Extrusion International USA 4-2020

9 Extrusion International 4/2020 Messe Düsseldorf GmbH www.wire.de, www.Tube.de From 7 to 11 December 2020 the two international No. 1 trade fairs for the wire, cable and tube and pipe industries, wire and Tube, will open their doors at Düsseldorf Fair- grounds. The two leading international trade fairs for these industries will now be held in compliance with strict new hygiene and social distancing rules at a perfectly prepared Düsseldorf Fairground. 2018 saw 71,500 trade visitors (69,000 in 2016) from 134 countries visit the exhibition halls on the Rhine river over five days to learn about innovations in their sectors. For Decem- ber the organisers expect stable numbers of visitors from Eu- rope despite the tight situation in the global economy. So far, one third of visitors at both trade fairs came from Germany while two thirds were international visitors. This means that wire and Tube are among the most internationally attended trade fairs care of Messe Düsseldorf. 80% of international visitors in December are expected to hail from Europe. Although strong producer and visitor countries such as Italy, France and Spain are seriously im- pacted by the consequences of the Corona crisis, these are the European countries – alongside the Netherlands, Spain, Poland, Russia, Great Britain and Turkey – where most Euro- pean trade visitors will come from to visit the two trade fairs. If the EU and national stimulus packages take effect in the European countries, then an economic recovery and increase in investment can be expected by the end of the year. wire and Tube 2020 Withmore than 118.000 square metres net and 2,686 exhibitors, wire 2018 and Tube 2018 are bigger than ever before (Photo: Messe Düsseldorf / ctillmann)