Page 32 - ITAtube Journal 2 2024

Review
Tube 2024
Record trade fairs face economic challenges: key technologies wire, cable and tube and pipe remain system-critical
15-19 April 2024 Düsseldorf
What a great trade fair season! With 1,500 exhibitors from 60 countries on 67,400 square metres the biggest wire in its almost 40-year Düsseldorf success story; and Tube with around 52,200 square metres and 1,200 exhibitors from 54 countries that now
we turn with it. Every two years our indus- tries get together here in Düsseldorf – the community stands by its location on the Rhine. We are very grateful for this and are working consistently to ensure that wire and Tube will also remain their industries’
increasingly looks to energy efficiency and sustainability!
A total of 2,700 exhibitors came to Düssel- dorf proving over five trade fair days and on around 120,000 square metres’ net exhi- bition space that the wire, cable and tube and pipe industries and their upstream suppliers are ready for future energy-re- lated challenges. The fact that they are also among the system-critical sectors world- wide also strengthens the position of their
No. 1 trade fairs in future,” delights Daniel Ryfisch, Director wire, Tube & Flow Technol- ogies.
Exciting line-up of side events in the exhibition halls
However, insights into the exciting transfor- mation processes going on in their indus- tries did not only come care of the 2,700 exhibitors.
world-leading Düsseldorf trade fairs.
The desire for personal exchange in these – economically and geopolitically – difficult times was clearly noticeable in the indus- try. “The world seems to turn faster and
For the first time, a packed programme comprising lectures, presentations, special shows and digital guided tours accompa- nied the hustle and bustle in the exhibition halls. Special Areas and digital trails on such hot topics as ecoMetals, hydrogen,
32
ITAtube Journal July 2024