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Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Industry News . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Asian Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Fiber Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Fastener Update . . . . . . . . . 28

Visions: Southwire Company . . . . .36 A look at a special industry program developed by Southwire Company for the good of the community and business.

Furnaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 WAI News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Chapter Corner . . . . . . . . . . 32 Products/Media . . . . . . . . . 118 Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Suppliers of furnaces discuss their technology and how they view selling capital equipment in the current economy.

Update: Interwire 2009/IFE 2009 ..50 The latest on Interwire 2009 and the WAI’s 79th Annual Convention, to be held in conjunction with IFE 2009 at the I-X Center in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, April 25-30, 2009.

T ECHNICAL P APERS Career Opportunities . . . . . 123 Advertisers’ Index . . . . . . . 126

The electrodeposition of high-strength nanocrystalline metals and alloys as a means to augment the performance of electrical conductors Ian Winfield, Iain Brooks, Edward M. Yokley, Robert Heard and Gino Palumbo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 61 wire single-twist stranding to 1000 kcm (500 mm2) Andy Blackmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Technical and technological solutions to reduce energy consumption along wire and cable production lines Enrico Conte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Cover: Furnace technology can be physically impressive, such as the cover shown here that “displays” Ebner Furnaces’s shop crew. The furnace cover, with an ID of 15 ft, 8 in. (22 ft, 8 in. standing) was made at Ebner’s plant in Wa adsworth, Ohio, and sent in two pieces for a finish weld at the NUCOR plant where it was installed. Photo courtesy Ebner Furnaces. See p. 40.

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A new occasional section, this story is about a Southwire Company program aimed at giving students practical reasons to stay in high school. For Dillon Tankersley, it meant that he could finish school despite financial problems and academic struggles. The Carrollton, Georgia, cable maker hopes other companies will consider offering this type of program.

If there is one growth area that shows little signs of letting up because of the economy, it is power transmission, with one of the key contributors being alternative forms of energy. There has been a gale of orders related to wind power, both for offshore and land-based wind farms, such as this one in the South Yorkshire in the U.K.

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Recovery more about people than industry

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Glimmers of sunshine are seldom seen during an economic slowdown, a period where the news is rife with headlines that would challenge the nerves of the most optimistic person. And for all the battering that industry as a whole has undergone, what’s noteworthy is that this recession is now far more about people than it is about industry. A March 26 JPMorgan economic briefing notes that there are some positive signs ahead for business. “While mixed, the overall message from the March business surveys reported to date has been positive. To be sure, all reports suggest another large decline in economic activity in the current quarter. However, a number of surveys are turning up, suggesting a bottom in the pace of decline.” By no means is JPMorgan predicting good times await manufacturing, but it notes that its Global PMIs for manufacturing and services appear positive, and that is a meaningful indicator, albeit that this is but one part of the overall picture. The problem, it warns, is that while business surveys show more stability, consumer confidence indicators have not bottomed out. Household sentiment was believed to have further fallen in March, and the question is whether that will improve in the course of 2009. It could happen. “Our outlook assumes that financial market healing, the resulting move up in asset prices, and fiscal support will turn consumer attitudes in the coming months.” Ironically, the very depths that the economy has sunk to may reflect future strength. JPMorgan cites the diffusion index for its PMI inventory tracking program for the end of 2008 as its worst since it was created in 1998. That, it explained, should signal that business inventories have fallen to lows that at some point must change the current direction. If there is a point to focus on, it is that demand has not disappeared. Instead, it has been sidelined by the economy, and at this point, there is little that manufacturing—which has been largely battered in most sectors and most world regions—can do, other than be proactive and creative in finding ways to get through this period. Basically, manufacturing is set to recover when people do. That view may not be rich in feel-good sentiment, but it does represent a better long-term perspective. Hang in there, for eventually there will be a better tomorrow.

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June 22-26, 2009: NPE 2009 Chicago, Illinois, USA. NPE 2009, organized by The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI), NPE 2009 will take place at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Contact: NPE 2009, www.npe.org.

May 20-21, 2009: 9th Annual National Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. To be held in the Midwest Airlines Center, this event will include more than 100 exhibitors with products and services for the wire processing industry. Contact: NEWPTE, tel. 800-367-5520, www.electricalwireshow.com.

October 13-15, 2009: Wire Southeast Asia Bangkok, Thailand. To be held at the BITEC Exhibition Centre in Bangkok, this event, formerly known as wire Singapore, is organized by Messe Düsseldorf Asia Pte Ltd., Singapore. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180; fax 312-781-5188; info@mdna.com; www.mdna.com.

June 7-9, 2009: 3rd World Wire & Cable Conference Rome, Italy. Organized by CRU, this event will bring together cable manufacturers, cable users, materials and equipment suppliers and financial institutions. Contact: CRU, tel. 44-20-7903-2350; fax 44-20-7837-0976; cruevents@crugroup.com; www.wireandcable09.com.

October 24-27, 2009: Exhibition & Conference for Wire & Cable New Delhi, India. The 9th International Exhibition & Conference for Wire & Cable will present wire and cable, fasteners and springs and more at the Pragati Maidan. Contact: www.intechtradefairs.com.

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Nov. 2, 2009: New Technology for Global Markets Istanbul, Turkey. This biennial conference is jointly organized by the IWMA, CET, ACIMAF and the WAI. Prior conferences have been held in Bologna, Italy (2007), Prague, The Czech Republic (2005), and Stresa, Italy (2003). Contact: WAI, tel. 203-453-2777, www.wirenet.org. Nov. 8-11, 2009: 58th IWCS Conference™ Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. Contact: IWCS, www.iwcs.org; phudak@iwcs.org; tel 732-389-0990. April 12-16, 2010: wire Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Germany. To be held at the Messe fairgrounds. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180; info@mdna.com. May 11-12, 2010: Wire Expo 2010 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. To be held at the Midwest Airlines Center, this event includes the WAI’s 80th Annual Convention, trade show and technical program. It will be co-located with The National Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo. ■

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June 15, 2009: 7th Annual WAI Midwest Chapter Golf Tournament West Chicago, Illinois, USA. The WAI Midwest Chapter returns to the St. Andrews Golf & Country Club for its annual golf outing. For more information, contact WAI’s Chip Marsh or call him at tel. 203-453-1748. Nov. 2, 2009: New Technology for Global Markets Istanbul, Turkey. This biennial conference is jointly organized by the IWMA, CET, ACIMAF and the WAI. Prior conferences have been held in Bologna, Italy (2007), Prague, The Czech Republic (2005), and Stresa, Italy (2003). Contact: WAI, www.wirenet.org. May 11-12, 2010: Wire Expo 2010 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. See main listing.

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INDUSTRY NEWS Teknor Apex element, Breen Color now part of East Coast Colorants In the space of three weeks, a new holding company called East Coast Colorants, LLC, has acquired Breen Color Concentrates and bought the PVC color technology and customer base of Teknor Apex Color. The result is a firm positioning in the PVC colorant market for East Coast Colorants, which is owned by Spell Capital Partners. “We have a long-term view and for us, now is the time to buy businesses. It gives us time to integrate and to prepare for when business takes the next step up,” said Spell Capital Partner’s Bill Spell, Chairman of the Board of East Coast Colorants, the holding company for the business, which will continue under the Breen Color name, headed by Breen Color President Howard DeMonte. He described the deal as being a good synergistic fit. He said that the collective entity will be able to provide a broad product line and top service. The two deals were completed in a short time span. On Feb. 18, a press release announced the acquisition of Breen Color, Lambertville, New Jersey, for an undisclosed sum. In it, DeMonte said the deal will “allow us more flexibility and speed to react to growth opportunities in fast changing markets.” Founded in 1977, Breen supplies plastic colorants (PE, PP, PVC and EVA) to sectors that include wire and cable as well as blow molding and extrusion/injection molding. On March 11, Teknor Apex reported the sale of the PVC segment of its Teknor Color Company to East Coast Colorants, a deal that includes its formulations and customer lists for PVC colorants produced at the company’s facility in Attleboro, Massachusetts. The deal does not include the Attleboro plant or any other elements of Teknor Color Company’s business, which includes its non-PVC colorants for wire and cable. The two businesses will be merged into one at the Lambertville location. Teknor Color will produce PVC colorants for Breen at Attleboro until the transfer to Lambertville is complete, a press release from Teknor said. The Attleboro plant, which is located a few miles from the parent company’s headquarters, has rail access, and will be used for offloading of chemicals, it said. Asked about the timing of the deal, given the dismal economy, Spell acknowledged that the current economy is not conducive. He noted, however, that funding was not the problem it would be for others as Spell Capital, which has a background in doing deals in the plastics field, is providing the funding. He added that future acquisitions could follow if the right opportunities arise.

Ducab reports big UAE cable deal Ducab Cables Co. reports that it has signed a deal to supply low-voltage cables and power cables for the Al Raha Beach Development Project, which will see the creation of a new city district in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that is part of the Al Raha Beach Development Project. In a press release, the company said that its contract to supply the different cable to ALDAR Laing O’Rourke Construction LLC (ALOR) is valued at approximately US$27 million a year, with an overall value of about US$217 million. A website for the project reports the following. The venture is being built in Abu Dhabi, along the Abu DhabiDubai highway, close to the Abu Dhabi International Airport at the entrance to Abu Dhabi City. The development is being built on reclaimed land at the Al Raha

A mock-up of one of the communities that will comprise the Al Raha Beach Development Project in the UAE. Beach complex, occupying an area of some 6.8 million sq m, with a total built-up area of 12 million sq m. The area will be home to a new city district that will serve as the new gateway to Abu Dhabi city and accommodate 120,000 residents who will live in eight residential and commercial districts. The housing will range from 60story towers to low-rise developments. “As the first supplier of 22KV cables in Abu Dhabi, we are thrilled that ALOR chose Ducab to be their sole cable supplier for the Al Raha Beach development,” said Ducab Mng. Dir. Andrew Shaw. “The modern concept behind this new development is not only very sophisticated but with several breathtaking buildings, the sheer size of this development represents an exciting time ahead for us all.”

ECD closes, liquidation planned The combination of slack demand, a plummeting price for nickel and the overall weak economy collectively did in Eastern Cold Drawn (ECD), a Hillside, New Jersey,

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Stanley Works to close Bostitch plant in Clinton, Connecticut The Clinton, Connecticut, plant of Stanley Bostitch, a division of Stanley Works Corp., is one of three plants that the parent company plans to close as part of efforts to pare its workforce by about 10 percent. Citing the harsh economy, Stanley Works had announced the planned closings last December but had not said which of its 45 plants would close. Local media reported that the Clinton plant would be one of the three plants. Accounts said that work at the wire plant will be transferred to Rhode Island. Some 60 positions, including management, will be gone, although some employees may be offered positions elsewhere, they said. Stanley Works plans to cut some 2,000 positions.

report cited a recent study that said by making the grid 5 percent more efficient, carbon emissions could be cut the equivalent of taking 53 million cars off the road.

Tyco workforce cuts include U.S. Tyco Electronics Ltd. announced that it has laid off more of its U.S. employees as part of its overall reduction of its global work force, a process that is ongoing. A Tyco spokesman said that most of the cuts had been made but some employees will continue working during a transition period. No specific number was provided, although in a wire report it was described as “substantial.” The reductions include offices and manufacturing plants in central Pennsylvania, Greensboro and Winston-Salem in North Carolina, and Menlo Park and Redwood City in California, the report said. Tyco had previously announced that it planned to cut some 20,000 positions by the end of this September through layoffs, attrition and the elimination of temporary and contract workers. In January, it had announced the cutting of some 2,500 jobs in North America. The company was reported to have had employment of about 96,000 people at the beginning of its fiscal year in October.

U.S. stimulus plan bodes well for aluminum cable, ‘smart’ deployment The Aluminum Association reports that the stimulus plan for the U.S. translates to some $6.5 billion for more aluminum transmission lines, making for strong demand for such products. These lines, it said, will be needed to make it possible to transmit power generated from new renewable sources of clean, green energy, such as solar and wind, to the transmission grid, it said. The U.S. transmission grid, the association noted in a press release, is a web of several hundred thousand miles of aluminum conductors, and most of the utility distribution grid is also aluminum. “In electrical applications, aluminum can do everything that copper can, but more efficiently and economically. While expanding the power grid is important, the government has also made funds available to encourage deployment of a “Smart Grid,” one that is more efficient and interactive, including the use of digital signals to control electricity usage during times of high demand. One

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manufacturer of steel and stainless steel wire, which filed for Chapter 11 in February and is now planning a liquidation. Company officials said that they had tried to find a buyer for the business, and though a deal appeared to be close at one point, that avenue failed because of problems potential buyers had in getting credit last NovemberDecember and a hard line that ECD’s banks drew. The business, founded in 1971 by the late Anthony Russo, had employed more than 60 people at one point. Its workforce was cut from 49 to 23 last summer-early fall, but even though demand was weak it appeared the business could get by, CFO Bill Hughes said. “Then the price of nickel collapsed and write-downs on inventory caused us to lose support from our bank,” he recalled. Several potential buyers existed, but the woes of the economy last November and December proved to be too much, he said.

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Green push will require major U.K. electric grid investment For green initiatives to succeed, a government report projects that nearly US$7.5 billion in investments will be needed to upgrade the UK’s electricity grid network by 2020. The Electricity Networks Strategy Group (ENSG) reports that the grid work will include high-voltage subsea cable links between Scotland and England, with up to 1,000 km of new cables needed to connect new renewables and power stations to the grid, an article said in The Scotsman. It noted that the projects could mean up to 11.4 GW of renewable generation for Scotland. For that to happen would require a controversial upgrade of the power line between Beauly and Denny, as well as subsea links to Scottish islands, it said, noting that the ENSG report also proposes a cable beneath the sea between the Kintyre peninsula and Hunterston.

Transmitting renewable energy, such as from offshore sites as well as land-based wind farms like this one in the South Yorkshire in the U.K., will require a healthy investment in the electric grid. The additional capacity, the article said, is needed for the U.K. to be able to meet its emissions targets, which call for the country to generate about 30 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020. The existing grid, it explained, needs approximately 35 GW in additional grid network capacity for the renewable power to be a reality. The problem is that many of the areas where wind generation is feasible, such as offshore sites in the Pentland Firth off Caithness, are isolated, without current access to the grid. Energy Minister Mike O’Brien said that having a reliable grid in place “is vital for our ambitions to cut carbon emissions and increase security of supply.” The report was developed by the Transmission Access Review, which will ultimately reform the electricity grid structure for 2020, the article said.

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Summit City celebrates 10-year mark Craig Martenson said that he and his wife, Byna, had a simple plan when they started Summit City Enterprises in 1999: they would offer fast service, world class quality and the lowest prices in North America via a production platform of domestic and off-shore manufacturing. Ten years later, they have plenty of proof that they were right. “The market response has been quite good throughout,” Craig Martenson said, noting that their business has recorded higher revenues each year since it started. “2009 may be the year that ends that streak, but we do expect to add new accounts who are getting more serious about controlling costs of new dies and recuts. So far we are on track to add one new customer per month. All in all, it has been a good run.” Summit City, a full line supplier Craig and Byna Martenson at Wire of diamond, Expo 2006. PCD and carbide dies to the wire industry, can be contacted at tel. 260-478-6954, summitdie@aol.com, www.summitdie.com.

Uzbek cable producer gets EBRD loan for $5 million to add capacity The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) reports that it is providing a $5 million loan to Andijan Cable, which it described as a leading cable manufacturer in Uzbekistan and Central Asia, to enable it to add capacity. The funds, a press release said, will enable Andijan Cable, which is based in the eastern part of Uzbekistan, to buy new lines for production of cables such as power cables, commodity copper wire and LAN cables. The cable company, it said, gets 75 percent of its revenues from exports, with Russia identified as the largest recipient. Andijan Cable is an example of a company that has made the transition into the private sector, said the release, which noted the following information. Cable production in Uzbekistan’s Andijan region started in the 1980s under the Soviet Union umbrella, with a large factory and a workforce of some 5,000 employees. After Uzbekistan’s independence in 1991, Andijan Cable was

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privatized and it is now majority-owned by the Russian company OAO Farial. Its product line today includes a large variety of industrial cables for telecom, construction and energy, the automotive industry and grid from steel wire. In recent years, telecom has become increasingly important and today the ISO 9000-certified company is the sole producer of LAN cables in Uzbekistan.

The EBRD notes that it was established in 1991 when communism was crumbling in central and Eastern Europe and ex-Soviet countries needed help to foster a new private sector in a democratic environment. The EBRD is owned by 61 countries and two intergovernmental institutions.

Hitachi Cable reports recent tech investment Hitachi Cable Manchester (HCM), the U.S. operation of Japan’s Hitachi, reports that it has invested in new technology at its plant in Manchester, New Hampshire, where it recently installed four new tripletorsion twisters that will be used for production of Cat. 6 cables. The equipment, installed February 16, “will not only increase manufacturing capacity, but will produce twisted pairs at a speed (that is) three-times faster than previous models,” a press release said. “While many manufacturers are choosing to forgo upgrades to their facilities, HCM has determined that the new twisters will better position HCM in the market once demand is back on the rise,” it said, adding that the new equipment is also more energy efficient than previous models. HCM Strategic Marketing Manager Steven Kenney said that three of the twisters replaced existing equipment while the fourth was additional. “Because these lines operate much faster than the previous ones, we can make twisted pairs for some of our new products that have much shorter twist lays than previous cables, in less time. So, we can make a higher performance cable in the same time it took to make a lower performance cable.” He declined to identify the supplier of the equipment. HCM notes that it produces more than 3,300 different cable products at its facility, including Cat. 5e/6/6A cables, indoor and outdoor fiber optic cables and armored fiber optic cables as well as plenum-rated indoor/outdoor fiber optic cables.

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The Madem Reels Group reports that it introduced its newest operation, Madem Gulf Industries, to the industry at the Middle East Electricity show in Dubai in February, and that it should begin sales this month. Visit our stand # 2090 at INTERWIRE 2009 Madem Reels Group Sales Director Leandro Mazzaccato said in a press release that the new unit will initially produce 50 truckloads of reel kits per month, increasing to 100 truckloads per month by this June. A third shift, he added, has not been counted out. “We could achieve 150 truckloads per month at our Bahrain facility alone, but we could also launch another manufacturing unit in another Gulf country,” Mazzaccato said. For the last 15 years, Mazzaccato said, the Madem Reels Group has had steadfast support from its loyal Arab customers, supplying more than 80% of all imported reels in the Middle East to over 15 customers. “Our new plant will streamline our Middle East operations, and provide our customers with lowered inventories while optimizing their logistics,” Mazzaccato said. “With our new local production capability we’re hoping to boost our market share of locally produced reels as well.” Today, the Madem Reels Group produces approximately 500 containers of unassembled wooden reels per month, and supplies more than 200 customers in 40 countries.

Alcoa to sell Hungary wire-harness plant U.S.-based Alcoa plans to sell two plants in Hungary, including its wiring harness plant in Mor, an operation that employs some 2,500 people. A press release said that Alcoa, which was described as the 12th

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US ITC to review duty order for prestressed concrete steel strand The US International Trade Commission voted to conduct full five-year sunset reviews concerning the countervailing duty order on prestressed concrete steel wire strand from India and the antidumping duty orders on this product from Brazil, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and Thailand. As a result of this vote, US ITC will conduct full reviews to determine whether revocation of these orders would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. The Uruguay Round Agreements Act requires the Department of Commerce to revoke an antidumping or countervailing duty order, or terminate a suspension agreement, after five years unless the Department of Commerce and the ITC determine that revoking the order or terminating the suspension agreement would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping or subsidies (Commerce) and of material injury (ITC) within a reasonably foreseeable time.

U.S. steel mills operated at 41% capacity in February American Iron & Steel Industries reports that, for the week ended February 28th, U.S. domestic raw steel production showed further declines, with volume for the last week (990,000 tons) less than half the amount for the same period a year ago. U.S. mills, a press release said, operated at an estimated 41.1% of capacity for the last week of February versus an estimated 91.6% for that same period a year ago. ■

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ASIAN FOCUS Malaysia dam to employ record cable system, but critics question the need The Bakun Dam in Malaysia, a project that is designed to provide hydroelectric power to the area, is a staggering venture in terms of its magnitude, including a related cabling project that is as pricey as the dam itself. Further, as with any such major undertaking, there are opponents, and they want to see work halted or at least the scope reconsidered. Usually, the concerns are environmental, and that is the case here too, but there is another aspect that makes this story of interest. Much of the below information on this project, which has had considerable coverage in Malaysia since it was first approved in 1993, is from Wikipedia, as well as a report by Anil Netto in the Asia Times Online Ltd. and other on-line sources. The project, expected to cost more than US$2 billion, would create the largest dam in South East Asia, with a 300 megawatt generator. Located in Sarawak on the Balui River, some 60 km west of Belaga, the project calls for the construction of the tallest concrete-faced rockfill dam in the world. It is expected to generate 2,400 megawatts (MW) of electricity once completed. What is of much interest from an industry perspective is that the Malaysia government asked Sumitomo Corp., to research the feasibility of laying undersea cables across 700 km of the South China Sea. The goal would be for the Bakun submarine cables to reach Tanjung Lemang in Johor state, in the south of the peninsula, before being transported a further 200 km overland to central Pahang state for connection to the national grid, more than 1,000 km from the Bakun Dam site, Netto wrote. The cable logistics as described are extensive. The article cited a Malaysian minister who estimated it would take a year to lay each 250 km section. The cost for the proposed undersea cable system, which could include from two to six cables, is an estimated US$1.5 billion alone for the 700 km link from Sarawak to Johor. The story said the government of Malaysia is seeking a $3 billion loan to pay for the cable cost. The purpose of the dam is to meet growing demand for electricity, but most of this demand is from Peninsular Malaysia and not East Malaysia, where the dam is located. The original idea was to have 30% of the generated capacity consumed in East Malaysia and the rest sent to Peninsular Malaysia. This plan envisioned 730 km of overhead HVDC transmission lines in East Malaysia, 670 km of undersea HVDC cable and 300 km of HVDC transmission line in Peninsular Malaysia. Even in Peninsular Malaysia, however, there is not a pressing need for more electricity.

In 2008, work area that is part of Malaysia’s Bakun Dam project. Image posted at skyscrapercity.com by Nazrey. Future plans for the dam include connecting it to an envisioned Trans-Borneo Power Grid Interconnection, which would be a grid to supply power to Sarawak, Sabah, Brunei, and Kalimantan (Indonesia). There have been mentions of this grid made within ASEAN meetings but no actions have been taken by any party. The project is expected to be completed by 2010. The cost for the project, some detractors say, goes beyond the investment. There are questions and fears that the area where the project is located could suffer from erosion problems, a concern related to what was described as over-logging in the general location. There are also questions as to the need for the electricity, as well as concerns about the additional costs for the separate cable project. One blogger, Hillary Chan, posted the following list of highlights: • In 1994, when construction of the ambitious 2400MW Bakun Dam started, the plan was to transmit the electricity via cables under the South China Sea to power Peninsula Malaysia. • In 2001, the plan was changed to confine the transmission to only Sabah and Sarawak. • In 2005, it was decided that even transmitting the electricity to Sabah would be too costly. • In 2006, it was decided that the electricity would be transmitted to Peninsula Malaysia after all. This necessitated the building of the world's longest undersea cable for electricity transmission. • Then, Sime Darby, which had a 60 percent stake in the consortium to lay the RM15 billion undersea cable, pulled out of the consortium, so the plan changed again. Now, the decision is that when the Bakun Dam is completed in June 2010, the electricity it generates will be used to power a proposed

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RM7 billion aluminum smelting plant nearby. “I am not sure how the hydroelectric business works in Malaysia. How does one make money by building a new hydroelectric dam when there is already an oversupply of electricity? If you have any clue to this, please share with me,” Chan wrote. The “civil works” for the dam are projected to be ready in June 2010 while the electrical and mechanical works would be completed in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the Bernama news agency. To appreciate the scope and history of the project, go to this link, which includes commentary going back to 2005: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/archive/index.php/ t-259679.html.

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ASIAN NEWS BRIEFS Tata seeks to enter emerging markets India’s Tata Communications reports that it plans to be active in emerging markets by either acquiring a potential firm or through a joint venture. “We do not intend to take licenses to enter into these markets,” a press release said. The company, with Tata Africa Holdings, recently increased its stake in African telecom giant Neotel to 56% by acquiring another 30%. Plans call for spending $400 million to $500 million, mainly on undersea cabling to connect India with Europe and South Africa, it said. The company said that the $250 million express TGN Eurasia cable system will be completed by the end of 2009.

Chinese company to provide fiber system China International Telecommunications Construction Corp. has begun work on a cable to link Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo with the rest of the world. Bloomberg reports that capitals of the countries will be connected to a fiber-optic cable in the Atlantic Ocean within nine months. The project, the report said, is part of a $9-billion deal that gives Chinese companies the rights to 10 million metric tons of copper and 600,000 tons of cobalt in exchange for investments in infrastructure and mining. ■

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PEOPLE Daikin America, Inc., has promoted Gary Stanitis to market focus manager for its expanding polymer business. He will manage the Market Focus Group in developing new applications, markets, and customers for existing and new Daikin products. He joined the company, where he specializes in wire and cable, in 2004. He has some 25 Gary Stanitis years of experience in the fluorochemical industry. Based in Orangeburg, New York, USA, Daikin America, Inc., is one of the largest fluoropolymer suppliers in the world. Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd., has named Philippe Schlaepfer as executive vice president of corporate strategy and business development. An accomplished senior executive in the chemical industry, he has spent more than 15 years in Asia Pacific as a key contributor to building the polymer additives business of Ciba, where for the last

five years he headed its global antioxidant portfolio and polymer additives business for the global polymer producing industry. He has more than 20 years of experience as a key executive in Ciba’s Global Plastic Additives Leadership team. Based in Ulsa, Korea, Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd., offers products that include PVC stabilizers and plasticizers. Australia’s OneSteel Limited reported a number of key personnel changes related to an organizational restructuring. Andrew Roberts is chief executive of market mills, with responsibility for steel mills in Laverton, Sydney and Waratah and OneSteel’s wire and wire ropes businesses as well as Australian tube mills. Continuing as CFO is Tony Reeves. Reporting to Reeves is Steve Ashe, general manager, investor relations and external affairs. Greg Waters will continue as chief executive, recycling, and assume strategic marketing responsibility for OneSteel’s export iron ore business, leveraging the existing market presence of the recycling business in Asia and drawing on his first-hand experience of the Chinese steel industry.

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Fushi Copperweld, Inc., announced the promotion of Dwight Berry from vice president of commercial development to COO. In 2008 he joined the company, where he oversaw Fushi’s sales and R&D functions. He has 15 years of direct CATV/wire and cable experience and over 20 years of experience in manufacturing management. Most recently, he served in general manager and operational manager positions where he had responsibility for sales and customer service as well as manufacturing operations. Fushi also announced the departure of Executive Vice President and Corporate Controller, James Todd. Part of China’s Fushi International, Fushi Copperweld, Inc., based in Fayettville, Tennessee, USA, is one of the world’s largest suppliers of bimetallic metal products.

Vegas Fastener Manufacturing announced the appointment of Don Costa as outside sales agent. He joins Vegas Fastener after a 30-year tenure as director of sales at Standard Nut and Bolt Manufacturing. Based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Vegas Fastener Manufacturing manufactures bolts, sockets and nuts in titanium and Waspaloy alloy steel. McKechnie Aerospace announced that it has signed James Costello to the position of president of the company’s newly formed fastener division. Prior to joining McKechnie Aerospace, he held the position of vice president marketing for SPS’s aerospace division and vice president of global marketing and sales for Precision Castparts Corporation, which acquired SPS’s Aerospace Division in 2003. He has over 20 years of experience in product engineering, sales, and marketing. In his new position, he assumes responsibility for all aspects of operations and marketing for the fastener division worldwide. Based in Placentia, California, USA, McKechnie Aerospace provides components, related systems, engineering solutions and on-site service for the commercial, regional, business and military aerospace industries around the world.

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Leo Selleck, executive GM technology, safety and services, takes on the newly created role that carries responsibilities for building and aligning OneSteel’s capabilities in safety, operations excellence and the environment as well as group procurement and information systems. Based in Sydney, Australia, OneSteel is a fully integrated, global manufacturer and distributor of steel and finished steel products

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OBITUARIES Elmer “Ace” Godwin, a man who for many years was synonymous with the International Wire & Cable Symposium (IWCS) and was highly respected throughout the industry, died February 19, 2009, at age 88. Below is information about Ace provided by IWCS CEO/Director John Barteld.

Elmer and Corrynne Godwin at IWCS in 1997. An electronics engineer, Ace worked with the U.S. Army Electronics Command Research and Development Laboratories at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Upon his retirement from the Army in 1979, Ace joined the International Wire and Cable Symposium as its CEO/director. Ace led the IWCS for 23 years, retiring once again in 2002. Ace came from a very humble background in rural Virginia, having been raised by his grandparents on their farm. His education commenced in a one room, segregated school house on his grandparents’ farm, where the value of education became deeply embedded in him. Eventually leaving the farm for further education, Ace faced the realities of a segregated country in the pre-World War II era. Joining the US Army early in the war, Ace became a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the all-black 223rd Fighter Squadron. Ace distinguished himself during his service to the country, being awarded a Good Conduct Medal and the Distinguished Unit Badge while serving in Italy. After the war, Ace continued his pursuit of education, first at Monmouth College and eventually at Rutgers University, where he received his BS degree in engineering. He then went to work as a civilian for the US Army. He met his beloved wife, Corrynne, at Fort Monmouth, marrying in 1946. Ace became a leading international lecturer and authority on wire and cable engineering, and contributed significantly to the growing International Wire and Cable Symposium, which was also headquartered at Fort Monmouth. His migration to the leadership of the IWCS

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was viewed as a natural step in his dedication to the industry and to his interest in advancements in the technology. Raising his family in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, Ace became a deeply involved volunteer for community service and his church. His service to his country was ultimately recognized with the award of the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation's highest civilian honor, in 2007. To honor Ace’s commitment to education, a scholarship fund was endowed at Rutgers University upon his retirement from the IWCS. Ace’s family and friends encourage donations to that fund in his honor. Details are available from the IWCS office. In a fitting culmination to a rich life, Ace attended the inauguration of President Obama in January with colleagues from the Tuskegee Airmen and was featured in interviews with New Jersey television stations. He recognized what a long and sometimes difficult path his life had followed, but he cherished every moment, taking pride in his personal and professional accomplishments, the progress of his country in achieving equality for all, and most importantly, his warm and loving family and huge circle of friends. We will all miss him greatly. On a personal note, I have had the honor of knowing Ace for only the past six years, but Ace continued to “look over my shoulder” at the operations of the IWCS. He always knew when I was in the office in Eatontown, and would stop by to say hello and visit for a few minutes. He was keenly interested in the success of the IWCS and always available to offer a kind word of advice, or just to offer encouragement when obstacles loomed. I shall miss him! Further details. Godwin served on several local boards, including the Monmouth County Mental Health Association and the Central Jersey Blood Center. He was also the first African American to serve on the board of governors at the Monmouth Medical Center. He was predeceased by his wife of 61 years, Corrynne Farrington Godwin, in 2007. He is survived by two daughters, Mignon G. Williams of Ashburn, Virginia, and Laurna Godwin Hutchinson of Alton, Illinois; a son-in-law, Sam Hutchinson of Alton, Illinois; a granddaughter; and a great-granddaughter. Don Victor Aderman, Sr., died January 1, 2009, at age 89. He started in the fastener business in the 1940s at Day’s Hardware Store in Elyria, Ohio, USA, and later joined Western Automatic, a manufacturer of machine screws in sales and inventory control. After 15 years with Western Automatic, he was named inventory control manager with Lake Erie Screw Corporation in Bellwood, Illinois. In 1963 he was named manufacturer's representative, where sales in his appointed territory was US$300,000. During his 19 years there, he increased sales to US$10 million. He and his wife, Betty, retired to Sarasota, Florida, then moved to Minnesota, where he spent the last five years of his life. ■

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FIBERWATCH 7-year FTTH rollout plan is announced by Greek government If the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed rollout succeeds, up to two million end users in Greece will tap into fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband services over the next seven years, industry research company Telegeography reported. A third of the US$2.7 billion total cost will be funded by the state, the report said. Panayiotis Tsanakas, chairman of the Greek Research and Education Network, was quoted at the FTTH Council Europe Conference 2009 as saying that direct fiber connections with speeds of 100 Mbps will be provided in Athens, Thessaloniki and 50 other cities and towns, with the aim of attracting at least 650,000 and up to two million end users. The report noted that the project must secure European Commission (EC) clearance and additional funding from the private sector, while the state also hopes that external funding will be available from sources such as the European Investment Bank or directly from the EC. According to Telegeography, the government stipulates an open network architecture that will be run by a separate

entity from the companies offering services to consumers and businesses, including Internet access, VoIP telephony and IPTV. The report added that the EC announced that US$1.3 billion has been earmarked in 2009-10 for assisting rural broadband network rollouts in Europe. Tsanakas said construction in Greece would begin in 2010.

