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Industry News
Messe Düsseldorf Asia Pte Ltd, organisers
of Tube Southeast Asia and wire Southeast
Asia 2007, have reported that 90 per cent
of available exhibit space has already
been booked for the event. They have
also revealed that many companies absent
from the last Tube Singapore in 2005, the
forerunner to the new show, are due to
attend the Bangkok event this year from 16-
18 October.
A number of industry business leaders have
already been vocal in their support of the
event and its location serving the Thai and
other regional markets.
Mr Phillip Knight, executive secretary of the
International Tube Association (ITA), says,
“The ITA is delighted to support the move
of the former Tube Singapore exhibition to
Bangkok under its new title Tube Southeast
Asia. As Thailand and its neighbours
develop their economies and instigate major
infrastructure projects the relevance of being
at the centre of this activity is unquestioned.
Thailand, for example, is targeting a top ten
global position in car manufacture, a market
that is extremely important for both the tube
and wire industries.”
Mr Bob Doran, vice president (sales) of
Thermatool Corp, commented, “One major
advantage which Thermatool sees in the
move to Bangkok is that Thailand has a large
tube and pipe production industry which
is expanding. The exposure to Thailand’s
market, which the Bangkok location offers,
coupled with the usual excellent attendance
from the other Southeast Asian countries,
will make this a truly valuable show which
cannot be missed.”
International Wire & Machinery Association
(IWMA) chairman, Mr Peter Large,
commented, “The new location is truly the
gateway to other important developing
markets like Vietnam as well as Malaysia
and Indonesia.”
Due to exhibit at wire Southeast Asia, Mr
Brad Scherer, vice president (international
operations) of the USA's Fort Wayne
Wire Die, stated, “The GDP growth rate
of the southeast Asian region is among
the highest in the world and Thailand has
historically been at the forefront of this
growth, partly because of their regional
leadership role in the automotive industry.
Bangkok is geographically located in the
centre of the region and has been rapidly
improving its infrastructure to handle
such events.”
During the exhibition, to be held at BITEC
(Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition
Centre), an international conference will also
take place on the 17 October. Co-organised
by the ITA and the IWMA (International Wire
& Machinery Association), Non-Ferrous
Bangkok will comprise a wire session in
the morning and a tube session in the
afternoon.
Non-Ferrous Bangkok will take place at
the exhibition hall, enabling delegates and
speakers to attend both the exhibition and
the seminar.
Messe Düsseldorf Asia Pte Ltd
– Singapore
Fax: +65 6337 4633
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International Tube Association – UK
Fax: +44 1926 314755
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Strong exhibitor interest in Tube
Southeast Asia 2007
fi Bangkok – at the heart of southeast Asia – will welcome Tube Southeast Asia in October
› The Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition
Centre (BITEC), which will play host to Tube
Southeast Asia and the Bangkok Non-Ferrous
technical conference