wire and Tube Southeast Asia 2017 attracted record-breaking 8,458 visitors
The three-day wire and Tube Southeast Asia 2017, the 12th International Wire and Cable Trade Fair for Southeast Asia and the 11th International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair for Southeast Asia came to a successful close on 21 September 2017, chalking up 8,458 visitors.
39% of them came from overseas, including visiting delegations from Vietnam, India, Japan, Thailand and Malaysia. This year’s overall visitorship showed a healthy increase of close to 20% as compared to 2015, with local demand manifested by 65 local group visits from Bangkok Cable, Phelps Dodge International, Thai Wire Products, Thai Yazaki Electric Wire, The Siam Industrial Wire, among others.
400 leading exhibitors from 30 countries presented their latest in demand products and in-trend technologies and innovations.
Mr Kobchai Sungsitthisawad, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry said at the Opening Ceremony of wire and Tube Southeast Asia 2017: “the timely staging of exhibitions like wire and Tube Southeast Asia bring forth new ideas, facilitate business deals and transactions and provide an environment for ideas and creative solutions to propagate, paving the way for product manufacturers, raw material suppliers, components and equipment manufacturers and technology innovators to gain their foothold in Thailand and the region.”
Mr Friedrich-Georg Kehrer, Global Portfolio Director for Metals and Flow Technologies, Messe Düsseldorf GmbH said: “Thailand is considered to be the central springboard to the up-and-coming markets of Southeast Asia due to a boom in the building, energy and automotive sector. This quintessentially makes wire and Tube Southeast Asia, the focal platform to information on the latest developments, equipment and machinery, where contacts for future business relations are made and deals are concluded.”
wire and Tube Southeast Asia 2019 will take place from 17 – 19 September at BITEC, Bangkok. To exhibit and/or visit, please visit: www.wiresoutheastasia.com | www.tube-southeastasia.com