TPT November 2007

Industry News

Steel Tube Institute introduces redesigned website The Steel Tube Institute, USA, which represents the steel tube and pipe producers of North America, has launched its newly redesigned website. The new website incorporates a complete redesign, and a simplified navigation system that enables visitors to quickly find the areas and information that have been most frequently requested on the site. It also contains technical, manufacturing, size-range and application information about structural steel tubing (HSS), steel conduit, as-welded mechanical and DOM tubing, and standard pipe. The website serves as a resource for architects, fabricators, engineers, contractors and others who design, specify and use pipe and tube products.The STI website also contains information about tube and pipe producers, technical contacts, technical papers, video segments and other information. Steel Tube Institute – USA Fax : +1 305 443 1603 Email : stina@steeltubeinstitute.org Website : www.steeltubeinstitute.org Linde Group acquires Turkish industrial gases company The Linde Group, Germany, has acquired the Turkey based industrial gases company Birlesic Oksijen Sanayi AS (BOS), a subsidiary of the Koc group, at an enterprise value of approximately US$120mn, following the receipt of unconditional approval from the antitrust authorities. BOS operates with industrial and speciality gases. In the fiscal year 2006, the company generated sales of approximately US$40mn and employed a staff of around 180. “ With this acquisition we have complemented our product range in the important strategic Turkish market, and neighbouring markets of the Middle East, ” said Dr Aldo Belloni, member of the executive board of Linde. The takeover of BOS is Linde’s second major transaction in Turkey, having acquired Karbogaz AS in July 2006. The Linde Group – Germany

DIARY OF TUBE EVENTS

2007 NOVEMBER

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11-14 Fabtech/AWS Welding Show Chicago, USA Exhibition

Email : information@fmafabtech.com Website : www.fmafabtech.com

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13-16 Tube & Pipe Central Asia Almaty, Kazakhstan Exhibition

Email : info@expocentralasia.com Website : www.expocentralasia.com

DECEMBER

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04-05 AutoRussia 2007

Email : amir.sebahat@wbr.co.uk Website : www.wbr.co.uk/autorussia

St Petersburg, Russia Exhibition

FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008

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Pipe Dream India 08 New Delhi, India Conference

Email : info@itatube.org Website : www.itatube.org

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13-15 Tube India

Email : kueppersS@messeduesseldorf.de Website : www.tube.de

New Delhi, India Exhibition & Conference

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28-02 BORU

Email : info@ihlasfuar.com Website : www.ihlasfuar.com

Istanbul, Turkey Exhibition

MARCH/APRIL

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31-04 Tube Düsseldorf

Email : liedtkeM@messeduesseldorf.de Website : www.tube.de

Düsseldorf, Germany Exhibition

MAY

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27-30 Tube Russia

Email : wolfgramc@messe-duesseldorf.de Website : www.metallurgy-tube-russia.com

Moscow, Russia Exhibition

JUNE

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02-04 Middle East Plastic Pipes Dubai, United Arab Emirates Exhibition

Email : sh@amiplastics.com Website : www.amiplastics.com

SEPTEMBER

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23-26 Tube China

Email : tube@mdc.com.cn Website : www.mdc.com.cn

Shanghai, China Exhibition

OCTOBER

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06-08 Fabtech/AWS Welding Show Las Vegas, USA Exhibition

Email : information@fmafabtech.com Website : www.fmafabtech.com

2009

JANUARY

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11-14 Tube Arabia

Fax : +49 611 770 269 Email : info@linde.com Website : www.linde.com

Email : alfajer@emirates.net.ae Website : www.tekno7.info

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Exhibition

N ovember /D ecember 2007