TPT May 2015

May/June 2015 Vol 28 No 3

The May Issue Welcome to the latest issue of Tube & Pipe Technology magazine. This month we have features on handling, bundling, packaging & logistics and tube scarfing systems & tools. We also have a technical article on a greenfield turnkey plant for high quality steel grades from Interpipe. It has been great to read about some really big investments and deals being signed in this issue. Combilift has made a €40mn investment in new facilities, which will create more than 200 new jobs. Nakata has received the first order for its newly developed 30" orbital die forming pipe mill and Fives has completed giant projects in China for the Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union and Baosteel Zhanjiang. It is great to see these success stories in the industry. Next issue we have features on software for design, production & management; OCTG & pipeline manufacturing; and straightening technology & equipment. We also take a first look at Tube Southeast Asia 2015, which is taking place in Bangkok, Thailand. Please do send me your articles and press releases if any of these features are of interest to your company. If I can help with anything please feel free to contact me at: rory@intras.co.uk Rory McBride – Editor On the cover . . . As an industrial engineering group, Fives designs and supplies machines, process equipment and production lines for the world’s largest industrials, including the aluminium, steel, glass, automotive, aerospace, logistics, cement, energy and sugar sectors. Located in over 30 countries and with nearly 8,000 www.fivesgroup.com Fives supplies Bronx, Abbey, OTO and Taylor-Wilson tube & pipe equipment for the energy, automotive,mechanical and structural sectors. employees, Fives is known for its technological expertise and competence in executing international projects. Fives’ multi-sector expertise gives it a global vision of the industry which provides a continuous source of innovation. The effectiveness of its R&D programmes enables Fives to design forward-thinking industrial solutions that anticipate clients’ needs in terms of profitability, performance, safety and compliance with environmental standards. Fives is a prominent supplier of Abbey and OTO mills, Taylor-Wilson finishing equipment, and Bronx straighteners, providing custom engineered products that offer a quality, fully integrated solution. This combination of resources and infrastructure utilises the most recent developments in technology, delivering reliable tube and pipe mill and finishing solutions for a wide range of seamless and welded products. Recognised for experience and superior technology by steel and non- ferrous manufacturers, thousands of installations are commercially present throughout the world such as OTO and Abbey mills that feature the best in ERW pipe mills, entry systems, tube and pipe cutoffs, and Abbey slitting lines and drawbenches. Fives’ installations also include Bronx tube and pipe and long product straighteners, Taylor-Wilson hydrostatic pipe testing, collapse testing and leak testing machines and a complete line of end-facing and rotary cut-off equipment. ULTIMATE MACHINES ULTIMATE FACTORY Vol28 No3 US$33 MAY2015 The international magazine for the tube & pipe industries I hope that you enjoy the magazine.

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ARTICLE:

1.32mt/y greenfield turnkey plant for high quality steel grades at Interpipe By Gennadiy Yesaulov and Andrea Michielan,

Interpipe Steel, and Aurelio Mortoni, Colloredo Marco and Marco Rinaldi, Danieli Officine Meccaniche SpA