Lebanon signs deal with Saudi Arabia to install a faster telecom cable The Telecommunications Ministry in Beirut announced that Lebanon is poised to get a new international telecom cable boosting connection with Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria. Telecoms Minister Jebran Bassil signed a preliminary agreement with Saudi Telecom to deploy a new cable that will boost peak speeds for Lebanese Internet by 20 times, according to a statement released by the ministry. The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority will boost the sector when it issues two licenses to offer broadband Internet services in July, the statement said, adding that the

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Countries tapping into high-speed fiber networks said to be on the rise The number of economies where fiber-to-the-home has established a growing market presence has nearly doubled over the past 18 months, according to an updated global ranking issued in February by the FTTH Councils of AsiaPacific, Europe and North America. The ranking tracks the level of FTTH market penetration in economies where more than 1 percent of households are connected directly into high-speed fiber networks. In all, 20 economies met this threshold, up from 14 in July 2008 and 11 in July 2007, the report said. The growth is largely due to the entry of several European countries in the ranking, as fiber-to-the-home deployment begins to expand across that

continent and the total number of FTTH subscribers in Europe approaches two million, it said. Asian economies maintained their leadership in FTTH market penetration, as South Korea (44%), Hong Kong (28%), Japan (27%) and Taiwan (12%) continued to hold the top four places. Japan remains the overall leader in terms of the number of fiber-connected homes at 13.2 million, followed by the U.S. (6.05 million) and China (5.96 million). â&#x2013;

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winners of the licenses will use existing infrastructure and new capacity such as the cable from Saudi Telecom. The Daily Star, a Lebanese newspaper, reported that Bassil signed the agreement in Barcelona with Kuwaitbased Mada Communication and Saudi STC companies, and that the goal is for the project to be finished in two months. Lebanon introduced DSL three years ago, but critics say that the connection is still far slower than other Internet access in the region, it said.

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FASTENER UPDATE Commerce Department affirms tariffs on Chinese exporters of steel rod Effective February 27, 2009, Chinese exporters of steel threaded rod face a dumping rate affirmed in a final determination by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Commerce Department, which concluded that exporters/producers from China have sold threaded steel rod in the U.S. at 55.16% to 206% below normal value, reported the following. Nine exporters, all of whom cooperated with the sixmonth investigation, received a separate final dumping rate of 55.16%. Fastener manufacturer Ningbo Yinzhou Global I/E CO and other Chinese exporters/producers, all who failed verification, will receive the China-wide dumping rate of 206%. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials will collect a tariff in the form of cash deposit or bond, based on the final rates. The investigation ran from July 1, 2007, through December 31, 2007, and looked into threaded rod that was non-headed and threaded along greater than 25% of overall length, under the guidelines of Section 735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, “Imposition of Antidumping Duties.” According to the Commerce Department report, threaded steel rod from China decreased nearly 18.8% by volume and was valued at approximately $85.3 million in 2008. Before the tariffs take effect, the U.S. International Trade Commission must make its final determination, which was due this month. If the commission makes an affirmative determination that imports of threaded steel rod from China materially injure, or threaten material injury to, the domestic industry, the Commerce department will issue an antidumping order.

Stuttgart fastener fair grows, relocates to new, larger venue In order to accommodate what is expected to be a big turnout, organizers of Fastener Fair Stuttgart announced that they are moving the October 7-8, 2009, event to a new, larger venue. The show will be held at the recently opened Messe Stuttgart trade fair center, said organizer Jerry Ramsdale. A total of 435 exhibitors from 37 countries met with 3506 visitors from across the globe at the September 2008 fair, according to organizers. The new venue can accommodate a larger show and purpose-built halls have been specifically designed for industrial shows, a press release said, adding that the center is near the international airport and the A8 motorway, as well as the rapid-transit railway network.

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Fastener Fair Stuttgart is moving the October event to a larger venue. For details on the show, tel. 44-0-1727-739-150, jerry@fastfair.net, or www.fastenerfair.com.

Fastener activity in Yongnian resumes Fastener production and distribution activity in Yongnian, known as China’s “Fastener City,” is making a reported comeback in spite of the global economic turndown. Yanzhao Metro Daily reported that over 2000 fastener producers and distributors in that area have resumed production, providing about 150,000 job opportunities for local migrant workers. According to the report, the number of producers and distributors that have re-opened represent most of the fastener enterprises in the Yongnian region. The Yongnian fastener industry revival was reportedly subsidized by government investments in infrastructure, including highway and railway construction and improvements, which built up better roadways to get their products to market.

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Alcoa Fastening Systems has won a contract to supply one of its specialized fastening systems to a major solar power plant in Egypt. China Fastener reported that the company has secured the deal with the organization behind the Kuraymat integrated solar combined cycle power station just south of Cairo. The power generation process at the Kuryamat plant is due for completion in 2009. The advantages offered by the Kuryamat application were outlined by Dean Bradley, AFS sales manager for the UK, Ireland and South Africa. “Because of the extreme weather conditions during construction and operation, where the mirrors invert to protect the glass during winter sand storms, as well as radical variations in temperature threatening thermal loosening of the fastener, our aim was to assure the joint's integrity,” said Bradley. “The solution we are providing through a combined European team effort will be quick and easy to install, require no maintenance and meet the 30-year warranty as specified in the original design.” Parent company Alcoa told China Fastener that it fully supports the Green Power Market Development Group, a collaboration of 13 corporations and the World Resources Institute dedicated to building corporate markets for green power.

The Jiaxing Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation Bureau in Shanghai announced that Mexico has initiated an antidumping investigation against carbon steel nuts from China. According to the bureau report, the Jiaxing fastener industry is under scrutiny for activities ranging from October, 2007 to September, 2008. The report explained that the nuts exported from China to Mexico during the investigation period valued about US$12 million, and Jiaxing exports accounted for 35.7%, or US$4.283 million, of that figure. In February, the Jiaxing bureau organized some of the fastener enterprises involved to take part in two defense coordination meetings in Shanghai. Gem-Year Industrial Co., Ltd., elected to defend itself, while some of the fastener enterprises hope to stand on the no injury defense organized by the China Fastener Industry Association. EU's antidumping investigation against carbon steel fasteners began in 2007, Canada's antidumping and countervailing re-investigations against fasteners in 2008 and in the U.S., antidumping investigations against steel threaded rods were initiated last year. ■

Rivet King confirms asset purchase U.S.-based Rivet King Acquisition Corp., announced that it has completed the asset purchase of Celus Fasteners Mfg., Inc., and Techform Fasteners Mfg., Inc., domestic manufacturers of blind fastening products and specialty cold-headed products. The Celus Fasteners Mfg., Inc., and Techform Fasteners Mfg., Inc., plants closed in March, a Rivet King spokesperson confirmed. Rivet King President Bill Goodman was quoted in one report as saying, “This acquisition broadens our domestic manufacturing capabilities and bolsters the company’s APRIL 2009 | 29

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U.S.-based Cardinal Fastener & Specialty Co., is on track to receive a $500,000 low-interest loan from the state to expand its wind industry-related business. The company reported that the Ohio Development Financing Advisory Council recommended to the state Controlling Board the approval of the seven-year loan. The controlling board was expected to vote on the deal in April. Cardinal Fastener needs the loan in order to meet the growing demand from wind turbine manufacturers for its fasteners, said John Grabner, company president. The loan is part of a $750,000 investment that could create up to 20 jobs at Cardinal, he said.

position in the industry. The addition of the Celus® and Techform® brands will also strengthen our customer relationships, as we will be able to offer customers a wider range of products. We have gained exclusive access to all intellectual properties owned by (Celus Fasteners Mfg., Inc.) machinery and equipment, as well as their inventory, which positions us to add their products to our already extensive standard and specialty product line.” The announcement noted that the Celus non-DX Seriesbranded products will continue to be made in the U.S., with an increased emphasis on product quality and DFARS compliance. Rivet King is part of Industrial Rivet & Fastener Co., a provider of permanent fastening systems. The company manufactures in two of its 11 North American locations and two of its seven worldwide.

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By mail, mouth and Web: spreading the good word about Interwire/IFE By the time Interwire 2009 opens at the I-X Center in Cleveland later this month, news of its arrival won’t be new at all. In fact, WAI’s marketing campaign will have been in full swing for 14 months. “WAI has been fully engaged promoting Interwire to the wire, cable, and fastener industry with a multi-level promotional campaign that includes many media,” said WAI Markeing Services Director, Janice Swindells. “We advertise in print and electronically through 18 industry publications and put a great deal of effort into PR, telemarketing, direct mail and word-of-mouth campaigning to get the Interwire message out.” Multi-language promotional efforts are part of a longterm strategy intended to attract international participants to Interwire. This year, that includes participating for the first time in the International Buyer Program run by the U.S. Department of Commerce. With the help of key

member volunteers, WAI translated the introductory Interwire details into six languages for distribution to WJI’s worldwide readership. Electronic versions of this literature are posted online to engage worldwide visitors to the Interwire pages of WAI’s website. The Cleveland Convention and Visitors Bureau has supported WAI has circulated tens WAI’s Interwire promoof thousands of Interwire tions, as has Cleveland’s Manufacturing Advocacy promotional pieces. and Growth Network (MAGNET) group.

Southwire executive joins WAI’s BOD Effective March 1, 2009, Southwire Company’s Richard Miller, senior vice president of electrical manufacturing, has joined the WAI’s Board of Directors. Miller, who is responsible for Southwire Company’s 11 electrical wire manufacturing plants in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, has been employed by the Carrollton, Georgia, Richard Miller company for 33 years, holding numerous engineering and management positions. A WAI member since 1996, he has a B.S. degree in industrial engineering technology from Southern Technical Institute. ■

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Midwest Chapter tourney: June 15 Building on the success of last year’s event, the WAI Midwest Chapter returns to the St. Andrews Golf & Country Club in West Chicago, Illinois, on Monday, June 15, 2009, for its 7th Annual Golf Tournament. The scramble format tournament provides golfers with a great time on the course and the opportunities to win team and individual prizes as well as enjoy a fine reception and dinner following the round. The proceeds will help support the WAI Midwest Chapter Scholarship Fund, which provides two $1,000 scholarships each year to graduating high school seniors whose parents are chapter members. “A record 74 golfers played last year and had a great day,” said tournament Co-chair Kevin Sopczak of Leggett & Platt Shaped Wire. “We are looking to build on that success this year, and invite our industry friends to take advantage of this opportunity to get out and network with customers, vendors and colleagues and have some fun—something we all need.” Prizes will include $10,000 for a hole-in-one at the designated hole and prizes for the long-drive, closest-to-thepin, most accurate drive and the popular putting contest. Fees are $110, which covers the greens fees, cart, lunch and the post-tourney reception and awards dinner. Non-golfers can join in for the reception and dinner for only $35. Checkin is at 9:30 am the shotgun start is at 11:00 am, with the reception and dinner following the round. “We always have a great time at St. Andrews,” said event Co-chair Bob Sears, OMCG North America. “From the day’s start through the reception and dinner, the people at the course are extremely good to us, as is the food..” Sponsorship opportunities are offered to provide companies exposure, including signage and recognition in the tournament program as well as in the WJI wrap-up article. Hole sponsorships, non-exclusive, are $100. Exclusive sponsorships include $250/$10,000 hole-in-one, $175/putting contest, and $150/long drive, accurate drive and closest-to-thepin holes. Prize donations are also encouraged. “This tournament provides those of us in the Midwest region the opportunity to connect with our industry,” said Chapter President John Kukalis of Henkel Corp. “It is great that it helps us fund our scholarship program, which is a real help to our members and their children. And, we all benefit from getting together.” The PDF registration form is available online at the chapter’s webpage at wirenet.org, or contact WAI’s Chip Marsh at tel. 203-453-1748 or cmarsh@wirenet.org for more information. Registration deadline is Monday, June 8. ■

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Industry can strive to go beyond the bottom line Visions is an occasional section to present notable information about companies that may be directly or indirectly related to the wire and cable industry. If you know of a company that should be included, send an e-mail explaining why to editorial@wirenet.org. It was four years ago that executives at Southwire, one of the world’s largest cable companies, felt compelled to take action. It had nothing to do with the company and everything to do with the community that was home to the business and many of its employees. This led to one of the most unique directions ever pursued at Southwire—a program designed not for profits or market share, but to better the lives of at-risk high school students who live in the Carrollton, Georgia, area. The catalyst was headlines that Southwire President and CEO Stu Thorn read about dropout rates for students in Carroll County. When he asked two key Southwire leaders to see if something could be done, what developed was “12 for Life,” a self-funded partnership between Southwire and Carroll County schools that provides students salaried, onthe-job training and the chance to earn a diploma and a jumpstart on a paying profession. Southwire Senior Vice President of Electrical Manufacturing Richard Miller and Southwire Executive

Vice President of Human Resources Mike Wiggins brainstormed, and a spontaneous suggestion led to an initial plan. “We were sitting in my office talking it over, when I said, ‘What if we were to work one-on-one with at-risk kids, give them jobs and pay them’ and it was like a light went on in (Richard’s) eyes and my eyes,” Wiggins remembered. The men got busy with a proposal that took cooperative education to a new level. “What drives (students) to want to drop out of school?” Miller asked. “We learned that it was mostly financial, stemming from a lot of reasons. Family problems, teen pregnancy; they just needed money. Most of them were academically credit deficient, and that threatened their chances to graduate. Our job as we saw it was to give them a means of refocusing their efforts on making it to graduation.” The joint venture between Southwire—a manufacturer of residential, commercial, industrial and utility copper and aluminum wire and cable products—and Carroll County schools started in 2004. Southwire leaders realized that creating a positive impact would benefit not only the kids who needed a boost, but Southwire itself. In a state where nearly half of high school students walk away without a diploma (according to a U.S. Census Bureau report) and more than 80 percent of prison inmates are high school dropouts, the problem had reached epidemic proportions.

Students working at a Southwire company plant as part of the 12 for Life program.

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least 16 years old, pass a drug screening test and need additional support in order to complete high school. A pool of students was identified and interviewed. A pay rate was determined based on the area’s $7-an-hour average minimum wage. Southwire settled on $8 an hour, with an incentive of up to $9 an hour for perfect attendance and excellent performance on the shop floor. Kids from many backgrounds gravitated to the program, Wiggins said, but a common thread ran throughout: The door of opportunity was about to shut on them unless they graduated. One girl’s mother had cancer and was unable to work. The family needed the additional income and the girl faced a cruel choice: dropping out of school to work fulltime, or staying in school and letting the bills pile up. Many students came from single-parent homes, and all of them came from families that were struggling with money and had a history of limited education. Up to 15 percent were pregnant or fathered children. “They don’t have anybody to go to, they don’t have strong family systems, they don’t have a lot of support,” Miller said. “If you think about these kids, they don’t have any good life skills and they don’t know what they want to do with their futures. Our idea was to help them build elements that would help them get on with their lives.” On January 4, 2007, the doors opened on schedule on the 12 for Life plant, which includes offices, a reel shop, board room, warehouse and classroom space. Production began with approximately 70 students, plus school coordinators, program administrators and Southwire mentors.

Life direction found in a cable plant West Georgia Technical College is where you’ll find Toni Kirby, the girl whose mother faced cancer and was in financial straits. The bright, pretty teenager did not fit the bill of what some would consider a high school dropout. But with expenses piling up, her family faced real trouble. Then Toni heard about 12 for Life. Her mother has since died, but the enterprising 19-year-old now holds a high school diploma (she graduated in May 2008), is studying radiology and maintaining a 4.0 grade point average. She drives a forklift part-time at the Carrollton plant and has elected to continue her employment there. “For sure 12 for Life has helped me get to where I am,” she said. Toni was among the first group of student employees who launched 12 for Life on January 4, 2007 at the new plant. At 17, she assembled reels and spools and rewound and repackaged wire along with her fellow student employees. When she turned 18—the minimum age required for driving a forklift in Georgia—she took the operator’s test, passed, and then began a forklift operator internship at the plant. “It’s another skill I have now,” Kirby said. “It’ll help me down the line. Right now, it’s helping my family.” Toni

Toni Kirby has been with the 12 for Life program since 2007. Today, she drives a forklift at the plant and is enrolled in college. and her father share household expenses, and “keeping groceries in the house” is one of the ways Toni is putting her Southwire check—from the first job she said she ever had—to good use. “I’ve even been able to buy a truck,” she said. “How great is that?”

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Wiggins notes that the company values education requiring a high school diploma or GED. “But then we started thinking about really getting kids’ attention through other kinds of projects,” Wiggins said. When the Carroll County schools dropout rate got front page headlines, a flag went up. “Technology changes, jobs change. There is a whole need to raise the level of understanding of our local youth as to the importance of education and a strong work ethic. We believe there is a return on that,” said Wiggins. Southwire brought local education officials into the discussion, and by mid-2005, a group of area education proponents made what Wiggins called “a pretty substantial financial commitment” to the developing program. Miller’s engineering staff jumped in to sort out manufacturing concerns; Southwire shareholders were cautious but supportive. Southwire was cooking up a recipe for success. Carroll County Schools Superintendent John F. Zauner met with and then joined the newly formed 12 for Life board, which soon included Assistant Superintendent Kathy Rogers, Schools Chief Technology Officer Dennis Thompson, Miller and Wiggins. “We were losing our students and knew it was time to do something of magnitude,” Zauner said. “We sat down with (Southwire leadership) and said we were willing to partner with them to re-engage these students, to get them to see the relevance of education, to get them to think bigger. We were very excited about it,” Zauner said. Southwire leaders and school officials met bimonthly and a game plan was firmed up. Student-employees must be at

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Southwire student employees get first-hand shop floor experience through the 12 for Life program.

Cooperative spirit: a win-win plan Southwire views 12 for Life as a success for both the students and the company. It also sees the program as one that other companies—and communities—could adopt. “12 for Life is much bigger than Southwire or the Carroll County Schools. There’s a need for similar efforts in communities across the country,” Southwire Executive Vice President of Human Resources Mike Wiggins said. “We hold no pride of ownership. In fact, we’ll be glad to share our experiences with anyone who is interested—knowing they can improve upon what we’ve done.” Less than two years into 12 for Life, Southwire is so confident of the success potential of the program that it has secured another facility—a 30,000-sq-ft building in Florence, Alabama—where the dropout rate is conservatively estimated at 33 percent, higher than that of the Carroll County school system. Southwire hopes to launch 12 for Life at the Alabama plant this fall. Southwire organizers are meeting with area school officials, hand selecting teachers and have named a facility manager, Abby Bass, a University of West Georgia graduate. “Our intent there is to prove that this program will work on a smaller scale,” Wiggins said, adding that Southwire leaders hope to spark interest in local education advancement. “And it’s a neat town. We bought a plant there several years ago and soon found a need for 12 for Life.” Has 12 for Life been a profitable venture for Southwire? Leftwich said financial performance has not been a focus. “12 for Life is paying its way, which was unexpected,” said Leftwich. “This is testament to the hard work, commitment and dedication of the plant’s staff and students alike. Also, this is particularly important in tough times as it assures the sustainability of the facility.”

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“We wanted these kids to feel very, very special,” Wiggins said. “They are not the so-called elite of the high schools. They are not the kinds of kids who are at the front of the class, academically or sports-wise. It was important that they felt happy here.” Student employees must show up for work, and absence for any reason will disqualify a student from the pay incentive. Eligible students are employed at a specially built Southwire manufacturing plant, where they are trained in the assembly of reels and spools and rewinding and repackaging wire. Students are responsible for getting to work on time, completing their jobs, passing their high school classes, and collaborating with Southwire’s mentoring program, designed to pair students with company counselors who provide oneon-one training and support. They learned how to do Romex® SIMpull™ packaging, spool assembly, wooden reel assembly, and work at the Ultra Whip® table, where jigs and equipment are used to insert insulated wire into flexible conduit and install fittings before packing the wire. Students earn up to 1.5 units per semester toward required elective classes. A new graduate is placed on the Southwire preferred hiring list and receives a signing bonus, if hired, and a salary increase. The Carroll County school system provides child care services that students pay for with the money they earn at Southwire. In May 2007, Southwire hosted the first 12 for Life graduation. Twelve graduates received their diplomas, representing five Carroll County high schools. The results were better than Southwire had hoped for. “At the end of our first year, we were pretty happy,” Wiggins said. “We were beginning to believe that this could be a success.” The program rolled into summer. A few of the students who did not successfully complete the curriculum on schedule were offered another chance, through summer school classes held at the 12 for Life plant. Tuition for summer study was carried by Southwire, with one caveat: A student was required to repay summer school tuition in its entirety if he or she failed. In autumn, 12 for Life launched the first full school year program and Southwire employees were regularly stepping up to volunteer for the state training required to mentor youngsters. In May 2008, the second 12 for Life class graduated. Twenty-five students received diplomas that day, bringing the total to nearly 40. Of this school year’s 115 student employees, Wiggins says he anticipates about 50 graduates, with an outside chance at almost 60. “It’s become an absolute high-priority at Southwire, and for good reason,” said Wiggins. “Kids’ attitudes improve, parents’ commitments to their kids are stronger, and teachers can supplement their incomes.” He said that the work and worry that went into developing 12 for Life was worth it. “You need to be serious of you’re going to try this,” he said. “But the payoff is great—possibilities for kids who just need a chance.” “The one thing that is really impressive about 12 for Life is that these kids are really, completely, Southwire employ-

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ees,” said Southwire Manager of Corporate Communications Gary Leftwich, who remembers that in early planning, 12 for Life seemed weighed down with legal ramifications, risk and liabilities, but nonetheless “intrigued the heck out of us.” “Some kids will tell you that they would have dropped out of school if it weren’t for 12 for Life,” said Miller. High school senior Alex Wilkins, 17, who was home schooled, tried to transfer her home-earned credits to the public school system in her junior year without success. Severely credit deficient, she faced the prospect of a future without a high school diploma until 12 for Life stepped in. She has been with the program for more than a year, and after graduation, plans to attend West Georgia Technical College and study radiology. “It’s really helped me, and Southwire has been very understanding about the problems I’ve faced,” Wilkins said. She drives to work Monday through Friday and the first Saturday of every month with the car she bought and maintains with her income. The program has given her new hope for the future, she said, and a regular paycheck is a plus. “It’s really positive, and I know some people who wouldn’t have graduated without it,” she said. Less than two years into 12 for Life, Southwire is so confident of the success potential of the program that it has secured another facility—a 30,000-sq-ft building in Florence, Alabama—where the dropout rate is conservatively estimated at 33 percent, higher than that of the Carroll County school system. Southwire hopes to launch 12 for Life at the Alabama plant this fall. The Georgia program now includes students from Heard County, where the drop-out rate rivals that of Carroll County. In January 2009, 15 students from Heard County high schools joined the Carrollton team. Every third Saturday, student employees are required to work a partial day for extra pay. It’s an opportunity to further understand the value of reliability and a chance to earn additional income, Miller said. “Relative to the challenges with these kids is that they’re kids,” he said. “Getting them to understand the value of being reliable in pursuing a high school diploma or keeping a job is a big part of what they’re learning.” “Community involvement means more than simply providing jobs. Companies seeking to better the cities and towns they call home have to provide other levels of support as well,” Thorn said. “Our goal is to support grassroots programs that have long-lasting impacts. While there are many worthy organizations and causes that deserve corporate support, we believe our efforts have the most impact if focused on youth education, the local environment, health and wellness, and at-risk youth and families.” Looking back, Miller says that as challenging as it was to get it started, the motivation behind the 12 for Life program was a “no-brainer.” “It’s a win-win situation for everyone involved,” he said. For more information on 12 for Life, call Leftwich at tel. 770-832-4884, or e-mail gary_leftwich@southwire.com. ■

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or this feature, WJI asked a range of furnace suppliers to discuss their perspec-

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current conditions. Not all sectors are down, but therein lies one of the ironies of the wire and cable industry: in good times, companies are often so busy that it is difficult to interrupt operations that are running flat-out, while in a slowdown there is plenty of time but much more reluctance to spend. That setting, combined with the uncertainties of the economy, has made it that much more difficult for suppliers of most capital equipment to get companies to commit to new projects. Below, suppliers of furnace technology discuss how and why they believe that now is a good time for manufacturers to assess their operations.

WJI: Given the bleak economy, how has your role as an industry supplier changed? Do you spend more or less time visiting customers? If business is slower, are they more willing to listen? RAD-CON continues to stay busy mostly with exports of its 100% hydrogen bell-type annealing furnaces. The inertia of the capital equipment order cycle means that the company will stay busy well beyond the start of any recession, and be in a position to plan through the slowdown. Although domestic and international inquiries have dropped off, some processors are doing well enough to invest, which is where we are focusing our efforts. (We also find ourselves spending more time resolving customer credit issues). Christopher J. Messina, Vice President, Sales & Projects, RAD-CON, Inc.

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We utilize these slower times to meet with clients and have found surprising interest regarding our new technologies and developments. Herbert Gabriel, Vice President & Sales Manager, Ebner Furnaces. Times of economic uncertainty call for going back to the basics. What does your customer make? How can you or your product help them make it faster, cheaper and better? When you do your homework and can prove it to them, it makes it hard for a customer not to listen. In general, as times slow down, customers do take more time to learn about what is new, what is better, and what other similar industries are doing. Dan Goodman, Vice President, Sales, Surface Combustion, Inc.

trials. This year we are building a third trial facility, a pilot production line, solely dedicated to chemical-free plating process. Igor Rogelj, Commercial Director, Plasmait GmbH. We just launched our company a couple of weeks ago, but have been working on engineering design and manufacturing prints for the past year. We have strong partners with a lot of manufacturing experience in industrial heating applications, namely Joe Moore & Company, Southeastern Heat Processing Systems and Thermcraft. We have visited customers around the world over the past year to determine the direction our products should be headed. The answers were: “Green,” energy efficiency, low emissions, easy to use and service after the sale. Thomas Tyl, principal, Jigsaw Thermal Technology, LLC.

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In addition to pushing new equipment, we are looking at ways to improve existing equipment through improvements or rebuilds. We are also spending a fair amount of time “educating” clients on various aspects of furnaces and working closer with their design teams to accomplish the above.

expertise. But in today’s economy we find that our customers are more focused on improving their processes. Resources of material, time and labor need to decrease while at the same time, output and quality needs to increase. Richard Rosenbloom, CEO, Ameritherm Inc., an Ambrell company. Radyne believes that no matter what the economic outlook, it’s important to spend time with customers to fully understand their needs to ensure that the equipment we design and build is optimal for our customers’ manufacturing and competitive environment. Customers are very interested in meeting to discuss in-line furnaces that increase their flexibility, reduce inventory and make them more agile. Justin Mortimer, President, Radyne Corporation. CM has not changed our approach in visiting customers. This is something we have always actively done and will continue to do. We find customers are quite receptive to the visits. Jim Neil, Vice President Sales, CM Furnaces, Inc. It is too early yet to gauge the full impact of this deepening crisis. Gordon Murray, Vice President, QED Wire Lines. Plasmait has witnessed a slowdown, evident in some order postponements, but our applications offer operational benefits as well as environment and operator-friendly process. We are especially beneficial for replacing chemical surface treatment with a clean plasma process. This attracts interest in the downturn, when manufacturers undertake cost-saving projects and upgrades to improve their operations. Moreover, stringent environmental and safety standards in developed countries force manufacturers to make their operations cleaner and more operator friendly. The industry slowdown has allowed us to undertake necessary upgrades and expansion. Plasmait is doubling the size of its facility to 5000 sq m, half for production, the other half for application development and client

Tom Crafton, president, Thermcraft, Inc. Although our amount of face time with the clients is about the same, we are spending much more phone time and utilizing Internet options to accomplish these goals. We find that clients may have more time to talk to us now than when times were booming but the discussions often center around either future or “what if” projects and applications. Tom Crafton, President, Thermcraft, Inc. WJI: What do you find customers are most interested in? Is there a willingness to consider capital projects or are most of your conversations about future projects? They are interested in proving out their process or application prior to buying equipment and starting full production runs. We see more visits to our applications lab where trials are run to verify the process and determine the optimal equipment and coils for the specific application. Our cash-friendly, rent-to-buy equipment option is seeing increased interest. Richard Rosenbloom, Ameritherm Inc.

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We are finding that customers are very interested in capital equipment at this time. Because of the overall economic conditions, projects are active but not moving forward. Unless it is a necessity, they are not being released until there are signs that the economy is in fact improving. Jim Neil, CM Furnaces, Inc. Our customers are placing orders and we are seeing growth in our sales to the wire industry. We see the overall outlook to be strong as the need to support infrastructure projects increases. Justin Mortimer, Radyne Corporation. Some companies want equipment now so that they can prepare for the coming explosion expected in steel in the U.S. as we tackle our infrastructure. Other companies are looking to replace energy-inefficient furnaces and fluidized beds and a third segment (developed countries) is looking for more environmentally friendly processes. There are definitely companies willing to spend capital now, but they are few in number. Thomas Tyl, Jigsaw Thermal Technology, LLC.

