wire and Tube Southeast Asia 2017
Registered Record-Breaking Visitor
Count: Delivers in Line with Strong
Prospects in the Region
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.
Together, the synergistic, co-located trade fairs
unveiled an all-encompassing exhibit range that
was presented by 400 leading industry names
from 30 countries – of which 95% came from
outside Thailand, as well as national pavilions
and country groups Austria, China, Germany,
Italy, Taiwan, UK and USA. Testament to the
trade fairs’ standing as the region’s definitive
sourcing and procurement platform for the
industry, wire and Tube Southeast Asia 2017
recorded attendance of 8,458 trade visitors
from 50 countries, with 39% coming 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.
In tapping into growth opportunities in Asia,
companies need the right ecosystem and framework.
Citing Mr Kobchai Sungsitthisawad, Deputy
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry at the
Opening Ceremony of wire and Tube Southeast
Asia 2017, he shared that “the timely staging of
exhibitions like wire and Tube Southeast Asia, thus
bring forth new ideas, facilitate business deals and
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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.”
This vote of confidence was extended as participating
exhibitors gave their best showing of expertise,
technologies, machinery, innovations and know-how
in fulfilling procurement and sourcing objectives
tailored towards the current industry landscape.
As commented by Mr Mauritz Von Reden, CEO
of Seuthe GmbH, “We are proud to be here at this
trade-focused platform to showcase our products and
connect with customers. It is our pleasure to mention
that we have made many new business contacts
with companies from Thailand, China and India, and
hope these will spin off to many fruitful dealings and
collaborations.”
For SCG Chemicals, one of the largest integrated
petrochemical companies in Asia, wire and Tube
Southeast Asia 2017 gave the company an expanded
channel to promote its businesses to regional visitors.
On meeting their participation objectives, Mr
Taviphat Konkhum, Sales Manager for SCG Chemicals
remarked that, “this is a very good exhibition, as
we got to meet with a lot of prospective customers
and suppliers for wire and cable. We have had many