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Key technologies wire, cable and tube and pipe remain system-critical

Record trade fairs face economic challenges

What a great trade fair season! With 1,500 exhibitors from 60 countries on 67,400 square metres the biggest wire in its almost 40-year Düsseldorf success story; and Tube with around 52,200 square metres and 1,200 exhibitors from 54 countries that now increasingly looks to ... By Jörg Dambock

Wire ropes

800t-swager for swaged wire rope end connections

Wire rope confectioners rely since 75 years on “Talurit” swagers when it comes to swaged wire rope end connections. “Talurit” swagers are continuously enhanced and an extensive assortment of accessories gives many possibilities to customise them. By Jörg Dambock

Wire | Springs | Cable

Impressions from the “wire 2024”

For a week, the team from Meisenbach Verlag Bamberg’s metal technology trade journals spent time at “wire 2024” in Düsseldorf/Germany finding out about innovations in wire production and wire processing, spring and cable production. A big thank you to all the exhibitors ... By Jörg Dambock

Advantage in >800V EV

Polyimide coated magnet wires

Electrical breakdown of high-temperature insulation materials can be prevented by using thermoplastic Polyimide (TPI). This polymer can be extrusion-coated as other polymers, but “Aurum” reduces electrical and magnetic losses. By Jörg Dambock

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Currently and looking at 2021 all projects Flymca is involved in allow to see the future with great optimism, particularly, with commitments on deliveries till already mid-2021. © Flymca

08/01/2021 – Special and customized machinery required for cables

Special and customized machinery required for cables

Flymca with great optimism

Despite all the problems generated by the Covid-19 and thanks to the fact that all machines are built in the company´s own factory in Santander, North ... By Jörg Dambock

Windak rewind line “OW26T-UW26T” demonstrated impeccable performance along with the improved ease of use. © Windak

07/01/2021

Windak’s new fiber optic rewind line

Last year the brand new high-tech rewind line “OW26T-UW26T” left the doors of New Windak’s Process+Training Center in North Carolina. The line was delivered ... By Jörg Dambock

LLFlex has hired Shawn Sylvester as Plant Manager for its new manufacturing facility in High Point, North Carolina/USA. © LLFlex

06/01/2021 – Plant manager for new North Carolina facility

Plant manager for new North Carolina facility

LLFlex hires Shawn Sylvester

LLFlex, one of the global leaders in packaging materials and industrial laminate solutions for wire and cable, has hired Shawn Sylvester as plant manager ... By Jörg Dambock

The furnace has a tapping size of 300 metric tons and is designed to reach a power-ON time of 37 minutes. © Tenova

05/01/2021 – Electric arc furnace

Electric arc furnace

Tenova started up a “Consteel EAF” at Acciaieria Arvedi

Tenova started up the most productive Electric Arc Furnace in history, a Tenova “Consteel EAF”, at Acciaieria Arvedi, Cremona (Italy). By Jörg Dambock

„Kurre Systems” ist der neue Name unter dem sich Kurre Spezialmaschinenbau und Siebe Engineering vereinigt haben. © Kurre Systems

04/01/2021 – On our own behalf - Wire

On our own behalf - Wire

Week 52 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 “RSB 500++/4” operates as the finishing unit for the production of straight bars within a dimensional range from Ø 50mm to Ø 160mm. © Friedrich Kocks

04/01/2021 – Successful modernized

Successful modernized

Nisco rolled bar on Kocks biggest 3-roll

The Chinese company Nanjing Iron+Steel Co Ltd. (Nisco) has successful modernized its 800,000t/a medium bar mill incorporating a Reducing+Sizing Block (“RSB”) ... By Jörg Dambock

Jahresrückblick2020.jpg — We say goodbye to 2020 with a retrospect at our most clicked articles of the year! © dolphfyn - stock.adobe.com

31/12/2020 – On our own behalf - Wire

On our own behalf - Wire

Industry retrospect 2020

Which news and topics moved our readers in 2020? We'll tell you in our annual retrospect! By Editorial staff

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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