INPIPECO e.V. established by members of the pipeline industry

Gilching, 31st May 2007: Members and experts of the pipeline industry gathered to establish INPIPECO e.V. at the Anwendungszentrum Oberpfaffenhofen. INPIPECO started in March 2006 as an result of the conference PIPESPEC 2006 in Amsterdam for setting up an alignment of the members of the pipeline industry. Now the members of the inititative founded an association to further intensify collaboration and dynamics of development  and to initiate innovation projects for pipeline planning, construction and operation or other related technologies. INPIPECO´s idea is to support innovation ideas for implementation, to support the finding of solutions for demands, to support innovative networks as well by integrating know-how from experts and partners of high tech industries. The choice of the location at the Anwendungszentrum Oberpfaffenhofen shall support the technology transfer from high tech industries, e.g. aero space or others. First successful implementations regarding the use of satellite related technologies for pipeline planning have already been achieved by members of INPIPECO. The association ist supported by considerable companies from pipeline industry. The first president of INPIPECO is Mr. Edward J. Klaymar, CEO of KNI Dynapad GmbH in Munich. “Now the time for effective implementation of innovative ideas in pipline construction has started” he stated in his inaugural speech.

INPIPECO at Satellite Navigation Area of fair SYSTEMS06

Munich, 23rd October 2006: The pipeline industry initiative INPIPECO presented at the fair SYSTEMS 06 innovative applications and solutions related to the IT and Satellite Navigation branch ready for implementation for pipeline construction and operations in the oil and gas industry. The focus of the presented solutions were the construction, operation and environments safety and security. At the booth for Industrial Solutions of the Anwendungszentrum Oberpfaffenhofen the following innovations were presented:

- project GIGA (Galileo Integrated Geo-reference Applications) by E.ON Ruhgas AG, Essen,
- pipeline engineering methods by ILF Beratende Ingenieure GmbH, Munich,
- solutions for pipeline construction by MAX STREICHER GmbH, Deggendorf,
- new padding and compacting technology by KNI Dynapad GmbH, Munich,
- GPS controlled construction machinery by FH Coburg,
- GPS controlled robotics for construction and agriculture,
- SatNav supported logistic solutions for the pipeline and timber industry by GigaTag GmbH, Gilching,
- pipeline routing services for pipeline operators by Definiens AG, Münche,
- hyperspectral observation for pipeline routing by Eomap GmbH, Gilching,
- intelligent work suites and textiles for pipeline workers by Starringer, Schrobenhausen,
- Software solutions for pipeline planning and logistics by Dewsoft, Mumbai, India.