Duesseldorf/Germany (SMS Siemag) – At Severstal, SMS Siemag successfully commissions a second production line comprising an electric steel plant, a second CSP®-casting strand and a push-pull...

Hamburg/Germany (simufact) – Simufact Engineering GmbH, a leading provider of software and services in the area of process simulation in the manufacturing industry, announces that its13th...

With the Axio Vert.A1, Carl Zeiss is now introducing a compact, inverted light microscope that can be used for different, large test pieces and components.  The microscope can be used in...

Duesseldorf/Germany (SMS) – SMS group expects higher order intake than last year After the dramatic downturn in 2009, order intake by the SMS group recovered well in business year 2010, and in...

Guilford, Connecticut/USA (WAI) –  The Wire Association International (WAI), Inc. announces its newly structured WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo May 22-23, 2012, which will be held at...

The new diameter gauge heads of the Laser Series 6000 are hardly on the market and the Sikora-engineers come up with another technical feature. The measuring heads now have an integrated LCD display...

KSMData, is a new data handling program for KSM measuring data. The well know cable off-line measuring KSM is producing a lot of measuring data. Those data can now be handled in a office Windows PC by...

Duesseldorf/Germany (Messe Düsseldorf) – In just under four months that time will have come around again. wire 2012, the No. 1 trade fairs for the spring, wire and cable industries, will be...

Nuremberg/Germany (Leoni) – To Leoni, the leading provider of cables and cable systems to the automotive sector and other industries, electromobility represents a growth factor of the future....

The Tettex 2830/2831 is designed to test dielectric properties of liquid and solid insulating materials. It incorporates a fast and highly advanced procedure to measure Capacitance and tan, DC...

This state-of-the-art processor is based on the experience of over 50 years with thousands of units operating in industrial processes like the manufacturing of wire and cable, tube and hose, steel and...

Nuremberg/Germany (Leoni) – Leoni’s new 4-pair FieldLink cables make PROFINET ready for the complex industrial applications of tomorrow Nuremberg – There were already plenty of good...

Moenchengladbach/Germany (SMS Meer) – The Chinese company Xinjiang Gaoyi Smelting Co. Ltd. from Houma City (Shanxi Province) has placed an order with SMS Meer, Germany, for the supply of a wire...

Altdorf/Switzerland (Daetwyler) –  Datwyler, appointed General Contractor by the Zurich electricity company (Elektrizitätswerke Zürich, ewz) has completed a Fibre-to-the-Home...

In recent months Sket Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH has further consolidated its leading position as a supplier of machinery and equipment for the manufacture of cable and wire rope. Bridon International...

Altdorf/Switzerland (Daetwyler) –  With the partner companies 2BM, G4 and Datwyler the London Branch of LBB Landesbank Berlin decided for a high-quality communications cabling and...

... to the winners of the 60 years WIRE Competition:

Nuremberg/Germany - Leoni, the leading provider of cables and cable systems to the automotive sector and other industries, continued on its course of expansion during the summer quarter of 2011 as...

During this special event, Daloo had pleasure to welcome more than 10 VIPs from the major cable producers all over the world i.e. delegates from France, Egypt, USA, China, Philippines, Japan, and...

As a manufacturer of modern wire drawing and draw-peeling plants Kieselstein offers wire manufacturers individual machine solutions that are tailored to the customer’s requirements and are...

Hilchenbach/Germayn (EWMenn) – EWMenn GmbH & Co. KG has its own testing facility to aid in the development needs of customers and die manufacturers alike. Optimum conditions are provided...

Condat will present its latest developments in surface technologies for metal forming and particularly for Wire Drawing & Rolling operations:· Vicafil® : our range of surface coatings and...

Bühler Würz Kaltwalztechnik and Maschinenfabrik Niehoff present on the occasion of the wire Southeast Asia in Bangkok a production line for manufacturing PV-Ribbon made of copper. Ribbon is rolled by...

Rautomead will be exhibiting its range of RS upwards vertical casting machines for the production of oxygen-free copper rod 3,000 – 30,000 TPA on Stand E 14 at wire Southeast Asia....

At Ebner Industrieofenbau, an Austrian company founded more than 60 years ago, they manufacture technically advanced, cost-effective and environmentally friendly heat treatment facilities for the...

