TPT May 2015

Industry News

Combined expertise around steel tube production

of tubes. To meet these demands, efficient and competent partners are needed. Therefore, it was logical for all parties involved that the first Tube Innovation Days took place in China. Nine high-tech German companies combined their expertise at the event and this specialist network guarantees the customer an optimum design of its production and processing processes. From the first to the last stage the customer benefits not only from the core competence of the individual companies but also from their close collaboration: individual processes and interfaces are coordinated for the entire production chain. This means that the customer gets a solution that is optimally tailored to its requirements throughout the entire process and as a result receives an increase in product quality.

comprehensive advice on the whole process chain of the manufacture and processing of tubes. The steel tube industry is growing worldwide at a rapid rate and China, the world’s largest steel tube producer, has a market share of more than 50 per cent with a high export share. In particular, the export to Western countries with the related standards calls for a high quality

FROM rollforming to testing and sawing to a smooth transport system and everything from one source. That was the aim for companies Dreistern, Trumpf, Sema Systemtechnik, Foerster, RSA, Wafios, Fehr, Scheffer and Kluthe at the Tube Innovation Days. Taking place at the RSA showroom in Kunshan, near Shanghai, China, customers and interested parties were able to ask for

Nine leading German companies took part in the Tube Innovation Day

RSA – Germany Website: www.rsa.de

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