Thankfully, not all markets are down at this time. Some are actually showing signs of impressive growth. In these markets, there are current capital projects. In the down markets, the emphasis is definitely on planning for the future. Dan Goodman, Surface Combustion, Inc. WJI: There are many 20- to 30-year-old furnaces still being used: How efficient are such systems compared to new systems? How much improvement can an upgrade provide? Furnaces have an extremely long life cycle, and 30 years is not unusual. Today’s systems are much more efficient in terms of energy costs and uniformity. It is impractical to modify a 30-year-old furnace and still be cost-effective. Jim Neil, CM Furnaces, Inc. Over the past five years, RAD-CON bell-type annealing furnaces for wire processing have been almost exclusively for a 100% hydrogen protective atmosphere, displacing investments into older technology that used nitrogen, exothermic or

We have seen a drop-off in quotation activity reflecting fewer capital projects being considered. Gordon Murray, QED Wire Lines. Our clients continue to engage with us on both capital investment projects as well as development of future processes. The downturn allows manufacturers to dedicate more time and resources for such efforts. Customers are also working with us in conjunction with projects where we are able to drastically increase their efficiency and reduce scrap material. Igor Rogelj, Plasmait GmbH. Many of our customers seem to be more interested in how to do more with their existing equipment, either through upgrades or modifications, than pursuing new capital projects. Those spending money for new equipment typically are working on ongoing projects that were previously funded or are spending due to new technologies that require new equipment when the existing cannot be modified in a cost-effective manner. Tom Crafton, Thermcraft, Inc. RAD-CON is supporting a mixture of both capital planning efforts and investments for current annealing needs. The customers that are busy see this time as an opportunity, and thus want to move quickly on investment into new annealing capacity. Customers that perhaps are not as busy yet see the light at the end of the tunnel, are positioning themselves to earn maximum profit in the future by doing the planning now, so they are ready to move quickly. Christopher J. Messina, RAD-CON, Inc. Capital projects are mostly on hold until the economic situation improves. Smaller equipment improvements that have a quick payback can still be approved on a case-to-case basis. Herbert Gabriel, Ebner Furnaces.

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endothermic gas as the atmosphere. Not only are the utility costs lower and the cycle times shorter with 100% hydrogen, the quality can’t be beat. Especially in the cold-heading quality (CHQ) market, quality assurance is the main reason for the investment, while the operating costs are the main justification for the project. Christopher J. Messina, RAD-CON, Inc. There are many different furnace technologies used in the industry. Sometimes even newer systems can be upgraded or replaced with good payback potentials. It is not uncommon that a new furnace system can reduce utility consumption by 20% to 50% and yield an improvement in product quality, repeatability and shorter processing times. Efficiencies may be gained by using fewer but larger furnaces. For example, hydrogen atmosphere allows mixing of different steel grades, there is no decarb and thus no carbon potential control necessary. Accurate temperature control may also facilitate combining different grades. Herbert Gabriel, Ebner Furnaces, Inc.

better use of floor space. Decreased heating time reduces overall cycle time and can increase production rates. Richard Rosenbloom, Ameritherm Inc. The sharp drop in energy costs has taken the edge off efficiency concerns. The main advantage now, in newer furnaces and systems, is improved product quality. Gordon Murray, QED Wire Lines. Any furnace system that is 30 years old and has not been upgraded, should be. Today's advances in energy efficiency with insulations and recuperation offer some impressive paybacks. Dan Goodman, Surface Combustion, Inc.

Tom Tyl and his son, Jeffrey, have formed Jigsaw Thermal Technology, LLC, a supplier of strand annealing systems. The payback for replacing furnaces that are 20 to 30 years old with the energy-efficient JTT design is under one year when running near capacity. Thomas Tyl, Jigsaw Thermal Technology, LLC. In some cases, the old way is still the best way but in the majority of situations, replacing or rebuilding a 20- to 30-yearold furnace can be very cost-effective. One can expect gains in operating efficiency, control options, most likely a higher product yield and a reduction in maintenance costs. All these yield a reduction in operating costs and with proper design considerations a smaller footprint unit that is more flexible, giving the client options for other products that may have not been possible with the old unit. Tom Crafton, Thermcraft, Inc. Radyne provides in-line systems which dramatically outperform batch systems in both response time, flexibility and cost of operation. Work-In-Process inventory is minimized by avoiding the accumulation of large amounts of product required to run a batch system. For one customer, our in-line system results in four days faster response time to their customers! Energy utilization is maximized as there is essentially no cost to turn the system on to run what you need at the rate you need it and then shut down. Response time in meeting customer needs is minimized as product comes finished directly off the line. Justin Mortimer, Radyne Corporation. Upgrading to solid state induction heating from older equipment whether it be resistance heaters, tube furnaces or older induction heating equipment, provides several efficiency improvements. Immediate savings can be seen in reduced energy consumption. Improved frequency tuning techniques and power supply controls can contribute to quality improvements. The equipment has a much smaller footprint providing

Plasma heat treatment process offers a number of benefits over traditional furnaces, such as increased process speed, reduced cost of operation and maintenance, a computer-controlled operation, improved surface quality, and in-line product quality control. Sometimes it can also end the use of chemical cleanings, a plus for the process operator and the environment. Depending on the application, replacement of a traditional furnace with a plasma process can have a payback period as short as one year. Igor Rogelj, Commercial Director, Plasmait GmbH. WJI: You make the case: Why should a manufacturer consider new furnaces at this time? Today, the bottom line is more important than ever before. We should therefore always invest in new and efficient technologies. The sooner this is done, the sooner you can capitalize on the benefits. Heat treating is a prime example: Aside from substantial energy savings and product improvement, look also at reduced operating cost through automation, zeroyield losses and reduced inventory. Modern furnace systems usually also have much more flexibility using different types of atmospheres, including 100% hydrogen, argon, etc., as well as precise atmosphere and temperature control capabilities. This flexibility may allow you to enter new markets with higher margins. Precise and reliable heat treatment with consistent product quality results in higher customer satisfaction. Combined with reduced operating cost the question becomes, “Why shouldn’t a manufacturer consider a new furnace?” Justin Mortimer, Radyne Corporation. New equipment can offer significant improvements in product quality, particularly for new galvanizing wiping systems. Gordon Murray, QED Wire Lines. When production time is slow, it is a good time to use inhouse resources to examine every nature of your existing manufacturing processes. With some lines perhaps shut down, it would be a great time to examine the possibility of combining some production lines by replacing single-use equipment with items designed with flexibility in mind and the ability to do several operations. This can free up floor space, reduce maintenance costs, increase production capabilities and reduce overall operating costs by scrapping equipment that is not

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JTT has one potential customer in the U.S. where the payback to replace a molten lead bath with a fluidized bed is less than three months if they are running near capacity. Now they are at about 1/4 capacity so they cannot justify the investment.

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being utilized on a full-time basis. With forward thinking, it also could give you the ability to go after new business not able to be serviced with the existing equipment. Tom Crafton, Thermcraft, Inc. Advances in the wire processing industry dictate the use of new materials and alloys that may require new processing methods. As these new methods are brought into production, manufacturers need to look beyond their existing furnaces for a technology that can provide quicker ROI and continued cost savings. Higher processing temperatures and accelerated temperature ramping are more easily achieved with current induction heating methods. Richard Rosenbloom, Ameritherm, Inc. Manufacturers who streamline their operations now may find the greatest potential savings in the heat treatment processes. Reducing energy and gas consumption by as much as 50% to 70% makes a difference in the long run. Increasing the process speed allows for reduction in the number of lines in operation, and hence the number of take-ups, payoffs and other periphery equipment. Abolishing chemical cleaning and going to an inline process and quality controls reduces labor needs and makes the process operator-friendly. Such improvements would put the manufacturer in a good position to weather the downturn and prepare for future growth. Igor Rogelj, Plasmait GmbH. New annealing capacity can take nine months or more to be fully productive. Naturally, each company will make the investment decision according to their assessment of their market in nine months time. Uncertainty can paralyze investments, but looking back historically, those that had the confi-

dence to invest when the markets looked bleak, reaped the rewards when the times improved. Ultimately, in today’s environment, it will be those well-managed companies with the strongest balance sheets that will take the long view. Christopher J. Messina, RAD-CON, Inc. Manufacturers should consider a new furnace at this time for several reasons: greater productivity and throughput; increased efficiency, in terms of operating costs; and improved product quality. Jim Neil, CM Furnaces, Inc. It is feasible only if the company's debt to equity ratio is low. If a company has high debt, or if they are holding inventories worth much more than they can now be sold for, there is no case for replacing a furnace or fluidized bed. They simply do not have the capital. If debt and inventory are low, companies can be positioned to take off when the economy turns. It generally takes one year from order placement to full -scale production. In six to 12 months, companies should be looking to upgrade their equipment. There are several reasons to replace a furnace or fluidized bed or lead bath; our designs cover all of the bases. Thomas Tyl, Jigsaw Thermal Technology, LLC . WJI: If there is a point not covered above, please share your thoughts here. One area we see positive signs in the economy deals with “green” projects, either as renewable energy applications or in conversion to cleaner, less-polluting manufacturing technologies. Even before stimulus money started to become available, we noticed clients moving in this direction. Examining the total picture, you see how it makes sense, not only from a financial situation (cost savings, tax breaks, grants), but from the point of being a good neighbor to the community. We are starting to pay more attention to this growth area, both as a vendor and a willing participant in what can only be a substantial growth market in the years to come. Tom Crafton, Thermcraft, Inc. Quality will continue to be the main driver of investment in new equipment. The challenge will be to justify the capital investment, not on operating costs savings (which are lower now), but on new business to be gained. Market upheaval challenges the marketing projections, but ultimately creates winners out of those with confidence in their product and service. Christopher J. Messina, RAD-CON, Inc. If at all possible, try to invest even during slow times. Ebner Furnaces has practiced this during every recession. It allowed us to use our own resources for a project, kept experienced personnel employed for a good value and most importantly, once the pendulum swung back, we were in a better position to quickly deal with customer demand. Herbert Gabriel, Ebner Furnaces.

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FEATURE A Radyne inline atmospheric bright annealing system. the lean will prevail. Right now is a great time to buy not only for the reasons above but also because there are great tax advantages to buying this year. Radyneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wire thermal processing systems are made in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with service available in North America and indeed worldwide through our Inductotherm Group companies. Buying Radyneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s American-made wire processing equipment is not just good economic sense but good for America! Justin Mortimer, Radyne Corporation. We feel that wire manufacturers are fighting for survival and are looking for any technology that can give them an edge over their competition. JTT is actively going out and asking perspective customers what their nagging issues are and then designing the issues out of the heat-treating process. Thomas Tyl, Jigsaw Thermal Technology, LLC . There are many aspects of the wire industry, which have not been as deeply affected by the economy. I believe recov-

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A strand annealer from CM Furnaces, Inc. ery will come sooner for a high percentage of these manufacturers than others. Jim Neil, CM Furnaces, Inc.

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Furnace showcase Atmosphere control is as important as temperature control in a spheroidize annealing furnace. Quality of the wire surface is dependent on the atmosphere, meaning avoidance of both decarburization and soot-deposition. So, RAD-CON provides its AC/APEx™ system on both new 100% hydrogen and existing furnace systems. The patented system uses an insitu probe with a proprietary algorithm designed to work in the sub-critical and inter-critical annealing temperature ranges. (The algorithms in traditional carbon controllers are not valid in these temperature ranges.) We also sell technology currently not in use that allows a manufacturer of strandannealed product to run their burners in the most efficient gas-to-air ratio: stoichiometric. If they were to attempt this now, all of their product would be decarburized. We also use waste heat to evaporate water before the wires enter the furnace, an annual savings of $100K or more. RAD-CON. One of our more unique products is the TransTemp Tube Furnace. Originally developed for lab scale testing and R&D applications, this unit can reach maximum temperature of 1100°C and as is transparent at operating temperature. This allows the user to not only heat up samples but to observe their reaction at the same time. The system uses a gold mirror to reflect heat back onto the sample under test. Since there is virtually no insulation, the furnaces has very rapid heat up and cool down rates along with quite good uniformity. Heat losses are also remarkably small considering the lack of insulation and they are highly desirable in clean room environments. Recently, these units have moved from the laboratory to the production floor with their incorporation into fiber curing and coating applications. Thus, the client is able to perform continuous processing of material while being able to observe the desired changes anywhere in the heating process without exposing the product to outside atmosphere or temperature fluctuations. Thermcraft, Inc. A close-up of TransTemp tube technology from Thermcraft. 46 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

The system in the photo is a Galfan extension to a QED galvanizing line in Turkey. The Galfan furnace incorporates our Mark 3 immersion burners and the refractory-lined furnace uses a “freeze plane” technology that assures a long life of over 25 years. The wires exit the Galfan through our latest

A Galfan extension to a QED galvanizing line in a plant in Turkey. generation nitrogen wiping system that is offered in both manual and automatic closed loop control modes. The optional pre-flux tank makes the process easier to manage. The structural steel tower is ruggedly built to minimize vibration. The addition of a Galfan furnace to an existing galvanizing line offers the wire producer a far superior end product. The Galfan coating has a proven life of three to five times that of an equal coating weight of zinc. QED Wire Lines. Radyne Corp. recently shipped its new oxygen-free copper wire bright annealing system to a leading supplier of electrical grade copper and aluminum wire. Radyne’s inline atmospheric bright annealing systems maintain the highest quality surface finish and interior strength for copper wire by eliminating traces of alkali, minimizing carbon deposition and stress relieving. The system anneals copper wire in sizes ranging from 10 gauge to 2 gauge in diameter up to 700ft/min or more. The power supply used for this application is Radyne’s newly designed TFN induction power source. Radyne Corporation. The technology allowing a user to run burners at stoichiometric utilizes a coating that has no environmental impact and can be reclaimed and sold. Pickling after heat treating is not eliminated, but the by product can be sold on the open market. As no iron oxide is formed, the plant throughput will increase by about 0.06 percent, which for a 200 MT per day plant would be about 45 MT per year of “free” production. JTT fluidized beds are extremely energy efficient. Our patenting fluidized bed uses no thermal energy in operation and heat is only applied when the unit is being started or re-started. For this reason we recommend electric heaters for patent-

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ing fluidized bed application as these are simpler and have a much lower capital cost. JTT fluidized beds for other applications are also very energy-efficient, with fewer emissions whether they are heated by natural gas, propane or electricity. Jigsaw Thermal Technology, LLC. It is extremely important today that a continuous furnace is tailored to the customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s individual needs. They do not want a standard furnace if it does not fit their exact needs. Because our furnaces are built on a one-at-a-time basis, they can easily be sized for either a specific application or a range of applications. This will give the end user the most versatility and the most effective piece of equipment for their needs. CM Furnaces, Inc. There are many aspects that make an EBNER furnace system a great value. Each system is designed from the inside out. We strive to exceed the customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; expectations in terms of process material quality based on our ability to fully understand the metallurgical requirements. Our staff of metallurgists and lab technicians routinely process customer material samples or full size charges in our laboratory furnaces to develop or verify heat treatment recipes for new and existing customers. Once a customer is in full agreement with the heat cycle, a customized furnace system can be designed using

Systems from Ebner Furnaces at a Nucor plant.

highly developed system components. The most important component is probably our convection system that provides extremely high flow rates. It uses highly reliable materials and components for fan impellers and motors along with a computer optimized diffuser and baffle system. An extremely reliable and efficient burner and recuperator system keeps utility and maintenance costs to an absolute minimum and the powerful cooling units further reduce the cycle time. The comprehensive control and automation package includes redundant safety systems as well as process automation and optimization tools. Since pioneering hydrogen annealing in

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the early 1970s, Ebner equipment has logged millions of operating hours and this experience is an indispensable asset. Ebner Furnaces.

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Brazing, annealing, preheating and patenting are common wire industry processes that require precision heating during manufacturing. A wide range of wire diameters from small to large and materials from exotic alloys to common metals can

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easily be heated with induction. Ameritherm provides a broad range of induction heating solutions for these processes delivering cost savings and production efficiency. Induction heating is an efficient, rapid, non-contact and flameless method to heat electrically conductive material. The EASYHEAT and EKOHEAT systems can easily be integrated into new or existing production lines. The equipment operates at frequencies from 3 kHz to 400 kHz at power levels of 1 kW to 250 kW. Ameritherm Inc.

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CM Furnaces, Inc. www.cmfurnaces.com Ebner Furnaces www.ebnerfurnaces.com Jigsaw Thermal Technology, LLC www.jigsawthermaltechnology.com Plasmait GmbH www.plasmait.com (Represented in Canada/U.S. by Howar Equipment, www.howarequipment.com.) A modular-style furnace from Surface Combustion. equilibrium atmosphere flows. In addition, the use of RX® endothermic generator gas with it carbon bearing nature, allows for neutral processing of materials with minimal to no decarb. In cases where the incoming steels have previously been decarburized, a carbon restoration of the surface can also be possible. Surface Combustion, Inc. Use of direct-fired gas furnaces results in iron oxide formation and at least occasional decarburization. JTT is licensed to use a patent-pending process that, when used properly, completely eliminates decarburization and iron oxide. Since iron oxide is not formed, throughput of the austenitizing operation increases by about 0.06 percent or about 45 MT per year for a 200 MT per day plant. Its systems offer multiple advantages in terms of energy efficiency, direct real time measurement of wire temperature, a patenting fluidized bed that uses no thermal energy during operation, automatic removal of sand, and more. For details, go to our website. Jigsaw Thermal Technology, LLC . ■

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Interwire 2009/IFE 2009 Update Updates for Interwire 2009/IFE 2009 This section updates the Interwire and IFE trade shows that will be held later this month at Cleveland’s I-X Center, where some 500 exhibiting companies will be showcasing machinery, equipment and services. It includes new booth descriptions, updated alpha and product directory listings, more about IFE, a corrected list of 25 Year WAI members, and an especially noteworthy (and free!) program that by itself could make the trip to Cleveland worthwhile. Representatives from U.S. agencies will explain what exporting resources they can offer. Registered exhibitors and attendees can attend for free. For the most complete information, see the Show Program.

Showtime could be ‘your time’ for companies seeking exporting help The U.S. Department of Commerce may well be the partner your company needs to be competitive in the global arena. WAI’s first-ever participation in the International Buyer Program will present a wealth of options to U.S. companies wishing to export or export better. These resources should be of interest to any U.S. company that wants to: • Learn about key wire and cable markets abroad and how to enter them; • Find reliable distributors/agents; • Find qualified customers;

also has a hotline for answering questions. If the spots fill up and a company is not able to meet one-on-one during the trade show, we will certainly arrange for a phone or in-person meeting after the show with a representative in their area,” Rust said. The hours for the International Business Center, to be located on the show floor next to the WAI Store, are: Monday, April 27, 11:30 am-5:00 pm; Tuesday, April 28, 9:00 am-5:00 pm; Wednesday, April 29, 9:00 am-5:00 pm; and Thursday, April 30, 9:00 am-1:00 pm. The one-on-one sessions will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday. Representatives from the previously cited departments will offer educational presentations on services they offer to assist exporters. Below is a brief look at what the different government officials will focus on that could be helpful to the wire and cable industry.

• Get help financing export transactions. Specialists from several U.S. government agencies will offer attendees multiple opportunities to learn about exporting to markets with potential for their products. Representatives from the U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce; Export-Import Bank of the U.S.; and the Small Business Administration will lead informational programs designed to help exporters succeed. These speakers will not only deliver group presentations on their areas of expertise, but they will be available for a “Showtime” meeting, one-on-one sessions where attendees can explain what they do and find out what kind of help may be available for them. There is no cost for the sessions, to be hosted in the International Business Center on Tuesday, April 28, and Wednesday, April 29, but they will be filled on a firstcome, first-served basis. To sign up for a Showtime session, which can also be held at an exhibitor’s booth, e-mail International Trade Specialist Danielle Rust at danielle.rust@mail.doc.gov. She notes that even if the slots are filled, arrangements can be made for a later meeting. “Three of the five agencies that will be conducting the oneon-ones have local offices throughout the U.S. and are mandated to regularly meet with companies. The fourth is a call center designed to answer questions about trade, and the fifth

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• The U.S. Export-Import Bank. It can assist in financing the export of U.S. goods and services to international markets, and will discuss global financing opportunities. • U.S. Commerce Department. Among the services it will highlight is the “Gold Key” program that can help manufacturers connect with international customers and build, maintain, and expand a successful export enterprise. • The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of International Trade. This unit can help participants find access to capital through loans, guarantees, and more. • The Trade Information Center. It can help manufacturers in terms of understanding free-trade agreements, export licensing and focus centers for key regions. • Foreign Trade Division of the U.S. Census Bureau. It collects U.S. trade information, issues regulations governing export reporting, provides customer support for the Automated Export System and offers export filers free Internet access to AES through its AESDirect service. Topic schedule to be posted later at wirenet.org.

As of press time, some 55 exhibiting companies will be presenting technologies and services at IFE, the International Fastener & Precision Formed Parts Manufacturing Exposition and Conference, to be held April 27-30 at the I-X Center in Cleveland, Ohio. This section includes an alpha listing of exhibitors, booth numbers and a brief look at what they will either display or be prepared to discuss at IFE. It begins with the IFE Conference program, which will include six presentations, beginning with the keynote address. The collective presentations will explore some of the latest issues and developments that are shaping both current and future progress in the design and manufacture of fasteners and precision-formed parts. The seminar program is offered on a complimentary basis to IFE and Interwire attendees, exhibitors, guests and industry media. The presenters, topics and descriptions are listed as follows. The presentations will be located in the exhibition floor classrooms. For more details, go to www.ifetradeshow.com.

Sessions Monday, April 27 Session 1 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm Keynote Address: Jo Isenberg-O’Loughlin, Editor, American Metal Market Topic: Anchored Down or About to Bolt? Steel Prices Come Down to Earth...for Now This opening session will explore production trends and potential pricing

Activity at the IFE event in 2007 at the I-X Center in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Seeking direction should be part of any long-term outlook The weak economy is a cause for concern and being prudent, but one perspective is that these conditions make it even more important to know what is going on and what actions can help prepare a company for future success. IFMSA Executive Director Ray Zirkle said that he firmly believes that now is the time when one should not miss any opportunities. “Sure, there have been better economic environments in which to run a show, but our exhibitors recognize that there is business out there. They see IFE as an efficient and cost-effective way to reach active buyers now, while providing an opportunity to demonstrate their unflinching commitment to the industry and their cus-

tomers regardless of prevailing market conditions. It’s a move they believe will put them in good stead when the recovery kicks in.” Jim Flanagan, Reed Machinery, Inc., agreed with that assessment. “Nobody knows what the economy will do this year, but we know that promotion of our products is more important to ensure that we are considered for whatever opportunities become available,” he said. “A lot of market segments are suffering along with the general economy but we have some customers that are still doing well and we don’t want to miss those opportunities.”

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patterns for carbon, stainless and alloy steel in the current climate of frozen credit and ailing markets. With mill capacity utilization and steel output at a fraction of year-ago levels, are the markets headed for a deeper dip or an unexpected upward spike? These and other relevant steel pricing issues will be explored within the context of the Obama stimulus plan, “Buy America” initiatives, the threat of protectionism and the prospects for retaliation in world markets, and continued distress in core user industries—most notably the automotive sector.

Tuesday, April 28 Session 2 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm Presenter: Craig Benjamin, President, Intera Systems, Inc. Topic: Manufacturing Software: Adapting a generic ERP/MRP suite versus a fastener industry-specific solution Whether currently using manufacturing software, contemplating a system upgrade, or seeking a first-time solution to meet the needs of your expanding operations, this session will explore the pros and cons of adapting an off-the-shelf program versus a suite

specifically designed for fastener manufacturing. Topics will include: job estimation and costing; order processing; inventory and production tracking; die/equipment/machinery maintenance; scheduling; work orders and repetitive manufacturing; bar coding and integrated EDI; quality control (ISO/QS 9000 audits); scrap tracking; interface with accounting; payroll and HR; and more. The session will also explore cost and feature considerations and comparisons, compromises to avoid, system implementation, impact on productivity, payback and ROI and other financial issues. Session 3 3:00 pm to 3:45 pm Presenter: Robert Miller, President, SEMTEC, Inc. Topic: High-Speed Ultrasonic Cleaning and Processing of Fasteners Manufacturing fasteners requires significant lubrication. Before further processing, any lubricant residue needs to be removed from every part. This session will analyze typical cleaning problems and solutions with a particular focus on the use of in-line conveyorized ultrasonic equipment. The

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intensity of the ultrasonic waves creates significant cavitation resulting in extensive and pervasive deep cleaning, while the continuous, high-speed process can yield significant gains in time and cost savings as opposed to batch processing. Aqueous and VOCcompliant solutions will be explored.

Wednesday, April 29 Session 4 Wednesday, April 28 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm Presenter: Mark Behrendt, Stork Herron Testing Labs, Inc. Topic: The role of testing in fastener design and manufacturing This session will highlight the role and benefits of testing in terms of identifying potential fastener problems and flaws, facilitating approvals, extending product life, ensuring greater operational safety, and reducing operating and replacement costs. Specific topics to be explored include testing fasteners for pull-out resistance, bending yield, hardness, tensile strength, shear, coating weight, and chemical analysis. The latest advances in laboratory equipment and systems for measuring the performance and durability of fasteners to the manufacturer’s specifications will be covered, as well as testing procedures conducted in conformance with national and international standards (ASTM, NIST, ANSI, ICC etc.). Methods and procedures for failure analysis will also be discussed. Session 5 3:00 pm to 3:45 pm Presenter: TBA Topic: Advanced fastener design: a present and future perspective In recent years, as much of the commodity fastener market has gone offshore, many North American manufacturers have increasingly focused on engineered advanced fasteners and fastening systems—often designed to meet the specifications and requirements of a particular application.

Thursday, April 30 Session 6 11:00 am to 11:45 am Presenter: Art Kerley, President, The Fairfield Factor, Inc. Topic: The worldwide fastener market This session will present some of the latest data on global and U.S. markets for fasteners in terms of production, consumption, import/export, application by industrial sector, and projections for industry growth. Current market data will be analyzed in terms of historical perspectives and future direction. Factors facilitating demand for fasteners will be explored as well as trends and developments that could negatively impact the industry. New technologies, applications and market locations that offer manufacturers the greatest opportunities for growth will also be discussed. Note: Session topics, presenters and schedule subject to change. Please see www.ifetradeshow.com, the IFE show web site, for the latest information.

IFE exhibitors (as of 3/20/09) Aachener Maschinenbau GmbH AMBA Booth 1108 Automatic long bolt machines, rod headers, straighteners. American Metal Market Booth 533 Monthly publication, e-newsletter, and industry portal covering the metals market. Angor Material Handling, Inc. Booth 1318 Conveyor systems, inspection equipment, tooling. B.M. Rebuilders, Inc. Booth 701 Rebuilding of fastener, thread rolling machinery and equipment, precision machining.

Cinco Industries, Inc. Booth 816 Thread rollers and thread roll dies, turntables, conveyors, screw sorting/inspection systems. Cold Header Machine Corp. Booth 711 Precision cold heading, thread rolling, secondary operation and sorting and inspecting machines. Fastener Engineers & Lewis Machine, Inc. Booth 1036 Descaling equipment, wiredrawing machines, straightening and cutting machines. Fastener Industry News Booth 1224 Providing the latest fastener industry news since 1979. Fastener World Group Booth 513 Taiwan-based publication, web site, and shows for the fastener industry.

Barbarotto International Machinery Sales Corp. Booth 1109 New and used equipment for fastener wire industries and packaging equipment for hardware.

FH Machinery, Inc. Booth 1034 New fastener manufacturing machinery from key suppliers, tool design, rebuilding and remanufacturing.

Bugwang Precision Tooling Co. Booth 1030 Piercing and extrusion pins, punchpins, pin holders, spacers..

Fu Wei Machinery Co., Ltd. Booth 1000 Precision micro-fastener forming machinery.

Carlo Salvi SpA Booth 808 Comprehensive range of high precision and fast cold forging machines for the fastener industry.

Gem International Co., Ltd. Booth 618 Machinery for drawing wire, manufacturing bolts, nuts, screws and other fasteners.

Chi Ning Co., Ltd. Booth 608 Nut-forming machines, tooling supplies, special nut tooling designs and technical support services. China Fastener Info/Quarterly Booth 1032 Quarterly publication covering the Chinese fastener industry, web site and trade show. Ching Chan Machinery Co., Ltd. Booth 608 Screw image-display sorting machines, vibe bowls and linear feeders, screw packaging and boxing.

Greenslade Fastener Services LLC Booth 602 Dies, punches, thread forming, feed rollers, gauging and inspection systems. Hariton Machinery Co., Inc. Booth 1324 New Sakamura machinery and Sigma sorting machinery. IFMSA Booth 630 International Fastener Machinery and Suppliers’ Association. (continued on p. 56)

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Many of these designs incorporate embedded micro-circuitry and are made of the latest shape memory materials. Many so-called “smart fasteners” can engage and release remotely through magnetic control, or automatically, in response to the effect of heat on the alloy materials used in their construction, such as Nitinol. Other intelligent fasteners with onboard sensors can measure fatigue, corrosion or other conditions affecting performance and safety. Industrial futurists believe that next-generation fasteners could revolutionize joining and assembly technology. This session will take a look at advanced fastener design, current applications, and implications for fastener manufacturers—and the application markets they serve.

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Impact Global Machinery, Inc. Booth 1024 Innovative hot-forging and abrasive cutting solutions.

Metal Forming Systems, Inc. Booth 612 Computer software programs for tooling design programs.

Ingramatic Tortona SpA Booth 1130 Thread-forming technologies; complete range of machines for rolling screws, bolts and special parts.

Nakashimada Engineering Works, Ltd. Booth 1034 Headers and formers, precision forging machines for a wide range of applications.

Intools, Inc. Booth 1318 Fastener machinery and tooling, material handling and inspection. I-TECH International Corp. Booth 808 Face drivers, spline and thread rolling machines, special chucks. Jagular Industry Ltd. Booth 709 Grinding machine tools. Jern Yao Enterprises Co. Ltd. Booth 1200 Part-forming machines, tap dies, tools, thread rolling dies. Jian Hwa Enterprise Ltd. Booth 931 Revolving wire twisting machine, high speed automatic thread rolling machine, tapping machine. J&J Carbide and Tool, Inc. Booth 1000 Cold header and cold forming tooling. KCS Enterprise Co. Ltd. Booth 624 Custom design and manufacturing services for fastener manufacturers. Kingwin Precision Co. Ltd. Booth 531 Manufacturer of punches and punch holders. Konfu Enterprise Co. Ltd. Booth 517 Fastener forming machines, punches, tooling, dies. Megalink Reheaders Booth 1000 Cold-forging machinery for fastener industry.

