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Past, Present & Future – 30 years of the International Tube Association
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When the first Chairman of the Association – John Croser
of Ellay Enfield Tubes – gave his report at the first Annual
General Meeting (AGM), held in Belgium in 1980, the ITA
membership already stood at one hundred and fifteen
representatives in the tube and pipe industry from
fifteen different countries.
The AGM report was printed in four languages, already
reflecting the true international character of the ITA. By
the end of 2008 membership had reached nearly eight
hundred from more than seventy countries.
Phillip Clayton, who designed the original ITA logo as
well as helping to design and make the ITA ‘Presidents
Trophy’ (later re-named the ‘Professor Hugh Sansome
Trophy’), held the office of Chairman of the Technical
Sub Committee, which was responsible for the papers
programme at ITA conferences.
Later Mr Clayton was also appointed the editor of the
first publication devoted to the metal tube and pipe
industries –
‘Tube International’
originally designed and
produced by one of the Association’s founders John
Hogg.
The adopted official journals for the ITA are now
‘Tube
and Pipe Technology’
originated by John Hogg and
‘Tube
Products INTERNATIONAL’,
originated by his children,
Caroline Sullens and Paul Hogg.
These industry-leading magazines perform a very
important role in the global industry, informing and
educating everyonewith the latest news and technology
from the marketplace.
Tube & Pipe Technology and Tube Products INTERNATIONAL
magazines, published by INTRAS Ltd, are the adopted
official journals of the ITA
The World of Tube & Pipe Products, Materials & Ancillaries
January 2009
