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Wire & Cable ASIA – July/August 2007
Calendar of Events 2007
September
5-7: 2007 China International
Wire and Cable Industry
Conference and Exhibition
(Wireshow 2007) – conference
and exhibition
Organisers: Shanghai Electrical
Cable Research Institute (SECRI)
Website:
19-20: Fastener Fair Stuttgart
– trade exhibition – Stuttgart,
Germany
Organisers: Fastener Fair Stuttgart
Website:
October
2-4: Metaltech 2007 – trade
exhibition – Sao Paulo, Brazil
Organisers: Grupo Cipa
Website:
10-12: WireCable China – trade
exhibition – Beijing, China
Organisers: Beijing Zhenwei Exh-
ibition Co Ltd
Website:
16-18: wire Southeast Asia 2007
– trade exhibition – Bangkok,
Thailand
Organisers: Messe Düsseldorf Asia
Website:
17: Non-ferrous Bangkok
Seminar – technical seminar –
Bangkok, Thailand
Organisers: IWMA, ITA
Website:
31-2 Nov: Cabling Wiring 2007
– technical trade show – Kiev,
Ukraine
Organisers: TDS-EXPO & JV Trade
House ‘Welding’
Website:
November
5-7: Wire ’07 Bologna –
conference – Bologna, Italy
Organisers: ACIMAF, CET, IWMA
& WAI
Website:
11-14: IWCS – conference
– Florida, USA
Organisers: IWCS
Website:
More than 90% of available space
has already been booked for this
year’s wire Southeast Asia and Tube
Southeast Asia in Bangkok from
16th-18th October.
Staged at the city’s BITEC centre, the
relocation of this event to Thailand
from Singapore has met with world-
wide approval.
IWCEA President Dr Horst Birkmann
said: “Southeast Asia is still an
emerging market and its growth is
fuelled by Asia’s incumbent super
powers of India and China.
“The Southeast Asian economies are
free from restrictions and we believe
that Bangkok is a good place to gain
strong access into the region.
As it is, both Thailand and Vietnam
have tremendous market potential and
will no doubt have great impact in
Southeast Asia.”
International Wire & Machinery
Association (IWMA) chairman Peter
Large remarked that the last exhibition
in Singapore ‘was an unqualified
success with a good attendance of
quality visitors.’
“However, it was time for a change
and the International Wire & Machinery
Association was a leading advocate
of a move to Bangkok, at the heart of
one of the most dynamic economies in
the region.
“The new location is truly the gateway
to other important developing markets
like Vietnam as well as Malaysia and
Indonesia and the IWMA will have an
excellent opportunity to widen its
membership appeal,” he added.
Exhibitors are also lauding the move
to locate the show in Thailand.
Commenting on his company’s
rationale for exhibiting at wire
Southeast ASIA, Brad Scherer, vice
president, international operations,
at Fort Wayne Wire Die, said:
“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.
“Additionally, Bangkok is geographically
located in the centre of the region and
has been rapidly improving its
infrastructure to handle such [major]
events.
“Finally, the wire industry is quite well
established in Thailand, with many
foreign owned companies having
established manufacturing plants there
to serve the local market, comple-
menting the many Thai-owned wire
production enterprises that are
also present.”
For more information, please visit
the respective trade fairs’ websites at
and
Messe Düsseldorf Asia Pte Ltd
– Singapore
Fax : +65 6337 4633
Email :
Website:
The move to Bangkok, Thailand, has met with worldwide approval ▲
90% of wire Southeast Asia space booked already