Page 28 - ITA_30th_WEB

Past, Present & Future – 30 years of the International Tube Association 26
1997
First Tube Singapore exhibition, sponsored by ITA •
ITA published first ITAN newsletter •
1998
Creation of ITA Asia Pacific Management Board •
(APMB)
1999
Jintras (India) Ltd appointed ITA representative office •
in India
2000
ITA International Executive Management Board •
(IEMB) formed to replace original Executive Board
Creation of ITA European Management Board (EMB) •
2001
ITA independent website launched:www.itatube.org •
www.Tubefirst.comdirectory website replaces Tube •
Industry Yearbook
2003
First Tube India exhibition in Hyderabad, sponsored •
by ITA
First Tube Russia exhibition in Moscow, sponsored •
by ITA
2004
First Tube China exhibition in Shanghai, sponsored •
by ITA
ITA sponsored Tubotech exhibition, Sao Paulo, Brazil •
Death of ITA Founder & Secretary General John Hogg •
Opening ceremony of wire & Tube Singapore
Official launch of inaugural Tube China at wire & Tube
Düsseldorf 2004 with representatives from the ITA,
Messe Düsseldorf, Messe Düsseldorf China and local
Chinese co-organisers MCCPIT