TPT May 2023

DIARY OF EVENTS

2023 9-11 May Made In Steel Milan, Italy www.madeinsteel.it 10-13 May Lamiera Milan, Italy www.lamiera.net 18-20 May Guangzhou Guangzhou, China www.julang.com.cn 14-16 June Tube China Shanghai, China www.tubechina.net 11-14 September FABTECH Chicago, IL, USA www.fabtechexpo.com 18-23 September EMO-Hannover Hanover, Germany www.emo.hannover.de

GmbH & CoKG and the Sikora AG. For the first time, Sikora launched a system for the inspection and sorting of plastic pellets, marking the entry into the plastics industry. In the tube, pipe and hose market, a millimetre wave-based measuring system for plastic pipes was introduced. The company continued to grow and opened a new 4-story building in Bremen in 2019 for production, R&D and other employees to have spacious and creative working environments. “I am very proud and humbled by how the company has developed over the 50 years,” said Harald Sikora. “Then as now, the secret of Sikora’s success is characterised by innovations that always keep the customer one step ahead in the market; our passion for the products and the consistent focus of all activities are on the customers.” “We look with pride at our past, at 50 years of measuring technology at Sikora,” said Dr Christian Frank, CEO at Sikora. “The 50 years are an absolute success story written by our employees. I have great respect for this team achievement and am very proud to be a part of it.” He added: “We thank our customers for the trust over the last five decades and look forward to the further cooperation in the next 50 years. We, the Sikora team, still have a lot of plans.”

With the next generation of X-ray measuring systems for the high-voltage cable production, Sikora gained a market share of approximately 90 per cent worldwide in the power cable segment. In 2000, the first subsidiary opened in the USA, followed by China and Italy. Over the next few years, numerous other international locations opened. This success was echoed in the 2002 decision to transform Sikora Industrieelektronik GMBH into the stock corporation Sikora AG. Since 2004, Sikora has applied the experience gained in the cable industry to the hose, pipe and tube market. X-ray and laser technologies became standard here as well. In 2009, the entry into the glass fibre market with innovative measuring devices for quality control in the drawing tower began. In addition to the focus on quality, material efficiency and sustainability have become critical over the years. Economic in addition to ecological advantages gain importance in quality control. Sikora measuring devices assist manufacturers in these endeavours by reducing material and scrap. The extended product portfolio and the increase in employees were influential in the 2011 decision to construct a new building for R&D and service at the headquarters. At the same time, in line with the succession plan, the company was divided into two business segments: the Sikora Holding

24-27 May Tube & Steel Istanbul Istanbul, Turkey www.tubeandsteelistanbulfair.com

Sikora AG www.sikora.net Tube and pipe industry event returns to Shanghai FROM 14 to 16 June 2023, the leading regional trade fair for tubes and pipes, Tube China, will be held in Shanghai. On display will be machinery and equipment for tube manufacturing, processing technologies, raw materials, tubes and accessories, pipeline and OCTG technology. The organisers, Messe Düsseldorf Shanghai and MC CCPIT, are increasingly focusing on trend themes such as green transformation and AI-based applications. Current solutions from the field of metallurgy are presented at Metallurgy China, which is held in parallel.

20-22 September Tube Southeast Asia Bangkok, Thailand www.tube-southeastasia.com

3-5 October Tubotech 2023 São Paulo, Brazil www.tubotech.com/br

2024 15-19 April

Tube Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Germany www.tube.de

Tube China 2023 www.tubechina.net

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