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Volume 47 | Number 3 | March 2014

Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Industry News. . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Asian Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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People. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Fiber Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Fastener Update . . . . . . . . . . 24 WAI News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Update: wire Düsseldorf 2014 . 32 This section includes additional booth listings and new product introduction that will be part of the overall action when the wire and cable industry descends on the Fairgrounds at Düsseldorf, Germany, for the 2014 staging.

Chapter Corner . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Career Opportunities . . . . . 141 Advertisers’ Index . . . . . . . 144

Next issue April 2014 • Global Steel overcapacity

Preview: WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo 2014 . . 38

The WAI will be in the fast lane when it heads to Indianapolis for the first time to stage its biennial traveling road show and annual convention in the land of the Indy 500, which claims the title of the world’s single largest sporting event. The WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo 2014 will be more focused on content than speed as it has been designed to offer practical information, essential technology and networking as well as social opportunities for the wire and cable industry. This preview includes a range of information for attendees.

T ECHNICAL P APERS Due to the WAI event preview, technical papers will not run in this issue. They will return in the April issue.

• Update: WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo 2014

Cover: WAI will visit Indianapolis for WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo 2014. Complete coverage of the event begins on p. 38.

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From l-r, John Rivers, Delaware Marketing Services; Derek Olson, Gem Gravure; Dave Fisher, James Monroe Wire & Cable; Roy St. Andre, EIS Wire & Cable; and Bob Srubas, Times Microwave Systems, who collectively made committee updates, were commended by 2013 President Kevin Buchanan, r. He also thanked the other committee members and encouraged all to help 2014 President Ken Strandberg, Strandberg Engineering.

It’s a plus whenever when one can offer more by working with others, which is why WAI’s collaboration with the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) at its upcoming event in Indianapolis is worth noting. AIST is a huge organization, with some 16,000 members, and its overlapping AISTech event, to be held May 4-7 in Indianapolis, includes a full-day steel session that WAI attendees can attend. For more, go to www.aist.org.

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Outwardly connected and inwardly driven Publisher | Steven J. Fetteroll

Wire and cable manufacturing is an all-consuming business. There are no part-time approaches: you are either all in or you are out. I have spent my career in the business and I have never seen anyone experience success without a full commitment and many long days. The intense level of competition combined with the high cost of capital requires manufacturers to be fully engaged and focused on results. Our workload reflects this commitment and intensity. We are in early and solving challenges before some in the non-manufacturing sector are even awake. We look for problems before they appear. We study statistics better than an NFL analyst, looking for tendencies and ultimately opportunities to improve efficiency. We work hard to understand upstream supply economics and try to be an expert in our customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; businesses. Of course, we have families and personal passions, which for me is fishing and when I can do it with my family, it is ideal. These provide a critical balance to our lives so that we do not get consumed by our positions and the business of manufacturing. Also bringing balance and perspective to our world is WAI. In this issue, you will see the full details on WAIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Operations Summit &Wire Expo, which is designed to provide insight, perspective and balance to your world. This two-day event is truly the gathering place for the North American wire and cable industry. The conference portion gives the operations professional timely information across a number of critical business topics. We have co-located the event with the Association for Iron & Steel Technology and we know that Indianapolis will be a terrific host. While never easy to schedule time away, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find that getting out of the routines that we have all established helps recalibrate our focus and keeps us outwardly connected. You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be alone, as we expect operations managers from 100 different plants to be in attendance. In this world with additive manufacturing, robotics, fusion power and other game-changing breakthroughs, we need to take time from our normal routine and invest it at the WAIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Operations Summit & Wire Expo 2014 for both a short and long-term return to our companies. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry, you can bring your smart phones.

William (Bill) A. Avise Leggett & Platt WAI President

WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL (ISSN-0277-4275) published monthly by The Wire Journal, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Wire Association International, Inc., which is located at 1570 Boston Post Road, P.O. Box 578, Guilford, CT 06437-0578, USA, and can be contacted at tel. 203-453-2777; fax 203-453-8384; Internet wirenet.org; e-mail editorial@wirenet.org. Address all correspondence concerning advertising production, editorial and circulation to the above address. WJI is printed in USA. Subscription rates: $110 per year, USA; $120 per year, Canada and Mexico; other countries, $140 per year (includes air mail). Back copies: $10 WAI members, $15 non-members. Periodicals postage paid at Guilford, CT 86$ DQG DW DGGLWLRQDO RIÂżFHV Wire Journal International grants photocopy permission to libraries and others registered with Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), 21 Congress St., Salem, MA 01970, USA, for a fee of $0.50 per article. Payments should be sent directly to the CCC. Requests for bulk orders or reprints should be sent to the Wire Journal International, P.O. Box 578, Guilford, CT 06437-0578, USA. ÂŠ 2014 by Wire Journal, Inc. All rights reserved. The Publisher of WJI assumes no responsibility for the validity of manufacturersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; claims made herein. Back issues of WJI DUH RQ PLFURÂżOP DQG DYDLODEOH IURP 8QLYHUVLW\ 0LFURÂżOP 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA. Phone: 313-761-4700. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Wire Journal International, P.O. Box 578, Guilford, CT 06437-0578, USA.

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CALENDAR March 11-14, 2014: Cabex Moscow, Russia. Cabex will be held at ECC Sokolniki. Contact: Maria Pruzhanskaya, ITE Group plc, maria. pruzhanskaya@ite-exhibitions.com, tel. 44-207-596-5041, www.ite-exhibitions.com, or go to www.cabex.ru/en-GB/. April 7-11, 2014: wire Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Germany. This biennial event will be held at the Messe fairgrounds. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com. See preview that begins on p. 38. May 6-7, 2014: WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. This WAI event, which will be held at the Indiana Convention Center, will include its trade show, technical programs and WAI’s 84th Annual Convention. It will be co-located with AISTech. May 14-15, 2014: 2014 National Electric Wire Processing Expo Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. To be held at the Wisconsin Center. Contact: Expo Productions, Inc., tel. 800-3675520 or 262-367-5500, cheryl@epishows.com. June 9-11, 2014: 8th CRU Wire and Cable 2014 Istanbul, Turkey. CRU’s 8th Wire & Cable conference, to be held at the InterContinental Istanbul, will provide nsight into the the worldwide wire and cable industry brought to you by the leaders in the field. Contact: CRU, tel. 44--20-7903-2444, www.crugroup.com, conferences@crugroup.com. June 9-12, 2014: Wire and Cable Guangzhou 2014 Guangzhou, China. To be held at the China Import and Export Fair Complex, this event is co-sponsored by Messe Frankfurt. Contact: Elaine Zheng, Guangzhou Guangya Messe Frankfurt Co., Ltd., tel. 86-203825-1558, sps@china.messefrankfurt.com, www.chinaexhibition.com.

June 16-18, 2014: 15th Guangzhou International Metal & Metallurgy Exhibition Guangzhou, China. To be held at the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, this event is organized by Guangzhou Julang Exhibition Design Co., Ltd. Contact: MeiWen, tel. 86-1-800-2266711 or tel. 86-20-38621295, meiwen@julang.com.cn, www.julang.com.cn. June 17-18, 2014: Polymers in Cables Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. To be held at the Hotel Sofitel Philadelphia. Contact: Kelly Cressman, AMI Conferences, tel. 610-478-0800, kc@amiplastics-na. com, www.amiplastics-na.com. Sept. 24-27, 2014: wire China 2014 Shanghai, China. To be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC). Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, info@ mdna.com, www.mdna.com. Oct. 28-30, 2014: Wire & Cable India Mumbai, India. To be held at the Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre. Contact: see wire China 2014. Nov. 2014: 63rd IWCS ConferenceTM Providence, Rhode Island, USA. To be held at the Rhode Island Convention Center. Contact: Pat Hudak, IWCS, tel. 717-993-9500, phudak@iwcs.org, www.iwcs.org. Nov. 26-28, 2014: MFSH 2014 Shanghai, China. To be held at the China (Shanghai) Int’l Exhb, this event includes bar, wire, steel rope and more. Contact: Shanghai Aoya Exhb. Co. at 86-21-3351 8138, ayexpo@vip.163.com. April 28-30, 2015: Interwire 2015 & WAI’s 85th Annual Convention Atlanta, Georgia, USA. WAI returns to the Georgia World Congress Center to stage its biennial trade show, technical programs and 85th Annual Convention.

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May 6-7, 2014: WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. This WAI event, which will be held at the Indiana Convention Center, will include its trade show, technical programs and WAI’s 84th Annual Convention. It will be co-located with AISTech.

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April 28-30, 2015: Interwire 2015 & WAI’s 85th Annual Convention Atlanta, Georgia, USA. WAI returns to the Georgia World Congress Center to stage its biennial trade show, technical programs and 85th Annual Convention.

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS nkt has begun production of highvoltage cables for wind farm project

Prymsian Group completes major power link project for Vietnam

nkt cables reports that it has begun production of an order that will eventually tally more than 200 km of 220 kV high-voltage submarine cables and related accessories per a contract from Typhoon Offshore B.V., which will use them for a wind farm project called Project Gemini. A press release said that Project Gemini consists of the Buitengaats and ZeeEnergie wind farms to be situated in the Dutch zone of the North Sea, 55 km northeast of the island of Schiermonnikoog and will have a capacity of 600 MW. With 150 turbines, the wind farms will produce

The Prysmian Group reported that it has completed a turnkey submarine power cable project that links Phu Quoc Island to the national power grid in mainland Vietnam. A press release said that the project, awarded in May 2012 by a Vietnamese utility company called EVNSPC (Southern Power Corporation under Vietnam Electricity), was worth 67 million euros. The project, it said, represents the first submarine power cable link installed by a utility company in Vietnam as well as being the longest such undersea cable system in Southeast Asia. The Phu Quoc cable connection comprises some 56 km of 3 x 630 sq mm 110 kV copper, single-wire armored XLPE insulated submarine cable manufactured in the Group’s technology excellence center in Italy during 2013, the release said. It was placed by Prysmian’s cable laying vessel, the “Cable Enterprise,” and installed by its team of specialists, the project completed well ahead of schedule.

The Gemini Project Team at nkt cables’ factory in Cologne. electricity for more than 1.5 million inhabitants, which is the first phase towards a final order that is expected to be signed within the next months when all financing aspects have been concluded by the consortium of investors, it said. The agreement, a company spokesman explained, is “a fairly standard arrangement when dealing with very large orders between trusted partners. It provides some level of mutual assurance, and allows nkt cables to begin to set up and configure production processes as soon as possible. This is an important consideration given the substantial length of cable that is involved.” The release said that the company will cooperate with Van Oord, a Dutch offshore contractor that is the EPC contractor of the project. “We are pleased to be able to contribute to project Gemini with our technology, expertise and state of the art facilities in Cologne and Rotterdam,” said nkt cables CEO Marc van’t Noordende. For nkt, the collective contract represents about 165 million euros, the release said. It added that the project represents nkt’s 10th offshore wind farm project since 2010, when the submarine cable factory in Cologne first started the production of submarine cables.

Prysmian’s contract in Vietnam was cause for celebration. Situated 45 km west of Ha Tien town, Kien Giang province in southern Vietnam, Phu Quoc Island is home to some of the most beautiful beaches in Vietnam and the submarine cable link plays a major role in the province’s 2020 socio-economic development master plan aimed at making Phu Quoc Island into a special administrativeeconomic zone by the end of the decade, serving as a national and international center for high-end ecotourism and entertainment, and particularly significant in terms of security and national defense, the release said. The inauguration ceremony for the interconnection,

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General Cable plans to permanently close 2 plants, adjusts production U.S.-based General Cable announced that it plans to permanently discontinue product manufacturing and distribution at its LaMalbaie facility located in Quebec, Canada, as well as to not reopen an idled plant in Oregon. A press release said that the Canadian plant, in LaMalbaie, has 53 employees who manufacture bare aluminum transmission and distribution conductors for the company’s electric utility customers. A company review concluded that the plant’s remote location has resulted in high transportation costs and a more complex supply chain that could not be overcome despite the company’s best efforts and continuous improvement programs. “Therefore, General Cable has concluded it is better for its North American Electric Utility business to close the LaMalbaie plant, which it expects to be complete by April 8, 2014.” The company will continue to operate two electric utility plants in Quebec, Canada, and four electric utility plants in the U.S., it said. General Cable also announced that it is permanently closing its plant in Roseburg, Oregon. That plant, it noted, which was purchased as part of the company’s Alcan Cable acquisition in 2012, has been idle for more than two years. “In connection with these actions, General Cable is beginning its previously planned transition from a seven-day to a five-day production schedule at all its electric utility manufacturing locations to improve efficiency of these facilities,” the release said.

Nexans to supply about 90 km of cable for Norwegian utility project Nexans reports that it will supply and install submarine cables as part of a major new connection for a project by BKK Nett AS, a Norway utility company that is placing a new 420 kV connection between Mongstad and Kollsnes

to reinforce the power grid in the west of the country. A press release said that the cable element, valued at approximately 78 million euros, will require the cable to travel about 30 km and cross two fjords (Hjeltefjorden and Lurefjorden) in a project that it described as representing the world’s longest and deepest deployment of XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) insulated submarine cables. On land, overhead lines will carry the power, but the majority of the route involves crossing the two fjords, requiring the installation of submarine cables, it said. Nexans will supply and install about 90 km of singlecore XLPE cable, said the release, which noted the following. The submarine cables will be installed in the fjords in three parallel lengths to create a three-phase AC connection, rated at 420 kV. The cables will be protected by outer shells or water jetting from shore to 30 m water depth. The Lurefjorden installation will have a length of 10 km per phase and a maximum water depth of 200 m, while the Hjeltefjorden section will set a new world record for 420 kV XLPE cable covering both length 20 km per phase and depth a maximum 390 m. The design is based on the same field-proven technology used in Statnett’s successful Ormen Lange project, commissioned in 2006, then the world’s first 420 kV XLPE submarine cable installation. The submarine cable will be manufactured at Nexans’ specialized facility in Halden, Norway, with delivery and installation scheduled in 2016-17. “This major project for BKK reinforces Nexans’s position in Norway as a key supplier of cable infrastructure projects with over 100 years of experience on the country’s coast, islands and fjords,” says Kjetil Hovland, Nexans’s vice president submarine high voltage.

ABB wins U.K. submarine power cable contract for wind farm ABB reported that it has won an order worth around $55 million to supply a submarine AC (alternating current) power cable system for a new wind farm, located off the coast of Norfolk, England. A press release said that the order came from Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited, a company owned by Statoil and Statkraft, which will use the underwater cables to feed the electricity generated by the 400-megawatt (MW) Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm into the U.K. national grid. The turbines will be located in waters 18-25 meters deep on a 55-sq-km site situated 32 km off the coast of the seaside town of Cromer in north Norfolk, it said, noting the below details. ABB will design and supply two 132-kilovolt (kV) three-core AC submarine cables, each 42 km in length, running from the wind farm’s offshore substation to Weybourne Hope, where they will connect to the onshore cables. The submarine cables will be manufactured at ABB’s high-voltage cable factory in Karlskrona, Sweden, and delivery will commence in 2016. Electricity generated by the wind farm will be brought to shore via a seabed

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held Feb. 6, was attended by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Standing Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Lê Hӗng Anh and several important politicians and dignitaries from the Central Hanoi Government, as well as the Italian Ambassador to Vietnam. “We are proud of having supported EVNSPC and the Vietnamese people in reaching this important goal and that Prysmian was chosen not only as a contractor, but also as a true partner to cooperate with to achieve a common target,” said Marcello Del Brenna, CEO of Prysmian Powerlink during his speech. “With this project Prysmian has delivered to Vietnam and its people top edge technology and know-how, the same technology and know-how that helped carrying power to metropolises like New York and San Francisco or delivering renewable power generated offshore to the mainland in Germany and the U.K.”

