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Quality throughout industry
If the importance of the American market needed highlighting, it was
left to this year’s Interwire to drive the message home to both
exhibitors and visitors alike.
“This was one of the best Interwires on record,” exclaimed one
exhibitor; “Interwire 2017 was a solid show and provided us with good
leads,” hailed another.
The Wire Association International – organisers of the three-day
exhibition and annual convention – were also enthused by attendance
figures at its workshops, with a number being standing room only.
WAI president David Hawker was rightly enthusiastic about the event,
staged at Atlanta, Georgia’s World Congress Center.
“We had a sold-out exhibit floor, tremendous involvement of corpo-
rate sponsors, and incredible level of volunteer participation, which all
point to the health and commitment of WAI’s support network,” said
Mr Hawker. “The level and stature of the attendees confirm that
Interwire is a core event in our industry.”
Our review starts on page 52.
Quality also seems to be a keyword for a number of companies in this
issue, with Leoni being singled out as the Germany-headquartered
business celebrates its 100 th anniversary.
The company – with sales last year of some
€4.4 billion – launched a successful reorgani-
sation of its wiring systems divisions in China,
Mexico and India last year, and acquired a 51 per
cent stake in the Chinese wiring systems
manufacturer Wuhan Hengtong Automotive. For
full details, turn to page 20.
David Bell
Editor
Wire & Cable ASIA – July/August 2017 7
When and where
2017
19–21 September:
wire Southeast Asia –
trade exhibition –
Bangkok, Thailand
Organisers:
Messe Düsseldorf
Asia Pte Ltd
Fax: +65 6337 4633
Email:
Website: www.
2017
3-5 October:
wire South America –
trade exhibition –
São Paulo, Brazil
Organisers:
Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
Fax:+49 211 4560 668
Email: info@
Website: www.
2017
8–11 October:
IWCS Technical
Symposium –
conference and
exhibition –
Orlando, Florida, USA
Organisers :
IWCS
Tel:+1 717 993 9500
Email :
Website :
2017
7 November:
CabWire 2017 –
conference –
Düsseldorf,
Germany
Organisers:
IWMA
Fax:+44 121 781 7404
Email:
Website:
Photo credit: bigstockphoto.com, “Bangkok City downtown, Thailand”, Photographer: Kittikorn14