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Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Industry News . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Asian Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Fiber Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Insulated Wire & Cable . . . . . . .42

WAI News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

This feature presents a look at some trends for manufacturers of insulated wire and cable from Integer Research as well as a “big picture” perspective of the highly volatile copper markets from John Gross, publisher of The Copper Journal.

Chapter Corner . . . . . . . . . . 38

T ECHNICAL P APERS

Wire Expo 2008 Update. . . . . 50

Development of ultra high-strength wire for offshore applications Andrew Bell, Shaun Hobson, John Wilkinson, Chris O’Connor and Sara Sefton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Fastener Update . . . . . . . . . 28

Technical Papers . . . . . . 78-101 Products/Media . . . . . . . . . 102 Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Career Opportunities . . . . . 109 Advertisers’ Index . . . . . . . 112

Drawing of shape-memory alloy wire and development of easy-release screw Kazunari Yoshida, Akihito Ema, and Ken-ichi Komaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Optimization of strength and forming behavior of SiCr-alloyed oil-hardened spring steel wire Dr. Kersten Liebermann, Prof. Hans-Jürgen Schorcht, Prof. Mathias Weib and Prof. Ulf Kletzin . . . . . . . . . .95

Cover: Manufacturers of insulated wire and cable are doing well overall, but there is increased focus is on making sure they are well positioned, both location-wise and product markets-wise.

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From l-r at the 2008 Clockwinders’ dinner are Clockwinder Terry Cahill (1997, 1991, 1967), wife, Jean Cahill, and Clockwinder Frank Fox (1978).

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Activity and optimism at wire Düsseldorf

Publisher | Steven J. Fetteroll Editor-in-Chief | Mark Marselli

The long-term outlook remains murky, at least from the U.S. perspective, but it is fair to say that the recently held wire Düsseldorf show was a definite plus for the wire and cable industry. It was a welcome sign at a period where all does not seem quite right with the world’s fiscal health.

There were positive indicators indeed at the world’s largest trade show for wire and cable. Exhibitors reported serious interest and orders. One exhibitor was reported popping champagne on Tuesday. The June WJI will have the wrap-up of wire Düsseldorf, but it can be noted here that many exhibitors reported good visits from attendees from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South Africa and South America. Attendance continued to be light from attendees from North America.

There was a decidedly positive tone at the event, and the numbers support the overall interest. Show organizers Messe Düsseldorf reported that the wire event had 40,700 visitors (up nearly 4% from 2006), with attendees coming from 72 nations, about 58% from outside of Germany. The show floor for wire included 1,129 companies from 50 countries exhibiting machines, technology and systems in net exhibition space of almost 54,000 sq meters (approximately 581,000 sq ft). Equipment, as always, is the main attraction, and there was a good deal of working machinery. And where there was machinery in action there were also crowds. Overall, there was a sense of energy and optimism at the event. It seemed far removed from the headlines of fiscal woes in the U.S. There is plenty of demand in the U.S. for more power, more bandwidth and better infrastructure, but whether that can offset the country’s slowdown is unknown. But based on the backlogs for equipment suppliers and the pleased looks on the faces of wire Düsseldorf exhibitors, if there are concerns that exist, they are largely a U.S. problem.

Years in the making, powered by volunteers Kudos are due Dr. Robert Shemenski and the dozens of WAI volunteers who spent countless hours over the last six years updating The Ferrous Handbook.

Working through 36 chapters of logistical challenges with WAI Director of Marketing Services Janice Swindells, Shemenski oversaw the nearly 1,200 page update, which will be introduced this June at Wire Expo 2008 in Pittsburgh. Do stop by the WAI booth and see the results.

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Senior Graphic Designer | Bill Branch Director of Sales | Robert Xeller Advertising Sales | Anna Bzowski Director of Marketing Services | Janice E. Swindells Proofreader | Livia Jacobs Circulation Manager | Jan Valois Publications Advisory Board Antonio Ayala | J.J. Lowe, Mexico Ferruccio Bellina | TKT Group/President ACIMAF, Italy Anand Bhagwat | Wire and Cable Services, India Malcom Michael | Australasian Wire Association, Australia Don Schollin | Q-S Technologies, USA Ken Scott | UK Ralph Skalleberg | Skaltek USA Dave Stackpole | Nutmeg Wire, USA Giulio Properzi | Continuus Properzi, Italy Robert Wild | Niehoff Endex North America, USA WAI Executive Committee Liaison Dane Armendariz | Henkel Surface Technologies Technical Advisors John Drummond | Scotia Group Nate Rosebrooks | Fluid Coating Technology R. M. Shemenski | RMS Consulting, Inc.

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CALENDAR June 1-3, 2008: 2nd World Wire & Cable Conference Barcelona, Spain. The theme of this conference, to be held at the Hotel Rey Juan Carlos, is “Satisfying Customers throughout the Supply Chain.” For more details from the U.K.-based organizers, contact: Giovanna Giuliodori, CRU Events, tel. 44-20-79032444, www.crugroup.com June 7-11, 2008: Wire Expo 2008 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. To be held at the David Lawrence Convention Center, this event incorporates: the Wire Expo trade exposition, the technical program and the WAI’s 78th Annual Convention. The event addresses ferrous/nonferrous manufacturing, and electrical, data and voice segments as well as wire forming and related wire and wire products. See update that begins on p. 50.

June 23-26, 2008: 9th China (Guangzhou) International Platemetal, Tubing, Bar, Wire & Setting Equipment Exhibition GuangZhou, China. This event will be held at the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, the biggest exhibition centre in the world. It also includes spring

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and fastener equipment. Contact: Mei Wen, Guangzhou Julang Exhibition Design Co., Ltd., tel. 86-13902266275; meiwen@ julang.com.cn; www.julang.com.cn September 18-20, 2008: Cable & Wire 2008 Istanbul, Turkey. To be held at the CNR Expo Center, this event will present cable accessories, wiring harnesses, machines and electro-insulating materials, equipment and production machines. Contact: Mediaforce Fuarcilik Ltd. Sti., tel. 90-212-465-65-45; info@ mediaforceonline.com; www.mediaforceonline.com September 23-26, 2008: wire China Shanghai, China. wire China, Organized by Messe Düsseldorf China Ltd. and SECRI Shanghai Electric Cable Research Institute, wire China will be held at the Shanghai New International Exhibition Center. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 001-312-781-5180; fax 001-312-781-5188; info@mdna.com; ww.mdna.com October 15-17, 2008: Spring World 2008 Rosemont, Illinois, USA. To be held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, this event is sponsored

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by the Chicago Association of Spring Manufacturers (CASMI). Contact: Tom Renk, tel. 001-847-433-1335; fax 001-847-433-3769; e-mail info @casmi.org; www.casmi.org

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November 3-5, 2008: Electrical Manufacturing Expo Orlando, Florida, USA. This event, to be held at the Gaylord Palms Convention Center, is organized by the Electrical Manufacturing & Coil Winding Association.

Contact: Chuck Thurman, tel. 619-435-3629; fax 619435-3639; cthurman@emcwa.org, www.electricalmanufacturing.org.

November 9-12, 2008: 57th IWCS™ Conference and Symposium Providence, Rhode Island, USA. The IWCS will return to the Rhode Island Convention Center for its 57th IWCS Conference. Internet www.iwcs.org; phudak@iwcs.org; tel. 001-732-389-0990.

November 20-22, 2008: Wire & Cable India 2008 Mumbai, India. Contact: Cheryl Fernandes, Business Fairs, Confederation of Indian Industry, tel. 91-2224931790, ext. 470; fax 91-22-24939463; www. ciionline.org April 25-30, 2009: Interwire 2009 Cleveland, Ohio, USA. To be held at the International Exposition Center (I-X Center), Interwire incorporates: Interwire Trade Exposition, the technical program and the WAI’s 79th Annual Convention. It addresses ferrous and nonferrous manufacturing, and electrical/data/voice segments as well as wire forming and related wire and wire products. Contact: WAI, tel. 001-203-453-2777; fax 001203-453-8384; www.wirenet.org ■

WIRE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL EVENTS For more information, contact the WAI, USA. Tel. 001-203453-2777; fax 001-203-453-8384; Internet www.wirenet.org..

June 7-11, 2008: Wire Expo 2008 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. See main listing.

June 23, 2008: Sixth Annual WAI Midwest Chapter Golf Tournament West Chicago, Illinois, USA. See article on p. 39.

October 20-22, 2008: ITC Mexico Monterrey, Mexico. To be held at the Crown Plaza Monterrey, this WAI ITC includes a technical conference, tabletop exhibits, a plant tour and networking opportunities.

April 25-30, 2009: Interwire 2009 Cleveland, Ohio, USA. See main listing.

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INDUSTRY NEWS CommScope seeks okay to close operation in Seneffe, Belgium Citing considerable investment into its operation in Seneffe, Belgium, but no signs of profitability, CommScope’s European business has filed its intent to close the facility.

CommScope Europe S.P.R.L. has notified the Works Council of its intention to discontinue production and distribution activities at the Seneffe facility, a press release said. It noted that a final decision on the proposed restructuring will be taken after a consultation period with the Works Council.

All EU member states have a Work Council for establishments that have at least 20 employees.

“Under the proposal being considered, the Seneffe manufacturing site would be closed, while product distribution activities there could be retained if an economically viable solution can be found. If all activities are discontinued, 108 of the 112 jobs in Seneffe would be lost,” the announcement stated.

The Seneffe facility manufactures and distributes specialized cable products for the “last mile” of customers’ communication networks, the release said. It cited significant shifts in the global telecom and manufacturing industries that have undercut the cost-efficiencies and profitability of the Seneffe operations. It noted that the company has made revisions to the facility’s cost structure and investments in the operations and employee capabilities. CommScope Inc., the parent of CommScope Europe, has invested more than 10 million euro between 2000 and 2007 and loaned 5 million euro in 2004 to rebalance the assets of the Seneffe operations, it said.

“Despite these measures, the facility is not profitable and there is no economic evidence that this situation will change in the future,” the release said.

“Taking these elements into consideration, the ‘Conseil de Gérance’ of CommScope Europe sees no other alternative than to discontinue all the activities of the company and to close the Seneffe site,” said Raymond Tilmant, general manager of CommScope Europe. “Management remains open to discuss possible solutions to keep distribution activities running and thus to save several additional jobs in Seneffe.”

The release said that CommScope will remain commercially active in Belgium, with products sourced from other manufacturing facilities.

Nexans logs marine cable deal in China Nexans reported that it has won a three-year contract worth $13.4 million to supply special marine cables to be installed on behalf of BOURBON, an offshore oil and gas marine services company.

The deal calls for Nexans to supply 3,146 km of marine power and control cables to be fitted on BOURBON’s new fleet of offshore supply vessels. The products include halogen-free, low-smoke marine power transmission (0.6/1KV and 250V power cables) and signal control cables that a press release said “will be compliant with the most demanding international standards.”

The cables will be installed in 54 new offshore supply vessels (less than 60 km per ship) being built for Bourbon at shipyards in China, the release said. The cables will provide energy to equipment and conveniences as well as lighting.

The new ships, it said, will be used in a variety of roles to assist companies in developing deepwater and continental offshore oil and gas fields around the world. They will serve as “shuttle buses” between offshore platforms and ports, delivering people, materials and machinery. Some will also be capable of towing oil rigs into position, it said.

“The shipbuilding industry is a priority market segment for Nexans as it’s a booming industry, particularly in Asia, which requires a variety of high value-added products,” said Michel Lemaire, Executive Vice President for the AsiaPacific area. The cables, to be made in the Nexans’ plant based in Shanghai, China, will be fitted between mid 2008 and 2010, the release said.

Southwire to expand Florence plant U.S.-based Southwire Co., plans to expand its Florence, Alabama, operation and add as many as 50 jobs in a newly acquired factory at the Florence-Lauderdale Industrial Park, according to a report in The Times Daily.

The Florence plant has 187 workers who produce building wire for large retailers and distributors, said Florence Plant Manager Scott Williams.

Southwire’s $9.5 million expansion included the purchase of an adjacent 75,000-sq-ft industrial building that used to house TeeJays Inc. a former textile manufacturer. So far, 15 percent of the new wiring equipment has been installed, Williams said. He estimated that production will start in June but not at full capacity. Southwire Co. purchased the Florence plant from Essex Electrical Products in 2005.

“It’s an encouraging sign of commitment to the Shoals when a company makes such a significant investment within its first two years in the community and a great testimonial of the company’s dedicated work force,” said Susie Heird, vice president for the Shoals Economic Development Authority.

The expansion will focus on manufacturing “metal-clad” cable, finger-thick encased wiring with a large market in the northeastern U.S., William said. “This plant has a history of being adaptive,” he said of the factory that has changed ownership several times. “My hope is that it lets these peo-

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“The plant, with its proximity to Southwire’s headquarters in Carrollton, Georgia, fits perfectly into our company’s manufacturing and distribution network,” said Richard Miller, Southwire’s vice president of electrical manufacturing. “That fact, along with the strong commitment of our work force in Florence, weighed heavily in our decision to expand there.”

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Prysmian awarded umbilicals contract Prysmian Cables & Systems announced that it has been awarded a US$18 million contract by Brazilian company Petrobras (Petróleo Brasileiro SA) to supply 35 km of static and dynamic steel tube umbilicals to be installed in a number of fields in the Santos, Campos and Espirito Santo Basins, located offshore to the Brazilian coastline.

The umbilicals, a press release said, are multifunctional tubing systems which enable sub sea wellheads and manifolds to be connected to platforms or FPSOs (Floating Production Storage and Offloading). Prysmian designs and produces these products and solutions at its industrial facility in Vila Velha, Brazil.

The umbilicals will consist of 9x10,000 psi hydraulic lines, 3x10,000 psi injection lines and four pairs of electrical control cables, the release said. This contract will also mark one of the first dynamic production super duplex stainless steel

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Prysmian Cables & Systems is providing umbilicals that will be used for FPSOs such as this one. Photo courtesy of Prysmian. tube umbilicals to be installed by Petrobras in Brazil, which historically has used thermoplastic hoses, it said. Ranging in water depths of up to 2000 m, the umbilicals will be delivered on a fast track basis during 2008, following full qualification testing with the first delivery in mid 2008, it said.

This contract represents a step forward in reinforcing Prysmian’s positioning in the high value-added market segments of industrial cables for the oil, gas and petrochemical industry, and furthermore consolidates the relationship with its key client Petrobras, the release said. The umbilicals will form part of the Brazilian State sponsored “Plangas” initiative whereby the Brazilian state controlled company,

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Petrobras, intends to significantly increase its national daily gas production. The project requires electro-hydraulic umbilicals, in eight different configurations to be installed in nine fields along the Brazilian coast.

ArcelorMittal to close Canadian mill ArcelorMittall announced that it will close its Canadian Lachine wire mill and cut 100 jobs because of a combination of falling demand for wire and the rise of the Canadian against the U.S. dollar.

The company announced that it would move 53 of the total 153 jobs at the Lachine plant to its Saint-Patrick facility. Both plants are near the city of Montreal. ArcelorMittal Long Carbon North America - Wire Group announced to employees at the Lachine and Saint-Patrick plants in Montreal the closure of production activities at the Lachine facility. The Lachine wire mill accounts for 153 positions and will close down on June 30. Different measures will be put into place to eliminate the need to lay off employees impacted by this decision. There will be a net loss of 100 positions within ArcelorMittal in the Montreal area.

“The Lachine and Saint-Patrick wire mills have both been operating at less than 50% capacity since the beginning of 2007. This situation entails high production costs in the North American wire market where supply has been consis-

tently exceeding demand since the early 2000s,” said Alain Robitaille, General Manager, Wire Group. “We cannot continue operating two wire mills in a context where it is more advisable to operate only one plant and thereby bring our costs down to more competitive levels to ensure long term profitability.”

Robitaille added that U.S. markets for automotive construction and steel wire consumption have been on the decline in the past five or six years, while the value of the Canadian dollar continued to rise against the US dollar.

ArcelorMittal will work with the United Steelworkers (USW) union to facilitate the phasing out process through regulatory and labor contract mechanisms. The Saint-Patrick wire mill workforce will increase from 105 to158 employees. As well, employees impacted by the closure will be offered positions in other ArcelorMittal locations in the Montreal area. In addition, ArcelorMittal will offer incentives to those eligible for retirement. All these measures should eliminate the need to lay off employees impacted by this decision.

“This closure represents the best option for Lachine and Saint-Patrick customers. They will see no difference in their business dealings with us and will continue to receive high quality products and services,” Robitaille said.

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Nexans reported that it has won a contract valued at some US$230 million to provide a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) submarine power cable for Fenno-Skan 2, the new power interconnector between Finland and Sweden.

The deal calls for Nexans to supply its highest-ever capacity HVDC cable to date as the system will provide a 40 percent increase in power transmission capacity between Finland and Sweden, a press release said. The contract is from Fingrid Oyj, an electricity transmission system operator in Finland, and Svenska Kraftnät, a state utility which runs the national electrical grid in Sweden.

The Fenno-Skan 2 HVDC project will create a new 800 MW, 500 kV subsea electricity transmission connection between southern Finland and Sweden, following a 200 km route across the Gulf of Bothnia, the release said.

Nexans will supply around 200 km of specialized solid, oil-impregnated MIND (Mass Impregnated Non-Draining) cable for both the subsea and land based elements of the Fenno-Skan 2 interconnector. This will be the largest capacity HVDC cable manufactured by Nexans to date, the release said. It will manufacture the Fenno-Skan 2 cable in its plant based in Halden, Norway, starting in autumn 2009, it said.

The installation of the subsea cable, at a maximum sea depth of 100 m, is scheduled for spring 2011, with the cable supplied in two continuous lengths of around 100 km, so just one offshore joint will be required.

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Northwire, Inc., has relocated and expanded its Asian operations, moving to a larger site that will enable the U.S.based company to stock a wide range of bulk cable products.

A press release said that the new facility, located in Jiangsu Province, China, includes a 5,300-sq-ft warehouse and a 3,400-square foot (1,036.32 square meters) office.

“Demand for Northwire products has increased significantly around the world, and we’ve expanded in response,” said Allan Lin Hong Jin, general manager of Northwire’s China operation. “The previous Asian operation, located in Shanghai, China, did not include a warehouse. It was simply a sales office. With a warehouse in China, we will be able to expedite shipping to customers and distributors throughout Asia,” he said in the release.

The facility will stock a wide range of bulk cable products for distribution to customers in China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam, the release said, noting that Northwire has also increased its sales force there.

For more details, go to www.northwire.com/asia

Berkshire Hathaway completes initial acquisition of Marmon Holdings Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., reported that it has completed its acquisition of 60% of Marmon for $4.5 billion. The remain-

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ing 40% of Marmon that is currently owned by trusts for the benefit of members of the Pritzker Family of Chicago will be acquired through staged acquisitions over a five- to sixyear period for consideration to be based on the future earnings of Marmon, a press release said.

Morgan Con. to supply rod mill in Brazil U.S.-based Morgan Construction Company announced that it has won a contract to supply a single-strand wire rod mill for Votorantim Metais in Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The project has been designed so that the rod mill can be expanded to two strands for production of up to one million metric tons a year, a press release said. The mill will roll plain rod from 5.5 mm to 24 mm and HYQST rebar from 6.35 mm to 16 mm, it said. The rolling speed for the 5.5 mm rod is guaranteed at 105m/s, it noted. Initial furnace capacity should produce capacity of 120 metric tons per hour, able to increase to 180 ton metric tons per hour when the second strand is built, it said. “This mill … will enable Votorantim Metais to grow and maintain a competitive position in the marketplace,” said Morgan Construction Project Manager Ricardo Cruz. He noted that Morgan will supply the hot and cold billet charging equipment, a 28-stand mill comprised of a roughing, and intermediate mill, a pre-finishing mill of three ‘vee’ style mini blocks, a 10 stand No Twist Mill, side shifting water boxes, four intelligent pinch rolls, a laying head, Stelmor conveyor, a reforming station with ring distributor, vertical pallet system with a transfer car onto horizontal hook system, compactor and unloading station.

Superior Essex may close French plant Superior Essex Inc reported that its French subsidiary has been in talks with employee representative bodies to close its magnet wire manufacturing facility in Chauny, France.

The Chauny facility currently has about 130 employees, a press release said. It noted that the company had previously announced that it was restructuring its North American magnet wire manufacturing operations.

Alloy Engineering celebrates 65 years of doing business, cites strong growth U.S.-based Alloy Engineering Co., which notes that it is celebrating its 65th anniversary, reports that it has enjoyed unprecedented growth, with average sales increases of 25 percent per year for the past three years and with projections for 2008 sales more than double sales in 2004.

The company notes in a press release that its prosperity has come at a time when its competitors are struggling to survive. Alloy Engineering specializes in the design and manufacture of high-temperature, corrosion-resistant alloy metal products. The company reports that it has distinguished itself from competitors, both domestically and internationally, because of its design engineering focus and alloy materials selection and fabrication expertise.

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focus the company’s core capabilities on emerging markets that promise long-term growth,” explained Rick Turiczek, vice president and general manager at Alloy Engineering.

“Although we were serving these markets in a limited way, additional opportunities were identified that offered greater potential.”

To that end, Alloy Engineering has adopted lean business and manufacturing practices and reinvented itself from a sales and marketing standpoint while focusing on its core competencies of high-temperature engineering and fabrication know-how on more ambitious applications, the release said.

In 1974, Alloy Engineering became the first business in Ohio and the third in the country to adopt an Employee Stock Ownership/Option Plan (ESOP). “This program of extending ownership to all employees, involving them in managing the business and tying compensation to profits was a key turning point,” said Alloy Engineering President and CEO Lou Petonovich, who was also the chief architect of the plan.

Alloy Engineering is realizing its goal of becoming a preferred global supplier to expanding markets both domestically and internationally, the release said.

For example, the company has experienced exceptional international growth in supplying products for the powergeneration, petrochemical and agricultural industries — fundamental industries that are necessary to serve expanding populations with rising standards of living and growing industrial infrastructures.

Lincoln Electric acquires Electro-Arco U.S.-based Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., announced that it has acquired Electro-Arco, S.A., a privately held manufacturer of welding consumables based near Lisbon, Portugal, for an undisclosed price.

Founded over 70 years ago, Electro-Arco has been continuously owned and operated by the Rodrigues family, a press release said. The company has a leading position in the Portuguese welding market and has grown to be a significant exporter to markets throughout Europe, it said, noting that it has 165 employees and annual sales of about US$40 million.

Koch and WTHK enter joint venture Two German companies, Ernst Koch GmbH & Co. KG, a manufacturer of wiredrawing machines, and WTHK GmbH, a supplier of wire cleaning and coating systems, have jointly launched a new company called WiTechs GmbH. A press release said that WiTechs has taken over the production facilities and most of the employees of SchwerteWesthofen based GSG GmbH, and commenced operations on the first of January. GSG, with a focus on development and production of coating and cleaning equipment for wire manufacture, had been acquired in 2004 by the Wafios

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Somepilots who regularly fly MD-80s for U.S. airlines Group, which also holds shares in Koch GmbH, it said. had defended the aircraft as being extremely safe despite, “With this startup, the participating companies close the and said that they felt it was safe tio fly despite the mass chapter on the negative developments that had caused probgroundings that followed failed inspections. lems in various areas at GSG GmbH over the last few years,” the release said. WiTechs GmbH will be run by the managing directors Lothar Köppen (part owner of WTHK GmbH) and Jochen Koch (general manager and part owner of Visit our booth #416 at Wire Expo 2008 Ernst Koch GmbH), it said.

Wafios Group remains the owner of the property at the Westhofen location. WiTechs will maintain and continue to develop the production line there. The management will be based in Hemer, the release said. WiTechs GmbH presented its products and services at wire 2008.

Wiring issues grounds American Airline Some 3,000 American Airline flights were cancelled in early April as the airline tried to comply with federal rules about wiring on about 300 of its planes.

According to wire stories, the model in question, the MD-80, is used in about a third of American Airlines’ approximately 2,300 daily flights. The MD-80s are typically used for midrange flights from hub airports in Dallas and Chicago.

The articles said that an bundles of wires stored in the jets' wheel wells had not been secured to comply with a September 2006 agency directive. That led to widespread flight cancellations at American and Delta to give technicians time to inspect and perform the required work.

FAA inspectors at American's Dallas-Fort Worth hub found that the wire work had not been performed according to specification. That led to another round of checks on all of American's MD80s, with inspectors finding that 15 of 19 American jets they examined flunked. That led to the grounding of all 300 of the MD80s of American, which has a total fleet of about 655 planes.

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New name for ESTEVES

The company has evolved since it was formed in 1996 by Dutch holding company Diamond Tools Group BV (DTG), A new name has been decided for ESTEVES, which at which created the business starting with the purchase and wire Dusseldorf announced that from here on it is to be merger of Esteves SA and PDT Diamond Tools BV (formercalled the ESTEVES GROUP. ly Philips Diamond Tools). At that time both companies operated under the common Visit our booth #805 at Wire Expo 2008 name of ESTEVES-PDT Diamond Tools. This new partnership included production and service plants in Spain, The Netherlands, Mexico and Brazil.

