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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

On our own account - WIRE

Review of the industry - week 16/2024

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

“wire 2024”

What a great trade fair season!

The desire for personal exchange in these – economically and geopolitically – difficult times was clearly noticeable and the DRAHT/WIRE team was there to catch the best impressions for you. By Antje Schmidtpeter

Casting / Copper

New “RIC 400” model, break-ring, continuous casting technology

At “wire 2024”, Rautomead introduced their new “RIC 400” model, break-ring, continuous casting technology which has been developed to process cobalt alloy, nickel alloy and iron alloy wire rods from 2.5mm to 50mm diameter. By Jörg Dambock

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Cat.7 Hradil hybrid cable for railway vehicles for indoor and outdoor use. The high-endurance cable enables the combined transmission of power and high-speed data. © Hradil

20/11/2020 – Cable manufacture

Cable manufacture

Hybrid cable for rail vehicles

The new High-Endurance cable by Hradil Spezialkabel permits the combined transmission of electrical power and high-speed data across the entire length ... By Jörg Dambock

18/11/2020 – Enticing solution for many applications

Enticing solution for many applications

One-button conversion

Whether rolling ring drive in a rewinder or winding under extreme conditions – an electronic control unit for the rolling ring drive replaces many mechanical ... By Jörg Dambock

17/11/2020 – Tenova has been contracted by Guangdong Nanfang Donghai

Tenova has been contracted by Guangdong Nanfang Donghai

New EAF and Consteel evolution plants

Tenova has been contracted by Guangdong Nanfang Donghai Iron+Steel to supply two “Electric Arc Furnace“ (EAF) and “Consteel Evolution plants“ equipped ... By Jörg Dambock

The Schlatter drawing plants are complemented by Witechs machines for wire cleaning and wire coating. © Schlatter

17/11/2020 – New strategic partnership

New strategic partnership

Schlatter and Witechs start a long-term partnership

Schlatter Industries AG, in Schlieren, Switzerland and Witechs B.V. in Hengelo, the Netherlands start a long-term partnership in the field of system solutions, ... By Jörg Dambock

17/11/2020 – Wire coating system from Graham Engineering

Wire coating system from Graham Engineering

Turnkey extrusion system helps meet quality targets for tracer wire

Copperhead has partnered with Graham Engineering to install a complete new American Kuhne extrusion line intended to meet growing demand for Copperhead’s ... By Jörg Dambock

17/11/2020 – On our own behalf - Wire

On our own behalf - Wire

Week 46 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

Cables are currently classified under the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) in respect to reaction to fire properties, the UKCA scheme will be a mirror of the current CPR testing and auditing AVCP system. © Basec

17/11/2020

UKCA update for cable stockists and distributors

Following an announcement made on 1st September by the UK Government, in respect to “UKCA” marking, there will now be additional considerations for all ... 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