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Table of contents
Editorial
Greetings from Dr. Gunther Voswinckel 3
Table of contents 4
Market information
World Steel Tube Production – Review 6
World Steel Tube
Production 6
Dr. G. Voswinckel, VOSCO GmbH – World Pipe & Tube Market 8
Interview
SMS group – Retrofitting ERW Lines for
High‑Performance Hollow Sections – Insights with Matteo Braggiotti 18
Technical Papers
NAKATA – NAKATA FFX – Innovation in forming machine technology 22
Tecnar – Real-Time Wall Thickness Measurement with Lut 2.0 26
SMS group – Transforming ERW MIlls for Tomorrow’s Demands 28
Tecnar
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Press Releases
Boehlerit – The Brucklacher Group’s WeCare Action Weeks 2025 30
Boehlerit – Future-proof performance with carbide rods 32
Boehlerit – THETAtec 25N Feed: High feed milling redefined 33
GL Control GmbH – Inner geometry and straightness of pipes 35
Tecnar – Lut 2.0 Wall Thickness Gauge at JingJiang Special Steel, China 37
Danieli – Hengyang Valin expands seamless pipe project with Danieli 39
SMS group – Plant Assessment Tool for customized decarbonization 40
Boehlerit
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