WCA July 2016

2016 Review

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Major deals done at a bustling wire 2016!

‘Really powerful and highly energised wire 2016’ – a comment from one of the exhibitors – summed up wire 2016. The exhibition could easily be described as a benchmark show as both quality and quantity came together to make it a bustling week for wire and cable professionals from around the world who descended on Düsseldorf – the German city long synonymous with wire and cable. A shade under 70,000 visitors pounded the floors of the halls over the five days and if those numbers weren’t impressive enough, the quality of the visitors left a number of companies wishing that the week would not end.

“The fact that as many exhibitors as ever nailed ‘their colours to the mast’ in Düsseldorf proves that the wire, cable and tube industries loyally stand by their leading trade fairs wire and Tube in Düsseldorf, even in tough economic times,” beamed Joachim Schäfer, manag- ing director at organisers Messe Dusseldorf GmbH. And that it was set against global economic upheaval, a worldwide steel crisis, new climate regulations spanning the globe, and a classic industry on its journey into the new Industry 4.0 digital age is testament to the planning and organisation not only of the organisers, but the exhibiting companies and visitors alike.

Comments like the ‘best ever’, ‘a must’ and ‘by far the best show we attend’ were commonplace at the 30 th anniversary of the industry’s largest exhibition. Organisers : Messe Düsseldorf GmbH – Germany Fax: +49 211 456087 7793 Email: wire@messe-duesseldorf.de ❍ Joachim Schäfer, managing director of Messe Düsseldorf A total net exhibition area of 110,900m 2 was occupied across 16 exhibition halls – a new record value posted in Düsseldorf’s long success story of wire and Tube. Fitting as well on this, the 30 th anniversary.

All photos courtesy Messe Düsseldorf

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