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A New Year’s Message for 2009 to all Our Members and Friends Worldwide in the Tube & Pipe Industry

As another year comes to a close, the 29th in its existence, the ITA reflects on what has been a very busy year for the tube & pipe industry and looks forward in 2009 to joining members in a celebrating the association’s 30th anniversary.

2008 has seen the International Tube Association attending, supporting and organising exhibitions and events all over the world:

  • Pipe Dream India (Feb) – a successful conference held on the eve of an equally successful exhibition, Tube India 2008 in New Delhi.
  • Boru, Istanbul, Turkey (Feb/Mar) – fourth edition of this event and the first time officially sponsored by the ITA.
  • Tube Düsseldorf, Germany (Mar/Apr) – the most prestigious event in the tube industry, supported from its inception by the ITA. 
  • Tube Russia (May) – a flourishing event sponsored by the ITA since its inception in 2003.
  • Tube China, Shanghai, China (Sept) – another highly successful third edition of this exhibition sponsored by the ITA.
  • Metal Expo, Russia (Nov) – a re-located exhibition in Moscow at which the ITA participated successfully for the first time.

During the year, the ITA has also undertaken a revamp of its logo, introduced an electronic version of its newsletter (ITAN) in an e-zine format, enhanced the benefits of members’ company registrations on the directory website (www.tubefirst.com ) and established more foreign language pages on the website. For further details on any of these, please contact the Secretariat, email: info@itatube.org

2009 promises to be another full programme of events for the Association:
Exhibitions

  • January                 Tekno/Tube Arabia                  Dubai, UAE
  • Mar                        Boru                                        Istanbul, Turkey
  • May                        Tube Russia                           Moscow, Russia
  • October                 Tubotech                                 São Paulo, Brazil
  • October                 Tube SE Asia                          Bangkok, Thailand
  • November              Fabtech                                 Chicago, USA

Conferences

  • September            Pipe & Tube Beijing 2009      Beijing, PRC
  • November             Pipe & Tube Istanbul 09          Istanbul, Turkey

 

To find out more about any of these events or to take part at our conferences, please visit our website www.itatube.org for the latest information.

So it just remains for the ITA Secretariat of Phillip Knight, Debi Coleman and Jacqui Dickinson to wish you all the best for a peaceful, happy and successful 2009.

The Secretariat of the ITA, Leamington Spa, UK