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On our own account - WIRE

Review of the industry - week 51/2024

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 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

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WAI announces the appointment of Daniel Blais as the 71st president of the association. © WAI

04/01/2024 – Associations

Associations

Daniel Blais to lead WAI in 2024

The Wire Association International (WAI), Inc. announces the appointment of Daniel Blais as the 71st president of the association for a one-year term ... By Jörg Dambock

03/01/2024 – First direct reduction plant flexibly operated with hydrogen and natural gas

First direct reduction plant flexibly operated with hydrogen and natural gas

Converting a steel mill to climate-neutral steel production

Steel production causes significant emissions of carbon dioxide. To decarbonize steel production and its high carbon dioxide emissions, Fraunhofer researchers, ... By Jörg Dambock

Jahresrueckblick_ENG — © magele-picture / stock.adobe.com

02/01/2024 – On our own account

On our own account

Industry review 2023

What news and topics affected our readers in 2023? We'll tell you in our annual review! By Sven Ramer

Ideal for applying self-laminating+flag labels to wires, company’s durable “VortexID” can handle up to 20 products/min and operate 24/7. © Identco

02/01/2024

New automated wire marking system

Identco, a manufacturer of high-performance labeling solutions for the power equipment, electronics, transportation and general industrial sectors – featured ... By Jörg Dambock

“Flexalloy” PVC elastomers from Teknor Apex are abrasion-, chemical- and oil resistant thermoplastic compounds with excellent low temperature flexibility. © Teknor Apex

29/12/2023 – Alternatives to fluoropolymers

Alternatives to fluoropolymers

Products for emerging applications

“Fireguard” PVC compounds from Teknor Apex are cost-effective, performance alternatives to fluoropolymers. By Jörg Dambock

The “DMS-M” is equipped with one measuring lens, with a choice of 5 lenses depending on the drawing die diameter range, that has to be measured. © OEG

29/12/2023 – Quality management / drawing dies

Quality management / drawing dies

“DMS-M” drawing die measuring system

OEG GmbH Germany has been known as a manufacturer of drawing die geometry measuring devices for many years. Recently, customers have been asking for a ... By Jörg Dambock

AKL'24 – the comprehensive insight into the world of laser technology at the interface of business and science. © Fraunhofer ILT

28/12/2023 – Save the Date

Save the Date

AKL’24 from April 17 to 19, 2024

The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT invites the laser community to the 14th International Laser Technology Congress AKL in Aachen from April ... By Jörg Dambock

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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