Staging of 2008 Tube China announced

Messe Düsseldorf has announced the Shanghai New International Expo Center will host Tube China Sept. 23-26, 2008. Messe Düsseldorf China will organize the event.

Planned exhibit categories include tube manufacturing machinery; raw materials; tubes and accessories; used machinery; process technology tools and auxiliaries; test engineering; and measuring and control technology.

Supporting associations include the International Tube Association (ITA), the China Iron & Steel Association (CISA), the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA), the China Electrical Equipment Industrial Association, the Steel Tube Council of the China Steel Construction Society, the China Rolling-Forming Steel Association, and the Stainless Steel Council of CSSEA.

Messe Düsseldorf China is a subsidiary of Messe Düsseldorf in Germany, the organizer of Tube Düsseldorf.