EoW July 2012

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THERE have been a lot of changes during the last 15 years in the wire and cable industry. One thing though has rmly remained. The fact that EuroWire has been bringing you – our readers and advertisers – news and information globally from this rapidly evolving industry. We are now in our 15 th year and we are justi ably proud of our achievements since our rst issue. EuroWire was borne of Trans l Europe, published by S T Di usion from Paris, France, which served its international audience in four separate language editions every quarter. Since then EuroWire has been turned into a six language magazine produced every two months with English, German, Russian, French, Italian and Spanish sections within the magazine. That rst magazine also carried booth descriptions for wire D ü sseldorf 1998 in some 63 pages. In comparison that more than doubled for the latest wire 2012 edition in March this year, a re ection in the growth of the industry and the importance of wire D ü sseldorf during this period. Many of the companies mentioned in that rst magazine remain today and, indeed, are valued as readers, advertisers and friends. And some of those companies follow on the next few pages in helping us to celebrate our milestone. Whilst there have been changes in the industry as a whole, the publishing world has taken huge steps forward with the introduction of full-page make-up, full colour printing (which we went to in 2007) and the birth and global spread of the Internet. EuroWire’s rst website was lauched in 2001 and its social networking sites – Twitter and Facebook – along with RSS feeds were launched in 2010. Without doubt there will be greater developments over the next 15 years determining how you get your news from one of the leading magazines in the sector, but we look forward to remaining the most important source of information in the wire and cable industry.

An advertisement from Pave featured in the rst issue of EuroWire. The company can also be found a little further on in our anniversary section

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Anniversary

Always reporting the latest international wire & cable industry news, Eurowire also covers technological innovations concerning the production and processing of wire, cable, bre optics, springs, fasteners and precision parts, as well as worldwide trade show reports, and in-depth technical articles on topical subjects.

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EuroWire – July 2012