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On our own behalf - Wire

Week 39/2022 in retrospect

Here, we present you the top articles from our four categories. This week, the most read one comes from the category „Reports“. By Daniel Keienburg

Industrial-scale plant for sustainable battery materials

Vianode invests NOK 2 billion

Vianode, a company owned by Elkem, Hydro and Altor, has decided to invest in its first industrial-scale plant for sustainable battery materials at Herøya ... By Jörg Dambock

Technical textiles made from aluminium-coated high-performance fibres

Significant advantages for electromagnetic shielding

Fibre Coat from Aachen, Germany, uses the aluminium-coated basalt fibres to produce short fibres, yarns and fabrics for electromagnetic shielding in electric ... By Jörg Dambock

CNC transfer bending machine “Speed Former”

Easy and reliable series production of hairpins

The “Speed Former” made by Wafios is the first machine that unites three well proven bending techniques from conventional wire and tube bending machines ... By Jörg Dambock

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Juan Carlos Valladares Eichelmann and Olaf Voss © Thyssenkrupp Materials Services

28/09/2022 – Thyssenkrupp Materials Services continues growth in North America

Thyssenkrupp Materials Services continues growth in North America

$37 million investment in Mexico

Thyssenkrupp Materials Services is continuing its expansion in North America and is planning a new site for the Materials de Mexico division in San Luis ... By Jörg Dambock

SMS digital welcomes CAP’s group at Vetta's headquarters in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. © SMS Group

27/09/2022 – Siderúrgica Huachipato commissions SMS with digitalization project

Siderúrgica Huachipato commissions SMS with digitalization project

Significant improvement of energy efficiency in steel mill

SMS digital, a Center of Excellence of the SMS group, has signed an agreement to implement a package of advanced digital services for the Siderúrgica Huachipato ... By Jörg Dambock

26/09/2022 – On our own behalf - Wire

On our own behalf - Wire

Week 38/2022 in retrospect

Here, we present you the top articles from our four categories. This week, the most read one comes from the category „Reports“. By Daniel Keienburg

Luma Metall supplies wires, that are known to be 20 times thinner than a strand of human hair. © Luma Metall

26/09/2022 – Surface treatment / Coating

Surface treatment / Coating

High-tech coating of finest wires

Luma Metall supplies Tungsten and Molybdenum wires, which are drawn down to ultra-thin measurements to offer the finest possible wires that are known to ... By Jörg Dambock

Holger Lieder takes over, in addition to Sales, the position of the interim Director of the Service and Marketing departments at Sikora AG. © Sikora

23/09/2022 – Holger Lieder takes over the interim responsibility

Holger Lieder takes over the interim responsibility

New interim director for sales, marketing and service

In addition to his current function as Director of Sales at Sikora AG, Holger Lieder takes over the interim responsibility for the areas Marketing and ... By Jörg Dambock

The key processes forming, welding and extrusion from one source. © Rosendahl Nextrom

23/09/2022

One versatile metal shielding technology for many applications

What if you could process copper, aluminum, stainless steel, and alloys, all on the same production line? With Rosendahl’s powerful RH-W metal tape forming ... By Jörg Dambock

Elcowire’s copper wire production. © Elcowire Group

23/09/2022 – Elcowire takes the lead in the decarbonisation of copper

Elcowire takes the lead in the decarbonisation of copper

A break-through for low-carbon copper

In a revolutionary step for the industry, Swedish copper solutions company Elcowire with their power cable customer NKT are to deliver Low-carbon Copper-based ... By Jörg Dambock

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Digital Issue 03/2022

The current issue 3/2022 contains follow-up reports on "wire 2022" in Düsseldorf. In addition to wire processing and cable production, this issue is devoted in particular to the topic of springs. WIRE introduces a new spring coiling machine from Italy, explains the use of IoT in spring production, presents a high-speed wire coiling machine and reports on various new cable materials.