Duesseldorf/Germany (SMS Siemag) – The CSP® plant (Compact Strip Production) supplied by SMS Siemag, Germany, to the Indian steel manufacturer Essar Steel Ltd. at Hazira in Gujarat was...

Fort Wayne, Indiana/USA (FWWD) – Fort Wayne Wire Die, Inc. (FWWD) and its European sales office, Fortek GmbH, have announced the addition of a new Swiss-based independent agency to its global...

Since 1925 Vitari has been manufacturing high quality wire processing machinery. The Vitari brand is synonymous of quality and excellence in engineering. The company will continue this tradition by...

Flymca is a well known and experienced Spanish rotating machinery manufacturer building top class equipment for the wire & cable industry. Their range of production includes all the rotating...

In 1972 Harald Sikora introduced the first Sikora system, which measured the eccentricity of energy cables not by caliper and micrometer screws as it was common these days, but rather as completely non contact. Today the Bremen based Sikora AG, is a global player that has a determining influence on the trends of measuring and control technology.

Daloo, a member of the Gauder Group, is dedicated to design and manufacture for the international market low cost wire and cable machinery with European experience. This new autonomous Company has...

Since the first issue of the journal “WIRE”, heat treatment technology has changed dramatically. The focus of the development has been and still is the design of plants that save resources, can be highly efficiently controlled and require little man power for their operation and maintenance. In achieving these goals, measurement and control technology has been playing a key role, as it enables the processes to be controlled with the required accuracy.

Pawcatuck, Conn./USA (Davis-Standard) – The Extrusion Systems Group of Davis-Standard, LLC is pleased to announce the following personnel changes in its Wire and Cable Department. Larry...

H. Folke Sandelin AB (HFSAB) has had a leading role world-wide in the following areas for over 50 years supplying: Continuous Lead Extrusion equipment and know-how for trouble free lead sheathing of...

As a focus point on the exhibition, MTT display small extruder screws for Fluor polymer extrusion with a screw diameter less than 25mm, These screws are equipped with a new technology to prevent the...

Munich/Germany (MVTec) – From June 2011, the distribution of MVTec machine vision software products in Australia and New Zealand is additionally performed by Adept Turnkey Pty Ltd. Besides the...

The evolution of copper wire and strand production – faster, more accurate, more efficient – The manufacture of copper wire and its processing into strands for the cable industry has continually improved over the past 60 years. The use of advanced technologies was the primary factor defining development. Not only at Leoni, the milestones were continuous annealing, electroplating, continuous casting and multi-wire drawing. Nowadays success lies in specialisation.

Leaminton Spa/Great Britain (IWMA) – A technical conference co organised by ACIMAF, CET, IWCEA, IWMA, WAI. Following successful events in Stresa, Prague, Bologna and Istanbul, ACIMAF...

The BM Series is the culmination of a symbiosis between innovative and proven machine features. The design encompasses the concept already familiar from the existing BM series of turning the wire...

The Schlatter Industries AG is an internationally leading manufacturer of comprehensive manufacturing solutions for the production of reinforcement mesh, industrial mesh and radiators. In addition it...

Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp. is a leading dealer of second-hand wire, cable, and optical fiber equipment. WPMC will be showcasing pictures, video, and an interactive presentation of its...

Duesseldorf/Germany (SMS Meer) – Arcelor Mittal Hamburg GmbH, Germany, has placed an order with SMS Meer, Germany, for the modernization of a two-strand wire rod mill. The annual capacity...

Hagen/Germany (VDFI) – On the occasion of the last ESF-Board-Meeting held May 6, 2011 at Florence the president of VDFI (German spring manufacturers’ association) has been elected to the...

Troester GmbH & Co. KG is a world-leading supplier of machines and complete lines for the cable manufacturing and rubber processing industry, comprising CV Lines for XLPE and Rubber Cables,...

One year before WIRE was published first time in 1951, the cover of the first issue of the magazine DRAHT (in german) showed a multiple drawing line of Breitenbach in Unna. At that time, already for more than 90 years in the market, this company merged into the Herborn+Breitenbach group later on. However, the concept of its straight-line drawing machines has been advanced significantly until today.

