Conference Highlights
| Sunday, October 3 |
2-3:30 pm
4-8:30 pm |
Old Economy Village Tour/Dinner Registration
Old Economy Village Tour/Dinner Event |
| Monday, October 4 |
7 am-Noon
7:30 am-7 pm
7:30-8:15 am
8:15-8:30 am
8:30-9:15 am
9:20-9:45 am
9:20-9:45 am
9:45-10 am
10-10:25 am
10-10:25 am
10:30-10:55am
10:30-10:55am
11 am-Noon
Noon-1 pm
1-1:55 pm
2-2:25 pm
2-2:25 pm
2:30-2:55 pm
2:30-2:55 pm
3-3:20 pm
3:20-3:45 pm
3:20-3:45 pm
3:45-4:30 pm
5-7 pm |
Registration/Speaker Check-in
Tabletop Exhibits
Continental Breakfast
Welcome/Opening Remarks
SteelOrbis Market Overview – The World Outside of the Americas –
Justin Hunter, SteelOrbis
Soucone – Reduced Production Costs and New Design Potential
for Conical Steel Poles – Mathias Binder, Soutec Ltd.
Tube Welding Fluxes – Yehuda Baskin, Superior Flux & Manufacturing
Break
Laser Fabricating in Structural Tube and Pipe – Jeff Arendas,
BLM Group USA Corporation
Launching DP780 Light Wall Tube at ArcelorMittal Dofasco –
Z. Kent Li, ArcelorMittal
Precise, Seamless, Superalloy Tubes Made with Flowform Process –
Matthew Fonte, Dynamic Flowform Corp.
Castrip® Technology – Mary Becker, Nucor Sheet Mill Group
Video Tour – Ken Johnson, V & M Starr
Group Networking Lunch
Keynote Speaker: Manufacturing Recovery – Fact or Fiction?
Chris Kuehl, FMA Economist & founder, Armada Corporate Intelligence
Automatic Data Collection Technology and the Power of the Internet
to Drive Continuous Improvement – Tom Fabek, Profit Finders
Producing Premium HFW Pipes with Large Squeezing Out –
Lia Xingtao, Baosteel Iron and Steel Company
Draw Bench Quick Changeover Technology for Ever
Changing Smaller Orders and 'Just in Time' Deliveries –
Andreas Bültmann and Carey Krueger, BÜLTMANN Machines
Making Tubes with Discontinuous Cross Section by Means of 3D Roll
Forming – Albert Sedlmaier, dataM Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH
Break
Rotary Sizing Technology and its Applications — Bruce Chidlow, Kusakabe Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd.
New Linear Cage Forming System – Peter Beierling, Olimpia 80 s.r.l.
Video Tours – Lewis Brass & Copper Company & Drawn Metal Tube Co.
Networking Reception |
| Tuesday, October 5 |
8 a.m.-3 pm
8-8:30 am
8:30-9:15 am
9:15-9:40 am
9:15-9:40 am
9:45-10:10am
9:45-10:10am
10:10-10:30am
10:30-11:30am
11:35 am-Noon
11:35 am-Noon
12:05-12:30pm
12:05-12:30pm
12:30-1:30 pm
1:30-2:30 pm
2:30-3:45 pm
2:30-3:45 pm
2:30-3:45 pm
2:30-3:45 pm
3:45-4 p.m.
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Tabletop Exhibits
Continental Breakfast
Preston Pipe Market Overview – The Americas –
Paul Vivian and Rick Preckel, Preston Pipe
Bar Code Identification of Pipe and Tubes –
David Anderson, InfoSight Corporation
Historical Perspective of ERW Tube Mills –
Nelson Abbey, Abbey International
Cost Savings by a New Cutting Process for Steel Tubes, Bars,
and Profiles – Hans Jöerg Braun, Reika GMBH & Co. KG
Fatigue Studies on High Frequency Induction Welded (HFIW)
Steel Tubes – Insight into Fatigue Life Enhancement Opportunities
M. Preethi, Corporate Technology Center, Tube Products of India, Avadi
Group Break
Video Tour – Daniel Hennessy and Mark Weberding, Latrobe Steel
Wall Thickness Measurement and Determination of Wall Thickness
Distribution on Hot Tube – A Comparison of Systems –
Burkhard Schöttler, IMS Messsysteme GmbH
Smart Annealing for Tube and Pipe – Jeff Pierson, Thermatool Corp.
An Update on the Application of Ultrasonic Energy to Tube Drawing –
Nicholas Maropis, Maropis Technical Enterprises, Inc.
Method for Simulation and Development of the Forming Process in
Tube Welding Lines – Axel Rossbach, SMS Meer
Group Networking Lunch
Video Tour – Qi Yaguang, Baosteel
Roundtable: So You Want to Make Your Own Tubing?
Facilitator: Mark Prasek, Rafter Equipment Corporation
Participants: Lynn Ondrovic, Nucor Steel; Robert Sladky, Roll-Kraft;
Len Steinmeyer, Tesgo Inc.
Roundtable: Tube Mill Tooling Optimization
Facilitator: Dan Ventura, Ventura & Associates
Participants: Bob Manos, RMTS; Mark Olson, RMTS; Frank Rymas,
Crafts Technology
Roundtable: Tube Cutting and Fabrication
Facilitator: Brian Kopack, Formtek Metal Forming, Inc.
Participants: Ron Bochat, Hill Engineering; David Tsai, Kent Corp.;
Gerrit van Oosterum, RSA Entgrat- u. Trenn-Systeme GmbH & Co KG
Roundtable: Manufacturing and Finishing Seamless Tubing
Facilitator: Albert Klimas, SMS Meer Services Inc.
Participants: Donald Bugden, Magnetic Analysis Corp.; Rich Marando,
Graebener Group Technologies, Inc.; Mark Lukowski,
Bronx/Taylor-Wilson
Conference Wrap-up and Closing |
Special Events and Optional Activities
Sunday, October 3
Old Economy Village Tour and Dinner
Get to know your colleagues and make valuable business connections during a tour and dinner at the historic Old Economy Village.
Old Economy Village, a National Historic Landmark site, derives its title from the town of Oekonomie, built 1824-1830. Restored buildings are furnished with collections of the Harmony Society, a German communal group known for its industrial prosperity in textiles and manufacturing, railroad investments, and winemaking. Visitors encounter ever-changing traditional tradesmen, perform historic chores and view 17 historic structures, formal gardens, original paintings, tools, books, and furnishings.
$20 per person, transportation included
Registration 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Event 4-8:30 p.m.
Monday, October 4
Networking Reception and Exhibits
Interact with companies you want to do business with to improve your operations and take advantage of the chance to personally meet and interact with your important customers, suppliers, and colleagues during the tabletop exhibition.
Included with registration.
2007 Attendees are saying ...
"The 2007 ITA/TPA joint conference provided several good takeaways for me. Knowledge gained from technical papers and one-on-one discussions were worth much more than the cost to attend. I look forward to bringing my colleagues to the 2010 conference in Pittsburgh."
— John Reinhart, Manager Product Development, Superior Tube Company, Inc.
"Attending the 2007 conference in Houston gave us access to new and up-to-date technical information regarding the production of pipe and tube. As an extra bonus we were able to network with our peers and members of the supplier community."
— Ike Tripp, President, Etna Products, Inc. |
For more information about this must-attend industry event e-mail Audrey Long or call 815-227-8206, e-mail Phillip Knight or call +44 1926 834681.
