Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore’s Minister of State for Trade and Industry, will open Wire Singapore / Tube Singapore on 23 September 2003. At press time, these two leading trade fairs taking place from 23 to 25 September 2003 at Singapore Expo’s Hall 3 have attracted 280 exhibiting companies from 29 countries including country/group representations from Austria, China, Germany, France, India, Italy, Russia, Spain, Taiwan and USA. Other participating countries include Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong SAR, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand and United Kingdom. Activities held during the show will include product demonstrations, technical seminars organized by igus Singapore Pte Ltd, Gallium Industries Ltd and Inductotherm Pty Ltd, presentations by Messe Düsseldorf Group of Companies on the upcoming wire and Tube trade fairs in Düsseldorf and Shanghai, an exhibitors party and a press evening.