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cable at Weybourne Hope, some 5 km west of the coastal town of Sheringham. From there, an underground cable will be laid to carry the electricity to Necton, where a purpose-built substation will enable it to be transmitted into the national grid. With an installed capacity of about 400 MW, the wind farm will produce enough ‘green’ energy to displace emissions of carbon dioxide by up to 19 million metric tons over its projected 25-year lifetime. “Offshore wind is a growing renewable energy resource, with Europe accounting for around 70% of new offshore wind generation capacity,” said Claudio Facchin, head of ABB’s Power Systems division. “Transporting electricity from offshore wind farms to the shore and then integrating it into the grid for supply to consumers are key elements. This is a key focus area for ABB as we strive to balance the growing need for electricity while minimizing environmental impact. Our technological strengths, vast portfolio and rich experience in this area position us well to execute this project and we are delighted to have this opportunity.” “The submarine export cable connection is a long-lead item and placing this contract represents a major milestone in the development of the Dudgeon project,” said Bjørn Ivar Bergemo, Asset Manager of the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm. “These cables will be some of the longest offshore cables ordered so far for a U.K. offshore wind project, and we look forward to working with ABB.”

ture, improving the levels of connectivity and communication reliability needed for business, public sector and consumer applications, particularly at a time when global demand for broadband services continues to grow.” Based on Alcatel-Lucent’s 100G technology and a cable optimized with coherent submarine fiber, the system will ultimately carry capacity in excess of 10 Tbit/s per fiber pair and is expected to be ready in mid-2015, it said. “Broadband connectivity is a major growth opportunity for the foreseeable future and the development of a robust telecommunication infrastructure is vital,” said LITC Chairman Dr. Mohmoud Aujali. “With the help of Alcatel-Lucent, our new submarine cable system promises a significant contribution to the overall developments that are being undertaken to improve the standard of living for Libyans.” LITC, a subsidiary of the Libyan Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Holding company (LPTIC), was founded in 2009 as the main international voice and data wholesale provider in Libya, and the international arm of LPTIC where it manages the international network to accommodate the rapid increase in the local and regional demand in telecommunication services utilizing the unique position of Libya as a hub.

Alcatel-Lucent awarded contract to supply 1,000 km of cable to Libya

Nucor Corporation has joined five other companies that have petitioned the United States Department of Commerce and the United States International Trade Commission over what they allege is unfairly traded imports of wire rod from China. A press release from the law firm bringing the action said that Nucor Corporation has joined petitioners ArcelorMittal USA LLC, Charter Steel, Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel, Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc. and Keystone Consolidated Industries, claiming that “unfairly traded imports of wire rod from China are causing material injury to the

Alcatel-Lucent reports that it has won a turnkey contract to supply the Libyan International Telecommunication Company (LITC) with a 1,000 km undersea cable system linking the country’s capital, Tripoli, to Benghazi, and providing the broadband connectivity needed in support of ongoing efforts to revive the Libyan economy. A press release said that the system “will play a critical role in the reconstruction of Libya’s telecom infrastruc-

Nucor joins industry coalition petition opposing wire rod exports from China

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The PURITY SCANNER is a newly developed system for the 100 % online inspection and sorting of plastic pellets used for the insulation of medium, high and extra-high voltage cables, but as well for other applications such as the medical industry. Contaminated pellets are separated and sorted out, assuring that only pure pellets get into the extrusion process. The pellet inspection allows the detection of organic and metallic contaminations inside the pellet as well as on the pellet surface, using a special combination of X-ray technology and an optical system. The smallest detectable particle size is 50 μm at a flow rate of up to 2,000 kg/h. • Combination of X-ray and optical inspection • Throughput of 500 kg/h, 1,000 kg/h, 2,000 kg/h • Detectable contamination size from 50 μm

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domestic wire rod industry.” They are seeking dumping margins from 100% to 110%, and a separate countervailing duty petition alleges that the Chinese government “provided significant subsidies to Chinese wire rod producers.” The release said that the petitions were filed in response to large and increasing volumes of low priced imports of wire rod over the past three years that have injured U.S. wire rod producers. In 2012 and 2013, imports of wire rod from China surged into the US market, rising from 144 metric tons in 2011 to over 614,000 metric tons in 2013, it said. “The petitions allege that producers in China have injured the domestic industry by selling their products at unfairly low prices that significantly undercut U.S. producer prices,” which has resulted in the domestic industry suffering “declines in production, sales and employment, and has seen its profitability diminish.”

Bertram Capital acquires Maxcess, plans to merge it with Webex Following the acquisition of Maxcess by U.S.-based Bertram Capital, the private equity firm announced that it will merge Maxcess—whose product lines include winding and tension control technology—with Webex Inc., a supplier of the precision idler, bowed, heat transfer and

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vacuum roll products. A press release said that the merged company will operate as Maxcess, and retain the brands of Webex, Fife, Tidland and MAGPOWR, which it noted collectively represent more than 200 years of history. “The merger of Maxcess and Webex brings new strength to both companies,” it said. “The combination of these two industry leaders will leverage Maxcess’ global sales, service and manufacturing footprint to bring precision Webex roll products to the worldwide market; with the same level of engineering expertise, quality and support for which Maxcess brands have always been known.” Bertram Capital is a private equity firm that focuses on investing in middle-market business services, consumer, industrial, health care and technology companies.

Eurolls Group is a key supplier for a U.S. company’s equipment upgrade The Eurolls Group provided the following details on a recent project. When ITC Manufacturing decided to open a new manufacturing and distribution facility in Columbus, Ohio, they were committed to upgrading to the most technologically advanced equipment on the open market. The Eurolls Group is responsible for helping ITC Manufacturing for partially realizing this goal by delivering state of the art Straightening and Cutting equipment (NR220 NR231 NR300), (TH630-NR300’s) along with a complete Eurolls Rolling Line (LGH-EVM) fully equipped with Eurolls Rolling Cassettes. “Production has improved significantly since the installation of this machinery, by improving our efficiencies and eliminating waste,” said V.P. of Operations Faruk Gol. For more information on ITC Manufacturing or The Eurolls Group, please visit their respective websites: www.itcmfg.com and www.eurolls.com.

South Korean company buys 9 descalers from Wheelabrator SeAH Special Steel Co. Ltd, a South Korean manufacturer of special steels, is upgrading its operations in Pohang, Korea, with nine wire descaling machines from Wheelabrator. A press release posted under Wire and Tube News at the Messe Düsseldorf website said that the new equipment will be delivered throughout the year and will replace existing shot blast machines from various European and Asian OEMs. It noted the following details. The single-strand shot blast machines are designed to reliably remove scale, rust and other contaminants from the wire or rod surface before processing, and can be integrated into existing fully automated drawing lines. Depending on production requirements, machines with three, four or six blast wheels, arranged along the longitudinal axis of the wire or rod, are available and ensure consistent

Tecnovo honored by Bekaert for being its ‘Best Supplier’ for 2012-13 Italy’s Tecnovo, part of the TKT group, has been recognized and honored as “Best Supplier 2012/2013” by NV Bekaert S.A., a global leader in steel wire transformation and coatings. An award ceremony was held Jan. 24 at TKT Group’s headquarters in Milan, where the prestigious prize was presented by Bekaert Senior Vice President, CPO and

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Quality Control, Improved Productivity and Material Savings at insulating and jacketing lines

The X-RAY 6000 PRO provides a continuous online measurement and control of the wall thickness, eccentricity and diameter at insulating and jacketing lines. It is used for the measurement of single and multi-layer cables with a diameter range from 0.7 up to 650 mm. The X-RAY 6000 PRO includes the 22“ display and control processor system ECOCONTROL 6000 for continuous automatic control of the line speed or extruder rpm under consideration of the minimum values. • Online measurement of wall thickness, eccentricity, diameter at insulating and jacketing lines • State-of-the-art X-ray line sensor technology • Diameter range from 0.7 to 650 mm • Automatic control of line speed and extruder rpm

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high-performance products, timely deliveries and customer orientation, the release said. “Tecnovo ensures that the award is only the starting point of a solid and growing collaboration with the Bekaert Group, and that this ‘best practice’ will be replicated on interacting with all TKT Group’s customers,” it said. Bekaert, founded in 1880, has customers in over 120 countries, and more than 27,000 employees worldwide.

Bekaert’s Philippe Armengaud, l, presents the company’s award to Ferruccio Bellina, president of Tecnovo and the TKT Group.

General Manager of Group Business Development Philippe Armengaud to TKT Group President Ferruccio Bellina. Also present from the Belgian-based company was Joelle Stockemer, category manager raw material for Bekaert. Tecnovo, which has produced lubricants and auxiliary chemicals for wiredrawing and processing since 1945, achieved the highest score among all the Bekaert’s suppliers in terms of customer service, technological innovation,

Company reports fastener contract from unnamed Chinese automaker Bulten, one of two divisions of Sweden’s FinnvedenBulten, reports that it has signed “a strategically important contract for delivery of fasteners to an automotive manufacturer in China.” A press release at the company’s website said that the contract has a first-year value at more than $1.5 million, and that the order “continues over a number of years.” The order from the unnamed customer, it said, “will thereby strengthen (our) presence on the Chinese market.” The release said that the deal, which includes fasteners for both car production and drive lines, furthers the viability of Bulten division. It noted that Bulten already makes high-quality fasteners at its factory in China. “An important part of our strategy for organic growth is to expand

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and even coverage. Guide plates focus the abrasive stream onto the wire surface, thereby boosting the descaling effect without increasing abrasive throughput. This improves the efficiency of the whole blasting process while reducing wear on parts and abrasive. The Wheelabrator descaling machines allow drawing speeds of up to 240m/ min, matching those in modern drawing lines, it said. “SeAH Special Steel already had several Wheelabrator machines in operation and were very happy with its proven track-record for quality and productivity,” said Viktor Lussi, sales director at the Wheelabrator Technology Centre Zürich. “The customer wanted to upgrade their operations to meet highest standards of quality and reliability. ... This new order just goes to show that, when it comes to integrated production environments, investment in highly reliable equipment pays off.”

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Quality Control of optical fibers in the drawing tower

The FIBER Series 6000 from SIKORA is sophisticated equipment for continuous online quality control of optical fibers in the drawing tower. The FIBER LASER 6003 measures the diameter of bare and coated fibers. Depending on its point of installation, it provides information on the position, vibration frequency, tension and spinning. The measuring principle ensures an accuracy of ± 0.05 μm. For the detection of airlines SIKORA offers the FIBER LASER 6003 AIRLINE. In addition, the gauge heads provide information on concentricity and temperature of the optical fiber. The newly developed FIBER LUMP 6003 MICRO detects lumps and neckdowns on the optical fiber surface to 100 %. This is the result of the integration of 6 measuring axes. Shadow areas are eliminated and even the smallest faults from 5 μm height and 50 μm length are detected reliably. • Measurement of the diameter, position, vibration frequency, tension, spinning, concentricity and temperature of the optical fiber • Detection of airlines • 6-axis lump detection for 100 % quality control

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on growth markets and the fact that we have signed a new contract in China is very pleasing,” Bulten CEO Tommy Andersson said.

EIS acquires assets of Electro-Wire EIS, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company, has acquired the assets of Electro-Wire, Inc. A press release said that Electro-Wire, located in Schaumburg, Illinois, is a leading North American distributor and contract manufacturer of specialty wire and cable products, with four locations in the U.S. The company, it noted, primarily serves the telecom and transit markets. “We are very pleased to bring Electro-Wire into our Specialty Wire and Cable business and the EIS family,” said EIS President and CEO Bob Thomas. “Electro-Wire is one of the most successful specialty wire and cable distributors in the markets they serve. The Electro-Wire team has built a tremendous business over the last 35 years and they will certainly strengthen EIS.” Electro-Wire President Mickey Hamano said that the company “looks forward to building the specialty wire and cable group into a major player in the wire and cable marketplace.”

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Prysmian reports changes to be made to target long-term improvements The Prysmian Group announced a number of changes aimed at “stimulating the Group’s growth strategy and ... anticipating market developments by aiming to further improve its focus on customer service.” A press release said the following: Fabio Romeo, currently executive vice president of the Energy Business, will also be responsible for corporate strategy and development. Andrea Pirondini has joined the business as COO, responsible for accelerating the development of quality and customer service as well as redesigning “the industrial footprint” by improving the performance and optimizing procurement. Frank Dorjee, currently chief strategy officer, has left the Group but will continue to serve as a senior advisor for its main joint ventures. The Group, within the energy sector, identifies two different business areas, one of which is energy projects, and includes high voltage and submarine and SURF (products and services for offshore oil production). Responsibility for that area has been given to Massimo Battaini, who had been COO. Energy Products, which includes energy and infrastructure (T&I e PD), oil and gas, elevators, automotive, network components, specialties and OEM and industrial, will be overseen by Hans Nieman, who had been CEO of Prysmian Germany. Also, Philippe Vanhille will remain in charge of telecom (Telecom Solutions, Multimedia Solutions and Optical Fiber).

General Cable’s plant in Jackson becomes 10th named industry ‘best’ General Cable’s Jackson, Tennessee, manufacturing facility, which produces a complete line of GenSPEED® Brand data communications cables, has been selected by Penton Media’s INDUSTRYWEEK magazine, a leading publication among senior manufacturing executives, as one of the Best Plants in North America. The award recognizes a plant’s world-class manufacturing capabilities and its commitment to continuous improvement. Since 2001, General Cable has had 12 plants selected as finalists in INDUSTRYWEEK’s Best Plants competition, with 10 achieving the title of one of the Best Plants in North America. They are: Altoona, Pennsylvania, in 2003 and 2009; Moose Jaw, Canada, in 2005; Tetla, Mexico, in 2006; Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2007; Manchester, New Hampshire, in 2008; Piedras Negras, Mexico, in 2009; Franklin, Massachusetts, in 2010; Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, and Lincoln, Rhode Island, in 2012; and now, Jackson, Tennessee, in 2013. “This achievement recognizes General Cable’s worldclass manufacturing capabilities, as well as the mindset of continuous improvement shared by all of the company’s associates worldwide,” a press release said. For more details on the Jackson plant and the award, go to http://www. industryweek.com/resources/best-plants.

