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www.internationalmetaltube.com www.internationalmetaltube.com PRODUCTS AND EQUIPMENT 28 2 SHEETMETAL IMT December 2015/January 2016 1 PRODUCTS AND EQUIPMENT 16 2 COMMENT
elcome to the December issue of International Metal Tube magazine, as we edge ever closer to the end of yet another year many are already looking to the future and Tube Dusseldorf. However 2015 has again been a year where innovation from machinery & equipment suppliers has proven just how complex the production and processing of tube, pipe and sheet metal can be. Energy and raw material savings have also driven many owners to adopt the most up to date technology to ensure a viable future, this sadly cannot always ensure the future and as we have seen over the past twelve months some notable closures and shut downs have made the news headlines. The inability of many of the mills to be able to continue trading was neither a long term future for all but when faced with foreign exporters selling at less than cost then they stood no chance.
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