Around 1,057 exhibitors from over 51 countries came to wire Düsseldorf from 20 to 24 June 2022 to present technology highlights from their industries on 53,000 sq m of exhibition space. At wire 2022, wire-making & wire processing machines, wire & cable products, manufacturing technology, fasteners, spring making technology, including finished products and grid-welding machinery – were demonstrated.
After a 4-year-long hiatus, the wire industry met on-site at wire Düsseldorf, one of the world’s leading trade fairs for the wire and cable industry. As an international trade fair, wire Düsseldorf provided exhibitors and suppliers of wires and cables in addition to the latest technology, speciality products and innovative machines concerning wire and cable manufacturing, a unique communication platform at wire 2022. Experts from all over the world use the trade fair not only as an information center for the developments and trends in wire, cable and wire-processing industries. This key fair is also an international forum for the purpose of setting up closer business contacts and for intensifying existing relations with customers.
“Düsseldorf is and will remain the place to be for these weighty industries. Especially in times of sustainable change it is more important than ever to be represented here in Düsseldorf and in direct exchange with the players in these industries,” stressed Mr. Bernd Jablonowski, Executive Director at Messe Düsseldorf, and said, “Düsseldorf has paid off again – was the feedback from the well-attended exhibition halls. Most companies plan to return again in 2024.”
“In-depth conversations about the current challenges associated with the global energy transition, new requirements made on machines and equipment – and all of this considering sustainability aspects – the need for discussion among exhibitors and visitors in the exhibition halls was enormous,” confirmed Mr. Daniel Ryfisch, Project Director of wire/Tube and Flow Technologies commenting on the successful re-start of the trade fairs.
Alongside many machines and plant facilities in action, there were impressive trade fair launches to be seen in the exhibition halls: the wire exhibitors in the fastener and spring-making technology segments also presented finished products such as fastener components and industrial springs – an absolute novelty. Technical conferences, expert meetings and guided ecoMetals Tours of the exhibition halls enhanced the exhibitors’ ranges of the two trade fairs in 2022.
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This was the first time for the players in the wire, cable, pipe and tube industries to join Messe Düsseldorf’s ecoMetals Campaign at wire 2022. A transformation of these energy-intensive industries towards more sustainability has already been actively supported by Messe Düsseldorf for years now. Because the ecoMetal-trails demonstrated live that the exhibitors at wire and Tube are not only innovative but are also increasingly producing in an energy-efficient and resource-saving way.
Opportunities for and avenues toward a green transformation were discussed at the wire and Tube Expert Meeting in Hall 3 over two days. Here such key industry players as Salzgitter AG, thyssenkrupp Steel, thyssenkrupp Material Services Processing, ArcelorMittal, Heine + Beisswenger Gruppe, Klöckner + Co SE, Swiss Steel Group, SMS Group GmbH, Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahlrohre e.V., Voß Edelstahlhandel GmbH + Co. KG and Stahlmarkt Consult shared their roadmaps for green transformation. They reported exciting transformation processes in their companies.
wire 2022 presented 1,057 exhibitors from 51 countries on some 53,000 square metres of net exhibition space showcasing wire-making and wire processing machines, wire, cable, wire products and manufacturing technology, fasteners and spring-making technology including finished products and grid-welding machinery. In addition, measuring, control technology, and test engineering innovations were on display at wire 2022.
“We were all looking forward to wire, we have missed the personal contact in recent years and have learned to appreciate the value of direct customer talks at trade fair events such as wire and Tube,” says Dr.-Ing. Uwe-Peter Weigmann, Spokesman of the Board at WAFIOS AG, in an initial statement. “We have deliberately chosen our trade fair motto ‘Future Forming Technology’ and thematically found the sweet spot for productivity leaps, ground-breaking new technologies and automation solutions that will enable even more sustainable business in the future. For WAFIOS, innovations have always been in the forefront and we have once again clearly underlined this with our trade fair programme. Customer response was excellent and our stands, both at wire and Tube, were very well attended on all days of the trade fair,” said Dr. Weigmann, giving a positive summary of the event.
With strong contingents at wire and Tube were exhibitors from Italy, Turkey, Spain, Belgium, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Great Britain, Sweden, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany. From overseas, companies from the USA, Canada, South Korea, Taiwan, India, and Japan travelled to Düsseldorf.
All these industry players received excellent ratings from international trade visitors who travelled to Düsseldorf from more than 140 countries at wire 2022. At around 70 percent, the proportion of international trade fair visitors was very high. Around 75 percent of wire 2022 visitors were executives with decision-making powers. Overall, the willingness of the industries to invest, especially in challenging times, was high. There was also an increase in first-time visitors, a clear sign that wire and Tube fully reflect the international market with their offerings and thus meet the expectations of the industries. Around 70 percent of the visitors surveyed said they would come to Düsseldorf again in 2024.
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The visitors of the wire 2022 exhibition were primarily wire and cable manufacturers and came from the iron, steel and non-ferrous metal industry or from the vehicle and upstream supplier industry. They were interested in wire and wire products, machinery and equipment for the production and processing of rods, wire and strip as well as test engineering, sensor technology and quality assurance for the wire and cable industry.