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ASIAN FOCUS goods are manufactured in the region, offering enormous potential for energy savings if the practice becomes wideLed by Western multinationals, more Asian countries spread, experts say.” are adopting a “green” approach to business. Per a recent Ms. Boger, the story said, reports that Intel has reduced article by Mike Ives in The New York Times, those efforts its global energy bill by $111 million since 2008 as a may well encourage further such endeavors. result of $59 million worth of sustainability investments The story cited one example in Vietnam by Intel, in 1,500 projects worldwide. “The projects have offset which was locating a chip factory there and found that carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to the amount prolocal laws did not govern all aspects of such a project. duced by 126,000 American households per year, she For instance, the government had no comprehensive added, and Intel’s $1.1 million solar array at the Vietnam standards on refrigerant chemicals, which in the U.S. facility offsets each day an amount of carbon dioxide is covered by the EPA. “In fact, officials asked Intel equivalent to ... about 500 of Vietnam’s motorbikes.” whether the company had any ideas on the subject that The New York Times said that in 2011, an efficiency might be useful to other survey found that a manufacturers operating in LEED-certified shoe facthe country,” it said. tory in southern Vietnam The final project that making Nike products opened in 2010, a $1 bilused 18% less electricity lion plant not far from and fuel and 53% less downtown Ho Chi Minh water than a typical facCity, “embraces environtory. mental and sustainability In Malaysia, the story measures far beyond those said, the government has required by Vietnam’s certified about 750,000 sq laws,” the story said. The ft of factory space since complex has the country’s 2009, according to the largest operating solar Malaysia Green Building array and a new waterConfederation, about reclamation system may A photo from the opening ceremionies for Intel’s 1% of its total building help it reduce water con$1 billion ‘green’ plant in Vietnam. certifications. Chinese sumption as much as 68%, authorities included eight it said, adding that the factories among the 742 complex has been certified “green” buildings it certiby the U.S. Green Building Council. The efforts went fied by the end of 2012. A market for industrial efficiency well beyond what Intel had to do, it said, quoting comupgrades is also growing in India, where many factory plex General Manager Sherry Boger as saying that, “It owners worry about power outages, said Prashant Kapoor, turns out, what’s good for the environment is also good principal industry specialist for green buildings at the for business.” International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm It is early yet, the article said, but green-building of the World Bank. He added that demand for upgrades in experts believe that there are signs that Western multithat area was now consistent enough that a few domestic nationals, and in some cases, their Asian suppliers, have contractors were beginning to specialize in it. started to build more environmentally sound factories in “In contrast with Western multinationals, whose target developing countries. That base, however, remains small consumers value a green approach, most domestic manuat this point as the U.S. Green Building Council, a leadfacturers in Asia typically do not see palpable benefits ing global certifier, “reports that only about 300 manufacin applying for independent certification, sustainability turing facilities in Asia are certified or waiting for certifiexperts say,” the story said. “Some are building greener, cation through its rating tool, called Leadership in Energy however, or investing in efficiency retrofits as a way of and Environmental Design, or LEED.” reducing energy consumption or in response to pending The story said that it is unknown how much energy or government regulations.” money can be saved by operating a green-certified facThe story cited Jackson Seng, professional services tory. If many companies seek that status, it could have director at the Singapore office of Schneider Electric, a big impact “because so many consumer and industrial a French energy consulting firm, as saying that he

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fielded four or five times as many requests for efficiency upgrades at factories as he did five years ago. He said that 90% of his clients were motivated by a desire to reduce energy costs, rather than to polish their corporate images or improve their chances of earning an international certification like LEED. “Consultants say Western multinationals typically apply for independent certification of factory structures, not as a way of complying with local laws, but because sustainable building design is increasingly a corporate policy in the United States and Europe,” the story said.

ASIAN NEWS BRIEF Parent company of METALUBE China reports expanded presence in China via a key hire METALUBE, a U.K.-based lubricants supplier, reports that it has appointed Maurice Ngai as general manager of the company’s subsidiary as part of its efforts to bolster its presence in the China. A press release said that China is currently the bestperforming export market for the company. METALUBE China, which was founded in 2005 and has offices in Shanghai and Dongguan, will now be led by Ngai, who worked for more than 15 years with ITW Rocol.

METALUBE Commercial Director Douglas Hunt and Chairman Robert Brown (center) with (l-r) METALUBE China’s Dinky Liu, Gavin Gu, Maurice Ngai and Hubary Huang. As part of the refocus, the Chinese operation has considerably bolstered its sales and management team. Joining Ngai are the following new recruits: Dinky Liu, sales manager within the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Unit, and Hubery Huang, sales engineer in the Drawing Business Unit. In recognition of his achievements, longstanding METALUBE China team member, Gavin Gu has also been promoted to manage the Drawing Business Unit. A new liaison office, to support the ongoing efforts of the Chinese market, has also been opened in Hong Kong.

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PEOPLE Greg Gitto has been promoted to National Accounts Manager and Marketing Director for both OTECH Corp. and Color Resource. He has more than 30 years of sales experience in plastics plus a combined 12 years of ownership of color concentrate companies. He will continue to head all sales at Color Resource, but will now also join the management team at OTECH Corp. to focus on developing business opportunities in the PVC compound, related products markets, as well as the color concentrate markets, alongside Vice President of Sales James Grimley. Also, Nick Semenza has joined Color Resource, LLC, as its new general manager. He has more than 40

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B&H Tool Company LLC (B&H) has named Scott Cameron as its new engineering manager, focusing on extrusion tooling solutions for customer applications. He has 18 years of experience in extrusion processing, tooling design and manufacturing, most recently working in the irrigation tubing industry. He holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering technology from Arizona State University and is a Certified Quality Engineer (CQE). He will work directly with John Ulcej, director of engineering and manufacturing for new product development. Based in San Marcos, California, USA, B&H Tool Company provides a range of tooling technology as well as engineering and technical support, to sectors that include wire and cable.

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an M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Michigan with a manufacturing concentration credential from the University’s Tauber Institute for Global Operations. Based in Amherst, New York, Columbus McKinnon supplies a wide range of material handling products, systems and services. Robert Brown, chairman of METALUBE Ltd., has taken on the additional role of managing director. He joined the company three years ago with two other directors (both from lubricants firm ITW Rocol, as part of a management buy-in) and is the majority shareholder. He previously was managing director of Herbert Brown Ltd., a U.K.-based family-owned retailer where he acquired experience in corporate finance and business management best practice. He replaces the position held by company foundRobert Brown er David Lee, who will remain with the business as a non-executive director. Based in the U.K., METALUBE Ltd. supplies lubricants for sectors that include wire and cable.

Jeff Armfield has joined Columbus McKinnon Corporation as executive director, global product strategy and development, responsible for strategic planning of the company’s primary products and brands across the globe. He most recently worked for AxleTech International, LLC, and before that at Stewart & Stevenson Tactical Vehicle Systems (now part of BAE Systems). He holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University,

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FIBER WATCH Alcatel-Lucent to supply advanced fiber optic service to Pacific Islands Interchange Limited, a Vanuatu-based company, is expanding its undersea infrastructure with a new cable system spanning more than 3,000 km that will link the Pacific islands of Vanuatu, the Solomons and Papua New Guinea). A press release said that the new system will use Alcatel-Lucent’s submarine technology to deliver ultra-broadband access capability, to underpin the creation of an enabling environment for sustainable economic and social growth. The new system will connect Port Vila, Vanuatu,

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everyone. Interchange is committed to a better future for Melanesia.” This new system, the release said, will complement the 1,259-km external link Vanuatu-Fiji undersea cable system, Vanuatu’s first international submarine cable link between Port Vila and Suva in Fiji that was scheduled to commence commercial operations soon.

Fiber remains a French strength France may be beleaguered on many fronts, both financial and political, but the country has managed to achieve some commendable advances in fiber optics. In a recent report in LIGHTWAVE by European Correspondent Kurt Ruderman outlined some achievements to date for the country, and found that it has fared remarkably well, at least in terms of fiber optics. He cited two milestones the country has achieved: the number of fiber to the home (FTTH) subscribers had reached 500,000 and more than 10 million households had been passed by superfast broadband networks. Those advances, Ruderman wrote, stem to some degree from France’s Superfast Broadband Plan. Supported by a task force in the country’s Ministry for the Economy and Finance, some 20 billion euros are targeted to be spent on bringing superfast broadband service nationwide by 2022. The goal, per France and the European commission, is to achieve superfast broadband, which was identified as a downstream bandwidth exceeding 30 Mbps. The story said that funding for the plan will come from public and private sources, and the goal is for 80% of France to be covered with FTTH networks, the remainder served by a mix of technologies including VDSL2, CATV, 4G, and satellite. An initial goal of 50% nationwide coverage has been set for 2017. Antoine Darodes, the head of the French Superfast Broadband Task Force, was cited as saying that at the end of 2013 some 3 million households had been passed with FTTH networks, 8.6 million by FTTC/FTTB CATV networks, and more than 1 million by VDSL2 networks. Further, at the end of the third quarter 2013, the total number of superfast broadband subscribers was 1.8 million, a 400,000 increase from the previous year. During the same period the number of FTTH subscribers increased from 270,000 to 465,000, a 70% rise. The FTTH take rate has been growing at 10,000 households a week since late last year, it said. Demand from French network builders has made France Europe’s largest fiber user, said Jacques de Heere, president and CEO of Acome, the French fiber and cable maker. Since the middle of last year, his company has been producing more fiber-optic cable than copper cable.

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FASTENER UPDATE Swedish company reports contract from Chinese auto manufacturer

Ambrell reports sales of 4 induction heating systems to fastener company

Bulten, one of two divisions of Sweden’s FinnvedenBulten, reports that it has signed “a strategically important contract for delivery of fasteners to an automotive manufacturer in China.” A press release at the company’s website said that the contract has a first-year value at more than $1.5 million, and that the order “continues over a number of years.” The order from the unnamed customer, it said, strengthens “(our) presence in the Chinese market.” The release said that the deal, which includes fasteners for both car production and drive lines, furthers the viability of Bulten division. It noted that Bulten already makes high-quality fasteners at its factory in China. “An important part of our strategy for organic growth is to expand on growth markets and the fact that we have signed a new contract in China is very pleasing,” Bulten CEO Tommy Andersson said. “We see good potential for continued growth in China in the years to come,” FinnvedenBulten President and CEO Johan Westman said.

Ambrell, a U.S. manufacturer of induction heating systems, reports that it has sold four EKOHEAT 45 kW/100 kHz induction heating systems to a fastener manufacturer. A press release said that the customer will use the EKOHEATs to preheat blanks prior to forging to create fasteners. The automated system, it said, includes temperature monitoring and data logging as well as eVIEW induction heating software that enables the client to monitor temperature and log data. It is also capable of monitoring power, frequency and more, serving as a powerful quality control tool, it said. The sold systems, it noted, also include optical pyrometers for temperature monitoring and remote pendant stations. Such capabilities are important, the release said, as some aerospace companies are requiring suppliers to meet certain data logging requirements. Ambrell’s systems can do that, it said. For more details, visit the company’s website at www.ambrell.com.

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DISCOVER WAI. Some things you know as well as your name. Other times it takes a little searching to find—or learn— what you need, especially if you are new to the wire and cable industry or plan to keep pace with its innovative advances. Wire Association International (WAI) is the place to start. As a WAI member it’s easy to stay informed. Likewise, you won’t have to dig too deeply to uncover the industry’s rich history and accepted certainties.

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When you consider that wire making can be traced on one timeline from the golden threads in ancient Egyptian jewelry—through telephony, countless creature comforts, and modern infrastructure— toward yet unimagined applications, you can appreciate your vital role in the wire manufacturing continuum. WAI members represent a living history of the industry. Whatever your direction, if you earn a living with wire, cable, supplies, or equipment you’ve earned a place in WAI’s global network.

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Niki Oesterle Inside Sales Joe Tools Inc. U.S.

Q: What does your company do? A: Joe Tools is a complete design and manufacturing resource for extrusion tooling in the production of wire and cable. We offer a wide selection of industry standard crossheads along with exclusive, innovative designs that make extrusion processes more productive and profitable. Q: What is your role there? A: I’m an inside customer sales person, but I do a bit of everything. I’ve been here six years, and 10 years elsewhere. I quote customers, do POs and a lot more. Q: What do you like best about your position? A: I like being able to work first hand with the customer from beginning to end, especially when it’s a “must” request. One time a customer in Illinois called who had a line down and needed tooling ASAP to get back up and running. We went right into action. We made the tooling in one day, then I flew to Illinois and met the customer at the airport, handed over the tooling and was back in Atlanta the same day. Our customer was thrilled, and so was I that we were able to come through as we did. Q: How has the industry most changed? A: Good tooling is a must, but customer service continues to be more and more important. We have to go out of our way to make them happy, and if it means coming in on a weekend to make it happen, that’s what do. Q: How does your company remain competitive? A: Again, it all comes back to service. That begins from when we get a call. We don’t make customers wait. If we don’t have an immediate answer, we get back to them right away, and we must be pretty good at it because we have a lot of repeat business. Q: Why did you recently join WAI? A: I joined WAI because I like to stay connected to customers in our industry. Also, I enjoy the articles in Wire Journal. I also like being able to stay up to date on the constant changes and growth with customers.

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The following individuals either recently joined WAI or became Platinum members through their companies. James R Barnet VP Sales & Marketing Electric Cable Compounds Inc Chris Brown Process Engineer General Cable Corp Shashi Chuganey Engineering Manager Samtec Rob Davis Director Technical Sales Support Standridge Color Corp Doug Davis Director Sales & Marketing Standridge Color Corp Ida Fridland CEO Electric Cable Compounds Inc Gene A Fridland President Electric Cable Compounds Inc Herdawandi Halim Metallurgist Central Wire

Steven V Kalan Process Engineer Delphi Packard Electric Systems Özgen Karaarslan Guney Çelik Wire Mesh and Iron Industry Trading Co Inc William H Lange Manufacturing Engineer Times Microwave Systems William Lumpkin Director Lab & Quality Assurance Standridge Color Corp Mark F Mercer President Mustang Wire Products Inc Mike Moran Sales Electric Cable Compounds Inc Niki Oesterle Inside Sales Joe Tools, Inc Oladimeji Olaoluwa Oyetuga Process/Project Engineer Nexans Canada Inc Giuseppe Parroco Essebi Srl

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Kathy Erevosnik Research Chemist Electric Cable Compounds Inc Sara Provezza A Appiani Srl Richard Thomas Rae, Jr. Vice President Operations ERA Wire, Inc. Leardo Ruggenenti Owner Brick Srl Hal Wells Sales Standridge Color Corp Xuejia Yan Research & Development Standridge Color Corp Andrea Zacco Sales Manager Tecnofil SpA

New WAI Platinum Membership Companies • Electric Cable Compounds Inc • Stanridge Color Corp Industry leaders can contact WAI Executive Director Steve Fetteroll at sfetteroll@wirenet.org or 203-453-2777, ext. 115, to learn more about this special membership program. Such organizations actively support the Association by participating as exhibitors, advertisers, sponsors or content providers for WAI-organized events, publications and educational programs.

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Fort Wayne Metals employee chosen to be the 2014 Wire Link Scholar’ Renee Earley, a process engineer at Fort Wayne Metals (FWM), will represent the WAI as the 2014 Wire Link Scholar. She started with the company as an intern in 2010, and after graduating last May from Indiana/Purdue University with a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering, she was offered a full-time position. Earley was recommended by FWM Director of Technology Lawrence Kay, who in his letter said that “during her brief career with FWM, Renee has shown exemplary technical skills.” Renee Earley He praised her communication skills, which “enabled her to rise quickly as a valued member of the technical staff at FWM. … I highly recommend (her) for this award.” Under the program, in alternating years a representative from the U.K. and North America goes abroad to visit a range of companies, mostly direct wire and cable. Earley will also attend wire Düsseldorf, the world’s largest trade show for wire and cable manufacturers.

