EuroWire September 2016

Shanghai’s SNIEC opens its door to wire & Tube China 2016

Industry 4.0 and strong growth in regenerative energies will be at the forefront of this year’s wire China – being staged in Shanghai from 26 th to 29 th September.

watched in many countries. This also faces the wire and cable industries with new challenges: smart energy, smart cities and the smart grid will drive and determine innovations in the eld of wire and cable. Due to the swift development of the Chinese economy and increasing urbanisation, the number of high-speed trains, suburban trains and e-vehicles is also rising at the same time with the consequence of higher demand for bare wire, electric wires and cables, power cables and communication cables. There is also strong investment in the areas of electricity, energy, construction and communication as well as in other segments of national infrastructure.

The coming decade forecasts strong growth in the area of regenerative energies for China (wind power, solar power, nuclear power). This will entail further demand for wind power cables, PV cables, nuclear power cables and other special cables. Against the background of the growing awareness for green and energy-saving development, smart grids have become an important area that is being closely

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