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29.05.2006
Ready to cross the Yangtze: world's largest tunnelling machine assembled and ready in 4 months in Shanghai.
At the end of April 2006, right on schedule, Herrenknecht AG handed over the first tunnelling machine with a diameter of 15.43m to the Chinese client "Shanghai Changjiang Tunnel & Bridge Construction Co., Ltd.". Together with the Chinese partner "Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co., Ltd." (STEC) the Mixshield was assembled at the "STEC" location in Shanghai Wuhaogou (Pudong) in only 4 months.
mehr22.05.2006
Innovation pays Dividends - egeplast wins award from CDU North Rhine-Westphalia
During the future congress 2006 "Benchmark NRW" egeplast Werner Strumann GmbH & Co. KG received one of the two awards for innovative small and medium-sized enterprises in North Rhine-Westphalia on 3 March 2006.
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WEF Member Associations Send Aspiring Water Scientists to National Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competition
Alexandria, VA – The Water Environment Federation (WEF) proudly announces the 2006 U.S. state winners of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) – the most prestigious youth award for a water-related science project. WEF Member Associations selected and will sponsor state winners and their science teachers to attend the national competition, hosted by the Georgia Association of Water Professionals, June 22-24, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia.
mehr16.05.2006
Geodrilling 2006 - bigger and better than last year
The organisers of GeoDrilling 2006 have only a few exhibition spaces available and are confident that this June's show is going to be bigger and better than last year, with over 1500 visitors expected, in excess of 100 exhibitors and the addition of the underground construction industry which will expand the scope of the show.
mehr10.05.2006
ACHEMA: Corrosion Attack and Innovations
For 50 years, Georg Fischer Piping Systems has been a leading authority in corrosion-free piping systems for the chemical process industry and time and again has launched useful and innovative products and services for plastic piping system construction on the market.
mehr08.05.2006
Wegener Welding LLC emerges as new entity
The companies WIDOS W. Dommer Söhne GmbH, Ditzingen, Germany and PDH LLC, Nashville, Tennessee recently have assumed the assets of Wegener North America Inc., known to the industry as a comprehensive supplier of thermoplastic welding equipment.
mehr02.05.2006
UNITRACC goes INTERNATIONAL. "Official Start" at the 2006 No-Dig Show in Nashville (USA).
The North American Society of Trenchless Technology (NASTT) presented UNITRACC, the repeatedly awarded, webbased information-, learning- and working-platform for sewer and pipeline construction as "No. 1 Platform for Information Education Business".
mehr18.04.2006
Flexible trench shoring system creates room to manoeuvre. Rectangular sections swiftly inserted
A high-performance trench shoring system satisfies all the structural prerequisites for the quick and efficient installation of even large-size precast concrete elements. This is something that the civil engineering specialists of Stratebau GmbH experienced for themselves during a construction project in Markt Lappersdorf in Regensburg rural district.
mehr12.04.2006
Renewed confidence, more international participants and commercial success were the main features of the international congress and trade fair WASSER BERLIN 2006 / GAS BERLIN 2006
Over 26,000 trade visitors attended the water and gas event in Berlin – Ten per cent more trade visitors – 20 per cent of trade visitors came from abroad. From 3 to 7 April 2006 the European water and gas industry turned its attention to Berlin. Over 26,000 trade visitors from 42 countries came to the city in search of information about the latest developments in technology and energy policy in this sector. In the words of Dr. Christian Göke, Chief Operating Officer of Messe Berlin GmbH: "WASSER BERLIN / GAS BERLIN 2006 again demonstrated its outstanding importance for both industries. One of the most encouraging features has been the increase in the numbers of international exhibitors, trade visitors and delegations."
mehr10.04.2006
Stockholm Junior Water Prize Online Journal to debut in fall 2006
Alexandria, VA – The Water Environment Federation (WEF) announces Journal of the U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize - For the Future, From the Future, a new electronic publication of winning entries to the Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) state competition. Published annually, the journal will debut in the fall of 2006 and feature original papers related to water quality, water resource management, water protection, and water and wastewater treatment.
mehr06.04.2006
Focus on the gas and water industries for five daysCongress and Trade Fair WASSER BERLIN / GAS BERLIN 2006
WASSER / GAS BERLIN, which takes place for the twelfth time from 3 to 7 April, will be attended by 630 exhibitors and an expected 25,000 trade visitors. It occupies a hall area of 45,245 square metres and, with its extensive programme of congresses, it again demonstrates its value as an international platform for dialogue in these two sectors. In six exhibition halls exhibitors will be presenting the latest developments in the water and gas industries, under a number of main headings.