Two new acquisitions were added in 1998: UKD (Germany and Poland) and Decatur Wire Die Services, with five plants and service units in the U.S.A. To clearly represent the presence of the company in the European and American markets the name became ESTEVES-DWD in 2001. The company expanded in 2004 with a fully equipped manufacturing plant in Shanghai, and with now more than a century of experience in the die field, it has become the Esteves Group, it said.

Study: strong SCS market, fiber to expand copper lead The worldwide Structured Cabling Systems (SCS) market will grow at more than a 13 percent rate, from $15.3 billion in 2008 to over $29 billion in 2013, with fiber cables continuing to outpace copper cables, predicts a study from FTM Consulting, Inc. FTM President Frank Murawski said that study, “Worldwide Structured Cabling Systems (SCS) Market,” analyzes five major geographic regions of the world. “By far, the largest market is the Americas, led by the U.S. market,” he said in a press release, noting that the U.S. market growth is expected to be fostered by the addition of new IP subnets to the enterprise’s existing core networks.

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amounts of copper cabling to support VOIP applications,” Murawski said in the release. “In the same way, the SCS market grew in the 1990s, as each PC in a building needed to be connected to a network, we see the need to connect each individual VOIP telephone to the existing network.”

On a global basis, the study projects that growth in fiber cabling will surpass growth in copper cabling during the next five years, the release said. It predicts that fiber cabling, which accounted for 52.7% of the total global SCS market in 2008, will account for more than 60 percent by 2013.

The study includes detailed market forecasts in 105 tables, the release said. For more details, go to www. ftmconsultinginc.com.

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AT&T: copper not by the numbers Earlier this year, AT&T undercut claims by copper-based cable companies that their broadband technology was able to perform at speeds of 6 mbps to 8 Mbps.

An article by rstechnica.com Managaing Director Eric Bangeman said that AT&T had arranged for cable Internet service for over 150 homes in the service area of an unnamed competitor. The advertised broadband speeds, he said, were in the neighborhood of 6Mbps to 8Mbps, and AT&T installed gear in each home to test and take samplings of the actual throughput and speeds.

The results, the article said, were far less impressive than what the cable company advertised. “While AT&T saw peak speeds in the 3-4Mbps range, average throughput was closer to 400kbps,” the article said, noting that peak “might be something that occurs at 3am, when the network is lightly loaded. Even at peak, the performance on these types of transactions was well below the 6 or 8Mbps access speeds.”

AT&T, the article said, “saw typical speeds in the 400Kbps range, less than one-tenth of what the unnamed cable company advertised.” The reason for the lack of performance, it said, was that the backbone was not able to deliver. The low speeds happened because “they’re traversing other parts of the network that ultimately throttle or manage the throughput. There are other components in the network that dictate the level of speed and performance the customer gets.”

Cable subscribers in particular can be hit hard when everyone on the neighborhood decides to hit YouTube, Hulu, Steam, and BitTorrent in the early evening, the article said.

IMin buys kaolin business from Huber IMin Partners has purchased the Kaolin business of Huber Engineered Materials, and renamed the company, KaMin LLC. The company, which supplies high-quality kaolin products to paper and industrial customers worldwide, will be headquartered in Macon, Georgia, a press release said.

IMin Partners. IMin Partners, based in Fort Worth, Texas, is a private equity capital fund dedicated to investing in specialty minerals and chemical businesses.The company can be contacted at www.kaminllc.com, askus@kaminllc.com or tel. 800-765-4823. ■

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ASIAN FOCUS U.S.: should next president get tougher with China on trade policy?

Below is a portion of an on-line debate over trade policy for the U.S. and China between Robert E. Scott, senior international economist at the Economic Policy Institute, and Daniel J. Ikenson, associate director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Trade Policy Studies (CTPS). For the complete debate, go to the Cato Institute’s CTPS site at http://www.freetrade.org/node/858 March 31, 2008, Robert E. Scott China is a protectionist state that has used all of its powers and resources to build an artificially competitive export powerhouse. The U.S. is the most important market for its exports. Growing U.S. trade deficits with China and other countries are a major cause of the loss of 3.4 million U.S. manufacturing jobs since 2001, when China entered the WTO. China’s export-led growth strategy is also very costly for its people.

We have been down this road before, and know how to deal with such situations. Two decades ago, Japan built an export powerhouse behind an artificially cheap currency and protected home markets. This continued until 1985, when it began to threaten the stability of the world financial system. The problem then, as now, was the U.S. trade deficit.

The Reagan administration, much like the current White House, doggedly ignored the over-valued dollar through its first term while millions of jobs disappeared and thousands of factories closed.

Finally, Congress acted and passed a measure (HR 3035) which hit countries like Japan, Brazil, and Korea, that maintained large U.S. trade surpluses, with a 25 percent tariff.

In a complete about-face, Treasury Secretary James Baker then negotiated the Plaza Accord with the G-5 (Japan, Germany, France and the U.K.), on September 22, 1985. The next day, the Federal Reserve and Central banks in Japan and Europe executed coordinated currency interventions that began to drive the dollar down. The dollar continued to fall until the Louvre Accord 16 months later, which stabilized its level again.

The dollar fell 29% to 46% against the G-5 currencies in this period.

The U.S. never imposed a tariff in the Plaza era—HR 3035 never even became law. The mere threat, combined with concerns about a potential financial crisis, were enough to get the deal done.

China has invested over $1.5 trillion in foreign exchange reserves to keep the yuan artificially cheap. Economists

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estimate that its currency, too, needs to rise by about 40%.

Other Asian export economies, such as Japan, are following similar strategies and also need to revalue, but they can’t do it alone. While the dollar has fallen sharply against the euro and other freely traded currencies over the past five years, it has barely budged against the yuan and yen. But this won’t happen until we get tough with Beijing. We need to put some backbone in our trade policy to get multilateral currency talks started now.

March 31, 2008, Daniel J. Ikenson If a tougher stance means using the WTO Dispute Settlement Body [DSB] more systematically to achieve greater Chinese compliance with the vast obligations to which China agreed upon joining the WTO in 2001, the answer is “yes.” If it means supporting or encouraging provocative legislation or taking unilateral administrative actions to compel or punish China in a manner that would violate our own WTO obligations or would benefit a few litigious industries at the expense of broader economic interests, the answer is “no.”

In 2006, the USTR (Office of the United States Trade Representative) published its “Top-to-Bottom Review” of U.S.-China trade relations, in which it proclaimed the beginning of a new phase in the relationship, stating, effectively, that the honeymoon period (of reform implementation) was over and foreshadowing greater resort to the WTO dispute settlement system to achieve further compliance.

One month after publication of that report, USTR filed a WTO complaint alleging that certain Chinese policies discriminate against imported automobile parts. Very recently, the dispute panel established to hear that case ruled in favor of the United States.

Before the auto parts case, only one complaint about Chinese practices had been lodged with the DSB. It concerned a value-added tax on integrated circuits that was allegedly applied in full to imports only. During the consultation phase of the dispute (and without need of formal adjudication), the Chinese agreed to change their practice and the dispute was resolved.

In 2007, the USTR filed three WTO cases against China.

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amounted to subsidization of Chinese exporters. In response to the allegations, China changed its tax rebate practices (although the dispute is not completely resolved yet). The second concerned enforcement of intellectual property rights. The third concerned alleged barriers facing foreign traders and distributors of copyrighted materials like books, videos, and DVDs. A dispute panel was recently composed for the IP case, and the distribution barriers case is still in the consultations phase. Earlier this month, USTR brought a sixth case, alleging discrimination against U.S. providers of financial services information in China.

Since the USTR’s 2006 review, five cases have been filed with positive outcomes achieved in two (the others are pending). It is important to recognize that our trade relationship with China is mutually beneficial, and that unnecessary provocation could open a Pandora’s Box of economic problems. There is no good reason to jettison a process that is working. ■

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ASIAN NEWS BRIEFS Kiswire plans $80 million cable factory Malaysia-based Kiswire plans to build an $80 million factory at the Tanjung Langsat industrial complex in Johor to produce its Neptune wire rope for use in the region’s offshore industry.

Per wire reports, the factory is due to start operations in 2010, when it will be capable of producing up to 1500 meters of Neptune wire rope per month, Kiswire said.

Together with production from its existing facility, the company will be able to produce 4000 meters of cable per month, making Neptune the largest wire rope brand worldwide, it said.

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CTC reports on conductor sales to China U.S.-based Composite Technology Corporation reports that its subsidiary has won new orders for 460 km of ACCC™ conductor for use on the Chinese electrical grid.

The order brings the total ACCC core ordered by Jiangsu New Far East in this calendar quarter to 900 km, it said. Far East sells to China's regional power grids through 200 local distributors.

China economy now 2nd largest based on PPP A World Bank report indicates that according to a new measure of purchasing power (PPP), China has become the world’s second largest economy.

The new PPP was described as employing “a more precise comparison of 146 economies in terms of market scale, economic structure and purchasing power in US dollars.” The report said the U.S. was first, followed by China, then Japan, India, Germany, the U.K., France, Italy, Russia and Brazil.

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PEOPLE Ed Fenton has joined Cable Components Group (CCG), responsible for market and business development. He will expand the company’s outreach to various specialty and industrial cable market segments while maintaining contact with CCG’s core customer base in the datacom market space. Most Ed Fenton recently an independent marketing advisor, he is the former co-owner of the Wire & Cable Focus conference, now part of IWCS, and continues to serve as Chairman of the Wire & Cable Manufacturers’ Alliance, the successor organization to the Wire & Cable Clubs of America. During 20042005, Fenton served as vice president sales and marketing for Fluoropolymer Resources, Inc. Based in Pawcatuck, Connecticut, USA, Cable Components Group designs, engineers, and manufacturers extruded cable fillers for specialty copper and fiber optic cable applications according to the specifications for Cat. 6, 6e and 6a LAN cables.

Amaral Automation Associates has named Joe Snee as its sales manager. He has more than 15 years of industry experience, most recently with Huestis Industrial. He is a member of WAI and a member of its Exhibition Planning Committee as well as the Association’s New England Chapter and a member of its board of directors, serving as vice president for 2008. He is also a member of the board of directors for the Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association (WCISA). He holds a degree in management from Bryant College. Based in Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA, Amaral Automation Associates provides process controls and equipment to the wire, cable and plastics Joe Snee industries.

Belden Inc. has appointed Steven R. Biegacki as Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing, effective March 31, 2008. He most recently was Vice President, Marketing, with Rockwell Automation, where he led the company’s globalization of its marketing function, provided leadership in defining targeted customer segments and worked to align the product portfolio with customer needs, envisioning and realizing strategic initiatives.

He joined Allen-Bradley (later acquired by Rockwell) in 1978 and has nearly 30 years’ experience with the company in sales, business management, and marketing focused on industrial automation. He holds B.S. degree in electri-

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cal engineering technology from ETI Technical College in Cleveland, Ohio. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Belden Inc. provides signal transmission solutions for data networking and a wide range of specialty electronics markets.

Rajeev Chaturvedi has joined India’s Microqual Techno (P) Ltd., as vice president after a successful stint with UM Cables, a Usha Martin Group subsidiary. Microqual Techno is a specialist in the design, manufacture and sales of components, systems and services for wireless applications (GSM, CDMA, WIMAX, etc). The company has been rated and awarded for being among the Top 20 fastest growing technology companies in India.

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Pierre Tanguay was recently promoted to Vice President Supply Chain, N.A. for Wheelabrator Group North America. Prior to this appointment, he was the General Manager of Wheelabrator Plus for North America. Raymond Bitzel, Jr., has been named Director, North America Sales for Wheelabrator Plus, the aftersales division of Wheelabrator Group. Based in LaGrane, Georgia, USA, Wheelabrator Group, a global provider of surface preparation and finishing solutions, celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2008.

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., announced expanded roles for Vincent K. Petrella and George Blankenship.

Petrella, the company’s CFO, will now have responsibility for the Lincoln Electric Company of Canada added to his duties, including sales, marketing and operations for the company’s arc welding technology. Blankenship is being promoted to the newly created position of President, Lincoln Cleveland, and will have marketing, sales and operations responsibility for the company’s major domestic operations, including its Euclid and Mentor, Ohio, plants. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric notes that it has 37 manufacturing locations, including operations, manufacturing alliances and joint ventures in 19 countries and a worldwide network of distributors and sales offices covering more than 160 countries.

ABB announced a number of key personnel moves.

CEO Fred Kindle is leaving the company due to irreconcilable differences about how to lead the business. He

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joined the company in September 2004 and took over as President and CEO in January 2005. CFO Michel Demaré was named the interim CEO. The company also reported two key appointments to its North American management team. Greg Scheu, currently senior vice president of the company’s Automation Products division in North America, will now head ABB’s Power Products division in North America, the largest of ABB’s businesses in the region. Filling Scheu’s post will be Rick Hepperla, who currently serves as local business unit manager of ABB’s North American low-voltage drives unit. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, ABB is a global provider of power and automation technologies.

Allied Wire & Cable announced that Pat Vaccaro has joined the company as an outside sales representative, based in Florida, an area he is very familiar with. He has more than 30 years of industry experience, with past employers including KSM Electronics and Alpha Wire Company. Based in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, USA, Allied Wire & Cable is one of the country’s largest independent value-added manufacturers and distributors of wire and cable products.

After more than 37 years in the electrical/electronic wire and cable industry, Marvin S. Findling, owner, Findling Associates, announced his retirement. He entered the industry in 1970 with Columbia Electronic Cables, then a division of Carol Cable Company. There, he served as sales operations manager, coordinating all activities of the national representative force and handling special accounts. He left Columbia in 1973 for Conetics Wire and Cable Manufacturing in Atlanta, where he participated in organizing a manufacturing plant. He stayed there until the facility was acquired by the Laribee Group in 1975, and then formed a manufacturers’ representative firm specializing exclusively in the high temperature insulated wire and cable industry. Since 1979, he had represented Quirk Marvin S. Findling Wire Co., Inc. dba Wirecraft Products, servicing accounts in Alabama, Florida and Georgia. A WAI member for 26 years, he plans to remain available to assist former clients and can be contacted at tel. 561-624-9033, findling@bellsouth.net. ■

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FIBER Based on results to date, U.S. business use of optical fiber has long way to go A report on the business availability of optical fiber in the U.S. finds that there has been surprisingly little growth for businesses with 20 or more employees from 2003 to 2007.

The report from Vertical Systems Group, “@Fiber: U.S. Business Trends,” finds that business fiber availability

U.S. Business access to optical fiber lags perception, reports Vertical Systems Group. “increased a scant 5 percent in the United States between 2003 and 2007.” Fiber penetration, a press release said, now extends to 15.3 percent of U.S. commercial buildings with 20 or more employees, up from 10.2 percent in 2003.

The release described optical fiber as “a key enabler” for the delivery of broadband network services at speeds up to Gigabit rates, including business Ethernet, IP VPNs, VoIP and IP video. Service Providers cite fiber expansion as their top challenge to delivering business broadband offerings like Ethernet, says Rosemary Cochran, a principal analyst at Vertical Systems. Fiber gaps are closing, but not rapidly enough to meet market demand across all customer segments. Fiber penetration rates are substantially higher for Large Enterprises than SMBs, and this disparity widened in 2007.

The study from Vertical Systems details the availability |of business fiber access to network services from 2003 through 2007. Contact: Vertical Systems Group, www. verticalsystems.com.

Philippine service to be expanded Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) plans to increase the capacity of its domestic fiber-optic network (DFON) to a capacity of one terabit by the end of 2008.

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telco, he said, is upgrading its network infrastructure as part of a wider PHP25 billion (US$610 million) CAPEX plan for 2008 that will also see its internet gateway capacity doubled to 50Tbps.

FOA supports new fiber nomenclature The Fiber Optic Association, Inc., is supporting the adoption of a new nomenclature for fiber optic cabling systems based on international standards to simplify the specification of fiber optic cabling systems and assure users that fiber offers equal if not more standardization than UTP copper.

“For years, users have specified a UTP cabling system by simply saying ‘Cat 5.’ Now they can specify an ‘OM3’ fiber optic system consisting of laser-optimized 50/125 micron fiber with LC connectors,” a press release said. FOA is encouraging the adoption of a naming convention to help create a de facto standard in the industry.

The release observes that fiber has always been a much more “standardized” product than category-rated UTP cabling. “One optical fiber premises network type was a de facto standard for almost 20 years, in a period which copper went through up to nine generations of technologies, including six generations of category-rated UTP,” said FOA President Jim Hayes. “From the mid-1980s to just recently, one multimode fiber, 62.5/125 micron, so-called ‘FDDI’ fiber, named for the first all-fiber network developed in the 1980s, and generally terminated with ST connectors, was used for most premises networks. The superior performance of this fiber cabling allowed it to be used unchanged for almost two decades while copper networks progressed from coax to UTP categories 3, 4, 5, 5e, 6 and 6A to keep up with rising network speeds.”

With the advent of 1 to 10 gigabit networks and research currently being done on 40 to 100 gigabit networks, fiber manufacturers now offer laser-optimized 50/125 micron fibers with higher performance, graded according to international standards as OM3 and OM2 depending on information carrying capacity, the release said.

Adopting a standard name like OM3 to describe the fiber cabling can help users understand that fiber is no more complicated than copper, the release said. “Since fiber cabling options allow optimal component choices to fit cables in limited spaces, an OM3 cable system can be configured with tens or hundreds of links in one small cable, comparable in size to one Cat 6A cable ... Using the same naming convention, 62.5/125 fiber becomes an OM1 cable system and conventional 50/125 fiber becomes an OM2 cable system. Much of the use of these two types of cabling is in legacy systems, while OM3 is now the cabling system of choice. ... adopting this simple cabling nomenclature will help users understand the simplicity of fiber and is encouraging its adoption by our members, schools and instructors, as well as manufacturers and users.”

For more details, go to www.thefoa.org. ■

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FASTENER UPDATE Boeing ‘Dream’ plane highlights changes forced on fastener industry The U.S. fastener industry, which 40 years ago had some 50,000 employees producing an estimated two billion fasteners a year, has undergone great change, with strengths and weaknesses that can be seen in the problems that Boeing has had in procuring the fasteners it needs for its Boeing Dreamliner.

In a March 10 article in Design News, Contributing Editor Doug Smock reports that the U.S. fastener manufacturers have gone through two tough periods: the first being the impact of greatly increased imports and the second in 2002,

Boeing’s Dreamliner plane has been beset by delays that include a shortage of fasteners. when the U.S. economy weakened. The result, he wrote, can be seen today in the difficulty that Boeing has had in securing the necessary fasteners. He cited observations from several U.S. fastener companies about the demands they are trying to meet.

“Ten years ago a new design might move from the back of a napkin to mass production in four to six years,” says Rick Sharpe, senior vice president, customers and marketing for Alcoa Fastening Systems. “We literally have cases today where OEMs and their partners are trying to order systems while we are still designing them. That is a testament not only to the vast improvements the new products offer, but to the challenging design space in which we play today.”

“The new generation of fasteners we have introduced on the 787 program are a key part of an energy management system in addition to their ‘normal’ responsibility to hold structure or systems together,” says Sharpe. “This is really the first time that a fastener has been called on to do more than one thing, and we believe it is just the beginning.”

Smock also cited the North American Business Unit of Acument Global Technologies, which is building a factory in Rockford, IL to supply the Dreamliner and other new aircraft platforms. “Our research has shown a tremendous gap between supply and demand for fasteners in the aircraft industry,” says Martin Schnurr, vice president and general manager. The gap is both in supply and in the need to improve productivity, particularly for composite-bodied planes, such as the Dreamliner. “We are in a technology 28 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

business, and we are not going to compete on commodity products,” says Schnurr. “Quite frankly this is about survival.”

Sundram Fasteners plans expansion India auto component manufacturer Sundram Fasteners Ltd, part of the city-based TVS Group, plans to expand its production capacities in China, Germany and Britain, and is also looking for growth in the aerospace and petrochemical sectors.

The company currently operates plants in five countries (India, China, Britain, Germany and Malaysia), where it makes auto components like fasteners, radiator caps, powder metal parts, cold extruded parts, hot forged parts, pumps and assemblies. An article in NewKerala.com said the company’s wholly owned Chinese subsidiary, Sundram Fasteners (Zhejiang) Ltd (SFZL), located in Haiyan County, plans to increase its high-tensile fasteners (both specials and standards) and bearing housings production capacity.

The article said that since the Chinese plant was launched in 2004, the operation has been on an expansion mode. “Till last year, the total investments were around $9 million and this is set to rise further,” it said, adding that the company has indicated that its China investment “may go up to $12 million over a period of time.”

The article cited growth for quality fasteners from both the automotive and engineering industries, with another strong sector being the wind energy industry.

Fastener exhibition set for Hungary A regional exhibition in Budapest, Hungary, is designed to put fastener and fixing companies in direct contact with distributors, manufacturers and end-users in eastern Europe The Fastener Fair Budapest exhibition is scheduled for September 22 and 23, 2008, at Budapest’s SYMA Event Centre. The exhibition’s purpose is to help western European and international exhibitors take advantage of opportunities in eastern Europe, which have resulted from the increasing costs of doing business in the Far East.

The organizers note that Europe’s ‘near East’ presents some interesting opportunities. The attraction of a near market, low-cost economies – some new members of the EU, others working hard to achieve acceptance - which are also rapidly developing as market places in their own right, are proving highly attractive to manufacturing and assembly.

“Hungary is at the centre of this development, with Slovakia, then Czech Republic and Poland to the North; Ukraine to the west; Romania, with Bulgaria beyond, to the South West; Croatia and Serbia to the South; and Slovenia and Austria to the West. In population terms central and Eastern Europe represents a market of over 150 million people, equivalent to Russia, or greater than the markets of Germany and France combined.”

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WAI’s Ferrous Wire Handbook to be introduced at Wire Expo 2008 Attendees at Wire Expo 2008 in Pittsburgh will have the first opportunity to see and buy the WAI’s new Ferrous Wire Handbook, a comprehensive book that replaces the existing two-part handbook that was published in 1989.

The new publication, a definitive industry resource for ferrous wire, was written by members of the Association and edited by former WAI President Robert Shemenski, who described it as an extensive project that was designed to meet many needs.

“The modern ferrous wire industry has faced many challenges in the new millennium, from global markets and environmental constraints to quality issues such as lean manufacturing and six sigma, and technology advancements,” said Shemenski, an industry consultant and president of RMS Consulting, Inc. “The 36 chapters in the new handbook address these subjects and many more.”

Shemenski said that the book, made possible by the

contributions of dozens of industry experts, took more than six years of editing and revisions, working closely with WAI Director of Marketing Services Janice Swindells.

“Great care was taken to include the latest technologies and market data,” Shemenki said, noting that the results are “an invaluable textbook and reference source for all sectors of the ferrous wire industry.”

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WAI Store at Wire Expo. Pre-publication orders can be those working directly in the steel wire or manufacturing, placed now at http://www.wirenet.org/waistore/index.cfm, engineering, or operations sectors of the industry. At with an anticipated product ship date of mid-June 2008.

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U.K. clockwinders continue to celebrate decades-old tradition In 1948, a group of 32 wire companies from Great Britain presented a very special gift to the U.S. wire industry in appreciation for support provided during the difficult days of World War II. The magnificent 8ft-tall grandfather clock that was presented at the Wire Association’s 1948 annual meeting in Pittsburgh needs rewinding every year, and nearly every year a representative of the U.K. wire industry has made the trip to perform the ceremonial winding. But beyond that tradition, the clockwinders and many of their spouses gather to continue their relationships and ensure the continuation of the tradition.

Earlier this year, before the wire show in Dusseldorf, the clockwinders met for a spirited evening coordinated by the year 2000 clockwinder Nigel Lane of Cold Drawn Products.

Lane’s choice of the facility, the Crown Hotel, was most appropriate as this nearly 300-year-old hotel was requisitioned by the British Air Ministry during World War II. The evening included a unique preview of the next clockwinder, D. M. “Sandy” Saunders, who is currently Master of the Worshipful Company of Tinplate Workers alias Wire Workers. Saunders’ qualifications included a commission

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A group shot of 14 past clockwinders and spouses at their 2008 gathering. into the Fleet Air Arm, followed by a graduate apprenticeship in manufacturing, senior level positions at Honeywell and later McKinsey and the chairman’s role in a number of companies.

Saunders also revealed two very memorable points in his professional life that spoke volumes about his wire experience. While a Reserve Officer, he gained hard-earned wire working experience by clearing moored mines from hostile waters. And much to the attendees delight, he was introduced to drawing wire on 19th century benches.

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mony in August while in the U.S. for a family holiday.

Representing the Wire Association International at the event was WAI President Ron Reed and his wife, Mary, WAI Past President John Drummond, who also serves as chairman of the Wire Foundation, and WAI Executive Director Steve Fetteroll.

Reed, who has attended several clockwinding ceremonies, told those in attendance how much he valued the tradition.

