WCA September 2018

Far Eastern promise and gearing up for wire China The wire and cable industry shifts its focus to the Orient, with wire China being staged from 26 th to 29 th September. Expectations are already running high after 42,000 visitors attended the four-day show two years ago. The Shanghai New International Expo Centre is the venue for the industry’s most important show in the Asian market, where exhibitors will show off new technologies on more than 97,000m 2 of floor space. Our coverage starts on page 84 and there are more than 20 pages highlighting what’s on show at this year’s event. Please feel free to stop by our stand (W1G26) to collect your free copy of Wire & Cable ASIA and sister publication EuroWire . Confidence in the region can be further highlighted by UK company Alloy Wire International targeting Japan as part of its Far Eastern sales drive. The company, which recently broke through the £10m order barrier for the first time, has invested more than £100,000 in establishing a new sales partner in the country, and setting up a dedicated Japanese website and a suite of marketing materials.

Early indications are that its faith in the market is more than paying off, with orders up 1,000 per cent on this time last year. Turn to page 40 for the full story.

David Bell Editor

When and where

2019 28 February-2 March: TEL – trade exhibition – Istanbul, Turkey Organisers: Voli Fuar Hizmetleri Fax : +90 212 604 5051 Email : info@voli.com.tr Website : http://tel-fair.com

3-5 October: wire South America – trade exhibition – São Paulo, Brazil Organisers : Messe Düsseldorf GmbH Fax : +49 211 4560 668 Email : info@ wire-south-america.com Website : www.wire-south-america. com

5-7 March: Cables 2019 –

27-29 November: wire India – trade exhibition – Mumbai, India Organisers: Messe Düsseldorf India Pvt Ltd Fax : +91 112 697 1746 Email : info@wire-india.com Website: www.wire-india.com

conference and technical programme – Düsseldorf, Germany Organisers: AMI International Tel: +44 117 314 8111 Email : info@ami.international Website: www.ami.international

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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2018

Photo credit: bigstockphoto.com “Se Cathedral, Sao Paulo, Brazil” • Photographer Aleksandar Todorovic