In her essay, she wrote that she looked forward to seeing how manufacturers in the U.K. work. “Having exposure to these different fields and applications is, in my opinion, the best way for me to gain knowledge of industry standards, business strategy distinctions, product diversities, process differentiations, and ever-evolving technologies involved with wire processing.” With the trip including a few days at wire Düsseldorf, the award is “a once in a lifetime opportunity.” The scholarship was created by the Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers alias Wire Workers in the U.K. and the Wire Association International in America. The program is supported in the U.S. by The Wire Foundation.

Points Meeting for Interwire 2015 to be held at WAI on March 20 The 2014 staging of Wire Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana, has yet to be held, but it must be noted that the Points Meeting, a key official activity for WAI’s 2015 staging of Interwire, is set to be held at the Association’s headquarters in Guilford, Connecticut, on Thursday, March 20. At that meeting, exhibit space will be allocated for Interwire 2015, to be held April 28-30, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, along with WAI’s 85th Annual Convention. Two years ago, 138 companies took part in the meeting.

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Irreverant patter aside, a caring side seen at chapter’s annual meeting The New England Chapter has a personality. Actually, it has a lot of personalities, and at times they can range all over the place. This is a group with more than a few rough edges and no special worries about political cor-

rectness, all of which made for some “Did I hear what I thought I just heard?” moments at its Jan. 30 annual meeting at the Mohegan Sun Casino. But it also had moments confirming that—while some of the unfettered bantering back-and-forth by the chapter’s new president, Ken Strandberg, Strand Engineering, and 2013 President Kevin Buchanan, Fluoropolymer

Left, 2013 chapter President Kevin Buchanan’s calls for members to get seated was slow taking effect as attendees (above) were otherwise occupied.

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Resources, Inc., was not quite your traditional changing-ofthe-guard niceties—both men really, really cared about the chapter. As did the rest of the audience. So if one subscribes to the maxim “what works, works,” then one would have to agree that the New England Chapter, in its inimitable way, works. As Buchanan said, “This is a pretty special chapter. I can’t imagaine any industry that has more comaFrom l-r, the 2014 board of directors for WAI’s New England Chapter: Front row: raderie than ours.” Treasurer Derek Olson, President Ken Strandberg, Vice President Bob Srubas and That was seen when Secretary Dave Fisher. Back row: Jim Stocking, Dave Ely, Mike Crouchley, Kevin Buchanan called up the key Buchanan, Lori Parent, Mike Canterino, Maria Ryan, Roy St. Andre, Mark Long, chapter committees that had Grant Campbell, Brian Holden and Mike McKee. driven activities for recognition. It was also seen when of and to support the chapter scholarship program. He Strandberg, who had “tested” keynote speaker Bill also encouraged chapter member to contact board memKenney of Test My Pitch, LLC, in his indirect introducbers and let them know of any ideas they might have, and tion, later became totally focused. He introduced the 2014 to consider becoming more active. directors (above) and pushed attendees to take advantage

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Scholarship applications due by end of this month for 3 WAI chapters Three WAI chapters, in conjunction with the Wire Foundation, are seeking applications from the children of chapter members in good standing for their 2014 Scholarship awards. Members of the New England, Midwest and Southeast chapters will soon receive letters inviting applications. Submissions must be postmarked by Monday, March 31, 2014. The chapter scholarship program is bolstered by the Wire Foundation connection that allows donations to be tax deductible. For the New England and Midwest chapters, eligible candidates for the awards are graduating high school seniors going to college. The Southeast Chapter also allows continuing college students to apply. Non-members of WAI who have students who would be eligible for the scholarships are welcome to join WAI and their respective chapter. The form can be accessed at the chapter pages at www.wirenet.org. For more details, contact Steve Fetteroll at tel. 203-453-2777, ext. 115.

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Indeed, it was a meeting of two personalities: the irreverent and the caring. That latter element was personified by brief reports made by four chapter committees (golf, annual meeting/calendar, education and scholarship). Those joining him by the podium (see p. 6) included Kevin Buchanan, Stranberg Engineering, Derek Olson, Gem Gravure Company; Roy St. Andrew, EIS Wire & Cable; Dave Fisher, James Monroe Wire Cable; and Bob Srubas, Times Microwave Systems. Buchanan thanked members of all the chapter’s committee for their contributions, and singled out Maria Neclerio, Q-S Technologies, and WAI’s Anna Bzowski, the Association’s liaison to the chapter, for their efforts. The officers for 2014 include President Ken Strandberg, Vice President Bob Srubas, Treasurer Derek Olson and Secretary Dave Fisher. Attendance for the event was about 120, including 20 first-time attendees. Kenney’s presentation covered a lot of on-line ground. He explained how people can maximize the return on their time spent at sites, such as LinkedIn, and encouraged individuals to keep an ongoing active presence with “connected” contacts and warned them that today’s preferred contact sites may change.

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Update: wire Düsseldorf AEI Machines India Hall 11 E41 Associated Engineers & Industrials (AEI) Ltd., the rotating cable machines manufacturer, addresses the industry’s need of machines for higher tolerance power cables and new specification overhead conductor. It will showcase the company’s latest line of Rigid Stranding Machines. These stranders have been designed to deliver accurate back tension, smooth strand deviation and precise lay control. Equipped with the heavy duty compacting head (die/ roll/prespiral‐Millken), these features translate into superior quality compacted conductor for low, medium and extra high voltage power cables. Enhanced cage speeds and use of fully automatic bobbin batch loading systems (floor type or side trolley

type) ensure higher production efficiency and uptime, features essentially required for overhead conductor manufacture. Also on display shall be recently developed heads for the manufacture of latest generation HTLS/TW overhead conductor. With a continuous presence of 43 years, AEI has an in-depth understanding of the challenges and solutions for the stranding process. Visitors are welcome to stop by our booth to discuss their stranding requirements. www.aeimachines.com. bogimac nv-sa Belgium Hall 9 E02 bogimac manufactures test equipment for dynamic material fatigue testing of wire, cable and rope 32 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

materials on bending, compression, tension, torsion and combined loads. We provide reliable and high-performance test equipment to mechanical

labs of world-class material providers in the cable, wire and rope industry. “Early Warning” functionalities monitor and stop the test to enable observation of initial material degradation. Our dedication goes to “Empower Your Product Innovation and Quality.” www.bogimac.com. Davis-Standard USA Hall 9 A21 At wire Düsseldorf, Davis-Standard will feature the high performance, cost-competitive Euro Blue® II Extruder, engineered for wire and cable applications. Davis-Standard engineers and manufactures innovative extrusion equipment and systems to provide processors with rugged, reliable, yet cost effective solutions in the wire and cable industries. Davis-Standard continually pushes the limits of performance to increase rates and productivity while also providing expert startup and post installation follow-up, backed by superior technical support and services. It manufactures complete wire and cable systems for building and communication wire, construction wire, coaxial cable, automotive wire, high temperature wire, and specialty wire applications. Systems are available with a wide range of extruders, payoffs and tension brakes, take-ups, and auxiliary equipment including cooling troughs, capstans, caterpillars, and accumulator systems. All are engineered and manufactured to meet

the most demanding applications. The superior quality, durability and flexibility are offered throughout the company’s product line. It also is a leader in advanced process control systems. The EPIC III™ color touch-screen operator interface and supervisory control system features patented dual-thermocoupleദ control, responsive closed loop line control with an “operator friendly” graphical interface featuring pictorial control screens, trending, SPC/ SQC networking, and other data acquisition capabilities. www.davis-standard.com. Dalian Tongda Equipment Technology Development Co., Ltd. China Hall 16 A46-05 We specialize in bimetallic wire (CCA, CCS, etc.) machinery. By adopting proprietary technologies, our equipment ends environmental pollution, ensures high quality, improves productivity and yield and reduces operating costs, all of which leads to good profits for our customers! www.td-dl.com.cn/ Domeks Makine Ltd Sti Turkey Hall 10 F72 We offer leading technology for manufacturers, such as our proven Quadromatik 400 double-head, Domeks Makine, Ltd. Turkey Hall 10 F72 automatic coiling/spooling line with palletizer. In this line, rigid, flexible or multi stranded, round or flat type cable can be coiled: process sizes from 220 mm up to 400 mm, coil height from 40 mm up to 200 mm. Also, reels (plastic, wood, carton box, etc.) with an ID from 38 to 100 mm and OD of 140 to 350 mm, reel heights from 60 to 330 mm can be used. www.domeksmakine.com.

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system allows the detection of impurities of 50 μm in the pellet itself and on the surface to 100%. Contaminated pellets are sorted out reliably. The combination of both technologies is unique, and is exceeding previous solutions on the market.

Company: Sikora AG/Sikora International Corp., Hall 9 A-41, www.sikora.net Contact: Harry Prunk, director Description: A new system that can provide 100% measurement of compound pellets or granules, including colored materials, and identify and remove those that are not high quality. WJI: Why should wire Düsseldorf attendees want to stop by your booth? Prunk: SIKORA is well known for high quality measuring and control equipment for the wire and cable industry, and we think that attendees who stop by our booth will be impressed by the collective solutions we can offer them. It is nothing less than German engineering at its best. That starts with our R&D department, which has succeeded in developing a system for the inspection of raw material that we will present at the show. The PURITY SCANNER is a system for a 100% online inspection and sorting of plastic pellets used for the insulation of medium, high, and extra-high voltage cables as well as for on- and off-shore cables. The need for this technology is obvious: Contaminations in raw material can be a major problem in the production of cables or of other products where quality demands are outstandingly high. Therefore, the usage of highly pure material has an essential importance. Damage caused by contaminated material can easily be running in the millions, and to prevent such losses SIKORA developed the PURITY SCANNER. The intelligent application of x-ray technology with an optical

Fisk Alloy USA Booth 2140 Copper alloy wire has been around for a long time, but copper alloy wire of exceptional quality and dependability in robust applications is rare. That’s especially true in enhanced, high-performance materials manufactured to solve specific engineering problems. Fisk has been able to produce so many best-inclass products because our employees draw on deep technical expertise, vast resources and that rarest of human elements: great patience. The company manufactures fine and

The PURITY SCANNER system from Sikora AG.

The possibility to inspect even non-transparent material is another characteristic feature of the PURITY SCANNER. The progressive system also features a novel transport system of the pellets within the device. During the inspection, the pellets are in an hermetically sealed channel. The material does not come in contact with the ambient air and consequently, absolute purity can be guaranteed. The PURITY SCANNER is designed for a flow rate of 500, 1,000 or 2,000 kg/h. Stop by our booth to learn more about this system, or visit us on-line at www.sikora.net. We also offer devices for the measurement of diameter, wall thickness, eccentricity and ovality at cables, wires as well as professional equipment for quality control during the production of optical fibers.

ultra fine copper alloy ranging from 18g to 54g, single end, bunched, stranded, ropes, and bobbin wind. These are available in silver, nickel, tin, and precious metal electroplating. The company is RoHS compliant. www.fiskalloy.com. FSP-one SAS France Hall 12 A12 FSP-one SAS is a worldwide specialty wire manufacturer headquartered in France. Its Hi-Tech Wires Asia facility was built in Vietnam in 2007. Products include silver and nickel-plated copper and copper

alloys for the telecom, electronic, medical and aircraft markets. www.www.fsp-one.com GER S.A. Belgium Hall 9 F60 Ger S.A. is specialized in the sale of new and second-hand machinery for wire and cable, for the ferrous and nonferrous industry since 1980. We have for sale single machines, but also complete plants for steel rod and wire, non-ferrous wire, steel ropes, electrical insulated cables, etc. A large stock of machinery that is immediately

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available guarantees quick help and in case the customer does not find the equipment he is looking for, GER will search the market in order to source a suitable machine. These include rod breakdown machines, fine and intermediate single or multiwire drawing machines, bunchers, cage- and tubular stranders, laying-up machines, armoring machines, drum twisters, extrusion equipment, spoolers, coilers, takeups, and a large etc. GER is the partner customers can rely on thanks to its large experience in worldwide exports and its flexibility in selling the machinery in â&#x20AC;&#x153;as isâ&#x20AC;? condition or, upon request, reconditioned and modernized. The sales department can also send an estimate for complete, ready-to-use production units. www.ger.be. LĂ¤mneĂĽ Bruk AB Sweden Hall 9 A-06 LĂ¤mneĂĽ Bruk AB specializes in the design and manufacture of machines

for the ferrous and stainless steel wire industry. It is a reliable supplier of payoffs, mechanical descaling equipment, drawing machines and take-up units. More than a century of company wiredrawing experience is incorporated in the design of our machines and equipment. For solid welding wire, we supply complete lines including payoffs, cleaning equipment, drawing machines, copper coating and take-ups. For flux/ metal cored wire, we supply strip rewind lines, strip payoffs, forming/ filling/closing machines, drawing machines and take-ups. We also supply high-speed rewinding lines, including an automatic precision layer and drum packer (No Twist Coiler) for both solid and tubular wire. For low/high carbon and stainless steel wire industry, we supply rotating and/or overhead payoff systems, mechanical cleaning units (for carbon wire), drawing machines and take-ups. LĂ¤mneĂĽ Bruk also makes payoffs and take-up systems

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(live block and dead block) for heat and surface treatment of high- and low-carbon wires as well as stainless steel wires. LĂ¤mneĂĽ Bruk AB: A passion for service is always included. www.lamnea.se. Leggett & Platt Wire Group USA Hall 9 F13-02 Leggett & Platt is a leading North American producer of drawn steel wire. L&P consists of wire production mills and several other operations that produce specialty wire products, not limited to rolled, flattened and shaped wire; proprietary bale ties; and components for automatic baling. www.leggett.com. METALUBE U.K. Booth 11 G25 METALUBE will launch the next generation of its Lubricoolâ&#x201E;˘ range: Lubricoolâ&#x201E;˘ 260, a superfine copper wiredrawing lubricant. This addition to the Lubricool range uses innovative chemistry that provides sig-

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ers, saving them considerable sums of money. We specialize in wire and tube drawing lubricants as well as protective greases for overhead conductors. www.metalube.co.uk.

nificantly improved lubricity. This, in turn, gives a much cleaner wire, resulting in reduced wire breaks. Lubricool already has a successful range of water soluble lubricants for copper and other nonferrous metal-drawing, rolling and annealers, and Lubricool 260 furthers the advantages that it offers manufactur-

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*HUPDQ\ +DOO * Spirka Schnellflechter GmbH will display a range of its technology, and attendees can ask for more details about their new complete reverse coiling lines. They have a revised design and control for shielded LV and MV cables (line speed to 50 m/ min, sizes 15-70 mm) with a waveconal shielding that is easy to install. They feature high efficiency, very good product quality and long life as drums are used for the copper tapes in the taper. Its mobility ensures a flexible operation in the whole surface line. The entire plant, which is controlled with a central pivoting touch panel, is designed for putting shield wires made of soft aluminum or copper wires on a core (cable) in a

sinusoidal shape. The wires are wrapped onto the core with a copper or aluminum tape. The plant has a compensation device for adjusting the wire, a reversecoiling device, a central tape coiler, a stabilization crawler and electrical equipment and control. www.spirka-schnellflechter.com. :LUH 3ODVWLF 0DFKLQHU\ &RUS 86$ %RRWK + Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp. is a global equipment supplier offering high quality solutions for wire, cable, and optical fiber manufacturing. It will showcase pictures,

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prehensive range of over 30,000 machines in stock for all aspects of nonferrous wire and cable production. Experienced personnel will be ready to help attendees select the most suitable equipment for their application. www.wireandplastic.com..

video, and an interactive presentation of its inventory offering. Booth visitors will have access to web-enabled stations for a live product search with detailed specifications and pictures. As the largest reseller of second-hand wire and cable equipment, we have a vast selection of in-stock machinery. Machines are offered as individual components to complete lines and can be delivered immediately from eight U.S. locations or completely reconditioned by an in-house engineering team. We have a com-

Wuxi Quantong Cable Material Co., Ltd. China Hall 9 F75t Wuxi Quantong Cable Material Co., Ltd., is a leading global supplier of excellent raw materials for cable industry. A total of 300 professional employees work for the company, which has one of the largest bases in China producing stainless steel tape, aluminum foil, aluminium Mylar tape, aluminum/steel/copper tape coated with copolymer(EAA/PE/ PET) on one side or both sides. The company’s annual output is around 20,000 metric tons. Based on more than 15 years’ experience in cable industry, we combine coated metals that ensure the best protection for cables in direct burial, underground,

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Xuzhou Lint Top Cable Technology Co., Ltd. China Hall 16 G46-07 Xuzhou Lint Top Cable Technology Co., Ltd., supplies wire manufacturing and finishing machinery as well as auxiliary process technology materials. The company has annual sales of between US$100 million and $200 million, with exports represeting more than 75% of the company’s revenues.

