shaping operations such as flaring, tapering, rolling, pressing, marking and knurling. Sinico has racked up over 1,500 orders delivered to companies working in a whole range of different sectors: automotive industry, bicycles, motorbikes, electrical motors, household appliances, power transmissions, hydraulics, pneumatics, pipe fittings, earth moving machinery, chains, tools, nuts and bolts, bearings, doors and windows.

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