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IWMA at record-breaking wire China

for the Promotion of International Trade) and SECRI (Shanghai Electric Cable Research Institute).

More industry professionals flooded the exhibition halls on the first day alone at the New International Exhibition Center, Shanghai, for the 10 th anniversary wire China in September. than 13,500

a new record on the first day with a 30 per cent increase in visitors from the 2012 edition. The exhibition, which ran from 24 th to 27 th September 2014, featured 1,400 international exhibitors and various national pavilions including Austria, France, Germany, Italy, North America and South Korea. Mr Steven Rika, IWMA chairman, said: “The International Wire Machinery Association was honoured to be an international supporter of the wire China 2014 exhibition. “The event, enjoying its 10 th anniversary, was again expertly organised by Messe Düsseldorf, Messe Düsseldorf China and local partners MC-CCPIT (Metallurgical Council of China Council

S S The stand personnel on the IWMA stand at wire China 2014

“The IWMA stand again proved to be a hit with both our existing members that were visiting the show, as well as those exhibiting and those interested in membership.”

S S The IWMA stand at wire China 2014

The International Wire & Machinery Association played its part in being an industry partner at the show, which hit

IWMA spices up Wire & Cable India 2014

S S The IWMA stand at Wire & Cable India 2014

Over 380 exhibitors from 25 countries, including many members of the International Wire and Machinery Association, took part in Wire & Cable India and the concurrent fairs Tube India International and Metallurgy India in Mumbai at the end of October. Industry partners IWMA, International Wire and Cable Exhibitors Association (IWCEA), Italian Wire Machinery

Manufacturers Association (ACIMAF), Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association (WCISA), Steel Wire Manufacturers Association of India (SWMAI) and the ITA joined with representatives from organisers Messe Düsseldorf India and Messe Düsseldorf GmbH at the opening of the show. Exhibitors took up 18,000m 2 of space during the three-day show.

S S Pictured at the opening are, from left, Dr Gerhard Bartz, VDKM; Dr Kurt Eder, VÖDKM/AWCMA; Peter Byroslawsky, ITA; Rahul Sachdev, WCISA; Erhard Wienkamp, Messe Düsseldorf; Steve Rika, chairman IWMA; Jörg Dübelt, Messe Düsseldorf; Krishnendu Sanyal, TATA Steel Ltd, wire division; Udo Schürtzmann, Messe Düsseldorf India; Prashant Ursekar, TATA Steel Ltd, wire division; Stephen Loynes, ITA; Sachin Warang, TATA Steel Ltd, wire division; Lunia SWMAI; and Tirthankar Banerjee, SWMAI.

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