WCA September 2023

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International Metal Technology Taiwan moves to new venue

customised products at competitive pricing levels.” Taiwan’s technological infrastructure and skilled workforce enables expertise in precision engineering and advanced manufacturing processes. Often specialising in the production of high value and niche products, including speciality steels, precision components and advanced metal alloys, Taiwan based manufacturers can cater to specific customer needs and provide customised solutions. Kaigo Co, Ltd www.imttaiwan.com

Gerd Keim, president of event organiser Kaigo Co, Ltd, commented, “The global market confidence in the potential of Taiwan’s metal industry stems from its future-forward metal businesses that deliver quality solutions reliably and in tuned with technological advancements sought-after by various industry verticals with niche engineering and production demands. This is where iMT Taiwan excels in matching international as well as local trade buyers, from automobile manufacturers, raw material processors, chemical and energy companies, electronics and telecom- munication giants, with Taiwanese manufacturers who can produce

Taiwan’s only exhibition dedicated to the metal industry – International Metal Technology Taiwan (iMT Taiwan) – returns in 2023 at a new venue in central Taipei, boosted by an encouraging market spring-back. Now centrally located at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, iMT Taiwan 2023 will take place over three days, from 18 to 20 October. As metal processing is the foundation of all heavy industries and for Taiwan’s most strategic industries, iMT Taiwan is set to drive greater multinational business exchange and trade mobility across East Asia and its neighbouring markets.

Teknor Apex acquires business of Nu-Pro Polymers Teknor Apex, a material science company with multiple speciality plastics divisions, has announced that it acquired the business of Nu-Pro Polymers, Inc late last year. Nu-Pro works with clean post-industrial (PIR) streams Pro will continue to produce products for Teknor Apex at this time, under the Cycle-Tek brand as a subsidiary of Teknor Apex. Don Brown, co-owner, Nu-Pro Polymers, commented, “Our flexible, reprocessed and recycled PVC compounds in- corporate up to 90 per cent post industrial recycled content.

“We are very excited about this acquisition that will further enable us to develop innovative compounds that meet the performance and sustainability requirements of our customers,” said Lou Cappucci, executive vice president, Teknor Apex.

“Our goal is to convert PVC waste streams into products that perform for our customers.” Teknor Apex www.teknorapex.com

and converts them into new PVC compounds that perform equivalently to prime compounds. The company specialises in clear, natural and black reprocessed compounds in a range of durometers. Under the acquisition, Nu

Global players from all over world at wire and Tube 2024

be found in hall 14; and hall 16 will be a special venue for fastening and fixing technologies and for spring making technology, including end products such as screws, grooves, eyelets and technical springs. Heavy, space-consuming mesh welding machines will be located in the central hall 17. Tube 2024 will occupy halls 1 to 7a. Tube accessories, tube manufacturing and the tube trade will be located in halls 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7a. A new feature is the special area for plastic tubes in hall 1. Forming and bending technology will be found in halls 5 and 6, and pipe processing technology in halls 6 and 7a. Machinery and equipment will be in hall 7a. Hall 7 is again reserved for Chinese pipe producers and pipe processors.

In addition to themes such as machinery and equipment for wire, cable and tube production, processing and end products, wire and Tube place a strong focus on topics that include stainless steel, hydrogen, plastic tubes, cutting and slitting technologies and e-mobility. In addition, fastening and joining technologies, spring manufacturing technology and glass fibre technologies are gaining interest. The main industries involved are the chemical, oil and gas sectors, the auto- motive industry, the construction sector and the entire telecommunications sector. wire 2024 will occupy exhibition halls 9 to 17. Wire, cable, wire products and technologies are scheduled in halls 9 to 12 and hall 15; China’s expertise will

With more than 2,000 exhibitors from 65 countries, wire and Tube 2024 will once again assert their position as leading international trade fairs for the key industries of wire, cable, tubes, pipes and their supplier industries. Over 100,000 square metres of the Düsseldorf Fairgrounds will be occupied, as trade visitors from all over the world are expected. Exhibitors come mainly from the strong European production countries, the USA, Central and South America, Asia and Africa. “The Düsseldorf trade fair venue is the absolute front-place for the wire and tube sectors when it comes to present ing innovations from the relevant indus tries to a broad, international audience,” commented Daniel Ryfisch, director of wire/Tube and flow technologies at show organiser Messe Düsseldorf.

Messe Düsseldorf GmbH www.messe-duesseldorf.de

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