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Nedschroef Herentals NV Booth 925 Multi-station cold and warm metal forming machines. ORT Italia, SpA Booth 808 Manufacture, installation and maintenance of thread machines, spline machines, grooving and burnishing machines. Plan-E-Tech, Inc. Booth 731 Cylindrical and circular thread-rolling dies.

Sanmei Works Co., Ltd. Booth 1000 Thread-rolling machines, washer assembly machines and related equipment. Scientific Forming Technologies Corp. Booth 509 DEFORM process simulation software for computerized analysis of metal forming, heat treatment and joining processes. SMART Thread Rolling Solutions Booth 1034 Computerized, intelligent thread-rolling machines. Talleres Saspi, SA Booth 816 Bolt and nut-making machinery. Te Hung En Enterprise Co. Ltd. Booth 830 Laser-based sorting machines and inspection systems.

Reed Machinery, Inc. Booth 808 Reed & Hartford machines, ORT Italia and Carlo Salvi machines.

3 View Com, Inc. Booth 1000 Comprehensive process monitoring for cold forming, thread rolling and stamping machines.

Regg Inspection Booth 808 High-precision inspection systems, gauging systems, weighing and counting equipment.

Truform Equipment, Inc. Booth 1100 Full range of equipment for cold forming and fastener manufacturing from the industry's leading suppliers.

Rockford Manufacturing Group Booth 1036 Descaling, wiredrawing, straightening and cutting, material-handling equipment for cold-headed and cold-formed parts.

USA Carbide Tooling, Inc. Booth 519 Cold-header tooling.

SACMA Machinery Corp. Booth 1130 Automated thread-rolling machines with numerical control and quick-change setup. Sakamura USA Booth 1326 Cold/warm/hot parts forming machines, tools and dies, process control equipment, thread rollers, parts feeders. San Shing Fastech Corp. Booth 626 Nut forming machines and optical sorting systems.

Videx Machine Engineering Ltd. Booth 1110 Automatic bent bolt machines, high speed thread rollers, wire straighteners and cut-off machines. Wrentham Tool Products, LLC Booth 525 Cold-header recess punches and recess gauging. Yuang Hsian Metal Industrial Corp. Booth 1010 Free-cutting brass wire and rod, brass wire, EDM wire, copper anode.

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Interwire/IFE Update Nearly 500 exhibiting companies will be represented at the I-X Center in Cleveland, Ohio, showcasing machinery, equipment and services at Interwire 2009 and at the International Fastener & Precision Formed Parts Manufacturing Exposition (IFE). This section presents additional booth listings. An alpha list starts on p. 70 and the Product Directory on p. 78. Below is a corrected list of WAIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 25 Year Members to be recognized at the Awards Breakfast. The exhibits open Monday, April 27, following a 12:30 pm wirecutting ceremony, closing at 5 pm. They will be open from 10 am to 5 pm on Tuesday, April 28, and Wednesday, April 29, and from 10 am to 3 pm on Thursday, April 30. For the most up-to-date info, go to www.wirenet.org, and at the event, look for the Show Program. ABC Plastics Tel. 330-954-3322 fax 330-948-2447 www.abcplasticslodi.com sales@abcplasticslodi.com USA Booth 3278 Exhibiting: Spools and reels for manufacturers in the wire industry. Personnel: Bill Shafer, Randy Prologo, Ricki Mervis.

A.E.B. International, Inc. Tel. 212-752-4647 fax 212-486-6526 www.aebinternational.com aeb@aebint.com USA Booth 846 Exhibiting: A.E.B. International is one of the largest wire and cable manufacturer and distributors worldwide. Its main factory is located in South Carolina, USA.

Personnel: A. Erkan Buyuksoy, Mark Garner, Lana Geyman, Susanne Prosser, Sahim Faizee. American Kuhne, Inc. Tel. 401-326-6200 fax 401-326-6201 www.americankuhne.com smaxson@americankuhne.com USA Booth 3258 Exhibiting: Single-screw extruders for

25 Year Members The March preview had an incorrect list of the 25 Year Members to be honored at Interwire. Below is the correct list. Jacques Adam Nexans Canada, Inc. Montreal E, QC, Canada

Richard L. Duffy United States Machinery Division North Billerica, MA, USA

David Nelson Nelson Steel Products, Inc. Hatfield, PA, USA

Irving Adler i Mag LLC Fort Wayne, IN, USA

Robert J. Glodowski Stratcor Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Mukesh Patel Teknor Apex Pawtucket, RI, USA

Louis Arcuri ECD, Inc. Westfield, NJ, USA

Heinz Hohl Ace American Wire Die Co. Twinsburg, OH, USA

Dan Polasky Electrovations Aurora, OH, USA

Stephen Ashby Mittal Steel Chicago, IL, USA

George Kepes Tensor Machinery Ltd Lachine, QC, Canada

Arnoldo Quintero Conductores Electricos Quinro Mexico DF, Mexico

Richard Burke Hixson, TN, USA

Andrew J. Kleinert Torpedo Specialty Wire, Inc. Pittsfield, PA, USA

Peter A. Wilcock KTS Wire Industries Ltd W Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Allen Lindholm Walker Wire (Ispat), Inc. Ferndale, MI, USA

Roger W. Wild Offshore Metals America, Inc. Eagleville, PA, USA

Carl W. Miller Belden Americas Division Richmond, IN, USA

Thomas Williams T W Williams & Assoc., Inc. Broadview Heights, OH, USA

Gene Monsignore Best Manufacturing Co., Inc. Hollywood, FL, USA

James L. Zampogna MGS Manufacturing, Inc. Rome, NY, USA

William E. Crowle QED Wire Lines, Inc. Rigaud, QC, Canada Philip Denison International Wire Group Camden, NY, USA Kenneth Downs Beneke Wire Co. Louisville, KY, USA

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river.qi@bjholland.com China Booth 3578 Exhibiting: Beijing Holland supplies machines for copper industries, steel wiredrawing machines and steel wire cutting, bending, straightening and welding machines. Personnel: River Qi.

Anhui Herrman Impex Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-551-2852000 www.herrman.com president@herrman.com China Booth 2458-6 Exhibiting: Anhui Herrman Impex Co. specializes in machinery for wire and cable production. It specializes in power cable machinery and telecommunication cable/optical fiber machinery. Personnel: Jiang Licai, Zhao Deli.

Bergandi Machinery Co., Inc. Tel. 951-361-8000 Fax 951-361-8050 www.bergandi.com info@bergandi.com USA Booth 2630 Exhibiting: Bergandi Machinery has a nearly 80-year manufacturing legacy of developing innovative machinery technology and designs for the wire industry. Stop by to find out the latest advances in Bergandiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s PVC extrusion lines and its equipment for producing chain link weavers, concertina/barbed wire and structural concrete insulated panel. See

Beijing Holland Tech. Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-10-6803-2755 www.magnetwire.com.cn

its fabricating equipment at www.bergandi.com. Personnel: Scott Barsotti, Greg Jendreas. Brookfield Wire Co. Tel. 508-867-6474 fax 505-867-2579 www.brookfieldwire.com wlussier@brookfieldwire.com USA Booth 979 Exhibiting: Brookfield is a fully integrated mill specializing in stainless steel and nickel alloys. Products include virtually any size round and flat wire with tempers ranging from annealed thru spring. With over 60 years of experience and dedication, it can meet or exceed any customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wire requirements. Personnel: Wayne Lussier, Jim Hauck, Leonard DeFino, Frank DeFino. *Bugwang Precision Tooling Co. Tel. 82-32-5275464 yklht011@hotmail.com

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plastic, rubber, and silicone ranging from .5 in. through 12 in. diameter for all wire and cable processes. The company will feature a 3.5 in. 20:1 L/D strip fed rubber extruder with its proprietary, easyopen feed section. Personnel: Doug Johnson, David Citron.

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South Korea Booth 608 Exhibiting: Piercing and extrusion pin, punchpin, holder space.

Personnel: Peter Ponichtera, James Giffen, Brian Dudek, Christopher Jewell.

. Personnel: Kang Soon-Koo, Lee YeongKeun.

Comapac Wire Machinery Srl Tel. 39-0341-680586 www.comapac.it info@comapac.it Italy Booth 2800-3208 Exhibiting: Comapac Wire Machinery, a GCR Group company, will be exhibiting on the Italian Pavilion organized by ICE and ACIMAF. Personnel: Natale Bonfanti, Don Young.

Chin Pu Jir Enterprise Co., Ltd. Tel. 886-3-460-4318 www.cpj-tw.com ccpj@ms58.hinet.net Taiwan/USA Booth 971 Exhibiting: Based in Taiwan and with a plant in the China mainland, Chin Pu has the combined advantages of Taiwan’s higher quality and precision and China’s lower cost advantage. It is a dedicated producer of stainless steel, flat wire and other stainless steel services. Personnel: Kirsten Chen, Alex Hung.

Dongjiagang Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Co. Ltd. Tel. 86-838-2305777 www.ebp.cn dongjiagong@yahoo.com.cn China Booth 2458-1 Exhibiting: Continuous casting and rolling process for nonferrous rods, drawing process for nonferrous wires, stranding technology, lead extruding technology. Personnel: Zhuang Jia, Chen Yong, Du Jianfen, Zhuang Yuan.

Ching Chan Machinery Co., Ltd Tel. 886-7-6937937 www.ccmtaiwan.ccm.tw r5rv@seed.net.tw Taiwan Booth 608

Ebner Furnaces, Inc. Tel. 330-335-1600 fax 330-335-1605 www.ebner.cc ga@ebnerfurnaces.com Germany/USA Booth: 2737 Exhibiting: As the pioneer of high convection hydrogen annealing, Ebner has continuously improved the process and today offers industry-leading technology that fulfills the most demanding requirements for ferrous and nonferrous applications. Nitrogen or special and controlled atmospheres systems are also available. Staff will be happy to explain how high convection annealing technology can reduce operating cost while increasing process material quality and benefiting downstream processes. Personnel: Herbert Gabriel, Kim Swisher, Peter Andexlinger.

Exhibiting: A PS-1500 C3 screw image-display screening machine and an optical screw and nut sorting machine. Collins & Jewell Company Inc. Tel. 860-887-8813 fax 860-886-5359 www.collins-jewell.com cjewell@collins-jewell.com USA Booth 3492 Exhibiting: Installation services for production/process equipment, custom steel fabrication services, plant relocations.

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Engineered Machinery Group, Inc. Tel. 909-476-9776 fax 909-476-6634 www.emc-wire.com jstevens@emc-wire.com USA Booth 2600 Exhibiting: Engineered Machinery Group offers your company the benefit

of decades of experience in the wire and tube machinery industry. It will custom design machinery to fit customer specifications, blending the newest state-of-theart equipment at a very competitive price. Personnel: John Stevens, Jonathan Stevens, Jerry Scott. Enkotec Company Inc./Enkotec A/S Tel. 440-349-2800 fax 440-349-3575 www.enkotec.com sales@enkotec.com Denmark/USA Booth 4022 Exhibiting: The Enkotec TA01 threadrolling machine, specially designed for making screw shank or annular nail profiles with a production speed of up to 2,500 nails per minute. The working area of the TA01 has a 1.8-4.2 x 32-105 mm nail length with a profile height of 27-75 mm. It offers high-quality output, high stability, quick tooling changeovers, simple adjustments and low noise level, and comes supplied with a vibratory bowl, a cooling system, and a connection to exhaust ventilation. It will run in line with a high-capacity nail machine, Enkotec’s NI01, intended for long production runs and producing 1,500 quality nails per minute (2.4-3.84 x 50-90 mm). The NX models feature a PLC control system and touch-screen operator interface for easy navigation and quick setup of nail parameters. The models have a redesigned drive system, strengthened tooling system, and simplified die ring design for increased tooling life and user friendliness. Personnel: Jan Sorige. Euroalpha Srl Tel. 39-0424-472084 www.euroalpha.it/info@euroalpha.it Italy Booth 2908 Exhibiting: Euroalpha, an innovative supplier of nonferrous wiredrawing equipment, specializes in copper, aluminum and aluminum alloy. It has 15 years of industrial/engineering experience that goes into its equipment range, which includes: rod breakdown lines with slip control, tandem and compact; intermediate machines, single and twin wire; multi-wire, 4 to 48; annealers for multi-wire and rod breakdown; payoffs

Fushi Copperweld Tel. 931-433-7177 Fax 931-433-0470 www.fushicopperweld.com detaylor@fushicopperweld.com USA Booth 858 Exhibiting: A NASDQ listed company

with over $200 million turnover, Fushi Copperweld is dedicated to globally growing its business as an innovative partner to cable manufacturing and other industries. It provides clients with specifically engineered bimetallic components that have unique performance and value characteristics not achievable with just copper, aluminum, steel or other alloys. The company calls this “The Bimetallic Advantage - The Power of Two,” which it uses to improve clients’ products through applying world-leading R&D and application experience in bimetallic production. Stop by to learn about Fushi Copperweld’s expanded capabilities to supply bimetallic wire, strand, single end and bunched fine wire and now, bimetallic tapes, all of which can be engineered to specific performance characteristics. Personnel: Dean Taylor, Anthony Hale, Chris Belado, Dwight Berry, Lawrence Webb, Dustin Fox.

GlobalFastenerNews.com/FIN Tel. 503-335-0183 fax 503-335-3451 www.globalgastenernews.com fin@fastenernews.com USA Booth 1224 Exhibiting: Since 1979, Fastener Industry News has provided management with pertinent and concise fastener specific articles. FIN annually publishes 18+ print newsletters, the FIN Survey, FIN Review of Fastener Stocks and the FIN Calendar. Since 2000, it has posted news on FastenerNews.com and, this year, FIN launched GlobalFastenerNews.com. Personnel: John Wolz, Ann Bisgyer, Jason Sandefur. Hariton Machinery Co., Inc. Tel. 203-367-6777 fax 203-367-6339 www.haritonmachinery.com machinery@haritonmachinery.com USA Booth 1324 Exhibiting: Its latest inventory of quality second-hand machinery for the fasten-

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for manual and automatic pointing and stringing machines; static and dynamic spoolers, manual, semiautomatic, fully automatic; and automatic and semi-automatic rewinding machines from group member Alphatech, which has experience in automation electronics, automation systems and manufacturing technologies for different drawing processes. It focuses on continued research for advanced, innovative solutions in industrial control systems to maximize performance on the basis of specific needs of the client, providing guaranteed support and customer service that uses the latest teleservice technology.

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er and cold- and hot-forming industries. The company will also promote its equipment tooling business. Personnel: Alan Hariton, Mark Hariton, Michael Coda, Michael Carelli, Bill Davidson. *Impact Global Machinery Inc. Tel. 905-795-0861 fax 905-696-9866 www.impactmachinery.com sales@impactmachinery.com USA Booth 1024 Exhibiting: Impact Global Machinery is a world leader in designing and manufacturing precision hot-forging machinery for the production of fasteners made from exotic materials, Inconel, titanium, Wasploy, M2, etc., as well as from steel. Personnel: John Somerville, Markus Wiaderek, Paul Matharoo. Ito-Sin (Deyang) Wire & Cable Equipment Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-20-87376167 www.itosin.com

suli856@163.com China Booth 1473 Exhibiting: Continuous casting and rolling line for copper rod and aluminum alloy rod, lead extruder, breakdown machine with continuous annealer for copper wire and aluminum alloy wire. Koner Spa Tel. 39-02545-6396 Fax 39-02545-5832 www.tktgroup.it tkt@tktgroup.it Italy Booth 3004

Exhibiting: Koner offers a new concept line: the K.340 and K.370 pressure drawing die (patented worldwide), specially constructed and designed to greatly improve lubrication in dry-drawing of

steel wire. With its revolutionary concept, these drawing dies become real dismountable drawing tools, adapted to meet all operating requirements. Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Tel. 828-698-4135 fax 828-692-1663 kyocera.com don.costa@kyocera.com USA Booth 2628 Exhibiting: Ceramic rings, capstans, cones and miscellaneous. Personnel: Don Costa, John Fairchild, Frank Roginski, Jack Johnson. L-S Industries Tel. 800-825-2561 fax 865-577-2193 www.l-si.net ccreasman@l-si.com USA Booth 3576 Exhibiting: L-S Industries will display a variety of packaging materials for protecting wire and cable shipped and stored on reels. It will have both lightduty options as well as protective

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Maanshan Dingtai Rare Earth & New Materials Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-555-2916508 www.dingtaicn.com export@dingtaicn.com China Booth 2458-3 Exhibiting: Maanshan Dingtai manufactures Zn-Al-Mischmetal alloy-coated steel wires and strands. Most of its single steel wire products are from 1.57 mm to 4.77 mm. The strand structure (three kinds: 1x3, 1x7 and 1x19) is widely used in the electric power industry. Personnel: Linda Liu.

NEPTCO Tel. 401-722-5500 Fax 401-722-6378 www.neptco.com neptco@neptco.com USA Booth 3721 Exhibiting: Since 1953, NEPTCO has engineered materials for commercial, industrial and military applications, including advanced polymeric coatings and laminates of films, foils, fibers, composites, papers, non-wovens and customer-formulated adhesives. It offers contract manufacturing and product design services, and has the in-house ability to provide product coating, lamination, extrusion, printing, slitting and weaving at its ISO 9001:2000 plants. Personnel: Philip Shows, Paul McLaughlin, Mark Canrobert.

OMA USA Inc. Tel. 330-470-0195 fax 330-470-019 www.omabraid.com dtietze@omabraid.com USA Booth 2167 Exhibiting: OMA will display a doubledeck, electronically controlled, enclosed 16-carrier braider complete with takeups and payoffs for reels up to 32 in. This machine, suitable for wire and textile reinforcement, provides a highly versatile set-up, with PPI adjustable on the fly. Personnel will be available to discuss any braiding, winding or spiraling needs. Personnel: David Tietze, Antonio Villa. Otomec Srl Tel. 39-0341-660246 www.otomec.it service@otomec.it Italy Booth 2802

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options. Also, ancillary products such as flange protectors and drum liners. Personnel: Chris Creasman, Denise Norris, Bill Hughes.

INTERWIRE/IFE UPDATE Exhibiting: Otomec Srl is a leading company in the field of engineering and manufacturing customized cleaning and plating plants for the wire, cable and strips industry. Through a wide range of machines, sized to perform small and large product volumes as well as large outputs, single or multi-strand, reel-toreel, speeds up to 20 Mt/sec, it can provide the necessary assistance for customer projects. Of note: Model OTO 5, a patented modular, multi-functional plant for in-line preparation of iron wire rod,

awarded by the European Community for innovative features; Model OTO4, a complete plant for the electroplating of steel and non-ferrous wire; Model OTO’FF Line, a reel-to-reel or basket plant for copper, brass, stainless steel, carbon steel, superconductors, alloys, fine tubes; and Model OTO2, for in-line coppering (max 5 mm wire) at speeds up to 20 Mt/sec. Otomec provides compact plants for environmental treatment (water, steam) and auxiliary plants. It offers fair prices and high standards. Personnel: Alberto Rusconi. P/A Industries Tel. 860-243-8306 fax 860-242-4870 www.pa.com/sales@pa.com USA Booth 3020 Exhibiting: P/A has a line of servo wire feeds, wire straighteners, wire decoiling and recoiling equipment and cutoff. Personnel: Don Frank.

Pan Chemicals Tel. 39-0359-77488 www.panchemical.com info@panchemical.com Italy Booth 2904 Exhibiting: Pan Chemicals is a leading Italian producer of wiredrawing lubricants and a major supplier worldwide. Its main production facility is in Italy and it has distribution warehouses strategically located in Central America, South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. It can help customers improve production technology and efficiency by means of its specialized products and technical service. Products include: PANLUBE®S dry-drawing lubricants for low-carbon steel wire, plating-quality wire, welding wire, CHQ, high-carbon steel wire, drawing after galvanizing and high alloyed steel; PANLUBE®L wetdrawing lubricants: soluble lubricants, neat oils and greases; PANCOVER®F

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Pave Automation Tel. 44-1733-342519 pave-wire.com pave@enterprise.net U.K. Booth 3026 Exhibiting: CNC wire bending machines and straightening of wire from 2 mm to 12 mm. Manufacturing of wire formed products and the aspects of achieving a quality wire form. Personnel: Silvio Perna.

Progress Maschinen & Automation Tel. 39-04729-79260 www.progress-m.com david@progress-m.com Germany/Italy Booth 1890 Exhibiting: Coil-wire processing machinery ranging from link benders through rotary straighteners and cutters, cut-and-bend machines to mesh welding plants for the fabrication of both standard and made-to-measure mesh. machinery for the fabrication of lattice girders and concrete pipe reinforcement. Personnel: David Gwyn-Jones, Ed Krause. Qunye Electrical Machinery Factory Tel. 86-514-87381010 www.qunye.com.cn qunye@qunye.com.cn China Booth 2458-5 Exhibiting: Qunye Electrical focuses on the design and manufacturing of all

kinds of reels. Major products include double-layer, high-speed reels, plated high-speed reels, punching-type reels, corrugated-type reels and I-shape reels. Personnel: Qiuxiang Wang. Raajratna Stainless Wire (USA) Tel. 847-485-8210 Fax 847-485-8054 www.raajratna.com jaimir@raajratna.com India/USA Booth 876 Exhibiting: Raajratna Stainless Wire (USA) is a subsidiary of India’s Raajratna Metal Industries, one of the largest stainless steel wire manufacturers. It has manufactured stainless steel wire for 18 years and also produces spring wire, cold-heading wire, welding wire, fine wire, lashing wire, rope wire, and more. Personnel: Jaimir Sanghvi, Manish Sanghvi.

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phosphate coatings; PANCOVER®S non reactive pre-coatings for stainless steel, carbon steel and alloys • PANCHEM® auxiliary products for: degreasing, surface treatment, fluxes for galvanizing and Galfan; and equipment: sanding-belt descalers, mechanical descalers, rotating pressure die boxes, coating and drying equipment and hightech die reconditioning equipment.

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Rainbow Rubber & Plastics Tel. 610-685-2800 fax 610-685-7574 www.rainbowbelts.com mackimm@rainbowbelts.com USA Booth 4252 Exhibiting: Truly endless single-piece construction capstan, caterpuller and take-off belts. Personnel: Mark MacKimm, R.J. Evans, T.J. Phillips. Roland Industrial Electronics Tel. 216-344-0508 Fax 440-846-8632 www.roland-industrial-electronics.com roland4711@aol.com USA Booth 2632 Exhibiting: Roland will display and demonstrate the UFD40 fault locator for wire, cables and small tubing. Using non-destructive testing methods of the Eddy Current measurement principle, the encircling sensors are able to detect breaks, butt welds, mechanical joints and

other flaws in wires, cables and tubes. Personnel: Fred Goronzy, Karl Koch. Sakamura Machine Co., Ltd. Tel. 81-774-43-7007 www.sakamura.org trade@sakamura.org Japan Booth 1326 Exhibiting: Sakamura manufactures formers that produce various products, such as bolts, nuts, automobile engine parts and high-tension bolts for high-rise buildings from coil cut-off blanks. Sakamuraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most notable machine feature, is performing mass-production of special high-precision parts. Personnel: Yoshikazu Sakamura, Jun Kobayashi, Atsuhiko Mori. Shanghai Hold Heavy Ind. Co. Tel. 86-21-58587306 www.holdglobe.com sen@holdglobe.com China Booth 2466-3

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Genca Wire & Cable Extrusion. From Pellet To Product.

No matter what type of wire or cable you may be extruding, Genca designs and manufactures everything you need for your extrusion process. From Crossheads and In-line Heads to Tips, Dies, Screws, Barrels, Breakerplates and more, Genca leads the industry with a complete line of innovative and highly productive extrusion products for your business. For more information, contact Genca at 1-800-237-5448 or online at www.genca.com

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Exhibiting: The company focuses on developing and manufacturing wire stranding and drawing machine. Its products include: rigid frame stranding machines, tubular stranders, copper wire breakdown machines, aluminum wire breakdown machines, alloy wire breakdown machines, drum-twist type laying up/armoring systems and intermediate copper wiredrawing machines. Personnel: Ms. Fatima. Shijiazhuang Kingway Metal Products Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-311-87088438 www.wirenettingchina.com jrain@263.net China Booth 870 Exhibiting: Shijiazhuang Kingway supplies a wide range of mesh products as well as PVC-coated iron wire, fences, low-carbon black wire cloth, iron wire, nails, pipe fitting and pole anchors. Personnel: Zhao Jinbiao.

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Sivaco Wire Group Tel. 800 876-9473 Fax 450-460-2744 www.sivaco.com/lebelr@sivaco.com Canada Booth 666 Exhibiting: Sivaco is a producer of high quality wire, music bright and galvaniz-

ing, the Sivaco 9000 series, cold heading quality, H/C bright, galvanized and Galfan-coated wire, industrial LC wire, flattening quality wire and S/C wire. Personnel: Dan Foster, Richard Lebel, Bob Griffith, Lisa Knepshield, Jackie Cash, Julie Hogg, Lawrence Pye, John

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Cioffi, Denis Cantin, Bernard Guay, Nicole Premont, Marc Gladu. Solar Atmospheres Tel. 724-98-20660 www.solaratm.com mfj@solaratm.com Booth: 990 Exhibiting: Solar Atmospheres, specialists in vacuum heat treating, offers annealing, stress relieving, diffusion bonding, and other precise temperature processes for bright clean wire and parts. Unique capabilities include large furnaces 10, 12, 24, and 36 feet long for wire lengths or coils. Personnel: Bob Hill, Mike Johnsom, Bob Sandora. Tecnosider srl Tel. 39-02545-6396 www.tktgroup.it/tkt@tktgroup.it Italy Booth 3004

Exhibiting: Tecnosider has many years of experience in the steel wiredrawing industry and its extensive knowledge of the market allows the company to be present in an advisory capacity in the production world, enabling them to find practical solutions based on actual experience. Tecnosider designs and constructs auxiliary machinery and devices. Tecnovo srl Tel. 39-0254-56396 www.tktgroup.it/tkt@tktgroup.it Italy Booth 3004

Exhibiting: Tecnovo provides full and prompt technical assistance from start to finish, including selection of the most suitable product and testing of the customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plant by expert specialist technicians. Tecnovo will research and develop special lubricants and products to meet customer requirements/specs. Efficient quality control means that performance and reliability is always guaranteed.

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Teknodiam srl Tel. 39-02545-6396 www.tktgroup.it/tkt@tktgroup.it Italy Booth 3004 Exhibiting: Teknodiam produces natural pecial profile dies. Component parts of dies are available in natural diamond or PCD. It offers PCD dies, drawing dies, shaped dies, wire wire extrusion nipples and polycrystalline diamond. With its extremely high level of specialization, Teknodiam is able to produce dies that work for the most complex of profiles. Tremefil SA Tel. 34-945-466150 www.tremefil.com/info@tremefil.com France Booth 1158 Exhibiting: Cold-drawn flat wire. Ultimate Automation Ltd Tel. 44-01403-754136 www.ultimat.com/sales@ultimat.com U.K. Booth 3466 Exhibiting: Ultimate Automation offers multi-axis wire forming and welding technology. Personnel: Martin Smith, Tim Busby John Manning. Uniwire International Ltd. Tel. 212-688-1565 fax 212-688-2311 www.uniwire.com/info@uniwire.com USA Booth 759 Exhibiting: Uniwire is an international steel marketing and trading company specializing in wire, wire rod, pipe and wire products. It represents the Cape Gate Group and other world-class producers. Offices in New York, London, Johannesburg and Beijing, with representative office in Argentina and Canada. Personnel: Daniel Deutsch, Jonathan Tulkoff. Zhejiang Minmetals Sanhe I/E Co. Tel. 86-571-85775569 www.zjmtd.com.cn/janelwu@gmail.com China Booth 4276 Personnel: Ms Wu Jin Ying Zhejiang Yinhe Cable Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-577-62686000 www.china-yinhe.cn/cccwzj2000@yahoo.com.cn China Booth 2466-1 Exhibiting: Primary and secondary underground transmission power cables, overhead transmission conductors and cables. Personnel: Wang Zhijian.

