14 March 2018 News Cabex 2018 Exhibition – event of the year for the cabling and wiring market professionals. On 20–22 March, ECC Sokolniki will be hosting the 17th International Exhibition for Cables, Wires, Fastening Hardware and Installation Technologies Cabex 2018. The exhibition is organised by ITE Group of Companies, All-Russian Research Institute for Cable Industry (VNIIKP), and Electrocable Association. Cabex exhibition is a major business event for the industry demonstrating the latest developments in the cabling and wiring industry to the fuel and energy complex, defence industry, transport and mechanical engineering, housing sector, construction and installation, communications and telecommunications professionals, etc. 173 companies from Russia, Belarus, Italy, China, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and France are going to participate in Cabex exhibition this year. The exhibitor list includes leading Russian and foreign cable manufacturers and suppliers: Kamskiy Kabel, Cable Alliance Holding, Saranskkabel, Moskabelmet, Alur Cable Plant, VNIIKP Trade House, Tomsk Cable Plant, NOVKABEL (Serbia), TT OKROGLICA D.D (Slovenia), United Energy Company, Pskov Cable Factory, Spetskabel, Uncomtech, Russian Cable Company, etc. Most companies will demonstrate the latest innovations enjoying high demand in various industries. Spetskabel cable plant will display universal cables SKAB, symmetrical industrial interface cables KIPEV and KIPEVng, products under Spetslan, Spetscabline, Lowtox brands, etc. Sevkabel will display its most popular items at a stand shared with Rosskat: Cabtrone, Robustec, etc. – from small sections up to high-voltage 110 kV cables. The company is equally planning to bring a novelty to the main cabling event of the year – a wire that has no analogues in the Russian market. Kamskiy Kabel’s stand will be arranged under the motto “Kamcable – For the Energy of a Big City” and will display: a new catalogue of on-board and installation cables and wires; prototypes of cables with aluminium-alloy core, XPLE and sector-shaped cables, etc. Moskabelmet GC will present an entire range of products manufactured by the companies of the group at its stand starting from copper wire rod up to finished cabling products. TEVOX innovative cable will be the centrepiece of the exposition. Energokabel Plant JSC will present a family of fire-resistant cables for monitoring and control circuits used to install the safety systems of nuclear power plants, hydro-electric power plants, state district power plants, and of the other highly hazardous facilities. Firm PERMANENT K&M CJSC will display its butt-seam welding solutions and equipment for wires, fittings, cores, cords, and wire ropes from various metals (STRECKER, Germany); halogen-free compounds and thermoelastoplasts (MEXICHEM, UK); sleeve components (SCAPA Cable Solutions, UK) Tolyatti Casting and Mechanical Plant, Rostov Electrometallurgical Works, Ivanovo Cable Plant, La Triveneta Cavi S.p.A, MG Recycling, Roswire, Uzeltexsanoat, Holding Kablovi Ad Jagodina (Serbia), Metaclay, etc. will make their debut at the exhibition. Xinming is the general sponsor of the exhibition. RusCable.Ru portal is the general media partner. Business Programme Every year, Cablex exhibition offers a programme of business events that gather public and business officials and provide delegates with up-to-date information concerning the market trends and business success strategies. Conference “Cable and Wire Recycling, EPR, Primary and Secondary Materials in the Cable Industry” will be held on 20 March. Organised by: Сabex, European-Russian Business Association (ERBA), WEEE Recyclers Association. Supported by: Centre for Economic and Industrial Policy of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, UNIDO Centre in Russia, in cooperation with partners and mass media in the industry. For the first time at Cabex, a Practical Exchange of b2b contacts will be held simultaneously with the conference that will bring together the processors and suppliers of secondary and primary materials for cable manufacturing, including aluminium, cooper, and plastic compounds; On 21 March, VNIIKP JSC will hold a workshop titled “What’s New in Technology – Some Issues of Cable Industry Development in 2017” and Moskabelmet will deliver a training session to designers and engineers and technicians titled: “Innovative Products in the Cable Industry. From Development to Installation”; Cabex 2018 will provide its guests with an opportunity to meet all the major cabling and wiring manufacturers in one place simultaneously, take a personal rapport with them, obtain professional consultations, compare, and make the right choice. Professionals are invited to visit the exhibition free of charge by getting an electronic ticket at www.cabex.ru.