WCA November 2020

The platforms for industry The successful staging of wire and Tube China in Shanghai, in September, along with the Guangzhou Metal and Metallurgy Exhibition the same week, has provided much-needed relief to the industries, economies and businesses still reeling from the impact of COVID-19. This good news has been added to with the announcement that wire Düsseldorf, from 7 to 11 December, is now going ahead after The Fairgrounds staged another exhibition during the first week of September. Inevitably there will be changes affecting exhibitors and visitors alike, but the European industry associations have joined forces in backing our industry’s most prestigious and largest event as companies strive to return to what, without doubt, will be a new ‘normal’. In backing the staging of the exhibition, IWCEA president Ralf Kappertz said: “Our industry is synonymous with innovation, sustainability and a long-term orientation. We will now be doing our utmost to also make this wire and Tube...what they have always been: the communication and business platforms of the wire, cable and tube industries.” “The industries need their most relevant sectoral platforms in order to present innovations and meet their business partners again,” confirmed Ferruccio Bellina, president of the Italian industry association ACIMAF.

For our introduction to wire 2020, go to page 34. Also keep an eye out for updates from exhibitors spread throughout our Industry News section. There is also health and safety information available at the exhibition website, www.wire.de

David Bell Editor

When and where 7-11

wire 2020 – trade exhibition – Düsseldorf, Germany December Organisers: Messe Düsseldorf GmbH | wire@messe-duesseldorf.de | www.wire.de 25-27 wire India – trade exhibition – Mumbai, India March Organisers: Messe Düsseldorf India Pvt Ltd | info@wire-india.com | www.wire-india.com 11-13 Interwire – trade exhibition – Atlanta, Georgia, USA May Organisers: Wire Association International | sales@wirenet.org | www.wirenet.org 8-10 wire Russia – trade exhibition – Moscow, Russia June Organisers: Messe Düsseldorf | info@wire-russia.com | www.wire-russia.com

Photo courtesy of Messe Düsseldorf, Constanze Tillmann

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Wire & Cable ASIA – November/December 2020