“The beautiful clock that graces the entryway of the Association is an elegant reminder of an industry filled with many quality people. I was honored to represent the Association at the Clockwinders Dinner and meet many of the industry icons that have tended to the clock for the past 60 years. I can assure you that the tradition remains strong!”

WJI: official magazine at India event The Wire Journal International will be the official magazine of the Wire & Cable India 2008 to be held on November 20-22 in Mumbai, India.

Wire & Cable India 2008 is trade exposition exclusively for materials, machinery and accessories for the production of wires and cables, optical fiber cables, fasteners, springs, wire ropes and other wire products. It will also include a showcase of finished products which will include wires, cables, fasteners, springs etc.

The 2006 inaugural Wire & Cable India drew 4,000 trade visitors. The event is produced by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), a non-profit organization that plays a proactive role in India’s development process. Founded over 108 years ago, it is India’s premier business association, with a direct membership of over 5,300 companies from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and indirect membership of over 50,000 companies from 283 national and regional sector associations.

The curtain came down on Wire & Cable India 2006, the flagship International Exhibition for the Indian Wire & Cable Industry, organized by CII in Mumbai on November 18. The event was supported by Steel Wire Manufacturers Association of India (SWMAI) and Telecom Cable Manufacturers Association (TCMA).

Inaugurated by Pravin Agarwal , Chairman Wire & Cable India 2006 and Director, Sterlite Optical Technologies Ltd., on November 16, 2006, the event got off to a flying start, with half of the exhibitors came from international companies from Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan and China and Korea. The event had strong response all three days, with 120+ exhibitors from India and 65 overseas exhibitors from 20 countries. A total of 22 concurrent forums and technical seminars were held, covering a great variety of topics and attracting more professional visitors. ■

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CHAPTER CORNER Southeast Chapter becomes 3rd to offer scholarship program The WAI’s Southeast Chapter, in conjunction with The Wire Foundation, Inc., announced that it has established a scholarship program to help chapter members advance the education of their sons and daughters. It joins the New England and Midwest chapters in offering such a program.

“The Southeast Chapter is pleased to provide our members this opportunity to help fund their children’s education,” said Chapter President Steve Vannais of DavisStandard Corp. “We wanted to offer the scholarship to a greater number of our members, so we added in those students already enrolled in college to the mix and look forward to seeing what the response will be.”

Two students will be selected to receive $1,000 scholarships to help defray the costs of their freshman or subsequent year in college. The students must either be graduating high school seniors or currently “The Southeast enrolled in an accredited two- or Chapter is pleased to four-year college or provide our members university to apply. this opportunity The program has been presented in to help fund their the WAI’s electronchildren’s educaic newsletter for members, The WAI tion,” Connection, which — Chapter President noted that completSteve Vannais ed submissions had to be sent to WAI headquarters, postmarked no later than April 30, 2008, for consideration. The Scholarship Committee will review the applications, make their selections and notify the award

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The scramble format tournament will offer both team and individual prizes, with a $10,000 payout to the golfer who makes a hole-in-one on the designated par 3 hole. Other skill contests include two long drive holes and three closest-tothe-pin holes as well as the popular putting con- Midwest Chapter President Kevin test after the Sopczak welcomes players at the 2007 round. event, which was held at St. Andrews “The Chapter Golf & Country Club. looks at this event as a way for our members and colleagues in the industry to connect in a relaxed atmosphere,” said tournament co-chairman Kevin Sopczak of Leggett & Platt

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“This is a great opportunity to build your network, entertain clients or have fun with friends.”

Fees for the event remain the same for golfers The 2007 winning team, determined by at $110, which a scorecard decision: Vincent Griffin, covers the greens Premier Die; Aaron Nolan, Sumitomo fees, cart, lunch Electric Diamond Group; and Ben Walley, Classic Die Service. at the Halfway House and the post-tourney reception and awards dinner. Non-golfers are invited to join in for the reception and dinner for only $35.

Sponsorship opportunities are available for companies and provide exposure the day of the event with signage and recognition in the tournament program as well as in the Wire Journal International wrap-up article. Exclusive sponsorships are available for the $10,000 hole-in-one and the skill and putting contests for fees ranging from $150 to $250.

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“The tournament also gives the chapter a chance to build on our newly started Scholarship Program that awards two graduating high school seniors with $1,000 scholarships,” said Chapter President John Kukalis of Henkel Corp. “This program “The tournament helps the children of also gives the our chapter members chapter a chance to and gives us the build on our newly opportunity to further promote the started Scholarship importance of educaProgram ...,” tion for our youth.”

— Chapter President The pdf registration form is available John Kukalis online at the Midwest Chapter webpage at wirenet.org, or you can contact Kevin Sopczak at tel. 815-713-6959, kswire@aol.com or WAI’s Chip Marsh at 203-453-1748, cmarsh@wirenet.org for more information.

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Integer Research: the new drivers One of the key features of the global economy in the next decade is that growth in demand for a range of wire and cable goods is likely to be driven by markets outside the developed world. We have already seen the dramatic increase in demand globally for wire and cable from China in the last decade. We now see that India is also entering a phase of development, when it has started to increase its investment in infrastructure, and we can also see this reflected in the development and investments of the world’s leading wire and cable producers.

When we measure the total value of the market, there have of course been significant changes in copper and polymer prices that have boosted the “metal adjusted” pricing of the market by almost 70% since 2005. However, there has also been a significant increase in demand in volume terms, as there has been a worldwide boom in demand from the mining and mineral resources industries globally, as well as a continued increase in building and construction activity in the Next Eleven (N-11). This is a short list of 11 countries named by Goldman Sachs as having promising outlooks for investment and future growth. Goldman Sachs used macro-

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economic stability, political maturity, openness of trade and investment policies and quality of education as the criteria. A follow-up to the four emerging “BRIC” economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China), we are increasingly asked to track the performance of these countries: Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Turkey and Vietnam.

We will first look at the global economic trends that have shaped the world market in the last 12 months and helped lead to higher raw material prices globally. The global macroeconomic situation in Q1 2008 has been characterized by unstable financial markets, a slowdown of GDP growth in many countries and global inflationary pressures due to rising world energy prices, metal prices and food prices. At the same time, there is global concern about the uncertain future path of the economy. Though many economists remain optimistic, early 2008 results are not promising.

Instability in the financial markets began to surface in July 2007 with the emergence of the subprime mortgage crisis in the U.S. that upset investor sentiments worldwide. This has resulted in a global tightening of liquidity. Central banks around the world have taken action to ease global problems of liquidity. The Federal Reserve, European Central bank

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Total revenues in nominal US$ million, for insulated wire and cable, from 1998 to projections for 2012. Chart courtesy of Integer Research.

and the Canadian, Swiss and British central banks all agreed that they would provide substantial loans to banks to ease credit availability.

Troubles in financial markets have begun to seep through to countries’ real economy performance. In particular, there has been a slowdown in growth in many OECD countries.

End of year results for 2007 show a slowdown in “Troubles in financial Western Europe, markets have begun North America, China and India. to seep through The impact of the to countries’ real global financial economy performinstability and economic slowdown on ance.” these countries, and on China in particular, is currently a major topic of discussion.

However, we can contrast this with the strength of demand on other parts of the world. Accelerated GDP growth was reported in Brazil, and in North East Asia, with Japan, South Korea and Taiwan all achieving robust growth rates. From an economic point of view, one area of caution has to be China. There are signs that the Chinese GDP growth rates are slowing, forecast to fall to single digits in 2008. Fixed investment growth will also slow as many projects in Beijing will have been completed before the Olympics Games later this year.

Producers of wire and cable worldwide have been affected

by numerous macro-level trends in 2007. Globally, profits are at high levels, but there is a contrast between some parts of the world and others. Some cable makers ask if they are positioned in the key growth markets. A slowdown in construction activity in North America and in some European countries, particularly Spain, has seen demand for low voltage utility products decreased for these regions. In recent years there has been an underlying worldwide growth trend in electric utility and infrastructure markets. Many producers of wire and cable have reported strong results for 2007.

In particular, European producers have benefited from strong European demand for fiber optic cable and high global demand for a range of low and medium voltage power cable. Many European producers in 2007 further expanded their businesses to emerging markets to profit from the strong demand from these regions, especially India. This tendency was less prominent among U.S. producers in 2007.

Though General Cable made numerous global strategic expansions in 2007, acquisitions by other U.S. companies seem domestically orientated, suggesting market supply consolidation. Overall results from U.S. producers were not as impressive as in the EU, as the U.S. suffered from a slowdown in demand from U.S. markets. Also, the copper cable telecom market was weak during the year, adversely affecting producers heavily exposed to this market.

General Cables’ revenues in 2007 benefited from strong European demand from electric utility and electrical infrastructure markets, with the exception of the Spanish construction sector. The European business focused on submarine power cables, long-haul submarine fiber optic communications systems, high voltage underground cable systems

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tries. Cable production is expected to start in Q1 2009.

Prysmian, like Nexans, benefited from strong European demand for optical cables and global power cable demand. During 2007 the company achieved impressive results, in part due to the success of its focus on high added-value projects. Prysmian expanded production capacity during the year and formed a joint venture with the Indian company NICCO. It also acquired the business assets of a New Zealand cable company, Turkey has seen strong growth in power cable production the last three years. Chart International Wire and courtesy of Integer Research, Cable. Prysmian reported net sales of €5118m in 2007. The company calculated organic growth, net of and products for the oil and gas industry, all fast growing metal price and exchange rate effects, to amount to 8.2% markets. In North America, demand for products used for year-on-year.

Sales were strong in the OGP, mining, transenergy exploration in the mining, oil, gas and petrochemical port in the industrial business and in the renewable energy markets was strong in 2007, as was demand for low- and business in 2007.

Prysmian also benefited from high demand medium-voltage electrical infrastructure. However, demand in the utilities business, in particular from projects for highfor low-voltage cables and smaller gauge size cables used in voltage networks and submarine power links worldwide electric power distribution was weak and demand for copper in 2007. telecom cables continued to decline in Q4 2007. In reaction So, just looking at these three leading global players, to the fall in demand the company shut some capacity at its we can tell that the industry globally has been reporting Tetla, Mexico facility. However, it was interesting to note some impressive results, despite the increase in copper that General Cable set up two joint venture companies in and aluminum and polymer prices. There are, however, India last year with the Plaza Cable Group of companies. some areas of concern, such as the building wire market The venture, based in New Delhi, incorporates all of Plaza’s in Europe.

The key question is whether the BRICS, as existing wire and cable assets. General Cable plans to invest well as the N-11, start to take up some of the slack from up to US$40 million to expand cable production of low-, the developed world economies through 2008, particularmedium-, and high-voltage power cable for Indian electrical ly in Western Europe and North America. One key point utilities. will be the demand for wire and cable from China after Nexans, one of the world’s leading wire and cable manuthe Beijing Olympics this summer, which could signal facturers, had a good year in 2007, with strong demand for the strength of infrastructure investment across China power cables in Europe, industrial and electronic cables in through 2009. If so, we will have the combined effect of China and South Korea and strong demand from emerging the two leading wire and cable consuming economies market economies. It reported total sales of €4.822billion in worldwide below their long term trend in 2009.

2007, a 4.8% increase from 2006. Results from Nexans’ cable businesses were strong in 2007, reaching €4.320billion, a 12.1% year-on-year increase. Nexans also agreed to acquire the cable business of Madeco, the leading producer in South America in Q4 2007. This now means that Nexans and General Cable (after the Phelps Dodge deal) are two of the market leaders in Latin America. Nexans’s most recent development was the signing of a draft agreement with Polycab in Q1 2008 for a joint venture (majority held by Nexans) that will manufacture and sell cables for the shipbuilding, material handling, railways and wind power indus-

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What hath God wrought?” That was the first message electronically transmitted from Washington to Baltimore on May 24, 1844, by Samuel Morse, and with it, the world of communication and copper was changed forever. Indeed, life as we know it today would not exist were it not for electricity and the ability of copper to conduct its power. However, the wildly fluctuating prices the industry has seen the last few years has got to make one wonder whether there is more insanity ahead or whether there will be a return to stability.

There are no guarantees, but understanding where we are may help put it in context.

Within the U.S., fully 74% of refined copper is consumed by copper rod mills to make the raw material for manufacturing wire and cable products. Among the other destinations for refined copper, brass mills take in about 23%, foundaries 3%, with the balance going to ingot makers, powder plants and a variety of other industries.

Copper production and consumption is typically referred to “... copper scrap is as refined copper cathode, but copper a critical component scrap is a critical of the market overall component of the and when included in market overall and when included in conconsumption figures, sumption figures, it it changes the breakchanges the breakdown significantly. down significantly,” For example, during 2006, total U.S. consumption of copper was about 3.070 million metric tons (mmt), with refined copper comprising some 2.128 mmt (70%) of the total, while scrap consumption, primarily by brass mills was about 942,000 mmt, or 30%.

The International Copper Study Group reported that global production of refined copper rose to a record high 18.157 mmt during 2007, a 790,000 mmt (4.5%) increase over 2006. Consumption also rose to a record high last year, up by 1.119 mmt (6.5%) to 18.199 mmt, resulting in a deficit of about 42,000 mt. Consistent with the deficit, inventories of copper held in Comex and London Metal Exchange warehouses have been and remain extremely low with only 125,000 mt held on warrant today.

Against this backdrop, the persistent low level of inventories, due to strong demand along with production losses resulting from strikes, power shortages and mechanical problems at major mining operations, coupled with weakness of the U.S. dollar, set the stage for prices to rise dramatically.

During 2007 the Spot Comex annual average price rose to a record high $3.22. This was the second year that copper topped the $3 dollar level, and reminds us how significantly

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The relationship between copper inventory and the spot price of copper is starkly reflected in this chart, which shows the affect of extremes in either factor.

Chart courtesy of John Gross.

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the world has changed, not only with regard to the fundamentals of supply and demand, but also from the influence of speculative trading. This unfortunate situation is a fact of life because of its effect on factors such as costs, price risk, cash flow and inventory valuations.

To put this into perspective, just as 2006 got under way, the Comex Spot price was trading at a then-record high $2.15 per pound largely in response to strong fundamentals.

As we got deeper into the first quarter, inventories held in Exchange warehouses started rising, suggesting that the fundamentals were beginning to ease. To some traders, this was a signal that prices would begin to fall.

Conversely, other â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thus, the stage traders saw stocks as still extremely low was set for a battle within the context of between wellthe global market. financed speculators Thus, the stage was set for a battle who had little to do between wellfinanced speculators with the physical who had little to do copper market ...â&#x20AC;? with the physical copper market, but

whose actions did in fact affect the entire industry.

Spot price activity in 2006 saw copper rise and fall, climbing from a low of $2.15 in early February to $3 by April.

From there, copper traded with violent swings, often on a daily basis, breaking the unheard of $4 level on May 11. Just two weeks later, traders who were short the market and losing millions of dollars were forced to buy metal to cover their positions, with prices reacting by climbing 44¢ in one trading session, to a record high $4.0755 on May 23, 2006.

The market fell sharply, to $3.10 less than a month later, and continued trending lower as Spot fell to $2.50 by January 2007.

To say the least, this was not an easy period for the people at wire and cable companies to project their costs. And there were other factors as well. For instance, it was expected that rising copper production would result in a surplus of metal and lower copper prices during 2007. Yet prices started climbing again, in response to strong demand from China, but aided too, by further declines in the dollar and the steady inflow of speculative money.

A quick look at the influence of China goes a long way to understanding the market today. Ten years ago, consumption of refined copper in China stood at 1.27 mmt, about 9.7% of the global total. By 2003, its share had risen to 19%, driven by internal growth, export expansion and further infrastruc-

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ture development. Last year, however, saw an increase in demand that appeared to represent an imbalance in the global marketplace. During 2007, China’s use of refined copper soared 1.30 mmt (36%) to 4.93 mmt, about 27.1% of global use, up from 21.3% just one year earlier. China posted a record consumption last year while virtually every other industrial economy saw demand fall. If Chinese consumption was excluded, global demand would have been off 1.4% last year. Oddly however, despite economic weakness beginning to take hold in the U.S. last year, domestic consumption actually rose 1%, which merits an explanation. By way of example, if the U.S. imports copper rod, the consumption of refined copper is recorded by the country making the rod.

Based on reports from the American Bureau of Metal Statistics, imports of copper rod were 355,000 mt during 2006. Last year imports of rod fell 39% to approximately 217,000 mt, however this decline was offset in part by domestic production of rod climbing 2.2%, resulting in a higher level of cathode consumption.

What impact will these trends have on the market going forward? The critical element, we believe, will be on the demand side of the equation. Assuming that supply is not adversely affected by unanticipated events, production

should increase about 4.5% to 18.974 mmt. Demand should reflect weaker economic conditions. Building and construction activity represents about half of copper consumption; electrical and electronic applications almost 20%, with nearly 10% going to transportation.

Within the U.S., the world’s second largest consumer of copper, key sectors are off. Housing starts fell in 2007, construction spending declined 2.6% and is currently running 3.5% below the year-ago period. Sales in the automotive industry fell 2.4% and production was off 4.0% last year.

Undoubtedly, weaker domestic demand will be felt elsewhere, thus, it appears the strength of the copper market will in large part hinge on China.

If copper consumption in China moderates to a 10% increase during 2008, and the rest of the global market is essentially flat, overall growth would rise 2.7% to 18.693 mmt, resulting in a 280,000 mt surplus. Of course, if there is a stronger level of demand or a production short fall, the surplus would diminish and, correspondingly, prices would remain high.

There are many analysts who believe that commodities are in the midst of a “super cycle,” wherein rising global competition for scarcer raw materials will hold prices aloft for many years to come. Others with a more traditional perspec-

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tive, hold that high prices are primarily the result of speculative influences, and the combination of rising copper production, coupled with weaker economic growth and correspondingly softer demand, will ultimately drive prices â&#x20AC;&#x153;Others (believe) the lower going forcombination of rising ward. copper production Today copper is trading at the $4 coupled with weaker level again and economic growth ... with global stocks of metal still critiwill ultimately drive cally low, the marprices lower going ket could surpass the record highs. forward.â&#x20AC;?

Clearly, copper is no stranger to long-term cyclical movements and if history is our guide, just as periods of contraction are followed by recovery and expansion, the cycle of price movements follows a similar pattern. Thus, once this phase of expansion is completed, the market will return to balance, and be followed by a surplus of metal and lower prices again.

These cycles were in place long before Morse tapped out his message more than 150 years ago, and although the world has changed dramatically since then, the inherent cyclical nature of the markets remains unchanged.

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Preview of Exhibitors: update WAI Sales Director Robert Xeller reports that the floor plan for Wire Expo 2008 has been sold out, although there are provisions for alternative booths along the perimeter. “This is first Wire Expo in many years to sell out,” he observed, noting that the full show floor bodes well for a well-attended show. More than 250 exhibiting companies will be showcasing their technology and services on June 9-11, 2008, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. For the most complete details, see the Show Program at the event.

Ameritherm Booth 928 Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co., Ltd. China Tel. 86-335-3893600 Fax 86-335-3870760 www.anbao.com anbao@anbao.com Booth 528

products: ACSR wire according to ASTM B498 BS 4565 and IEC60888, ACSR strand according to ASTM A475 and BS183, armoring cable wire according to EN10257-1 and EN10244-2, galvanized wire, Galfan wire, stainless steel wire, spring wire, PVC coated wire, conveyor wire belt, decorative wire mesh, demister, etc. Anbao works to the ISO9001 quality control system, a quality guarantee for customers. Its philosophy is “Quality + Sincerity + Service.” It replies to inquiries in one working day.

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Exhibiting: Anbao is one of main manufacturers and exporters of galvanized steel wire and strands in China. It specializes in export of various kinds of galvanized steel wire and other related

Aztech Lubricants LLC U.S. Tel. 405-310-0034 fax 866-251-0666 www.aztechlube.com info@aztechlube.com Booth 106 Exhibiting: Aztech Lubricants provides a complete line of calcium and sodium

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Exhibiting: Bekaert is a worldwide leader in wire transformation and coatings. With four manufacturing facilities in North America dedicated to this market, Bekaert brings experience and high quality. The company is unparalleled in its ability to meet customer requirements, whether it is for hot-dip galvanized, Bezinal® or electro galvanized.

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Cortinovis Machinery America U.S. Tel. 908-479-9818 fax 908-479-1644 www.cortinovisamerica.com cortinovis@cortinovisamerica.com Booth 205 Exhibiting: Cortinovis Machinery America, the exclusive representative for the Eurolls Group of Companies, will have technical and commercial staff on hand to discuss customer equipment and process needs.

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Exhibiting: Water blocking material, especially for electric/fiber optics cable.

It will display a range of water-blocking tape and yarn that it produces.

Fabritex Inc. U.S. Tel. 706-376-6584 fax: 706-376-1434 www.fabritex.com sales@fabritex.com Booth 808 Exhibiting: Sample manufactured products, product line catalogs, photos, technical data.

Personnel: Lee Adams/ Fort Wayne Wire Die, Inc. U.S. Tel. 260-747-1681 Fax 260-747-4269 www.fwwd.com sales@fwwd.com Booth 601 Exhibiting: For over 70 years, Fort Wayne Wire Die (FWWD) has been the

innovative source for producing high quality wire drawing dies that offer a multitude of value-added advantages. It will exhibit its complete product line and services, highlighting its single crystal diamond and PCD matched elongation die sets that produce more high-quality wire faster, with less downtime at a much lower cost. FWWD’s technical experts give customers the reliability they need when using matched elongation sets for multi-wire drawing machines. On display: wiredrawing dies: single crystal diamond, Poly-Di™ polycrystalline, Dual-Draw™ and tungsten carbide, extrusion tips and dies, shaped profile dies , Poly-Strand™ stranding, bunching and compacting dies, enameling dies, Di-Pro™ diamond powder and compound and miscellaneous wear parts FWWD also offers a comprehensive line of equipment for die maintenance, measuring and inspection. Staff will be onhand to discuss the engineering/technical support services offered to customers desiring a close/productive partnership.

Personnel: John Downey, John Dabbelt, Alan Sidney, Tino Corral, Darin Nicol, Don Bieberich, Eric Bieberich.

Hearl Heaton U.K. Tel. 44-1924-406-721 www.pentregroup.com Booth 804

Exhibiting: Hearl Heaton, part of the Pentre Group, will be at the booth of J.J. Lowes Associates, its exclusive sales agent for the Americas. Hearl Heaton, with over 40 years of experience is a recognized leader in the design and manufacture of ABS (plastic flanged) high speed process reels for the wire, cable, telecom and fiber optic industries. It designs, manufactures and supplies worldwide a comprehensive range of high-speed steel and plastic ABS process reels, steel process drums, steel shipping

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JoeTools Booth 113 Kalmark Integrated Systems U.S. Tel. 519-759-5898 fax 519-759-4157 www.kalmarkltd.com sales@kalmarkltd.com Booth 827 Exhibiting: Photos of continuous interlock armoring equipment for producing

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pump/power cables and helically wrapped electrical and mechanical cables.

Personnel: Louis Kalmar, Alexander Kalmar, Anna Kalmar.

Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Booth 832 LaserLinc, Inc. U.S. Tel. 937-318-2440 fax 937-318-2445 info@laserlinc.com Booth 231

Exhibiting: New: UltraGauge+™ ultrasonic wall and eccentricity measurement. LaserLinc offers noncontact ID, OD and wall measurement devices for in-process and offline use.

LaserLinc’s diameter laser scanners have sample rates up to 12,000 Hz, including 3 axes. Combine Total Vu™ Software and standard PC for most versatile gauging systems available.

Personnel: Jeff Kohler, Dan Dixon, Tom Shoup, Rod Bradshaw, Doug Gardner, Jim Beard.

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Magnetic Technologies Ltd U.S. Tel. 508-987-3303 fax 508-987-2875 www.magnetictech.com sales@magnetictech.com Booth 712 Exhibiting: Manufacturer of stock and custom permanent magnet brakes for stranders, bunchers, twinners and payoffs in English and metric, Magnetic Technologies also makes a complete line of custom built constant torque and constant tension payoff stands for a wide range of spool diameters and tension ranges. It offers a line of wire and cable accessories including: FastLocks, drive plates, cones and more. The company’s brakes offer a simple solution to improving tension control on payoffs for most wire factories. Permanent magnetic brakes are very accurate and very smooth because all the tensioning is generated magnetically through the air.

Once adjusted to the correct setting, the torque supplied to the permanent magnetic brakes will not change; unlike “rope brakes” or “band type brakes.”

There is no friction, nor any wearing parts. For retrofit applications on cablers, stranders and twisters, permanent magnetic brakes require no electricity, which greatly simplifies the installation.

Personnel: Howard Schwerdlin, Joseph Hardtland, John DeLuca, Jonathan Ely, Greg Podstawka.

