The automotive industry may not be the largest sales market for tube manufacturers, but it is indeed an important one.

The next concurrent staging of Wire 2016, International Wire and Cable Trade Fair, and Tube 2016, International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair, will take place from April 4-8 at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany.

It gives me pleasure to bring readers news of heat-treatment activities in Europe.

It was a sad to learn of the retirement of Robert Wood, now ex-general secretary of the International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE).

The recent concurrent staging of “The Bright World of Metals” trade fair quartet in Düsseldorf, Germany, closed to extremely positive results.

A new webinar hosted by SECO/WARWICK will highlight efficiency improvements in aluminum coil annealing.

For the first time in the almost 60-year history of the trade fairs, Thermprocess, GIFA, METEC and NEWCAST will exceed 2,000 exhibitors.

With 911,700 square feet of sold exhibition space, Thermprocess, GIFA, METEC and NEWCAST 2015 have reached a new record.