TPi November 2018

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BLECH India returns to Mumbai in 2019 for sixth edition

cent). Visitors from steel and aluminium construction (7 per cent), automotive industry and related suppliers (5 per cent), and iron and steel production (3 per cent) were also in attendance. As in previous years, BLECH India 2017 was co-located with Fastener Fair India 2017, which welcomed 3,632 trade visitors and 187 exhibiting companies. The fastener and fixing technology exhibition will return to New Delhi in 2018. For companies interested in exhibiting at BLECH India 2019, the organiser has produced an exhibitor brochure that includes information on stand reservation and stand packages, the venue, and India’s sheet metal market. Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd – UK

international networking experience. International exhibitors came from Germany, Italy, the UK, Turkey, China and Spain. BLECH India 2017 provided a networking platform for exhibitors to establish business relations with customers, agents and partners in India. The exhibition was an opportunity for exhibitors to raise brand awareness within this vibrant and growing market. Exhibitors and visitors were quick to give positive feedback, with exhibitors commenting on the high quality of visitors. The exhibition attracted visitors from many key industry sectors. The greatest number of visitors came from the mechanical engineering industry sector (31 per cent), and sheet metal products, components and assemblies (28 per

The sixth edition of BLECH India, an exhibition for the sheet metal working industry, will be held from 25 to 27 April 2019, at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai, India. Taking place in the newly built Hall 4, the exhibition will build on the success of the five previous events. Encouraged by India’s manufacturing initiative ‘Make in India’, the fifth edition of BLECH India, held in 2017, demonstrated the campaign’s intention to foster entrepreneurship and facilitate business opportunities on a global scale. An audience of 4,568 attended the show – an increase of more than 20 per cent, compared to the previous edition held in 2015. 151 exhibitors from ten countries helped to make the event an

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ESAB gathers elite welders to share advice and tips

Hot Welding Tips playlist on ESAB’s YouTube channel. “The welding industry has embraced Instagram and YouTube as ways to

world, to share knowledge and provide practical welding advice through social media. To begin the programme, each partner has created welding tips videos for esab.com/elite and the

In an effort to help members of the welding community master their craft, ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has created the ESAB Elite, a team of respected welders from around the

share work, solve problems and challenge each other to see who can lay the best beads,” said Steven Molenda, ESAB’s director of global marcom and marketing strategies. “The ESAB Elite programme adds fuel to their fire and channels the energy of these social media leaders so that the industry collectively benefits.” The inaugural Elite class repre- sents a global team of fabricators with diverse backgrounds and skill sets. From creating custom metal roses to designing food trucks, each partner has talent and a desire to see the industry grow. ESAB Welding & Cutting

Products – USA www.esab.com

ESAB Elite’s team of welders will share their wisdom and provide practical welding advice

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