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Industrynews
Early reports from Tube/wire Düsseldorf
suggest a busy and optimistic show
attracting international interest. At
wire, 1,219 enterprises from 52
countries filled 52,000m2 of exhibition
space, corresponding to a 7.3% rise in
exhibitor numbers.
“Wire is going well and customer
interest is high. Almost everyone feels
that business is picking up,” was the
view of Benedikt Niemeyer, CEO of
Schmolz + Bickenbach, a global player
in the steel sector.
Howard Fancher, of Huestis Machine
Corporation, sensed interest and
excitement for the future. “The wire
Düsseldorf show was fresh and exciting
with people focused on new technology
and getting the best bang for their
capital spending dollars. I am told that
the [visitor] numbers were lower than
previous shows, but you could not
prove it by me. Our booth was
swamped each day with eager
customers looking to find equipment
that is new and innovating, as well as
giving them what they need to be
successful in their business.
“I did see a lot of new faces, young
and eager, as well as new to the wire
and cable industry and trying to soak it
all in and take away the best ideas to
further their respective companies.
“Overall, I rate the show as a huge
success.”
Visitors gave ‘very good’ to ‘good’
ratings for the events. Five trade fair
days saw a total of 69,200 trade
visitors come to the exhibition halls.
The proportion of international trade
fair visitors is traditionally high. wire
was attended by 35,000 trade visitors
from 70 countries, 63% of which were
from abroad.
The majority of wire visitors came from
the United Kingdom, France, USA,
Italy, India, the Netherlands, Spain,
Brazil, Turkey, Austria, Switzerland,
Belgium and Poland.
wire 2012 will be held from 26 th to
30th March 2012.
Messe Düsseldorf – Germany
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wire Düsseldorf
pleases its visitors
Art and technology were both on show at wire Düsseldorf 2010 (copyright Rene Tillmann/Messe Düsseldorf) m