EuroWire Sept 2015

Hectic exhibition schedule ahead

Exhibitions and conferences seem to come thick and fast this time of year. On the Orient there is wire Southeast Asia in September in Bangkok, Thailand, while there is a Transatlantic shift a month later with wire South America and IWCS, both of which feature in this new issue. Our coverage of IWCS, which this year is in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, gets underway on page 54. Another notable change with this conference and exhibition is that it is being staged in October – the rst time in its 64-year history that it hasn’t been held in November. Events in São Paulo, Brazil, receive our attention from page 56 onwards. Run along with Tubotech and attracting some 15,000 visitors two years ago, wire South America is expected to grow rapidly, seemingly in tandem with the economic fortunes of the country. Details of wire Southeast Asia can be found in the September issue of our sister publication, Wire & Cable ASIA . There is also news from wire Russia. Staged in Moscow in June, and defying an unfavourable economic climate in the country, the exhibition drew more than 200 exhibitors and a good sprinkling of visitors ensured another success at the Expocentre. Full details can be found on page 25. There is also good news for cable quality standards worldwide with BASEC (British Approvals Service for Cables) nowproviding lowandmediumvoltage cable testing to all International Electrotechnical Commission standards. BASEC also recently received accreditation for its testing facility at one of the highest levels of recoginised quality for any testing or calibration laboratory. The full story is on page 15.

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