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Christmas Greetings

Time to say “Thank you”

As the year draws to a close, we would like to express our sincere gratitude for your loyalty, support and continued interest in our trade magazine WIRE. By Jörg Dambock

Change in Elcowire Group Management

Elcowire appoints Stefan Brauckmann as Head of Business Unit Wire+Strands

Elcowire Group has announced that Stefan Brauckmann will join the company in January 2026, assuming overall responsibility for the Business Unit Wire+Strands. By Jörg Dambock

Efficiency, safety and flexibility

SMS delivers world first RH Ladle Rocker–FvE combination to JSW Steel

JSW Steel’s latest RH unit from SMS group introduces Ladle Rocker and Fast Vessel Exchange technologies in one system, setting a new benchmark in secondary metallurgy. The world first installation boosts throughput and plant availability while ensuring premium steel quality ... By Jörg Dambock

Wire production and cooling technology

Primetals Technologies pioneers cooling system optimization

Primetals Technologies has taken industrial cooling research to a new level with a state-of-the-art heat-transfer test facility in Linz, Austria. By Jörg Dambock

Current contents

Illustration of the Online Curing Control (OCC). © Maillefer

09/12/2025 – Power cable manufacturing process

Power cable manufacturing process

OCC the “Online Curing Control”

Maillefer’s digital deployments normally combine a physical process model with additional instrumentation and online diagnostics, enabling the prediction ... By Jörg Dambock

Meist-gelesen-Wire-KW-48 Copyright SMS Group — Giant torque spindle in SMS group’s workshop. © SMS Group

08/12/2025 – On our own account - WIRE

On our own account - WIRE

Review of the industry - week 49/2025

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

Alloy Wire International manufactures round, flat and profile wire in 62 Exotic alloys. © Alloy Wire International

04/12/2025 – £250,000 boost Emergency Manufacturing Service

£250,000 boost Emergency Manufacturing Service

A major uptake

A desire for leaner inventories and quicker stock replenishment to meet fluctuations in demand has led to a major uptake in Alloy Wire International (AWI)’s ... By Jörg Dambock

Arcelor-Mittal-Eisenhuettenstadt-Copyright-Primetals.jpg — Primetals has modernized the reversing cold mill at Arcelor Mittal Eisenhüttenstadt. © Primetals

03/12/2025 – New, custom-designed fume exhaust system significantly reduces emissions

New, custom-designed fume exhaust system significantly reduces emissions

Primetals modernizes reversing cold mill at Arcelor Mittal

Arcelor Mittal Eisenhüttenstadt has recently awarded the provisional acceptance certificate (PAC) to Primetals Technologies following an extensive modernization ... By Jörg Dambock

Manufacturing the gearbox in SMS group’s workshop. © SMS Group

02/12/2025 – Modernization of the hot rolling mill

Modernization of the hot rolling mill

SMS expands aluminum processing at Garmco

For Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill B.S.C. (Garmco), a aluminum producer based in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, SMS group has successfully upgraded the motors ... By Jörg Dambock

Meist-gelesen-Wire-KW-48 Copyright Cersa-MCI — At the core of the “DLN 10” is the light shadow projection method. © Cersa-MCI

01/12/2025 – On our own account - WIRE

On our own account - WIRE

Review of the industry - week 48/2025

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

28/11/2025 – Wet blasting

Wet blasting

Keeping wire conform extrusion dies in peak condition

In wire production, die performance is everything. Even the most advanced conform extrusion systems rely on perfectly maintained tooling to deliver consistent ... By Jörg Dambock

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Digital Issue 04/2025

“Cable & Wire Fair 2025” and more ... – read in our new issue with focus on “Cable+Ropes” about materials, production, handling systems, process control, and quality management. Many of the companies featured in this issue will also be exhibiting at the “Cable & Wire Fair” in New Delhi, India. Several Indian manufacturers also presents their products in this issue of WIRE. In the field of cable production, we present several stranders and look at fast rewinding in addition to extrusion. The marking of cables and optical fibres is also covered in the report. There is a contribution from Austria on wire coating and hairpins for electric motor construction. In line with the focus topic, we also present a new wire rope. WIRE also reports on the “International Congress of Spring Industry” in Versailles, France, on a new sorting device for springs and a system for ensuring the quality of industrial springs.