WIRE AND TUBE POSTPONED TO JUNE 20 – 24, 2022

   Messe Düsseldorf is postponing wire (International Wire and Cable Trade Fair) and Tube (International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair) to June 20 - 24, 2022 at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany - in consultation with the partners and associations involved. The current high incidence of infection and the rapidly spreading Omicron variant have resulted in adjustments in the Düsseldorf trade show calendar, making it necessary to postpone wire and Tube, originally scheduled for May 9 - 13.

   The new date offers more planning security and added value due to the concurrently held guest event METAV, International Exhibition for Metalworking Technologies. Organized by the German Machine Tool Builders’ Association (VDW), the event was already postponed to June 21 – 24, 2022.

   Wolfram N. Diener, CEO of Messe Düsseldorf, emphasized the industry's support for the new date: “The tenor of our exhibitors is: We want and need wire and Tube - and at a time that promises the greatest prospects of success. Together with the partners and associations involved, we see early summer as the ideal time for this. Not only do we expect a weakened infection level at that time, but also more people to be able to enter the country and participate. This means that exhibiting companies as well as visitors can do business in an environment significantly less affected by Covid-19.”

   As the No. 1 international trade shows for their industries, wire and Tube have global appeal and require particularly long lead times. Traditionally, two thirds of all exhibitors travel to Düsseldorf from abroad every two years.

   Traditionally, trade visitors from over 80 countries take part in wire and Tube at peak times. The new trade show dates from June 20 - 24, 2022, therefore provide these industries with clear planning security.

   Bernd Jablonowski, Division Manager of the Metals and Flow Technologies portfolio at Messe Düsseldorf, is confident: “Planning security for exhibitors, visitors and the entire trade fair industry is the most important issue in the continuing pandemic situation. By moving the industries' two top events to early summer, we are enabling a safe live trade show experience which is adapted to the situation.”

   Daniel Ryfisch, Project Director wire and Tube, added: “I would like to thank our exhibitors and partners for their understanding and their willingness to join us from June 20 - 24 in making wire and Tube once again the industry highlights they have been for more than 30 years at the Düsseldorf location.”

   Exhibitors at wire will present their innovations in halls 9 to 15, while Tube exhibitors will showcase their products in halls 1 to 7a. METAV will be located in halls 16 and 17.

   For further information on visiting or exhibiting at wire, Tube or METAV 202, contact Messe Düsseldorf North America; Telephone: (312) 781-5180; E-mail: info@mdna.com; Visit www.wire-tradefair.com, www.tube-tradefair.com and www.metav.com and www.mdna.com; Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/mdnachicago

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