In just under four months that time will have come around again. wire 2012 and Tube 2012, the two trade fairs for the wire, cable and pipe and tube industries, will be presenting technology highlights from their respective sectors in the exhibition halls on the Rhine in spring 2012. From 26 to 30 March 2012 the two events wire & Tube will be held concurrently in Düsseldorf for the 13th time.

Current registration figures for both trade fairs make the Düsseldorf trade fair organisers more than confident. At this early stage (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.