In recent years, rapid growth of the wire and pipe industry in China has provided an unprecedented stage for the development of exhibitions. An overview of the wire and cable industry reveals that during the 10th "Five-Year Plan" it maintained notable development and China became the largest wire and cable producer in the world. With the advent of the 11th "Five-Year Plan", the wire and cable industry has basically defined its targets as:
- providing products and technologies in urgent needs for the national economy
- developing energy & material savings, cost effective products and technologies
- producing environment friendly and recycled goods
- manufacturing products of high class technology.
Meanwhile, the remarkable increase of China's steel production volume has been a boost for rapid development of steel pipe production. During the 10th "Five-Year Plan", China's steel pipe output increased by 179.96%, from 9,337,600 tons in 2000 to 26,141,100 tons in 2005. In the first half year of 2006, steel pipe output reached 17,183,200 tons, increased by 33.7% over the same period of last year, and the whole year volume is expected to mark a breakthrough of over 30 million tons. China's production and consumption volume of steel pipe has been the top of the world for the last several years, which is expected to continue to witness a two-digit growth in the foreseeable future. Under such a good market environment and condition, wire & Tube China 2006 has a considerable expansion in scale and is of a higher international caliber

wire and Tube China provides a business platform for manufacturers and trade buyers home and abroad in the wire and tube industry, Especially for domestic trade visitors, without traveling abroad, who can now have access to the information and products on the world market for the purpose of procurement.

With the success of the first wire & Tube China, many foreign industry associations have expressed their firm support for the second Shanghai edition. Under their support, overseas pavilions from Austria, France, Germany, Italy, North America and UK are participating in wire China once again in full lineup. South Korea and Spain also organized their first national pavilions at wire China. At Tube China, national pavilions from Germany, Austria, UK and North America are participating with great fervor, while Spain pavilion is making its first-ever presence. All major domestic trade associations also organize visitor groups to the fair, their full support proving to be of great help and guidance for the event.

Various concurrent forums, conferences and technical seminars in conjunction with the twin events attract more trade visitors at the same time, such as The China Wire & Cable Industry Conference. Under the theme of "11th 'Five-Year Plan' for Wire & Cable Industry and Independent Innovation of the Industry", the conference offers an ideal opportunity to understand and master the developments of the wire & cable and optical fiber cable industries.

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wire China www.wirechina.net
Tube China www.tubechina.net

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