Sandvik has always strived to be at the cutting edge of materials technology by continually developing new materials, technologies and products. Our aim is to exceed our customers’ expectations; from increasing productivity and improving performance to reducing environmental impact.

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Morning silhouette of Indianapolis, Indiana, which will host the WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo 2014.

Indianapolis: a new host for WAIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s travelling event WAI makes its first-ever visit to Indianapolis, best known as home to the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest single day sporting event, the Indianapolis 500, but come May 6-7 the place to be for the North American wire and cable industry will be the Indianapolis Convention Center (ICC). Various WAI board and committees will meet on Monday, May 5, but the official programs begin on Tuesday, May 6, starting with the Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing program, which will run from 8:30 am to 4:15 pm. A total of 11 sessions will be presented by eight industry veterans. The WAI Operations Summit begins at 9 am, including a Machinery Roundtable, Equipment Forums for ferrous

nd nonferrous; and a session on Operational Excellence. The technical programs include a joint session with AISTech, Metallurgy of Wire Rod, from 10 am to 4 pm. AIST is staging its own event at the ICC, with some 5,000 attendees expected. For attendees with a flexible schedule, AIST has invited WAI event attendees to take part in its golf tournament at the Brickyard Crossing Golf Course on Sunday, May 4. At lunch, the keynote address, The Technical Professional of 2020, will be presented by Dr. Philip Cornwell, an award-winning professor and vice president of academic affairs at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He recently testified before Congress on

At the 2012 WAI event in Dallas, the Machinery Roundtable saw panelists, both OEMs and manufacturers, discuss a range of topics, from making technology easier to use to the realities of low-cost offshore equipment.

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WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo 2014 Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Conference Programming Committee . . . . . . . . .43 General Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 New & Noteworthy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Plant Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Golf Outing (held by AIST). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 5K Industry Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 City of Indianpolis/Local map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 WAI Member Rewards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 WAI Technical Paper Awards/Annual Meeting. .58 Mordica Memorial Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Donnellan Memorial Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Education Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Reception. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 WAI Life/25-Year Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Keynote Speaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 President’s Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Sessions at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Fundamentals of Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 WAI Operations Summitt/Conference Sessions. .72 AIST Co-location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Production Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Floor Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

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Alphabetical/Numerical List of Exhibitors . . . . .79 Preview of Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Exhibitors’ Product Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Tuesday night will feature the Opening Reception, to be held at the Lucas Oil Stadium, which promises to offer plenty of elbow room as well as attractions, including a display of racing cars. On Wednesday, the action starts at 7:30 am with the 5K Industry Run, again sponsored by Leoni Wire. The Mordica Lecture will be presented by Prof. Motoo Asakawa at 9 am, followed by a Safety Forum. Attendees who signed up for the plant tour will find this one, billed as the “Mobile Classroom,” will combine presentations on the way to and from the ride to General Cable’s plant in Indianapolis. And, of course, even though the schedule is tight, attendees hopefully will have a chance to either explore or rediscover the city of Indianapolis.

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the needs of engineering. His keynote presentation will address the kinds of expertise manufacturers can expect to need in the year 2020 and beyond. He notes that while the basic laws of engineering do not change, the tools and the way in which they are deployed do. Tuesday night, WAI will hold a Member Rewards event, this time at the Skyline Club, which offers a stunning view of the city. This event was held for the first time at Interwire 2013, and proved to be quite enjoyable, especially for some lucky members who won raffle prizes. At that same venue, the WAI will honor the authors of the best technical papers presented in 2013, as well as hold its annual meeting. The exhibits are open Tuesday, May 6, from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Wednesday, May 7, from 10 am to 3 pm. As of press time, some 200 booth units had been taken by exhibitors, and WAI was trying to accommodate other companies. Production Solutions will return to the show floor, with presentations from Etna Products, Inc. & EtnaBechem Lubricants, Ltd. (lubrication issues), Horace Pops Consulting (identifying causes of wire breaks) and Die Quip (maximizing useage of dies) scheduled for 3:30 pm to 5 pm.

Leaders WAI OPERATIONS SUMMIT & WIRE EXPO 2014

Board of Directors Lou Arcuri, Tristar Metals William Avise, Leggett & Platt, Inc., President Richard Baker, Alcan Cable Neville Crabbe, Leoni Wire Inc. Anthony De Rosa, Frigeco USA, Inc. David Ferraro, Carris Reels, Inc.

William Reichert, Champlain Cable Corp. 1st Vice President Sheldon Scott, Whitney Blake Co. Jan Sorige, Enkotec Co., Inc. Gary Spence, Encore Wire Corp. Mark Spencer, W. Gillies Technologies

Jaime Fuente, Condusal SA de CV

Andy Talbot, Mid-South Wire Co. (2nd Vice President)

Steven S. Jones, Asarco LLC - Amarillo ReďŹ nery

Mark Thackeray, General Cable Corp.

Allen Lindholm, Arcelormittal Long Carbon NA

Richard Wagner, Insteel Industries, Inc.

Richard Miller, Southwire Co. Immediate Past President

Bhaskar Yalamanchili, Gerdau Ameristeel

Patrico G. Murga, Conductores Monterrey SA de CV Mahesh Poddar, Miki Wire Works Jose Ranc, Whitney Blake Co.

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Leaders Conference Program Committee Tracy Gooding, Mar-Mac Wire Inc

William Avise, Leggett & Platt

David Hawker, Nexans Energy USA Inc

Richard Miller, Southwire Co

Steven Jones, ASARCO LLC Allen Lindholm, ArcelorMittal Ferndale Dimitri Maistrellis, Comtran Cable LLC William Reichert, Champlain Cable Corp Roy St. Andre, EIS Wire & Cable Co

Richard Baker, General Cable Corp

Mark Thackeray, General Cable Corp

Joe Barrett, Davis Wire Corp

Richard Wagner, Insteel Industries Inc

Mike Ferringer, Bekaert Corp

Bhaskar Yalamanchili, Gerdau Long Steel North America

Randy Gibbs, Southwestern Wire Inc

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SCHEDULE WAI OPERATIONS SUMMIT & WIRE EXPO 2014

General Program Operations Summit & Wire Expo 2014 MONDAY, MAY 5 8:00 am -5:00 pm

Registration

Hall A Concourse

8:00 am -6:00 pm

Exhibitor Move-In

Hall A

8:30 am -4:15 pm

Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing

Rooms 121-122

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Education Committee

Room 123

10:00 am - 11:30 am

Exhibition Planning Committee

Room 124

Fundamentals Luncheon

Room 125

1:00 pm -3:00 pm

Member Relations Committee

Room 124

2:00 pm -3:00 pm

Memorial Awards Committee

Room 123

3:00 pm -5:00 pm

BOD Meeting

Room 126

5:30 pm -7:00 pm

WAI Member Rewards & Annual Meeting

Skyline Club

Noon -1:00 pm

TUESDAY, MAY 6 8:00 am -5:00 pm

Registration

Hall A Concourse

9:00 am - 10:30 am

Machinery Roundtable: Drives & Controls

Room 121

10:00 am -5:00 p.m

Metallurgy of Wire Rod

Room 120

10:30 am - Noon

Operations – Equipment Ferrous

Room 122

10:30 am - Noon

Operations – Equipment Nonferrous

Room 126

10:00 am -5:00 pm

Exhibits Open

Hall A

12:00 pm -2:00 pm

Keynote Address and Luncheon

Rooms 124/125

1:30 pm -3:30 pm

Operational Excellence

Room 122

3:30 pm -4:00 pm

Production Solution Demonstrations “Dies”

Exhibit Floor

4:00 pm -4:30 pm

Production Solution Demonstrations “Lubricants”

Exhibit Floor

4:30 pm -5:00 pm

Production Solution Demonstrations “Wire Breaks”

Exhibit Floor

6:30 pm -8:30 pm

Opening Reception – Lucas Oil Stadium

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7 7:30 am -8:30 am

5K Run

(See p. 52)

8:00 am -2:00 pm

Registration

Hall A Concourse

8:30 am -9:30 am

Wire Foundation Breakfast

Room 127

9:00 am -9:30 am

Mordica Lecture

Room 120

9:30 am - 11:30 am

Safety Forum

Room 120

10:00 am -3:00 pm

Exhibits Open

Hall A

Conference Programming Committee Luncheon

Room 124

Mobile Classroom General Cable

Room 120

Noon -1:00 pm 12:30 pm -3:30 pm

Unless noted otherwise, all events held at Indianapolis Convention Center. Schedule subjet to change.

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The Indy Scoop! And this event is sponsored by ... WAI’s Operations Summit and Wire Expo 2014 has been made possible in part due to support from corporate sponsors. The WAI would like to thank these companies for making it possible to put on quality programs. The full list now includes Platinum level: Wire & Plastic Machinery; Gold level: Leggett & Platt Inc. and Southwire Co.; Silver level: Carris Reels, Inc., Lloyd & Bouvier, Nexans, SAMP and Windak.; Bronze level: BASF, ExxonMobile Chemical, Chemson and RichardsApex Inc. Also, Baum’s Castorine, Co., Commission Brokers, Inc., Leoni Wire and Sonoco. See p. 36.

WAI reception to be held at the host stadium of Super Bowl XLVI The WAI’s Opening Reception will be held Tuesday, May 6, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at Lucas Oil Stadium, home to the Indianapolis Colts football team and host to Super Bowl XLVI. The reception area will ﬁnd attendees looking from behind and above the Indy side of the end zone, looking over the ﬁeld and stadium from the Colts side. Lucas Oil Stadium is a state-of-the-art retractable

Well known lecturer Horace Pops makes his Production Solutions session at the Continuus Properzi booth. Carr and Bill Coode, Etna Products, Inc. & Etna-Bechem Lubricants, Ltd.; and Wire Breaks, presented by Horace Pops, Horace Pops Consulting Inc. The location will be listed in the Show Program. See p. 77.

Mordica Lecture: a forward-looking look at industry technology needs Professor Motoo Asakawa, the winner of the Mordica Memorial Award, a distinguished industry veteran–with a record of achievement in both industry and academia– will present his Mordica Lecture at 9 am on Wednesday, May 7. His presentation will be “Trends in drawing technology for bars and wires.” See pp. 44 and 60.

The fundamentals still matter The Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing course will present a total of 11 sessions on Monday, May 5, taught by industry experts who collectively cover a wide range of industry disciplines. The program includes sessions on wiredrawing, dies, lubricants, ferrous, ferrous testing, heat treatment, cleaning and coating of rod and wire; annealing of electrical conductors, extrusions (two parts) and ﬁnes. See p. 70. roof, multi-purpose facility seating over 67,000 fans while featuring spectacular views of the downtown Indianapolis skyline. Tickets are included in full registration, $100 in advance (on or before April 14), $125 on-site. See p. 65.

Production Solutions returns to the show floor with practical information WAI returns to the show ﬂoor on Tuesday, May 6, to present Production Solutions, which will include three half-hour sessions from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm. These include, in order, Dies, presented by Tom Maxwell, Jr., Die Quip Corporation; Lubricants, presented by Troy

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Conference Sessions Beyond the Production Solutions and Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing, Mordica Lecture and AISTech collaboration pieces cited in this section, the conference program of the Operations Summit has other key elements worth noting. These include the Machinery Roundtable; Equipment Forums; Operational Excellence success stories; a look into the possible future of robotics; and a perspective on safety from outside the industry, chronicling successes under the most dangerous conditions. There’s something for everyone so do scan through the cited sections and the section that starts on p. 72.

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... and golfers should say, “Thanks!” The bad news is that WAI is not staging a golf tournament for Indianapolis, but the good news for golfers with a ﬂexible schedule is that our partner, AISTech, is holding a tournament, on Sunday, May 4, and you’re invited to play. The setting will be the Brickyard Crossing Golf Course in Indianapolis. See p. 50 for details.

General Cable plant tour will be a mobile experience for attendees General Cable is offering a unique two-part tour of its compound plant in Indianapolis. The tour will include the facility, but comprehensive detail will be given on the bus ride there and back as well as during brieﬁngs. Attendees will ﬁnd out how a culture of excellence was instilled in this award-winning plant. See p. 48.

Up for a fast early moring start? Sign up for the WAI 5K Industry Run It’s not for everyone, but for folks (you know who you are!) who like the idea of getting a good run in before others have even had their ﬁrst cup of coffee, the WAI’s 5K Industry Run beckons. Sponsored once again by Leoni Wire, runners will meet Wednesday, May 7, at 7:15 am at the street level of J.W. Marriott building, 10 S. West Street. The fee for the charity run (all proceeds go to charity) is $25, and you can pay there. See p. 52.

The WAI’s Member Rewards event returns Monday, May 5 at the Skyline Club. The event, to start at 5:30 pm combines three parts: the Member Rewards element, which is the Association’s way of thanking its members; the second element is honoring those who have made signiﬁcant contributions to the industry, which includes

the winners of the Mordica and Donnellan awards, paper awards, and a special presentation (see below); the third element is the holding of the Association’s annual meeting. This three-in-one event promises to offer a good time in a memorable setting as well as a chance to recognize those that have contributed to the industry. See 58.

President’s Award to be bestowed this year upon WDD’s Terry Sieger Some people are just doers. They enjoy helping out and they don’t do it for praise or accolades but because they feel it is the right thing to do. Woodburn Diamond Die’s Terry Sieger is one such person, and while he has done an incredible amount of behind-the-scenes work on behalf of the Association over the years, per WAI President Bill Avise, this year those efforts will be recognized by this rarely issued honor at the Member Rewards event. It’s time to cheer for one of Terry Sieger the good guys. See p. 58.

Keynote presentation: a forward look at industry technology needs Dr. Philip Cornwell, an award-winning professor and key ofﬁcial at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, will speak about the kinds of expertise manufacturers can expect to need in the future. His keynote presentation– The Technical Professional of 2020–will be made at the luncheon that starts at noon on Tuesday, May 6. See p. 67.

