Content

WIRE wishes you ...

... a Merry Christmas, ...

... happy holidays and a good start to a hopefully peaceful and successful 2025. By Jörg Dambock

Quality Management

When vendors become partners to ensure high-quality rod and bar

Round Ground Metal (RGM), a premier producer of close-tolerance, high-quality round rod and bar, and Magnetic Analysis Corporation (MAC) a global leader in NDT, recently joined forces to create a fully automated system that would enable efficient, high-quality testing of ... By Jörg Dambock

Debut of “Tube Mexico 2025“ in Monterrey

“wire Mexico 2025” dates announced

The second staging of “wire Mexico” as part of the established Mexican trade fair “Expo Manufactura” will be held from February 11 to 13, 2025, at the Cintermex (Centro Internacional de Negocios in Monterrey). New next year: the debut of “Tube Mexico”. By Jörg Dambock

“IM-ECO“ by EVG convinces at Tammet Oy in Finland

New welding system for the production of fence and industrial mesh

As a specialist for the production of welded grids, the Finnish company Tammet Oy has purchased the newly developed “IM-ECO” welding system from the Austrian machine and plant manufacturer EVG in the course of “wire 2022”. Two years later, both sides enjoy a production performance ... By Jörg Dambock

Current contents

TYASA’s EAF Quantum from Primetals Technologies has produced 77,000 heats since 2014. The EAF Quantum is characterized by lower operating costs and reduced CO2 emissions. © Primetals

16/07/2024 – Tyasa and Primetals celebrate 10-year milestone

Tyasa and Primetals celebrate 10-year milestone

Primetals’ first-ever “EAF Quantum” started up at Tyasa

Mexican steel producer Talleres y Aceros S.A. de C.V. (Tyasa) and Primetals Technologies have recently reached a milestone for the world’s first “EAF ... By Jörg Dambock

Alcomex factory. © Lesjöfors/JK Phenster Nordian

15/07/2024 – Acquisition development: Lesjöfors Group

Acquisition development: Lesjöfors Group

Poland and India expansions for spring manufacturer

The Lesjöfors Group, market leaders in spring and pressing manufacture, has further increased its operations in Eastern Europe with the opening of a new ... By Jörg Dambock

The Lesjöfors Group has purchased Clifford Springs Ltd, a spring manufacturer based in Redditch (UK). © Lesjöfors

12/07/2024 – Acquisition

Acquisition

The Lesjöfors Group acquires UK spring manufacturer

The Lesjöfors Group has purchased Clifford Springs Ltd, a spring manufacturer based in Redditch, in the UK. By Jörg Dambock

Omer and Ido Wiesenfeld have joined the Videx group and will strengthen the design, sales, and service departments. © Videx

11/07/2024 – Expansion plan completed

Expansion plan completed

Omer and Ido Wiesenfeld have joined the Videx group

Videx is happy to announce the joining of the 3rd generation to the company that is celebrating its 50’s anniversary this year.Omer and Ido Wiesenfeld ... By Jörg Dambock

Lara Kufferath is the new CEO of the GKD Group. © GKD Kufferath

10/07/2024 – Change of generations

Change of generations

Lara Kufferath appointed CEO of GKD Group

Since the first of July, Lara Kufferath has taken over the position of a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the GKD Group. She will be the fourth generation ... By Jörg Dambock

Outokumpu appoints Kati ter Horst as President and CEO. © Outokumpu

09/07/2024 – Management change

Management change

Outokumpu appoints Kati ter Horst as President and CEO

Outokumpu Corporation has appointed Kati ter Horst (MBA, M.Sc. Econ.) as President and CEO as of October 9, 2024, at the latest. She will be located in ... By Jörg Dambock

Meist gelesen Wire KW 27 — Juhani Ristaniemi (LL.M., MBA) has been appointed as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Member of the Outokumpu Leadership Team as of July 1, 2024. © Outokumpu

08/07/2024 – On our own account - WIRE

On our own account - WIRE

Review of the industry - week 27/2024

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

Topics

Digital Issue 04/2024

As part of the ‘Metalflow Alliance’ of Messe Düsseldorf, the 9th ‘wire India’ is to be held in Mumbai, India from 27 to 29 November. Some 400 exhibitors from 21 countries exhibited at the last ‘wire, Tube and Metec India 2022’, occupying about 20,000m² of exhibition space.
WIRE issue 4/2024 shows some exhibition highlights in advance. Roughly 17,350 visitors attended the trade show during the three exhibition days. As in 2022, the 2024 trade fair will again take place at the Bombay Exhibition Centre (NESCO). The Metal trade fair quartet, comprising ‘wire India’, ‘Tube India’, ‘Metec India’ and ‘India Essen Welding+Cutting’, features 600 exhibitors from 21 countries across more than 38,000m2 of exhibition space.
We wish you an enjoyable read! Your WIRE team