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Held on May 13-15 2025 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Interwire 2025 brought together 3,386 attendees from 46 countries and 32 U.S. states at the 2025 staging exemplify the range of the biennial event.
Of note, 450 manufacturing plants had at least one representative on the show floor. The collective programs, which featured 85 speakers, offered a vast selection of topics. Both conference programs and the sold-out exhibition provided participants with boundless opportunities for fact-finding, exploring new manufacturing technologies, and networking throughout the week.
Interwire attendees, most with purchasing influence, represent the ferrous, nonferrous, and electrical segments of the industry including:
Automotive | Appliance | Communications | Construction | Electronics | Environmental and reclamation | Fasteners | Furnishings and housewares
Manufacturing | Medical instrumentation. Below are a few charts to illustrate the event demographics.
Interwire continues to showcase a dynamic mix of exhibitors who leverage the event to debut new products and connect with customers and prospects. The 2025 edition features a completely sold-out show floor, with 350 companies occupying 105,000 square feet in Hall A of the Congress Center.
On May 12, the day before the official start of Interwire, Fundamentals of Wire & Cable course drew nearly 200 participants for its day-long program. The Global Continuous Casting Forum also showed strong attendance. The WAI Annual Meeting and awards ceremony recognized outstanding achievements, and the week fostered valuable opportunities for learning, networking, and advancing the industry together.
WAI provides participants with practical tools to succeed in these focus areas. By tailoring the content to their key interests, WAI ensured that each attendee gained relevant, actionable insights—making Interwire both meaningful and valuable.
The 4th staging of WAI’s Global Continuous Casting Forum offered a wealth of information to attendees, showcasing copper and aluminum products, processing, as well as market dynamics. Co-located with Interwire, as in the three prior stagings (2019, 2011 and 2015), the program elements covered topics from shop floor concerns and safety, to cost-savings, combustion systems, and furnace design and efficiency.
Chris Tucker (Committee Chair) stated, “We had nearly 40 presentations as well as two panel discussions, and a plant tour. We covered topics that were of direct interest to continuous casting. Our speakers covered issues from sustainability and troubleshooting to furnace design and molten metal treatment/testing. There’s no other such event with a program equivalent to what we provided for continuous casting, and this is a vital, important field that deserves recognition.”
WAI President Eric Bieberich welcomed attendees and introduced Keynote Speaker Andrea Pirondini, CEO Prysmian North America, to the standing-room-only audience at the official opening of Interwire. Winner of the 2025 WAI Champion Award, Pirondini presented an overview of transformative changes shaping the industry such as the continuing demand for more power and connectivity.
On Wednesday, Keynote Speaker Chris Tuff, spoke passionately in his presentation, “Creating a Culture of Connection.” He also appeared later at the WAI Theater in another WAI first: a “Fireside Chat,” during which he spoke further on personnel matters with WAI Second President Rebecca Cranford, Southwire.
The executive level perspective continued with the talk by Willem Sundblad, CEO, Oden Technology. The WAI board member and frequent industry speaker focused on the far-reaching potential of digital technology that is not a future-generation aspiration but an increasing reality that is here and growing.
WAI wants to thank the generous support of the following sponsors: Elite: James Monroe Wire & Cable Corp.; Lloyd & Bouvier Inc.; Prysmian; SDI LaFarga COPPERWORKS; Southwire Co.; Gem Gravure Co. Inc.; Setic & Pourtier. Platinum: Carris Reels Inc. and Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp. Gold: RichardsApex and Niehoff Endex. Silver: Fort Wayne Wire Die; Strecker; Sikora International Corp.; and Sonoco Reels & Spools; Troester; The MGS Group. Bronze: Baum’s Castorine; Cable Components Group; Esteves Group; Sjogren Industries; Enkotec; and Precision Payoff Systems.
The Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association (WCISA) is an industry partner with WAI. WAI’s Interwire will next be held in the spring of 2027.