TPT September 2008

I ndustry N ews

The verdict: no Metav at Tube 2010

Following a review of exhibitor and visitor reaction to this year’s successful Tube and wire 2008, the show organiser Messe Düsseldorf has announced the details of the next event in two years time. The leading international trade fairs in their field, Tube 2010 and wire 2010 will again take place together from 12-16 April 2010. Messe Düsseldorf has also revealed further good news that Metav, which took place this year alongside Tube and wire for the first time, will not be held in conjunction with Tube and wire in 2010. Although this year’s Tube was again a record-breaker, a number of Tube exhibitors expressed concern over Tube’s hall reshuffle to accommodate Metav. It is expected that Tube 2010 will not experience the same disruption and relocation of a large number of tube exhibitors. Instead, Messe Düsseldorf will be able to provide an expanded exhibition area for Tube 2010 at the Düsseldorf exhibition centre, with a considerably larger amount of floorspace available for Tube if required.

This positive news comes on the back of record attendance figures for this year’s show. Tube 2008 attracted 25 per cent more international visitors and 11 per cent more German visitors. In terms of exhibitors, there was a growth rate of 32 per cent for international exhibitors and 8 per cent for German exhibitors. These figures meant that the display area for Tube 2008 was enlarged by one third. Tube 2010 will showcase tube and pipe production and processing machines, raw materials and tubes produced from various materials. For the second time, innovations from the areas of pipelines and OCTG (oil country tubular goods) technology will be introduced. At Tube 2008, around 90 per cent of the visitors rated the new exhibition area of pipelines and OCTG technology as ‘good’ or ‘very good’. After the premiere of OCTG technology at this year’s event, 8 per cent of the visitors surveyed reported that they were interested in these innovative technologies. This particularly applies to the areas of pipeline construction (49 per cent), materials (48 per cent) and machines and systems (25 per cent).

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Messe Düsseldorf will be able to provide an expanded exhibition area for Tube 2010, with a larger amount of floorspace available

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The success of Tube 2008 was mirrored by wire 2008, which achieved the highest- ever level of international participation. Just under 60 per cent of the visitors came from abroad, making wire one of the most international events in the Messe Düsseldorf portfolio. In addition, wire 2008 also experienced a visitor increase of 18 per cent compared with the previous event in 2006. Messe Düsseldorf – Germany Fax : +49 211 4560 87 Email : hartmannp@messe-duesseldorf.de Website : www.tube.de

 Easier to navigate: the Düsseldorf exhibition centre will take on a more familiar layout for Tube in 2010

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