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Alphabetical/Numerical Lists of Exhibitors Alpha list as of 3/20

(companies with an * are part of IFE)

A Appiani Srl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2218

B & H Tool Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4214

Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . 2226

ABC Plastics Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3278

Balloffet Die Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2058

Cabmach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2446

ABP Induction LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1466

Bao Zhang Galvanized Iron Wire Co.. . . 569

Calmec/MCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3690

Ace American Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . . 4262

*Barbarotto Intâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;l Mach. Sales Corp . . . 1109

Candor Sweden AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2091

Ace Metal Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1866

Bartell Machinery Systems LLC. . . . . . 1852

Canterbury Engineering Co . . . . . . . . . 2036

ACIMAF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3204

Base Ten Consulting Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 4222

*Carlo Salvi SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808

ACM AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3026

BCS Industries LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 975

Carpenter Technology Corp . . . . . . . . . . 866

AEB International Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846

Beijing Holland Trading Co Ltd . . . . . . . 3578

Carris Reels Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2836

AESA SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3890

Beijing Master Int'l Trading Co Ltd . . . . 3475

Cemanco LC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2759

AFA Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3434

Bekaert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1274

CeramTec AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2759

AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016

Besel Basim San Tic Ltd Sti. . . . . . . . . 4228

CERSA-MCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2830

All Forming Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . 1289

Beta LaserMike. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2436

Chengdu Centran Industrial Co Ltd . . . 2830

Amacoil Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3618

Beta Systems Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2266

*Chi Ning Co, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638

Amaral Automation Associates. . . . . . . 2426

Blachford Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4036

Chin Pu Jir Enterprise Co Ltd . . . . . . . . 971

*AMBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1108

*BM Rebuilders, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701

*China Fastener Info/Quarterly . . . . . . 1032

American Kuhne Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3258

BMR Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1975

*Ching Chan Machinery Co, Ltd . . . . . . 608

*American Metal Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Rolf Bock GmbH & Co . . . . . . . . . . . . 3426

Cimteq Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2423

American Wire Producers Association . . 969

Bongard Machines USA LLC . . . . . . . . 1667

*Cinco Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816

Ameritherm Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3490

Boockmann GmbH/The Slover Group . 1074

CJI China Film Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1490

Ametek Specialty Metal Products. . . . . 1175

Boxy SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3218

Clifford Welding Systems (Pty) Ltd. . . . 1646

Anbao Wire & Mesh Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 678

Breen Color Concentrates Inc . . . . . . . 2670

*Cold Header Machine Corp . . . . . . . . 711

*Angor Material Handling, Inc . . . . . . . 1318

Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 979

Clinton Instrument Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2727

Aurum Chemicals Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . 3391

*Bugwang Precision Tooling Co . . . . . . 1030

CM Furnaces Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2771

AW Machinery LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3258

Butt Welders USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1689

CMEC International Exh. Ltd. . . . 2458/2466

Aztech Lubricants LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989

Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3775

CN Wire Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1258 Coats North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3794 Collins & Jewell Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3492 Cometo Snc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2218 Commission Brokers Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 2610 Condat Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3612 Conductix Delachaux Group . . . . . . . . 4052 Confederaton of Indian Industry . . . . . . 1489 Conneaut Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 2608 Continuus-Properzi SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . 3600 Fushi Copperweld. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858 Cortinovis Machinery America Inc . . . . 2846 CRU North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 2606 Dandong Decheng Chemical Co Ltd . . 3090 Davis-Standard LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3400 Delta Tecnic SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3391 Design & Engineering LLC. . . . . . . . . . 2076 Die Quip Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2701

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Domeks Makine Ltd Sti . . . . . . . . . . . . 2208

Etna Bechem Lubricants Ltd . . . . . . . . 3735

W Gillies Technologies LLC . . . . . . . . . 2426

Donnelly Reels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3870

Etna Products Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3735

Gimax Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2226

Dynamex Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4238

Euroalpha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2908

GMP-Slovakia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3026

E-Beam Services Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3191

Eurobend SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1458

Gotex SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2478

Ebner Furnaces Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2737

Eurodraw Energy Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2218

Rudolf Grauer AG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3200

EconoReel Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2179

Eurolls Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2846

*Greenslade Fastener Services LLC. . . 602

Eddytech Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888

Eurowire-Intras Publications. . . . . . . . . 2418

Guill Tool & Engineering Co . . . . . . . . . 3638

EFAF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2906

George Evans Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2767

Hafner & Krullmann GmbH . . . . . . . . . 1688

Effedigi International Spa . . . . . . . . . . . 3002

EVG Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3858

V. Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . 2226

EJP Maschinen GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3426

Exel Fil SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1058

Hall Industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4000

Engineered Control Systems Inc . . . . . 1977

Fabritex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2492

*Hariton Machinery Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . 1324

Engineered Machinery Group . . . . . . . 2600

*Fastener Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1036

Heacock Metal & Machine Co Inc . . . . 2773

Enkotec Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4022

*Fastener Industry News . . . . . . . . . . . 1224

Heany Industries Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3741

ERA Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1375

*Fastener World Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Hearl Heaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3272

Er-Bakir Elektrolitik Bakir . . . . . . . . . . . 1258

*FH Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1034

Heatbath Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1967

Erocarb SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3491

FIB Belgium sa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3878

The Heico Wire Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Esteves Group USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3814

Fiber-Line Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1691

Henkel Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2741

Fil-Tec Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2769

Heritage Wire Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1860

Filtertech Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2626

Hezel GmbH & Co KG Gebruder . . . . . 3200

Fine International Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2400

H. Folke Sandelin AB (HFSAB) . . . . . . 4000

Fisk Alloy Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Hilgeland-Nutap GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . 3200

FLYMCA SL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3477

Hofmann Ceramic GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . 3870

FMS AG/FMS USA Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2604

Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3026

Foerster Instruments Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 4258

Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1846

H Folke Sandelin AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4000

Huettner Maschineenfabrik GmbH . . . . 3466

Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 3410

IBA Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2890

Fortune Machinery Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . 2666

ICE Wire Line Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . 3476

Frey Group LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2490

IDEAL Welding Systems/Ideal-Werk . . 1646

Frigeco Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2446

*IFMSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630

Mario Frigerio SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2446

*Impact Global Machinery, Inc . . . . . . 1024

OM Frigerio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3026

India Steel Works Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

Frontier Composites & Castings Inc. . . 4234

Industrial Heating Magazine. . . . . . . . . 2093

FSP-One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775

Industrial Steel & Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . 1179

*Fu Wei Machinery Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 1000

*Ingramatic Tortona SpA. . . . . . . . . . . . 1130

Karl Fuhr GmbH & Co Kg . . . . . . . . . . 2092

Inhol BV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2891

T Fukase & Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2779

InnoVites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2421

Garg Sales Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769

Inosym Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3434

Gauder SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3418

Integer Research Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3791

Gavlick Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . 2666

InterWire Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646

GCR Eurodraw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3000

*Intools, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1318

Gem Gravure Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3836

Intras Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2418

*Gem International Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 618

Iowa Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

GEMCO Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977

Italian Trade Commission . . . . . . 2800/3208

GENCA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2036

*I-TECH International Corp . . . . . . . . . . 808

Germ-Allcard (KP America) . . . . . . . . . 2191

ITO-SIN( Deyang) Wire & Cable Eqt. . 1473

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Ernst Koch GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . 2066

Madem Reels USA Inc/Madem SA . . . 2179

IWG High Performance Conductors . . 1246

*Konfu Enterprise Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 3731

IWMA Int’l Wire & Mach. Assoc. . . . . . 2422

Albert Krenn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2701

Magnus Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4046

*J & J Carbide and Tool, Inc . . . . . . . . 1000

Friedr Krollmann GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . 2066

MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3739

*Jagular Industry Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709

Kyocera Industrial Ceramcs Co . . . . . . 2628

Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2200

*Jern Yao Enterprises Co Ltd . . . . . . . 1200

Lamnea Bruk AB/Lamnea Bruk USA . . 2173

Mapre Belgium SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3418

*Jian Hwa Enterprise Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 931

LaserLinc Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1961

Markem-Imaje USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1472

Joe-Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3192

Laurel Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2713

Mathiasen Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 2622

Jouhsen-Bundgens USA LLC . . . . . . . 4248

Leggett & Platt Wire Group . . . . . . . . . 1046

William McCaskie Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2490

Kamatics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4092

Leoni Wire Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1266

*Megalink Reheaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000

NPP Katel-Electromechanika Ltd . . . . . 1467

Lesmo Machinery America Inc. . . . . . . 2218

Merritt Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3400

*KCS Enterprise Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

*Lewis Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1036

*Metal Forming Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . 612

Kemaite Optic & Electric Products Co . 1672

Lisciani Trafilerie Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2902

Metavan N V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3026

King Steel Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1377

Lloyd & Bouvier Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2426

MFL USA Service Corp - Frigerio . . . . 2446

*Kingwin Precision Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 430

Loos & Co Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676

MGS Group (MGS-Hall-Northampton) . 4000

Kinrei of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3870

L-S Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3576

Micro Products Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2866

Klaus Jakob Messlechnik AG . . . . . . . . 3426

M + E Macchine + Engineering Srl . . . 2066

Microdia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2652

KMK GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2759

MacDermid Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1868

Mikrotek Machines Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1969

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IWE Spools & Handling GmbH . . . . . . 3426

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Millennium Steel & Wire LLC . . . . . . . . . 859

OMA USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2167

Plasmait GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3026

Morgan-Koch Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2066

OMCG North America/OMCG SpA . . . 3822

Plastic Equip. LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2426

Mossberg Reel LLC / Boxy Group . . . . 3218

*ORT Italia, SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808

Plymouth Wire Reels & Dies Inc . . . . . 2610

*Nakashimada Engineering Works. . . . 1034

Otomec Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2802

Polyone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3016

National Strand Products Inc . . . . . . . . . 369

PA Industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3020

Polytec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4264

*Nedschroef Herentals NV . . . . . . . . . . 925

Pan Chemicals Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2904

Pourtier SAS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3418

NEPTCO Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3721

Panchmahal Steel Limited . . . . . . . . . . 1066

Power Sonics LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3846

Nextrom Oy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2236

Paramount Die Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2066

Precision Die Technologies Inc. . . . . . . 1488

Niagara Composites Industries Inc . . . 2159

Parkway-Kew Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2731

Premier Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4224

Niehoff Endex North America Inc. . . . . 3446

Pave Automation Design . . . . . . . . . . . 3026

Pressure Welding Machines Ltd. . . . . . 2426

Northampton Machinery/MGS Group. . 4000

PEKUtech GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3767

PrintSafe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2826

Northeast Steel Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674

Penntech Industrial Tools Inc . . . . . . . . 3475

Process Control Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3620

Norwalk Innovation Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4208

Phifer Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767

Progress Maschinen & Automation . . . 1890

NTB Hitech Ceramics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4260

Pinnacle Metals Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1379

Properzi International Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 3600

Numamerica/Numalliance . . . . . . . . . . 2000

Pioneer Machinery Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 2076

Proton Products Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3434

Ohio Rod Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3737

Pittsburgh Carbide Die Co . . . . . . . . . . 2719

PS Costruzioni Meccaniche . . . . . . . . . 2806

Oklahoma Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . 1076

Pittsfield Plastics Eng Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 2090

PWT Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2678

OM Lesmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2218

*Plan-E-Tech, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731

QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979

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Qinhuangdao Yanda-Guohai Stnls Stl . 1078

Singleton Reels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2620

Uniwire International Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . 759

Qual-Fab Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2192

Sirio Wire Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2066

Urbano Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2779

Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010

Sivaco Wire Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666

US Synthetic Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4212

R G Attachments Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2414

Sjogren Industries Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3379

*USA Carbide Tooling, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Raajratna Stainless Wire (USA) Inc . . . . 876

Skaltek Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1446

Vandor Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4240

Rad-Con Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2658

SKET Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH . . . 1658

*Videx Machine Engineering Ltd . . . . . 1110

Radyne Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2616

SMART Thread Rolling Solutions. . . . . 1034

Vitari SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2846

Rainbow Rubber & Plastics . . . . . . . . . 4252

Solar Atmospheres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 990

Vollmer America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3630

Rautomead Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3474

Sonoco Crellin Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2137

Wafios AG/Wafios Machinery Corp . . . 3200

*Reed Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808

Sonoco Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2137

Wardwell Braiding Mch./Wardwell Italy 3167

Reelex Packaging Solutions Inc . . . . . . 3608

South Fence Machinery Ltd . . . . . . . . . 1872

Watson Parts & Service . . . . . . . . . . . . 3870

Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3769

Spazzolplastica. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2808

WCISA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2636

*Regg Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808

SPX Precision Comp./FENN Division . 3646

Weber & Scher Mfg Co Inc . . . . . . . . . 3434

RichardsApex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3652

Staku-Anlagenbau GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . 3426

Welding Wire Machineries Srl . . . . . . . 2446

Rimjhim Ispat Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1252

*Star Metals, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030

Well Gain Cable Systems (Shanghai) . 1491

Rizzardi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2046

August Strecker GmbH & Co KG . . . . . 3200

Windak Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3658

*Rockford Manufacturing Group . . . . . 1036

Summit City Enterprises. . . . . . . . . . . . 4232

Wire & Cable Asia Magazine . . . . . . . . 2418

Rohmann LP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2791

*3 View Com, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000

Wire & Cable Technology Int’l. . . . . . . . 2636

Rosendahl GmbH/Rosendahl Nextrom 2236

T & T Marketing Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1973

Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . 2246

Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2258

TAK Enterprises Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3266

wire 2010/Messe Dusseldorf N. A. . . . . 3792

Saarsteel Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

Talladega Machinery & Supply. . . . . . . 2816

Wire Association Int’ernational Inc . . . Sh. fl.

*SACMA Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . 1130

*Talleres Saspi, SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000

Wire Journal International . . . . . . . . . . Sh. fl.

*Sakamura USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1326

Taubensee Steel & Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . 475

Wire Lab Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2646

SAMP USA/SAMPSISTEMI . . . . . . . . 2046

Taylor Tech Union Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789

Wire Machine Systems Inc. . . . . . . . . . 3426

*San Shing Fastech Corp . . . . . . . . . . . 626

Taymer International Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 3727

Wire Technology & Machinery srl. . . . . 3026

*Sanmei Works Co, Ldt . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000

*Te Hung En Enterprise Co Ltd . . . . . . . 830

Wire World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2491

Sanxin Wire Die, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2690

Team Meccanica Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2846

WireCo WorldGroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874

SARK-USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Technical Marketing Services. . . . . . . . 3775

WiTechs GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2066

Sarkuysan SA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Teknor Apex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3800

Witels Albert USA Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3719

SAS Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2804

Tensor Machinery Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4046

Woodburn Diamond Die Inc . . . . . . . . . 2638

H A Schlatter AG/Schlatter Inc . . . . . . . 3246

Teurema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2846

World B.C Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4230

Schnell (Wire System) SpA . . . . . . . . . 2272

Thermcraft Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2668

Worth Steel & Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . 967

Schunk Graphite Technology . . . . . . . . 3426

Thermoplastics Engineering Corp . . . . 1690

Woywod GmbH & Co. KG . . . . . . . . . . 2426

Rolf Schlicht GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2426

Timco Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3634

*Wrentham Tool Products, LLC . . . . . . . 525

*Scientific Forming Technologies Corp . 509

Tips & Dies Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2878

Wyrepak Industries Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2721

Sealeze A Unit of Jason Inc . . . . . . . . . 2672

TJK Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3475

Yield Management Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 4218

Setic SAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3418

TKT Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3004

*Yuang Hsian Metal Industrial Corp . . 1010

Shanghai Nanyang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2416

Tremefil SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1158

Zhejiang Minmetals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4276

Shanghai Yingong Wire Products Eqt. . . 670

Troester GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . . . 2820

Zumbach Electronics Corp. . . . . . . . . . 2026

Shijiazhuang Kingway Metal Products . 870

*Truform Equipment, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 1000

Shuster-Mettler Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2709

Tulsa Power LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2872

Sictra Srl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2846

Ultimate Automation Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . 3466

Sikora International Corp . . . . . . . . . . . 3828

United Wire Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1276

Sikora AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3828

Unitek North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 3026

Simpacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2076

*Universal Punch Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719

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Exhibitors’ Product Directory

Air Wipes AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . .3258 Balloffet Die Corp . . . . . . . . . .2058 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . .2226 Candor Sweden AB . . . . . . . . .2091 Clinton Instrument Co . . . . . . .2727 Davis-Standard LLC . . . . . . . . .3400 FIB Belgium sa . . . . . . . . . . . . .3878 T Fukase & Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . .2779 V. Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . .2226 Heany Industries Inc . . . . . . . . .3741 MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . .4000 Nextrom Oy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2236 Precision Die Technologies . . .1488 Urbano Associates . . . . . . . . . .2779 Aluminum and Al Alloys Aurum Chemicals Corp . . . . . .3391 Dongjiagang Mech. & Electrical Equipment Co . . . .2458-1 Engineered Machinery Group .2600 Euroalpha Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2908 Fushi Copperweld . . . . . . . . . . . .858 Garg Sales, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .769 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . .767 Rautomead Limited . . . . . . . . .3474 Zhejiang Yinhe Cable Co . . .2466-1

& Cable Eqt. Co Ltd . . . . . . . . .1473 NPP Katel Elektromekhanika .1467 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . .2622 MFL Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2446 Niehoff Endex North America .3446 Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . .1979 Qual-Fab, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2192 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . .2010 RAD-CON Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1331 Radyne Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2616 Samp USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .2046 Sictra/Eurolls Group . . . . . . . . .2846 Assembly Systems FMS USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2604 Jian Hwa Enterprise Co Ltd . . . .931 Sealeze A Unit of Jason, Inc . .2672 Associations ACIMAF . . . . . . . . .Italian Pavilion International Fastener Machinery & Suppliers Association . . . . . . .311 International Wire & Machinery Association (IWMA). . . . . . . . .2422 Wire Association Int’l . . .show floor Wire & Cable Industry Suppliers Association (WCISA) . . . . . . . .2636

Aluminum Wire Mfg.

Automation Equipment

FSP-one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .775 Germ-Allcard . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2191 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4000 Leggett & Platt . . . . . . . . . . . . .1046 Loos & Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .676 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . .767 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . .2010 Zhejiang Yinhe Cable Co . . .2466-1

All Forming Machinery, Inc . . .1289 AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . .3258 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . .2436 Ebner Furnaces, Inc . . . . . . . . .2737 Euroalpha Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2908 FMS USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2604 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4000 NPP Katel-Elektromekhan . . . .1467 P/A Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3020 Pave Automation . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Polytec, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4264 Sealeze A Unit of Jason, Inc . .2672 Taymer International, Inc . . . . .3727 TJK Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . .3475 Vollmer America, Inc . . . . . . . .3630

Annealing Atmospheres CM Furnaces, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .2771 RAD-CON Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1331 Annealing Equipment Ameritherm, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .3490 Anhui Herrman Impex Co . .2458-6 CM Furnaces, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .2771 Eurodraw Energy . . . . . . . . . . .2218 FIB Belgium sa . . . . . . . . . . . . .3878 I.C.E. Wire Line Equipment . .3476 Impact Global Machinery Inc .1024 Ito-Sin (Deyang) Wire

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Belting for Machinery Rainbow Rubber & Plastics. . .4252 Blank and Part Feeders P/A Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3020 Shuster-Mettler Corp . . . . . . . .2709

Bolt and Nut Making Machinery Aachener Masch’bau (AMBA) 1108 Barbarotto Int’l Machinery . . . .1109 Chi Ning Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .438 Hariton Machinery Co Inc . . . .1324 Impact Global Machinery Inc .1024 Power Sonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3846 Videx Machine Engineering . . .1110 Bolt Mfg. Ohio Rod Products . . . . . . . . . .3737 Rimjhim Ispat Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .1252 Braiding and Weaving A.E.B. International, Inc . . . . . . .846 Amaral Automation Assoc. . . .2426 Anbao Wire & Mesh Co Ltd . . .678 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . .2610 Fine International Corp . . . . . .2400 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . .2426 Niehoff Endex North America .3446 OMA UAA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .2167 Rimjhim Ispat Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .1252 Wardwell Braiding Machine . .3167 Wire & Plastic Machinery . . . .2246 Yield Management Corp . . . . .4218 Bunchers - Bows Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2759 Frontier Composites & Cast’g. 4234 Gauder Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3418 Kamatics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .4092 Kinrei of America LLC . . . . . .3870 Lesmo Machinery America . . .2218 OM Lesmo SpA . . . . . . . . . . . .2218 MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . .4000 Northampton Machinery Co . .4000 Well Gain Cable Systems Ltd .1491 Bunchers - Machinery Beijing Holland Tech Co Ltd . .3578 Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3775 Commission Brokers, Inc . . . . .2610 Cortinovis/Eurolls Group . . . . .2846 Dynamex Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .4238 Flymca & Flyro . . . . . . . . . . . .3477 Gauder Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3418 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . .3208 Ito-Sin (Deyang) Wire & Cable Eqt. Co Ltd . . . . . . . . .1473 Kinrei of America LLC . . . . . .3870

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Lesmo Machinery America . . .2218 OM Lesmo SpA . . . . . . . . . . . .2218 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . .2426 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . .2622 MFL Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2446 MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . .4000 Niehoff Endex North America .3446 Northampton Machinery Co . .4000 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . .2010 Roteq Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . .2258 Samp USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .2046 Wire & Plastic Machinery . . . ..2246 Cable Accessories Aurum Chemicals Corp . . . . . .3391 Chendu Shuhong Machinery . .2739 CJI China Film Ltd . . . . . . . . . .1490 E-Beam Services, Inc . . . . . . . .3191 Erocarb SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3491 Exel Fil SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1058 Maanshan Dingtai Rare Earth & New Materials Co Ltd . . .2458-3 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . .3731

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Sealeze A Unit of Jason, Inc . .2672 Wuxi Kemaite . . . . . . . . . . . . .1672 Cable Jacket Strippers Ameritherm, an Ambrell Co . .3490 H. Folke Sandelin AB . . . . . . . .4000 Gotex SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2478 Witels Albert USA Ltd . . . . . . .3719 Chemicals and Coatings Aurum Chemicals Corp . . . . . .3391 Aztech Lubricants LLC . . . . . .1989 Blachford Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .4028 Candor Sweden AB . . . . . . . . .2091 Condat Corp/Condat SA . . . . .3612 Etna Products, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .3735 Fiber-Line, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1691 Gem Gravure Co Inc . . . . . . . .3836 Heatbath Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1967 Henkel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2741 MacDermid, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .1868 NEPTCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3721 Pan Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2904 Parkway-Kew Corp . . . . . . . . .2731 PEKUtech GmbH . . . . . . . . . . .3767 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . .1979 RichardsApex, Inc . . . . . . . . . .3652 Tecnovo Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3004 Cleaning and Plating Chemicals/Systems Blachford Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .4028 Boockmann GmbH/Slover Grp. 1074 Candor Sweden AB . . . . . . . . 2091 Gimax Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2226 Heatbath Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1967 Henkel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2741 Morgan-Koch Corp . . . . . . . . . .2066 OM Frigerio Srl. . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Otomec Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2802 Pan Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2904 Plasmait GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Power Sonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3846 QED Wire Lines, Inc . . . . . . . .1979 RichardsApex, Inc . . . . . . . . . .3652 Sirio Wire Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2066 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . .3426 Cold Forming Machinery AIM, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2016 Barbarotto Int’l Machinery . . . .1109 Carlo Salvi, S.p.A. . . . . . . . . . . .808 Chi Ning Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .438 DEM Costruzioni Speciali Srl .3208 Gem International Co Ltd . . . . .618

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Jouhsen-Bundgens Machinery .4248 Numamerica/Numalliance . . . .2000 OMCG, North America . . . . . .3822 Pave Automation . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Reed Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . .808 Rosendahl Nextrom Tech . . . . .2236 Sakamura Machine Co Ltd . . .1326 San Shing Fastech Corp . . . . . . .420 SPX Precision Components . . .3646 Videx Machine Engin. Ltd . . . .1110 Cold Headers Aachener Masch’bau (AMBA) 1108 AIM, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2016 Barbarotto Int’l Machinery . . . .1109 Carlo Salvi, SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . .808 Cold Header Mch. Worldwide . .711 Jouhsen-Bundgens Machinery .4248 OMCG North America . . . . . . .3822 Pinnacle Metals, Inc . . . . . . . . .1379 Pittsburgh Carbide Die Co . . . .2719 Reed Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . .808 Videx Machine Engin. Ltd . . . .1110 Cold Pressure Welding Amaral Automation Assoc. . . .2426 T Fukase & Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . .2779 Pressure Welding Machines . . .2426 Shanghai Yingong Wire Products Equipment Co Ltd . . . .670 Urbano Associates . . . . . . . . . .2779 Well Gain Cable Systems. Ltd .1491 Compounds, Thermoplastic Aurum Chemicals Corp . . . . . .3391 CJI China Film Ltd . . . . . . . . . .1490 Collins & Jewell Co Inc . . . . . .3492 Inhol bv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2891 T&T Marketing, Inc . . . . . . . . .1973 Teknor Apex Company . . . . . . .3800 Compounds, Thermoset CJI China Film Ltd . . . . . . . . . .1490 Inhol bv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2891 T & T Marketing, Inc . . . . . . . .1973 Computer Hardware/Software Base Ten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4222 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . .2436 Cimteq Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2423 Metal Forming Systems, Inc . . .612 Scientific Forming Tech Corp . .509 Witels Albert USA Ltd . . . . . . .3719

Anhui Herrman Impex Co . .2458-6 Beijing Holland Tech Co Ltd . .3578 Collins & Jewell Co Inc . . . . . .3492 Continuus-Properzi, SpA . . . . .3600 Dongjiagang Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Co . . . .2458-1 Ito-Sin (Deyang) Wire & Cable Eqt. Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .1473 NPP Katel Elektromekhanika .1467 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . .2622 Rautomead Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .3474 Copper and Copper Alloys AEB International, Inc . . . . . . . .846 Besel Basim San . . . . . . . . . . . .4228 Engineered Machinery Group .2600 Euroalpha Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2908 Fushi Copperweld . . . . . . . . . . . .858 Garg Sales, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .769 NPP Katel Elektromekhanika .1467 Leoni Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1266 Radcliff Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .666

Rautomead Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .3474 Sarkuysan AS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446 United Wire Co Inc . . . . . . . . . .1276 Copper Wire Processing A.E.B. International, Inc . . . . . . .846 Beijing Holland Tech Co Ltd . .3578 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2759 Dongjiagang Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Co . . . .2458-1 FSP-one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .775 Fushi Copperweld . . . . . . . . . . . .858 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4000 Kamatics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .4092 NPP Katel Elektromekhanika .1467 Leoni Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1266 Northampton Machinery Co . .4000 Otomec Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2802 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . .2010 Radcliff Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .666 Rautomead Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .3474 Sarkuysan AS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446 Shanghai Hold Machinery 24663World BC Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . .4230

Crossheads and Extrusion Tooling Amaral Automation Assoc. . . .2426 B&H Tool Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . .4214 Balloffet Die Corporation . . . . .2058 Bugwang Precision Tooling Co .608 Davis-Standard LLC . . . . . . . . .3400 Erocarb SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3491 Fine International Corp . . . . . .2400 Genca/Canterbury Engineering 2036 Guill Tool and Engineering . . .3638 Howar Equipment, Inc . . . . . . .3026 JoeTools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3192 Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2200 Microdia SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2562 Rosendahl Nextrom Tech . . . . .2236 Tips and Dies, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .2878 Troester GmbH & Co . . . . . . . .2820 Unitek Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Crosslinking Equipment E-Beam Services, Inc . . . . . . . .3191 IBA Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2890 Inhol bv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2891 Ito-Sin (Deyang) Wire &

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Cable Eqt. Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .1473 Rosendahl Nextrom Tech . . . . .2236 Descaling, Cleaning and Pickling Equipment Boockmann GmbH/Slover Grp 1074 Buttwelders USA, Inc . . . . . . . .1666 Candor Sweden AB . . . . . . . . .2091 Fortune Machinery Co Inc . . . .2666 Gavlick Machinery Corp . . . . . 2666 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . .3208 Howar Equipment, Inc . . . . . . .3026 Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . .2173 MFL Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2446 Morgan Koch Corporation . . . .2066 OM Frigerio Srl. . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Otomec Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2802 Pan Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2904 Paramount Die Company . . . . .2066 Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Rockford Mfg. Group (RMG) .1036 Sealeze A Unit of Jason, Inc . .2672 Sirio Wire Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2066 Welding Wire Machineries Srl .2446 Wire Lab Company . . . . . . . . .2646 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . .3426 WiTechs GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . .2066 Die Grinding and Finishing Equipment Balloffet Die Corp . . . . . . . . . .2058 Die Quip Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2701 Erocarb SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3491 Esteves Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3814 Fortune Machinery Co Inc . . . .2666 Heritage Wire Die, Inc . . . . . . .1860 Koner Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3004 Pan Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2904 Paramount Die Co . . . . . . . . . .2066 Premier Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . .4224 Sanxin Wire Die, Inc . . . . . . . .2690 USA Carbide Tooling, Inc . . . . .519 Woodburn Diamond Die, Inc . .2638 Dies and Die Compounds Balloffet Die Corp . . . . . . . . . .2058 Bugwang Precision Tooling Co .608 Canterbury Engineering . . . . . .2036 Davis-Standard LLC . . . . . . . . .3400 Esteves Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3814 Fort Wayne Wire Die, Inc . . . .3410 Genca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2036 Heritage Wire Die, Inc . . . . . . .1860 OM Frigerio Srl. . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Koner Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3004

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Pan Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2904 Paramount Die Co . . . . . . . . . .2066 Pittsburgh Carbide Die Co . . . .2719 Plan-E-Tech Industries, Inc . . . .731 Precision Die Technologies . . .1488 Premier Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . .4224 San Shing Fastech Corp . . . . . . .420 Sanxin Wire Die, Inc . . . . . . . .2690 Shanghai Yingong Wire Products Equipment Co Ltd . . . .670 Summitt City Enterprises . . . . .4232 Teknodiam Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3004 Unitek Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 US Synthetic Wire Die . . . . . . .4212 USA Carbide Tooling, Inc . . . . .519 Woodburn Diamond Die, Inc . .2638 Drawing Machines and Auxilliary Equipment Anhui Herrman Impex Co . .2458-6 Barbarotto Int’l Machinery . . . .1109 Beijing Holland Tech Co Ltd . .3578 Bergandi Machinery Co Inc . . .2630 Bongard Machines USA LLC .1667 Buttwelders USA, Inc . . . . . . . .1666 Comapac Wire Machinery Srl .3208 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . .2610 Continuus-Properzi, S.p.A. . . .3600 Cortinovis/Eurolls Group . . . . .2846 Dongjiagang Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Co . . . 2458-1 Engineered Machinery Group .2600 Euroalpha Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2908 Eurodraw Energy . . . . . . . . . . .2218 Eurolls SpA/Team Meccanica .2846 Flymca & Flyro . . . . . . . . . . . .3477 Gauder Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3418 Gavlick Machinery Corp . . . . .2666 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . .3208 Gimax Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2226 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4000 Hariton Machinery Co Inc . . . .1324 Heacock Metal and Machine Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .2773 Impact Global Machinery Inc .1024 Heacock Metal and Machine . .2773 Howar Equipment, Inc . . . . . . .3026 Ito-Sin (Deyang) Wire & Cable Eqt. Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .1473 Ernst Koch GmbH & Co KG . .2066 Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . .2173 Lesmo Machinery America . . .2218 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . .2622 MFL Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2446 MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . .4000 Morgan Koch Corp . . . . . . . . . .2066

Nextrom Oy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2236 Niehoff Endex North America .3446 OM Frigerio Srl. . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 OM Lesmo SpA . . . . . . . . . . . .2218 Paramount Die Company . . . . .2066 Parkway-Kew Corporation . . . .2731 Pioneer Machinery . . . . . . . . . .2076 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . .2010 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3769 Rockford Mfg. Group (RMG) .1036 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .2046 Shanghai Hold Machinery . .2466-3 Sictra/Eurolls Group . . . . . . . . .2846 Sjogren Industries . . . . . . . . . . .3379 SKET GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1658 SPX Precision Components . . .3646 Talladega Mach’ry & Supply . .2816 Team Meccanica/Eurolls SpA .2846 TimCo Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3634 Teurema/Eurolls Group . . . . . .2846 Urbano Associates . . . . . . . . . .2779 Welding Wire Machineries Srl .2446 Well Gain Cable Systems Ltd .1491 Wire & Plastic Mach. Corp . . .2246 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . .3426 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc .967 Drilling, Cutting, Grinding and Secondary Operations AIM, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2016 Cold Header Mach. Worldwide .711 Gem International Co Ltd . . . . .618 Jouhsen-Bundgens Machinery .4248 Koner Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3005 Parkway-Kew Corp . . . . . . . . . 2731 USA Carbide Tooling, Inc . . . . .519 Drives and Controls Amaral Automation Assoc. . . .2426 American Kuhne, Inc . . . . . . . .3258 Davis-Standard LLC . . . . . . . . .3400 Eurodraw Energy . . . . . . . . . . .2218 Ernst Koch GmbH & Co KG . .2066 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3739 MFL Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2446 Morgan-Koch Corp . . . . . . . . . .2066 Roteq Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . .2258 Electrical Utilities Collins & Jewell Co Inc . . . . . .3492 Euroalpha Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2908 Electrical Wire and Cable Mfg. AEB International, Inc . . . . . . . .846 E-Beam Services, Inc . . . . . . . .3191

