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Tube Düsseldorf 2008:
W
ith today’s tube and pipe calendar so
incredibly busy with exhibitions springing up
everywhere, there are often many claims of great
success and extraordinary attendance figures.
However, not as many tube and pipe exhibitions
can truly pull the punters and authenticate this
success with official attendance figures, first-hand
evidence and a longstanding reputation.
Returning for its 20
th
anniversary from the 31 March
to 4April 2008, Tube Düsseldorf can rightly lay claim
to being the undisputed king of all tube shows. With
over 800 exhibitors having already booked space
for Tube, the show is set to receive more visitors
than the 65,000 at the last show in 2006.
While Tube will again be co-hosted alongside wire
2008, this year’s event will take a very different shape
due to the concurrent running of Metav, a leading
international fair for manufacturing technology and
automation.
Due to this new synergy, the halls at the Düsseldorf
showgrounds will be reshuffled, with Tube in halls 6-
8b, wire in halls 9-14 and Metav in halls 1-5 and 15-
17 (see opposite). Because of this, many exhibitors
will occupy unfamiliar exhibition stands, while
Düsseldorf hotel rooms will be even harder to find.
Although Tube, wire and Metav may have a new
layout, it is certain that the usual high quality and
high volume of visitors will turn out for what is set
to be the best in the show’s 20-year history.
Here
Tube & Pipe Technology
presents details on
Tube 2008, with a preview of the comprehensive
exhibitor listing. The March issue will feature an
extended show feature with exhibitor profiles and
the ever popular fast visitor guide.
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