TPT May 2017

I NDUS T RY

D I ARY of Tube Events

2017

17-19 May Made In Steel (Milan, Italy) International Exhibition 17-20 May Lamiera (Milan, Italy) International Exhibition

Sales director appointment at Kocks WITH effect from 1 February, Günther Schnell has taken the role of managing director sales and marketing at Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG, taking over from Sergio Filippini, who left the company on 1 March to go into retirement. Mr Filippini spent 16 years with Kocks in a managerial capacity, five of which were spent heading the sales and marketing section at the German headquarters in Hilden. Mr Schnell has considerable experience in the steel industry, and his appointment adds another expert to the company’s executive team. Following his degree in process technology, he began his career in 1997 with VAI Technometal GmbH as a project manager sales and technology in the field of secondary metallurgy. In 2002, he joined Friedrich Kocks for the first time, eventually taking on the position of general manager sales/chief representative China. In 2010, he joined SMS group GmbH, where he headed sales as general manager for wire rod, bar and merchant bar mills. Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG – Germany Email: marketing@kocks.de Website: www.kocks.de

www.madeinsteel.it

www.lamiera.net

5-8 June Tube Russia (Moscow, Russia) International Exhibition www.metallurgy-tube-russia.com

18-23 September EMO (Hanover, Germany) International Exhibition 28-30 June Guangzhou Tube Fair (Guangzhou, China) International Exhibition

www.chinaexhibition.com

www.emo-hannover.de

19-21 September Tube Southeast Asia (Bangkok, Thailand) International Exhibition www.tube-southeastasia.com

3-5 October TUBOTECH (São Paulo, Brazil) International Exhibition 6-9 November FABTECH (Chicago, USA) International Exhibition

www.tubotech-online.com

www.fabtech-expo.com

28-30 November Stainless Steel World (Paris, France) Conference & Exhibition www.stainless-steel-world.net

(from left) Ali Bindernagel, Sergio Filippini, Günther Schnell and Rötger Teyke

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