EuroWire January 2020

Corporate News

Stable investment climate at wire South America

FROM 1 to 3 October 2019, the Expo Exhibition & Convention Center in São Paulo, Brazil, served as a meeting place for regional and international industry experts from the wire, cable and pipe industries. 186 exhibitors at the trade fairs wire South America and Tubotech presented innovative machinery, equipment and services on approximately 5,000m 2 of exhibition space. The new exhibition hall 1, which is more conveniently accessible thanks to its central location, was occupied for the first time. Technology highlights from the fields of metalworking and processing, welding technology and the wire and cable industry were presented, along with trends and technologies from tube production, tube finishing, tube processing, tube accessories and tube trading. The interest of national and international companies to position themselves in South America and to invest in the corresponding machinery and equipment appears to be high, even in the face of difficult economic conditions on the South American continent. A total of 106 companies from 15 countries presented themselves at wire South America 2019, while the parallel Tubotech trade fair for tubes attracted 80 exhibitors from 11 countries. For the third time there was a German joint participation for the wire and cable segments. Ten companies took this opportunity to demonstrate their expertise in Brazil. Over the three days of the trade fairs just under 13,000 trade visitors went São Paulo; 95 per cent of these were from Brazil, with the rest from neighbouring

▲ ▲ Nearly 13,000 people visited the trade fairs in São Paulo

automotive technology and agriculture. Trade visitors came primarily from the oil and gas sector, the automotive industry, the construction sector, metal construction and mining. Messe Düsseldorf GmbH www.wire-south-america.com

countries such as Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay, as well as from India, Canada and China. The products exhibited at the two trade fairs are indispensable, especially in the fields of infrastructure, energy and

Newmarket development hire at ECC

ELECTRIC Cable Compounds (ECC), based in Connecticut, USA, has announced the addition of Jessica Foss to its commercial team. Ms Foss joins as market development manager. Her responsibilities will include promotion and consultative selling of ECC’s products and services to both current and prospective customers, nationally and internationally. Before joining ECC, Ms Foss served as account manager for Colorant Chromatics, a PolyOne company, and previously held sales and marketing positions at T&T Marketing, Inc (now M Holland). She has eight years of experience in the wire and cable industry and is a member of WAI’s New England chapter board of directors. Electric Cable Compounds, Inc www.electriccablecompounds.com

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