EuroWire March 2020

Showing strength and diversity of the industry

New faces, new technology, new contracts, enhanced factory capacity and acquisitions...it’s all in the latest issue of EuroWire – not forgetting wire 2020 in Düsseldorf stealing the headlines. Highlighting the strength and diversity of the wire and cable industry is the number of acquisitions covered in this issue – these can be found on pages 14, 18, 28 and 36. These deals provide an insight into the business con dence in the sector at the moment.

If further evidence were needed, it is then left to wire 2020 to lead the way with our coverage, which starts on page 102. Exhibitors and visitors alike, expected to total more than 70,000, will all head to Düsseldorf for the week-long fair. Through to page 186, you will nd a number of the exhibitors highlighting technology and machinery that will be on display. You will also be able to collect your free copy of EuroWire , Wire & Cable ASIA , and CDs of wiredInUSA from our stands in Hall 1 (1 FO01) and Hall 11 D26.

Similarly, the number of new appointments – whether industry veterans or newcomers to the market – has soared.

Free sister publication titles – Tube & Pipe Technology and Tube Products INTERNATIONAL – are available in Hall 1 (1 FO01) and Hall 4 E44. See you in Düsseldorf. copies of our

Expanding markets and strengthening its customer base is agged up by Tenova’s installation of the rst Consteel EAF in Japan for Nippon Steel (page 9). A newhead o ce, machiningworkshop, assembly workshop and painting workshop has also been opened by Chinese stranding machines, bunching machines and drum twisters manufacturer ABZ (page 38).

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