Mang Systems Booth 828 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc. U.S. Tel. 860-873-1423 Fax 860-873-8866 mmi@mathiasen-machinery.com Booth 102 Exhibiting: Mathiasen Machinery buys and sells used wire and cable machinery internationally. Machinery is purchased for inventory or it can be sold on an exclusive basis. MMI has interest in locating individual machines, complete lines or entire plants. Consignments, warehousing, appraisals and liquidation services are also offered. MMI, which has buyers seeking all types of good quality used wire and cable machinery, serves the domestic and international ferrous and nonferrous wire machinery

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markets. Its booth will display photos of a wide variety of second hand machinery. Customers are asked to bring their surplus machinery list and photos for evaluation.

Personnel: Mark Mathiasen, Mike Mathiasen.

Nation Grinding Booth 925 Northeast Steel Corp. Booth 431 North American Wire, LLC U.S. Tel. 724-431-0626 Fax 724-431-0630 www.northamericanwire.com info@northamericanwire.com Booth 912 Exhibiting: Offering finished products for virtually any application for diameters ranging from .025" to .189" (.066 to 4.80 mm) in compliance with all leading international norms. NAW manufactures electrolytically coppered and galvanized steel wire and wire products utilizing state-of-the-art machinery, electroplating treatments, and accurate selection of rods to create some of the industry’s most highly individualized wire and wire products.

Personnel: Luigi Sorichetti, Tony Galanti, Vittoria Giordano, Sue Schwoebel.

Ohio Rod Products U.S. Tel. 812-689-6565 Fax 812-689-6635 www.ohiorod.com ohiorod@eni.com Booth 930 Exhibiting: Ohio Rod Products is a specialty fastener manufacturer offering a broad range of capabilities in small diameter (5/8” and under) and long length (up to 96”) headed and threaded fasteners. It has supplied reel bolts to the plywood and nailed wood reel market for over 30 years. It will be introducing a new product line (reel/hardware/washers, nuts and T-nuts) at Wire Expo.

Personnel: Tim Busching, Joe Hertz, David Swingle.

OMCG North America U.S. Tel. 630-860-1016 Fax 630-860-2333

www.omcg.com omcg@omcg.com Booth 229 Exhibiting: Part of Italy’s OMCG SpA, OMCG North America offers more than nine CNC models to accomplish customer requirements for wire and strip forming for wire sizes from 1 mm to 18 mm. The company’s new advanced 3D bend head allows for easy forming of complex shapes. It compiles programs in minutes and simulates part forming at production speed on screen prior to production. Features include: off-site diagnostics, ability to run “lights out,” chamfer, groove, weld, cold head and assemble. Mechanical machines production speeds up to 18,000 parts per hour. Press capacity up to 100 tons.

Personnel: Robert Sears.

Phifer Incorporated U.S. Tel. 205-345-2120 Fax 205-750-4890 www.phifer.com terry.white@phifer.com Booth 623 Exhibiting: Phifer is a leading manufacturer of aluminum round wire .127 mm11.1 mm for use in coaxial cable, hose braiding, rivets, weaving, knitting, wire forms, tea bag staples, fencing, hinge pins and clips. Phifer is ISO registered and produces wire in numerous alloys, tempers and packages to serve customers worldwide.

Personnel: Terry White, Cedric Patton, Mark Horvath.

Pinnacle Metals, Inc. U.S. Tel. 815-232-1600 Fax 815-232-1122 www.pinnaclemetals.com kpayton@pinnaclemetals.com Booth 533 Exhibiting: Pinnacle Metals, Inc., is a manufacturer of stainless steel and nickel alloy wire. The company offers this wire in a variety of finishes and conditions for applications in most industries. It stocks numerous grades and sizes in raw material in order to offer the fastest deliveries. With a highly knowledgeable sales and production staff, Pinnacle Metals is able to assist in solving material issues and satisfying the most stringent of cus-

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tomer wire specifications. Pinnacle Metals looks forward to proving itself a viable and valued source for wire requirements.

Personnel: Kurt Payton, Nick Pigott, Bill Pigott, Gary Romig.

Plymouth Wire Reels & Dies Inc. U.S. Tel. 508-791-3456 fax 508-754-4281 www.plymouthwire.com plymouthwire@verizon.net Booth 914 Exhibiting: Pictures of reconditioned reels and spool. Shaped carbide dies.

Personnel: Guy Gallant, Sylvie Gallant, Mirek Swiderski, Roberta Swiderski.

Premier Wire Die U.S. Tel. 401-721-0721 fax 401-721-0742 www.premierwiredie.com premierwiredie@cox.net Booth 332 Exhibiting: Premier Wire Die will be exhibiting a full line of polycrystalline,

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natural and single crystal synthetic diamond wire drawing dies. Diamond standing and bunching will also be displayed.

Personnel: Vincent Griffin, Kim Wynn.

serialization, logos, lot numbering, date coding, bar coding and custom images on flat or irregular surfaces.

Personnel: Tom Hittle, Ryan Petty.

Raajratna Stainless Wire Booth 929

PrintSafe, Inc. U.S. Tel. 858-748-8600 fax 858-748-8640 www.printsafe.com kate@printsafe.com Booth 732 Exhibiting: PrintSafe is proud to be the exclusive North American distributor for the exceptional KBA-Metronic marking machinery product line including: continuous ink jet, laser, thermal transfer and hot stamp. It provides sales, service, and installation of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high throughput, non-contact and contact marking, custom handling and integrated systems. PrintSafeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s instruments can print virtually any image or text string on most materials (not limited to flat surfaces). Common applications include:

Rockford Manufacturing Group Booth 931 Seaway Yarns Limited U.S. Tel. 613-933-2770 fax 613-933-1789 www.seawayyarns.com rob@seawayyarns.com Booth 826 Exhibiting: Seayway manufactures specialty yarns used as strength members, rip cords, binders and markers, using a ll fibers including: polyester, nylon, polypropylene, Kevlar, Nomex, Twaron, Vectran, Spectra, Technora, Torcon and Teflon.

Personnel: Rob Ariagno.

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Sirio Wire srl Italy Tel. 39-0362-573197 Fax 39-0362-576138 www.siriowire.com info@siriowire.it Booth 616

Exhibiting: A provider of superior technology, know-how and services, Sirio Wire designs, builds and installs equipment for the chemical and electrochemical treatment of the wire. It will display pictures and film of its technology for: fumeless HCl pickling and fluxing baths; electrochemical pickling baths; ultrasonic and electrolytic cleaning lines for aluminum, stainless steel, oil tempered wires, etc.; bronze coating lines for beadwire; phosphating baths; plating lines (zinc, copper, nickel); coating baths; electrically heated dryers; and tanks, scrubbers and fume exhausts.

Personnel: Thierry Heynen.

Sonoco/Wire & Cable Reel Division U.S. Tel. 800-633-3962 fax 256-751-5101 www.sonoco.com wendy.williams@sonoco.com Booth 116

Exhibiting: Sonoco is a global leader in wire and cable reels and the only manufacturer with a nationwide reel recycling program to help customers cut disposal costs and operate more sustainably.

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packaging supply chain services.

Sonoco’s recently redesigned 42” polyfiber reel is now twice as strong without increased customer cost. Lighter than wood and steel reels, it has no sharp edges, resists the elements, produces smooth payoff and can be used and recycled. Ideal for bare or insulated aluminum and copper, plastic and aluminum tubing, rubber hose, CATV cable, wire rope, cordage and undersea umbilical, it provides performance comparable to wood reels. Sonoco also manufactures wood and plywood reels in 14 – 120-inch reel-head diameters and 30 – 120-inch steel shipping, process, knockdown shipping and breakdown reels.

Personnel: Larry Easterling, Wendy Williams, Jim Printz, Allen Bishop, Brooke Stonesifer.

T&T Marketing, Inc. U.S. Tel. 973-426-0453 fax 973-426-0457 www.ttmarketinginc.com tjordan@ttmarketinginc.com Booth: 323 Exhibiting: T&T Marketing, Inc., founded in 1988, provides sales, distribution and brokerage services to the wire and cable industry. It offers a wide variety of compounds including: PVC, polyethylene, TPV, TPE, TPU, nylon, filling gels, fluoropolymers, LS0H, masterbatches and specialized compounds.

T&T’s major suppliers include: Georgia Gulf, Borealis Compounds, ExxonMobil Chemical, Firestone-Textiles, BASF, Jeneet, AGC Chemicals Americas, Modern Dispersions, Ultra-Poly and Unigel®.

Personnel: Tom Jordan, Tony Dolce, Jim Kamas, Barbara Latta, Craig Shell, Ken Strandberg.

TAK Enterprises Inc. U.S. Tel. 860-583-0517 fax 860-585-0479 n_pierce22@takenterprises.com Booth 216 Exhibiting: High-speed servo driven feed and cut to length systems for long length applications. Versatile pneumatic close tolerance wire and narrow strip straighten and cut-off systems. Precision grade 4 plane wire straighteners. Fine wire and medium duty payoffs/dereelers for spooled, coiled, or bundled wire or

narrow strip material. Spring detanglers/separators and multiple point spring delivery systems. Programmable rotary straighteners for precision straightening of fine sized wire.

Personnel: Norman A. Pierce, Sherwood Griffing, Thomas Kunkler, Ed Hydock, Jim Van Halla, Glenn Reid.

Talladega Machinery & Supply Co, Inc U.S. Tel. 256 480-5124 fax 256 761-9867 www.tmsco.com wire@tmsco.com Booth 704 Exhibiting: Talladega Machinery & Supply Wire Division, Talladega, Alabama, USA, offers replacement OEM wire machinery parts, and wire machinery rebuilding. Specializing in Syncro machines, TMS is experienced with wiredrawing machines, tubular and rigid frame stranders, annealers, bunchers, coilers and spoolers. Its fabrication division constructs stem packs, water troughs, stands and mezzanines. It also is a supplier of Kyocera and Coorstek ceramics.

Personnel: Gerry Runyan, Greg Daniels.

Tokyo Flat Wire Co., Ltd. Japan Tel. 81-3-3881-8121 Fax 81-3-3881-8123 homepage2.nifty.com/ tokyohirasen/ tokyohirasen@nifty.com Booth 723 Exhibiting: Manufacturers of the finest custom shaped wire in the world. Please try ultra fine square wire to miniaturize products. (min. square wire is 0.1 mm thickness, 0.1 mm width). Tokyo Flat Wire can control camber and twist of the fine custom shaped wire.

Personnel: Hiroyuki Ito, Jun Watanabe.

WCISA® · Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association® U.S. Tel. 330-864-2122 fax 330-864-5298 www.wcisaonline.org info@wcisaonline.org Booth 722 Exhibiting: WCISA® ·the Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association®,

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is a nonprofit corporate membership association of North American suppliers of machinery, materials and accessories used for making all types of wire and cable. WCISA’s mission is to promote its member’s products and services by providing its members with representation, networking/social opportunities and services at wire and cable trade events and conferences. WCISA is active, both as an exhibitor and supporter, in wire and cable trade events and conferences throughout the world.

Personnel: Mike McNulty.

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Windak Booth 830 Wire Forming Technology Int’l Wire & Cable Technology Int’l U.S. Tel. 330-864-2122 fax 330-864-5298 www.wiretech.com info@wiretech.com Booth 722 Exhibiting: WFTI is a quarterly international technical magazine for manufacturers, distributors and users of all types of springs, wire formed parts, wire mesh and rebar products. It covers the machines, materials and accessories used to make these parts. Magazine subscriptions are free to industry professionals.

Readers in more than 70 countries.

WCTI is a bimonthly international technical magazine for manufacturers, processors, distributors and users of all types of electrical, communication and mechanical wire and cable including fiber optic cable. The print edition is delivered to readers in over 100 countries, and the digital edition is available around-the-clock at www. wiretech.com. Other publications include the annual WCTI Buyers’ Guide and the OVERVIEW business and market newsletter, which is published 18 times per year.

Personnel: Chip Lippincott, Tom Hutchison, Mike McNulty.

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World B.C Co., Ltd. Korea Tel. 82-31-853-3061 Fax 82-31-853-3063 www.worldbc.co.kr worldbc@korea.com Booth 731

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Exhibiting: Flat copper conductor, tinplated copper conductor, bare copper conductor, silver-plated copper conductor. A flat copper conductor making machine (rolling machine)- a hanging screen, video.

Wyrepak Industries, Inc. U.S. Tel. 860-632-5477 fax 860-632-5775 wyrepakind.com wyrepakdave@yahoo.com Booth 405 Exhibiting: Wyrepak will display its line of spool caps and tension brush payoffs.

This simple and economical method of controlling wire payoff is easy to install, easy to operate, works on most wire from 0.002” to 0.130” single strand and works on spools with 3 in. to 48 in. flange diameter. Wyrepak’s line of guide pulleys will also be on display. All of its pulleys feature plastic flanges. Many sizes have replaceable contact rings

made of rubber, ceramic or tungsten carbide coated steel.

Personnel: Ray Browne, Dave Monighetti.

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Yield Management Corp. U.S. Tel. 413-283-7773 fax 413-283-7778 www.yieldmanagementcorp.com bbrown@ yieldmanagementcorp. com Booth 926 Exhibiting: YMC will exhibit a new run-out and broken wire detection system for tubular stranding, planetary and rigid frame cabling machines. YMC will also exhibit an award-winning low bobbin detector system for braiding machines, fine wire braiding machine, Wardwell replacement parts and products that increase productivity in serv shield production.

Personnel: Bob Brown, Art Tipaldi.

ABC Plastics Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 ABP Induction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633 Ace Metal Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716 ACIMAF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 ACM AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716 Aeroel Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604 Amacoil Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Amaral Automation Associates. . . . . . . . 831 American & Efird Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 Ameritherm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 928 Ametek Specialty Metal Products. . . . . . 105 Anbao Wire & Mesh Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 528 A Appiani Srl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624 Arcelor Mittal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Atkins & Pearce Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Atlantic Wire Co LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431 AXIS Computer Systems Inc. . . . . . . . . 510 Aztech Lubricants LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 B & H Tool Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902 Baker Division. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Balloffet Die Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Bao Zhang Galvanized Iron Wire Co.. . . 326 Bartell Machinery Systems LLC. . . . . . . 506 Base Ten Consulting/Software Inc . . . . . 906 Baum's Castorine Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Beijing Master Int'l Trading Co Ltd . . . . . 833 Bekaert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903 Besel Basim Sanayi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727 Beta LaserMike. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 Bhansali Stainless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 Blachford Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628 Rolf Bock Maschinenfabrik GmbH . . . . . 423 Bongard Machines USA LLC . . . . . . . . . 907 Bonko Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505 Boockmann GmbH/The Slover Group . . 329 Boxy SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733 Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725 Canterbury Engineering Co . . . . . . . . . . 511

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Carpenter Technology Corp . . . . . . . . . . 426

FMS USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702

Rudolf Grauer AG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Carris Reels Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610

Foerster Instruments Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Guill Tool & Engineering Co . . . . . . . . . . 101

Cemanco LC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901

Forming Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730

Hall Industries/MGS Group . . . . . . . . . . 802

Cembre Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932

Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 601

Heany Industries Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621

CeramTec AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901

Frey Group LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

Hearl Heaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804

Clifford Welding Systems (Pty) Ltd. . . . . 509

OM Frigerio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716

Heatbath Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921

Clinton Instrument Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821

Frontier Composites & Castings Inc. . . . 904

The Heico Wire Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508

Coats North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

T Fukase & Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

Henkel Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Comapac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Gauder & Co SA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Heritage Wire Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Cometo Snc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624

GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Hezel GmbH & Co KG Gebruder . . . . . . 401

Commission Brokers Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 914

Gem Gravure Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Hilgeland-Nutap GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Condat Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

GEMCO Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Hitachi America Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908

Conneaut Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

Genca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502

Houghton International Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 724

Continuus-Properzi SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501

W Gillies Technologies LLC . . . . . . . . . . 406

Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716

CoorsTek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812

Gimax Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725

HSI-Huei Shang Industrial Co Ltd/FSI . . 730

Copperweld Bimetallics LLC . . . . . . . . . 308

Glen Carbide Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

HTC-Hsin Tong Chen Machinery/FSI . . . 730

Core Furnace Systems Corp . . . . . . . . . 507

GMP - Slovakia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716

Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

Cortinovis America LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Davis Wire Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 Design & Engineering LLC. . . . . . . . . . . 334

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Deukyoung Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Diamond Wire Spring Co . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Die Quip Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Donnelly Reels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807 Dynatech Furnaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 ECD Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 Eddytech Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Emanon Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714 Engineered Control Systems Inc . . . . . . 328 Engineered Machinery Group . . . . . . . . 801 ERA Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Esteves Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 Etna- Bechem Lubricants Ltd. . . . . . . . . 504 Etna Products Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Euroalpha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Eurobend SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 Eurodraw Energy Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624 Eurolls Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Eurowire Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 George Evans Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 Fabritex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808 Fiber-Line Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Filtertech Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609 Fine International Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 FMS Force Measuring Systems AG. . . . 702

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IDEAL Welding Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Co . . . . . . . 704

Mapre Belgium SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Ideal-Werk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Markem-Imaje USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909

International Fastener Machinery & Suppliers

LaserLinc Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Mathiasen Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Association (IFMSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Laurel Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708

William McCaskie Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

International Wire & Machinery

Leggett & Platt Wire Group . . . . . . . . . . 122

Metavan NV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716

Association (IWMA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Leoni Wire Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803

MGS Group (MGS-Hall-Northampton) . 802

Intras Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Lesmo Machinery America/OM Lesmo . 624

Morgan-Koch Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616

Iowa Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910

Lloyd & Bouvier Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

Mossberg Reel LLC/Boxy Group . . . . . . 733

Italian Trade Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

J J Lowe Associates Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 804

Nation Grinding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925

Jaykase Mfg/FSI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730

L-S Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

National Rolled Thread Die Co. . . . . . . . 401

Jiangyin Kangrui Stainless Steel Pr. Co 529

M + E Macchine + Engineering Srl . . . . 616

National Strand Products Inc . . . . . . . . . 508

JoeTools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

MacDermid Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

NEPTCO Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605

Kalmark Integrated Systems . . . . . . . . . 827

Madem Reels USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816

Nextrom Oy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512

Kamatics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Madem SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816

Niagara Composites Industries Inc . . . . 920

King Steel Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806

Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 712

Niehoff Endex North America Inc. . . . . . 521

Kinrei of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807

Magnus Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705

North American Wire LLC . . . . . . . . . . . 912

Klaus Jakob Messlechnik AG . . . . . . . . . 423

MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824

Northampton Machinery/MGS Group. . . 802

KMK GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901

Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

Northeast Steel Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Ernst Koch GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . . 616

Mali GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725

Numamerica/Numalliance . . . . . . . . . . . 416

Friedr Krollmann GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616

Mang Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828

Ohio Rod Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930

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Oklahoma Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910

Premier Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Schlatter Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

OMAS Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730

Pressure Welding Mch See Show Program

Sealeze. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710

OMCG North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 229

PrintSafe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732

Seaway Yarns Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826

OMD Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730

Properzi International Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 501

Setic SAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

P & R Specialty Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729

Proton Products Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Shanghai Great Concord Industrial Co . 933

Pan Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Shuster-Mettler Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706

Pannier Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625

Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Sictra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Paramount Die Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Raajratna Stainless Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . 927

Sikora AG/Sikora International Corp . . . 117

Parkway-Kew Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709

RAD-CON Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

Simas srl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730

Phifer Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623

Radyne Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822

Simpacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Pinnacle Metals Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Rainbow Rubber & Plastics . . . . . . . . . . 223

Sirio Wire Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616

Pioneer Machinery Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 334

RichardsApex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811

Sivaco Wire Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508

Pittsfield Plastics Eng Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 805

Rockford Manufacturing Group . . . . . . . 931

Sjogren Industries Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Plasmait GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716

Rohmann LP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

SKET Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH . . . . 616

Plymouth Wire Reels & Dies Inc . . . . . . 914

Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH . . . . . . . . 512

Sonoco Crellin Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Ets Pourtier Pere & Fils . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . . 512

Sonoco Wire & Cable Reel Division . . . . 116

Power Sonics LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705

Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922

August Strecker GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . 401

Precision Die Technologies Inc. . . . . . . . 911

SAMP USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Subec AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901

Precision Payoff Systems/

Sanxin Wire Die, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634

Summit City Enterprises. . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

SAS-Spring Analysis Systems Inc/FSI. . 730

Sylvin Technologies Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627

Precision Reel Straightening . . . . . . . . 129

Visit our booth #926 at Wire Expo 2008

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T & T Marketing Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Urbano Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . 622

TAK Enterprises Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

US Synthetic Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

Wire Association International . . . show floor

Talladega Machinery & Supply. . . . . . . . 704

Vandor Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918

Wire Forming Technology International . 722

Taubensee Steel & Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . 109

Venus Wire Ind. Pvt. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

Wire Harness News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

TBE-T Butler Engineering Ltd/FSI . . . . . 730

Vitari SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Wire Journal International . . . . . . show floor

Team Meccanica Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Vollmer America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Wire Lab Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522

Technical Marketing Services. . . . . . . . . 121

Wafios AG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Wire Machine Systems Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 423

Teurema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Wafios Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Wire World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923

Thermcraft Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Wardwell Braiding Machine Co . . . . . . . 306

WireCo World Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809

Thermoplastics Engineering Corp . . . . . 728

Warner Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

WiTechs GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616

Timco Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Watson Parts & Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807

Witels Albert USA/Witels Albert GmbH . 602

TKT Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Weber & Scher Mfg Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . 321

Woodburn Diamond Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . 310

Tokyo Flat Wire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723

Welding Wire Machineries (WWM). . . . . 307

World B.C Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731

Traxit North America LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . 823

Whitelegg Machines Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730

Worth Steel & Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . 333

Tubular Products Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703

Windak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830

Wuxi Quantong Cable Material Co . . . . 834

Tulsa Power LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Wire & Cable Industry Suppliers

Wyrepak Industries Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Ultimation Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Association (WCISA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722

Yield Management Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . 926

United Wire Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Wire & Cable Technology International . 722

Zumbach Electronics Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 516

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EXHIBITOR PRODUCTS Adhesives, Sealants & Coatings

Aluminum Wire Mfg.

Henkel Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327 Parkway-Kew Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709

CoorsTek Technical Ceramics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812 Gimax Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .623 United Wire Company, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Wyrepak Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Air Wipes Amaral Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725 Clinton Instrument Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . .821 Hakusan-Fukase (T. Fukase & Co Ltd) . . . . .. 526 Heany Ind Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621 Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410 The MGS Group-MGS-Hall-Northampton . . . .802 Q E D Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Urbano Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

Aluminum and AL Alloys Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . .801 Continuus-Properzi/Properzi International . . . .501

HELICORD

QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 RAD-CON Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421 Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .822 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411 Talladega Machinery & Supply Co, Inc . . . . . .704 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . .622

Assembly Systems Annealing Atmospheres Core Furnace Systems Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 507 RAD-CON, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421

Sealeze A Unit of Jason. Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .710 TAK Enterprises Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Associations Annealing Equipment/Stems Dynatech Furnaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227 Eurodraw Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624 Fabritex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .808 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .624 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Niehoff Endex North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . .521 Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716

ACIMAF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202 Industrial Fastener Machinery Association (IFMSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325 International Wire & Machinery Association (IWMA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207 WCISA Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Assoc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .722 Wire Association International . . . . . . . .show floor

Inline Wire and Cable Surface Preparation

by Helicord process ! Multiple 360째 contact of cord and wire surface ! Constantly renewed cord

! Removing metal particles from solid or stranded wire ! Cleaning of insulated wire ! Precise coating with additives and processing aids ! Avoids pinholes and blow-outs after the extruder

! Improves cable quality, especially for high voltage and high frequency cables

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Boockmann GmbH Phone: +49 (0) 97 08 - 70 46 - 0 E-Mail: info@boockmann.com Fax: +49 (0) 97 08 - 5 71 Web: http://www.boockmann.com

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Automation Equipment AIM, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .604 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422 Core Furnace Systems Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507 FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .702 Gem Gravure Company Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 Henkel Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327 LaserLinc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .824 The MGS Group-MGS-Hall-Northampton . . . .802 Pannier Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .625 Pioneer Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334 Sealeze A Unit of Jason, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .710 TAK Enterprises Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Belting, Machinery Rainbow Rubber & Gaskets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

Blocks/Capstans/Dancers & Repairs Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .901 Fine International Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 MGS Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .621 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 Parkway-Kew Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .709 Weber & Scher Mfg Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321

Bolt and Nut Making Machinery Power Sonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705 Wafios Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401

Bolt Mfg. King Steel Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 906

Braiding and Weaving American & Efird, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .524 Anbao Wire & Mesh Co., Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . .528 Conneaut Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 Fiber-Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224 Fine International Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 Niehoff Endex North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . .521 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .623 Wardwell Braiding Machine Company . . . . . . .306 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . .622 Yield Management Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . .926

Bunchers - Bows Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .901 Frontier Composites and Castings Inc . . . . . . .904 Gauder Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .802 Heany Ind Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .621 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .624

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The MGS Group-MGS-Hall-Northampton . . . .802 Niagara Composities Ind. Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .920 Northampton Machinery Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .802 O.M. Lesmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624

Bunchers - Machinery Bartell Machinery Systems LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .506 Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 Eurolls Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 Gauder Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .802 J.J. Lowe Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .804 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .624 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 Magnetic Technologies Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 The MGS Group-MGS-Hall-Northampton . . . .802 Morgan-Koch Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .616 Niehoff Endex North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . .521 Northampton Machinery Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .802 O.M. Lesmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624 Pioneer Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .922 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411 SKET Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH . . . . . . . . .616 Talladega Machinery & Supply Co, Inc . . . . . .704 Urbano Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . .622

Cable Accessories Conneaut Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 Magnetic Technologies Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712 PrintSafe, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732 Sealeze A Unit of Jason, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .710 Sylvin Technologies, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .627 Wuxi Quantong Cable Material Co . . . . . . . . . .834

Cable Jacket Strippers Amaral Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 Witels Albert USA Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .602

Chain Making Machinery Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 WAFIOS Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . . . . .401

Chemicals and Coatings Aztech Lubricants LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Condat Lubrifiants/Condat Corporation . . . . . .232 Deukyoung Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 Etna Products Inc/Etna Bechem Lubricants . . .504 Gem Gravure Company Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 Heatbath Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .921 Henkel Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327

MacDermid Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432 NEPTCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .605 Parkway-Kew Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .709 RichardsApex, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .811 Traxit North America, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .823

Cleaning & Plating Chemicals/Systems Heatbath Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .921 Henkel Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327 MacDermid Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432 Morgan-Koch Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .616 OM Frigerio Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 Power Sonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 RichardsApex, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .811 Sirio Wire srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .616

Cold Headers NUMALLIANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416 WAFIOS Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . . . . .401

Cold Pressure Welding Hakusan-Fukase (T Fukase & Co Ltd) . . . . . . 526 Pressure Welding Machines . .See Show Program Urbano Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526 WAFIOS Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . . . . .401

Compounds, Thermoset/Thermoplastic Sylvin Technologies, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .627 T & T Marketing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

Computer Hardware/Software ACM AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 AXIS Computer Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510 Base Ten Consulting/Software Inc . . . . . . . . . .906 Core Furnace Systems Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507 LaserLinc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 Proton Products International, LLC . . . . . . . . .321 Yield Management Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . .926

Cont. Casting Machinery/auxialiry eqpt.

