WCA September 2007

Industry news

Düsseldorf – home of the world’s most important trade fair for the wire and cable industry m

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Wire connects the world

wire 2008 Düsseldorf is the world’s largest and most important trade fair for the wire and cable industry. Expectations for wire 2008 and Tube 2008 are already high – after more than 650 exhibiting companies from 36 countries have registered for the Düsseldorf shows between 31 st March and 4 th April. Already, 43,000m² of net exhibition space has been rented – 11,000m² more than the same period two years ago. Companies already registered are coming from Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, China and India, among many others. Tube has also exceeded its 2005 interim registration figures – even during May. While in May 2005, 22,500m² had been rented for Tube, a further 5,000m² of net exhibition space has already been sold, with 360 exhibitors from 29 countries having bindingly registered for the international tube trade fair in Düsseldorf.

The week will see the world’s most important trade fairs for the wire, cable and tube and pipe industries, wire and Tube, held concurrently in Düsseldorf, along with one of the leading international fairs for manu- facturing technology, Metav. This arrangement will benefit the exhibitors and visitors to all three events because a wealth of synergies are anticipated for all these target groups. Exhibitors at Metav will occupy exhibition Halls 1 to 5 and 15 to 17 while Tube exhibitors will present their products in Halls 6 to 8b and wire firms can be found in Hall 9 to 14. Messe Düsseldorf and the German Machine Tool Builders’ Association (Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinen- fabriken – VDW), as the organisers of Metav, expect more than 100,000 visitors to attend the three trade fairs at the Exhibition Centre in Düsseldorf over the five days of the exhibition.

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Messe Düsseldorf – Germany Fax : +49 211 497 7566 Email : info@wire.de Website : www.wire.de

Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2007