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Week 39/2022 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

Industrial-scale plant for sustainable battery materials

Vianode invests NOK 2 billion

Vianode, a company owned by Elkem, Hydro and Altor, has decided to invest in its first industrial-scale plant for sustainable battery materials at Herøya ... By Jörg Dambock

Technical textiles made from aluminium-coated high-performance fibres

Significant advantages for electromagnetic shielding

Fibre Coat from Aachen, Germany, uses the aluminium-coated basalt fibres to produce short fibres, yarns and fabrics for electromagnetic shielding in electric ... By Jörg Dambock

CNC transfer bending machine “Speed Former”

Easy and reliable series production of hairpins

The “Speed Former” made by Wafios is the first machine that unites three well proven bending techniques from conventional wire and tube bending machines ... By Jörg Dambock

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16/12/2020 – Wire Association International announces

Wire Association International announces

“Interwire” rescheduled to October 26-27, 2021

The Wire Association International (WAI), Inc. announces that its flagship trade exposition, “Interwire”, and its concurrent annual meeting have been postponed ... By Jörg Dambock

Zwick Roell becomes majority shareholder in Emco-Test. © Emco-Test

15/12/2020 – Acquisition of Emco-Test shares

Acquisition of Emco-Test shares

Zwick Roell becomes majority shareholder

Testing machine manufacturer Zwick Roell further expands the company’s materials testing portfolio, and as of January 1, 2021 will assume majority shares ... By Jörg Dambock

Cross section of an extra-high voltage cable with discharge. © Sikora

14/12/2020 – Inspection and sorting of plastic pellets

Inspection and sorting of plastic pellets

Guarantee for visually and functionally perfect products

Black specks and color deviations often lead to increased scrap rates in the production of plastic injection molded parts, but also in the manufacture ... By Jörg Dambock

“Kurre Systems” is the new name that unites Kurre Spezialmaschinenbau and Siebe Engineering. © Kurre Systems

14/12/2020 – Kurre and Siebe become “Kurre Systems”

Kurre and Siebe become “Kurre Systems”

Takeover completed

After a two-year transition period, the integration of the extruder specialist Siebe Engineering into the Kurre Group will be completed on January 1, ... By Jörg Dambock

From left to right: Thomas Marek (KONSTANT), Peter Geisler (KONSTANT), Jürgen Hochstöger (hpw), Clemens Gapp (KONSTANT), Dietmar Gstrein (KONSTANT), Ewald Koppensteiner (hpw) and Harald Lackner (hpw). © hpw metallwerk

14/12/2020 – Foundation of third business division

Foundation of third business division

Konstant has invested in Gebauer+Griller Metallwerk

Konstant group in Innsbruck/Austria has acquired a stake in the traditional metalwork company Gebauer+Griller Metallwerk in Linz/Austria, despite the ... By Jörg Dambock

The cold-rolling lines and stretching systems form the feedstock into ribbed steel to reinforce concrete according to applicable standards. © Schlatter

14/12/2020 – On our own behalf - Wire

On our own behalf - Wire

Week 50 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

The core piece of this new rolling mill is a 3-roll Reducing+Sizing Block [RSB] in 5.0 design supplied by Friedrich Kocks. © Friedrich Kocks

14/12/2020 – Successful commissioned

Successful commissioned

Kocks “RSB 5.0” at Xiangtan’s SBQ mill #3

The Chinese special steel producer Hunan Valin Xiangtan Iron+Steel Co. Ltd. has started up its completely new SBQ mill #3. By Jörg Dambock

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Digital Issue 03/2022

The current issue 3/2022 contains follow-up reports on "wire 2022" in Düsseldorf. In addition to wire processing and cable production, this issue is devoted in particular to the topic of springs. WIRE introduces a new spring coiling machine from Italy, explains the use of IoT in spring production, presents a high-speed wire coiling machine and reports on various new cable materials.