Continuus-Properzi/Properzi International . . . .501 Mathaisen Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Pioneer Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334

Copper and Copper Alloys Continuus Properzi/Properzi International . . . .501 Copperweld Bimetallic Products Company . .1103 Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . .801 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .623 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

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Copper Wire Processing CoorsTek Technical Ceramics . . . . . . . . . . . . .812 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803 MacDermid Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432 Power Sonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705 United Wire Company, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

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Precision Die Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .911 Sanxin Wire Die, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .634 Summit City Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 US Synthetic Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .430 Woodburn Diamond Die, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

Glen Carbide Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425 Heritage Wire Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Mossberg Reel LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .733 OM Frigerio Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 Paramount Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322

Crossheads/Extr. tooling/screws/barrels Amaral Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .831 Canterbury Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .511 GENCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .502 Glen Carbide Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425 Guill Tool & Engineering Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Hakusan-Fukase (T. Fukase & Co Ltd) . . . . . .526 J.J. Lowe Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .804 Rosendahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .512

Long Length Fastener Solutions

Crosslinking Equipment Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .600 Pioneer Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334

Descaling, Cleaning, Pickling Eqp. Boockman GmbH/Slover Group . . . . . . . . . . . .329 ECD Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .532 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 L채mne책 Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Morgan-Koch Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .616 OM Frigerio Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 Paramount Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322 Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 Power Sonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 Sealeze A Unit of Jason, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .710 Wire Lab Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .522 Wire Machine Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423 WiTechs GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .616

Die Grinding/ and Finishing Eqp.B Balloffet Die Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222 Die Quip Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403 Esteves Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .701 Heritage Wire Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Paramount Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322 Sanxin Wire Die, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .634

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Dies and Die Compounds B&H Tool Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .902 Balloffet Die Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .801 Cometo snc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624 Esteves Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .701 Fort Wayne Wire Die, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .601 GENCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .502

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Comapac Wire Machinery Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . .310 Continuus-Properzi/Properzi International . . . .501 Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . .801 Ernst Koch GmbH & Co. KG . . . . . . . . . . . . . .616 Eurodraw Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624 Eurolls Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212 Gimax Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .725 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 Ideal Welding System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509 L채mne책 Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 M+E Macchine+Engineering Srl . . . . . . . . . . . .616 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Morgan-Koch Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .616 Niehoff Endex North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . .521 OM Frigerio Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 Parkway-Kew Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .709 Pioneer Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334 Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302

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SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411 Schlatter Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409 Talladega Machinery & Supply Co, Inc . . . . . .704 Urbano Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . .622 Wire Machine Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423 Witels Albert USA Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .602 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .333

Drill, Cut, Grind/Sec. Operations Die Quip Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 403 Parkway-Kew Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .709

Drives and Controls Amaral Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 831 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .901 FMS USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .702 Morgan-Koch Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 616 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .824 Tulsa Power LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 Witels Albert USA Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 602

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Electrical Wire and Cable Mfg. Conneaut Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 406 CoorsTek Technical Ceramics . . . . . . . . . . ... 812 Copperweld Bimetallic Products Company . .1103 Easen Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Leoni Wire Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803 PrintSafe, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 732 Sealeze A Unit of Jason, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 710 Shanghai Great Concord Industrial Co, Ltd . . .933 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . .622

Environmental Services/Plant Maint.

Gemco Electrical & Mechanical Contractors . .328 Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716

Extruders and Auxiliary Equipment Amaral Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .831 B&H Tool Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .902 Canterbury Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .511 Fine International Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Gauder Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211 Genca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .502 Guill Tool & Engineering Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .101 J.J. Lowe Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .804 JoeTools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 Pioneer Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334 PrintSafe, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . . . . . . .512 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411 Thermoplastics Engineering Corp . . . . . . . . . .728 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . .622

Extrusion Accessories

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ACM AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 Amaral Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .831 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .725 Fine International Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Glen Carbide Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425 Guill Tool & Engineering Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .101 JoeTools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 LaserLinc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 Precision Die Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .911 PrintSafe, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732

Fabrication & Bending Machinery Aim, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .604 Eurobend SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .523 Forming Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .730 NUMAMERICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416 OMCG North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229 TAK Enterprises Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216 Wafios Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401

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Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .333

Fastener Mfg./Fastener Wire Mfg. Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .725 Carpenter Technology Corporation . . . . . . . . .426 Conneaut Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 ECD Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .532 Pinnacle Metals, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .533 Power Sonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705 RAD-CON Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421 Shanghai Great Concord Industrial Co, Ltd . . .933

Fiber Optic Comp./Specialty/Services Fiber-Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224 Hakusan-Fukase (T. Fukase & Co Ltd) . . . . . .526 Seaway Yarns Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .826

Fiber Optic Machinery Bartell Machinery Systems LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .506 Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 Fine International Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Gauder Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211 Magnetic Technologies Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 The MGS Group-MGS-Hall-Northampton . . . .802

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Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . . . . . . .512 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .922 SIMPACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 334 Thermoplastics Engineering Corp . . . . . . . . . .728 Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . .622

Power Sonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705 Shanghai Great Concord Industrial Co, Ltd . . .933 Tokyo Flat Wire Co. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .723 Wyrepak Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405

Forming Machinery (hot, cold, warm)

Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .725 Filtertech, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .609 Niehoff Endex North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . .521

AIM, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .900 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 Fine International Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .719 Forming Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .730 NUMAMERICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416 OMCG North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229 Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .822 Schlatter Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .608 Wafios Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401 Wardwell Braiding Machine Company . . . . . . .817 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . .314 Witels Albert USA Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .602

Fine Wire Mfg.

Forming Tools and Dies

Anbao(Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co,Ltd . . .528 Carpenter Technology Corporation . . . . . . . . .426 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803 Oklahoma Steel and Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .623

GENCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .502 Glen Carbide Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425 OMCG North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

Fiber Optics/Yarns/Related Products American & Efird, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .524 Conneaut Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 Fiber-Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224 Seaway Yarns Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .826 Sonoco/Wire & Cable Reel Division . . . . . . . . .116

Filtration and Cooling Systems

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Furnaces Continuus-Properzi/Properzi International . . . .501 Core Furnace Systems Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507 Dynatech Furnaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227 Plasmait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .822 Thermcraft, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Hand Tools Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .901 Cembre Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .932 Die Quip Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403

Heat Treating Atmospheres Core Furnace Systems Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507 Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 RAD-CON, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421

Heat Treating Eqp./Services

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Insulated Wire Mfg. Conneaut Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406

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Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402 PrintSafe, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732 Wyrepak Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405

Insulation & Jacketing Materials ACM AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 American & Efird, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .524 Besel Basim Sanayi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .727 Conneaut Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 NEPTCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .605 Sylvin Technologies Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .627 T & T Marketing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323 Wuxi Quantong Cable Material Co . . . . . . . . . .834

Local Area Networks Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . .622

Lubricants Aztech Lubricants LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Baum's Castorine Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130 Blachford Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .628 Condat Lubrifiants/Condat Corporation . . . . . .232 Etna Products Inc/Etna Bechem Lubricants . . .504

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Heatbath Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .921 Henkel Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327 Houghton International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .724 MacDermid Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432 RichardsApex, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .811 TKT Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305 Traxit North America LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .823

Machine Rebuilding Services Bartell Machinery Systems LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .506 Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . .801 ERA Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134 Gauder Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211 Ideal Welding Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 L채mne책 Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Magnetic Technologies Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712 Morgan-Koch Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .616 OMCG North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229 Parkway-Kew Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .709 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302 Schlatter Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409 Talladega Machinery & Supply Co, Inc . . . . . .704

Tulsa Power LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 Wardwell Braiding Machine Company . . . . . . .306 Weber & Scher Mfg Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .333 Yield Management Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . .926

Marking and Coding Equipment/Inks Amaral Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .831 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .725 Cembre Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .932 Gem Gravure Company Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 Hakusan-Fukase (T. Fukase & Co Ltd) . . . . . .526 W. Gillies Technologies, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 Hitachi America, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .908 Imaje . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .909 J.J. Lowe Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .804 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 Pannier Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .625 PrintSafe, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732 Tulsa Power LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Material Handling and Storage A. Appiani srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624

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Pointing Equipment

Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .822

Comapac Wire Machinery Srl . . . . . . . . . . . ... 310 Krollman GmbH/Morgan Koch Corp . . . . . . . .616 Pioneer Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334

Measuring and Testing Equipment ACM AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 Amaral Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .831 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .725 Clinton Instrument Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . .821 Die Quip Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403 Eddytech Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 FMS USA, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .702 Foerster Instruments, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 W. Gillies Technologies, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 Henkel CorporatioN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 J.J. Lowe Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .804 LaserLinc, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 The MGS Group-MGS-Hall-Northampton . . . .802 Proton Products International . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321 Sikora International Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Sjogren Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331 Tulsa Power LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 Volllmer America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324 Wire Machine Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423 Zumbach Electronics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .516

Ovens/Optical Fiber Coatings Parkway-Kew Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .709 Wuxi Quantong Cable Material Co . . . . . . . . . .834

Ovens/Furnaces QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 Continuus-Properzi/Properzi International . . . .501 RAD-CON, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421 Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .822 Thermcraft, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Packaging Equipment Gimax Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .725 Hitachi America, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .908 J.J. Lowe Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .804 L-S Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .527 The MGS Group-MGS-Hall-Northampton . . . .802 Niehoff Endex North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . .521 PrintSafe, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732 SIMPACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334 Wire Machine Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423

Pallets Multi-Die Balloffet Die Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222 Esteves-DWD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .701 Morgan-Koch Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .616

A Appiani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624 Ace Metal Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 GMP-Slovakia sro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 Mossberg Reel LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .733

Nail Making Machinery

Parts Washers

Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Vitari SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 Wafios Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401

Power Sonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705

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A Appiani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624 Fabritex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .808 GMP-Slovakia sro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .624 L채mne책 Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Magnetic Technologies Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712 OMCG North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229 Shuster-Mettler Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .706 Sonoco/Wire & Cable Reel Division . . . . . . . . .116 TAK Enterprises Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216 Tubular Products Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .703 Ultimation Machines Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .531 Wire Machine Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423

Brookfield Wire Company Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .530 Carpenter Technology Corporation . . . . . . . . .426 ECD Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .532 Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . .801 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506 Pinnacle Metals, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .533 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Nonferrous Wire Mfg. Carpenter Technology Corporation . . . . . . . . .426 CoorsTek Technical Ceramics . . . . . . . . . . . . .812 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803 Tokyo Flat Wire Co. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .723 United Wire Company, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 Wyrepak Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405

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Plating Equipment GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212 Niehoff Endex North America Inc . . . . . . . . . .. 521 Q E D Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Process Control Equipment Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422 Core Furnace Systems Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507 Eddytech Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .702 Henkel Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 LaserLinc, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 Proton Products International . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . . . . . . .512 TAK Enterprises Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216 Volllmer America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324 Zumbach Electronics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .516

Protective Atmospheres RAD-CON Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421

Publications Eurowire/Intras Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207 Wire & Cable Technology International . . . . . .722 Wire Forming Technology International . . . . . .722 Wire Harness News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226 Wire Journal International . . . . . . . . . . .show floor

Pulleys Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .901 CoorsTek Technical Ceramics . . . . . . . . . . . . .812 Fine International Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Heany Ind Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .621 Parkway-Kew Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .709 Talladega Machinery & Supply Co, Inc . . . . . .704 Wyrepak Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405

Reels, Spools, Drums and Bobbins A Appiani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624 ABC Plastics Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Ace Metal Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 Baker Division/Sonoco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Boxy SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .733 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .725 Carris Reels, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .610 George Evans Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .721 Fabritex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .808 GMP-Slovakia sro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 Hearl Heaton/Pentre Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .804 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 IWE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423 J.J. Lowe Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .804 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .624

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Roller Guides Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .901 Cometo snc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624 CoorsTek Technical Ceramics . . . . . . . . . . . . .812 Frontier Composites and Castings Inc . . . . . . .904 Heany Ind Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .621 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 Parkway-Kew Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .709 Sjogren Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331 Urbano Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526 W. Gillies Technologies, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 Witels Albert USA Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .602

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Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .725 Comapac Wire Machinery Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . .310 Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . .801 Eurodraw Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624 Eurolls Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 Fine International Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 GCR Eurodraw Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212 Gimax Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .725 Ideal Welding Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509 Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .624 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Lämneå Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 M+E Macchine+Engineering Srl . . . . . . . . . . . .616 The MGS Group-MGS-Hall-Northampton . . . .802 Morgan-Koch Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .616 O.M. Lesmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .922 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411 Thermoplastics Engineering Corp . . . . . . . . . .728 Tulsa Power LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321 Wire Machine Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423 Wyrepak Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Rolling Mills and Auxiliary Eqpt.

Comapac Wire Machinery Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . .310 Continuus-Properzi/Properzi International . . . .501 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Wire Machine Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 World B.C Co., Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .731

Screw Making Machinery Wafios Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401

Sensors Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422 Eddytech Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Spring Making Machinery/Test Eqpt.

Eddytech Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Forming Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .730 HTC Spring Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .730 LaserLinc, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 NUMAMERICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 416 Power Sonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705 Shuster-Mettler Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .706 Spring Analysis Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .730 TAK Enterprises Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216 TBE - T.Butler Engineering, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .730 Wafios Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .401

Stainless Steel Wire Mfg.

Spoolers/respoolers Amacoil, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .503 Bartell Machinery Systems LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .506

Anbao Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . .528 Brookfield Wire Company Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .530

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Carpenter Technology Corporation . . . . . . . . .426 Conneaut Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 ECD Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .532 Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . .801 Pinnacle Metals, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .533 Shanghai Great Concord Industrial Co, Ltd . . .933 Tokyo Flat Wire Co. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .723 United Wire Company, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

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Carpenter Technology Corporation . . . . . . . . .426 ECD Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .532 King Steel Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .906 North American Wire LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .912 Oklahoma Steel and Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190 Pinnacle Metals, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .533 Power Sonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705 Taubensee Steel and Wire Company . . . . . . . .109 Tokyo Flat Wire Co. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .723 United Wire Company, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .333

Stepcones Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .901 CoorsTek Technical Ceramics . . . . . . . . . . . . .812 Parkway-Kew Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .709 Wire Machine Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423

Straightening and Cutoff Machinery/Eqp. Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .901 Cometo snc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624 Eurobend SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .523 Eurolls Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 Hakusan-Fukase (T. Fukase & Co Ltd) . . . . . .526 Ideal Welding Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .624 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Schlatter Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409 Shuster-Mettler Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .706 Sjogren Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331 TAK Enterprises Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

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Venture to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, across one of the area’s 944 surrounding bridges, to a city that is infused with a new energy, marked by achievements like the David L. Lawrence Convention Center—the worlds first ‘green’ building of its kind—where The Wire Association International will host Wire Expo June 7-11, 2008.

Wire Expo promises an expansive technical program where practical training, original thinking, and industry insight unite. You’ll also find a full marketplace of more than 240 exhibits and inspiration through networking exchanges.

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WIRE EXPO 2008

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Wafios Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .401 Witels Albert USA Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .602 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .333

Stranders and Auxiliary Equipment Bartell Machinery Systems LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .506 Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .725 Continuus-Properzi/Properzi International . . . .501 Eurolls Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 Fine International Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Gauder Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 J.J. Lowe Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .804 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .624 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 Magnetic Technologies Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 The MGS Group-MGS-Hall-Northampton . . . .802 Morgan-Koch Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .616 OM Lesmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624 Pioneer Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302

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Rosendahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .512 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .922 SKET Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH . . . . . . . . .616 Tulsa Power LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321

Switches, Couplers and Connectors Cembre Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .932 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .824 Tokyo Flat Wire Co. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .723

Systems and System Design Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422 Core Furnace Systems Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507 Filtertech, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .609 FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .702 Niehoff Endex North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . .521 Pioneer Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334 PrintSafe, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . . . . . . .512 Volllmer America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324

Take-ups, Payoffs and Accumulators ACM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716

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Amacoil, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .503 Amaral Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .831 Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 Comapac Wire Machinery Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . .310 Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . .801 Eurodraw Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624 Eurolls Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 Fine International Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 FMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .702 Gauder Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 211 GCR Eurodraw SpA .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Gimax Srl .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725 GMP-Slovakia sro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 716 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 J.J. Lowe Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .804 Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .624 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 L채mne책 Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 M+E Macchine+Engineering Srl . . . . . . . . . . . .616 Magnetic Technologies Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .824 The MGS Group-MGS-Hall-Northampton . . . .802 Morgan-Koch Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .616 Niehoff Endex North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . .521 Northampton Machinery Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .802 O.M. Lesmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624 OMCG North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229 Parkway-Kew Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .709 Pioneer Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302 Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .822 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . . . . . . .512 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .922 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411 SIMPACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334 SKET Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH . . . . . . . . .616 TAK Enterprises Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216 Thermoplastics Engineering Corp . . . . . . . . . .728 Urbano Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526 Wardwell Braiding Machine Company . . . . . . .306 Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . .622 Wire Machine Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423 Wyrepak Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405

Tape/Film - Machinery/Materials Besel Basim Sanayi - Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . .727 Deukyoung Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 Fine International Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Gimax Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .725 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 J.J. Lowe Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .804 NEPTCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .605 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .922

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WIRE EXPO 2008

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Tokyo Flat Wire Co. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .723 Tulsa Power LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321 Wuxi Quantong Cable Material Co . . . . . . . . . .834

Tension Control/Brakes and Clutches FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .702 HOWAR Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .824 Sjogren Indusries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331 Warner Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230 Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321 Wyrepak Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405

Testing, Measuring and Inspection Eqp. ACM AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422 Clinton Instrument Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . .821 Eddytech Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .702 Foerster Instruments, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Hakusan-Fukase (T. Fukase & Co Ltd) . . . . . .526 Howar Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 LaserLinc, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 Proton Products International . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321 Rohmann LP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228 Sikora International Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Tulsa Power LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 Vollmer America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324 Zumbach Electronics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .516

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Urbano Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526

Turntables Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . .801 L채mne책 Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Schlatter Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409 Shuster-Mettler Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .706 Tulsa Power LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Bongard Machines USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907 Bonko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .914 Gauder Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211 ECD Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .532 ERA Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134 Ideal Welding Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509 Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302 Talladega Machinery & Supply Co Inc . . . . . . .704 Tulsa Power, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 Urbano Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526 Wafios Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .601 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . .314

Anbao Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . .528 CoorsTek Technical Ceramics . . . . . . . . . . . . .812 Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . .801 Oklahoma Steel and Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190 Pinnacle Metals, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .533 United Wire Company, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . .622 WireCo WorldGroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .809

Warehouse/Distributors T & T Marketing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .333

Sylvin Technologies, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .627

AIM, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .604 Eurobend SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .523 Hakusan-Fukase (T. Fukase & Co Ltd) . . . . . .526 Ideal Welding Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509 The MGS Group-MGS-Hall-Northampton . . . .802 Northampton Machinery Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .802 PWM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .See Show Program Schlatter Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409 Ultimation Machines Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .531 Urbano Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526 Wafios Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .401 Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321

Training Core Furnace Systems Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507 Esteves-DWD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .701 Gauder Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211 Guill Tool & Engineering Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Rohmann LP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228 Wardwell Braiding Machine Company . . . . . . .306

Tubular Wire Carriers Ace Metal Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 Fabritex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .808 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212 GMP-Slovakia srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716 Talladegha Machinery & Supply . . . . . . . . . . . .704 Tubular Products Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .703

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Sjogren Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331

Wire Mfg. - Building

Welders

AIM, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .604 WAFIOS Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401

Wire Grippers

Used Equipment and Machinery

Testing Services

Thread Rolling Machinery

TBE - T.Butler Engineering, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .730 Ultimation Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .531 Wafios Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .401 Whitelegg Machines Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .730 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .333

Wire Mfg. - Cold-Heading Quality ArcelorMittal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316 Carpenter Technology Corporation . . . . . . . . .426 ECD Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .532 King Steel Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .906 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .623 RAD-CON Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421 Shanghai Great Concord Industrial Co, Ltd . . .933

Wire Mfg. - Communication (Voice/Data) CoorsTek Technical Ceramics . . . . . . . . . . . . .812 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803 Wuxi Quantong Cable Material Co . . . . . . . . . .834

Wire Mfg. - Computer Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803 Wuxi Quantong Cable Material Co . . . . . . . . . .834

Wire Mfg. - Construction Anbao Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . .528 ArcelorMittal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316 Oklahoma Steel and Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190 WireCo WorldGroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .809

Wire Mfg. - Electrical Equipment

Wire Bending, Forming Machines

Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . .314

AIM, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .604 Eurobend SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .523 Forming Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .730 HSI - Huei Shang Industrial Co Ltd . . . . . . . . .730 HTC Spring Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .730 Jaykase Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .730 NUMAMERICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416 OMAS srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .730 OMCG North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

Wire Mfg. - Electronic Components Copperweld Bimetallic Products Company . . .308 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 World B.C Co., Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .731

Wire Mfg. - Electroplated Steel North American Wire LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .912

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WireCo WorldGroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .809

Conneaut Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407 CoorsTek Technical Ceramics . . . . . . . . . . . . .812 Pinnacle Metals, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .533 United Wire Company, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Diamond Wire Spring Company . . . . . . . . . . . .330 ECD Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .532 Pinnacle Metals, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .533 Shanghai Great Concord Industrial Co, Ltd . . .933 United Wire Company, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 WireCo WorldGroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .809

Wire Mfg. - Packaging

Wire Mfg. - Trans./Auto/Vehicular

Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .725 Niehoff Endex North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . .521 Shanghai Great Concord Industrial Co, Lt . . . .933 SIMPACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334 Sonoco/Wire & Cable Reel Division . . . . . . . . .116 Tubular Products Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .703

Anbao Wire & Mesh Co., Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . .528 ArcelorMittal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803 Pinnacle Metals, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .533 Tokyo Flat Wire Co. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .723 United Wire Company, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 WireCo WorldGroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .809

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Joint research efforts by two companies have led to advances in terms of ultimate tensile strength for wires that have resulted in commercial applications for deep water mooring cables.

By Andrew Bell, Shaun Hobson, John Wilkinson, Chris Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor and Sara Sefton

Large diameter, high strength hot-dipped galvanized wire is utilized in a number of diverse applications, such as mooring cables and anchor lines for the offshore oil industry, the main cables of suspension bridges, structural stay cables in civil engineering projects and roof bolts for the mining sector.

Whilst the use of such high strength wire is well established, there is a continuous customer drive for enhancing the ultimate tensile strength of the wire, and thus improving the strength to weight ratio of the cables. Over the past 25 years the development of microalloyed steels along with advances in steelmaking and wire drawing practice has resulted in a number of incremental improvements in the UTS of high strength galvanized wire, shown in Table 1.

Various processing operations are utilized for the production of high strength galvanized wire, all of which require

careful control to ensure the demanding specifications are met. At Corus, the BOS plant produces the liquid steel, which is continuously cast to blooms. These blooms are converted to billet and supplied to the rod mill, where the billets are reheated and rolled down to rod (ranging from 5.0 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 13.5 mm) into approximately two metric ton coils. At the end of the rolling stage the coils are laid out onto a cooling conveyor and a series of fans supply a controlled air blast to cool the rod at the required rate, in order to produce a pearlitic microstructure suitable for drawing. In order to achieve high strength and ductility, a fine pearlitic microstructure is essential. This consists of continuous laths of ferrite and cementite, which re-orientate and deform during the drawing process, whilst work hardening to very high strengths. If the cooling conditions are not optimized, then other detrimental phases

Table 1. Strength grades for 5.0mm galvanized wire.

Fig. 1. Influence of cooling rate and laying temperature on rod microstructure.

Table 2. Compositions of experimental steel.

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Fig. 2. Production route for high-strength galvanized wire/cable.

such as proeutectoid cementite, bainite or martensite may also be formed. These phases cause problems during drawing, and are influenced by the rod processing conditions, as shown schematically in Fig. 1.

