Content

President of Wireco’s “Global Synthetics Division”

José Gramaxo to retire after 47 years

Wireco has announced that José Luís Gramaxo, President of its Global Synthetics Division, will retire at the end of 2025 after 47 years in the rope and netting industry. By Jörg Dambock

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 of abnormal process behaviours before critical quality issues take place. By Jörg Dambock

Global expansion in focus

AIM appoints new international sales manager

Automated Industrial Machinery, Inc. (AIM Inc.), a leader in CNC wire bending technology, has named Alfredo J. Moleiro as its new International Sales Manager. By Jörg Dambock

£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 Emergency Manufacturing Service (EMS). By Jörg Dambock

Current contents

MAC has successfully provided systems capable of testing wire at speeds up to 5,000ft per minute. © Magnetic Analysis

24/09/2025 – A conversation with Troy Libby, MAC Application Engineer

A conversation with Troy Libby, MAC Application Engineer

Expert insights on wire testing

Troy Libby is a Senior Application Engineer in a design group at Magnetic Analysis Corporation. He has over 25 years experience in eddy current technology ... By Jörg Dambock

Meist-gelesen-Wire-KW-38 Copyright Delta Tectic — IFG brings functional additives to the Group, enhancing Delta Tecnic’s primarily colour-focused masterbatch offering. © Delta Tecnic

22/09/2025 – On our own account - WIRE

On our own account - WIRE

Review of the industry - week 38/2025

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

Zumbach's service technicians provide customers with support both in person and virtually. © Zumbach

22/09/2025 – Hand in hand with industry-leading measuring solutions

Hand in hand with industry-leading measuring solutions

Exceptional customer service

Since 1957, Swiss-based manufacturer of industrial, non-contact measuring and control solutions, Zumbach Electronic AG, has worked tirelessly at providing ... By Jörg Dambock

Ideal “AS0 100 S-K” welding and deburring – example diameter 36mm. © Ideal-Werk

18/09/2025 – Ideal for wires from 1mm to 100mm in diameter

Ideal for wires from 1mm to 100mm in diameter

Efficient flash butt welding

The flash butt welding process is a proven technique in industry, enabling fast, high-quality, and standards-compliant connections. By Jörg Dambock

Meist-gelesen-Wire-KW-37 Copyright IWMA — Taking place on 14 October, the “Wire & Cable 25” conference promises to be a one-day deep dive into technical innovation. © IWMA

16/09/2025 – On our own account - WIRE

On our own account - WIRE

Review of the industry - week 37/2025

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

Pneuform “PF-6600 3D” rotary head wire bending machine. © Unison

16/09/2025 – Wire and small tube bending machinery maker Pneuform

Wire and small tube bending machinery maker Pneuform

Significant control and simulation enhancements

A little over a year since acquiring wire and small tube bending machinery maker Pneuform, Unison Ltd - the UK-based inventor of all-electric tube manipulation ... By Jörg Dambock

Impact-Formulators-Group-Acquisition-Copyright-Delta-Tecnic.jpg — IFG brings functional additives to the Group, enhancing Delta Tecnic’s primarily colour-focused masterbatch offering. © Delta Tecnic

15/09/2025 – More capabilities in functional masterbatches

More capabilities in functional masterbatches

Acquisition of Impact Formulators Group

Global Polymer Solutions S.L. (“Delta Tecnic” or the “Group”), an independently managed investment subsidiary of Investindustrial Growth III SCSp (“Investindustrial”), ... By Jörg Dambock

Topics

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.