Etna-Bechem Lubricants Ltd.

Bechem Lubrication Technology has introduced a line of specialty lubricants for tube and pipe manufacturers. Core products include engineered greases designed to help reduce the effect of coolant contamination in mill bearings. The lubricants are suitable for use in ERW, seamless, and pilger mill...

It’s no secret that Düsseldorf’s biennial tube and pipe expo, TUBE®, is a good way to gauge the industry’s health. The expo is 3 percent larger in 2014 than it was in 2012, and the exhibitors interviewed for this article expect good things from the industry in the coming year. These in-depth perspectives also revealed that upheaval in the U.S. energy industry is leading to changes that will have repercussions for decades.