Only four months to go:

Industry looks to wire 2012 & Tube 2012 and to Düsseldorf with anticipation:

December 2011: In just under four months that time will have come around again. wire 2012 and Tube 2012, the two No. 1 trade fairs for the wire, cable and pipe and tube industries, will be presenting technology hightlights from their respective sectors in the exhibition halls on the Rhine in spring 2012.

From 26 to 30 March 2012 the two leading international events wire, International Wire and Cable Trade Fair, and Tube, International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair, will be held concurrently in Düsseldorf for the 13^th time now already.

Current registration figures for both trade fairs make the Düsseldorf trade fair organisers more than confident. At this early stage (correct as of December 2011) 1,142 enterprises from 45 countries have already registered for wire. 2012 will again see the traditionally strong participation of exhibitors from Italy, Belgium, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Germany. Also positive to note is the high number of registrations received from Sweden. The majority of overseas companies come from the USA, China, India and Taiwan. All of these 1,142 companies together currently occupy approximately 56,000 square metres of exhibition space.        

wire 2012 will present wire production and finishing machinery, tools and process engineering auxiliary materials as well as materials and special wires. Also on display will be innovations from the areas of cable, measuring and control technology and testing technology. Special segments such as logistics, conveyor systems and packaging round off the ranges.  

Wire, cable and fibre glass machines as well as wire and cable producers and wire and cable traders occupy Halls 9 to 12, 16 and 17. Hall 15 houses fastener technology while Hall 16 follows on with spring making.

Tube boasts similarly positive interim results. With 918 exhibitors from 44 countries, here most European enterprises come from Italy, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey, Germany and the United Kingdom. Also positive is the number of registrations received from the Czech Republic. At  present, the exhibitors of Tube occupy around 47,000 square metres of net exhibition space.

Tube occupies Halls 1 to 7a. Pipe and tube accessories can be found in Halls 1 and 2, trade and manufacturing follow in Halls 2, 3, 4 and 7.0. Forming technology is located in Hall 5. Pipe and tube finishing machinery is exhibited in Halls 6 and 7a, not forgetting the segment of plant and machinery in parts of Hall 7a.

Tube presents the complete spectrum ranging from pipe and tube production to processing and the trade with tubes. Ranges include raw materials, pipes and accessories, pipe and tube manufacturing machinery and second-hand machinery, tools and auxiliary materials for process engineering and measuring and control technology. Pipelines and OCTG technology, profiles and profile technology, testing technology and special areas such as warehousing automation and control systems complement the extensive ranges on show.

For current information on both trade fairs visit the trade fair portals: http://www.wire.de/ and http://www.tube.de/

Tel.: +49 (0)211/4560-541/-544

Fax: +49 (0)211/4560-87 541/-87 544

E-Mail: HartmannP@messe-duesseldorf.de

E-Mail: KleophasvandenBongardtK@messe-duesseldorf.de

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