EuroWire July 2017

We all hear and read of companies expanding, building new premises, buying new machinery, recruiting more sta . This is obviously to be embraced as our industry prepares itself for the future and the technological changes that it will bring. So it is especially encouraging to see Messe Düsseldorf, organisers of the largest wire and cable exhibition in Düsseldorf, Germany, rmly keeping its eye on the future with a massive redevelopment of its Fairgrounds site. The company, which also organises wire China, wire Southeast Asia, wire South America and wire Russia, is spending €140 million expanding its southern entrance and Hall 1. That is just part of a €636million plan the company has in investments for its premises before 2030. If those gures fail to give an impression of the size, the fact that the south entrance and Hall 1 development began in May and will not be completed until summer of 2019 leave no doubt as to the scale of the works. Expanding for a busy and bright future It would also be remiss of us not to look back at North America’s largest and oldest exhibition, Interwire. Staged at the World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, in May, Interwire was hailed as a great success by many exhibiting companies. “Atlanta is such a great venue for this show,” enthused one exhibitor, while “this was one of the best Interwires on record,” exclaimed another. Turn to page 9 for the full story.

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