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Dear Sir or Madam
We thank you for the great response concerning our first international Newsletter and are herewith sending you an individual selection of current, exciting and informative news, professional articles and event notes.
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Next week we will be there for you at the NASTT 2006 No-Dig-Conference in Nashville for the official kick-off and market introduction of UNITRACC. Trained NASTT members of staff and our CEO Robert Stein will be there as your personal contact persons. We are looking forward to presenting UNITRACC to you and hope to welcome you in Nashville.
Hope to see you soon either in Nashville or on UNITRACC.
Enjoy reading and exploring the underground. With best regards,
Your UNITRACC-Team
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Table of Contents
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News
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The PE100+ Association
PE100+ Association's Board of Directors re-elected
At the annual Member meeting on February 22nd 2005, the PE100+ Association elected Robin Bresser, Borealis Pipe Marketing Manager, as its new President. André Scheelen from BP, the previous ...
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Messe Berlin GmbH
WASSER and GAS BERLIN 2006 from 3 to 7 April - Experts discuss the issue of pharmaceutical residues in water
In addition to pathogenic micro-organisms, purified municipal water also contains a number of organic trace materials resulting from residential, commercial and industrial use. In past years ...
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Herrenknecht AG
Teamwork Tunnelling: It's moving in Madrid's underground.
On the Iberian peninsula 18 Earth Pressure Balance Shields and Hard Rock Machines in total are currently being deployed in metro or road tunnelling and trans-regional railway projects. Half of ...
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Amiantit Group
Amiantit sells its 51% share in Afico to Al Zamil Industrial Investment Company for SAR 65 Million
Dammam, February 2006: As part of the Amiantit Group's strategy to focus on its core industry of pipe manufacturing and water management projects, Saudi Arabian Amiantit Company has sold all of its ...
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Borealis A/S
Borealis appoints new Vice President Engineering Applications
Borealis has appointed Paul Turner as Vice President Engineering Applications with effect March 1, 2006. In his new role Paul will head the Borealis automotive and appliances business including ...
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Borouge Pte Ltd
Borouge high performance polyolefins applications on show at Chinaplas 2006
Borouge will be putting its high performance polyolefin business on show at Chinaplas, Asia's largest international exhibition for the plastics & rubber Industries, in Shanghai from 26 to 29 ...
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Articles
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Dipl.-Ing. Robert Stein, Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Uhlenbroch [Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stein & Partner, Germany]
Correct defect identification and damage assessment in general and of corrosion defects in particular as basis for efficient sewer rehabilitation planning
As waste water systems get older, their performance tends to decline. Breaks, cracks, corrosion and other types of failures causing leakage, hydraulic bottlenecks etc. up to collapsing sewers and mains. Condition assessment - either cyclic or demand orientated - is the basis for rehabilitation planning. The quality of ...
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Dipl.-Ing. Bernd Schuster [Georg Fischer Wavin AG (CH)], Marc van den Bosch [Georg Fischer Rohrleitungssysteme AG (CH)], Dipl.-Ing. Manfred Schmidt [VAG-Armaturen (G)]
Modern methods of installing dependable hydrants
In cases of fire outbreaks, a constant and reliable supply of water must be readily available to enable the fire fighters to complete their allotted task. At the same time the water supply utilities are obliged to take the necessary measures to ensure that a piping network can be ...
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Dieter Jungmann [Director Drainage Products Division] , Funke Kunststoffe GmbH
Integral ball takes up movements - Flexible house connections
The quality of our ground water and soil is determined not least by the state of sewers and pipework. High-grade pipes and proper economic construction of the sewers are a basic requirement for a long lasting network of pipelines. Intact sewerage pipes ensure that foul and rainwater is taken away ...
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Dr. Karl Ebner [Borealis GmbH, Linz, Austria] and Dr. Carl-Gustav Ek [Borealis AB, Stenungsund, Sweden]
High quality PP-B pipe materials for sewage pipe systems
Polypropylene (PP) materials have been successfully used for the manufacturingof piping systems for a long time and have demonstrated their performance inpressure and non-pressure applications. Polypropylene block copolymers (PPB),which exhibit excellent impact resistance amongst other properties ...
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Dr. rer. nat. Dipl.-Chem. Michael Quast [Denso GmbH, Germany (Leverkusen)]
New field joint
Coating system for trenchless laid steel pipes
Corrosion protective coatings of steel pipes laid by horizontal directional drilling are particularly stressed. Thermosetting compounds based on polyurethane or epoxies have proven their performance for the protection of welded joints of ...
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Events
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2006 No-Dig Conference presented by NASTT
26.03.2006 - 31.03.2006
he 2006 No-Dig Conference is an annual event dedicated to the advancements in the Trenchless Technology Industry. This year UNITRACC will be presented as ...
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Further events in March
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