New Opportunities for Tube Industry

Jointly organized by Metallurgical Council of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (MC-CCPIT) and Messe Düsseldorf (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Tube China 2012 will be running in parallel with wire China 2012 for the 5^th time from 25 to 28 September, at Shanghai New International Expo Centre. Domestic and international tube manufacturers will get togather to showcase their latest innovative products and applications to the industry, providing the buyers from all over the world with value-added and diversified experience.

The supply of drinking water is generally regarded as an tube application area with high-growth opportunities. According to information from industrial circles (www.simona.de), the investment requirements in the areas of water supply and wastewater disposal are between 400 and 500 billion Euro worldwide, in the OECD region around 200 billion Euro and in Germany alone 7 billion Euro. In addition to the normal tubes and moulded components for water supply pipelines, these also include for example pipeline systems for seawater desalination facilities.

The industry sees a further future area of application in the traffic sector. In this connection they are thus assuming growth in worldwide air traffic of up to seven percent in the next 20 years. The increase in road traffic is assessed as much more dramatic – especially in Asia. In India the number of cars per 1,000 inhabitants is set to almost triple by 2050 and in China even increase around eightfold. As a result, many a plastic tube manufacturer therefore sees major growth potential away from the established markets and in particular in Eastern Europe, Asia and South America.

In the area of energy and environmental technology too, the challenges and opportunities are great. Plastic tube products are for example used for flue-gas de-sulphurization and chimney linings. Newer developments include products for depth geothermal energy and pipeline systems for conveying CO2. In the area of geothermal energy the Earth's heat is used as a sustainable form of energy, in which for example a complex pipeline system carries groundwater and transports it to the surface for heating/refrigeration purposes. For pipe systems used in CO2 transport – such as for example the "OCAP CO2 Green-Gas" Project - the greenhouse gas created in a refinery as a "by-product" is fed into a pipe system more than 140 km long to greenhouses located in the vicinity and thus used as a growth accelerator in plant production.

You will see more newest tube applications in every industry at Tube China 2012, which will be held from September 25-28, 2012 at Shanghai New International Expo Centre. This year's main product groups include raw materials, tubes and accessories, tube manufactuing machinery, rebuilt and reconditioned machinery, process technology tools and auxiliaries, measuring and control technology, testing, specialist areas, trading, stockists of tubes of all kinds, pipeline and OCTG technology, profiles and machinery, etc.

As estimated, this year the two exhibitions will be further expanded to occupy 7.5 halls, covering a total of 85,000 square meters. 1,500 exhibitors from all over the world are expected to participate, demonstrating the innovative technologies, products and solutions from the areas of global wire, cable and tube industry.

Current information for exhibitors, visitors and the press is available at: http://www.tubechina.net