Pipe and Tube Conference seeks papers, round table participants.
Press Release Summary:
Organizing committee for Pipe and Tube Nashville 2012 is seeking papers and roundtable participants for "Optimizing Operations through Continuous Improvement" conference, taking place June 26-28. For papers, committee is accepting any topic concerning tube or pipe production and fabrication. Roundtable discussion topics are bending; TIG vs. multi-cathode, TIG vs. TIG-plasma, and TIG vs. laser welding; roll tooling design; and methods of inline annealing following tube mill welding.
Original Press Release:
Committee for Pipe & Tube Nashville 2012 Issues Call for Papers, Round Table Participants
The organizing committee for Pipe & Tube Nashville 2012 requests papers and roundtable participants for its "Optimizing Operations through Continuous Improvement" conference June 26-28. The show is devoted to updating seamless and welded tubular product technology and processes, and is a collaboration of the Tube & Pipe Association, International® (TPA), based in Rockford, Ill., and the UK-based International Tube Association (ITA).
The conference will include innovative sessions, interactive roundtables, video plant tours, and networking opportunities for industry professionals involved in tube or pipe production and fabrication.
Tube and pipe executives interested in submitting a paper should visit the conference website at www.pipetubeconf.com/nashville, click on "speaker information," and download the "call for papers application." The committee is accepting papers on any topic concerning tube or pipe production and fabrication.
Those interested in participating in a roundtable discussion should visit the website, click on "speaker information," and download the "call for roundtable presenters application." The four roundtable discussion topics are bending; TIG vs. multi-cathode, TIG vs. TIG-plasma, and TIG vs. laser welding; roll tooling design; and methods of in-line annealing following tube mill welding.
"This conference is an ideal opportunity to network with tube or pipe production and fabrication professionals from around the world," said Eric Lundin, editor of TPJ-The Tube & Pipe Journal, a TPA publication. "Attendees will hear about the latest technologies, processes and perspectives - happening both in the U.S. and internationally - and have an opportunity to interface directly with show speakers to ask questions and learn how to improve company operations."
The organizing committee consists of John Anton (Independence Tube Corp.), John Bell (Lochinvar Corp.), Brian Kopack (Formtek Inc.), Rich Marando (Graebener Group Technologies, Inc.), Phillip Meinczinger (Magnetic Analysis Corp.), Mick Nallen (Thermatool Corp.), Gary Pashia (Cerro Flow Products Inc.), Mike Pollard (Fives Bronx Inc.), and Ike Tripp (Etna Products Inc.). The ITA is represented by Phillip Knight; the TPA is represented by Lundin and conference organizer Audrey Long.
For more information visit the conference website at www.pipetubeconf.com/nashville/ or contact Audrey Long at 815-227-8206 or audrey@fmanet.org.
About ITA
The ITA is the world's largest and most influential personal membership association for engineers in the tube & pipe industries. Based in the U.K., ITA members come from more than 70 countries around the globe. The organization focuses on services and events to promote new technology and growth within the tube & pipe industries.
About TPA
The TPA is affiliated with Rockford, Ill.-based Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA), a professional organization with nearly 2,300 members working together to improve the metal forming and fabricating industry. Founded in 1970, FMA brings metal fabricators and fabricating equipment manufacturers together through technology councils, educational programs, networking events, industry trade publications including The FABRICATOR®, and Green Manufacturer, and the FABTECH® trade show.
Benjamin Arens
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