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8 Wire & Cable ASIA – May/June 2017
Industrynews
wire Southeast Asia boost❍ Exhibitors and visitors at wire Southeast Asia two years ago
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WIRE Southeast Asia returns to the
Bangkok Trade & Exhibition Centre
(BITEC), Bangkok, Thailand, from 19th
to 21st 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
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
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
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 –
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