TPT March 2024

The March Issue Welcome to the latest issue of

March 2024 Vol 37 No 2

Tube & Pipe Technology magazine, which is our Tube Düsseldorf 2024 Show Special. We are also extremely proud to be celebrating the 40 th anniversary of our company in this issue (see page 114).

Rory McBride – Editor

Within its pages you will find a preview of some of the innovations that will be on display at the event in April by the magnificent Rhine river (see page 76). We also have the full Tube 2024 listing to help you navigate the event. There are more than 1,100 tube companies this year – a significant rise on 2022. For that reason it will be a particularly exciting show as we see the full global tube industry return to Germany in 2024. At the last Tube a few corners of the world were sadly still in lockdown and unable to attend. Tube Düsseldorf is at the heart of the industry, so it is vital that the entire world can visit or exhibit. I read that more than two thirds of those taking part last time were able to secure serious sales leads. The secret is simple – the convenience of face-to-face discussions. A buyer is able to see the latest machines in operation with their own eyes and ask questions of the people who designed and built them. This issue we also have a number of in-depth technical articles from expert writers: Olexandra Tupalo at Thermatool (page 130); Michael Kelly of Allied UV (page 134); and Pavel Doubek, Kevin Quinn and Luboš Fišar of OMNI-X (page 138). All of the writers look at recent technological advances that offer multiple benefits to tube producers around the globe. Enjoy the magazine. world for design, construction and commissioning of complete plants and machines for coil processing, performing in total autonomy thanks to the quality and completeness of its services. FIMI’s success speaks for itself: more than 1,500 plants installed worldwide and many of these – even those installed back in the 1970s – are still working successfully. During its 60 years of activity, FIMI has always focused on constant development based on the search for technologically advanced solutions, always giving priority to the performance and high quality of its products. FIMI Machinery is a leader in the field of design, construction and commissioning of coil processing plants and machines. The high quality of its products, which are distinguished by their high technological content, guarantees consistently high performance for customers. FIMI Tube & Pipe Mills can be composed in different ways in order to better adapt to the requests of the customer and the quality to obtain. > TRADITIONAL FORMING > LINEAR CAGE FORMING > DIRECT FORMING > STRUCTURAL & MECHANICAL > PRECISION > WELDING & THREADING > UNDER PRESSURE, WATER & AQUEOS FLUIDS > OCTG API > LINE PIPE API FIMI Group via dell’Industria, 15 | Viganò (LC) | Italy Phone +39 039 92141 | info@fimigroup.it Cover_TP.02.2024.indd 1 22/02/24 14:49 FIMIGroup Hall 6 Stand D01 The international magazine for the tube & pipe industries VOL 37 NO 2 US$33 MARCH 2024 ISSN0953-2366 On the cover . . . Founded in 1963 in Viganò, near Lecco, Italy, FIMI Group ranks among the top three companies in the

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