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Copper and aluminum wire rod

Lilian Hegg is the new CFO of Elcowire

Lilian Hegg joined Elcowire on December 1st, 2022 and took over the CFO role, succeeding Thomas Lejdström who is stepping down from his position. By Jörg Dambock

Outokumpu’s emission-minimized stainless steel

Cooperation with steel distributor Klöckner+Co started

Outokumpu is starting cooperation with Klöckner+Co, one of the largest producer-independent distributors of steel and metal products, by delivering the ... By Jörg Dambock

Borealis moves ever closer to goal of using renewable energy

Borealis and Verbund sign first long-term hydropower PPA

Borealis, a European leader in the recycling of polyolefins, and Verbund, Austria's leading energy company, have signed a ten-year power purchase agreement ... By Jörg Dambock

On our own behalf - Wire

Week 03/2023 in retrospect

Here, we present you the top articles from our four categories. This week, the most read one comes from the category „Products“. By Daniel Keienburg

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As early as next year the trade fair quartet will again be hosted in Bangkok – this time from 20 to 22 September 2023. © Messe Düsseldorf

09/11/2022 – Concurrently with “Tube, Gifa and Metec Southeast Asia” in Bangkok

Concurrently with “Tube, Gifa and Metec Southeast Asia” in Bangkok

Successful trade fair appearance for “wire Southeast Asia”

From 5 to 7 October 2022 the leading regional trade fairs for the wire, cable and tube+pipe sectors, “wire and Tube Southeast Asia”, presented their latest ... By Jörg Dambock

09/11/2022 – High-speed secondary coating line “OEL40”

High-speed secondary coating line “OEL40”

Path toward digitalization

At “wire India 2022”, Maillefer continues on its path toward digitalization of manufacturing. By Jörg Dambock

Fig. 4. The participants also used the long coffee breaks between the lecture blocks for discussions. © Konrad Dengler

08/11/2022 – Report on the “NE Drahtforum 2022” in September in Nuremberg

Report on the “NE Drahtforum 2022” in September in Nuremberg

Sustainability in the supply chain of the NF wire industry

Sunshine and late-summer temperatures framed the NE Drahtforum, which took place for the second time as an attendance event in September 2022. The conference ... By Jörg Dambock

The innovative “Skintop” multi-cable entry systems from Lapp support the trend towards digitalisation and miniaturisation. © Lapp

07/11/2022 – Integrated solutions in the field of cable and connection technology

Integrated solutions in the field of cable and connection technology

Smart automation with Lapp at “SPS”

After a three-year break because of the pandemic, Lapp will be back at the “SPS” trade fair in Nuremberg from 8th to 10th of November. In Hall 2, Stand ... By Jörg Dambock

Reschedule of “wire China 2022”: 21st to 24th December 2022 at Nanjing International Expo Center. © Messe Düsseldorf Shanghai

07/11/2022 – On our own behalf - Wire

On our own behalf - Wire

Week 44/2022 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

Tianlun now has an annual production capacity of 12,000 tons of elevator ropes and 3,000 tons of special steel wire ropes. © Tianlun

07/11/2022 – Continuously increased investment in technology

Continuously increased investment in technology

Elevator and special steel wire ropes

Tianlun now has an annual production capacity of 12,000 tons of elevator ropes and 3,000 tons of special steel wire ropes. The company has more than 300 ... By Jörg Dambock

By integrating the “cifX” PC card technology from Hilscher into Siemens’ “Simatic” IPCs, customers get flexible access to all relevant fieldbus and real-time Ethernet systems to support their digital business transformation in different industries. © Siemens

05/11/2022 – Wide range of flexible communication solutions

Wide range of flexible communication solutions

Siemens and Hilscher are partnering

Siemens, supplier in the field of automation and industrial software, collaborates with Hilscher Gesellschaft für Systemautomation mbH, provider of industrial ... By Jörg Dambock

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Digital Issue 04/2022

The current issue 4/2022 contains a report on the ‘NE Drahtforum’ in Nuremberg, a non-ferrous wire conference. Further WIRE introduced a new development in hairpin production. Several articles are devoted to exhibitors at the ‘K’ plastics fair in Düsseldorf. An extruder manufacturer reports on digital servicing and maintenance, while several other articles highlight innovations in quality assurance and marks. Researchers from Karlsruhe are working on automating the production of cable harnesses. Quality assurance in stranding is the subject of an article by Swiss company FMS. And a contribution from Spain looks at how to identify faults in wire production using artificial intelligence.