The coils of rod are supplied to the wire drawers, such as Bridon International Ltd., who draw the rod to wire, galvanize and manufacture the high strength rope and strand. The

rod feedstock can either be directly drawn to wire or heat treated prior to drawing to refine the pearlite further, thus maximizing the tensile strength. This heat treatment, known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;patenting,â&#x20AC;? consists of re-austenitizing the rod in a gasfired furnace followed by quenching in a lead bath set at the optimum temperature to isothermally transform the austenite to a very fine pearlitic microstructure, i.e. force the pearlite

Fig. 3. Schematic of aging response characteristics.

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Table 3. Summary of experimental steels assessment.

transformation to take place just above the pearlite â&#x20AC;&#x153;noseâ&#x20AC;? of the TTT curve. This produces a very fine pearlite, much finer than can be attained by continuously cooling the rod, as at the rod mill.

Prior to drawing, the rod is acid cleaned to remove the scale and then phosphate coated in readiness for the drawing operation. Wiredrawing takes place on multi-hole drawing machines with water-cooled dies and cooling blocks to control the wire temperature and minimize dynamic strain ageing. The drawing reduction per pass and drawing speed are carefully selected for this reason. Typically for longer life applications, the wire is first drawn uncoated (known as bright wire), and then hot-dip galvanized to provide a zinc coating to a specified thickness for corrosion protection. The resultant hot-dip galvanized wire can either be stranded into cables or supplied as coils of wire dependent on the required application. A schematic of the production route for high strength galvanized wire and cable is shown in Fig. 2.

The provision of higher strength, smaller diameter wire and rope facilitates solutions to a number of challenges occurring over a range of market sectors. For example, floating oilfield developments in deeper water locations require longer, lighter mooring cables and smaller diameter ropes that enable the use of either existing or smaller more energy efficient

Fig. 4. Aging response on tensile strength.

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handling winches while achieving more extreme specifications. Higher strength bridge wires can support longer span bridges and reduce the size and cost of other bridge structure components. Further, the use of a higher strength grade of steel in the direct drawn condition may replace a lower strength grade in the patented condition, enabling the most efficient manufacturing routes to be utilized.

The detailed property requirements for high strength galvanized wire depend on the final application and are usually specified by the customer. Typically, for fatigue sensitive applications, the ductility of the wire is important and may be measured by tensile ductility (reduction of area measurement following tensile testing), reverse bend testing and torsional ductility (twisting the wire). For torsional testing, both the number of twists to fracture and the fracture type are important. The desired fracture type is a flat 90° break, perpendicular to the central axis of the wire (type A). Stepped fracture surfaces (type B) and ragged or delaminated breaks (type C) are an indication of reduced ductility and can result in the wire being rejected by the customer.

The strain aging response of the steel during drawing (dynamic) and galvanizing (static) is known to significantly influence the strength and ductility of the finished wire. It is thought that carbon atoms migrating from the cementite into

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Fig. 5. Aging response on torsional properties.

the ferrite laths are responsible for this process, with a number of controlling factors, i.e. rod microstructure, wire temperature during drawing, drawing schedule, total drawing strain and time at temperature during galvanizing5. This aging response can be characterized by immersing as-drawn wire into a salt-bath (at typical galvanizing temperatures) for a series of different times, and measuring the resultant properties (usually tensile strength and torsional ductility).

Typically, at short immersion times, the carbon atoms are locking dislocations, causing an increase in tensile strength and decrease in torsional properties. As the carbon atoms cluster and grow, they become too large to pin the dislocations and the ductility begins to recover (type A fractures), usually with a corresponding decrease in strength. During this time, the cementite laths of the pearlite begin to spheroidize. Typical aging response curves are shown in Fig. 3.

The tensile strength of the galvanized wire can be increased by a number of methods. One option is to increase the draw-

ing reduction, i.e. utilize a larger diameter rod feedstock. The disadvantage to this is that as the drawing strain is increased, the ductility of the finished wire is reduced and strain aging may be more severe. This could lead to a large loss in tensile strength during hot dip galvanizing along with poor ductility in the finished wire. A better way is to increase the strength of the rod feedstock by optimizing the steel composition, i.e. designing a new steel to suit the processing conditions.

This paper presents the culmination of an extensive collaboration between Corus plc and Bridon International that has resulted in a new grade of steel, one capable of being processed to an even higher level of tensile strength than currently available, i.e. to develop an â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ultra tensileâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; strength (min UTS of 1960 MPa (200 Kgf/mm²)) galvanized wire product.

Such a collaboration was essential for this development to understand the processing requirements throughout the complex production route employed for this demanding product.

Fig. 6. TTT curves for UHC-Si-Cr steel.

Fig. 7. Comparison of as-rolled UTS of UHC-Si-Cr and V-Microalloyed steels.

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Table 4. 12 mm rod properties.

Table 5. Bright wire properties.

Table 6. Galvanized wire properties * Zn layer included in cross-sectional area.

Steel development for 1960 MPa applications Composition. To develop a new â&#x20AC;&#x153;ultrahigh strengthâ&#x20AC;? grade of galvanized wire, a detailed understanding of the metallurgy is required. Previous collaborative work had highlighted the potential of an ultrahigh carbon steel with additions of silicon and chromium (0.90wt%C-0.60wt%Si-0.20wt%Cr).

Therefore, this steel chemistry was selected as the base composition for a detailed examination, initially examining three

Fig. 8. Patented microstructures of UHC-Si-Cr Steel.

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levels of silicon, as shown in Table 2 (in wt.%).

The high carbon content of the steel is essential to maximize the strength, as it refines the pearlite spacing. Additions much higher than the 0.9wt% indicated would make the steel prone to proeutectoid cementite formation, which occurs around the grain boundaries and reduces the ductility/drawability significantly. Such a high carbon content requires excellent control over segregation during casting and precise

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Fig. 9. Fully pearlitic microstructure of UHC-SiCr steel.

Fig. 10. Work hardening rates.

control of the rolling/cooling conditions at the rod mill.

Chromium and manganese increase the steelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hardenability, i.e. reduce the temperature at which pearlite begins to transform from austenite, resulting in finer pearlite, which increases the strength. Silicon improves the strength by solid solution strengthening the ferrite laths of the pearlite. Silicon is a ferrite stabilizer and is thought to influence the aging characteristics and hence the mechanical properties of the galvanized wire. Exactly how this occurs is not clear, but it has been reported that silicon atoms partition to the ferrite laths and thus influence the kinetics of carbon atom migration during drawing and galvanizing1-4. The three silicon levels were selected in this work in order to gain a better understanding of the metallurgy of this experimental grade and select the optimum chemistry for commercial processing.

Laboratory assessment of experimental melts. To examine the influence of silicon content, it was necessary to carry out a laboratory scale assessment of the three compositions.

Small (60 kg) laboratory vacuum melts were produced, cast to ingots, forged to billet, rolled to bar and ground to 10 mm rod samples. This provided the material feedstock to carry out a full simulation at Corusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; RD&T research laboratories of the commercial production route described earlier.

Samples from each steel type were subjected to a simulated patenting treatment using a small tube furnace to reaustenitize the steels followed by a salt bath quench to isothermally transform to pearlite. The quench rates were slower than that of lead (as used commercially), and so the resultant tensile strengths were lower than would be attained via commercial lead patenting. The patented samples were then drawn to 4.43 mm wire (80% total reduction of area) on a laboratory draw bench (single hole passes). The laboratory salt bath was then utilized to heat treat the wire, using an identical immersion time and temperature as in commercial galvanizing. See Table 3 for a summary.

The effect of different immersion times during galvanizing

Table 7. Bright wire properties.

Table 8. Galvanized wire properties.

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were also examined using the salt bath at both 450째C and 500째C to gain an appreciation of the aging response, as measured by tensile strength and torsional ductility. These data are shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Examination of the aging response curves showed that Steel 3 did not lose tensile strength with immersion time as rapidly as the other two compositions for both temperatures examined. The torsional properties of Steel 3 were also shown to recover to type A fractures faster than the alternative compositions. These results indicated that the high silicon level of 1.2wt% was accelerating the aging response during galvanizing, but with minimal loss in tensile strength thus Steel 3 provided the best opportunity of attaining the required properties when processed commercially to galvanized wire.

To produce a fully pearlitic steel at the rod mill, it was necessary to determine the optimum laying temperature and cooling conditions for a range of rod diameters. This was carried out in the laboratory by re-austenitizing short lengths of rod and using forced-air cooling to determine the critical cooling rates required to avoid martensite and cementite formation. This work provided the required processing information for the rod mill to successfully roll this new steel.

Once the optimum composition and initial processing temperatures had been established experimentally, the next stage of the development program was to produce suitable material to roll to rod and draw to wire for a small scale processing trial under commercial production conditions Other issues also required resolving during the processing trials, such as the rolling loads required, the descalability (high silicon steels can form fayalite, a sticky scale that is difficult to remove), the patenting conditions (as silicon will raise the pearlite nose) and the drawing performance of this new steel on a fast multi-hole modern drawing machine.

Commercial processing of experimental melts. In order to assess if the composition of Steel 3 was suitable for commer-

Table 9. Galvanised properties (increased temperature).

Table 10. Fatigue performance of single wire tests.

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cial production, a further two 60kg vacuum melts were produced. These were forged and ground to match the cross-section of the billets rolled at Scunthorpe Rod Mill. The experimental melts were flash-butt welded onto the back-ends of two high carbon billets and rolled to 12mm rod coils, using the optimized laying temperature and cooling rate determined previously. This resulted in two full coils (2 metric tons each) of high carbon material, with approximately 10 waps of experimental UHC-Si-Cr material on the back ends.

No practical problems were encountered during rolling with mill loads or the resultant microstructure. The coils were delivered to Bridon for processing to galvanized wire.

One coil was processed in the as-rolled condition (direct drawn) to 5.0 mm galvanized wire, aiming for a UTS of 1770MPa (83% reduction). The other coil was first patented under a set of revised conditions for the new composition.

These conditions were derived from laboratory vacuum dilatometry work which demonstrated that the pearlite nose temperature was raised to ~610째C, as shown in Fig. 6. The patented material was then drawn and galvanized to 5.4 mm wire, aiming for the ultrahigh strength of 1960MPa (80% reduction). The trial data are summarized in Tables 4-6.

The target UTS for galvanized wire manufactured through the direct drawn and patented routes were 1770N/mm2 and 1960N/mm2 respectively. These objectives were seen to be achieved. The tensile and reverse bend ductility was high through both routes and good torsional properties were recorded for the patented coil. The poor torsional ductility of the direct drawn coil was thought to be as a consequence of the high drawing strain utilized for the trial. It was noted that there was little loss in UTS after galvanizing, even after allowing for the increased cross-sectional area from the zinc layer in the calculation (~100MPa reduction).

Throughout the small scale trial the physical property targets and microstructure analysis were as predicted. Further,

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Fig.11. Spiral strand (left) and six strand wire rope (right) constructions.

Fig. 12. Minimum breaking loads of high strength cables.

no practical problems were encountered during any stage of the manufacturing process and it was anticipated that commercial production of an ultrahigh strength galvanized wire was feasible. It was recommended to proceed to a full-scale commercial trial involving a 300 t cast. A full cast of the 0.90wt%C-1.20wt%Si-0.2wt%Cr steel was made at Scunthorpe works. This was cast to bloom, rolled to billet and supplied to the rod mill for rolling to rod.

~100MPa over the as rolled condition, resulting in 12 mm diameter rod having a mean strength of ~1450MPa and a tensile ductility of 30%.

Rod Production A range of rod diameters (8-13.5 mm) was produced at Scunthorpe Rod Mill. The previous laboratory work enabled these to be produced with the desired fully pearlitic microstructures, devoid of any cementite/martensite. A summary of the tensile strength data from the as-rolled UHC-SiCr rod, (along with that of the previous highest strength rod produced at Scunthorpe, namely a vanadium microalloyed steel) is given in Fig. 7. No problems were encountered during the production of this grade, at either the steelmaking plant or the rod mill. Various diameters of UHC-Si-Cr rod were supplied to Bridon for a full evaluation via a number of drawing trials for different applications.

Patenting The high silicon content of this grade caused an increase in the pearlite nose temperature of the TTT curve compared to plain carbon steels. The implications of this alteration to the isothermal transformation characteristics were that standard patenting conditions, as used for plain carbon steel, would not be suitable for this new grade. Fig. 8(a-b) shows the microstructure of a sample of UHC-Si-Cr material, patented to the standard conditions for plain carbon steel, (showing acicular ferrite, bainite and pearlite) and under the revised patenting conditions (which was fully pearlitic).

An SEM examination confirmed the microstructure of the steel patented under the revised conditions was fully pearlitic, ideal for drawing, as shown in Fig. 9.

Patenting was shown to increase the UTS of the rod by

Wire drawing and galvanizing Various drawing trials have taken place to assess the potential of this new grade for a number of applications. For the purposes of this paper the focus will be on the permanent mooring cable application, as this was the source of the largest quantity of data for the new steel grade. Typically, permanent mooring cables consist of a spiral strand construction comprising of a series of helically spun galvanized wires applied in layers over a central wire or sealed core. Generally, each layer is applied in the alternate direction to the layer below resulting in a balanced construction that does not rotate or generate torque when an axial load is applied. This is a quasi static application, it is not a working rope travelling over rollers or sheaves, the load case is based on a relatively high mean axial load with the environmental conditions (tides, currents, wind etc.) exerting varying magnitude fluctuating loads at varying frequency. A typical system can be in position in excess of 20 years; hence long-term fatigue performance is critical.

The objective of the ultrahigh strength wire development was to improve the breaking load of the existing highest strength cable available (made from a vanadium microalloyed steel) by 10%, thus enabling 10% lighter cables to be utilized while attaining the required breaking load. Torsional ductility is not specified for such applications but was recorded for information. 12mm patented rod feedstock (UTS of ~1450MPa) was drawn to 5.20 and 4.91mm wire (81 and 83%) at Bridon. The resultant mechanical properties are detailed in Table 7. During this trial, the work hardening curves were determined for this new grade. These data are shown in Fig. 10.

The bright wire was then hot-dip galvanized to provide adequate corrosion protection. The mechanical properties of the galvanized wire are given in Table 8. To assess the influ-

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ence of galvanizing temperature on properties, a small coil of 4.91 mm wire was galvanized at a slightly higher temperature than normal. This resulted in a reduction in tensile strength and reverse bend performance, but an improvement in elongation to fracture and torsional ductility, as shown in Table 9.

Therefore, it was demonstrated that an excellent combination of properties was attainable, providing the wire was carefully processed. The wire produced under standard galvanizing conditions, as detailed in Table 8, was utilized for the subsequent cable manufacturing stage.

Fatigue testing of single wire The fatigue properties of a cable are very important, as together with corrosion resistance, they govern the lifespan of mooring cable systems. Therefore, to assess the fatigue performance of this new grade against that of existing grades, single wire fatigue tests were carried out using a load of 45% of the GUTS (guaranteed UTS, i.e. 1960MPa), with a series of different ranges/amplitudes. The data from the most severe tests are shown in Table 10.

The findings from this work showed that the fatigue properties of single wires of the new grade were acceptable as failure did not occur. However, for spiral strands in service, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;frettingâ&#x20AC;? fatigue mechanism is active, due to the nature of the construction of the cable with wires laid over each other in opposite directions, with the cross-over contact points becoming the initiation point for fatigue failure. This fretting action potentially reduces the fatigue properties compared with a single wire, and so a full cable was fatigue tested, as discussed in a later section.

Cable manufacture and testing The initial target market for the ultra high tensile UHC-SiCr steel wire was permanent mooring cables for floating offshore oil production vessels. Typically these utilize a spiral strand construction rather than the more commonly known

six-strand wire rope (Fig. 11), the selection being driven by corrosion and fatigue lifetime performance of the cables matching the anticipated field life.

A 102 mm spiral strand, with an anticipated breaking load of 1145 metric tons, was produced incorporating the A class galvanized wire manufactured utilizing the UHC-Si-Cr full cast trials. The spiral strand comprised of a 5-layer sealed center manufactured utilizing small diameter wires of standard grade, 6 layers of 5.0 mm wire and a final layer of 5.3 mm wire. The 5.0 mm and 5.3 mm wires were of the UHCSi-Cr grade material. The outer 7 layers were added a layer at a time, typically each spun in the alternate direction to the layer beneath. The total construction comprised of 321 individual wires. It is important to note that a commercial product would comprise of UHC-Si-Cr wire throughout, hence the anticipated breaking load of the trial was slightly reduced from full commercial manufacture.

Individual wire tests suggested that the tensile strength and fatigue endurance would be suitable to achieve the target cable minimum breaking load and fatigue performance.

However, full scale testing was essential to quantify the impact of cross fretting of the wires within the construction of the strand and ensure these losses were within acceptable levels. Tensile breaking load, apparent modulus and tensiontension fatigue tests were completed.

The strand was tensile tested, and achieved a 12% increase in breaking load over the stated minimum breaking load of an 1860 grade microalloyed strand. Subsequent testing of further commercial sizes has supported this breaking strength increase. The revised cable breaking loads are represented by the graph in Fig. 12, which shows the improvement over that of conventional, high strength and super high strength microalloyed grades for different strand diameters. The conventional strength strand, based on the 1570N/mm2 grade material is equivalent to the currently published industry standard within DNV CN 2.5 (1995)6.

The apparent modulus of a cable is governed by its geom-

Fig. 13. Fretting fatigue damage on wire surface (left) and SEM Micrograph showing (1) fretted/notched initiation site and (2) smooth fatigued fractured surface (right).

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etry rather than the material. This assumption was confirmed by testing, the expected modulus not being adversely affected by the fretting of the increased tensile strength of the wires. However, for a given cable breaking load, the axial stiffness is reduced by about 10%, proportional to the reduction in steel area, due to a smaller cable being required.

It was anticipated that, due to the inter-wire fretting of the ultra-high tensile wires, tension fatigue performance of the spiral strand would be the property most adversely affected.

To test this assumption, two full-scale fatigue tests were completed using two different mean load conditions (20% & 30% of the cable MBL) with a fluctuating load of +/-10% MBL. The results were then compared with the industry standard benchmark for assessing long term fatigue performance of different mooring components, API RP 2SK (1996)7.

The initial test (30% mean load) was stopped after 384,650 cycles following failure of 104 wires, however this strand was still able at this time to support the applied loads. The second test (20% mean load) was stopped after 808,279 cycles when the strand failed to support the applied loads i.e. catastrophic failure. Under these loading conditions conventional grade spiral strand would expect 562,2200 and 1,239,595 cycles respectively, six-strand wire rope would be expected to achieve 166,878 and 316,418 respectively.

The mode of failure was exactly as anticipated, the failure point being initiated by wire on wire fretting as demonstrated by the micrographs in Fig. 13. From the full-scale fatigue testing data, an estimate of the performance of the UHC-SiCr grade spiral strand could be added to the API RP 2SK information. This placed the performance of the new grade slightly lower than the standard grade spiral strand, but still above the six-strand wire rope curve, as shown in Fig. 14.

In the assessment of a complete permanent mooring cable assembly, the spiral strand is assessed against its own curve and the cable terminations are assessed as a chain component. The results for the UHC-Si-Cr spiral strand still ensured that the assessment of the termination is the critical factor within the overall assembly, and the ultra high tensile spiral strands are suitable for use within this application.

Expanding this information to a practical example the revised performance figures were applied to a lifetime fatigue spectrum anticipated for a typical Gulf of Mexico spar mooring system, the anticipated fatigue life as assessed by the API RP 2SK criteria of each component type is detailed in Table 11.

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Fig. 14. Fatigue testing of cable.

Mooring cable installations The objectives for the initial target market, offshore floating production mooring cables, have effectively been achieved and are now well accepted within the customer base. The increase in strength enables lighter weight mooring cables and reduced system loads, hence facilitating economical solutions in deepwater locations.

Since the development of the UHC-Si-Cr grade, Bridon has manufactured several full scale mooring cable systems with cable diameters ranging from 68 to 121 mm. The first was installed at a facility located offshore Brazil in August 2004, with others being installed in the Gulf of Mexico and East Malaysia. It is clear that the benefits from the UHS-Si-Cr steel are being seen in a truly worldwide market.

Having now used the A class galvanized UHC-Si-Cr wire for several spiral strand contracts, a large amount of data is now available for this product. Additional testing of the UHC-Si-Cr wire confirms fracture toughness performance and hydrogen stress cracking susceptibility to aid in the promotion of the new material for applications such as aerial spun wire for suspension bridge main cables8.

The development of UHC-Si-Cr wire can potentially inform a wide range of products and applications with further application specific investigation. Wire and wire rope applications are continually subject to increasing economic and

Table 11. Anticipated fatigue life.

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technical demands from optimization of winch design to reducing the number of roof bolts to provide the necessary structural support. The next phase of refinement of the steel chemistry is underway to further improve attainable tensile grades. The successes already seen within the offshore mooring market can be considered to be the just the beginning of commercial opportunities utilizing such special steels.

Conclusions The recent collaboration between Corus and Bridon has led to the development of a commercially available 5.0 mm UHC-Si-Cr galvanized wire that can satisfy the requirements of the off-shore cable industry for a strength requirement of 1960 MPa. Reference 1. T. Tarui et al, Nippon Steel Technical Report No. 80, July 1999.

2. T. Tarui et al, Iron & Steelmaker, September, 1994, p. 25.

3. K. Makii et al, Scripta Materialia, Vol. 37, No. 11, 1997, p.1753.

4. M. Kaiso, N. Ibaraki, Y. Oki and T. Minamida, “Development of a New Hypereutectoid Steel for Highstrength Wire,” Interwire Conference, Atlanta, 2001.

5. C.E. Hinchliffe and G.D.W. Smith, Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 17, 2001, p.148.

6. DNV Certification Notes 2.5, 1995, Certification of Offshore Mooring Steel Wire Ropes.

7. API RP 2SK, (2nd Edition, Dec. 1996), Recommended Practice for Design and Analysis of Station Keeping Systems for Floating Structures.

8. W.J. Rudd, S.C. Hobson, M. Bechtold and C. O’Connor, ‘Ultra-High Strength Bridge Wire – Fracture Toughness and Hydrogen Embrittlement,” Presentation at 5th International Cable-Supported Bridge Operators’ Conference (ICSBOC), August 28-29 2006, work to be published. ■

Andrew Bell is principal metallurgist in the steel metallurgy department at the Swinden Technology Centre of Corus RD&T, Rotherham, U.K. His team works on rod and wire product development and process optimization for the Scunthorpe Rod Mill. He joined the company in 1997. He holds a B. Eng. degree in metal science and engineering from Sheffield University, U.K. Shaun Hobson is senior metallurgist in the steel metallurgy department at Corus’ Swinden Technology Centre. He works on wire rod product developments.

He joined the company in 1985 and holds a B.Eng. degree in metallurgy from Leeds University, U.K. John Wilkinson is technical manager, product development at Corus CC&I Semis & Rods, Scunthorpe, U.K. He holds a Ph.D. degree in metallurgy from Manchester University, UK. He moved to the Scunthorpe operation in 1995, having first joined Corus RD&T in 1988. He previously worked on rod and wire product development and machinable steels development.

Chris O’Connor is technical manager at the Doncaster Wire Mill of Bridon Int’l. He controls all site technical and mechanical testing and quality functions for wire and wire rope products. He joined the company in 1973 and has focused on technical and production management areas. He holds an ONC and HNC in metallurgy with a Certificate of Industrial Management with Distinction from High Melton College, UK. Sara Sefton also works at Bridon’s Doncaster facility. This paper, presented at Wire Bologna, Bologna, Italy, October 2007, won the WAI’s Silver Certificate Award in the ferrous division.

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Drawing of shape-m memory alloy wire and development of easy-rrelease screw By controlling various process factors, it is possible to fabricate washers with the fastening release temperature in a specified range that permits easy disassembly.

By Kazunari Yoshida, Akihito Ema, and Ken-ichi Komaki

Recent home electronic appliance and automobile recycling laws have come into effect, and the government, hand-in-hand with the private sector, are tackling strategies for the effective use of resources and environmental conservation1-2. One problem, however, is that the number of home electronic appliances and automobiles to be disposed of is huge, and such recycling disassembly work is economically inefficient3-4.

Therefore, the authors have proposed new easy-release screws that are used with Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) washers to facilitate the recycling of resources. These screws are assembled by the conventional method. After disposal, the inside diameter of the washers is enlarged by heating the screws to a predetermined temperature, enabling the automatic disassembly of the screws. In this study, the optimal drawing conditions for the SMA wire were examined. Also, the fabrication process for easy-release screws with SMA washers (Fig. 1), and the functions and release mechanism of these screws were experimentally examined.

ing limit was examined. In the experiment, die half-angle was kept constant at α = 6o, reduction per pass (R/P) was varied (10, 15, 20 and 25%), and resin lubricant was used.

Wires used for tests Three kinds of commercially available Ni-Ti alloy test wire, “mother wires,” were used. The transformation temperatures Af and Ms of the three wires are summarized in Table 1.

