WIRE
| DRAHT – the gateway to Europe |  |
Articles from this edition:
Nürnberg/Germany (Leoni) – Leoni AG expanded substantially in the 2006 financial year, and either met or even exceeded its set targets. In line with the preliminary figures provided earlier,...
The local wire and cable producing industry is increasingly aware of the fact that only perfectly produced and – beside these – perfectly repaired drawing dies are drawing good wire and...
Following the migration of our traditional markets and supporting the emergence of the new Asian and South-American markets, RSD group implements close and personal contact with the cable and wire...
This year the international Forum for Materials Testing will take place from 22 to 25 October. Over the past 16 years this event has acquired an excellent international reputation. In addition to a...
Duisburg/Germany (ThyssenKrupp) – ThyssenKrupp Steel AG is recruiting 200 additional engineers, economists and trainees. Germany's biggest steel producer has launched a broad-based...
In contrast to pre-mixed gas mixtures from the bottle, locally mixed gases offer considerably greater flexibility. If production plans are modified, it is only necessary to re-adjust the gas mixer...
After its successful first in Essen last year, Composites Europe is preparing its second event from 6 to 8 November 2007 in Stuttgart. The trade fair with accompanying forum is the biggest B2B...
MVTec Software GmbH, München/Germany, has released a generic interface for FireWire cameras that supports the IEEE1394a as well as the IEEE1394b standard (with a transfer rate of 400 respectively...
Düsseldorf/Germany (SMS Demag) – The specialty steelmaker Ugine & ALZ Belgium NV (Arcelor Mittal Group), with headquarters in Genk, Belgium, has placed an order with SMS Demag, Germany, to...
On the occasion of the next conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers – European Thermoforming Division from 3 – 5 April 2008 in Berlin, Germany, thermoformers are invited to...
Amsterdam/NL (Rood Technology) – The board of management of Rood Testhouse International N.V. (Rood Technology) today announces the results of the 2006 financial year. Net sales increased by 9%...
Chinese Provincial Associations of Wire and Cable strongly supporting Wire Asia to make it the top-level trade show In recent years, rapid growth of the wire and pipe industry in China has replaced...
A new Halcon interface from MVTec, Munich, Germany, now enables to directly run filter operations on the microEnable III frame grabber from Silicon Software. Therefore, image processing applications...
A specially developed Micro-Chip which is largely insensitive to thermal/chemical/ mechanical stress, featuring a forgery-proof code and offering both a high data storage potential and data security,...
MAZeT GmbH presents the newest products from the Jencolor family for spectral analysis at SENSOR+TEST 2007 trade fair. Starting immediately, MAZeT also offers customized OEM color sensing, in the...
The short innovation cycle of the automation technique leads in some cases to a shortage of spare parts of electrical control units already within 10-15 years of purchasing. The repair of the existing components is time consuming and expensive. Also when it comes to computer aided systems memory media are out of date or the programming language has changed completely.
The entire range of Elexar thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compounds for wire and cable is currently available in RoHS-compliant formulations for end uses requiring rubber-like flexibility, toughness...
Venlo/NL (Belden) – Exciting new business opportunities are now available to integrators and installers. The new Belden wireless partnership program offers the latest technology for integrators...
Orpund/CH (Zumbach) – Continuity since over 50 years: In May 2007, the family company of Zumbach Electronics based in Orpund/Switzerland celebrates its 50th anniversary. Zumbach Electronics has...
Düsseldorf/Germany (SMS) – For Celsa Steel (UK) Limited, a member of the Celsa Group, SMS Demag AG, Germany, successfully commissioned a turnkey steelmaking plant with a downstream continuous...
In recent years, the cleanliness of components has become a quality criterion which has great influence on value creation. Scrap, manual rework and product failures as the possible consequences of...
Pourtier and Setic of the Gauder Group are leaders in rotating machines. They develop and market innovative technically advanced equipment in manufacturing systems for metallic cables (energy, low,...
In the mass production cutting of tubes, sections, and solid bars up to 100mm diameter, circular saws are dominating the image of the pre-production. High output, precision, and automation of preceding and follow up processes are an argument for this sawing concept, whereas band saws are advantageous for the cutting of small daily quantities, because they are offering favourable models to start with.
Brussels/BE – After closing its gates, this year's trade fair quartet GIFA/Metec/Thermprocess/Newcast taking place from 11th to 16th June in Düsseldorf was called the most successful ever...
In July the industry took its foot off the accelerator. This, at least, was the conclusion drawn by a survey conducted among 3000 industrial companies by British research institute NTC. The survey...
Effective August 1, 2007, the Supervisory Board of SMS GmbH, the holding company of SMS group, Germany, appointed Hermann Tetzner Member of their Managing Board. He is responsible for Finances and...
