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Tube & Pipe Association, Intl.®
Staying competitive in this global economy
TPA provides the tools and the resources needed by companies to improve operations. TPA informs and educates tube and pipe producing and fabricating professionals through conferences, expositions, magazines, technical research library, networking opportunities, and more.
TPA is the technology affiliate of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA). Member benefits are interrelated between both associations and many of the benefits are developed under the FMA brand.
Recent Content on The Fabricator for Tube & Pipe Association, Intl.®
- From The Fabricator
NBT Foundation establishes new endowment fund to support manufacturing camp grants
- Jun 15, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs® (NBT), The Foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), Elgin, Ill., has established the Board Chairs’ Endowment. This endowment fund, which will monetarily support the summer manufacturing camp grant program, will be funded through gifts...
- From The Fabricator
FMA, TPA join 13 other associations to advise Trump against steel import restrictions
- Feb 13, 2018
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. and Tube & Pipe Association, both of Elgin, Ill., along with 13 other trade associations representing more than 30,000 U.S. steel-using manufacturers that employ 1 million American workers, have sent a letter to President Trump and other senior...
Registration opens for Pipe & Tube Houston 2014
- Jul 10, 2014
- Tube and Pipe Production
- News Release
The Tube & Pipe Association International® (TPA), Rockford, Ill., and the International Tube Association (ITA), Germany, are joining forces to host their fourth world-class conference devoted to updating seamless and welded tubular product technology and processes, scheduled for Sept. 16-18, 2014,...
- From The Fabricator
FMA announces 2013 Industry Award winners
- Feb 25, 2013
- Shop Management
- News Release
The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill., has announced the winners of its Industry Awards 2013. The two awards — presented by two of FMA Communications' magazines — recognize individuals or companies in the metal forming and fabricating industry and the tube...
- From The Fabricator
Leadership Summit keynote speakers to discuss how to navigate the changing market
- Jan 30, 2012
- Shop Management
- News Release
Compelling and educational keynote addresses covering the vital role of manufacturing in the economy, new technology, and tactics to identify and target new markets and customers will highlight The FABRICATOR®'s Leadership Summit: 7th Annual Metal Matters, Feb. 29-March 2, in Scottsdale, Ariz.....
Roundtable topics chosen, networking event planned for Pipe & Tube Nashville technology conference
- Jan 18, 2012
- Tube and Pipe Production
- News Release
The Pipe & Tube Nashville organizing committee has scheduled a networking event and decided the specific topics for the roundtable events. Scheduled for June 26-28, 2012, the conference is intended for tube and pipe industry professionals involved in tube and pipe production and fabrication....
Pipe & Tube Nashville 2012 issues call for papers, roundtable participants
- Sep 14, 2011
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- News Release
The organizing committee for Pipe & Tube Nashville 2012 requests papers and roundtable participants for its "Optimizing Operations Through Continuous Improvement" conference, to be held June 26-28, 2012. The show, devoted to updating seamless and welded tubular product technology and processes,...
- From The Fabricator
Tube/pipe safety conference scheduled for September
- Jun 14, 2011
- Safety
- News Release
The Extrusion, Drawing, and Tube Reducing (EDTR) Council of the Tube & Pipe Association (TPA), Rockford, Ill., will hold a roundtable event, "Linking Safety to Productivity With Pipe and Tube," Sept. 18-20 at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside in Wilmington, N.C. "We will focus on safety and how it...
- From The Fabricator
Call for conference papers about seamless and welded tubular product technology, processes
- Dec 17, 2009
- Shop Management
- News Release
The Tube & Pipe Association, International® (TPA), USA, and the International Tube Association (ITA), U.K., have collaborated to organize a conference devoted to seamless and welded tubular product technology and processes. The conference is centered on technology for profitable production. The...
Is your bend good enough?
- By Eric Lundin
- Jul 13, 2004
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Bending tube or pipe so the finished product conforms to one of two bending standards can help to reduce rejects and improve relations between fabricators and their customers. The standards can facilitate the use of bending terms, and promote an understanding of bending tolerances and acceptable defects before starting a bending project.
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