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More than 13,500 industry
professionals flooded the exhibition
halls on the first day alone at the
New International Exhibition Center,
Shanghai, for the 10th anniversary wire
China in September.
The International Wire & Machinery
Association played its part in being an
industry partner at the show, which hit
a new record on the first day with a 30
per cent increase in visitors from the
2012 edition.
The exhibition, which ran from 24th to
27th 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 10th anniversary,
was again expertly organised by
Messe Düsseldorf, Messe Düsseldorf
China and local partners MC-CCPIT
(Metallurgical Council of China Council
for the Promotion of International Trade)
and SECRI (Shanghai Electric Cable
Research Institute).
“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.”
IWMA at record-breaking wire China
S S The IWMA stand at wire China 2014
S S The stand personnel on the IWMA stand at wire
China 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.
IWMA spices up Wire & Cable India 2014
S S The IWMA stand at Wire & Cable India 2014
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.