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Germ-Allcard . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2191 Maanshan Dingtai Rare Earth & New Materials Co Ltd . . .2458-3 PEKUtech GmbH . . . . . . . . . . .3767 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3769 Sarkuysan AS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446 Schnell Wire System Srl . . . . . .2272 Sealeze A Unit of Jason, Inc . .2672 Shijiazhuang Kingway Metal Products Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .870 Windak, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3658 World BC Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .4230 Zhejiang Yinhe Cable Co . . .2466-1 Environmental Services/ Plant Maintenance Collins & Jewell Company Inc 3492 Filtertech Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2626 OtomecSrl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2802 Extruders and Auxiliary Equipment Amaral Automation Assoc. . . .2426 American Kuhne, Inc . . . . . . . .3258 Anhui Herrman Impex Co . .2458-6 AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . .3258 B&H Tool Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . .4214 Bergandi Machinery Co Inc . . .2630 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . .2436 Chendu Shuhong Machinery . .2739 Collins & Jewell Company Inc 3492 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . .2610 Davis-Standard LLC . . . . . . . . .3400 Fine International Corp . . . . . .2400 Flymca & Flyro . . . . . . . . . . . .3477 H. Folke Sandelin AB . . . . . . . .4000 Guill Tool and Engineering . . .3638 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4000 Ito-Sin (Deyang) Wire & Cable Eqt. Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .1473 Kinrei of America LLC . . . . . .3870 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . .2426 Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2200 Microdia SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2562 PEKUtech GmbH . . . . . . . . . . .3767 Pioneer Machinery . . . . . . . . . .2076 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . .2010 Rosendahl Nextrom Tech . . . . .2236 Samp USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .2046 Thermoplastics Eng. Corp . . . .1690 Troester GmbH & Co . . . . . . . .2820 Tulsa Power, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .2872 Unitek Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Well Gain Cable Systems Ltd .1491 Wire & Plastic Machinery . . . .2246 Wire Technology & Mach. . . . .3026 Woywod GmbH & Co . . . . . . .2426 84 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

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ACM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 American Kuhne . . . . . . . . . . . .3258 AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . .3258 B&H Tool Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . .4214 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . .2436 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . .2226 Canterbury Engineering . . . . . .2036 Collins & Jewell Co Inc . . . . . .3492 Davis-Standard LLC . . . . . . . . .3400 Erocarb SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3491 Esteves Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3814 Fine International Corp . . . . . .2400 T Fukase & Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . .2779 Guill Tool and Engineering . . .3638 V. Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . .2779 Heacock Metal and Machine . .2773 Howar Equipment, Inc . . . . . . .3026 Microdia SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2562 Paramount Die Co . . . . . . . . . .2066 PEKUtech GmbH . . . . . . . . . . .3767 Precision Die Technologies . . .1488 Tips and Dies, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .2878 Woywod GmbH & Co . . . . . . .2426 Zumbach Electronics Corp . . . .2013

Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . .2226 Chi Ning Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .438 Gem International Co Ltd . . . . .618 V. Hagen & Funke . . . . . . . . . .2226 Jouhsen-Bundgens Machinery .4248 Kingwin Precision Co Ltd . . . . .430 Leggett & Platt . . . . . . . . . . . . .1046 Pave Automation . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Power Sonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3846 Shijiazhuang Kingway Metal Products Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .870

Fabrication & Bending Machinery AIM, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2016 All Forming Machinery, Inc . . .1289 Ameritherm, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .3490 Collins & Jewell Co Inc . . . . . .3492 Era Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1375 Numamerica/Numalliance . . . .2000 OMCG North America . . . . . . .3822 Pave Automation . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Progress Maschinen & Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1890 TJK Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . .3475 Fastener Wire Mfg. Anbao Wire & Mesh Co Ltd . . .678 Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . .979 Carpenter Technology Corp . . . .866 Exel Fil SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1058 Leggett & Platt . . . . . . . . . . . . .1046 Panchmahal Steel Limited. . . . .1066 Phifer Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .767 Pinnacle Metals, Inc . . . . . . . . .1379 Power Sonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3846 Radcliff Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .666 Rimjhim Ispat Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .1252 Shijiazhuang Kingway Metal Products Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .870 Yuang Hsian Metal Ind. Corp .1010

Fiber/Fiber Optic Machinery AFA Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . .3434 Amaral Automation Assoc. . . .2426 Anhui Herrman Impex Co . .2458-6 AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . .3258 Bartell Machinery Systems . . .1852 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . .2436 Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3775 Calmec Industries, Inc . . . . . . .3690 Davis-Standard LLC . . . . . . . . .3400 Delachaux Group . . . . . . . . . . .4052 Dynamex Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .4238 Erocarb SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3491 Fine International Corp . . . . . .2400 Guill Tool and Engineering . . .3638 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4000 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . .2426 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . .2622 MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . .4000 Microdia SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2562 Nextrom Oy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2236 Pioneer Machinery . . . . . . . . . .2076 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3769 Rosendahl Nextrom Tech . . . . .2236 Roteq Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . .2258 Tensor Machinery . . . . . . . . . . .4046 Weber & Scher Mfg. Co Inc . .3434 Wire & Plastic Machinery . . . .2246 Wire Technology & Mach. . . . .3026 Fiber Optic Cable Mfg. Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . .2226 V. Hagen & Funke . . . . . . . . . .2226 Jiangsu Etern Co Ltd . . . . . . . . 1689 Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2200 PEKUtech GmbH . . . . . . . . . . .3767 Fiber Optic Components Aurum Chemicals Corp . . . . . .3391 Erocarb SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3491 Fiber-Line, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1691 T Fukase & Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . .2779

Fiber Optic/Splicing/Rel. Prd. Guill Tool and Engineering . . .3638 Nextrom Oy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2236 Rosendahl Nextrom Tech . . . . .2236 T & T Marketing, Inc . . . . . . . .1973 Filtration and Cooling Systems Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . .2226 Collins & Jewell Co Inc . . . . . .3492 Exel Fil SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1058 Filtertech, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2626 V. Hagen & Funke . . . . . . . . . .2226 Fine Wire Mfg. Anbao Wire & Mesh Co Ltd . . .678 Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . .979 Carpenter Technology Corp . . . .866 E-Beam Services, Inc . . . . . . . .3191 Exel Fil SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1058 FSP-one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .775

Fushi Copperweld . . . . . . . . . . . .858 Germ-Allcard . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2191 Leoni Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1266 Loos & Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .676 Niehoff Endex North America .3446 Oklahoma Steel and Wire . . . . . .466 Phifer Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .767 Radcliff Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .666 Rimjhim Ispat Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .1252 Sarkuysan AS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446 Shijiazhuang Kingway Metal Products Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .870 World BC Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .4230 Forming Tools and Dies Ameritherm, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .3490 Bugwang Precision Tooling Co .608 Canterbury Engineering . . . . . .2036 Erocarb SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3491 Karl Fuhr GmbH & Co KG . . .2092 Gem International Co Ltd . . . . .618 Guill Tool and Engineering . . .3638 Kingwin Precision Co Ltd . . . . .430

Konfu Enterprise Co Ltd . . . . . .517 Premier Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . .4224 RG Attachments Ltd . . . . . . . . .2414 Tips and Dies, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .2878 Wrentham Tool Products . . . . . .525 Furnaces Ameritherm, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .3490 Chendu Shuhong Machinery . .2739 CM Furnaces Inc . . . . . . . . . . .2771 Continuus-Properzi SpA. . . . . .3600 Delachaux Group . . . . . . . . . . .4052 FIB Belgium SA . . . . . . . . . . . .3878 I.C.E. Wire Line Equipment . .3476 Nextrom Oy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2236 Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . .1979 RAD-CON, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1331 Radyne Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2616 Thermcraft, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .2668 Hand Tools All Forming Machinery, Inc . . .1289

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Die Quip Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2701 Guill Tool and Engineering . . .3638 Header Tools and Dies Bugwang Precision Tooling Co .608 Canterbury Engineering . . . . . .2036 Erocarb SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3491 Guill Tool and Engineering . . .3638 Hariton Machinery Co Inc . . . .1324 Paramount Die Co . . . . . . . . . .2066 Pittsburgh Carbide Die Co . . . .2719 Sakamura Machine Co Ltd . . .1326 USA Carbide Tooling, Inc . . . . .519 Wrentham Tool Products . . . . . .525 Heat Treating Equipment, Atmospheres and Services Ameritherm, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .3490 Ebner Furnaces, Inc . . . . . . . . .2737 Howar Equipment, Inc . . . . . . .3026 I.C.E. Wire Line Equipment . .3476 Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 QED Wire Lines, Inc . . . . . . . .1979

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RAD-CON Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1331 Radyne Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2616 Solar Amospheres . . . . . . . . . . . .990 Thermcraft, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .2668 Tips and Dies, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .2878 Hot Forming Machinery Hariton Machinery Co Inc . . . .1324 Impact Global Machinery, Inc .1024 Inhol bv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2891 Radyne Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2616 Sakamura Machine Co Ltd . . .1326 Insulated Wire Mfg. E-Beam Services, Inc . . . . . . . .3191 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4000 Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2200 Northampton Machinery Co . .4000 PEKUtech GmbH . . . . . . . . . . .3767 World BC Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .4230 Zhejiang Yinhe Cable Co . . .2466-1 Insulation Materials Besel Basim San . . . . . . . . . . . .4228

CJI China Film Ltd . . . . . . . . . .1490 Conneaut Industries, Inc . . . . . .2608 Gotex SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2478 Inhol bv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2891 T & T Marketing, Inc . . . . . . . .1973 Wuxi Kemaite . . . . . . . . . . . . .1672 Knitting Machines Bergandi Machinery Co Inc . . .2630 Loos & Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .676 Lubricants Aztech Lubricants LLC . . . . . .1989 Blachford Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .4028 Condat Corp/Condat SA . . . . .3612 Etna Products, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .3735 Germ-Allcard . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2191 Heacock Metal and Machine . .2773 Heatbath Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1967 Henkel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2741 MacDermid, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .1868 Pan Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2904 RichardsApex, Inc . . . . . . . . . .3652 Tecnovo Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3004

Barbarotto Int’l Machinery . . . .1109 Bartell Mach. Systems LLC . . .1852 Bergandi Machinery Co Inc . . .2630 Bongard Machines USA LLC .1667 Buttwelders USA, Inc . . . . . . . .1666 Collins & Jewell Company . . .3492 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . .2610 Davis-Standard LLC . . . . . . . . .3400 Delachaux Group . . . . . . . . . . .4052 Dynamex Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .4238 Engineered Machinery Group .2600 Era Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1375 FMS USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2604 H. Folke Sandelin AB . . . . . . . .4000 Gauder Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3418 Heacock Metal and Machine . .2773 Kamatics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .4092 Kinrei of America LLC . . . . . .3870 Ernst Koch GmbH & Co KG . .2066 Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . .2173 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . .2426 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . .2622 MFL Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2446

Morgan Koch Corp . . . . . . . . . .2066 Northampton Machinery Co . .4000 OMCG North America . . . . . . .3822 Parkway-Kew Corp . . . . . . . . .2731 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . .2010 Rautomead Limited . . . . . . . . .3474 Rockford Mfg. Group (RMG) .1036 Shuster-Mettler Corp . . . . . . . .2709 Talladega Mach’ry & Supply . .2816 Tensor Machinery . . . . . . . . . . .4046 Wire & Plastic Mach. Corp . . ..2246 Worth Steel and Mach. Inc . . . . .967 Yield Management Corp . . . . .4218 Marking and Coding Equipment Amaral Automation Assoc. . . .2426 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . .2226 T Fukase & Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . .2779 Gem Gravure Co Inc . . . . . . . .3836 W. Gillies Technologies LLC . .2426 V. Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . .2226 Markem-Imaje . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1472 Taymer International, Inc . . . . .3727 Tulsa Power, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .2872

Material Handling and Storage Boxy SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3218 Calmec Industries, Inc . . . . . . .3690 Collins & Jewell Co Inc . . . . . .3492 Mossberg Reel LLC . . . . . . . . .3218 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3769 Tulsa Power, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .2872 Woywod GmbH & Co . . . . . . .2426 Measuring and Testing Equipment ACM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . .2436 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . .2226 Cersa-MCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2830 Die Quip Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2701 Eddytech Systems, Inc . . . . . . . .888 W. Gillies Technologies LLC . .2426 V. Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . .2226 Howar Equipment, Inc . . . . . . .3026 Inhol bv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2891 LaserLinc, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1961 MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . .4000 Proton Products International . .3434

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Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3769 Regg Inspection Srl . . . . . . . . . . .808 Rohmann LP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2791 Roland Industrial Electronics . .2632 Taymer International, Inc . . . . .3727 Tulsa Power, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .2872 Vollmer America, Inc . . . . . . . .3630 Well Gain Cable Systems Ltd .1491 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . .3426 Wrentham Tool Products . . . . . .525 Zumbach Electronics . . . . . . . .2026 Multi-Die (Transfer/Prog. Headers Hariton Machinery Co Inc . . . .1324 Nail Making Machinery Cortinovis/Eurolls Group . . . . .2846 Enkotec Company, Inc . . . . . . .4022 Fortune Machinery Co Inc . . . .2666 Gavlick Machinery Corp . . . . .2666 Hariton Machinery Co Inc . . . .1324 Jouhsen-Bundgens Machinery .4248 Pittsburgh Carbide Die Co . . . .2719

Videx Machine Engineering . .1110 Vitari/Eurolls Group . . . . . . . . .2846 Wafios Machinery Corp . . . . . .3200 Nickel and Nickel Alloys AEB International, Inc . . . . . . .846 Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . .979 Carpenter Technology Corp . . . .866 Engineered Machinery Group .2600 FSP-one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .775 Leoni Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1266 Pinnacle Metals, Inc . . . . . . . . .1379 Radcliff Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .666 Sarkuysan AS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446 United Wire Co Inc . . . . . . . . . .1276 Nitrogen Erocarb SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3491 Nonferrous Wire Mfg. AEB International, Inc . . . . . . .846 Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . .979 Carpenter Technology Corp . . . .866

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FSP-one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .775 Germ-Allcard . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2191 Leoni Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1266 Oklahoma Steel and Wire . . . . . .466 Phifer, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .767 Pinnacle Metals, Inc . . . . . . . . .1379 Power Sonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3846 Radcliff Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .666 Rautomead Limited . . . . . . . . .3474 Sarkuysan AS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446 World BC Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .4230 Nut Formers and Tapers Chi Ning Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .438 Jian Hwa Enterprise Co Ltd . . . .931 Sakamura Machine Co Ltd . . .1326 San Shing Fastech Corp . . . . . . .420 Optical Fiber Coatings Fiber-Line, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1691 Parkway-Kew Corp . . . . . . . . .2731

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All Forming Machinery, Inc . . .1289 Inhol bv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2891 NPP Katel Elektromekhanika .1467 Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 QED Wire Lines . . . . . . . . . . . .1979 Radyne Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2616 Thermcraft, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .2668 Tips and Dies, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .2878 Packaging Equipment Barbarotto Intâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;l Machinery . . . .1109 Calmec Industries, Inc . . . . . . .3690 Domeks Makine Ltd . . . . . . . . .2208 Gem Gravure Co Inc . . . . . . . .3836 Gimax Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2226 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4000 Hearl Heaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3272 L-S Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3576 Leggett & Platt . . . . . . . . . . . . .1046 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . .3731 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3739 MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . .4000 PS Costruzioni . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2806 Reelex Packaging Solutions . . .3608

Power Sonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3846 Unitek Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026

Hearl Heaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3272 Howar Equipment, Inc . . . . . . .3026 Kinrei of America LLC . . . . . .3870 Lesmo Machinery America . . .2218 Metavan NV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Norwalk Innovation, Inc . . . . . .4208 OMCG North America . . . . . . .3822 P/A Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3020 Pave Automation . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3769 Rockford Mfg. Group (RMG) 1036 Schlatter Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3246 Shuster-Mettler Corp . . . . . . . .2709 Sonoco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2137 SPX Precision Components . . .3646

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A Appiani Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2218 All Forming Machinery, Inc . . .1289 Carris Reels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2836 Engineered Machinery Group .2600 Era Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1375 George Evans Corporation . . . .2767 Fabritex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2492 GMP-Slovakia . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026

Candor Sweden AB . . . . . . . . .2091 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . .3208 Morgan-Koch Corp . . . . . . . . . .2066 Niehoff Endex North America .3446 Otomec Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2802 Plasmait GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . .1979 Sirio Wire Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2066 Welding Wire Machineries Srl .2446

Roteq Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . .2258 Simpacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2076 Windak Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3658 Pallets A Appiani srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2218 Boxy SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3218 GMP-Slovakia . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Lesmo Machinery America . . .2218 Mossberg Reel LLC . . . . . . . . .3218 Simpacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2076 Parts Washers

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Publications/Media

Maanshan Dingtai Rare Earth & New Materials Co Ltd . . .2458-3 Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2200 Zhejiang Yinhe Cable Co . . .2466-1

Eurowire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207 GlobalFastenerNews.Com . . . .1224 Industrial Heating Magazine . .2093 Wire & Cable Tech Int’l. . . . . . .2636 Wire Journal Int’l . . . . . .show floor Wire World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2491 Wiring Harness News . . . . .Pub Bin

Filtertech, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2626 Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Power Cable/Distribution Mfg.

Process Control Equipment ACM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026

Pulleys Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2759 Fine International Corp . . . . . .2400 Heacock Metal and Machine . .2773 Heany Industries, Inc . . . . . . . .3741 Hi Tech Ceramics . . . . . . . . . . .2218 Kamatics Corporation . . . . . . . .4092 Kinrei of America LLC . . . . . .3870 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3739 Parkway-Kew Corporation . . . .2731 Talladega Mach’ry & Supply . .2816 TimCo Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3634 Wyrepak Industries, Inc . . . . . .2721 Reclamation Equipment Davis-Standard LLC . . . . . . . . .3400 Filtertech, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2626

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Maanshan Dingtai Rare Earth & New Materials Co Ltd . . .2458-3 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3769 Tulsa Power, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .2872 Zhejiang Yinhe Cable Co . . .2466-1

Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . .2436 FMS USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2604 LaserLinc, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1961 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . .3731 PEKUtech GmbH . . . . . . . . . . .3767 Polytec, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4264 Proton Products International . .3434 Sikora International Corp . . . . .3828 Tensor Machinery . . . . . . . . . . .4046 Yield Management Corp . . . . .4218 Zumbach Electronics . . . . . . . .2026

Pollution Control Equipment

Guill since 1962

Guill Tool & Engineering Co., Inc. 10 Pike Street • West Warwick, RI 02893 Tel: 401-828-7600 • Fax: 401-823-5310 Email: sales@guill.com • www.Guill.com

A Appiani s.r.l. . . . . . . . . . . . . .2218 ABC Plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3278 Ace Metal, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1866 Boxy S.p.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3218 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . .2226 Carris Reels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2836 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . .2610 EconoReel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2179 George Evans Corporation . . . .2767 GMP-Slovakia . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Hafner & Krullmann GmbH . .1688 V. Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . .2226 Hearl Heaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3272 Howar Equipment, Inc . . . . . . .3026 Inosym Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3434 Kinrei of America LLC . . . . . .3870 L-S Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3576 Lesmo Machinery America . . .2218 Madem Reels USA, Inc . . . . . .2179 William McCaskie, Inc . . . . . . .2490 Metavan NV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Mossberg Reel LLC . . . . . . . . .3218 Pittsfield Plastics Engineering .2090 Qunye Electrical Machinery Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2458-5 Reel Options/Vandor Corp . . . .4240 Reelex Packaging Solutions . . .3608 Sonoco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2137 Talladega Mach’ry & Supply . .2816 Well Gain Cable Systems Ltd .1491 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . .3426

Stands Alone Booth 1846 INTERWIRE 2009 April 27-30 Easy load pay-offs and take-ups accept reels up to 72” (183 cm). Non-powered, portable and shaftless models are also available.

Roller Guides Calmec Industries, Inc . . . . . . .3690 Eurolls SpA/Eurolls Group . . .2846 W. Gillies Technologies LLC . .2426 Guill Tool and Engineering . . .3638 Heacock Metal and Machine . .2773 Heany Industries, Inc . . . . . . . .3741 Kamatics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .4092 Lesmo Machinery America . . .2218 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3739 OM Frigerio Srl. . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Parkway-Kew Corp . . . . . . . . .2731 QED Wire Lines . . . . . . . . . . . .1979 Sjogren Industries . . . . . . . . . . .3379 TimCo Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3624 Witels Albert USA Ltd . . . . . . .3719 Wyrepak Industries, Inc . . . . . .2721 Rolling Mills and Auxiliary Equipment AFA Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . .3434 Comapac Wire Machinery Srl .3208

Head and shoulders above the rest, competitors can't match the safety and efﬁciency of our Payoff and Take-up stands. Huestis stands feature a roll-on, roll-off beveled edge, easily adjusted saddles and lightweight arbors to allow a single operator to quickly position heavy reels. This easyto-use design eliminates waiting for fork lifts or cranes for safe, fast loading and unloading — at maximum efﬁciency. Call 1-800-972-9222 for more information and stand above the crowd!

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Reels, Spools, Drums and Bobbins

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Continuus-Properzi, SpA . . . . .3600 Cortinovis/Eurolls Group . . . . .2846 DEM Costruzioni Speciali Srl .3208 Dongjiagang Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Co . . . 2458-1 Eurolls SpA/Eurolls Group . . .2846 Karl Fuhr GmbH & Co . . . . . .2092 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . .3208 Ito-Sin (Deyang) Wire & Cable Eqt. Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .1473 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . .2622 SPX Precision Components . . .3646 Teurema/Eurolls Group . . . . . .2846 Weber & Scher Mfg. Co Inc . .3434 World BC Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .4230 Screw Making Machinery Jagular Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . .709 Konfu Enterprise Co Ltd . . . . . .517 Te Hung en Enterprise Co . . . . .830 Tips and Dies, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .2878 Secondary Operations Machines Collins & Jewell Co Inc . . . . . .3492 Era Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1375 Flymca & Flyro . . . . . . . . . . . .3477 Jouhsen-Bundgens Machinery .4248 PEKUtech GmbH . . . . . . . . . . .3767 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3769 Tensor Machinery . . . . . . . . . . .4046 Sensors Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . .2436 FMS USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2604 LaserLinc, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1961 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3739 Polytec, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4264 Zumbach Electronics Corp . . . .2013 Shaping Machinery Karl Fuhr GmbH & Co KG . . .2092 Gavlick Machinery Corp . . . . .2666 SPX Precision Components . . .3646 Specialty Fiber and Services Conneaut Industries, Inc . . . . . .2608 Fiber-Line, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1691 Spoolers and Respoolers AFA Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . .3434 Amacoil, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3618 Amaral Automation Assoc. . . .2426 AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . .3258 Bongard Machines USA LLC .1667 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . .2226

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Calmec Industries, Inc . . . . . . .3690 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2759 Comapac Wire Machinery Srl .3208 Commission Brokers, Inc . . . . .2610 DEM Costruzioni Speciali Srl .3208 Domeks Makine Limited . . . . .2208 Dynamex Corporation . . . . . . .4238 Engineered Machinery Group .2600 Eurodraw Energy . . . . . . . . . . .2218 Eurolls SpA/Team Meccanica .2846 Fine International Corp . . . . . .2400 Fortune Machinery Co . . . . . . .2666 Karl Fuhr GmbH & Co KG . . .2092 Gavlick Machinery Corp . . . . .2666 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . .3208 Gimax Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2226 V. Hagen & Funke . . . . . . . . . .2226 Kinrei of America LLC . . . . . .3870 Ernst Koch GmbH & Co KG . .2066 Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . .2173 Lesmo Machinery America . . .2218 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . .2426 M&E Machine & Engineering 2066 MFL Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2446 MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . .4000 Morgan-Koch Corp . . . . . . . . . .2066 Niehoff Endex North America .3446 Northampton Machinery Co . .4000 OMA USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .2167 P/A Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3020 Reelex Packaging Solutions . . .3608 Samp USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .2046 Sictra/Eurolls Group . . . . . . . . .2846 Simpacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2076 SPX Precision Components . . .3646 Talladega Mach’ry & Supply . .2816 Taymer International, Inc . . . . .3727 Team Meccanica/Eurolls SpA .2846 Tensor Machinery . . . . . . . . . . .4046 Thermoplastics Engineering . . .1690 Troester GmbH & Co . . . . . . . .2820 Tulsa Power, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .2872 Vitari/Eurolls Group . . . . . . . . .2846 Weber & Scher Mfg. Co Inc . .3434 Welding Wire Machineries Srl .2446 Wire & Plastic Machinery . . . .2246 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . .3426 Wire Technology & Mach’y . .3026 Wyrepak Industries, Inc . . . . . .2721 Spring Making Machinery All Forming Machinery, Inc . . .1289 Power Sonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3846 SPX Precision Components . . .3646 Wafios Machinery Corp . . . . . .3200

Steel, Rod, Bar and Bare Wire

AEB International, Inc . . . . . . . .846 Anbao Wire & Mesh Co Ltd . . .678 Beijing Holland Tech Co Ltd . .3578 Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . .979 Bugwang Precision Tooling Co .608 Carpenter Technology Corp . . . .866 Chin Pu Jir Enterprise Co Ltd . .971 Engineered Machinery Group .2600 Exel Fil SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1058 Garg Sales, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .769 Loos & Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .676 Panchmahal Steel Limited. . . . .1066 Pinnacle Metals, Inc . . . . . . . . .1379 Power Sonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3846 Raajratna Stainless Wire (USA) .876 Radcliff Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .666 Rimjhim Ispat Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .1252 Shijiazhuang Kingway Metal Products Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .870 United Wire Co Inc . . . . . . . . . .1276

AEB International, Inc . . . . . . . .846 Anbao Wire & Mesh Co Ltd . . .678 Beijing Holland Tech Co Ltd . .3578 Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . .979 Bugwang Precision Tooling Co .608 Carpenter Technology Corp . . . .866 Chin Pu Jir Enterprise Co Ltd . .971 Engineered Machinery Group .2600 Exel Fil SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1058 Leggett & Platt . . . . . . . . . . . . .1046 Loos & Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .676 Panchmahal Steel Limited. . . . .1066 Pinnacle Metals, Inc . . . . . . . . .1379 Power Sonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3846 Qinhuangdao Yanda-Guohai Stainless Steel Co Ltd . . . . . . . .1078 Rimjhim Ispat Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .1252 Taubensee Steel and Wire Co . .475 Tremefil SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1158 United Wire Co Inc . . . . . . . . . .1276 Uniwire International Ltd . . . . . .759

Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . .3426 WireCo WorldGroup . . . . . . . . . .874 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc .967 Stepcones Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2759 Heacock Metal and Machine . .2773 HTC - Hi Tech Ceramics . . . . .2218 Kyocera Industrial Ceramics . .2628 Parkway-Kew Corp . . . . . . . . .2731 Talladega Mach’ry & Supply . .2816 TimCo Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3634 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . .3426 Straightening and Cutoff Machinery and Equipment Aachener Masch’bau (AMBA) 1108 All Forming Machinery, Inc . . .1289 Beijing Holland Tech Co Ltd . .3578 Bergandi Machinery Co Inc . . .2630 Buttwelders USA, Inc . . . . . . . .1666 Cortinovis/Eurolls Group . . . . .2846

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Stainless Steel Wire Mfg.

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DEM Costruzioni Speciali Srl .3208 Era Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1375 Eurobend SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1458 Fortune Machinery Co Inc . . . .2666 T Fukase & Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . .2779 Gavlick Machinery Corp . . . . .2666 Ito-Sin (Deyang) Wire & Cable Eqt. Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .1473 Jouhsen-Bundgens Machinery .4248 Lesmo Machinery America . . .2218 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . .2622 P/A Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3020 Progress Maschinen & Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1890 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3769 Rockford Mfg. Group (RMG) 1036 Schlatter Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3246 Shuster-Mettler Corp . . . . . . . .2709 TJK Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . .3475 Videx Machine Engineering . . .1110 Vitari/Eurolls Group . . . . . . . . .2846 Wafios Machinery Corp . . . . . .3200 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . .3426 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc .967

Stranders and Auxiliary Equipment AFA Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . .3434 Anhui Herrman Impex Co . .2458-6 AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . .3258 Bartell Machinery Systems . . .1852 Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3775 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . .2226 Calmec Industries, Inc . . . . . . .3690 Chendu Shuhong Machinery . .2739 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . .2610 Continuus-Properzi, SpA . . . . .3600 Cortinovis/Eurolls Group . . . . .2846 Delachaux Group . . . . . . . . . . .4052 Dynamex Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .4238 Fine International Corp . . . . . .2400 Flymca & Flyro . . . . . . . . . . . .3477 Gavlick Machinery Corp . . . . .2666 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . .3208 V. Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . .2226 Ito-Sin (Deyang) Wire & Cable Eqt. Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .1473 Kinrei of America LLC . . . . . .3870 OM Lesmo SpA . . . . . . . . . . . .2218

Visit our booth# 3026 at Interwire 2009

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Parts available for all OEM equipment SYNCRO parts in stock 951 N.W. 31st Avenue • Pompano Beach, FL 33069 Phone: 954/970-3099 • Fax: 954/970-3056 e-mail: sales@cemanco.com Web page: cemanco.com

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Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . .2426 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . .3731 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3739 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . .2622 MFL Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2446 Niehoff Endex North America .3446 Northampton Machinery Co . .4000 Pioneer Machinery . . . . . . . . . .2076 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . .2010 Rosendahl Nextrom Tech . . . . .2236 Roteq Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . .2258 Shanghai Hold Machinery . .2466-3 SKET GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1658 Talladega Mach’ry & Supply . .2816 Tensor Machinery . . . . . . . . . . .4046 TJK Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . .3475 Tulsa Power Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .2872 Weber & Scher Mfg. Co Inc . .3434 Well Gain Cable Systems Ltd .1491 Yield Management Corp . . . . .4218 Systems and System Design AIM, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2016

Visit our booth# 678 at Interwire 2009

Takeups and Payoffs AFA Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . .3434 AIM, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2016 Amacoil, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3618 Amaral Automation Assoc. . . .2426 Anhui Herrman Impex Co . .2458-6 AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . .3258 Bartell Machinery Systems . . .1852 Bongard Machines USA LLC .1667 Buttwelders USA, Inc . . . . . . . .1666 Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3775 Calmec Industries, Inc . . . . . . .3690 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2759 Comapac Wire Machinery Srl .3208

Commission Brokers Inc . . . . .2610 Cortinovis/Eurolls Group . . . . .2846 Davis-Standard LLC . . . . . . . . .3400 Delachaux Group . . . . . . . . . . .4052 DEM Costruzioni Speciali Srl .3208 Domeks Makine Ltd . . . . . . . . .2208 Dynamex Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .4238 Engineered Machinery Group .2600 Era Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1375 Eurodraw Energy . . . . . . . . . . .2218 Eurolls SpA/Team Meccanica .2846 Fabritex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2492 Fine International Corp . . . . . .2400 Karl Fuhr GmbH & Co KG . . .2092 Gauder Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3418 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . .3208 Gimax Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2226 GMP-Slovakia . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4000 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . .3026 Kamatics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .4092 Kinrei of America LLC . . . . . .3870

Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . .2173 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . .2426 M&E Macchine & Eng. . . . . . .2066 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . .3731 Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2200 MFL Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2446 MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . .4000 Morgan-Koch Corp . . . . . . . . . .2066 Niehoff Endex North America .3446 Northampton Machinery Co . .4000 Norwalk Innovation, Inc . . . . . .4208 OM Lesmo SpA . . . . . . . . . . . .2218 OMA USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .2167 OMCG North America . . . . . . .3822 Otomec Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2802 P/A Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3020 Paramount Die Co . . . . . . . . . .2066 Parkway-Kew Corp . . . . . . . . .2731 Pioneer Machinery . . . . . . . . . .2076 PS Costruzioni . . . . . . . . . . . .2806 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . .2010 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3769

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Cimteq Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2423 Niehoff Endex North America .3446 OMCG North America . . . . . . .3822 PEKUtech GmbH . . . . . . . . . . .3767 Taymer International, Inc . . . . .3727 Tensor Machinery . . . . . . . . . . .4046 Thermoplastics Engin. Corp . .1690

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Reelex Packaging Solutions . . .3608 Rockford Mfg. Group (RMG) 1036 Rosendahl Nextrom Tech . . . . .2236 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . .2258 Samp USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .2046 Shanghai Hold Machinery . .2466-3 Shuster-Mettler Corp . . . . . . . .2709 Simpacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2076 SPX Precision Components . . .3646 Talladega Mach’ry & Supply . .2816 Taymer International, Inc . . . . .3727 Team Meccanica/Eurolls SpA .2846 Tensor Machinery . . . . . . . . . . .4046 Thermoplastics Engineering . . .1690 Troester GmbH & Co . . . . . . . .2820 Tulsa Power, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .2872 Urbano Associates . . . . . . . . . .2779 Weber & Scher Mfg. Co Inc . .3434 Welding Wire Machineries Srl .2446 Well Gain Cable Systems Ltd .1491 Windak Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3658 Wire & Plastic Machinery . . . .2246 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . .3426

Wire Technology & Mach’y. . .3026 WiTechs GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . .2066 World BC Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .4230 Wyrepak Industries, Inc . . . . . .2721 Tape - Machinery AFA Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . .3434 Anhui Herrman Impex Co . .2458-6 Aurum Chemicals Corp . . . . . .3391 Bartell Machinery Systems . . .1852 Calmec Industries, Inc . . . . . . .3690 Dynamex Corporation . . . . . . .4238 Fine International Corp . . . . . .2400 Gauder Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3418 Gimax Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2226 Jian Hwa Enterprise Co Ltd . . . .931 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . .2426 Northampton Machinery Co . .4000 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . .2010 RG Attachments Ltd . . . . . . . . .2414 Rosendahl Nextrom Tech . . . . .2236 Roteq Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . .2258 Tulsa Power, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .2872

Weber & Scher Mfg. Co Inc . .3434 World BC Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .4230 Wire Technology & Mach’y . .3026 Tape - Materials Besel Basim San. . . . . . . . . . . .4228 Gotex SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2478 Wuxi Kemaite . . . . . . . . . . . . .1672 NEPTCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3721 Testing Services ACM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Aesa SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3890 Etna Products, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .3735 Testing, Measuring and Inspection ACM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3026 Aesa SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3890 Amaral Automation Assoc. . . .2426 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . .2436 Clinton Instrument Co . . . . . . .2727 Eddytech Systems Inc . . . . . . . .888 T Fukase & Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . .2779

Visit our booth# 3379 at Interwire 2009

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I N T E R N A T I O N A L

T E C H N I C A L

C O N F E R E N C E

New Technology

for Global Markets TWO DAYS. TWO CONTINENTS. ONE STOP. Take a look at developing industries in the wire and cable sectors as you join colleagues, presenters, and exhibitors at this educational conference and marketplace 2-3 November 2009.

