Wire will take place in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 4th to 8th April 2016. Covering a net exhibition space of currently 58,600 square metres (July 2015), Wire will feature machinery for the production and finishing of wire, tools and auxiliary materials in process engineering as well as materials, special wires and cables. The trade fair will also cover innovations in measurement and control engineering, test engineering and special areas.
The International Wire & Cable Fair will occupy Halls 9 to 12, 16 and 17 in wire, cable and glass fibre machinery as well as wire and cable products and the wire and cable trade, while innovations in metal forming will be shown in Hall 15. Hall 16 will open its gates to mesh welding machines and spring making technology. So far 920 companies from 46 countries have registered.
Traditionally, the countries which are particularly well represented by exhibitors are Italy, Belgium, France, Spain, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK, Sweden and Germany. But a large number of registrations have also been received from overseas: the United States, South Korea, Taiwan, India, Japan and China.