WCA July 2016

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‘Really powerful and highly
energised wire 2016’ – a comment
from one of the exhibitors –
summed up wire 2016. The
exhibition could easily be described
as a benchmark show as both
quality and quantity came together
to make it a bustling week for wire
and cable professionals from
around the world who descended
on Düsseldorf – the German city
long synonymous with wire and
cable.
A shade under 70,000 visitors
pounded the floors of the halls over
the five days and if those numbers
weren’t impressive enough, the
quality of the visitors left a number
of companies wishing that the
week would not end.
Comments like the ‘best ever’, ‘a
must’ and ‘by far the best show we
attend’ were commonplace at the
30th anniversary of the industry’s
largest exhibition.
Organisers : Messe Düsseldorf GmbH – Germany Fax: +49 211 456087 7793 Email:
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Major deals done at a bustling wire 2016!
All photos courtesy Messe Düsseldorf
❍ Joachim Schäfer, managing director
of Messe Düsseldorf
“The fact that as many exhibitors
as ever nailed ‘their colours to the
mast’ in Düsseldorf proves that the
wire, cable and tube industries
loyally stand by their leading trade
fairs wire and Tube in Düsseldorf,
even in tough economic times,”
beamed Joachim Schäfer, manag-
ing director at organisers Messe
Dusseldorf GmbH.
And that it was set against global
economic upheaval, a worldwide
steel crisis, new climate regulations
spanning the globe, and a classic
industry on its journey into the new
Industry 4.0 digital age is testament
to the planning and organisation
not only of the organisers, but the
exhibiting companies and visitors
alike.
A total net exhibition area of
110,900m2 was occupied across 16
exhibition halls – a new record
value posted in Düsseldorf’s long
success story of wire and Tube.
Fitting as well on this, the 30 th
anniversary.
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