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wire 2024

Day 1 Duesseldorf Impressions

The wire fair just started yesterday. The Meisenbach Metallteam collected some impressions for you.The exhibition space alone covers an area of some 60 football pitches. Visitors can discover a vast range of new machinery, production processes, types of metal, qualities ... By Antje Schmidtpeter

On our own account - WIRE

Review of the industry - week 15/2024

At this point, we present the five most read articles of the past week. The ranking is based on your click behavior on the website. By Daniel Keienburg

Wafios presents machines with new assistants that facilitate the set-up of parts

New machinery concepts and sustainable solutions for machine retrofits

At “wire/Tube 2024” show, Wafios exhibits machines that feature semiassisted or fully assisted operator support, especially for setting up new parts. As a matter of course, also newly developed machines for the wire and tube processing industry will be showcased. By Jörg Dambock

Enhancing simplicity to deal with complexity

Micro springs

Coiling extra fine wire is a challenging task in the wire industry, as precision is paramount when dealing with diameters below a tenth of a millimeter. Imperfections are magnified when working with such thin wires. By Jörg Dambock

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The “Factory Automation” web shop is online. © Leoni

02/07/2021 – B2B web shop

B2B web shop

Leoni makes ordering products for industrial robotics easier

Leoni has launched its first webshop in the "Factory Automation" market and is now offering the new digital sales channel at www.factory-automation-shop.com. By Jörg Dambock

01/07/2021 – Household appliance industry

Household appliance industry

New halogen-free and new antimony-free FR solutions

New flame retardant masterbatches and compounds from Tosaf are either free of halogens such as bromine and chlorine or – for higher processing temperatures ... By Jörg Dambock

30/06/2021 – The Niehoff magazine 1/2021 is available now

The Niehoff magazine 1/2021 is available now

Megatrends and their effect on the wire and cable industry

Maschinenfabrik Niehoff, manufacturer of machinery for the wire and cable industry, released the latest issue of its customer magazine with one feature ... By Jörg Dambock

Home screen of the Wafios second-hand machinery portal “Secondlife”. © Wafios

29/06/2021 – The new trading platform for used Wafios Machinery

The new trading platform for used Wafios Machinery

“Secondlife” is online

Wafios is launching an online trading platform for used Wafios wire and tube bending machines which will be available to commercial users of Wafios machines. ... By Jörg Dambock

The Kocks 3-roll “RSB 370++/8“ will be used as an intermediate mill, providing pre-sections for finishing rolling in the existing RSB® 370/5 operating since 2005. © Friedrich Kocks

28/06/2021 – On our own behalf - Wire

On our own behalf - Wire

Week 25/2021 in retrospect

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

The Lubriscore rating is available for a wide range of Condat lubricants, including wire drawing soaps, metalworking fluids, cold heading oils, hydraulic oils, die lubricants, cooling lubricants, hardening/quenching fluids and maintenance lubricants. © Condat

28/06/2021 – Self-scoring system for eco-designed products

Self-scoring system for eco-designed products

“Lubriscore”

In order to offer customers better readability and maximum transparency of its products, Condat introduced the "Lubriscore" in 2020. The Lubriscore is ... By Jörg Dambock

25/06/2021 – New dates will be announced in due course

New dates will be announced in due course

“Wire and Cable Guangzhou“ 2021 was postponed

In response to a recent wave of Covid-19 cases in Guangzhou, “Wire and Cable Guangzhou”, originally scheduled to be held from 21 – 23 July 2021 at the ... By Jörg Dambock

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Digital Issue 02/2024

WIRE 2/2024 - the main-fair issue “wire 2024”
From 15 to 19 April the industry will be presenting new machines, technologies and trends expected for the coming years. WIRE shows the highlights in advance.
According to Messe Düsseldorf, the organisers, 1,464 exhibitors from 62 countries have registered for “wire 2024”. Over 67,400 square metres net have been sold in exhibition halls 9 to 17. Together with the “Tube” fair taking place in parallel, around 2,600 exhibitors will be displaying industry news and trends in an area of over 119,000 square metres. On the subject of the fastener area, the current edition of WIRE includes a special section in English of our German-language magazine “Umformtechnik Massiv+Leichtbau”, under the title “Forming Technology solid forming+lightweight construction”. WIRE magazine will be on show at “wire” with its own stand in hall 9, booth C 03. Come and see us at the end of your day at the fair – we look forward to an exchange of views with exhibitors and trade visitors. Your WIRE team