WCA May 2017

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wire Southeast Asia boost ❍ Exhibitors and visitors at wire Southeast Asia two years ago

skills and supporting facilities of fasteners. The dynamic line-up at wire Southeast Asia will feature an all-encompassing range of innovative machinery for wire and cable manufacturing, processing and finishing, fastener technology, new processes in measuring, control and test engineering and specialist areas as well as new and upgraded tools and auxiliary materials. A series of conferences and seminars will complement the exhibits. When last held in 2015, 411 exhibitors from 33 countries showcased their products at wire and Tube Southeast Asia to 7,144 trade visitors from 56 nations. Almost 33 per cent of these visitors came from outside Thailand, especially from Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Myanmar and Pakistan as well as visiting delegations from China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. The shows featured seven national pavilions and country groups from Austria, China, Germany, Italy, Taiwan, the UK and the USA. Messe Düsseldorf Asia Pte Ltd – Singapore Website : www.wire-southeastasia.com

217 miles and is expected to start operations in 2026. On the manufacturing front, should ASEAN fully implement the ASEAN Economic Community’s integration strategy and capture a larger share of global manufacturing, the region could gain US$280-US$625 billion in annual GDP by 2030 as stated in a recent report by the McKinsey Global Institute. This infrastructure growth, alongside the expansion of the automotive, new energy, high-speed rail, urban transport, aerospace, petrochemical, infrastructure construction and other application industries, has brought new opportunities for the fastener industry. Reflecting such global trends, a special zone on fastener technology will make its debut at wire Southeast Asia 2017. The Fastener Pavilion will be a dedicated showcase of the complete upstream and downstream industry chain on fastener technology. The exhibit profile will range from standard and non-standard fasteners as well as fasteners’ application in various industries to manufacturing

WIRE Southeast Asia returns to the Bangkok Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC), Bangkok, Thailand, from 19 th to 21 st September. This opportune and strategic staging of the specialist trade fair comes amidst encouraging prospects expected for the wire and cable industries, especially due to the thriving infrastructure and manufacturing sectors in Southeast Asia. Online exhibitor registration is open now at www.wire-southeastasia.com According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the energy and transport sectors will account for 62.6 per cent of the total ASEAN infrastructure investment needs by 2020. This is confirmed by Goldman Sachs’ projection about infrastructure spending in power and transport in four ASEAN countries (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines) which will amount to US$524 billion by 2020. A major ASEAN infrastructure initiative is the ASEAN Power Grid (APG) with investment requirement of US$5.9 billion, as well as the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur high-speed rail which will span

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