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Industry News
Following a review of exhibitor and
visitor reaction to this year’s successful
Tube and wire 2008, the show organiser
Messe Düsseldorf has announced the
details of the next event in two years
time. The leading international trade
fairs in their field, Tube 2010 and wire
2010 will again take place together from
12-16 April 2010.
Messe Düsseldorf has also revealed
further good news that Metav, which
took place this year alongside Tube and
wire for the first time, will not be held in
conjunction with Tube and wire in 2010.
Although this year’s Tube was again
a record-breaker, a number of Tube
exhibitors expressed concern over Tube’s
hall reshuffle to accommodate Metav.
It is expected that Tube 2010 will not
experience the same disruption and
relocation of a large number of tube
exhibitors. Instead, Messe Düsseldorf will
be able to provide an expanded exhibition
area for Tube 2010 at the Düsseldorf
exhibition centre, with a considerably
larger amount of floorspace available for
Tube if required.
This positive news comes on the back of
record attendance figures for this year’s
show. Tube 2008 attracted 25 per cent
more international visitors and 11 per
cent more German visitors. In terms of
exhibitors, there was a growth rate of 32
per cent for international exhibitors and
8 per cent for German exhibitors. These
figures meant that the display area for
Tube 2008 was enlarged by one third.
Tube 2010 will showcase tube and pipe
production and processing machines, raw
materials and tubes produced from various
materials. For the second time, innovations
from the areas of pipelines and OCTG (oil
country tubular goods) technology will be
introduced. At Tube 2008, around 90 per
cent of the visitors rated the new exhibition
area of pipelines and OCTG technology as
‘good’ or ‘very good’.
After the premiere of OCTG technology at
this year’s event, 8 per cent of the visitors
surveyed reported that they were interested in
these innovative technologies. This particularly
applies to the areas of pipeline construction
(49 per cent), materials (48 per cent) and
machines and systems (25 per cent).
The success of Tube 2008 was mirrored
by wire 2008, which achieved the highest-
ever level of international participation.
Just under 60 per cent of the visitors
came from abroad, making wire one of
the most international events in the Messe
Düsseldorf portfolio.
In addition, wire 2008 also experienced a
visitor increase of 18 per cent compared
with the previous event in 2006.
Messe Düsseldorf – Germany
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The verdict: no Metav at Tube 2010
Messe Düsseldorf will
be able to provide
an expanded
exhibition area
for Tube 2010, with a
larger amount of
floorspace available
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 Easier to navigate: the Düsseldorf exhibition centre will take on a more familiar layout for Tube in 2010