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wire China 2010

November2010 7–10: 59 th IWCS – technicalconference– Providence,Rhode Island,USA

September2010 21–24: wireChina2010 – tradeexhibition–Shanghai,China Organisers : MesseDüsseldorfChina Fax :+862150278138 Email :wire@mdc.com.cn Website :www.wirechina.net

Organisers : IWCS Inc Fax :+17323890991 Email :admin@iwcs.org Website :www.iwcs.org

18–20: Wire&Cable India – tradeexhibition–Mumbai, India Organisers :CII Fax :+912224939463 Email : info@ciionline.org Website :http://cii.in 2011 May2011 3–5: Interwire – tradeexhibition– Atlanta,Georgia,USA Organisers :WireAssociation International (WAI) Fax :+12034538384 Email : info@wirenet.org Website :www.wirenet.org 23–26: wireRussia2011 – tradeexhibition– Moscow,Russia Organisers : MesseDüsseldorfGmbH Fax :+4921145607740 Email : info@wire-russia.com Website :www.wire-russia.com June2011 19–23: JICABLE – conferenceand trade exhibition–Versailles,France Organisers :SEE Email : jicable@see.assoc.fr Website : www.jicable.org September2011 13–15: wireSoutheastAsia – tradeexhibition–BITEC, Bangkok,Thailand Organisers : MesseDüsseldorfAsiaPteLtd Email :wire@mda.com.sg Website : www.wire-southeastasia.com

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26–30: wire/TubeDüsseldorf – tradeexhibition–Düsseldorf, Germany Organisers :MesseDüsseldorf Fax :+492114560668 Email :wire@messe-duesseldorf.de Website :www.wire.de

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new, young faces trying to soak it all in and take away the best ideas to further their respective companies. I rate the show a huge success.” Visitors gave “very good” to “good” ratings for the events. Five trade fair days saw a total of 69,200 trade visitors come to the exhibitionhalls.Theproportionof international trade fairvisitors is traditionally high.wirewas attended by 35,000 trade visitors from70countries,63%ofwhichwere fromabroad. Themajority of wire visitors came from the United Kingdom, France, USA, Italy, India, the Netherlands, Spain, Brazil, Turkey, Austria,Switzerland,BelgiumandPoland.

Reports from Tube/wire Düsseldorf confirm a busy and optimistic show attracting international interest. Atwire, 1,219 enterprises from52countriesfilled52,000m 2 ofexhibition space, corresponding toa7.3% rise inexhibitornumbers. “Wire is going well and customer interest is high. Almost everyone feels that business is picking up,” was the view of Benedikt Niemeyer, CEO of Schmolz + Bickenbach, a global player in the steel sector. HowardFancher,ofHuestisMachineCorporation,sensed interest and excitement for the future. “The wire Düsseldorf show was fresh and excitingwith people focused on new technology and getting thebestbang for theircapital spendingdollars. “I am told that the [visitor] numberswere lower than previous shows, but you could not prove it by me. Our booth was swamped each day with eager customers looking to find equipment that is new and innovating, aswell as giving them what they need to be successful in their business. I sawmany

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MesseDüsseldorfGmbH–Germany Fax :+492114560668 Email :wire@messe-duesseldorf.de Website :www.wire.de

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Spools, reels & pre-packaging systems N o one with responsibility for handling wire and cable will underestimate the importance of the equipment under review here. An expertly executed spooling, reeling or other packaging operation does notmerely complement a awless production run, it is an essential element of the deliverysystem thatultimately results inasatis edcustomer. Whatmightbeunderestimated is thenumberandvarietyofdesignsnecessary if the right spoolor reel is tobe selectedandemployed,every time.Should itbeofwood,metal,plasticor composite?Which isbest foraccurate winding fromhigh-speedmachinery?Forusewitha coilhandler?A strander?For tyre cord;hosewire;annealed product? For ne wire; welding wire; bare wire; ground wire? Should it be rigid or collapsible? Reusable or returnable? Isacorrugatedspooldesignworth themoney? Acasualoruninformedchoicecanbedamaging–notonly to thewireandcablebeing readied for transport,but also to a company’s bottom line.The products and services appearing in this section are intended to aidwise decision-making.

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