SAVE THE DATE: 2-3 NOVEMBER 2009 | ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Set in Istanbul, Turkey—one of the largest cities in Europe, which is also the only metropolis situated on two continents—the event is next in the series of anticipated conferences by the WAI, ACIMAF, CET, and IWMA sponsors designed to surface big ideas and relevant dialogue. Details and registration information are forthcoming online at: www.wirenet.org or www.iwma.org.

For more information contact: Marc Murray, Director of Education, The Wire Association International, Inc., 1570 Boston Post Rd., P.O. Box 578, Guilford, CT 06437-0578 USA, Tel.: (001) 203-453-2777 ext. 121, Fax: (001) 203-453-8384, E-mail: mmurray@wirenet.org.

Conference organized by: Associazione Costruttori Italiani Macchine Per Filo

C.E.T.

Comité Européen de la Tréfilerie

International Wire & Machinery Association

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TECHNICAL PAPER The electrodeposition of high-strength nanocrystalline metals and alloys as a means to augment the performance of electrical conductors A cost-effective process change makes it possible to greatly enhance the strength-toweight of electrical conductors by the application of ultrafine-grained nanocrystalline metal to realize significant weight reductions in electrical wiring systems. By Ian Winfield, Iain Brooks, Edward M. Yokley, Robert Heard and Gino Palumbo.

Nanocrystalline materials

metal alloys and metal-matrix composites (see Table 1); a high-degree of processing flexibility in terms of size, thickness and shape; high production rates; low initial capital investment relative to other nanomaterial synthesis methods; and a relatively simple process drop-in to existing electroplating lines2. The process of nanocrystalline electrodeposition has been successfully implemented in the nuclear, sporting goods and metal finishing industries. For example, elec-

Most of the metals, alloys and many non-metallic materials that the industry is familiar with are comprised of grains (or crystals) that have agglomerated to form a solid polycrystalline material. In conventional engineering metals, these grains are typically on the order of tens of microns (1 micron = 10-6 meter = 103 nanometer) in diameter. Nanocrystalline materials, however, are composed of much finer grains, with diameters in the nanometer range (1 nm = 10-9 m). As a general guideline, a material with an average grain size (diameter) of less than 100 nm can be considered nanocrystalline1. Fig. 1 displays scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) micrographs of conventional coarse-grained and ultrafine-grained nano-crystalline materials, respectively. Numerous methods exist for the synthesis of nanocrystalline materials. Fig. 1. SEM and TEM micrographs of coarse-grained (left) and ultrafineSome processes involve physical or grained nanocrystalline materials. chemical vapor deposition, rapid solidification, mechanical attrition, and/or electrodeposition. Synthesis via electrodeposition is of particular interest because this is a mature, well-established technology that is relatively robust and inherently inexpensive. Electrodeposition offers many advantages over other processing techniques, specifically: the ability to choose from Table 1. Examples of nanocrystalline materials produced via a large range of available pure metals, electrodeposition. 102 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

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trodeposited nano-metal coatings are used to repair degraded nuclear heat exchangers, enhance the performance of golf clubs and to improve the wear resistance of moving parts in a number of mechanical systems. As a direct result of grain refinement into the sub-100nm regime, nanostructured materials exhibit considerable changes in a number of important mechanical, physical and chemical properties when compared to their coarse-grained equivalents. By far the most important effect is the marked improvement in strength and hardness, which in turn impacts other mechanical properties, most notably wearresistance. In addition, other structure-dependent properties such as intergranular corrosion behavior, magnetic coercivity and electrical resistivity are strongly dependent upon grain size3. Modifications to the electrodeposition processing parameters allows for direct control of the deposited material’s grain size, which is typically within, but not limited to, the range of 5–200 nm. The ability to control grain size allows for a large degree of design flexibility, facilitating the optimization of grain-size dependent properties such as strength and resistivity.

Fig. 2. Yield strength of pure nickel as a function of its grain size3

Nanocrystalline mechanical properties Over the years, metallurgists have developed a number of techniques to strengthen metals. Many of these strengthening mechanisms involve alloying the material (e.g., precipitation strengthening) or mechanically deforming it (e.g., cold rolling) in order to promote the formation of a microstructure that is intrinsically resistant to permanent deformation. Another very powerful means to strengthen a polycrystalline material is to decrease the size of its constituent grains. The intrinsic strengthening effect resulting from grain size reduction of a material is governed by the so-called HallPetch equation (named after the metallurgists who quantified the grain size strengthening phenomenon4,5) shown below: σ = σ0 + k d Eq. (1) −1/2

where σ is the yield strength of the material, ‘d’ is the average grain size, σ0 is a stress related to the resistance of dislocation movement and ‘k’ is a constant6. As such, strengthening a material by reducing the grain size is often referred to as “Hall-Petch strengthening.” Fig. 2 displays the effect of grain size on the yield strength of pure nickel. Significant strengthening is observed as a result of grain size reduction from 10,000 nm down to 100 nm and further to 10 nm with corresponding yield strengths of approximately 200 MPa (29 ksi), 700 MPa (102 ksi), and 900 MPa (131 ksi), respectively3. Mechanical property data for some of Integran’s electrodeposited nanomaterials are shown below in Table 2. The Hall-Petch relationship is not restricted to yield strength alone and also applies to the hardness of a material3,6. Fig. 3a shows the relationship between hardness and grain size for nickel, with grain sizes indicated above the curve. The hardness of a material is directly related to its wear resistance, as hardness has been shown to be inversely

Fig. 3. Hardness (a) and Taber wear index (mass loss: mg/1000 cycles; CS-17 wheel) (b) as a function of grain size for nickel8. APRIL 2009 | 103

TECHNICAL PAPERS Table 2. Mechanical property data for various electrodeposited nanomaterials. Table courtesy of Integran Technologies, Inc.

proportional to wear loss7. Thus, similar to strength, the wear-resistance of a material can also be improved via grain size reduction8. This relationship is illustrated in Fig. 4b for nickel and a direct relationship between the hardness and Taber wear index can be observed over a varying grain size. As a benchmark, the Taber wear index of mild steel is in the range of 30-35 mg mass loss per 1000 cycles. Another important benefit of grain size reduction is the resulting improvement in fatigue resistance9. See Fig. 4. This is primarily due to the enhancement in strength of the material. Thus, improvements in fatigue performance can also be achieved via extreme grain refinement.

Application to electrical conductors In order to maximize the strength-to-weight of a conductor, and thereby minimize its weight, two methods are typi-

Fig. 4. Fatigue performance of pure Ni, grain sizes of: mc = 30 Âľm, ufc = 300 nm, and nc = 30 nm9. 104 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

cally employed. The first method is to utilize a material with a relatively low density that also maintains a sufficient strength level to meet the broader design requirements. Aluminum has been widely used to achieve this enhancement in strength-to-weight, often in conjunction with copper to maintain adequate conductivity, and this technology is now fairly mature10,11. The second method of enhancing strength-to-weight involves intrinsically strengthening the material without increasing its density, e.g., by Hall-Petch strengthening. The conductor design concept described herein maximizes the conductor strength, and thus the strength-to-weight, while maintaining an acceptable level of conductivity (~ 60% IACS). This is achieved through the application of a strong, uniform, highly adherent nanocrystalline metal coating onto a conventional copper conductor. The design is such that the nanocrystalline coating bears the majority of

Fig. 5. Schematic of nano-metal coated conductor. Coating thickness = 0.0005 in.

TECHNICAL PAPERS Table 3. Properties of nano-metal enhanced conductor versus Be-Cu Alloy CS95 and aluminum.

the mechanical load, while the copper core carries the majority of the electrical load. A schematic of this design is shown in Fig. 5 and the properties of such a conductor are shown in Table 3, along with benchmark data for beryllium copper alloy CS95 and aluminum. The final construction of a conductor would likely consist of multiple strands of the co-axially coated material (e.g., 19 concentric strands for a size 26 AWG conductor). Significant increases in strength and strength-to-weight ratio, when compared to CS95 and aluminum conductors, can be achieved by nano-metal reinforcement with little compromise in electrical conductivity. Improvements in fatigue performance over CS95 and aluminum conductors can also be expected. Furthermore, sufficient design flexibility exists to boost the conductivity at the expense of conductor strength by simply reducing the proportion of nano-metal coating to copper and vice versa. In order to successfully strengthen a conductor via HallPetch strengthening (grain refinement), the intrinsic conductivity-strength tradeoff in play for all polycrystalline metals

Fig. 6. Property trade-off space illustrating the effect of grain size on the yield strength and electrical conductivity of pure copper.

must be considered. Briefly, reduction of the grain size results in an enhancement in strength, but also introduces more electron scattering points throughout the microstructure, increasing the overall electrical resistance of the material. This property tradeoff is illustrated for copper in Fig. 6. In reality, the conductivity-strength tradeoff also comes into play when other strengthening methods such as alloying, age hardening, and/or work hardening are invoked because these well-established strengthening techniques also introduce electron scattering sites throughout the material12,13. This is one of the reasons why beryllium-copper alloys such as CS95 are not as conductive as pure oxygen-free copper, for instance. Since electrical conductivity is the most important design parameter for conductor materials, relatively high conductivity must be maintained when strengthening a conductor material regardless of the strengthening strategy employed. In this fashion, optimization of both the conductor strength and conductivity can be achieved by utilization of the co-axial â&#x20AC;&#x153;compositeâ&#x20AC;? design of Fig. 5, which can be tailored to meet the conductor design specifications by varying both the ratio of the constituent materials and the grain size of the nanometal reinforcement layer. It is anticipated that the nano-metal enabled conductor material could potentially allow designers to select a smaller diameter wire without compromising on component strength and durability, thereby reducing the overall mass per unit length of the electrical wiring. For example, a 19strand 26 AWG nano-metal coated conductor could effectively replace a larger diameter 19-strand 24 AWG CS95 copper alloy conductor, with respective breaking loads of 37 lbf and 35.4 lbf, resulting in a conductor weight reduction of approximately 35%. Additionally, nanocrystalline Ni or Co based coatings provide good corrosion protection, eliminating the need to apply a secondary coating. Since the majority of electrical conductors are presently coated via electrodeposition for corrosion protection purposes, a relatively straightforward process drop-in can be executed simply by modifying the electrolyte chemistry and the electroplating production parameters of these existing processes. Thus, a scale-up to full production can be accomplished at a reasonable cost.

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Conclusions Pairing strong, electrodeposited nanocrystalline materials with conventional conductor materials (i.e. OFHC copper) can provide significant performance enhancements in terms of conductor strength, wear resistance and flex-fatigue. Designers can now optimize the volume ratio between nanometal coating and core substrate material to achieve a conductivity that is comparable to that of existing high strength conductors (~ 60% IACS) while realizing an overall weight reduction in system wiring of approximately 35%. Industrial scale-up of the nano-metal electrodeposition process has been relatively straight forward because it is an adaptation of the electroplating process already established for the corrosion protection of electrical conductors.

Acknowledgements The financial support of the Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center is gratefully acknowledged.

References 1. G. Palumbo, F. Gonzalez and K. Tomantschger, U. Erb, & K.T. Aust, Plating and Surface Finishing, Feb. 2003. 2. U. Erb, Canadian Metallurgical Qtly., 34, p. 275, 1995.

Winfield

Brooks

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Ian Winfield is a research engineer at Integran Technologies USA Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He received his B.A.Sc. degree in materials science and engineering from the University of Toronto. He is a member of the Nanomaterials Research Group at the University of Toronto. Iain Brooks is currently a project leader at Integran. Since joining the company in 2001, he has been involved in many aspects of metallurgical technology development and commercialization. He holds a B.Eng. degree from the Royal Military College of Canada and an M.Sc. (Eng.) degree from Queen’s University. Edward M. Yokley is a consulting senior scientist for Integran. He received his Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry at Indiana University and also holds an M.S. degree in management from the Sloan School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He holds 10 106 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

3. U. Erb, K.T. Aust, & G. Palumbo, Nanostructured Materials: Processing, Properties, & Applications, 2nd edition, C.C. Koch (ed.), William Andrew, Inc., Norwich, NY, 2007, p. 235 4. E.O. Hall, Proceedings of the Physical Society of London, B64, p. 747, 1951. 5. N.J. Petch, Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, 174, p. 25, 1953. 6. G.E. Dieter, Mechanical Metallurgy, 3rd edition, McGraw Hill, Boston, MA, p. 189, 1986. 7. R.G. Bayer, ASM Handbook, 9th edition, Vol. 8, p. 601, /Wear Testing, ASM Intl. 8. D.H. Jeong, F. Gonzalez, G. Palumbo, K.T. Aust, and U. Erb, Scripta Mater., 44, p. 493, 2001. 9. T. Hanlon, E.D. Tabachnikova and S. Suresh, International Journal of Fatigue, 27, p. 1147, 2005. 10. J.J. Manico, U.S. Patent 3,683,103, 1972. 11. J.L. Ballenghien & A. Synodinos, Fly by aluminum cables and associated contact technology, AEISS, Project 19/09/2003, 2003. 12. E. Fisk, Developments in Alloy Conductors, Wire and Cable Technology International, September 2003. 13. W.D. Callister Jr., Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering, An Integrated Approach, 2nd edition, Jon Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, p. 476, 2005. ■

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patents and has founded three companies in various technical fields. Gino Palumbo is a director of Integran Technologies Inc., USA, and founder of Integran Technologies Inc. in Toronto, Canada. He received a Ph.D. degree in metallurgical engineering at the University of Toronto. He has authored 16 U.S. patents and over 180 refereed scientific publications, and he has presented over 50 invited lectures at international conferences and symposia. Robert Heard is the president of Integran Technologies Inc., USA, and is a teaching faculty member in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University. He received a Ph.D. degree in metallurgical engineering at the University of Toronto. This paper was presented at WAI’s 78th Annual Convention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, June 2008.

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TECHNICAL PAPER 61 wire single-twist stranding to 1000 kcm (500 mm2) Single-twist technology has been found to offer both logistical and cost-saving advantages for producers of power cables now using rigid stranders. By Andy Blackmore

Single-twist machines are producing compressed and compact round copper and aluminum conductors to 1000 kcm or 500 mm2 for high-voltage applications with product quality consistent with strand manufactured with a traditional rigid strander. See Figs. 1-3. This paper discusses how this technology has been developed by Roteq Machinery, Inc. Conceptually, the single-twist system replaces the rotation of bare wire bobbins in the traditional cage with the rotation of the take-up reel. As a consequence, the product quality is consistent with that of a rigid strander. It is evident that the sin-

gle-twist process is substantially more stable than that of a rigid strander as it eliminates the need to rotate heavy bobbins under high centrifugal forces. The result is that the capstan pull is lower for the same strand construction and the variation of the pull is substantially reduced. This process offers a range of other advantages. For instance, for a 750 kcm aluminum compact strand, the singletwist machine can enhance material utilization, run time ratios, set up times, inventory turns, and consistency of product quality as well as require a lower initial capital cost and

Fig. 1. A single-twist line capable of producing power cable.

Fig. 2. A close-up of a single-twist machine.

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smaller footprint. A further advantage is that the closing of all strand layers is performed at one point. See Fig. 3. This facilitates visual monitoring of the process and enhances the filling/strand blocking between strand layers. It also reduces the motion of one strand layer relative to its adjacent layer. In its optimum configuration, this process produces a unilay conductor. This concept allows the use of any form of bare wire payoff package from bobbins to static packages to stems. See Fig. 4.

Fig. 4. Bare wire bobbins and stems.

Typically, machine sizes for stranding are 60 in. (1500 mm), 72 in. (1800 mm) and 84 in. (12240 mm), with respective maximum stranding speeds of 250-300 rpm, 200-250 rpm and 150-200 rpm.

Fig. 5. Comparison of performance of single-twist and double-twist systems.

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TECHNICAL PAPERS Fig. 6. Range of aluminum strand sizes that can be made with same input wire diameter by manufacturers that produce sections in sq mm and AWG sizes.

Fig. 7. Range of aluminum strand sizes that can be produced by single-twist system with one drawn wire.

Economic considerations The industry is targeting 37 and 61 copper and aluminum strand between 250-1000 kcm (120 mm2 to 500 mm2) for the single-twist stranding process. Fig. 5 compares the performance of a 72 in. (1800 mm) double-twist machine with a maximum bow rotation of 600 rpm or 1200 twists per minute with that of an 84 in. (2240 mm) single-twist machine with a maximum rotational speed of 200 twists per minute. It is evident that the double-twist system has a significant edge in productivity with the smaller gauge sizes. This advantage drops as the strand section increases. The issue is the acceptable level of product quality relative to the process chosen, i.e. at what strand section does the quality of the double-

twist process quality outweigh its speed advantage? This continues to be a moving target as manufacturers develop process solutions that optimize the strand quality for the products they are making. Noteworthy is the capacity of these machines to process stranded conductors. For example, comparing the performance of 4/0 AWG (Al) run on a 72 in. (1800 mm) double-twist system with 750 kcm (Al) run on the 84 in. (2240 mm) single-twist machine, both consume the capacity of two rod breakdown machines. Returning to the performance of a rigid strander compared to a single-twist machine, much of the line speed performance of the rigid strander is a consequence of the strand design. More specifically, the selection of lay length for each layer within the construction with the line speed limit is based on

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Fig. 8. Layout of a stranding-cabling line using single-twist technology.

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the die string and that, in turn, reduces the variance in input wire weights throughout the run. 4. Using the stem input, combined with common strand layers with the single input wire strand schedules, minimizes bare wire inventory, reduces the time to change from one strand section to another and effectively eliminates the wiredrawing process in the production schedule. The potential of higher inventory turns and shorter delivery times is a consequence of this methodology. 5. The ability to cable insulated conductors with stationary payoffs to four conductor 250 kcm (120mm2) adds considerable flexibility to the manufacturing process.

Strand design Strand specifications are gravitating to resistance targets with a minimum number of elements with some construction limitations. Single Input Wire (SIW) strand schedules take full advantage of these mostly performance-based specifications where the minimum number elements to meet the resistance requirements offer opportunities to reduce the conversion cost from rod to strand. This applies to all forms of stranding machines, including rigid, concentric, tubular, single twist, double twist and others, and is particularly beneficial for stranding processes that can use the large capacity stem input wire packages. Two compact aluminum schedules that best illustrate this potential are Shown in Figs. 6 and 7. Fig. 6 shows strand sizes between 250 kcm to 750 kcm can be made with another drawn wire diameter. Fig. 7 shows strand sizes between #2 AWG to 350 kcm can be run with one drawn wire diameter. Noteworthy is the potential to add a layer or drop a layer. For example, one can go from 250 kcm to 500 kcm just by adding or dropping a layer of wire. Similar schedules are available for compressed aluminum and copper strands within the same strand size range. An overall view of a stranding-cabling line using the technology discussed here is presented in Fig. 8.

Highlights In a recent seminar on the subject, five highlights emerged from the companies that attended. 1. Using a stem input to manufacture strand up to 1000 kcm with the single-twist machine allows a company to consider elimination of bobbins in its bare wire department. It further can effectively eliminate input wire changes in the process. If one considers that roughly half of rigid strander production time is spent unloading and loading bobbins, this in itself is a significant advantage. 2. Strand stability requires a lay ratio (length of lay divided by layer diameter) between 20 and 30. These constructions challenge that premise, resulting in higher line speeds for the same twist rates. 3. Dedicating one wiredrawing machine to run one wire diameter continuously produces more than an addition 50% in wiredrawing output compared to drawing different wire diameters for each strand section. Also, the reduced die inventory helps with the justification for polycrystalline dies throughout

Conclusion The process capabilities of the single-twist system designed by Roteq Machinery, Inc., warrants consideration when considering strand capacity to 61 wire products, and an even closer review when a combination of stranding and cabling better fits the overall plant requirements. â&#x2013;

Andy Blackmore is a principal of Roteq Machinery Inc., Toronto, Canada. Educated in the U.K., he holds a degree in mechanical engineering. He has spent the past 38 years developing and promoting rotating equipment solutions for the wire and cable, steel rope and flexible pipe/hose industries. This paper was presented at WAIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s International Technical Conference, Monterrey, Mexico, October 2008.

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the shortest lay and the maximum rotation of that cage. Simplifying the comparison, the typical operating speed for 750 kcm aluminum in North America is between 90 and 120 ft/min. The average is closer to 110 ft/min. The performance of the single-twist system in making the same product is close to 150 ft/min. Another difference is the single-twist process is generally configured to stop only when the take-up reel is full, i.e., the input wire stems can be staged while the machine is running. In comparison, typically more that 50% of the time is taken up unloading and loading the bobbins.

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TECHNICAL PAPER Technical and technological solutions to reduce energy consumption along wire and cable production lines Key aspects such as design of gears and bows, coupled with a thorough understanding of how and why friction is created, makes it possible to develop machinery that increases productivity while cutting energy costs. By Enrico Conte

Like the economy, wire and cable manufacturing has been dramatically influenced by market globalization. It has also been impacted by the remarkable recent changes in the global economy, which make it more important than ever for a manufacturer to be able to control their processes and be able to produce cost-effectively for different markets. New opportunities will continue to emerge, but companies must be prepared for harsh competition, uneven product demand and unpredictable raw material and energy costs. Many companies have rationalized their processes, moved to low-cost labor areas and focused on reducing fixed costs and overhead as well as internal costs. With this backdrop, the ability to deploy technology that can be part of the solution to such challenges is an important part of any long-term strategy.

Production cost breakdown Regardless of the actual product, be it preliminary drawing wire, multiwire, strands or cables (See Fig. 1), production costs

can be broken down into five cost components presented as follows: P = B + T + L +F +O

where: P = the product cost, the cost of the end product (e.g. a bobbin of 24 x 0.325 mm multiwire, aluminum wire, a bobbin of multiwire tinned copper for shielding, etc.); B = the semifinished product cost, the cost of the starting material (e.g. a basket 2 mm diameter wire); T = the transformation cost, the cost of the process by which the semi-finished product is transformed into an end product; L = labor costs, the cost of the line workforce; F = fixed costs, such as for the plant and systems; and O = other costs, costs which do not fall into the above categories. For example, consider producing 24 x 0.325 mm flexible multiwire strands (with a 2 mm2 section) starting from a copper rod. This production process comprises three technological

Fig. 1. Range of cable products whose production costs can be divided into five areas.

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depreciation of production equipment and maintaining equipment in good working order (spare parts, maintenance, etc.). Work fluids and their treatment can be subdivided into: the cost of oils for drawing and annealing as well as various additives (germicides, antifoam emulsions, etc.); the cost of water to make emulsions; and the cost of emulsion treatment and disposal, protecting the environment and guaranteeing workplace safety. In wire and cable production processes, electricity is required for operations that are directly linked to the technological process and to power auxiliary service units. Dies, pulling rings, and tips are the “tools” used to transform material into a product. Like all tools, these are prone to wear, consumption and, at times, breakage. Of all the costs that compose transformation cost T, only con-

Fig. 2. View of cost breakdown for different steps as presented in Eq. (1).

Fig. 3. The four main cost “transformation” components.

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phases: rod breakdown from 8 mm to 2 mm, such as for a basket take-up; multiwire drawing of 24 wires from 2 mm to 0.325 mm with reel take-up; and final bunching. These phases are further described here in terms of the technological sequence and cost development, where the cost of the end product of each phase corresponds to the cost of the semi-finished product for the next phase. See Fig. 2. In terms of product cost development, only transformation cost T has been taken into consideration. The main components of transformation cost T can be grouped into four areas: production equipment; work fluids and their treatment; consumed energy; and the dies, pulling rings and other wear-prone elements along the wire path. See Fig. 3. Production equipment costs can be further subdivided into:

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sumed energy has been considered. Within the scope of drawing and annealing processes, energy flow can be determined by defining macro areas of energy usage. See Fig. 4. These areas include: energy for deformation; energy dissipated in spindles and gear transmission; energy dissipated for rotating pulling rings in submerged machine; energy for annealing and quenching; energy for drying systems; and energy lost due to electrical inefficiency. The causes of energy consumption which are not directly linked to the technological process can be identified through these macro areas, which already include some forms of power dissipation. Technical and technological solutions therefore focus on minimizing the effects of each of these power dissipation causes. Considering the above forms of energy use, the author will analyze some of the solutions adopted by SAMPSISTEMI (SAMP) for its technology. Power dissipation through material deformation is caused by wire/die and wire/pulling ring friction. Technical solutions will therefore focus on increasing lubricant efficiency and improving pulling ring design. Enhanced wire/die lubrication efficiency is made possible by the use of a die holder with high-pressure emulsion jets in the die entry and exit zones. Another fundamental way of reducing dissipated power and enhancing wire quality is through wire and die alignment (if, when entering the die, the wire is badly aligned, drawing power increases, jeopardizing die life

and wire quality). Better wire/pulling ring contact lubrication is obtained by applying additional emulsion jets from the die holder in the direction of the pulling ring. See Fig. 5. The profile of the pulling surface of a pulling ring is such that it: reduces friction between the wire and pulling ring; enhances wire surface quality; and ensures correct wire/die alignment. To reduce dissipated power, prevent die wear and enhance end product quality, SAMP chose to use a tapered profile. Energy is also dissipated in the gear transmission of the drawing machine and in the spindles. Research, therefore, has been oriented towards developing high-performance transmissions, also focusing on kinematical patterns. SAMP has worked on two levels to minimize energy dissipation in its multiwire drawing machine transmissions. Its focus has realized a high-performance transmission, designing and manufacturing gears with a corrected involute profile to reduce friction between tooth flanks during contact. It has also continued its focus on further minimizing the number of gears from a kinematical pattern perspective. It has followed this approach since the 1990s, when it began using a patented kinematical pattern that minimized the number of gears, thus improving overall transmission performance. Another area where power dissipation in a drawing machine occurs is in the sealing system. This system separates the drawing area from the gear box in order to prevent drawing emulsion/lubricant contamination. Research is therefore oriented

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Fig. 6. Results achieved by SAMPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s use of hydrodynamic rotating elements.

Fig. 7. An annealer chamber used by SAMP.

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dissipated power is a non-linear function of speed, pulling ring size and viscosity. The rotating elements developed by SAMP are hydrodynamic and have no protrusions or indentations. Not only is this design technologically advantageous, but it also reduces whirling phenomena and emulsion level instability. Results are illustrated in Fig. 6. During the annealing process, a substantial amount of energy is dissipated during wire cooling. Technical developments therefore aim at increasing the effiFig. 5. Lubricant efficiency and pulling ring design are key to the amount of ciency of wire cooling systems. power dissipation during the drawing process. SAMP has improved the efficiency of its plate cooling system utilizing special profiles to towards finding efficient, low-friction, sealing solutions. improve the flow of emulsion. To ensure efficient cooling and SAMP uses non-contact labyrinth seals, which prevent to make plate cleaning operations easier, emulsion must flow shaft/gasket contact friction-related power dissipation. This at high speeds. solution is also economically advantageous because less mainCooled wire must be dried. Wire drying is performed by tenance is required. An air oversupply via a compressor means of compressed air jets. Power is therefore dissipated installed on board the machine is utilized to prevent drawing during air transportation and flow. Research aims at increasing emulsion/lubricant oil contamination. This system has the foldrying system efficiency. lowing advantages: air is used at the right pressure and is only The SAMP system comprises efficient ceramic dryers optigenerated when required. With centralized shop-floor commized according to the type of wire in process. Easy dryer pressors, the required volume of air must first be compressed maintenance is also fundamental as is the need for quick dryer by atmospheric pressure to net pressure (6-7 Bar) before being changeability. With these blowers, string-up time is reduced in compressed to reach work pressure (1.5 Bar), a system which clearly wastes energy. Regarding drawing machine power dissipation, one must note the energy loss that is typical of submerged machines. With such systems, energy is lost through rotation of the pulling rings in emulsion or oil tanks. Technical developments concentrate on designing hydrodynamic components because

TECHNICAL PAPERS Table 1. Hourly production rates of flexible cord, 24 x 0.325 mm.

