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Dr. Gunther Voswinckel President ITA
Dear colleagues from the Tube and Pipe industry, dear readers of the ITAtube Journal,
Due to the corona pandemic, we, the International
Tube Association, have been quite active organizing several webinars in 2020 and 2021 for our tube and pipe industry. For the first time we organized the ITA net Forum2020 which was established to substitute the can- celled tube show Tube 2020 in Düsseldorf. These events successfully helped to keep the exchange of our industry ongoing.
With our tube market reviews we also participated in some webinars organized by other well reputed organisa- tions.
Anyhow during the corona pandemic, we did not publish new editions of our ITAtube Journal.
In many regions of the world, the corona pandemic has been brought partly under control. In 2021, we wit- nessed an impressive restart of the industry including our tube and pipe industry. Still challenges, such as turbulent supply chains, booming energy and material cost as well as shortages of qualified labour must be mastered.
We have taken this mood of optimism as an opportunity to publish a special October 2021 edition of the ITAtube Journal to reflect the present market developments.
It is a good signal, that personal contacts and -exchange are revived, tube shows in China and the USA and other personal events bear witness to this.
This December/January 2021/22 and in May 2022 for the next Tube Düsseldorf trade show from 9th to 13th of May 2022, we will publish the next issues of the ITAtube Journal in the format you are accustomed to.
Yours faithfully
Dr. Gunther Voswinckel
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ITAtube Journal 2021 – Special Edition 3