EXHIBITIONS


wire shows growth


wire 2012, the international wire and cable trade fair, and Tube 2012, the international tube trade fair, were once again staged at the Düsseldorf Messe from 26th


– 30th


euphoric mood in the exhibition halls, the orders made here and the expectation of good post-fair business are important indicators that we are right with the trade fair date and the product range.” A total of 73,500 trade visitors from 111


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countries attended the shows, an increase of 6.3% compared to 2010. Organisers stated that this year’s shows also had more first- time visitors compared to previous events. The rate of international trade fair


visitors was also high, with approximately 60% of wire visitors coming from abroad. Most of them came to Düsseldorf from the traditional visitor countries such as Italy, France, United Kingdom, Belgium, USA, the Netherlands, Brazil, India, Spain, Turkey, Austria and Switzerland. Visitors to the wire show were primarily


interested in wire finishing machinery, steel bars and strips (38%), wire steel bar and strip production machinery (36%), auxiliary materials (machines, devices, tools, operating supplies) (29%), finished products (21%), metal forming (15%) and


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oachim Schäfer, managing director, Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, reported: “For us as trade fair organisers, the somewhat


March 2012. Organisers reported a highly successful show with both exhibitor and visitor numbers growing.


spring making technology (14%). Approximately 2,500 exhibitors provided


information on the latest machines, plants and products from the wire, cable and tube processing industries. This broke down to 1,314 companies from 50 countries in the wire halls and 1,184 exhibitors from 48 countries in the Tube halls. Those exhibitors in the wire halls


presented their innovations on a display area of more than 57,000 square metres. This is an increase of approximately 100 exhibiting companies compared to wire 2010, with the area covered by wire exhibitors increasing by 10.7%.


Friedrich-Georg Kehrer, director


of wire 2012 and Tube 2012 commented: “Companies invest heavily in Düsseldorf in order to remain present amongst the international competition.” He adds: “At the show companies meet qualified business partners from all over the world, and many new contacts are made as well.” The majority of fastener manufacturing


technology was presented in hall 15, while parts of hall 16 were dedicated to the latest processes in the area of spring making. Applications connected to wires and cables, wire and cable machinery and fibreglass machines were located in


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