WCA March 2024

At the heart of the wire and tube industries for over 40 years

‘Intras has provided an invaluable service to us’

“I’ve travelled the world over the past 35 years selling tube machinery. Every factory I’ve been to, no matter how big, how small or how remote – in India, Europe, Africa, China – all have one thing in common. At least one well-thumbed copy of TPT on a desk.”

Those were the words a well respected industry veteran related to his newly recruited manager at a recent FABTECH exhibition in Chicago, USA, as he tried to explain the importance and impact Tube & Pipe Technology magazine had in the industry. That would have made Intras’s founder, John Hogg, swell with pride, especially as we celebrate our 40 th anniversary this year. The magazine – part of the company’s stable of publications – can be counted on to provide news, insights and information, and is recognised as a crucial resource for both readers and advertisers alike, wherever in the world they are.

That all magazines in the company, whether covering the tube and pipe or wire and cable industries – EuroWire , Wire & Cable ASIA , Tube & Pipe Technology , Tube Products INTERNATIONAL , EuroFasteners and FastenersASIA – and to our digital platform for the wire and cable industry in the Americas, www.wiredinusa.com The magazines pride themselves on being the most important source of information in the industries they serve and this is highlighted by companies keeping copies for reference for many years, as standing applies to

the leading international wire and cable exhibition, now organised by Messe Düsseldorf. He was a popular figure within the world of wire and tube technology. They were industries close to his heart and it was a particular dream of his to help the magazines and their customers reach previously untouched markets around the globe. There is no doubt that that vision has been more fully realised than anyone could have imagined.

readers search for news and technological advances, and advertisers explore new markets around the world. Originally founded in February 1984, Intras was created as a management

The industrial publish ing portfolio of Intras began in the late 1980s and today the company produces its leading inter national trade magazines in

Intras’s founder, John Hogg

print and digital formats.

company to administrate the activities of the International Wire & Machinery Association (IWMA) and International Tube Association (ITA) trade associations. Mr Hogg, a co-founder of these associations, played an instrumental role in the negotiation and establishment of international wire and cable, and tube and pipe shows, including the founding of ‘wire’ –

TPT was first published in 1988, followed four years later by Wire & Cable ASIA to cater to the ever increasing Asian market. 1998 saw the launch of EuroWire . Reporting on specialist areas of tube and pipe products for applications such as aerospace, automotive, civil, energy, OCTG, structural

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