TPT May 2009

I ndustry N ews

event news in brief… Event News in Brief…

Progress is going well for Pipe & Tube Istanbul 09 , the International Tube Association’s next biennial technical

conference, organised jointly with Ihlas Fuar. The event will take place at the WOW Hotel and Convention Centre in Istanbul from 2-3 November 2009. Sessions will be conducted in two very well appointed conference rooms, with simultaneous Turkish, Russian and English translation.

Middle East Plastic Pipes (www.amiplastics) will take place from 1-3 June 2009 at the JW Marriott Hotel, Dubai, United Arab

The first Valve World Expo (www.valveworldexpo.com) to be held in Düsseldorf in 2010 has already received bookings for 80

Emirates. The conference brings together leading pipe producers, specialists and civil engineers from the MENA region. Based on incredible architectural growth in the region, the conference will examine the relation of new product industries using PVC pipes.

per cent of the exhibition area in halls 3 and 4 of the Messe Düsseldorf showgrounds. The organizers have already registered 220 companies from 28 countries for the event to be held from 30 November to 2 December 2010. This success validates the changeover from Maastricht to Düsseldorf, a popular city for trade fairs.

Citypipe (www.citypipe.ru), the 4 th international exhibition for municipal piping systems, will be held from 26-29 May 2009

The 3 rd PaintExpo (www. paintexpo.de), an international trade fair for industrial coatings technology, will take place in

at the Crocus Expo centre in Moscow, Russia. Exhibits will include tube and pipe, pipe manufacturing equipment, valves and fittings, pipeline laying and repair, pipeline inspection and trenchless technology.

Stexpo 2009 (www.stexpo. com.cn), the 6 th China (Beijing) international steel tube industry expo, will take place from

Karlsruhe, Germany from 13-16 April 2010. The event has already attracted over 110 exhibiting companies, 12 months before the event opens its doors. At the last show in 2008, nearly 6,000 specialist visitors from 43 countries took part.

13-15 August 2009 at Beijing’s China international exhibition centre. In the region of 500 exhibitors and 30,000 visitors are expected. The event will feature exhibits including large-diameter pipeline, seamless steel tube, industrial welded pipe, and valves/fittings. Machinery on display will include pipe welding units, hot dip galvanizing lines, and SAW mills.

The 5 th Shanghai Tube Expo (www.gangguan-expo.com) will be staged at the Intex Shanghai showgrounds in Shanghai,

PS China 2009 (www.psseries. com/china) will be staged from 17-19 September 2009 at Shanghaimart in Shanghai,

China, from the 5-7 May 2009. Shanghai Tube Expo is one of the largest exhibitions of its kind not only in China, but also in the Asia-Pacific region. The exhibition is targeted at equipment and tube products for industries including petroleum, automobile, petrochemical, shipbuilding, power station, and construction.

China. The exhibition will showcase the latest in tube and pipe, valves and fittings, and pumps and systems. PS China is targeted at markets including agriculture, automotive, manufacturing, shipbuilding, oil and gas, and petrochemical.

Pipeline Coating 2009 (www. amiplastics.com) was staged with all round success from 26-28 January 2009 in Vienna,

Austria. The conference attracted a wide range of companies from pipe coaters to engineers and operators, with 24 countries represented from Argentina to Russia. Presentations came from companies including Bredero Shaw, Shawcor, Total, Petrobas, Dow Hyperlast, Borealis, Eupec, Arkema, and Dhatec.

Steel-Tech (www.thermalexpo. com/steeltech-about.htm) will take place from 18-20 May 2009 at the Expo Centre Sharjah in Sharjah,

The Wire, Tube and Cable Expo 2009 (WTC ’09), took place with success from the 14-17 May 2009 at India’s premier venue, the

Untied Arab Emirates. Steel-Tech will form part of Thermal Industry Middle East and will be a key component of the show together with an industry conference.

Chennai Trade Centre, in Chennai, India. WTC ’09 was held in conjunction with the 5 th International Machinetools Expo (IMEX ’09), a leading machinery event.

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