Visitors to Middle East Electricity Exhibition 2011 in Dubai experienced firsthand why wire and cable manufacturers across the globe are choosing advanced insulation, semi-conductive and jacketing...

Pourtier – a member of the Gauder Group – develops comprehensive solutions to produce all kinds of High Voltage and Extra-high Voltage Power Cable: from overhead cable (including ACCC(TM)...

Aeroel introduces the new generation of Xactum Intelligent Laser Micrometers featuring built-in electronics and intelligence, high scan rate up to 2400 scans per second, extremely high accuracy and 3...

Zumbach Electronics presents a new Lump and Neckdown detector of the highest level. For continuous quality control, lump & neckdown detectors are as important as diameter gauges and spark testers....

Golden Spot, established in Taiwan in 1979, is an excellent Welding Machine Manufacturer with over 30 years experience. They are famous for Reinforcing Mesh Machines and Wire Fence Machines among...

The first compression spring coilers were developed in the USA by the end of the 19th century. Their basic technical principle has not changed a lot. The figure shows a spring coiler built by Wafios around the turn of the century (1900). It already features all basic elements of a modern compression spring coiler. In 1912, Wafios built the first flexible spring coiler that could produce springs with a variable number of coils as well as with closed coils on both spring ends.

Aston/Pennsylvania, USA (Maguire) – Maguire Products, Inc. has promoted Frank Kavanagh to the position of vice president of sales. Kavanagh will be responsible for Maguire’s sales...

Centran industrial is a global supplier of excellent raw materials for cable and wire industry. The company is one of the biggest manufacturer of water-blocking tape, waterswellabe yarn &...

Hradil Spezialkabel introduces a new hybrid cable including both a fiber optic (FOC) and a copper cable. This specific broadband hybrid cable adds up to Hradil’s FOC business segment and...

Queins & Co. GmbH, Germany, have upgraded its FLR type rigid strander, one of the most versatile and sophisticated rigid stranders on the market. These machines are designed to produce copper...

Zumbach will show at Metec (Booth 05 C 26, June 28 – July 02, 2011, Düsseldorf/Germany) equipment and solutions for precise measurement and monitoring of dimensions and shape/ geometry of any...

Eurolls is producer of rolls for wire, cassettes for cold rolling of ferrous and non ferrous round, shaped/profiled wires, multipass cold drawing/rolling wire production lines for low-medium-high...

Setic –a member of the Gauder Group – offers double twist bunchers / stranders for PC and automotive industry as well as complete solutions to produce high quality LAN cables with...

Lukas is a global supplier of machinery for the wire and cable industry. Lukas is known for its high quality and high precision products. Both standard machinery and customized solutions are...

Tuttlingen/Germany (Leibinger) – Company Paul Leibinger participates in the Lake Constance regatta „Rund Um Bodensee 2011“. Due to the good economic situation the production of the...

At this year’s wire Southeast Asia in Bangkok Sikora AG, manufacturer and worldwide vendor of measuring and control technology for the wire and cable industry will attract attention with the...

Off-line tools designed to save insulation compound usage and $$$’s by means of controlling wall thicknesses. Cable cross-section measurement and data acquisition equipment form ACM will be...

For decades now, Medek & Schörner has been a world market leader in cable marking machines and optical fibre processing lines. The only company operating in this market segment, Medek & Schoerner covers virtually the entire spectrum of machines for marking cables and processing optical fibres.

Germany-based Fuhr GmbH & Co KG, one of the very few suppliers of world-class wire rolling machines, recently managed to secure various orders from major players in the Far Eastern energy...

Teurema will be present in the wire Southeast Asia, as a company belonging to the Eurolls Group. Teurema designs, manufactures and supplies equipment used in the production of ferrous wire. Over the...

Sket Magdeburg being a well-known address in the wire rope and cable industries has enjoyed a very successful business period during the past few years almost doubling its staff and tripling its...

Cortinovis well-known worldwide machineries manufacturer for the wire and cable industry has incorporated the Sictra drawing division, both companies with long experience have specific know-how in...

Gauder in Liège, Belgium, has in stock more than 1000 Second-Hand Machines stored on 25,000sqm premises in Belgium. This member of the Gauder Group earned a leadership position providing fast and...