Bristol/UK (AMI) – The 7th AMI International Conference on Cables gave an excellent overview of the European cable industry. Around 2% of the plastics processors in Europe are cable producers...
The installation of a Unison all-electric tube bending machine is helping Senior Aerospace SSP to dramatically reduce cycle-time and improve efficiencies for fabricating aircraft duct components with...
The space-saving 1U 24-port angled patch panel is designed to facilitate patch cord routing without the need for additional rack-mount cable management. Siemon launched an angled version of their...
We all know that material and labor costs are increasing, making the competition harder in the global marketplace. Manufacturers are looking for ways to decrease production costs and maximize profits, without sacrificing quality. Companies debate how this is best achieved. Many would say “by outsourcing production to lower labor/cost manufacturers throughout international suppliers”. But is this true? It depends on who you ask.
Singapore Polymer Corporation (SPC), a Teknor Apex company, offers a full range of RoHS-compliant, UL-recognized vinyl extrusion and molding compounds for wire and cable. Materials include Apex...
Macro Bars and Wires (India) Pvt. Ltd., are manufacturers and exporters of stainless steel wires to over 50 countries. Being ISO 9001:2000 registered and Highest Export Award winners for seven...
Pawcatuck/USA (Davis-Standard) – The Extrusion Systems Group of Davis-Standard, LLC recently announced that Dave Patton has returned to the company in the position of project manager for the...
With 22 member companies and since 1988 under the lead of Dr. Kurt G. Eder, the Austrian association will be present at wire Southeast ASIA 2007 with a huge attractive Austrian Pavillion, jointly...
At a press force of 35,500 tons, the world's most powerful clutch-operated screw press from SMS Meer, sets a new standard. The press is operated by the stainless steelmaker Böhler-Uddeholm and...
Borealis has introduced a new Supercure solution for cable insulation for the electricity distribution industry. Supercure LC8205, a crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE) for insulation of medium voltage...
The inaugural wire and Tube Southeast ASIA 2007 trade fairs will make their debuts at Bangkok’s BITEC on 16 October 2007 hosting some 300 exhibitors from more than 30 countries including eight country groups from Austria, China, France, Germany, Italy, Taiwan, United Kingdom and USA.
The 630 DIN bobbin production capacity of the Concentric Tape Screening Head type TEC 630-95-dc is more than 30 times the one of pad on a tangential taping head! This process is ideal for counter...
Version 12 adds new capabilities and enhancements for Mold and Industrial Designer. VX Corporation integrated CAD/CAM solutions for engineers, designers and CNC programmers, announces the release of...
Ditzingen; Jena/Germany (Trumpf/Jenoptik) – The Trumpf Group, Ditzingen, and Jenoptik AG, Jena, intend to expand their cooperation, which goes back to 2001, and set up a joint venture. The two...
At wire Southeast ASIA 2007 Medek & Schörner will once again be presenting its range of cable marking equipment and optical fibre coding systems:- Top performance optical fibre colour coding...
Nürnberg/Germany (Leoni) – Subject to the cartel authorities’ approval, the wire, cable and wiring systems specialist Leoni on 2 July of this year acquired 80 percent of the shares in...
Pawcatuck/USA (Davis-Standard) – The Extrusion Systems Group of Davis-Standard, LLC recently announced the addition of the following new field sales engineers for its aftermarket department....
Düsseldorf/Germany (SMS Meer) – Peiner Träger GmbH, a member of the Salzgitter Group, has placed an order with SMS Meer for the supply of a straightener with CRS technology for its medium...
London/UK (SSB) – China’s Ministry of Finance now says it will levy a 5-10% tax on exports of the same 83 types of finished steel, for which the VAT rebate was recently abolished. This...
Highlight at the K 2007 plastics and rubber trade fair this year was the new high-performance MX Kneader generation by Buss AG from Switzerland.
Organised by Business & Industrial Trade Fairs Ltd, 2007 International Fastener Technology exhibition for China or Fastener China 2007 will be held from December 4-7, 2007 at Chinese Export...
Marl/Germany (Degussa) – Effective June 1, Ron Birnbaum has been appointed head of the Americas Region at Degussa's High Performance Polymers Business Unit, responsible for business in...
Cables are a key factor in defining the overall functionality of cable carrier systems. The latest innovations from Kabelschlepp in the Life-Line Safety Cables range can be seen at the Hanover Trade Fair.
SPE’s Advances in Extrusion Technology Conference: On October 29th, SPE is offering an Extrusion MiniTec & Conference entitled Advances in Extrusion Technology. This event will feature the...
The European annualised primary production rate shows a rise in Europe the last three months. Also the primary stocks increased in April and May. Wrought production in 2006 increased quite strongly. Intensified trade activity continues in H1 2007. After a very good start, new orders data in May 2007 point to slower growth year on year.
Partnerlinks
