The International Wheelset Congress (after referred to as IWC) was founded in 1963, is held every third year and a brand owned and managed by UNIFE, Union of European Railway Industries, on behalf of ERWA, European Railway Wheelset Association. IWC is the most influential technical exchange event in world wheelset field, which covers many topics such as railway wheel material properties, manufacture process, wheel-rail relation, inspection technology and application maintenance management etc. 

Since IWC was held in Qingdao China in 1998, Chinese railway has developed rapidly in the past 17 years. Chinese railway's operating route length has been achieve over 110,000 km, CRH EMUs operate over 1,000 high-speed trains per day, Datong-Qinhuangdao railway operates 20,000-ton heavy-haul trains with annual volume of 400 million tons, Qinghai-Tibet railway is the longest line ever built at the highest altitude on permafrost plateau. The 18^th IWC will be held during 7 to10 November  2016  in Chengdu China will provides a platform for all people work on railway wheel set components design, manufacture, operation, maintenance, efficiency. Meanwhile we are confident to meet all the attendances' potential demands of understanding deeper of Chinese railway's development and market prospect. Welcome all colleagues and friends warmly.