To obtain a SMA washer, it is necessary to draw an SMA wire to a small predetermined diameter. Here, the cold draw-

Experimental results Optimum annealing temperature of wires used for drawing.

The workability of the SMA is very poor5-7. The optimal annealing temperature for drawing was examined. Wire No.1 was annealed in the range of 773–1173°K, which was increased in Ar gas atmosphere for 45 min in 100-K steps. The wire annealed under the conditions described above was drawn at reduction per pass R/P = 10% until the wire broke in order to determine the drawing limit. The results are shown in Fig. 3.

As shown in Fig. 3, the total reduction in the cross-sectional area (Rt) of the non-annealed wire is less than 30%. However, in the annealed wires, the drawing limit increases; Rt increases to approximately 55% when the annealing temperature is 1073°K or higher. With increasing annealing temperature, the drawing limit increases; however, at annealing temperatures of 1073°K and higher, the drawing limit takes a constant value.

From this finding, the optimal annealing temperature of the SMA wire is considered to be in the range of 1073–1173°K. Effect of reduction per pass on drawing limit. Fig.4 shows the relationship between R/P and Rt when wire 1 was annealed

Fig. 1. Easy-release screw with an SMA washer.

Table 1. Transformation temperatures and diameter of tested shape memory alloy wire.

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Fig. 2. Wire drawing and reduction per pass.

at 1073 K and drawn at R/P in the range of 10 – 25% in order to determine the drawing limit. As shown in Fig. 4, Rt is approximately 40% at R/P = 25%, however, Rt reaches approximately 55% at R/P = 10%. On the basis of this finding, as well as considering the processing cost and pass schedule, the optimum R/P for drawing a SMA wire was found to be approximately 15%.

Change in mechanical properties of drawn wires. Results of the tensile test and hardness test on the SMA wires with various Rt values are shown in Fig. 5. Tensile strength and hardness increase with increasing Rt. At an Rt of 30% or higher, the changes in tensile strength and hardness become slow. The tensile strength and hardness of the wires drawn at Rt = 40% are approximately double those of wires before annealing; however, the breaking strain sharply decreases with increasing Rt. Changes in thickening ratios η of drawn and annealed wires.

The diameter of the drawn SMA wire increases compared with that of the die-hole diameter after drawing, i.e., the wire thickens because of the super elasticity and recovery characteristics of SMA wires8. The thickening ratio η of the SMA wire after drawing was measured (Fig. 6). The diameters of the wires drawn at R/P in the range of 10 – 25% were measured to calculate the thickening ratio ηw of the non-annealed wires. The results are shown in Fig. 7. As shown in the figure, it was found

Fig. 4. Drawing limits with various reductions per pass.

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Fig. 3. Drawing limits at various annealing temperatures.

that ηw is in the range of 1 - 3% regardless of R/P or Rt. Furthermore, the thickening ratio ηh of the wires after annealing at temperatures in the range of 773 – 1173 K was calculated (Fig. 8). On the basis of this result, it was found that ηh is also in the range of 1-3% regardless of annealing temperature. Therefore, both ηw and ηh should be considered in order to obtain the desired dimensions of the drawn SMA wire.

Development of easy-release screw Fabrication of SMA washer. Fig. 9 shows the fabrication process for an SMA washer and the appearance of an easyrelease screw. An SMA wire with the desired diameter was obtained by repeated drawing and annealing. The obtained SMA wire was bent, subjected to shape-memory heat treatment and rebent to form a washer for an easy-release screw. An easy-release screw is obtained when this washer is combined with a conventional screw.

The easy-release screw developed in this study is the M2.6 screw used for small electronic appliances9. Before the practi-

Fig. 5. Change of mechanical properties of drawn wire.

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Fig. 6. Thickening ratio of wire diameter after drawing and annealing.

cal application of this screw, a sufficient fastening force of the screw must be ensured and the ease of release must be reliable.

To resolve these issues requires: clarification of the relationship between transformation temperature and release-initiation temperature; determination of relationship between strains applied to the washer during fabrication and release-initiation temperature; and improvements in fastening force and reliability for washer release.

Relationship between heating temperature and inside diameter of washer. To clarify the properties of the fabricated SMA washer, a washer was placed in a dish filled with silicone and temperature was increased gradually, as shown in Fig. 10(a).

The inside diameter of the washer was measured using a twodimensional image measurement device (Mitsutoyo; Quick Image) set above the washer. Fig 10(b) shows photographs of the released washers heated at various temperatures.

Fig. 11 shows the relationship between temperature and the inside diameter of the washer obtained in the washer release test under the same drawing conditions for washers fabricated using wires one, two and three, which have different transformation temperatures. When the temperature of the washer is increased, the inside diameter of the washer fabricated using the wire with a low transformation temperature starts to

Fig. 7. Drawing limit with various reductions per pass.

increase at low temperatures, leading to the release of the washer from the screw. In other words, the inside diameter (the temperature at which washer release begins) largely depends on the transformation temperature of the shape-memory alloy itself (Af).

Next, the washer release test was carried out using wire two obtained at various temperatures of shape-memory treatment, i.e., 673°K, 723°K and 773°K (Fig. 12). As shown in the figure, with increasing temperature of shape-memory treatment, the temperature at which washer release begins increases. It was found that the temperature of shape-memory treatment also affects the shape recovery of the washer.

In the fabrication process shown in Fig. 9, the change in the inside diameter of the washer is calculated using the inside diameter of the washer at the temperature for shape-memory treatment, dt, and that during the rebending process it is df.

Eq (1)

Next, the washer release test was carried out using wire No. 3. Shape-memory treatment was carried out at a constant temperature 673°K, while D was changed (36, 40 and 42%) during the rebending process (Fig. 13). As shown in the figure, with increasing bending strain, the temperature at which washer release begins to increase.

Fig. 14 shows the measurement results for the inside diameter of a washer that was heated and then cooled. When a washer that was heated and released is cooled again, a phenomenon called “2 way” is observed, in which the inside diameter of the washer becomes slightly smaller than the maximum inside diameter. Even when this occurs, washer release from the screw is possible, because the inside diameter of the washer becomes larger than the outer diameter of the screw head.

On the basis of the above discussions, the temperature at which a shape-memory alloy washer is released and removed

Fig. 8. Thickening ratio of diameter after annealing process.

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Fig. 10. Measurement of inside diameter of washer on various temperatures (inside diameter = 5.3 mm).

Fig. 11. Changes in inside diameter on various transformation temperatures.

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Fig. 12. Changes in inside diameter on various temperatures for shape memory treatment.

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Fig. 13. Changes in inside diameter with various bending strains of washer which is formed.

Fig. 14. Enlargement of washer and â&#x20AC;&#x153;2wayâ&#x20AC;? phenomenon by heating and cooling.

from the screw predominantly depends on the transformation temperature of the shape-memory alloy wire. It was found that control of the temperature at which washer release begins is possible by changing the temperature of shape-memory treatment and the amount of bending strain.

Washer release test of easy-release screw by tensile test. To examine the fastening force of an easy-release screw, a jig was fabricated (see Fig. 15) and a washer release test was carried out. Fifty M2.6 easy-release screws were prepared to measure the maximum release load in the washer release test. The distribution of the maximum release load is shown in Fig. 16.

Although there is some scatter of the release load, the fastening forces of the prototype easy-release screws fabricated in this study are all 400 N or higher.

regarding the improvement in the drawability of a SMA wire and the performance of the easy-release screws.

1. The optimal annealing temperature of the SMA wire for drawing is a range of 1073K to 1173K. 2. The optimum reduction per pass (R/P) in drawing is approximately 15%.

3. An SMA wire thickens at a rate in the range of 1-3% when it is drawn and annealed.

4. The temperature at which the release of a shape-memory alloy washer begins predominantly depends on the transformation temperature of the mother wire itself. By controlling the temperature of shape-memory treatment and the amount of bending strain, a washer can be fabricated that is released at the same temperature but is made of a material having a different transformation temperature.

5. The fastening force of the M2.6 easy-release screw fabricated in this study is 40 kg at its minimum (at least 400 N), which is suitable for practical applications.

Conclusions Easy-release screws using drawn shape-memory alloy wires were developed. The following conclusions were obtained

Fig. 15. Tensile test for easy-release screw.

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Fig.16. Maximum tensile load in tension test of M2.6 screws.

Acknowledgement Part of this study was carried out with the support of the University Venture Promoting Program by the Japan Science and Technology Center (JST). The authors thank M. Tanigawa of Sharp Cooperation, H. Takahara of NEC Tokin Cooperation and K. Sugiyama of Union Seimitsu Cooperation for their valuable advice and support.

References 1. Ministry of the Environment (http://www.env.go.jp) 2. Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (http:// www.meti.go.jp).

3. H.Kameyama and T.Kojima, Energy/Resources Recycling, Baifukan, 1996.

4. A. Said and T. Schellberg, “Efficient Management of Household Solid Waste: A General Equilibrium Model,” Public Finance Quarterly, 1995, pp. 3-39.

5. H. Funakubo, Shape-Memory Alloy, Tokyo, Sangyoutosho, 1984, pp. 143.

6. K. Honma, Shape-Memory Alloys and Their Application, J.JSME, 1984, pp. 517.

7. K.Yoshida, Drawing of Ni-Ti Shape-Memory Alloy Wire, J. of Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity, (1998-4), pp.

342-345.

8. K.Yoshida, J. of Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity, 31-355 (1990-8), pp. 1015-1021.

9. A. Yamamoto, Force of the Screw, Yokendo, pp. 39 (1970) 10. J. H. Bickford, An Introduction to the Design and Behavior of Bolted Joints, Marcel Dekker, Inc. (1995) pp. 213.

11. K. Yoshida, Proceedings of 56th the Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity Meeting, (2005), pp. 337-338.

12. S. Miyazaki, T. Sakuma and T. Shibuya, Properties and Application Development of Shape-memory Alloy, 2001-1.

13. K. Yoshida and F. Sato, Proceedings of 56th the Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity Meeting, (2002), pp. 365366.

14. K.Yoshida, Proceeding of Association of Shape Memory Alloy Meeting, (2006), pp.27- 37. ■ 94 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Kazunari Yoshida is a professor of precision mechanics at the school of engineering at Tokai University, Japan.

He conducts research into the process of wiredrawing, extrusion, and forging. He served as a member of the steering committee for Japanese Wire Drawing. He holds a Ph.D. degree in engineering. He authored a prizewinning paper for the Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity in 1984 and won medal awards from the Wire Association International, for the best paper in the nonferrous division in 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2004. Akihito Ema and Ken-ichi Komaki are graduate students in mechanical engineering at Tokai University. This paper was presented at the WAI’s 77th Annual Convention, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, May 2007.

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Optimization of strength and forming behavior of SiCr-a alloyed oil-h hardened spring steel wire Improving the control of the quenching and tempering process parameters can enable manufacturers to use a higher line speed in the tempering stage and save energy costs by use of lower austenizing temperatures. β and Prof. Ulf Kletzin

By Dr. Kersten Liebermann, Prof. Hans-Jßrgen Schorcht, Prof. Mathias Weiβ

Wire springs must meet ever more rigorous specifications for characteristics such as accuracy of function and form, consistent behavior over time and load-bearing as well as savings on materials and bulk. Cold-shaped helical compression springs have great economic significance, representing annual revenues of some US$900 million in Germany alone1.

Considerable efforts are being made by both spring manufacturers2-4 and wire manufacturers to meet the growing demands on springs and the steel wire used to make them5-6. Vastly improved initial conditions for the manufacture of spring steel wire to be used in springs with a high load capacity have been

Fig. 1. Simplified process, production of oil-hardened spring steel wire.

achieved by the creation of extremely pure types of steel, an increased carbon content and the use of silicon and vanadium in alloys7.

There is a central problem: spring manufacture demands good forming behavior with the stress kept as low as possible, while springs in their function and use demand strength as high as possible, together with a high capacity for energy storage89. The limits on strengths are, effectively, set by the cold-shaping during spring manufacture, as high-strength spring steel wire is of limited ductility. This applies particularly to oil-hardened spring steel wire alloyed with silicon and chromium, spe-

Fig. 2. Periods spent in individual stages in the tempering process.

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cially designed for springs to be exposed to high dynamic and thermal demands.

There are reserves within the hardening process which can be used to improve the process and use characteristics of oil-hardened spring steel wire (Fig. 1). The temperature and period of the austenizing, the composition of the quenching fluid, the temperature of the lead bath used in tempering the hardened wire, and the passage velocity selected will all have a crucial influence on the crystal structure change and thus on the strength and forming behavior of the wire. It should be noted that the tensile strength Rm is regarded as the most important parameter, so all optimization procedures tend to be directed at improvement of Rm. However, torsion is the chief demand placed upon compression springs in use. To set the dimensions of these springs, one needs the technical yield point under torsional stress τt0.04, a value that is currently calculated on the basis of a constant relationship with the tensile strength Rm: Eq. (1)

This constant relationship, independent of the material, is, however, a fiction, because the material qualities on which it is based (for instance, homogenous and isotropic) simply do not apply to spring steel wire on account of the way it is manufactured. The constant can therefore only be used as an approximation.

One significant reason for the approximation is that no testing station has so far existed to enable torsion parameters to be calculated for spring wire, whereas tensile testing has long been established.

To meet future challenges facing compression springs, there is a urgent necessity to improve the torsion characteristics of spring steel wire, at the same time finding a means of recording them as measurements.

In the “Festigkeits- und Umformverhalten” Research Project (Tensile and Forming behavior)11-12, vital basic information was obtained and this has been put to practical use already as far as possible in the context of the project. It has been of immense use to both wire and spring manufacturers.

Table 1. Types of wires used in experiments.

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Aims and procedure The main purpose of the research was to establish the influence exercised by the process parameters on the properties of spring steel wire during quenching and tempering, and to apply the knowledge obtained so as to produce sample wires with their strength and shaping properties optimized for the manufacture of springs with improved function. It was a major focus to raise the technical yield point under torsional stress τt0.04.

The higher this limit, the better the potential exploitation of the material. Raising the limit makes it possible to produce springs for a specific task of lower mass than previously known.

At the beginning of the investigation it was necessary to divide up the technology used in hardening and passage tempering into separate process stages that would be possible to investigate separately (Fig. 2). Passage tempering itself is not suited to this as the wire passes through all the process stages of hardening in succession. The time spent in each process stage is therefore determined from the geometrical data relating to the hardening plant and the passage velocity of the wire through that plant. In consequence, there is no possibility of varying the times spent in the stages independently of each other. The technology from the tempering of separate articles was therefore used to extrapolate the spatial and time divisions between the separate process stages.

The research items required for the project aims to be achieved can be summarized as follows: • Selection of tempering regime to improve the strength of the wires while ensuring that parameters do not drop below given minima for the shaping characteristics (elongation before reduction of area Ag, reduction in cross-section at breaking point Z, number of twists Nt); • Manufacture of wires using a variety of tempering regimes; • Investigation of passage tempering under real manufacturing conditions; and • Production of compression springs made of spring wire that has undergone a variety of passage tempering to permit the spring properties to be evaluated in relation to the wire properties obtained from the different processing methods.

Nominal values for the variously treated samples of wire were determined in tensile, torsion and rotation bar bending

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Fig. 3. Periods spent in individual stages of tempering process. fatigue tests. The values established for the springs were those of the behavior as to pre-set process parameters and relaxation.

Four types of material quality were used in the production of oil-hardened spring wire that was made into two sizes. Some of these were peeled wire. See Table 1.

Knowledge gained Considerable quantities of new data have been obtained.

Only the most significant are mentioned in the remainder of this paper. One such body of data compares different types of passage tempering plant.

Wire manufacturers make use of passage tempering plant which operates on the principles shown in Fig. 2. However, the construction of the various types of plants can vary considerably, and this has a direct effect on their process parameters. It is important to note that wire always passes through the whole plant at a single speed, so that, as the geometrical ratios are fixed, it is impossible to set the periods spent in different stages of the process independently of one another. These periods are in an inalterable relationship to one another.

Fig. 3 provides a comparative view of the periods spent in the different stages of two examples of passage tempering plant, used for wire of the same diameter. It is particularly noticeable that the periods spent in the lead (Pb) tempering bath varies by a factor of 3. It becomes clear that wire produced in the different types of plant which has the same tensile strength Rm (see Fig. 4) comes out as having different parameters in other respects (see Fig. 5).

It is already quite clear that the connection between the tensile strength Rm and the technical yield point under torsional stress τt0.04 is not unequivocal, although the two are commonly used in the relationship (τt0.04 = 0.56 x Rm) for the dimensioning of compression springs. One result of this is that wires from two different wire manufacturers will indeed possess the same tensile strength but because of the different technical yield point under torsional stress, springs made from these wires will show different pre-setting values when subjected to the pre-setting stage of their manufacturing process.

Effect of passage-tempering parameters. Within the project, fundamental knowledge was obtained to establish the process parameters from the passage tempering that might be adjusted in order to influence the torsional properties of the spring steel wire. Experiments were done to establish the influence of the four important process parameters (austenizing temperature and period, tempering temperature and period) on the torsional properties of the wire. This means that practical suggestions can be made for the setting of process parameters according to which aspect of the wire requires optimization. Future users, however, must state the purpose for which the wire, i.e. the spring, is to be employed, so that the wire manufacturer can apply the most suitable passage tempering conditions.

The limits to this procedure are set by the need to ensure the necessary crystal structure changes during the austenizing and tempering stages. The result shown in Fig. 6 would indicate a general increase in the conventional passage velocity v. The passage velocity v achieved in the context of the project, is, at v = 20.7 m/min per Fig. 6, already an increase of more than 30 % on current velocity figures.

Nominal wire values of relevance to springs. There is no fixed relationship between the nominal values (e.g. Rm) obtained in tensile tests (Fig. 7) and those obtained in torsional tests (e.g. τt0.04) which are relevant to helical springs. It is therefore necessary that the question of which values require optimization in view of the later use of the wire be clarified at the stage when the tempering parameters are set.

Spring manufacturers should note that it is important in future for calculations and manufacture in the case of helical springs not to take the tension nominal values of the spring steel wire as has to date been the case, but to take the torsional values. It will be necessary to set up suitable testing equipment in this connection13.

Currently the improvement of wire is largely aimed at increasing the tensile strength Rm. However, it has now been shown that the technical yield point under torsional stress τt0.04, which is highly significant for the functioning and design of helical springs, will react to changes in tempering parameters differently from such properties as the tensile strength Rm (Fig. 8).

As is shown in it is easy to influence the tensile strength Rm by altering the tempering parameters (tempering temperature parameter E, tempering period – parameter F). On the other hand, the significance of the austenizing temperature (parameter A) and period (parameter B) is much higher for the technical yield point under torsional stress τt0.04 (Fig. 9).Thus it is clear that the raising of the tensile strength Rm currently sought by targeted regulation of the tempering parameters is not bound to lead to an improvement in the torsional properties of the wire. If negative values are shown for the tempering parameters this means that reducing them raises the nominal value for the wire. The longer the bar the greater the effect of the tempering parameter. Positive values are to be understood analogously.

Helical springs properties for different wire tempers A number of series of springs were manufactured for the purposes of investigating helical spring properties when these are

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Fig. 4. Comparison of tensile strength Rm.

Fig. 5. Comparison of technical yield point under torsional stress τt0.04.

made from materials that have been differently tempered. One parameter taken especially into account was the length of the spring. This was manufactured with two values by varying the pitch while the other nominal values were kept identical. See Table 2. One of the variables established was the alteration in spring length at the pre-setting stage of the spring manufacturing process. The experimental results permit statements as to how the tempering regime used in the wire manufacture affects the pre-setting behavior of the springs.

Not only the static nominal values also the dynamic properties of the springs made of variously tempered wire were established. A large number of fatigue tests was carried out for the purpose, using, for example, the servo-hydraulic test machinery of the springs working party (Forschungsgruppe Federn) at the Technische Universität Ilmenau. The parameters in Table 3

were investigated for all the series of springs.

The stress levels shown in the form of a Goodman graphic, Fig. 10, reveal that the maximum stress investigated, τko, is above those for standard springs with N = 107 as the number of alternations. The highest possible stress levels for the experiments were selected, in order to provoke spring failure and enable a choice of the best wire to provide springs with the best dynamic properties.

For helical compression springs made with passage tempered wire of d = 1.9 mm, the following important experimental results were obtained (see Fig. 11): • Higher strength, which is influenced particularly by tempering after coiling (a source of increased strength), will reduce the pre-setting losses for the springs.

• The nickel content of the 52SiCrNi5 wire investigated with-

Fig. 6. Technical yield point under torsional stress τt0.04 in relation to passage velocity v and tempering temperature of T5 = 430°C, left, and T5 = 450°C, right. Austenizing temperature T1 = 910°C. d = 1.9 mm.

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Fig. 7. Alterations to the τt0.04/Rm ratio due to the tempering parameters.

in the project has no influence on the pre-setting behavior of the springs.

As far as relaxation behavior is concerned the wires with the greatest strength demonstrate, as might be expected, the lowest losses through relaxation.

Over a difference τkh = 1000 N/mm² between the maximum and minimum stress levels, springs made of the 54SiCr6 SC Super-Clean wire demonstrate on average a higher number of stress cycles than do springs not made of this type of wire.

The number of stress cycles achieved is not unequivocally related to the strength of the wire. Springs made from wire with some nickel content are an exception to this rule, in that their quality is much poorer. Another exception is springs made from the two types of 75SiCrV6 wire and possessing high strength.

These have double the average lifetime.

Fig. 8. Altering tensile strength Rm by means of tempering parameters.

Conclusions and outlook This paper has presented a few of the experimental results obtained in investigations aimed at improving the properties of spring steel wire made of SiCr alloys and oil-hardened: properties affecting both use and ease of processing. These results were obtained by systematic analysis of the wire tempering process, systematic control of variables and selection of materials of a standard to fit the purpose.

The experimental outcomes raised the limits of tempering process parameters well above those customary at present. It will be possible in the future to select tempering parameters that increase productivity by higher passage velocity in the tempering plant as well as save energy costs by use of lower austenizing temperatures. However, the experiments have also proved that it will only be possible to achieve further improvement of spring wire properties if a total view is taken in future of the manufacture of spring wire and springs. Research is being planned on this subject.

When all the experimental results are considered (not all of them have been presented here), it is clear that an even more thorough investigation of the manufacturing process for spring steel wire is needed. This must take into account not only the spring wire production (and desire to optimize the tempering process and other parameters) but also the spring production and post-treatment (including tempering and shot peening after the coiling process) used to improve the wire14-15.

The tempering process must be controlled in such a way that the wire leaves the wire manufacturer with bending-and-forming properties that are suitable for the coiling of springs even with a low spring index. The wire must also possess the highest possible torsional strength τt0.04, even after going through the manufacturing stages and being made into a spring.

The authors would like to note that this project has been funded from the budget of the BMWA (the federal German ministry for industry and employment), channeled through a scheme under the aegis of the Otto von Guericke e.V., the German Federation of Industrial Research Associations (AiF), and the

Fig. 9. Altering technical yield point under torsional stress τt0.04 by means of tempering parameters.

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Table 2. Parameters of test springs.

Table 3. Parameters subjected to fatigue tests for springs of free length L0 = 42.4 mm.

Gemeinschaftsausschuss Kaltformgebung e.V., as non-profit shared research. This research has been actively supported by the Eisendraht- und Stahldrahtvereinigung e.V. together with the companies represented at the project supervision committee.

The authors would also like to cite the following staff members of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Technische Universität Ilmenau who have been involved in the research: Dr. Veronika Geinitz, Peter Beyer, Ina Bretschneider and Jürgen Remdt.

Fig. 10. Stress levels investigated for springs with larger pitch (with a high t/Rm ratio).

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References 1. Statistisches Bundesamt Wiesbaden 2005.

2. H.J. Schorcht and M. Weiß, Technologien zur Ausschussminimierung in der Schraubenfederfertigung.

Abschlussbericht zum gleichnamigen AiF-Forschungsvorhaben 10091B. TU Ilmenau 1997 bzw. Kurzfassung als Mitteilung des Verbandes der Deutschen Federnindustrie, Hagen, 1997.

3. H.J. Schorcht and M. Weiß, Technologien zur Weiterentwicklung der Qualität und Verarbeitbarkeit von Federstahldraht durch Kenntnis seines Umformverhaltens.

Abschlussbericht zum AiF-Forschungsthema 11517 B, TU Ilmenau, 2001.

4. D. Hornbach and E. Lanke, Optimization of Spring Performance Through Understanding and Application of Residual Stress Spring, August 2001, pp. 56-65.

5. H.J. Schorcht and M. Weiß, Einfluß von Beschichtungen auf das Lauf- und Umformverhalten von Federstahldraht auf Federwindeautomaten. Abschlussbericht zu einem AVIFForschungsvorhaben, TU Ilmenau 2005.

6. W. Lehnert and F. Hoffmann, Hochfester Federstahldraht 2500.Abschlussbericht zum Forschungsthema, TU Bergakademie Freiberg 1999.

