TPT November 2017

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Tube Southeast Asia 2017 breaks records TUBE and wire Southeast Asia 2017 – the 12 th International Wire and Cable Trade Fair for Southeast Asia and the 11 th International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair for Southeast Asia – came to a successful close recently. for wire companies and manufacturers to be exposed to the latest range of products and technologies available in the market. He will be taking home the knowledge gained to his association members and the industry.

His thoughts echoed those of Naohiro Une, president of Daishin Industrial Co, who commented that he was glad to be able to see new technologies coming into Thailand at the exhibition, which reinforced “Thailand’s draw as a regional hub that will bridge Japan to the Southeast Asian and Middle Eastern markets.” The three days of the trade show were also complemented by concurrently held conference, seminar and technical presentations. Led by experts and participating exhibitors, the sessions were well attended by over 300 trade attendees. Friedrich-Georg Kehrer, global portfolio director for metals and flow technologies, Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, said: “Thailand is considered to be the central springboard to the up-and- coming markets of Southeast Asia due to a boom in the building, energy and automotive sector. This makes wire and Tube Southeast Asia the major platform for gathering information on the latest developments, equipment and machinery and an event where contacts for future business relations are made and deals are concluded.” wire and Tube Southeast Asia will next take place from 17 to 19 September 2019 at BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand. Tube Southeast Asia 2017 – Thailand Website: www.tube-southeastasia.com

The co-located trade fairs featured more than 400 leading industry names from 30 countries – of which 95 per cent came from outside Thailand, as well as national pavilions and country groups including Austria, China, Germany, Italy, Taiwan, the UK and USA. Testament to the trade fairs’ standing as the region’s definitive sourcing and procurement platform for the industry, wire and Tube Southeast Asia 2017 recorded an attendance of 8,458 visitors from 50 countries, with 39 per cent coming from overseas, including visiting delegations from Vietnam, India, Japan, Thailand andMalaysia. This year’s overall visitorship showed a healthy increase of close to 20 per cent compared to 2015, with local demand manifested by 65 local group visits from Bangkok Cable, Phelps Dodge International, Thai Wire Products, Thai Yazaki Electric Wire and The Siam Industrial Wire Co. Kobchai Sungsitthisawad, deputy permanent secretary, Ministry of Industry, said: “The staging of exhibitions like wire and Tube Southeast Asia brings forth new ideas, facilitates business deals and transactions and provides an environment for ideas and creative solutions to propagate, paving the way for product manufacturers, raw material suppliers, components and equipment manufacturers and technology innovators to gain their foothold in Thailand and the region.”

Mauritz Von Reden, CEO of Seuthe GmbH, added: “We are proud to be here at this trade-focused platform to showcase our products and connect with customers. It is our pleasure to mention that we have made many new business contacts with companies from Thailand, China and India and hope these will spin off to many fruitful dealings and collaborations.” For SCG Chemicals, one of the largest integrated petrochemical companies in Asia, wire and Tube Southeast Asia 2017 gave the company an expanded channel to promote its businesses to regional visitors. On meeting their participation objectives, Taviphat Konkhum, sales manager for SCG Chemicals, remarked: “This is a very good exhibition as we got to meet with a lot of prospective customers and suppliers for wire and cable. We had many guests coming to our booth and new customers who are interested in our products.” Ir Chang Yew Cheong, vice-president of The Electrical and Electronics Association of Malaysia, believes that the trade fair brings a great opportunity

Burr Oak Tool expands into Europe TO better serve its Europe-based customers, Burr Oak Tool Inc, through European branch Oak Eurasia sro and in collaboration with Italian partner SMI Srl, has appointed additional representatives located in Russia, Turkey, Finland, Poland, Hungary, Germany, France, Spain, UK, Ireland and Portugal. needs. Oak Eurasia sro will continue to be the company’s technical resource support for Oak equipment, parts and service, and will work closely with the new sales representatives to ensure customers continue to receive support both during and after a purchase.

Trieste Srl (Hungary); Giuseppe Sportelli (Portugal/France); Curvaser, SL (Spain); and Tanju Kaynak (Turkey). For 70 years, Burr Oak Tool has designed customised production machinery for the heat transfer and tube processing industries. Its machines are installed in more than 70 countries.

The Oak representatives are: Process Automation Ltd (Ireland/UK); Vossi Group Oy (Finland); Bend and more GmbH (Germany); Weber Comechanics Ltd (Russia); HAAD (Poland); Timperi

By cooperating with these local sales organisations, Oak is able to offer expanded representation and support to better meet and anticipate customer

Burr Oak Tool Inc – USA Email: sales@burroak.com Website: www.burroak.com

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