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WAI will again co-located its traveling event, this time with the AISTech’s May 5-8 conference in Indianapolis. The result of that collaboration is a ferrous session from the combined resources. In 2012, the WAI Operations Summit and Wire Expo was co-located in Dallas with American Metals Market/ American Wire Producers Association’s Wire Rod Supply Chain Conference. In 2010, WAI co-located with the American Wire Producers Association (AWPA, which put on a conference with American Metals Market. See p. 75.

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PLANT TOUR WAI OPERATIONS SUMMIT & WIRE EXPO 2014

General Cable: a focus on ‘Operational Excellence’ The plant tour has a bit of a twist this year as General Cable will turn to the classroom (including a rolling one) as well as a tour to present a clear picture of how the company’s Indianapolis facility, which produces polymer compounds, exemplifies a culture of excellence. Presenters for the May 7 tour include Buck Wright, Plant Manager, and Heather Stolper, Vice President Sourcing & Supply Chain. The program begins with a 12:30 pm briefing at the Indiana Convention Center. The bus then departs, and during the trip there will be an overview of team contributions. Once at the facility, there will be a safety briefing and a presentation of success stories and challenges. The company’s strategy of continuous improvement emphasizes employee involvement in all production process aspects, and the results have been noteworthy. The facility was an IndustryWeek Best Plants Finalist in 2006; a winner in that competititon in 2007; has been selected as General Cable’s “Best Plant In North America” over 18 other plants; and received the President’s Award for Lowest Incident Rate (four years with no accidents/incidents of any kind). Attendees will be able to see how the following elements are employed at the General Cable plant:

• Transition from Central Control to Human Machine Interface (HMI) system at each station; • Insights to the success of world class safety results that come from associate ownership and accountability including its balanced approach to eliminate unsafe conditions and eradicate at-risk behaviors; • The Operator Led Process Control culture adopted in 2001 is used in its modern BUSS and Banbury compounding operations and supported by Lean Sigma Program; • Demonstration of practical Lean Kaizen event and Six Sigma Process capability project work; • Quality assurance and predictive maintenance techniques; • Hourly production associates are cross-trained in all production job classifications. Refresher training completed quarterly; • and a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) used to schedule monthly preventive maintenance procedures. The bus will return about 2:30 pm, with a Q&A session held on the ride back. Space is limited and preference will be given to full conference registrants. Participation is subject to approval from WAI and General Cable.

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Tee Time, courtesy of AIST As noted in prior pages, WAI is not holding a golf outing in connection with its event, but the Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) has invited attendees to play at its AISTech Foundation Golf Classic, to be held Sunday, May 4, at the Brickyard Crossing Golf Course in Indianapolis. The event is so large that there are two ďŹ elds. The morning session starts with registration and breakfast at 7 am to 8 am, with play from 8 am to 1 pm, including lunch and prize drawings. The afternoon sessions starts with registration and lunch from noon to 1 pm, with play from 1 pm to 6 pm, followed by dinner and prize drawings. The cost for individuals is $200, $800 for a foursome, with club rentals $50. The Brickyard Crossing has been widely praised, voted one of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Top 100 Public Golf Courses by Golf Digest and Golfweek. It includes four holes inside the oval and 14 holes adjacent to the backstretch of the famed Indy 500 race track. The course was designed by noted golf course designer

Pete Dye, and hosted the PGA Champions Tour Comfort Classic for seven years (1994-2000). It has served as the host for the 2009 Indiana Open Championship and is one of only a few courses in the country to host LPGA, PGA and Champions tour events. For more details or to register, contact Lori Wharrey, AIST, at tel. 724-814-3044 or lwharrey@aist.org. Registration can also be made directly at the AIST website at www.aist.org.

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The event, once again, is sponsored by Leoni Wire, and as noted before, runners of all calibers are most welcome for a good cause. The entry fee is $25, and all the proceeds go to charity. The fee can be paid with registration or you can just show up with a check or cash.

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Indianapolis: the ‘circle city’ has more than fast cars attractions. In 2013, the city won Sister Cities International’s 2013 Best Overall Program award for jurisdictions of populations 500,000 and above. The local take, per the visitors bureau, is that it’s not the racetrack or any structure that makes the An aerial view of Monument Circle. city noteworthy. “Mostly, it’s the spirit of the people of Indianapolis that sets our city apart. An artificial city laid down on the swampy marshes of a non-navigable river, Indy should have been a sleepy, small-town state capital. But with humility and competitive spirit, a quietly determined people created a great city from the ground up. Endowed with few natural advantages, the city was built by people who did not accept excuses. From those pioneers of the early days to Madam Walker rising to riches when African-Americans lacked opportunity, to the legendary battles at the Speedway to a downtown full of construction cranes in the middle of a recession, Indianapolis is the city that won’t quit. “Today that spirit is as alive and strong as ever. We’ve come a long way, but we still haven’t reached our potential. So while you delight in our sights and activities, be sure to get to know the people of Indianapolis. Treat yourself to the famous local hospitality, and be sure to come back soon to see what our determined attitude will create here tomorrow. Welcome to our great city. Welcome to Indianapolis.” The map on the opposite page provides some highlights and a few The century-old Indianapolis Motor Speedway annually plays host to the recommended restaurant choices are largest single-day sporting event in the world: the “Indy 500.” Photo provided on p. 56. courtesy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Indianapolis is best known for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but the visitors bureau reports that the city, the capital of Indiana, has other noteworthy attractions. Indianapolis is also known as the Circle City because of the monument that is located in the city’s center, a big roundabout intersection downtown. The traffic circle at the intersection of Meridian and Market Streets features the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument. The circle, which is depicted on the city’s flag, and is generally considered the city’s symbol, lies in the shadow of Indiana’s tallest skyscraper, the Chase Tower. Per Wikipedia, Indianapolis has the most residents of any city in Indiana. As of the last census, the city’s population of just under 835,000 makes it the 13th largest city in the U.S. Historically, Indianapolis has oriented itself around government (a byproduct of its state capital function) and industry, particularly manufacturing. Over the years, the city revitalized the downtown area so that today it has a much more diversified economy, contributing to the fields of education, health care, and finance. Tourism is also a vital part of the economy of Indianapolis, with the city playing host to numerous conventions and sporting events. The best known of the latter are the annual Indianapolis 500, Brickyard 400 and NHRA U.S. Nationals, but the city also hosted the Pan American Games in 1987 and the Super Bowl XLVI in 2012. Both Forbes and Livability.com rank Indianapolis as having one of the best downtowns in the United States, citing “more than 200 retail shops, more than 35 hotels, nearly 300 restaurants and food options, movie theaters, sports venues, museums, art galleries and parks” as

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The following mini-reviews of best restaurants come from Yelp.

St. Elmo Steak House 127 S Illinois St, Tel. 317-635-0636 $$$ • Steakhouses This is a “must stop” for shrimp cocktail. ... I’m not a fan of beans but the navy bean soup is terrific.

Harry and Izzy’s 153 S Illinois St Tel. 317-635-9594 $$$ • Steakhouses, Bars We inquired at the information center of a good restaurant and were directed here. What a delight!

Fogo de Chao Indianapolis 117 East Washington Street Tel. 317-638-4000 $$$ • Brazilian, Steakhouses My absolute favorites were the picanha, alcatra, and lamb chops. ... The salad bar is top notch.

The Capital Grille 40 W Washington St Tel. 317-423-8790 $$$ • Steakhouses, American (Traditional) The service is outstanding and the food is very good. Despite being part of a chain, this is probably one of the best Downtown restaurants.

Bazbeaux Pizza 339 S Delaware St. Tel. 317-636-7662 $$ • Pizza I have had just about every kind of pizza in Indianapolis, but given the option, I’ll take Bazbeaux any day. Any where. Any time.

Bangkok Restaurant and Jazz Bar 225 E Ohio St Tel. 317-632-9000 $$ • Thai, Bars The crab rangoon was probably the best I’ve had in a restaurant. It was delicious!

Cerulean Restaurant 339 S Delaware St Tel. 317- 870-1320 $$$ • American (New)

Wonderful “devour downtown” menu and wine pairings. La Parada Restaurant 1642 E New York St. Tel. 317-917-0095 $ • Mexican Looks like a dive, but sometimes those are the best places. Great Salsa and homemade chips. Lots of menu options, most authentic food. Adobo Grill 110 E Washington St. Tel. 317-822-9990 $$$ • Brazilian, Steakhouses Make sure you get the guacamole, made to order at your table. Santorini Greek Kitchen 417 Prospect St Tel. 317-917-1117 $$ • Greek, Mediterranean My falafel sandwich was crispy on the outside and moist and flavorful on the inside...really perfect. This place lives up to the high reviews.

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The sky’s the limit for these Association events The WAI has selected the Skyline Club, which offers a stunning view of Indianpolis, to host the Members Rewards event and the awards presentations at 5:30 pm on Monday, May 5. This will mark the second time that WAI has held the Members Rewards event, the initial staging drawing more than 200 people at Interwire 2013. The setting, as noted, will be memorable, and WAI members in good standing are welcome to join the festivities, which will include a chance to enjoy refreshments, mingle with their peers and a chance to walk away with a good raffle prize. The event will also honor the winners of the Donnellan and Mordica awards (see pp. 60-61), the President’s Award (see p. 67) and the authors of the best technical papers. The winning technical papers were chosen by the Association’s Paper Awards Committee from those presented at Interwire 2013 and at the CabWire World Conference.

At Interwire 2013, Kinga Korzan, a doctoral student at Poland’s AGH University, and Wire Link Scholar William Binnie with Jeff Justice at the WAI Member Rewards event, sponsored by Lloyd & Bouvier. The winning paper in the ferrous sector was “Properties of high-carbon steel wires drawn at extremely slow speed,” by Yoshiro Yamada, Yamada Research & Consulting, Japan. Second place was “Processing technology of high dimensional accuracy shaped wiredrawing for spring wire,” by Kazunari Yoshida, Kenta Suga, and Keita Nakazima, Tokai University; and Kotaro Watanabe and Koji Umezu, Tama Spring Co. Ltd., Japan. The winning paper in the nonferrous sector was “Technology production and properties of high-strength and high-conductivity nanostructured copper-silver wires for new type overhead line conductors,” by Artur Kawecki, Tadeusz Knych, Eliza Sieja-Smaga, Andrzej

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In case you’re wondering, the Skyline Club is on the 36th ÀRRU Mamala, Paweá KwaĞniewski, Grzegorz Kiesiewicz, Beata Smyrak, and Kinga KorzeĔ, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland. Second place was “High-precision roll-bending of titanium alloy wire for glasses,” by Yuichiro Sekine, Motoo Asakawa, Natsuki Kato, Yuki Takebe, and Shuzo Matsuo, Waseda University; and Yoshinori Sasaki and Masami Matsumura, Industrial Technology Center of Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The winning paper in the electrical sector was “Optimizing shielded pair manufacturing,” by Juliusz Poltz, OptEM Engineering Inc., Canada, and Mats Josefsson, Ericsson AB, Sweden. Second place was “Speed optimization for cross-linked PE insulation (PEXa) at a horizontal CV line,” by Wolfgang Menne and Horst Scheid, Siebe Engineering, Germany. The winning paper in the general sector was “Analysis of wire-clamped joints by FEM,” by Janusz Juraszek, University of Bielsko-Biaáa, Poland. Second place was “Improved wire quality with advanced TCHP dies,” by Daniel J. Cunningham and John Keane, Allomet Corporation; and Roger Wright, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA. The WAI will also hold its annual event at the meeting.

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Prof. Asakawa wins Mordica Award chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Professor Motoo Asakawa, the winner of the Dept. of Waseda University from 1998-2000 Mordica Memorial Award, is a distinguished and 2005-2006, chairman of the Products and industry veteran, with a background both in Qualities Division of the Japan Iron & Steel industry and academics and a record of achieveInstitute from 2000-2002, chairman of the ment at both. Materials and Processing Division of JSME in Asakawa was employed by Sumitomo Metals 2004-2005, as an organizer of the International in Japan from 1968 to 1995, where he focused Conference of Technology of Plasticity in 2002 on process and materials engineering of mechanand the JSME/ASME International Conference ical parts of automobiles, trains, aircraft and construction equipment. During that period, Motoo Asakawa on Materials & Processing in 2002 and 2005. Asakawa also became a Fellow of JSTP in 2003 he earned 19 patents. In 1980, he earned a docand JSME in 2005. toral degree in bar and rod rolling from Japan’s The professor has won numerous awards, including the Waseda University, and in 1996 he joined the school’s Okochi Memorial Prize, the Society for Technology of faculty at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Plasticity Prize, and the Iron & Steel Institute Prize in School of Science and Engineering. He has since earned Japan as well as WAI’s Allan B. Dove Memorial Award four more patents. He has also been a prolific author, for the best ferrous technical paper in 2003. presenting more than 27 technical papers on wiredrawing, Wrote one nominator, “The (above) accomplishments I straightening, rolling and material processing, including have described here represent only a small fraction of the 16 papers for WAI since 2001. technical contributions made by Professor Asakawa in his Asakawa has been active in industry organizations, professional career. … (He) is indeed a worthy candidate to including: the board of directors of the Japan Society receive the Wire Association International Mordica Award.” for Technology of Plasticity (JSTP) from 1997-1999,

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A long-active WAI member, Dane development manager for Henkel Corporation. Armendariz was named the winner of the Not long after, he became a consultant, and Donnellan Memorial Award, which goes to earlier this year he returned to the field, joinan individual for his or her contributions to the ing Chemetall as an industry manager. He has Association. worked in the fields of zinc phosphate, speA WAI member since 1993, Armendariz cialty coatings, drawing compounds, and most served as its president in 2010 and served two processes used in the treatment of ferrous metterms on the Board of Directors. He also served als. Most recently, he worked primarily with on the Executive Committee, the Oversight new processes and environmentally friendly Committee, co-chaired the Conference products for the wire, tube, and stainless steel Dane Programming Committee, and was chairman of industries. He holds a B.S. degree in chemistry Armendariz the Suppliers Management Committee, where from the University he served from 1996 to 2005. He served on the of Pittsburgh. Exhibition Planning Committee and was a member of the Wrote one person supporting his nomination, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have Interwire Site Evaluation Task Force in 2004. known Dane personally and professionally for more than Armendariz also served as the 2005 Interwire commit20 years. Throughout this entire period, I gained admitee chairman, and was on the organizing committees for ration and respect for his technical, administrative, and Interwire in 1999 and Wire Expo in 1998 and 2004. He leadership skills while he was contributing significantly participated in the 2003 establishment of WAIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ohio to WAI and the wire and cable industry in general. He Chapter, where he served as a board member, secretary helped influence numerous strategies that will benefit our and president. He also has served as a long-time advisor Association for many years to come. In summary, I can for WJI. think of no one better qualified to receive the prestigious A veteran of more than 30 years in the surface treatDonnellan Award.â&#x20AC;? ment industry, Armendariz retired in 2012 as business

LEADERS WAI OPERATIONS SUMMIT & WIRE EXPO 2014

Education Committee members Chairman: Brian Parsons, Southwire Co

Richard Medoff, Ace Metal, Inc.

Vice Chairman: Ralph Noonan, Etna Products, Inc

Donald Neville, RichardsApex Europe Ltd. Dale Olp, North American Steel and Wire, Inc.

Peter Blackford, Cable USA, Inc

Paul Pawlikowski, Delphi Packard Electric Systems

Donald Dodge, Calmont Wire & Cable

Horace Pops, Horace Pops Consulting, Inc.

