TPT September 2007

Industry News

Booming demand for modified Tube Düsseldorf 2008

W ith just under eight months before the start of Tube Düsseldorf 2008, organisers Messe Düsseldorf have reported an unprecedented interest in the event and that “applications exceed expectations for 2008” . This increased bookings urgency is partially due to the recent announcement that a new show Metav will be held alongside wire and Tube 2008.

Bookings for Tube have accelerated considerably in recent months, with figures released by Messe Düsseldorf in May showing that 27,600m 2 of net exhibition space had been sold with 360 exhibitors registered from 29 countries. In comparison, a lower exhibit space of 22,500m 2 had been rented at the same point in May 2005, before the last record-breaking show of 2006. Those registered so far for 2008 include a high number of companies from Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain, France, Italy and Turkey.

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Exhibitors at Metav will occupy exhibition halls 1-5 and 15-17, requiring Tube exhibitors to shift to halls 6-8b and wire to reshuffle into halls 9-14

› All change: some tube exhibitors and visitors will find themselves in unfamiliar exhibit halls at Tube Düsseldorf 2008

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A similar picture has emerged for wire 2008, with May booking figures revealing that 43,000m 2 of net exhibition space had already been rented for wire 2008, compared to 37,000m 2 back in May 2005. This figure comprises 650 registered companies from 36 countries, with the largest number of bookings coming from Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, China and India. The hall locations at Tube and wire Düsseldorf – which will be held from 31 March to 4 April 2008 – will be affected by the introduction of Metav, billed as the international trade fair for manufacturing technology and automation. Exhibitors at Metav will occupy exhibition halls 1-5 and 15-17, requiring Tube exhibitors to shift to halls 6 to 8b and wire exhibitors to reshuffle into halls 9 to 14.

Already the world’s most important trade fairs for the wire, cable, tube and pipe industries, the five-day event is expected to offer a broadened perspective with the addition of Metav Düsseldorf. Metav will host a complete range of state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies for the metal working industry – from machine tools, precision tools, and automation technology to complete systems. The increased strength of the trio of events is predicted to pull in a

crowd of over 100,000 visitors. Messe Düsseldorf – Germany Fax : +49 211 4560 87 Email : infoservice@messe-duesseldorf.de Website : www.tube.de

fi Below left: the Düsseldorf showgrounds, host to Tube, wire and Metav from 31 March to 4 April 2008; and below right: a plan of the how the exhibition halls will be divided for the trio of events (orange for tube, red for wire, and light blue for Metav)

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