WCA November 2015

Quality in Bangkok, numbers already high for Düsseldorf IT’S very much a case of looking both backwards and forward in the final issue of Wire & Cable ASIA for this year. Asia’s relentless thirst and enthusiasm for new technology can be measured, it seems, in numbers. In this case it’s the numbers associated with the September staging of wire Southeast Asia. Bangkok, Thailand, staged the three-day exhibition when 411 companies from 33 countries were on display to more than 7,000 eager visitors from 56 countries. Visitor quality throughout was high, with one exhibitor saying, “The overall mood was very positive and we were very pleased with the number of existing and new customers who attended the show.” See pages 8 and 13 for full details. Looking ahead, we are now just five months from the most influential show in the wire and cable calendar – wire 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany. The countdown has well and truly begun with more than 900 exhibitors already reserving 630,800ft 2 of exhibit space for the week-long exhibition on the Rhine. While companies from the European nations have strong exhibitor participation in Düsseldorf, a large number of registrations have also been received from the USA, South Korea, Taiwan, India, Japan and China. See the latest story about build-up to the exhibition on page 18.

David Bell Editor

When and where

2016 8–9 June: Wire Expo – trade exhibition – Uncasville, Connecticut, USA Organisers : Wire Association International Fax : +1 203 453 8384 Email : sales@wirenet.org Website : www.wirenet.org

2016 11–14 May: Lamiera – trade exhibition – Bologna, Italy Organisers : Ucimu-Systems Fax : +39 0226 255 894 Email : lamiera.esp@ucimu.it Website : www.lamiera.net

2016 4–8 April: wire/Tube Düsseldorf – trade exhibition – Düsseldorf, Germany Organisers : Messe Düsseldorf GmbH Fax : +49 211 45 60668 Email : wire@ messe-duesseldorf.de Website : www.wire.de

2015 3 November: Cabwire Conference – conference – Düsseldorf, Germany Organisers : IWMA, WAI, ACIMAF, CET IWCEA Fax : +44 121 781 7404 Email : info@iwma.org Website : www.cabwire.com

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Wire & Cable ASIA – November/December 2015

bigstockphoto.com “Rhine Embankment/Media Harbour” Artist: Bellena