mehr31.03.2006
Wavin sells participation in Australia/New Zealand, and enters into long term technology agreement
The Wavin Group, Europe's leading supplier of plastic pipe systems and solutions, announced that it has sold its 25% stake in Iplex Pipelines (manufacturer and supplier of plastic pipeline systems in Australia and New Zealand).
mehr29.03.2006
Pipe industry benefits from unique Borealis injection moulding grade for PE100 fittings
Borealis has launched Borstar® HE3490-IM, a unique polyethylene (PE) grade specifically for the injection moulding of PE100 pressure pipe fittings. This solution provides the fitting manufacturers with a better alternative to the extrusion materials which they currently use – a material that combines the higher pressure performance of a PE100 material with the processing friendliness of a PE80. The whole value chain from fittings manufacturer to pipe producer, contractor and pipeline owner will benefit from the greater consistency in overall quality and performance achieved with this grade.
mehr24.03.2006
Immense interest: Visitors to the 2006 PDAC in Toronto excited by the DMT digital drilling core scanner
Essen, March 20, 2006. At the beginning of March, Deutsche Montan Technologie GmbH (DMT) presented at this year's PDAC (Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada) the second generation of its "CoreScan" measurement system. And it was a resounding success: "The drawing power of our system was enormous. Following this, the world's largest industry fair devoted to mining exploration and investments, we have already received twenty serious inquiries," explains Dr. Jens Wiegand, DMT Product Manager. Among those interested are global players active above all in exploring potential reserves of diamonds, platinum, gold and non-ferrous metals.
mehr16.03.2006
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 President, decided not to stay in the Board of the Association but will keep an active role in the Member meeting.
mehr09.03.2006
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 particular attention has been paid to active pharmaceutical ingredients, endocrine disruptive compounds (EDCs) and other substances that are the product of everyday processes. Because it originates from so many different sources, elimination of the pollution resulting from municipal sewage systems is only conceivable or possible in certain special cases.
mehr06.03.2006
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 the machines are boring their way through the underground of the Spanish capital Madrid, which consequently and rapidly develops its underground public transportation and metro system.
mehr03.03.2006
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 51% shares in Afico for SAR 65 million to Al Zamil Industrial Investment Company.
mehr03.03.2006
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 the sales, marketing and development units. He will be based in Mechelen, Belgium.
mehr28.02.2006
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 April 2006. Located in Hall W3, Booth C03 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre in Pudong, Borouge will showcase how the high performance polyethylene (PE) produced by its plant in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, UAE can be applied in three distinct sectors: packaging, pipes and wire & cable
mehr20.02.2006
International Conference "Transportation and Distribution Pipeline Network"
The International Pipeline Technology Conference is part of the Pipeline Technology tradeshow, a new fair-within-a-fair that consolidates and synergizes all the pipeline-based transportation and transmission offerings on show at HANNOVER MESSE, the world's leading industrial technology tradeshow.
mehr20.02.2006
The leading international trade fairs wire and Tube will be held concurrently again from 24 to 28 April 2006 in Düsseldorf.
In April 2006, the leading international trade fairs wire, International Trade Fair for Wire and Cable, and Tube, International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair, will, for the tenth time, jointly present new machines, products and systems from their respective industries at the exhibition grounds in Düsseldorf. The exhibition buildings on the River Rhine will be the centre of attention for these industries.
mehr17.02.2006
Borealis promotes innovation in Italy's utilities sector
The importance of reliable infrastructure in the supply and distribution of essential goods such as water and gas took centre stage at a workshop for the Italian pipe industry organised by Borealis in Genoa, Italy on February 3, 2006. In many European countries water loss due to leakage in the distribution network remains a significant problem.
mehr18.01.2006
"Guideline Microtunnelling" newly published by Stein & Partner
A new international technical guideline "Practical Guideline for the Application of Microtunnelling Methods" (ISBN 3-9810648-0-1) of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stein & Partner GmbH, Bochum is available since December 2005.
mehr20.12.2005
McCandless Authority Wins High-Tech Sewer-Inspecting Camera; American Water Raffles Off Camera During WEFTEC Conference
Patrick E. Connell, Treasurer and Member of the Board of Directors for the McCandless Township Sanitary Authority (MTSA), walked away the winner of a Cues Lite Stick Inspection Camera, valued at over $6,000, after attending the Water Environment Federation's 78th annual Technical and Exhibition Conference in Washington DC. Connell won the device by visiting the booth of American Water, the nation's largest supplier of water and wastewater services.
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