WCA November 2019

Industry gears up for wire We might still be five months away from the world’s largest and most important exhibition for the wire and cable industry, but anticipation is already growing for wire 2020. An increase in exhibitors from Turkey, India and Taiwan, strong interest from Italy, Spain, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, as well as Central and Eastern Europe, all points to a record number of visitors next year in Düsseldorf, Germany. More than 65,000m 2 of net exhibition space has already been rented – eclipsing the amount of space taken in 2018. “The registration figures for wire 2020, which are very promising so far, confirm that our exhibitors refuse to be influenced by global economic fluctuations in this industry,” said Daniel Ryfisch, deputy director metals and flow technologies at organisers Messe Düsseldorf. Full details can be found on page 20. The trade war between China and the USA may well be continuing, but China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL), a battery cell maker, is planning a move into North America. CATL’s regional president for Europe described North America as being “some way behind China and Europe” in terms of electric mobility, but hoped that the market “will ignite at a certain point in time in North America.”

The company is already investing $2 billion in its first European plant, located in Erfurt, Germany. Turn to page 46 for the full story.

David Bell Editor

When and where

2020 30 March–3 April: wire 2020 – trade exhibition – Düsseldorf, Germany Organisers : Messe Düsseldorf GmbH Fax : +49 211 4560 668 Email : wire@ messe-duesseldorf.de Website : www.wire.de

11–14 October: IWCS – technical symposium – Providence, Rhode Island, USA Organisers : IWCS Tel : +1 717 993 9500 Website : www.iwcs.org

23–26 September: wire China –

2–4 June: Wire Expo – trade exhibition and conference – Uncasville, Connecticut, USA Organisers : Wire Association International Fax : +1 203 453 8384 Email : sales@wirenet.org Website : www.wirenet.org

trade exhibition – Shanghai, China Organisers : SECRI and Messe Düsseldorf (Shanghai) Co Ltd Fax : +86 216 169 8301 Email : shanghai@mdc.com.cn Website : www.wirechina.net

(photo courtesy: Messe Düsseldorf/ctillmann)

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