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Visiting Wire 2018, in Düsseldorf

30 May, 2018 No Comments

We went to Düsseldorf on the last April to visit Wire 2018, in Düsseldorf, the world’s lead trade fair for wire and tube. More than 71,500 trade visitors from 134 countries came to Düsseldorf over the five days of the wire 2018 and Tube 2018 shows, last April. A total of 2,683 companies from 67 countries presented their technology highlights in 16 exhibition halls on more than 117,000 square metres – 7,000 square metres of space more than at the previous events in 2016.

 

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Wire and cable machines, wire and cable production, trade with these materials as well as fibre glass technologies, mesh welding machinery, spring making and fastener technologies were presented in exhibition halls 9 to 16. A total of 1,442 exhibitors from 53 countries showcased their innovations on space exceeding 65,000 square metres. Most wire exhibitors came from the major producer countries Italy, Germany, Turkey, Great Britain, France, Spain, Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland. From overseas many exhibitors from the USA, India, Taiwan, South Korea and China travelled to the exhibition halls on the Rhine.

As visitors at wire 2018 ETMA was primarily interested in getting to know the news of machines for processing and producing wire and cable, process engineering tools as well as machines, equipment, tools and auxiliaries. The forming technology and auxiliary materials segments were also in high demand.

 

State of the industry

According to the organizers, the steel and NF metal industries have always been reliable early indicators for all other industries – if things go well here, the economy as a whole will benefit.

Investment has gone up worldwide – in infrastructure, the automotive sector, the electrical industry, regenerative energy projects and in oil and gas pipelines. And the upstream supplies industries wire, cable and pipes have substantially benefited from this development at wire and Tube in Düsseldorf.

Across Germany, steel and metal processing counts among the ten mayor sectors of industry. These sectors are strongly characterised by SMEs, by traditional growth and innovation. But even major groups of companies are now re-aligning their operations, following digital optimisation processes and reorganising their distribution channels, both nationally and internationally.

Orders for capital goods like machinery, plants and vehicles are very high and the German economy is very much benefiting from the positive global business climate.

“As trade fair organisers we have once again succeeded in offering the wire, cable and pipe industries a global platform in Düsseldorf as a Basis for Business,” said Messe Düsseldorf GmbH MD Joachim Schäfer.

30 March to 3 April 2020 will see wire and Tube held again together at the Düsseldorf exhibition centre.

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