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IVS 2017 - Industrial Valve Summit: the most important international event dedicated to industrial valves is back again

Milan, 15thMay 2017-On 10th Mayin Milan, at the offices of the European Commission,the press conference relevantto the opening of the second edition of theIVS –the Industrial Valve Summit -took place. It is the most important event dedicated to industrial valves technologies and flow control solutions promoted by Confindustria BergamoandEnte Fiera Promoberg, and it’s scheduled inBergamo for24thand 25th May2017.

The second edition of the international event comes back richer in exhibitors, events, conferences and networking opportunities. The exhibition area will host more than 200 exhibitors in an area of 10,000 gross sq. meters (for the whole event) and about 8,000 visitorsare expected from all the 5 Continents.

The following are the countries represented at theIVS:

Afghanistan / South Korea / Hong Kong / Norway / Seychelles / Russia
Algeria / UAE / India / Norway / Slovakia / Singapore
Angola / Egypt / Indonesia / Holland / South Africa / Spain
Saudi Arabia / Finland / Iraq / Oman / Switzerland / Uganda
Australia / France / Iceland / Pakistan / Thailand / Uganda
Austria / Gambia / Israel / Palestine / Taiwan / UK
Azerbaijan / Germany / Kenya / Peru / Tanzania / Ukraine
Bangladesh / Japan / Kuwait / Portugal / Tunisia / USA
Belgium / Guinea / Malaysia / Czech Republic / Vietnam
Brazil / Haiti / Nigeria / Romania

An International Conference will be the focus of the event and willtake place on Wednesday 24thand Thursday 25th of May 2017with the presentation of 50technical-scientific reportsdivided into13 sessions:

  • VALVE MATERIALS AND DESIGN
  • NEW TRENDS IN VALVE SEALING
  • END USERS’ EXPERTISE, FAILURE ANALYSIS AND MAINTENANCE
  • COATINGS AND DESIGN OUTLOOKS FOR VALVE TECHNOLOGIES
  • DEVELOPMENT IN ACTUATORS’ DESIGN
  • VALVE STANDARDS
  • ADVANCED SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES
  • COMMUNICATION AND ACTUATION DEVELOPMENTS
  • ADVANCED SEALING SOLUTIONS
  • SHARING EXPERIENCE TO DEFINE THE TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP
  • FUGITIVE EMISSIONS
  • STRATEGIES FOR OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE THROUGH STANDARDIZATION
  • END USERS’ EXPERTISE AND PERFORMANCE MONITORING

In 2016, the market valuesof this sector reported a total amount of importsfor about 25,5 billion Euros. The production value of the section relevant to taps and valves is about 8.4 billion Euros(7,6% of this amount corresponds to the value of themechanical industry). The Oil&Gas sector scores a turnover of 3.5 billion euros and a total of 11,000 operators.

“TheIVS Industrial Valves Summit is an example of a collaboration, an initiative, of Confindustria Bergamo andPromobergEnte Fiera Bergamo whose target is to valorise the excellence of the Italian production of industrial valves in a global market that is more and more competitive,”states TiberioTesi, Managing Director at Confindustria Bergamo. “The summit was conceived as a platform of innovation and technologies in the sector of valves and flow control and it offers Bergamo and Italian companies a place where they can display their excellent production capabilities to their international visitors whilealso demonstrating that the territory is a reference point of high quality suppliers.”

“Excellence and quality,”affirms Ivan Riodeschini, the Chairman of Promoberg,“are the key points that Promoberghas always used to select the projects to carry out either alone or in partnership with other bodies. The second edition of IVS, which has considered a leading event since the first edition,is dedicated to the important production sector of industrial valves.”

“The industrial valve sector has recently recovered, thanks to the significant increase of turnover from foreign countries. It should not be forgotten,”says FabrizioSpada, Director of the European Community, Milan office, “that energy policy is currently an important topic and has been subject to funding either from Europe and out of Europe, as well asfor the component manufacturers.”

The main countries of interest for export are currently Iran, United Arab Emirates and Oman, as it was repeated by Enrico Barbieri,ICE from Milano– Responsible for the Central Northern Regions and by Pier Luigi D’Agata, General Manager of ConfindustriaAssafrica e Mediterraneo.

The international character of the exhibition and the focus on innovations out of the Italian borders are also proved by the arrangement of the congress program, designed and coordinated by Maurizio Brancaleoni, the Chairman of the ScientificCommitteewho underlines that having 51 reports articulated in 13 sessions and written by the main actors and representatives of foreign companies prove, once again, the actual vocation of the IVS. The fact that ISO/TC153/WG1 works will take place at the IVS exhibition also confirms the importance of this event.

“It is known,” finishes Marco Ghilardi, AD Starlineand founder of Valve Campus, “that innovation, quality and research are the result of constant training carried out both inside and outside the companies by means of permanent agreements with Universities and other educational bodies from the territory. Valve Campus – an educationalspin off of the IVS,born in 2015 – proposes educational initiatives on the territory relevant to the specific themes of the sector.”

Further information is available fromthe official website of the event

IVS– Industrial Valve Summit press office
MGP & Partners
Maria GraziaPersico Tel: +39 335 6469568
Angela Valentino Tel: +39 331 6117476