Nowadays in automotive industry great efforts are spent in achieving weight reduction of cars components. The coil springs are not exempt. For this component weight reduction can be obtained by reducing the spring wire diameter. However, to assure that springs maintain the required mechanical properties, it is necessary to adopt material with high strength.

wire Southeast Asia 2011 show is shaping up to be another landmark event for the region’s wire, cable, pipe and tube industries come September this year. Exhibitors from more than 20 countries have already confirmed their presence at the event and the organisers are expected final numbers to tally at more than 315 exhibitors from 30 countries. National pavilions have also been confirmed from Austria, China, Germany, Italy, the USA, United Kingdom, and Taiwan, lending the event a truly global flavor.

This year Enkotec will focus on its newest nail machine model, the MI01, intended for small and midsize capacity needs and producing 1,000 nails per minute at à¸2.3-3.8mm and 50-90mm lengths. The...

Tuttlingen/Germany (Leibinger) – Christina Leibinger has been appointed to the management board of the Paul Leibinger GmbH & Co. KG. With this, the Tuttlingen, Germany, based producer of...

When Reijiro Itaya founded his own company in 1947 with a wealth of ideas and innovation as his fundamental principal he couldn’t have known that, 30 years later, his son Ichiro would introduce the world’s first CNC coiling machine.

The basic principle of straightening is the elasto-plastic deformation of the process material. Ideas and discoveries have been drawing on it for decades to create smart products and services for and concerning all aspects of the straightening process. Witels-Albert has been a part of it since the very beginning.

Fort Wayne, Indiana/USA (Fortek) —Fortek GmbH, the European sales office of U.S.-based Fort Wayne Wire Die, Inc. (FWWD), announces the hiring of Russian-speaking sales representative, Elena Kerimov....

Henrich Maschinenfabrik GmbH, based in Herborn, a German industrial location that boasts a tradition, has been ranking high among competent suppliers of equipment to the wire and cable making...

August Strecker GmbH & Co. KG is the acknowledged leader when it comes to manufacturing buttwelding machines for the most varied needs of the wire and cable industry. The company was founded...

Bremen/Germayn (Sikora) – On May 13th, 2011 Sikora AG has solemnly dedicated the newly built Technology Center at the headquarters in Bremen-Mahndorf. The new building with a total area of...

Moscow/ Russia (Dow) – Dow Wire & Cable, an international leader in technology and material science solutions for the power and telecommunications industries, announced at wire Russia in...

Flymca is a well known and experienced Spanish rotating machinery manufacturer building top class equipment for the wire and cable industry. Their range of production includes all the rotating...

Yet another victory for Evonik’s lightweight Rohacell®? Solar vehicle preparing for the 2011 world championship in Australia. It bears a strong resemblance to a flying saucer, but the latest...

There is no alternative to a major extension to the electricity supply grid if plans for the adoption of renewable energy sources are to be realized, an aim shared by politicians and industrialists alike. The challenges thrown down to, amongst others, the cable and steel wire rope industries, are enormous.

Horgen/Switzerland (Dow) – Dow Wire and Cable is proud to announce that Simon Sutton, European End-Use Marketing Manager, has been appointed to the CIGRE Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) for...

A provider of superior technology, know-how and services, Sirio Wire designs, builds and installs equipment for the chemical and electrochemical treatment of the wire and tubes. At wire Southeast...

Leoni has extended its range of products for the photovoltaic (PV) industry to include a solar cable with a reduced diameter. The Company will present this new development as well as other wire and...

Submarine cables are subject to particularly severe loads. A special tensile test is required to ensure the fiber optics in the cable possess adequate conductivity under tensile load. Zwick has...

During the forthcoming wire Southeast Asia parts of the Plasticolor product range of dosing units, mixing stations, hopper loaders, etc., will be shown on the German Pavilion. The Plasticolor product...

Eder Engineering GmbH for over 60 years offer efficient standard, semi-automatic and fully automatic machines for both the reconditioning and production of ultrahard precision tools made from...

Since 1948 the company OMD Officina Meccanica Domaso S.p.A. manufactures spring end grinding machines. This italian company has constantly invested a lot on technological development. The machine production range includes at present over 40 machine types. Respect to the machines wich have been built in 1980s, these new machines offer 40% more productivity and Lo tolerances of 0,05mm.