Joseph Domblesky, Marquette University

Peter Power, Power Innovative Technology

Steven Ford, Southwire Co

Christopher Reeve, Insteel Wire Products

Mark Garretson, Flynn Garretson Associated Companies

Don Sayenga, Cardon Management Group

Jordan Gonzalez, National Standard Co

Robert Shemenski, RMS Consulting, Inc.

C. Richard Gordon, Gerdau Long Steel North America

Bhaskar Yalamanchili, Gerdau Long Steel North America

William Jarae, Charter Steel Erik Macs, Progressive Machinery, Inc

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WAI Staff Liaison: Marc Murray

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Time at Indy. The fastest way to lead your wire plant ahead.

WAI’s next wire & cable adventure will take just two days in Circle City. Safet y and Continuous I mprovement S e gments || Net work ing || Joint AIST Technical S ession E x h i b i t s | | M a c h i n e r y R o u n d t a b l e | | Eq u i p m e n t Fo r u m | | M o b i l e C l a s s ro o m to G e n e r a l Ca b l e WAI’s Operations Summit & Wire Expo 2014 will help you focus on intense, peer-driven crosstalk about today’s plant management best practices. Safety and equipment

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Tech fact: Transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP)-aided steel has been recognized as one of the important advanced high strength steels (AHSS) for the crashworthy components of the automobile. Check out the AISTech-WAI Joint Session: “Metallurgy of Wire Rod” for this and other new developments.

Co-located with AISTech 2014 Free access to AISTech 2014 exhibits with WAI registration badge.

Sponsors: Platinum: Wire & Plastic Machinery || Gold: Leggett & Platt Inc. | Southwire Co. || Silver: Carris Reels Inc. Lloyd & Bouvier | Nexans | SAMP | Windak || Bronze: BASF | ExxonMobil Chemical | Chemson | RichardsApex Inc. Also: Baum's Castorine Co. | Commission Brokers Inc. | Leoni Wire | Sonoco

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Tuesday, May 6 Note: Welcome Reception is already included in full registration fees.

5K ROAD RACE CHARITY EVENT (FKR) Wednesday, May 7 Proceeds to charity.

MOBILE CLASSROOM TO GENERAL CABLE (MCT)

FASTENERS, WIRE FORMING, FABRICATING 61 ❏ Fastener Manufacture 62 ❏ Four-Slide Forming 64 ❏ Hot and/or Cold Forming and Heading 66 ❏ Spring Manufacture 68 ❏ Wire Cloth Mesh Screening 69 ❏ Other Forming and Fabricating

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RECEPTION Meet and Greet!

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There will be no lack of elbow room at WAI’s Opening Reception, to be held Tuesday, May 6, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, at Lucas Oil Stadium, which has been called by some as the finest stadium in the NFL. The stadium highlight is obviously the field itself, but the complex itself, with some 1.8 million sq ft, is a destination unto itself. Nearly a million visitors come a year to the site, which includes space for trade shows and conventions, includings two multi-level club lounges, 139 suites, retractable sideline seating, house reduction curtains, two HD video boards, 360 degree ribbon boards and Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts and a key part of the more. Indianapolis convention and meetings package. Photo courtesy of MediaWright Photography. The Opening Reception will find attendees looking from behind and The multi-purpose facility seats over 67,000 fans while above the Indy side of the end zone, looking over the featuring spectacular views of the downtown Indianapolis field and stadium from the Colts side. The stadium, skyline. Tickets are included in full registration, are $100 which hosted Super Bowl XLVI, has a retractable roof. in advance (on or before April 14), and $125 on-site.

Life & 25 Year members WAI OPERATIONS SUMMIT & WIRE EXPO 2014

Recognized Members In conjunction with the Association’s Annual Meeting, the newest group of Life Members will be recognized along with those members attaining 25-year status as a member of WAI. A total of 11 people have been designated as new Life Members, qualifying because their age plus number of continuous years of WAI membership equals 90. Another 12 people will be recognized for attaining 25-year member status. Below is the latest list.

Life Members Charles E Dobbel Nehring Electrical Works Inc Dekalb, IL, USA

John A Manning, Jr Penn Machinery Co Flourtown, PA, USA

Donald D Schollin Q-S Technologies Inc Meriden, CT, USA

GeorgeDdowning Elektrisola Inc Concord, NH, USA

Byron R Nelson Leland Industries Inc Scarborough, ON, Canada

Michael Shaffer Condat Corp Hanover, PA, USA

Bill Ito Spoolon Manufacturing Ltd Cobourg, ON, Canada

Ralph Noonan Etna-Bechem Lubricants Ltd Salem, SC,

Carmine A Spatola Standard Technical Applied Resources Inc Doylestown, OH, USA

Alan D Keenan Alan Wire Co Sikeston, MO, USA

Steve Riley Leggett & Platt Inc Nicholasville, KY, USA

25-Year Members William A Avise Leggett & Platt Inc Carthage, MO, USA

Thomas H Maxwell, Jr Die Quip Corp Bethel Park, PA, USA

Kenneth Potvin Teknikor Automation & Controls Inc Fall River, MA, USA

Richard Barthod Balloffet Die Corp USA El Paso, TX, USA

Ralph Noonan Etna-Bechem Lubricants Ltd Salem, SC, USA

Adam Thomas Thomas Wire Die Ltd Burlington, ON, Canada

Darrell Fox Foxton Dies Ltd Cleckheaton, Wyk, UK

Donnie Norton Phifer Wire Inc Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Jonathan Vail Prysmian Draka Cableteq USA North Dighton, MA, USA

Jaime Levin Conductores Arsa SA de CV Naucalpan, ME, Mexico

Brian Perry Varﬂex Corp Rome, NY, USA

Robert Yates Eastern Wire Products Co Inc Jacksonville, FL, USA

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KEYNOTE / WAI AWARD The Technical Professional of 2020 He will also discuss the value to manufacturers of setting up internships, the importance of a team approach at work and why companies should take steps to make sure that employees, once hired, are supported in their efforts to be life-long learners. Cornwell holds Ph.D. and master’s degrees from Princeton University and a B.S. degree from Texas Tech University. He joined Rose-Hulman as professor in its Mechanical Engineering Department in 1989, and attained his current position in 2011. While at Rose-Hulman, he worked as a visiting scholar at Los Alamos National Laboratory during summers, and he helped create the Los Alamos Dynamics Summer School. He was named to the Princeton Review’s Best 300 Professors list for 2012. Cornwell has been widely recognized for his expertise. He had the best paper and presentation in the Mechanics Division at five American Society of Engineering Education annual conferences and has won awards from the Society of Automotive Engineers. On Jan. 9, Cornwell testified at a congressional hearing about private sector programs that encourage students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). He proposed specific initiatives that he believes could improve the national engineering graduation rate by 10%.

President’s Award goes to WDD’s Terry Sieger A long-time active WAI member, Terry Sieger will receive the association’s President’s Award, given for outstanding volunteer dedication, at WAI’s Monday night Awards and Member Rewards event being held at the Skyline Club. Sieger, the international sales manager for Woodburn Diamond Die Inc., Woodburn, Indiana, USA, has been an Association member since 1985, and is also a member and director of its Midwest Chapter. He has served as a member of WAI’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee as well as the Membership Committee and the Exhibition Planning Task Force. He was the Executive Committee liaison to the Suppliers Management Committee and the Publications Advisory Board. Unlike the Mordica and Donnellan Memorial Awards which are awarded nearly every year, the President’s Award has been given only occasionally since its inception 10 years ago. It is given at the discretion of the sitting WAI president to single out for recognition outstanding contributions that might not otherwise be recognized. Current WAI President Bill Avise of Leggett & Platt, Inc., chose to honor Sieger this year. Several WAI past presidents who worked with Sieger on the Board and Executive Committee all supported his

recognition for this distinctive honor. “Terry’s service to the Association has been long and distinguished,” said one past president. “(He) has always served selflessly and with great Terry Sieger, foreground, helping out enthusiasm.” at the Wire Expo 2014 Points Meeting Observed anoth- at WAI headuqaurters. er, “Terry is truly the ‘Salt of the Earth.’ Never asking for favors, recognition, or even being mentioned. He is only interested in the ideal of ‘Members serving members’!” Added another, “Mr. Sieger has served WAI in many responsible capacities over the years, thus earning respect through many years of dedicated service and very active participation on numerous committees. In these positions, he helped influence numerous decisions that benefited our Association at that time and

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Dr. Philip Cornwell, an award-winning professor and vice president of academic affairs at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, will speak about the kinds of expertise manufacturers can expect to need in the future during his presentation at the luncheon that starts at noon on Tuesday, May 6., when he will make his Keynote Address: The Technical Professional of 2020. Cornwell will explain how Rose-Hulman, which has a 99% placement rate, adapts its curriculum to meet the future needs of employers. He notes that the basic laws of engineering don’t change, but the tools and technology con3KLOLS &RUQZHOO WHVWL¿HV DW D -DQ FRQJUHVtinually sional subcommittee hearing on technology. evolve. Nick McGee photo.

OVERVIEW WAI OPERATIONS SUMMIT & WIRE EXPO 2014

Education Programs at a Glance Monday, May 5, 2014 Fundamentals of wire manufacturing course General Topics

8:30 am - 9:15 am 9:15 am - 10:00 am

Wiredrawing Mechanics Drawing Dies

10:15 am - 11:00 am

Lubricants

11:00 am - 11:45 am

Wire Breaks & Surface Damage

Noon - 1:00 pm

Lunch Ferrous Track

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

Ferrous Metallurgy

1:45 pm - 2:30 pm

Ferrous Testing & Properties

2:45 pm - 3:30 pm

Heat Treatment

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm

Cleaning & Coating Nonferrous/Electrical Track

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

Annealing, Stranding & Bunching

1:45 pm - 2:30 pm

Extrusion, Part 1

2:45 pm - 3:30 pm

Extrusion, Part 2

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm

Electrical Testing

Tuesday, May 6, 2014 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Machinery Roundtable: Drives & Control Equipment Forum (Ferrous)

10:30 am - 11:15 am

Blocks & Coatings

11:15 am - noon 10:30 am - 11:15 am 11:15 am - Noon

Single-Line Galvanizing Equipment Forum (Nonferrous) Closed-Loop Controls Data Acquisition

AISTech/WAI Joint Session: Metallurgy of Wire Rod 10:00 am - Noon 4 papers 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm 6 papers Operational Excellence 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Robotics 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Continuous Improvement Case Study 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm The Paramount Die Story 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Quality Assurance Production Solutions 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Dies 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Lubricants 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Wire Breaks

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 9:00 am -9:30 am Mordica Lecture 9:30 am -11:30 am Safety Forum Schedule subject to change. See Show Program for room assignments.

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Fundamentals of Wire & Cable Manufacturing Monday, May 5 A total of 11 sessions will be presented, all taught by industry experts. The sessions are being held on a single day to make it easier for attendees to take part in other events when the full schedule begins on Tuesday, May 6. The schedule is subject to change. For the latest information, go to www.wirenet.org.

General Topics 8:30 am - 9:15 am “Mechanics of Wiredrawing,” Joseph P. Domblesky, Marquette University, USA. This course covers basic engineering principles and process calculations that are used in wiredrawing processes for metal rods and wires. Topics that will be covered include material heat-up during drawing and friction. Calculating reductions and draw forces for sizing drawing stands using standard engineering formulas will also be considered. Also the effect of alloy chemistry will be considered on drawing performance along with an overview of common die materials. 9:15 am - 10:00 am “Drawing Dies,” Thomas Maxwell Jr., Die Quip Corp. This presentation focuses on the die, the most important part of the drawing process. Without it, the best drawing machines, lubricant, and treatment systems cannot reduce the wire diameter. However, with a die, vice pliers and a hammer, wire can be drawn, albeit slowly, as it has been for over 2,000 years. The intention of this course is to provide an understanding of what makes a die work, how it is designed, causes of failure and problems with drawing larger sizes. 10:15 am - 11:00 am “Wiredrawing Lubricant Technology,” David Gzesh, Blachford Corporation, USA. The heat generated in the wiredrawing process significantly affects the lubricant properties in the die gap. The amount of generated heat is influenced by the interaction of the lubricant with factors that include the metal composition, surface preparation, speed, and other process variables. Selecting the best lubricant for a given wiredrawing application can be challenging due to the seemingly limitless number of combinations of processing variables and the lubricant types that are available today. This course looks at the impact of a lubricant’s chemical and physical characteristics, in particular, the viscosity and chemistry influence on the lubricant selection process.

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11:00 am - 11:45 pm “Wire Breaks & Surface Damage,” Horace Pops, Horace Pops Consulting Inc., USA. This course presents a classification of wire breaks from a perspective that compares material defects to process-related problems. Rod defects will include both casting and rolling issues such as internal voids, foreign contaminants, rolled-in scale, hot cracks, and surface porosity. The effects of wiredrawing speed and lubrication will be discussed with respect to generation of fines, shaving, galling, and other surface defects.

Ferrous Track 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm “Fundamentals of Ferrous Metallurgy,” Anand Bhagwat, Minova International, USA. This introductory course is designed to provide a general understanding of ferrous metallurgical concepts, including phase equilibrium, transformation, strengthening mechanisms, heat treatment, and an overview of steelmaking, and their relevance to the wire technology. 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm “Ferrous Testing and Properties,” C. Richard Gordon, Gerdau Long Steel North America, USA. This course discusses tensile, coiling, wrap, reverse bend, torsion, fatigue, and hardness testing procedures. It illustrates interpretation of test results in terms of sample properties. It also presents practical exercises of data analysis. 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm “Heat Treatment,” C. Richard Gordon, Gerdau Long Steel North America, USA. This course focuses on heat treatment of ferrous metals. It includes basic principles applicable to many metals with examples related to heat treatment of steel. It reviews the effect of furnace atmosphere and common reactions responsible for oxidation and other atmosphere/metal reactions. 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm “Cleaning & Coating of Rod and Wire,” Dane Armendariz, Chemetall US, USA. This course presents the fundamentals of cleaning, pickling, and coating of ferrous wire and rod in preparation for drawing and processing. Proper control and handling in these areas ensures quality of the finished product. The design of these processes impacts the economics of the operation. It is imperative that rather than individual stages, this department should be viewed as a whole as it is critical to success. The course deals with zinc phosphate

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1:00 pm - 1:45 pm “Annealing of Electrical Conductors,” Horace Pops, Horace Pops Consulting Inc., USA. This course addresses principles of annealing, annealing of copper and aluminum wire, and annealing problems. Specific topics include definitions, structure—property changes, general concepts, engineering rules and guidelines, stages of annealing, role of work hardening; also, effects of composition, interaction of impurities, control of process variables (amount of reduction; intermediate anneals), measurement of annealing process, rate of softening, batch versus strand annealing; and annealability testing, purity and equipment problems, oxidation and staining, measurement of properties, hydrogen embrittlement, sticky wire, and frictional heating during drawing. 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm “Extrusion, Part 1,” Erik A. Macs, Progressive Machinery Inc., USA. Part 1 starts with a review of the basic polymers typically used in the wire and cable process and is followed by explanation of the basic design of a thermoplastic extruder—barrel and liners, feed section, drive system, gearbox and thrust bearing, heating/cooling system, and pellet feeding. Special emphasis is placed on the varieties of screw design. 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm “Extrusion, Part 2,” Erik A. Macs, Progressive Machinery Inc., USA. Part 2 covers the design considerations of the remaining components of extrusion lines. Items discussed include payoffs, dancers and accumulators, preheaters, crossheads, cooling troughs, capstans, on-line measurement and testing, printing, take-ups, and control systems. A brief review of typical troubleshooting tips is included if time permits. 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm, “Formation and Measurement of Fines,” Horace Pops, Horace Pops Consulting. This session presents an analysis of the origin, microstructures, and make-up of fines in nonferrous products during rod production and wiredrawing. It includes a morphological genus for these contaminants leading to descriptions of eight different formation mechanisms: surface oxides, abrasive and third body wear, adhesive wear, slivers, surface deformation, delamination, and chemical compounds. It also includes a new method to quantitatively determine the fines-potential of rod samples.