Fig. 8. Increasing twisting speed requires attention to key elements such as friction.

comparison to traditional die-type systems. Fig. 7 illustrates the solutions that have been adopted on the RC350 annealer wire path for building wire applications. If one looks at flexible 24 x 0.325 mm cord production processes, bunching is the bottleneck phase. Table 1 shows the hourly production rate (kg/hour) of different machines. In the case above, the productivity ratio of a rod breakdown machine in relation to a multiwire drawing machine is around 3:2, whereas it is around 7:1 if one compares a multiwire drawing machine and a buncher. Normally, two to three rod breakdown lines serve an entire factory. Enhancing bunching efficiency can be done by increasing the number of twists, and/or by increasing the number of machines. SAMP has developed two basic concepts to make this feasible. It has aerodynamically designed all rotating components to make it possible to increase the number of twists and it has patented a dual-bunching solution whereby two bunchers are housed within a single machine structure, thus reducing space and energy requirements. See Figs. 8 and 9. Dissipated power (DP) in a bunching machine is given by the sum of three components: DP = MR + MF + AR, where MR is the internal buncher friction, linear with speed; MF is the friction of wire within bows and pulleys, linear with speed and dependent on bow type and wire path; and AR is the aerodynamic resistance of bows and rotating parts, a non-linear function of speed and dependent on bow type and shape. Particular attention has been given to bow design, focusing on an extremely aerodynamic outer shape and inner tube-type architecture. This bow is an evolution of SAMPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s patented closed-bow system. See Fig. 10. The benefits of the bow architecture can be seen in Fig. 11, which shows experimental test results obtained by comparing different bow types. The dark pink and blue absorption curves represent open bows with 32 and 16 wire guides; the red curve represents a closed bow; and the green curve represents an aerodynamic tube-type bow. Fig. 11 can be read in two ways: at equal speeds, energy is

Fig. 9. A dual-buncher system by SAMP.

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Fig. 11. Comparison of different bow types.

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saved; and at equal rates of energy consumption, performance increases. Utilizing these new bows with SAMP’s dual bunching solution, which incorporates two bunchers in a single machine structure, has produced the results shown in Fig. 12. The dual buncher clearly consumes less energy than two single bunchers, primarily because of machine structure geometry.

Future developments SAMP will research and develop in the following areas to increase the energetic efficiency of its technology by: continuously improving machines by developing simple, efficient and easy-to-maintain solutions; developing energetically efficient wiredrawing equipment, for rod breakdown machines in particular; developing the above-mentioned high-speed bunching concept for medium to high bunchers; developing control systems for multi-motor machines; and developing energy saving systems. ■

Enrico Conte is the product development manager of Samp Sistemi, Bologna, Italy. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy. In 1997 he joined SAMP’s Research & Development department as a mechanical engineer. In 2003 he was promoted to mechanical developConte ment manager. Since 2008, he has been product development manager for copper and aluminum machinery (drawing and bunching area). A WAI member, he previously presented a technical paper at the multi-association technical conference that was put on in Bologna in 2007. This paper was presented at WAI’s International Technical Conference in Monterrey, Mexico, October 2008.

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PRODUCTS & MEDIA PRODUCTS Updated thread rolling machine offers precision at top speeds Denmark-based Enkotec announced the latest version of its TA01 thread rolling machine that offers high and uniform profiling quality and overall improved accuracy. According to a press release, the TA01 is similar to Enkotec’s high-speed rotary nail machine, but is also capable of running inline in a nail manufacturing line or as a standalone unit. It has been designed to make screw shank or annular nail profiles with a working area of 1.8-4.2 x 32-105 mm nail length and a profile height of 27-75 mm, it said. A specially designed nail injector allows metered guidance of the nails in an upright position into the profiling tooling, it explained. Tooling changes take only 30 minutes, it said, and it features a low noise level (approximately 87 dBA) and a connection to exhaust ventilation. Contact: Enkotec, www.enkotec.com.

Cable measuring system designed for optimum CV-line performance Germany-based Sikora AG announced the release of the X-Ray 8000 NXT, a power cable production measuring system that offers reliable measurement at CV-lines. X-Ray 8000 NXT is Sikora’s successor to the X-Ray 8000, a popular model for CV-lines, a press release said. X-Ray 8000 NXT is suitable for permanent quality control at the production of MV-, HV- and EHV-cables in CCV-, VCV- and MDCVlines, it said, noting that the device can measure wall thickness, eccentricity as well as diameter and ovality with exact accuracy and repeatability. Only one scan is needed to calculate all measuring values, the release said. X-Ray 8000 NXT allows the operator a fast centering of the 118 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

extrusion tools as well as optimum control of the production line in automatic mode, and multi-sensor semiconductor detectors are incorporated into the high-end variant of the X-Ray 8000 NXT, it noted. Contact: Sikora International Corp., tel. 49-42148900-0; sales@sikora-usa.com; www.sikora.net.

Crossheads provide high wear and temperature, corrosion resistance U.S.-based Unitek Crossheads announced it has developed the USCC V F 1/7, a high-capability crosshead for specialized projects. According to a press release, the new crosshead is suitable for the production of fine wires in a single layer with skin layer option, and is able to process most high-temperature materials. The head consists of a compact casing with conical cartridge and has an incorporated sleeve for skin distribution. The unit is manufactured from Unalloy®, a material with a density of 38 Rockwell Hardness, providing high wear and corrosion resistance, it said. The complete set-up at the final operation in-line consists of the crosshead and bypass valves for easy start-up and tool changes without extruder stoppage, it added. Contact: Unitek Crossheads, tel. 905-738-4010; sales@howarequipment.com; www.unitek-na.com.

UL-rated photovoltaic wires resist extreme environmental degradation U.S.-based Champlain Cable Corporation announced the release of two new cable solutions for photovoltaic arrays. The Exar 150PV and the Exar 180PV are both UL-rated photovoltaic wires, a press release said. Due to extreme environmental conditions—including exposure to water and steam, high amounts of UV radiation and fluctuations in temperature—most standard solar panel wires are unable to last as long as typical PV panel warranty periods, it explained. The Exar 150PV and 180PV wires are made from an irradiation cross-linked fluoropolymer-based material, which handles temperature extremes to 356°F, it noted, adding that they are formulated to naturally resist UV

Single scan technology offers fast measurement, strict quality checks U.S.-based Zumbach Electronics announced the introduction of its calibrated single scan (CSS) technology for ODAC diameter scanners. With scan rates of 2400 scans per second and faster, each scan is identified and individually calibrated for accuracy and repeatability while increasing measurement rates, a press release said. A processor analyzes the integrity of each scan for product surface, dirt, water droplets and more, and then compiles the measurements to provide

minimum, maximum, and average diameter, ovality and flaw detection, the release noted, adding that the processor can average several scans into one measurement for post processing, controlling, data acquisition, FFT/SRL analysis and more. CSS technology combines precision laser scanning with high scan rates, producing precise and fast measurement. It is available in single, dual and triple axis ODAC laser heads, it said. Contact: Zumbach Electronics, tel. 914-241-7080; sales@zumbach.com; www.zumbach.com.

Newest cable accessories meet additional installation demands U.S.-based Andrew, a division of CommScope, Inc., announced the introduction of upgraded cable accessories that meet additional installation requirements. Continuing with its recent Heliax 2.0 cable family launch, it has developed SnapStak™ stackable snap-in hangers, Compact Weathershield™ weatherproofing kits, Universal SureGround™ grounding kits, and galvanized grounding bars that work with Heliax 2.0 FXL aluminum and AVA copper coaxial cables, a press release said.

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exposure, and do not require specific color concentrates to block UV radiation. Contact: Champlain Cable Corporation, tel. 802-6552121, www.champcable.com.

Dual-filter system saves materials and lowers production costs U.S.-based Nordson Corporation announced the release of its new dual-filter system and improved pump technology, designed to provide precise process control for applying powders for high-quality, reproducible cable coating. According to a press release, the system maintains an even flow of powder to consistently produce the desired coating thickness. It will help reduce material usage, lower production costs and allow handling of abrasive materials, it said. The dual-filter system recovers material not applied to cables and returns it to the hopper, it said, resulting in high transfer efficiency and a clean production environment. Contact: Nordson Corporation, tel. 800-683-2314, www.nordson.com.

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The Compact Weathershield is 24% smaller to fit multiport antennas and other small devices and the Universal SureGround kits fit all smoothwall and corrugated wireless cables within a nominal size range, it said. The accessories can help wireless operators increase use of available tower and mounting space, reduce installation times, and better protect network investments, it added. Contact: CommScope, Inc., www.comscope.com.

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Reel bolts available in a wide range of styles, diameters and lengths U.S.-based Ohio Rod Products announced the release of reel bolts for cable and wire reel manufacturers. According to a press release, select reel hardware components are available including cup, flat and fender washers, as well as T-nuts and heavy hex nuts. These reel components are commonly in stock and ready for delivery or pick-up, it said. Reel bolts are available with thread diameters from 1024 through 5/8-11 and with lengths up to a maximum of 96 in., it said. Contact: Ohio Rod Products, tel. 812-689-6565; ohiorod@eni.com; www.ohiorod.com.

Bare copper wire contractor packs provide portability and easy payoff U.S.-based Coleman Cable, Inc., announced that it has expanded its packaging options to include 25 lb contractor packs for Royal速/Triangle速 brand bare copper wire. According to a press release, the package allows portability and easy payoff from virtually any dispensing system, and allows contractors with limited storage area to

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Improved Cat. 6 cable offers increased near-end crosstalk U.S.-based Berk-Tek, a Nexans Company, announced that recently completed process improvements to the LANmark™-10G2 cable have resulted in higher performance for the Cat. 6a UTP cable. A press release said that Berk-Tek has increased all crosstalk parameters over the previous design, which was guaranteed to meet component performance as specified by ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2-10 Cat. 6a (or Augmented Cat. 6). The improved cable now provides 2 dB of near-end crosstalk (NEXT) and power sum near-end crosstalk (PSNEXT) headroom and 4 dB of far-end crosstalk (FEXT and PSFEXT) headroom over the defined cable performance standards as stated in the ANSI/TIA/EIA-568B.2-10 document, it said. The cable is targeted for high-bandwidth, high-speed applications, it added. Contact: Berk-Tek, www.berktek.com.

Cold-pressure welders are available in hand-held and bench models U.S.-based Micro-Weld announced that it now offers SCH Series cold-pressure welders, which are available in two formats. A hand-held model is suited for on-site welding, and three other models are available with capacities ranging from .004 in. to .039 in. for copper, and .004 in. to .047 in. for aluminum, a press release said. Bench-type models are built tough and are simple to operate, it said, adding that seven models are being offered initially with capacities from .009 in. to .177 in. for copper and .011 in. to .248 in. for aluminum. Larger models will be available soon, it said. All welders come with Micro-Weld service and warranty packages, it added. Contact: Micro-Weld, tel. 800-872-1068; bkeiler@micro-weld.com; www.micro-weld.com.

MEDIA Updated wiredrawing guide now includes Russian language edition U.S.-based Fort Wayne Wire Die, Inc., announced that it has released the latest edition of its Blue Book, a wiredrawing reference guide, completely updated and available in English, Chinese and now, a new Russian version. Wiredrawing professionals can reference current information on hole-size tolerances, available polycrystalline diamond materials and dimensions, die material comparison tools and more, a press release said. Fort Wayne Wire Die publishes a new edition of the Blue Book roughly every two years, it said.

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boost inventory and meet space restrictions. The solid and stranded, soft annealed bare copper conductors are available from 14 gauge to 4/O, it explained. They are made from electrolytic tough pitch (ETP) copper feed stock and manufactured to ASTM standards B3 (soft or annealed), B8 (concentric-lay) or B787 (combination unilay), it said. In addition to the new 25 lb contractor packs, the product is stocked in 3000-, 1000- or 500-ft reels (depending on gauge size) and customer specified packaging upon request, it noted. Contact: Coleman Cable, Inc., tel. 847-672-2300, www.colemancable.com.

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that it offers a copper cable troubleshooting handbook that may be downloaded free of charge from its website. The handbook guides the reader through the troubleshooting of advanced structured cabling systems using the Fluke Networks DTX Series CableAnalyzer™, a copper and fiber certification tester that analyzes test results and creates professional test reports using LinkWare reporting software, a press release said. Contact: Fluke Networks, tel. 425-446-4519, www.flukenetworks.com.

Other content includes wire gauge charts, wire die technical drawings and nomenclature, die recutting options, mathematical wiredrawing principles and more, all constructed and organized to guide engineers through a logical die selection process, it said. Contact: Fort Wayne Wire Die, Inc., tel. 260-747-1681; sales@fwwd.com; www.fwwd.com.

Website more user-friendly than ever

Free cable troubleshooting handbook may be downloaded from website U.S.-based Fluke Networks, which provides solutions for the installation and certification, testing, monitoring and analysis of copper, fiber and wireless networks used by enterprises and telecommunications carriers, announced

Visit our booth# 1667 at Interwire 2009

Medek & Schörner announced that it has updated its website to make it faster and easier for users to find information. According to a press release, the site now features e-mail links to members of staff responsible for the respective product groups and sales areas. Users will also find a news and events section containing information about the latest developments and innovations, as well as events at which Medek & Schörner will be represented and at which its product range will be on show. Contact: Medek & Schörner, www.medek.at. ■

Visit our booth# 3870 at Interwire 2009

Kinrei is Kabling In fact, Kinrei is your source for the latest technology in cabling, stranding and twinning solutions. Our double twist twinners and cablers produce today’s highest performance data and communications cables. Our complete Stranding Systems output levels are 15 – 40% higher than competitive machines. And that’s just the beginning — to learn more visit www.kinreiusa.com for product details! Also representing: Donnelly High Performance ABS Reels Watson Parts and Service Company Featuring OEM Replacement Parts & Rebuilds The Kinrei HK560 Watson Machine Company • Wire Machinery Corporation of America, Inc. The Edmands Company • The New England Butt Company • Peachtree Fiber Optics

Call for a quote, 973-677-9500, ext. 143. Or e-mail shess@kinreiusa.com

Donnelly Reels KINREI OF AMERICA, L.L.C. | 26 NORTH CENTER STREET | ORANGE, NJ 07050 973-677-9500 | WWW.KINREIUSA.COM

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WIRE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS seeking employment positions are entitled to FREE “Position Wanted” classified ads. Limit: one ad per issue, maximum three ads per year. This WAI membership benefit is not transferable to nonmembers or to companies. CLASSIFIED AD RATES: • $1.30 per word for Wire Journal International and on-line classifieds at wirenet.org (20 word minimum). • Blind box numbers, add $25. • Boldface headlines, add $6 per line (up to 18 characters per line). Specify category. BLIND BOX INFO: Blind box numbers assure the confidentiality of the advertiser in both the WJI and the on-line publication. Responses are mailed out within two business

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES SALES AGENT WANTED. Experienced wood reel salesman needed for South East and Midwest sales. Compensation depending on experience and connections. Please call DJ @ 858-776-3000.

days after receipt. Responses to Blind Box ads should be addressed to: Wire Journal International, Box number (as it appears in print or on-line), P.O. Box 578, Guilford, CT 06437-0578 USA. PAYMENT POLICY: All ads must be pre-paid. DEADLINES: Copy is due a full month in advance, i.e., it must be received by March 1 for publication in the April issue. Classifieds booked on-line, run for at least one-month on-line, from the date of booking. Wire Journal International “Print classifieds” booked on-line as an “add-on” to an “online classified” booking will run in the next available issue of the WJI.

Greenwich, CT 06830, 203-622-3000 or 800-394-WIRE. DIES MOLONEY DIE COMPANY. Low prices on all sizes of new, used and

recut carbide dies. We also recut tapered nibs. Fast turn-around. Quality service since 1985. Tel. 904-388-3654. APOLLO DIA-CARB COMPANY. Buy & sell new/used Natural & PCD

Visit our booth# 2610 at Interwire 2009 SALES ASSISTANT AND AGENTS. ABC Wire, located in Sycamore, IL, is looking for sales professionals experienced with bare and insulated copper wire. Please send resume to jobs@abcwire.com. PERSONNEL SERVICES “LET OUR SUCCESS BE YOUR SUCCESS” Wire Resources is the foremost recruiting firm in the Wire & Cable Industry. Since 1967 we have partnered with industry manufacturers to secure the services of thousands of key individual contributors, managers and executives. For corporations we provide recruitment, outplacement, and salary assessment functions. For the professional exploring a new opportunity, we provide career evaluation and guidance. Our services are performed in absolute confidence. Contact: E-mail Peter Carino at pcarino@wireresources.com or Jack Cutler at jcutler@wireresources.com, w w w. w i r e r e s o u r c e s . c o m . Wi re Resources, Inc., 522 E. Putnam Ave,

COMMISSION BROKERS INC. EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS TO THE ELECTRICAL WIRE & CABLE INDUSTRY APPRAISERS • COMMISSION BROKERS • INDIVIDUAL PIECES OR ENTIRE PLANTS

FOR SALE

1 - NEB 64-Carrier CB-1 Cabler Braider 1 - NEB 72-Carrier B10-72 Braider, Capstan, Motor 1 - NEB 32-Carrier B10-32 Braider, Capstan, Motor 1 - WATSON 36” Rotating Cabler Line 1 - NORTHAMPTON ST1000 Cabler, 1999 1 - CEECO 6-Bobbin 60” Closer w/Caterpuller, Take-up 2 - MGS Model LC50.4 Caterpuller Capstans 1 - DAVIS ELECTRIC Model CAT-TRAK 22 Caterpuller Capstan 1 - NIEHOFF M15 Wire Drawer, Annealer, SG45 Spooler 1 - D/S 100mm 24:1 L/D Extrusion Line, 1998, w/PA36 Dual Take-up 4 - D/S 3.5” 24:1 L/D Extruders 1 - D/S 3” 24:1 L/D Extruder 1 - D/S 2.5” 24:1 L/D Nylon Extruder 1 - D/S 2” 30:1 L/D Hi-Temp Extrusion Line 1 - HALL 36” Motorized Payoff w/Model 4F15 Dancer

2 - TULSA 24” Motorized Shaftless Payoffs, Model HSPO-1, 12/02 1 - NEXTROM 1000mm Rotating Take-up w/Group Twinner 1 - D/S 36” H.S. Dual Reel Take-up, twin Motors 1 - ENTWISTLE 36” Dual Reel Take-up, Model THE 24/36 4 - D/S 30” Dual Reel Take-ups 1 - DAVIS ELECTRIC Model TAP30 Parallel Axis Dual Take-up 4 - NOKIA Model EKP50 Parallel Axis Dual Reel Take-ups 1 - CLIPPER Model SP16 Dual Spooler 1 - HALL 48” Shaftless Take-up 2 - TEC Model 24STC Hi-Speed Twisters, rated 1300rpm w/2-Wire Payoffs 1 - NEW ENGLAND BUTT 60” Dual Wheel Capstan Assembly 1 - RAYMOND 3000lb Stacker Forklift 41 - 48” x 32-1/4” ID x 25” Barrel x 3” Arbor Toroidal Reels

Contact: Martin Kenner

COMMISSION BROKERS INC. P.O. Box 8456 • Cranston, RI 02920-0456 • Tel. (401) 943-3777 • Fax: (401) 943-3670 WEB: www.commissionbrokers.com • E-MAIL: marty137@aol.com

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DIAMOND DIES. Fair prices & excellent lead times. Contact Paulette, Owner-Sales, by telephone at 1-508226-1508 or by e-mail at apollodie@wmconnect.com. DIAMOND & CARBIDE DIES: PRICED TO MOVE! Take advantage of discounted pricing on new, used and recut diamond and carbide dies in standard case sizes: 2, 5, and 6. For quality dies with competitive pricing, contact Ida Pardo at info@knottco.com or by phone at 617-519-3303. MACHINERY “NEW” RESPOOLING/RETIPPING LINE MANUFACTURED BY KOPILOWITZ Model 2412 FOR KINREI OF AMERICA FOR SALE. 1-Kopilowitz respooling/retipping line model 2412 new, never used except by Kinrei of America at Interwire 2007. This line is a compact, free standing line including a shaftless motorized payoff with a reel size range of 1625”(400-630mm) with integrated dancer and takeup reel size range of 6-12” (150-300mm). The complete line has maximum speed of 2500 fpm (757 m/sec) with tension range of 0.4-5.5 lbs (0.2-2.5 kg) and is maintained throughout the rewinding process with the use of an integral

dancer with a P.I.D. close-loop-system. All wire guides and pulleys are manufactured from HDPE to protect the surface of the wire or cable. The unit is loaded on the payoff side via a hydraulic hand activated pump. The take-up side is unloaded pneumatically with the pintles being activated by a hand crank. The braking system is also pneumatic for smooth stopping in normal or e-stop. All drives are AC inverters and motors are Siemens AC. An operator touchscreen station is provided with all normal operator functions (start/stop, etc.) plus a wire length counter, hour meter and line speed indicator. This line is capable of respooling single end, stranded, rope constructions of copper conductors as well as any insulated cables. This line still carries a complete 12month warranty from Kinrei of America. The original selling price of this line was US$45,000, currently please MAKE AN OFFER!!!!!!! To mjacobsen@KinreiUSA.com or 973-677-9500 x 145. RECONDITIONED KINREI DOUBLE TWIST BUNCHERS FOR SALE. (5)-HK560 High Double Twists Bunchers and (1) NB-450 reconditioned, with partial warranty, currently available for use as either Buncher/Strander or Cabler/Twinner. All can be sold in an “as is” or in a

Visit our booth# 2622 at Interwire 2009

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reconditioned state. Machines may be currently viewed at Kinrei of America in New Jersey. These machines are in excellent condition and were built in 1999/2000 with approximately 13,000 hours of production time manufacturing Litz Wire. Pictures as well as complete details available by contacting Mitch Jacobsen at 973-494-6143 or email mjacobsen@kinreiusa.com. WWW.URBANOASSOCIATES. COM. For New (Hakusan Heat Pressure Welders, Ferrous & NonFerrous; Marldon Rolling Ring Traverses) & Used Wire & Cable Equipment. Tel. 727-863-4700 or by e-mail: urbassoc@ verizon.net. MEDIA FERROUS WIRE HANDBOOK. The most recent in a series of handbooks published by WAI, this comprehensive hard-cover book is a new, definitive industry resource for ferrous wire written by members of the Association and edited by former WAI President Robert M. Shemenski. List Price is $235, $195 for WAI members. To purchase, go to wirenet.org and click on The WAI Bookstore. THE BOOK OF WIRE & CABLE TERMS. This 350-page book is an indispensable publication covering both ferrous and nonferrous terminology. More than 5,000 entries are offered. Price $75, $50 for WAI members, plus shipping. WIRE BREAKS, by Horace Pops and Julie Steininger. 2003, 49 pages. Breakage of copper, steel, or aluminum wire is one of the most common and costly problems facing the wire industry today. It contains pictures of the most frequent examples of broken wires found in the wire mill and at the customer’s facility. List price: $15, WAI member price: $10. To purchase, go to wirenet.org and click on The WAI Bookstore. ■

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AND IMPORTANT PAPERS Some of the most important documents in the wire and cable industry are the technical papers presented at Wire Association International conventions. But many authors lack the proper funding needed to travel for speaking opportunities, which means that even the most world-wise ideas could stay packed away somewhere without a destination.

You’ve done your research. And we’ve developed a plan to help give your ideas wings. Don’t delay. Contact The Wire Foundation today to inquire about available funds for educational travel. You may just find that you’ve arrived.

The Wire Foundation, Inc. 1570 Boston Post Road | P.O. Box 578 | Guilford, CT 06437-0578 | Telephone: 203-453-2777

ADVERTISERS’ INDEX

ADVERTISERS’ INDEX ADVERTISER . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PAGE

ADVERTISER . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PAGE

AXIS Computer Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

GENCA Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Amacoil Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cover 3

Gimax Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .insert, between 16-17

Amaral Automation Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Guill Tool & Engineering Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Anbao Wire & Mesh Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Henkel Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Andantex USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Howar Equipment Inc/Ace Metal Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Howar Equipment/ACM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Baum’s Castorine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Bomco Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Howar Equipment Inc/GMP-Slovakia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Bongard Trading GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Howar Equipment Inc/Plasmait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

CRU North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Howar Equipment Inc/Unitek Crossheads Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 91

Cable Components Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cover 2

International Fastener Machinery & Suppliers Association .101

Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Italian Trade Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . .insert, between 64-65

Canterbury Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Joe-Tools Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Carris Reels Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Kamatics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35, 94

Keir Manufacturing Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

CommScope BiMetals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Kinrei of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Kiswire Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Conneaut Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Lesmo Machinery America Inc: Eurodraw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Enkotec Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Lesmo Machinery America Inc: A Appiani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Eurolls Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

George Evans Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Manner Plastics LP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

FMS USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Mathiasen Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Fabritex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Messe Dusseldorf Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Fine International Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Micro Products Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Mario Frigerio SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Millennium Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Karl Fuhr GmbH & Co Kg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Morgan-Koch Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

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Robert J. Xeller Anna Bzowski Wire Journal International 1570 Boston Post Road P.O. Box 578 Guilford, CT 06437-0578 USA Tel: 203-453-2777 Fax: 203-453-8384 sales@wirenet.org

U.K., France, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Denmark & Scandinavia Jennie Franks David Franks & Co. 63 St. Andrew’s Road Cambridge CB4 1DH, England Tel/fax: 44-1223-360472 franksco@btopenworld.com

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SALES OFFICES ASIA/WAI INDIA OFFICE Germany, Austria, & Switzerland Dagmar Melcher Media Service International P.O. Box 103 D-82402 Seeshaupt Germany Tel: 49-8801-914682 Fax: 49-8801-914683 dmelcher@t-online.de

Anand Bhagwat Wire & Cable Services Pvt. Ltd. (WCS) Mobile 91-98-508-38467 abhagwat@wirenet.org

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Niagara Composites Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Talladega Machinery & Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Norwalk Innovation Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

US Synthetic Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Numamerica/Numalliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

United Wire Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Paramount Die Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Vandor Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Paul Troester Maschinenfabrik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Windak Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Pittsfield Plastics Eng Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Power Sonics LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

WiTech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Properzi International Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Wuxi Kemaite Optic & Electric Products Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .64

QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Zumbach Electronics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C4

Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 RAD-CON Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 REELEX Packaging Solutions Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Sanxin Wire Die, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Sealeze A Unit of Jason Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Sikora International Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Sjogren Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 Sonoco Baker Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

WIRE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL ADS WAI Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33-34 Interwire 2009 Registration Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54-55 Turkey ITC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Wire Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Sonoco Crellin Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

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RECENT PURCHASES — INVENTORY HIGHLIGHTS EXPL304 Rosendahl Skin-Foam-Skin Insulation Line, 2000. Henrich Annealer, Preheater, 60/45/30mm extruders w/gas injection, Multi capstan, Rosendahl DIN500 Dual Take up. EXPL319 (2) DeAngeli/Samp 45mm Hi Temp Lines with Zumbach Preheater, SS multipass Capstan, 560mm Dual Parallel Axis Take ups. EXPL310 1 1/2” 24:1 D.Std. Extruding Line w/24” B.W. Capstan, PA-16 Clipper Dual Take-up, Beta MCS 120 Preheater, Yr. Mfg. 1996. EXPL298 2”/1 1/4”/1” 24:1 Ent./D. Std Extrusion Line W/(2) 18” Belt Caterpullers EXPL254 3 1/2” D.Std. 24:1 Therm II Jktng Line w/2 Skaltek 50” Payoffs, Dual 30” Cap, (2) 40” T/Us, Accumulators EXPL252 3 1/2” D.Std. 24:1 Therm II Jktng Line w/2 Skaltek 50” Payoffs, (2) 40” Take-ups, 60” MGS Caterpuller, Accumulator EXPL253 3 1/2” D.Std. 24:1 Therm II Jktng Line w/(2) Skaltek 50” Payoffs, (2) Hall 40” Take-up, Accumulators, Dual 30” Capstan EXPL327 3 1/2” D. Std Thermatic II Extrusion Line w/84” Bartell Payoff, MGS 50” Belt Cat., (2) Royle 96” Take-ups. EXPL260 3 1/2”/ 2” 24:1 Tandem Wire Drawing/Insulating Line w/Samp TRB-2 Draw/Anneal/Preheat, Viteck Multipass Capstan, Clipper PS-24HS Take-up EXPL325 4 1/2” Luigi Jktng Line w/2) 60” Belt Caterpullers, 96” Portal P/O, T/U, 30” multipass capstan. CBR998 (8) Setic 630mm PA630i D.T. Twinners, Yr. 1998. CBR986 (2) 30” Entwistle SC-30 S.T. Cablers.

CBR995/CBR989 630mm MGS & TEC D.T. Twinners, NMC 800mm D.T. CBR996 24” TEC Double Twist Twinner. CBR923 1.25m Pourtier Drum Twisting Line, w/12 630mm Neutralizers, tapers, cat, 1.25m rot. Payoff, Yr. Mfg. 1993 CBR948 48” TEC Drum Twister w/(2) Conc. Tapers. CBR957 48” Cook S.T. Buncher, BH-48, Conc. Taper, Still Installed. CBR778 48” Ent. Single Twist Closer, STC-48. CBR712 36” Cook S.T. Buncher, BH-36. CBR953 1.0m Setic D.T buncher, Model T1085. CBR927 560mm Watson/Kinrei Double Twist Twinner, NB-560, 1998. CBR888.1 800mm Setic D.T. Twinner, Yr. Mfg. 199.7 CLR197 20” Reelex Windings Single Coiler, D750. TKU1021 30” D.StD Clipper Dual Parallel Axis Shaft Type, PA-30. TKU1106 50” Clipper Dual Parallel Axis Take up, PS-50. TKU1057 96” Bartell S/l Take-up. TKU943.2 84” Bartell S/L Take up, SLTU-84. WRD837 (4) Niehoff M30 Intermediate Wire Drawing w/VG_30 annealer, 75 kw DC motor, controls. WRD835 16” Endex Drop Coiler. BRD292 16C Wardwell Braider, on Wire. Dratex 1615. Yr. Mfg. 1999. (Qty 2). BRD230 16C Wardwell Braider, on wire, 36” 24C frames. BRD305 16C Wardwell Braider, on Wire. Rebuilt.

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