TPi May 2014

business & market news

Sekisui to exhibit at IFAT 2014 Sekisui SPR will present its product and service portfolio at the IFAT trade fair for potable water, wastewater, waste and resource management in Munich, Germany, 5-9 May. With ‘Underneath the city’ as its slogan, the company will introduce technologies for pipe rehabilitation at stand 121 in hall B5. Visitors can also expect to see a live demonstration of the SPR™ spiral- wound technology. With this method, an endless PVC profile strip is fed from a spool placed above

ground into the machine stationed directly in the sewer, and formed into a watertight pipe inside the old pipe.

Sekisui SPR Group – Germany www.sekisuispr.com

Visitors to the exhibition will be presented with a holistic approach to the management of pipe systems with services and technologies from the fields of inspection, design, installation and maintenance. The focus will be on a broad technology portfolio for trenchless rehabilitation of potable water, water and sewage pipes with the spiral-wound pipe, cured-in-place pipe, and fold-and-form processes. The technologies fulfil the various requirements of maintaining infra- structure. They are characterised by short construction times and less strain on local residents and the environment.

Sekisui will present a live demonstration of the SPR spiral-wound method for rehabilitation of sewers Photo credit: Sekisui SPR Europe GmbH

Stainless steel event The ‘Stainless steels hot news on: regulations – laws – directives – certifications’ event, organised by Centro Inox in partnership with Unsider, will be held in Milan on 29 May. From the point of view of regulations, laws and standards, the world of stainless steel production and distribution is going through an important period, due to the updating, integration and revision activities, which represent a point of reference for those who must be informed on the inclusion of new alloys, those who must buy appropriate materials, and those who want to be up-to-date on physical and chemical characteristics and end uses. A one-day seminar has been organised, aimed at discussing and clarifying the different issues included in the agenda, and in particular the updating status of the laws and regulations referring to the main iron and steel products, and the major current regulation and standard projects, in a period in which new steel grades have been launched and are increasingly used for specialised applications. In addition, the relevance of imports of stainless steel products originating from Far-East countries to Europe should not be underestimated. Problems arising in connection with issues such as non- compliance with international standards can become the cause of claims and counterclaims between suppliers and users, which may depend on misunderstanding or incomplete, incorrect information.

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