EoW May 2012

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From a management point of view, what do you see as the most important aspect of maintaining a successful business and for getting it to prosper? Many aspects should be taken into consideration and so these are difficult to summarise in just a few lines, given that maintaining constant profitability and development for a company is today becoming an ever more difficult and complex task. Therefore, I do not think there is any one, single factor for achieving success. Success comes from the positive combination of various companies’ capabilities, teamwork and the entrepreneurial will to succeed. How important to the success of the industry are the exhibitions held around the world. Do you think there is a need for an increase or

decrease in the number of these, and do you think they should be staged more often or less frequently? The wire Düsseldorf trade fair is considered by all operators as the most important in our sector and has always been a positive, driving event for trade and business. For this reason, the leading role of wire Düsseldorf must be maintained and undisturbed by events in other sectors that, besides being of little interest for operators, reduce the number of people present at the most important event where our associates invest significant resources. Therefore, we feel the number of trade fairs should be limited as much as possible to help support wire Düsseldorf as the principal event in our sector, in the interest of exhibitors and visitors alike.

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EuroWire – May 2012