7. P. Valentin and A. Bläsius, Entwicklung des Reinheitsgrades von Silicium-Chrom-Federstählen. DVM-Tag Berlin, 2002, Tagungsband, S. 219, bis 224.

8. H.J. Schorcht and M. Weiß, Technologien zur Herstellung von Schraubenfedern mit höherem elastischen Formänderungsvermögen und verbessertem Setzverhalten.

Abschlußbericht zum gleichnamigem AiF-Forschungsvorhaben 11170 B: TU Ilmenau 1999 bzw. Kurzfassung als Mitteilung des

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Fig. 11. Comparison of number of stress cycles achieved in relation to type of tempering.

Verbandes der Deutschen Federnindustrie. Hagen 1999.

9. Geinitz, V.; Lutz, St.: Herstellung von Schraubenfedern mit höherem elastischen Formänderungsvermögen. Draht 51 (2000) 4, S. 33-36.

10. EN 13906-1: Zylindrische Schraubenfedern aus runden Drähten und Stäben – Berechnung und Konstruktion – Teil 1: Druckfedern. July 2002.

11. H.J. Schorcht, M. Weiß and U. Kletzin, Optimierung des Festigkeits- und Umformverhaltens SiCr-legierter ölschlussvergüteter Federstahldrähte zwecks Verbesserung ihrer Verarbeitungs- und Anwendungseigenschaften. Abschlussbericht zum gleichnamigen AiF-Forschungsvorhaben 13654 BR. TU Ilmenau 2006.

12. H.J. Schorcht, M. Weiß and U. Kletzin, Optimierung des Festigkeits- und Umformverhaltens SiCr-legierter ölschlussvergüteter Federstahldrähte zwecks Verbesserung ihrer Verarbeitungs- und Anwendungseigenschaften. Draht 57, 2006, 4, S. 16-22.

13. M. Weiß and V. Geinitz, V.: AiF-Jahresbericht zum Forschungsthema Ermittlung von funktions- und fertigungsrelevanten Federdrahtkennwerten, (E- und G-Modul) 2006.

14. H.J. Schorcht and M. Weiß, Optimierung des Vergüteprozesses SiCr-legierter Federstahldrähte in Verbindung mit der Wärmebehandlung daraus zu fertigender hoch belastbarer Federn. Antrag zum gleichnamigen AiF-Projekt; TU Ilmenau 2005.

15. V. Geinitz, Genauigkeits- und auslastungsoptimierte Schraubendruckfedern. Dissertation TU Ilmenau, Isle Verlag Ilmenau 2006, ISBN 3-938843-11-X. www.tu-ilmenau.de/maschinenelemente www.stz-federn.de kersten.liebermann@tu-ilmenau.de ■

Kersten Liebermann has been a research scientist in spring working at Ilmenau Technical University, Ilmenau, Germany, since 1995. He is head of its strength and forming behavior research project and also works for the Springs Technology Steinbeis Transfer Center at Ilmenau. He holds a doctoral Liebermann degree and a master’s degree in precision engineering from Ilmenau. Hans-Jürgen Schorcht has been one of the heads of the Springs Technology Steinbeis Transfer Center at Ilmenau since 2000. From 1993 to 2005 he was a professor of machine elements at Ilmenau. His area of primary research is spring engineering. He previously was development project manager, automatic machines Schorcht for adjustment, at Relaistechnik, Großbreitenbach, Germany. He has authored numerous publications on spring and precision engineering. His undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral studies in precision mechanisms engineering were all done at Ilmenau. Mathias Weiß is chair of the Department of Computer Application in Mechanical Engineering at Ilmenau, a position he has held Weiß since 1993. He has been one of the heads of the Springs Technology Steinbeis Transfer Center at Ilmenau since 2000. He previously was a mechanical engineering student at Ilmenau. Ulf Kletzin is head of the Department of Machine Elements at Ilmenau, a position he has held since 2006. He also is one of the heads of the Springs Technology Steinbeis Transfer Center at Ilmenau. He Kletzin previously was CEO (head of development) at Friendly Sensors AG, Jena, Germany. Prior to that, he was an FEM-engineer at Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg, Germany. He holds a doctoral degree and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Ilmenau. This paper was presented at Wire Bologna 2007, Bologna, Italy, November 2007.

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PRODUCTS & MEDIA PRODUCTS Pellets offer dust-free workplace, more France’s Condat reports that via its acquisition of Henkel’s wiredrawing lubricant business last July, it has found a superb addition for its well-known VICAFIL® range of products.

At wire Düsseldorf, the company displayed a complete range of special soaps under the famous brand name of STEELSKIN®. Those specific soaps include a unique technology, called “Pellets,” that allows the lubricant to be offered not in a powdered form but as granules that are obtained by a specific manufacturing process, the release said. The pellet form offers several advantages, including that it makes for a dust-free environment in workshops, provides low soap consumption during drawing and assures a consistent lubricant supply in the die cone. The pellets come in 25kg bags, 150kg fiber drums and 500 kg Maxi bags.

CONDAT notes that it was already offering its customers the largest lubricants range available worldwide, for cold forming applications covering rod/wire drawing, cold rolling, drawing of bars and tubes as well as cold heading. It added that the STEELSKIN lubricants range will include a full range of high-tech dry lubricants for severe applications where high resistance towards pressure, temperature and shearing is needed.

Contact: Condat, www.condate.de.

Halogen free line of cables is extended U.S.-based Belden Inc. reports that it has extended its halogen-free Snake Cable range with the introduction of VideoFlex® FRNC 1855ENx video cables, which are designed to deliver optimum performance while reducing installation time.

FRNC 1855ENx performs at higher frequencies for digital applications (SD/HD) and can be used at lower frequencies for analog applications, a press release said. It can also be used for distributing RGB and Sync signals over extended distances, it said, noting that the cables have a minimum return loss of 24dB at all frequencies up to 1500 MHz and the coaxes are pre-timed to less than 4.0 ns/m delay difference between each coax. The high velocity, low-loss PE dielectric, it added, ensures low attenuation over long distances as well as improved timing, The new cable has more flexibility than standard bun-

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dled halogen-free coax cables that are notoriously stiff and difficult to strip for termination, especially when rated for IEC 332-1 use, the release said. The cable offers low attenuation and easier termination, thanks to its solid copper center conductor, it said.

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Laser marker has multiple uses France’s LASELEC reports that its ULYS 990 Modena model, its newest laser wire and cable marking machine, is the result of more than 20 years of experience and R&D, resulting in a system that is suitable for processing cables used in aerospace, automotive, electronics and other industries.

The model offers a wider marking zone and higher frequency of shots, more than twice the regular number, a press release said. It noted that the model has an improved and more compact design, four printing fonts as standard with two horizontal and two vertical orientations and 90 characters per font including upper and lower case. It allows up to 128 characters per identification mark with specific information printed at cable ends, as well as bar code 39 printing capability, it said.

The model’s EASYPROD™ command software helps optimize production and generate significant time savings, the release said. Its patented “Twin Shots” feature enables users to choose the best production mode per need: the “Boost” mode excels for marking very long identifiers with small spacing and bar codes on wires and cables in reel-to-reel configuration using the LASELEC re-spooler with no cutting while the “Economic” mode excels for short and common identifiers with longer spacing, while extending the lifespan of the flash lamp and save energy.

Contact: LASELEC, tel. 817-460-7830 (U.S. sales), infousa@laselec.com, www.laselec.com.

Halogen-free cables offer safer insulation, meet ‘green’ needs U.S.-based Liberty Wire & Cable notes that it offers a wide selection of environmentally friendly, halogen-free wire and cable products that comply with increasingly needed “green market” requirements.

A press release said that the product lines comply with requirements of Low Smoke, Zero Halogen (LSZH) materials. The lines include: LibertyLinx 24 AWG control cable for professional installation needs; individually

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shielded paired wire for audio, instrumentation and control applications; 14 and 16 AWG multi-conductor control and speaker wire for distributed audio; a full and diverse line of coaxial cables for video, RF and data transmission; precision coaxial cables ideal for digital and analog A/V, HDTV, broadcast, broadband and baseband video, and head end applications; and stranded UTP patch cable for high-speed data transmissions, LANs and voice installations.

“Liberty’s voluntary initiative comes as many governments, particularly in Europe and Japan, are considering LSZH legislation requiring the elimination of halogen as well as chlorine, fluorine, bromine and iodine,” the release said. It added that more than 90 percent of Liberty’s 6,000-plus products also comply with the Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive, a major initiative that mandates reductions in lead and five other harmful chemicals.

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Cables exceed Cat. 6A standard Hitachi Cable Manchester (HCM) reports that with Cat. 6A standard, TIA/EIA-568B.2.10, now approved, customers can take full advantage of the benefit of an open architecture that the standard provides with its products.

Noting that Hitachi was the first manufacturer to have UL verified Category 6A cable in both shielded and unshielded versions, a press release said that any connectivity that meets the Cat. 6A standard, when mated to HCM’s Category 6A Supra 10G (UTP or F/UTP), will deliver reliable 10-gigabit throughput.

This open architecture approach, for which the TIA/EIA standards were developed, allows customers the flexibility to design an infrastructure that meets their specific needs, the release said. It added that with a lifetime warranty available through HCM, the performance of that infrastructure is guaranteed.

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Rebranded coaxial cable line offers anti-corrosion technology U.S.-based PCT International, Inc., reports that its improved and re-branded line of MOCSY™ (Multimedia Over Cable System) 75 Ohm coaxial cable is available in Series 6, 11, 59, and mini-headend.

The MOCSY coaxial cable is available with PCT’s revolutionary dry anti-corrosion technology, Z-Wire™, eliminating copper oxidation and providing the highest level of integrity for today’s sophisticated voice, video and data networks, a press release said.

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PCT notes that it acquired Andrew Corporation’s 75 Ohm coaxial cable division, including its manufacturing facility in Yantai, China, in 2007 and finalized PCT’s completion of product lines necessary for its “Last Mile Drop Solution.”

“PCT’s state of the art product offerings and proprietary drop installation products, including our MOCSY7 coaxial cables, firmly establishes PCT as the broadband industry leader regarding technology from the tap to the set-top box,” said PCT Executive Vice-President Brandon Wilson.

Contact: PCT International, Inc., www. pctinternational.com.

Power cable line has enhanced fire-resistant capabilities Italy’s Prysmian Cable and Systems reports that its FP600 power cable, which has unique enhanced performance fire-resistant capabilities, is designed specifically to meet the more onerous fire survival requirements now requested by regulators and specifiers for many fire fighting and life safety applications.

A press release said that the mechanical protection provided by an interlocking steel tape armor, unlike standard single wire armor designs, is maintained to a high level under fire conditions. The armor design ensures that FP600 meets the new generation fire test requirement currently given in BS7346-6:2005, for direct mechanical impact and water jet uses under fire conditions, it said.

FP600 achieves the maximum 120 minute rating under the existing BS7346-6 test conditions, which is required for fire fighting applications, the release said, noting that the cable is easy to install as it requires no special tools or techniques. It noted that in accordance with BS7346-6 requirements, cables must be supported by a fixing that can withstand the same fire conditions as the cable and that any cable management system, joints and terminations should be similarly selected.

Contact: Prysmian Cable and Systems, www. prysmian.com

Automatic coiler is effective solution Italy’s EFAF Srl reports that it recently displayed two different types of automatic coiling lines, both sold, at the

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wire Düsseldorf show.

The company displayed its MAUTOMATIC 260 model automatic coiling machine (pictured), which it noted has been sold to Jordan-based United Cable Industries Company. The model, it said, can package and automatically label coils of cable from 1.5 to 6 sq mm in cardboard boxes. The displayed version was equipped to process rigid or flexible cable in thermoshrinking film without needing the coil to be strapped because of a special EFAF device that enables the coil to keep a perfect cylindrical shape.

The second system was the company’s MAC 250 automatic coiler, which it said had been sold to Bulgaria’s Elkabel. The model can package cable from 2 to 25 sq mm in coils, with toroidal strapping and thermoshrinking film. The displayed version was equipped with a semiautomatic strapping machine that permits diametrical and

toroidal binding. The two models can satisfy customer requirements, with different combinations and customized solutions available, the company said.

Contact: EFAF Srl, efaf@efaf.it, www.efaf.it.

Outside plant cable is durable, more Panduit reports that it has expanded its fiber optic cable line with Opti-Core® gel-free outside plant cable, which is designed to provide superior outdoor durability and faster installation.

The gel-free design features water swellable tape that provides dry water blocking for standards compliance, a press release said. The dry, loose tube outdoor design simplifies cable preparation, eliminates messy gel cleanup, and reduces termination time, it said, adding that the UV resistant cable sheathing withstands harsh environmental demands and meets the light absorption requirement by Telcordia GR-20, Issue 2 and ICEA 640.

The outside plant cable is available in all-dielectric and armored cable designs to meet specific outdoor fiber optic cabling installation requirements. All-dielectric cable, for aerial and duct applications, features a non-metallic construction that eliminates the need to ground or bond, it said, noting that armored cable has corrugated steel armor

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to provide superior crush resistance for direct burial applications.

The outside plant cable is available in singlemode (meets OS1 and proposed OS2 standards) and multimode (OM1, OM2, and 10 Gb/s laser optimized OM3) fiber types, and in standard fiber counts up to 48 fibers as a “stranded tube” design.

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Prefeeder can max CST machines Swiss-based Schleuniger, which has its North American headquarters in Manchester, New Hampshire, describes its PreFeeder 60 as a high-speed prefeeding unit that offers many advantages for use with automatic Cut Strip Terminate (CST) machines.

A press release said that a controlled roller drive feeds the wire into an accumulator to reduce tension on the wire before it is pulled by the high-speed feeding mechanism of the CST machine for further processing. The PreFeeder 60 helps maximize productivity of the processing machine, especially when it comes to wire packaging that might be problematic (e.g. wire barrels, loose wires, cardboard boxes), it said.

Depending on the wire type and wire bundle, the model has a maximum feeding speed of 59.5 ft/s (9 m/s), the release said. It noted that the PreFeeder 60 has been optimized for high-speed fully automatic crimping machines, such as the Schleuniger CrimpCenter models. The PreFeeder 60 combines an optimized wire feeding system with a dynamic accumulator to reduce tension on the wire and a controlled roller drive for high feeding speeds, it said.

Wire line height can be easily adjusted, and an optional wire end detection sensor is available, it said.

Contact: Schleuniger, North American Headquarters, tel. 603-668-8117, www.schleuniger-na.com.

Traverse helps auto spooling process Italy’s Cometo Snc reports that its STR-E traverse unit improves the quality of the spooling process, the STR-E traverse unit helps to enhance the production process.

Cometo offers the STR-E traverse unit in three models, such as STR-E 10, STR-E 25 and STR-E40 “with an axial force of 13, 30 and 50, respectively,” a press releases said.

The STR-E electronic traverse unit winds automatically the wire over the width of the spool so that there is no overlapping or missing contact, the release said. “The equipment can be mounted on new or old machines (even 30 or 40years old), increasing their value thanks to its enhanced performance.”

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unit movement automatically slows down or speeds up and when the machine stops, the equipment stops too, the release said.

The model has a grooved base for rapid mounting on any kind of machine, models with brake for special application are available with the option of a rotary or linear position transducer and the technology is very energy efficient., the release said. It can store up to 99 programs and is equipped with a standard monitor of four rows with 20 characters, PC connections, CanBus network, programming terminal and I/O interface to connect other machines, it said.

Contact: Cometo Snc, www.cometo.eu

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than 370 books, DVDs, study packages and CD-ROM products for purchase.

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Publicaton has equipment, interviews and more for wire and cable industry Germany’s Niehoff GmbH & Co. KG has released another edition of NIEHOFF-News. The edition includes a two-page article, with illustrations, on what the company exhibited at the wire 2008 trade fair in Düsseldorf.

The technology included the new opto-electronic traversing system, NBAT, and the application of the RI series induction annealers built by the joint venture company NBM for telephone wire manufacturing.

The publication includes an interview with Wolfgang Hentschel, from the automotive cables manufacturer Auto-Kabel Managementgesellschaft and a portrait of the NKT Cables Group as well as short news articles and summaries in Chinese and Russian. Published twice a year, Niehoff News can be obtained at any Niehoff office or at www.niehoff.de. ■

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

FOR SALE 1 - NEW ENGLAND BUTT 12-Head 18” Planetary Cabler 1 - WATSON 36” Rotating Cabler Line 1 - NIEHOFF M15 Wire Drawer, Annealer, SG45 Spooler 1 - D/S 2.5” 24:1 L/D Nylon Extruder 1 - D/S 2” 30:1 L/D Hi-Temp Extrusion Line 1 - D/S 1.25” 30:1 L/D Hi-Temp Extruder 1 - D/S 2” 24:1 L/D Extruder 2 - BARTELL 72” Shaftless Payoffs 1 - BARTELL 60” Shaftless Payoff 1 - 30” Core Neutralizer Payoff 1 - NEB 18-Wire 22” Rigid Strander, L-R 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 7 - CLIPPER Model SP16 Dual Spoolers 2 - BARTELL 72” Shaftless Takeups 1 - KRUPP 1250mm D.T. Cabler 1 - ENTWISTLE Model STC-30 S.T. Twister 1 - ADVANTAGE Chiller, Model MK25AM-41HBX, 9/98 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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Ave, Greenwich, CT 06830, 203-6223000 or 800-394-WIRE.

DIES

E-mail Peter Carino or Jack Cutler pcarino@wireresources.com or jcutler@wireresources.com www.wireresources.com

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.

Please e-mail the requested information to: WAI’s Cindy Kirmss at ckirmss@wirenet.org.

For more details, you can call her at 203-453-2777, ext. 116.

APOLLO DIA-CARB COMPANY. Buy & sell new/used Natural & PCD 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.

EQUIPMENT

Visit our booth #102 at Wire Expo 2008

WE BUY LASER MICROMETERS. Any condition. For a quote fax or email manufacturer & model #'s. Fax 386-4262056 or e-mail johnknight@ microtex. net. Laser micrometer repairs $875.00.

1-year warranty. www.microtex.net. M WWW.URBANOASSOCIATES. COM. For New & Used Wire & Cable Equipment. Tel. 727-863-4700; fax 727-863-4711; or by e-mail at urbassoc@verizon.net. Visit us @Expo 2008 Booth 5266" MEDIA

Serving the non-ferrous and ferrous industries since 1983

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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. To help minimize the number of breaks, drawing personnel must first be able to recognize and identify the type and cause of material failure. With this need in mind, the following reference manual was prepared. It contains pictures of the most frequent examples of broken wires found in the wire mill and at the customer’s facility. Although some of these photographs were taken

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at high magnification with a scanning electron microscope, adequate visual examination of the broken ends can be made in the plant using either a magnifying glass or a low power stereomicroscope. In addition, many pictures of cross-sections are included that were obtained in the laboratory using metallographic techniques The photomicrographs do provide useful supplemental information that helps to confirm and explain the nature of the wire breaks.

List Price: $15, WAI Member Price: $10. To purchase, go to wirenet.org and click on The WAI Bookstore.

ELECTRICAL WIRE HANDBOOK. Focusing on the special needs of the insulated wire and cable industry, this three softcover book set examines materials, equipment, and products.

They include sections on electrical conductors, insulating materials, extrusion equipment, power transmission, building wire, flexible cords and cables, control and signal cables, communication cables, magnet wire, heater wire, and other applications. The original version remains available while the revised Electrical Wire Handbook is divided into three separate handbooks: Part 1 Wire and Cable Production Materials, Part 2 - Wire and Cable Production Processes, and Part 3 - Types of Cables.

While the updated handbook includes the latest information available, this

new format allows for more frequent future updates when necessary. Parts 1 and 2 are now available, but the original handbook will still be available until Part 3 is published separately. The intent of these handbooks is to provide basic but meaningful information to those people working in the wire and cable industry-especially those who are new to the field. Produced by the WAI’s Electrical Management Committee, these books are intended to serve as a valuable reference tool for members of the industry to help keep up with today’s rapidly changing technology.

List Price: $99, WAI Member Price: $59. To purchase, go to wirenet.org and click on The WAI Bookstore. ■

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

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Ace Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Gem Gravure Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cover 4

Genca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

AXIS Computer Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Gimax Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-18

Anbao Wire & Mesh Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Hearl Heaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Bergandi Machinery Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Howar Equipment Inc/Metavan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

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

Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14, 45

Bongard Trading GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Howar Equipment/Unitek North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Boockman GmbH/Slover Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Industrial Wire & Cable Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Canterbury Engioneering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

IWE/Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Carris Reels Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cover 3

International Fastener Machinery Association . . . . . . . . . . .103

Cemanco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62, 107

Joe Tools Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Kinrei of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Confederaton of Indian Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Lamb Knitting Machine Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Conneaut Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Die Quip Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Dow Wire and Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Mathiasen Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Durant Tool Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Metavan/Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Esteves Group USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Micro Products Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Eurolls Group/Cortinovis Machinery of America, Inc. . . . . . . .29

Numamerica/Numalliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

George Evans Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Ohio Rod Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Fabritex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

PS Costruzioni Meccaniche Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Fine International Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32, 62

Paramount Die Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Mario Frigerio SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Pittsfield Plastics Eng Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Precision Die Technologies Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

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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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Pressure Welding Machines Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Wafios Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Properzi International Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Wire Lab Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12, 55

Radyne Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, 53

Sanxin Wire Die, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Witels Albert USA Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Sealeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Woodburn Diamond Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Sheaves Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Wyrepak Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Sikora International Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .insert

Yield Management Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Sjogren Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Zumbach Electronics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Skaltek AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cover 2 Sonoco Baker Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Sweed Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

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Talladega Machinery & Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Unitek North America Inc/Howar Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

WAI Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

US Synthetic Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Wire Expo 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72-73

Vandor Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

WAI 2008 ITC: Monterrey, Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Visit our booth #622 at Wire Expo 2008

RECENT PURCHASES WRD835 ENDEX 18” Drop Coiler with Turntable.

TKU1050 30” D.E. TAP-30 dual Take up with Controls.

CAP568 - 12” Multipass Capstan with DC motor.

PRE158/PRE159 - ZUMBACH Model 600 & 300 Series Preheaters.

CBR964 - 36” WEBSTER Rotating Single Twist Take up MSC1478 12” - VITECK belt wrap tensioner.

TPR261 - USM triple head taper.

EXP863/EXP864 - D.STD. 2” 24:1 & 3” 24:1 extruders with motors, panels.

EXP853 - D.STD. 6” 24:1 Therm III extruder w/250 HP DC motor, panel.

CBR965 - 50 Pair 500mm CABALLE Group Twinning Line Yr. 1992, with 84” rotating take up 5 head osc/binder.

CBR967 - 52 PAIR 500mm CEECO Group Twinning Line, Yr. 1992, w/1.6m Pourtier rotating take up, 7 head osc/binder, (2) SZ osc/binder, (2) 1.6m Ceeco portal trav. takeups.

CBR968 - 84” CEECO Cabling Line w/(29) 64” S/L payoffs, (2) conc binders.

CBR966 - 50 Pair 500mm POURTIER Line with 1.6m Pourtier rotating take up, 10 head osc/binder. O.A. binder.

EXPL312 - NIEHOFF/D.STD. Tandem Wire Dwg / Insulating line with Niehoff M30, VG-30, Beta Preheater, D.Std. 75mm GENCA 45mm Extruder, multipass capstan, Zumbach Metrex 4/CAPAC/ODAC, EKP 500mm take up.

WRD837 (4) NIEHOFF M30 Intermediate Wire Drawing w/VG_30 annealer, 75 kw DC motor, controls.

CBR969 - (8) POURTIER 500mm D.T. Twinners w/dual dancer controlled driven 500mm payoffs.

BIN131 - (2) CABALLE 18 Position Kevlar servers, RKCR-250-18, 250 RPM, Year 2000, Siemens S7/300 PLC. EXP853 - 6” D.Std 24:1 Therm III Extruder, Yr. 2005, 250 HP DC Reliance drive.

RWD445 - CLIPPER dual shaft rewinder, Model SP-16.

TKU1043 - 36” CLIPPER Dual Reel Take up, PS-36 Recently rebuilt.

NOKIA DUAL TAKEUPS - (2) EKP-5 2001, EKP-50 1998, EKP-100 1995.

CBR949 - NEXTROM 18 Bobbin (6+6+6) Ribbon Strander, 450mm bobbins CBR928 - 500mm ROSENDAHL 12+12 position Ribbon Strander.

CBR927 - (10) 560mm WATSON/KINREI D.T. Twinners, 20” Dual Driven payoffs, 1998.

CBR940 - 800mm POURTIER S.T. Cabler w12 pos, 500mm payoff neut., dual taper.

CBR923 - 1250mm POURTIER Drum Twister, 12-630mm Neutralizing Payoffs, Rotating Caterpuller, 1.25m Rotating Payoff.

CBR948 - 48” TEC Drum Twister w/(2) Conc. Tapers.

LATE MODEL HIGH QUALITY (BRAND NAME US & EUROPEAN) WIRE, CABLE & OPTICAL CABLE MANUFACTURING MACHINERY EX-STOCK FROM (6) USA WAREHOUSES

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