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Key technologies wire, cable and tube and pipe remain system-critical

Record trade fairs face economic challenges

What a great trade fair season! With 1,500 exhibitors from 60 countries on 67,400 square metres the biggest wire in its almost 40-year Düsseldorf success story; and Tube with around 52,200 square metres and 1,200 exhibitors from 54 countries that now increasingly looks to ... By Jörg Dambock

On our own account - WIRE

Review of the industry - week 16/2024

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 2024”

What a great trade fair season!

The desire for personal exchange in these – economically and geopolitically – difficult times was clearly noticeable and the DRAHT/WIRE team was there to catch the best impressions for you. By Antje Schmidtpeter

Casting / Copper

New “RIC 400” model, break-ring, continuous casting technology

At “wire 2024”, Rautomead introduced their new “RIC 400” model, break-ring, continuous casting technology which has been developed to process cobalt alloy, nickel alloy and iron alloy wire rods from 2.5mm to 50mm diameter. By Jörg Dambock

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Dow introduced “HFDD 4201”, a new technology that is part of the “Endurance” family of “Next Gen XLPE” compounds for power transmission © Dow/adobestock

08/08/2022 – On our own behalf - Wire

On our own behalf - Wire

Week 31/2022 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

08/08/2022 – New Media Relations Manager

New Media Relations Manager

Atlas Copco has appointed Amanda Billner

Amanda Billner took up her new position in May, replacing Sara Hägg Liljedal, who has taken over as Atlas Copco’s Senior Vice President Chief Communications ... By Jörg Dambock

“Braiding – manufacture of braids for cable and wires” , the third book by Martin Herzog.

05/08/2022 – Technical book closes gap in technical literature on cable production

Technical book closes gap in technical literature on cable production

“Braiding – manufacture of braids for cable and wires”

After his first books with the titles "Process analysis of double-twist bunching" and "Copper wire drawing", Martin Herzog in his new work deals with ... By Jörg Dambock

Sikora is a leading supplier of measuring and control technology, among others for quality control of cables. © Sikora

04/08/2022 – "Germany's innovation leader 2022"

"Germany's innovation leader 2022"

Award in the category “Measuring, Testing”

Sikora AG, Bremen/Germany, was named "Germany's Innovation Leader 2022" by the F.A.Z. Institute. In a study, worldwide patent applications of companies ... By Jörg Dambock

“Ultra-Mix” has been developed for combining separate compounds online during extrusion. © E-Xhead

03/08/2022 – E-Xhead presents new patented product

E-Xhead presents new patented product

“Ultra-Mix” one-step process compounding unit

Traditional XLPE cables are produced with ready-made compounds from various suppliers. These compounds have predefined recipes of base LDPE, Silane or ... By Jörg Dambock

02/08/2022 – Sustainable steel industry

Sustainable steel industry

Largest hydrogen-based DRI facility in China

A hydrogen-based 1,000,000 ton/year “Energiron” direct reduction (DR) plant will reduce carbon dioxide emission for a sustainable steel industry. By Jörg Dambock

“This acquisition is an opportunity to develop additional business in the Canadian market”, said Geert Follens, Business Area President Vacuum Technique. © Atlas Copco

01/08/2022 – On our own behalf - Wire

On our own behalf - Wire

Week 30/2022 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

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Digital Issue 02/2024

WIRE 2/2024 - the main-fair issue “wire 2024”
From 15 to 19 April the industry will be presenting new machines, technologies and trends expected for the coming years. WIRE shows the highlights in advance.
According to Messe Düsseldorf, the organisers, 1,464 exhibitors from 62 countries have registered for “wire 2024”. Over 67,400 square metres net have been sold in exhibition halls 9 to 17. Together with the “Tube” fair taking place in parallel, around 2,600 exhibitors will be displaying industry news and trends in an area of over 119,000 square metres. On the subject of the fastener area, the current edition of WIRE includes a special section in English of our German-language magazine “Umformtechnik Massiv+Leichtbau”, under the title “Forming Technology solid forming+lightweight construction”. WIRE magazine will be on show at “wire” with its own stand in hall 9, booth C 03. Come and see us at the end of your day at the fair – we look forward to an exchange of views with exhibitors and trade visitors. Your WIRE team