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Operations Summit returns with new elements Building on the success of the first Operations Summit two years ago, the 2014 installment features the return of those things that worked well the first time as well as the introduction of some new elements we hope will work even better. WAI’s Conference Programming Committee has assembled a program designed to give plant managers and their staff practical insights into getting the most out of their day-to-day operations. Moreover, it is meant to provide a forum for sharing experiences and advice among peers through the personal contact of new and growing relationship in a way nothing else can match. Program elements that will see return engagements include the popular machinery roundtable, Operational Excellence case studies of industry success stories, and a safety forum. New this time will be segment-specific Equipment Forums to examine critical processes with insights for efficiency and improvement. The traditional

plant tour finds a new twist in the “Mobile Classroom,” a facility visit that bridges the gap between the conference and the shop floor by extending the learning experience to a nearby facility. General Cable is opening its doors for a peek into what makes its continuous improvement culture unique and so successful. Finally, while the technical sessions familiar to attendees of Interwire are not part of the re-imagined Operations Summit, there will still be something for that audience. For the first time ever, WAI and the Association of Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) have organized a joint session of 10 papers on metallurgy of wire rod, taking advantage of the co-location of AISTech’s May 5-8 conference with Expo’s May 6-7 program, both at the Indiana Convention Center.

Scheduled presentations topics

Equipment Forum | Ferrous Blocks & Coatings • Gaining a Competitive Advantage in Your Wiredrawing Process, Gene Klein, Sr., Parkway-Kew Corporation (PKC).

A total of 11 presentations are set for the WAI Operations Summit as well as a day-long ferrous session being offered in conjunction with AIST. Below are the indiviudal elements presented in the following pages. Room locations will be in the Show Program. Machinery Roundtable: Drives & Control Panelists: David Hawker, Nexans Energy Cables Div. NA; Michael Kaczynski, OEM Design Services; Lou Lambruschi, Parker Hannifin Corp., SSD Drives Div., and Tim Tanner, President, Teknikor.

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Single-Line Galvanizing • Eco-Friendly ‘Green’ Galvanizing: The SunWyre MHD Galvanizing Process, Patrick Weister, SunWyre Inc. Equipment Forum | Nonferrous Closed-Loop Controls • Gauging, Keith Donahue, Zumbach Electronics Corp • Gravimetric Blending, Dana Darley, Process Control Corporation • Data Acquisition, Dawn Garrett, Rockwell Automation Operational Excellence • Robotics, Mining Industry Robotic Solutions (MIRS) SA Continuous Improvement Case Study • Process Improvement Case Study: Tensile Consistency in High-Carbon Steel Wire, Steven D. Foust and Steven M. Montague, Leggett & Platt Inc. • The Paramount Die Story • Quality Assurance

Attendees at the Machinery Roundtable at the WAI Operations Summitt & Wire Expo 2012 in Dallas got to hear the perspectives of machinery suppliers and wire and cable manufacturers on a range of practical topics.

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Mordica Lecture • Trends in drawing technology for bars and wires, Motoo Asakawa, Waseda University, Japan Safety Forum • Achieving “Zero Harm” Through SafeOperations, Will Kraft, W & M Kraft Inc.; and Jason Adams, Ingram Barge Company, USA.

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Equipment Forum| Ferrous 10:30 am - 11:15 am Blocks & Coatings *DLQLQJ D &RPSHWLWLYH $GYDQWDJH LQ <RXU :LUHGUDZLQJ 3URFHVV *HQH .OHLQ 6U 3DUNZD\ .HZ &RUSRUDWLRQ (PKC), USA. This session focuses on improving quality, and speed of wire production. This is done by managing wiredrawing machinery, as well as other components that have direct contact to the wire. Taper, radius, and water cooling in ferrous production, along with nonferrous components are discussed. Issues related to alloy type and specific wire such as flux core are touched on, along with the problems of overlapping and climbing. 11:15 am - noon Single-Line Galvanizing (FR )ULHQGO\ Âľ*UHHQÂś *DOYDQL]LQJ 7KH 6XQ:\UH 0+' *DOYDQL]LQJ 3URFHVV 3DWULFN :HLVWHU 6XQ:\UH ,QF 86$ This presentation explains in detail the Magneto-HydroDynamic (MHD) galvanizing process and shows the many green features that are not available in a classical hot dip galvanizing system. These include: no acid, no acid rinse, and no flux; no hazardous waste or byproducts; blast cleaning and surface profiling to prepare the steel; energy-efficient induction heating of the wire and rod; and low power consumption for heating one tonne of molten zinc. The proprietary process that incorporates MHD offers an innovative approach to the production of galvanized and Galfanized long products including steel wire, rod, rebar, and tubing. Equipment Forum | Nonferrous 10:30 am - 11:15 pm Closed-Loop Controls Gravimetric Blending, Dana Darley, Process Control &RUSRUDWLRQ 86$ Gravimetric blending and gravimetric extrusion control are critical to the production of wire and cable.

11:15 am - noon Data Acquisition, Dawn Garrett, Rockwell Automation, USA. You Cannot Improve What You Cannot See,â&#x20AC;? a concept from the works of W. Edwards Deming, applies to reasons why data acquisition is a key component towards process improvement. Variation is inherent in all processes and it is the responsibility of the process owner to monitor and manage the process and make real-time decisions for continuous improvement. The cost of data storage is inexpensive, enabling us to collect volumes of data, both automated and manually. New software technology enables us to analyze and contextualize multiple data sets and make intelligent actionable decisions. The opportunity to make improvements relies on real-time data acquisition. Operational Excellence 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Robotics $UH 5RERWV LQ <RXU 1HDU )XWXUH"5RGULJR 0DGDULDJD DQG )HOLSH &DVWUR 0LQLQJ ,QGXVWU\ 5RERWLF 6ROXWLRQV 0,56 6$ &KLOH Have suppliers been unable to communicate the advantages of robotic systems in your company? Maybe robotics is not currently in the short-term plans of the wire and cable industry. But the main advantage of robotics is to allow dynamically modifying trajectories as required. This definition immediately brings to mind applications like mobile devices for materials handling, material preparation and palletizing stations, and the like. Today, the technical challenges of robotics are largely solved and the focus now is on how much business value they contribute. 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Continuous Improvement Case Study 3URFHVV ,PSURYHPHQW &DVH 6WXG\ 7HQVLOH &RQVLVWHQF\ LQ +LJK &DUERQ 6WHHO :LUH 6WHYHQ ' )RXVW DQG 6WHYHQ 0 0RQWDJXH /HJJHWW 3ODWW ,QF 86$ In an effort to improve the consistency of physical properties and forming characteristics in high-carbon, hard-drawn steel wire, a cross-functional Six Sigma team was formed. The members of the team included personnel with knowledge and responsibility in steelmaking, rod rolling, and wiredrawing. The team achieved its goal by independently identifying key process parameters at each stage in the process, then leveraging the combined knowledge for further improvement in the final product. MARCH 2014 | 73

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9:00 am - 10:30 am Machinery Roundtable: Drives & Control Panelists: David Hawker, Nexans Energy Cables Div. NA, USA; Michael Kaczynski, OEM Design Services, USA; /RX /DPEUXVFKL 3DUNHU +DQQLÂżQ &RUS 66' 'ULYHV 'LY USA; and Tim Tanner, President, Teknikor, USA. Join this panel of equipment suppliers and wiredrawers as they discuss upgrading drives and control. They will address how to decide between a mechanical overhaul and an electrical upgrade, with attention to who owns responsibility for the process. They will examine the ins and outs of replacing equipment electronics, including the pitfalls, timeframes, and downtime involved. Each panelist will have an opportunity to present his own take on the topic, followed by a general discussion among the entire panel, with questions from the audience.

This presentation provides an unbiased, technical overview of all available blending and control technologies, details each process with examples from multiple equipment suppliers, discuss the pros and cons of each, and draws some basic application guidelines. It reviews in detail batch and continuous blending, additive dosing, and loss-in-weight gravimetric extrusion control. It concludes with the economics of the systems and payback.

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014 Mordica Lecture: 9:00 am to 9:30 am Trends in drawing technology for bars and wires Motoo Asakawa, Waseda University, Japan. In this study, the author’s research group focuses on the processing related to plastic forming for high dimensional accuracy and superior mechanical and metallurgical properties in bars and wires. It discusses the axial residual stress of drawing; protrusion die drawing; the effect of the additional shear strain layer; and diameter thickening of wire during drawing. It concludes with an introduction of a novel non-slip-type continuous drawing method for ﬁne wires. Motoo Asakawa

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm The Paramount Die Story, details to be in Show Program. 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Quality Assurance, details to be in Show Program.

Wednesday, May 7 Mordica Lecture 9:00 am - 9:30 am See above and p. 60. Safety Forum 9:30 am - 11:30 am Achieving ‘Zero Harm’ Through SafeOperations,

Will Kraft, W & M Kraft Inc.; and Jason Adams, Ingram Barge Company, USA. This presentation details the Zero Harm/Safe Operations initiative, offering a perspective on safety from outside the wire industry that chronicles successes under the most dangerous conditions. Injuries and incidents don’t just happen—they happen because we fail to manage risk to the lowest possible level. How people approach and do work does make a significant difference. Organizations achieve safety excellence through creating distinctive behaviors through use of systems. The four distinctive behaviors are: Plan Work with Risk Management, Accept Accountability, Take Care of Each Other, and Walk the Talk. Organizations in a wide variety of industries have significantly improved their safety performance along with other operation success factors following this strategic direction.

AIST-WAI Joint Session: Metallury of wire rod Tuesday, May 6 10:00 am - 10:30 am Recent Applications of a Heater Cover in a Stelmor Cooling System, Siwon Yoon, Gwansik Min, Seongkyu See, and Sanghyun Oh, POSCO, South Korea From the advent of the Stelmor cooling system, it has been a major part of wire rod manufacturing. To overcome the drawbacks of the process, however, the application of a slow cooling cover with a resistance heater has been consid-

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ered. Experiments with pilot-scale equipment were conducted to investigate the effect of the heater setting temperature, the number of heaters turned on and the diameter of wire rods. The results show that the wire rod diameter and the applied heater power are inversely proportional to the cooling velocity. 10:30 am - 11:00 am ,QÀXHQFH RI 'UDIWLQJ 6FKHGXOH in High-Speed Drawing of Carbon Steel Wires on Their Structure and Mechanical Properties, Jan Krnac, ZDB Bohumin, Czech

Republic; Jana Kavulokova, VSB Ostrava, Czech Republic; and Jan W.Pilarczyk, Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland. The influence of four different drafting drawing schedules for 1.5-mm-dia. high-carbon steel wires on their structure and mechanical properties is elaborated. The initial material for the wire drawing was a 5.5-mm-dia. Stelmor wire rod of steel C78D which has been drawn on the multistage KOCH drawing machine with total reduction of 92.6% in 13 passes and a drawing

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investigated. Oxygen-enriched combustion leads to a higher amount of oxidizing agents (CO2 and H2O) in the atmosphere which react with the steel surface during the heating process and affect the high-temperature oxidation. Therefore, experiments with various steel grades are carried out using thermogravimetric analyses and compared with real forging and reheating furnaces using oxygen-enriched burners. The results imply that there is a change in the kinetic model of the oxidation reaction at a temperature above 1,000Â°C. 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm (IIHFWV RI &RLOLQJ DQG 6WRUDJH 7LPH RQ WKH 6WUHVV 5HOD[DWLRQ %HKDYLRU RI 3UH 6WUHVVLQJ 6WHHO :LUHV -RVp 0 $WLHQ]D -DLPH &DUORV *iOYH] 'DYLG &HQGyQ DQG 0DQXDO (OLFHV 0DGULG 3RO\WHFKQLF 8QLYHUVLW\ 6SDLQ DQG )HUQDQGR 6XiUH] &]HFK 7HFKQLFDO

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Co-location with AIST a boon for WAI technical program Two years ago, WAI offered a different technical program, one that was not based on technical papers but presentations on everyday issues faced by wire and cable manufacturers. The reponse was quite good, enough that the Association is repeating that approach. One plus for 2014 is that through WAIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ rst-ever co-location with the Association for Iron and Steel Technologyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (AIST) AISTech event, attendees of the Operations Summit & Wire Expo 2014 will also be able to sit in on one or more technical papers being presented via a joint session with AIST. There is a lot to be said for being able to travel to one event instead of two, but pooling the resources of the constituencies of both groups, who have considerable overlap, is perhaps the greatest, and offers the intangibles of personal relationships. Both conferences will be hosted near each other within the Indiana Convention Center. AISTech runs from May 5 to 8, while the Operations Summit and Wire Expo runs May 6 to 7. To make the most of the co-location opportunity, the two groups are sponsoring a joint session on topics of interest to both the steel industry at large and the wire sector speciďŹ cally. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Metallurgy of Wire Rodâ&#x20AC;? session comprises two segments on Tuesday, May 6: one a four-paper section from 10:00 am to noon, and the second a six-paper group from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. The sessions will be located in a central room convenient to attendees of both conferences. WAI Director of Education Marc Murray identiďŹ ed Bhaskar Yalamanchili as the key driver who brought the session into being. Director of corporate quality for Gerdau Long Steel North America, Yalamanchili is a member of WAIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Board of Directors and a key volunteer in both organizations. He coordinated between AIST and WAI to make the session happen and is co-moderating the afternoon program.

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speed in the last draw of 15 m/s. After each draw, tensile strength (Rm), the number of bends (Nb) and the number of twists (Nt) of the drawn wires, according to the four different drafting schedules, were determined. After a total reduction of approx. 40, 70 and 90%, longitudinal and cross-sections of wires were examined with scanning electron microscope, and the effect of the applied drafting schedule on deformation and fracture of the cementite lamellae was determined.

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Currently there are no reports that show a systematic grain size effect on the deformation mechanisms in a relatively large grain size spectrum from ultrafine-grained (UFG) to coarse-grained (CG) regime in a single material, processed using a single set of identical parameters. Utilizing the concept of severe deformation-annealing sequence involving phase reversion, together with nanoscale deformation experiments, the authors elucidate the dependence of grain size on deformation mechanisms. It is illustrated that there is a clear distinction and fundamental transition in the deformation behavior of UFG austenitic stainless steel such that deformation twinning contributed to the excellent ductility of high-strength UFG steel, while in low-strength CG steel, ductility was also good but because of strain-induced martensitic transformation.

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Developing a Third-Generation Advanced High-Strength Steel With Two-Stage TRIP Behavior, Scott Pisarik, David Van Aiken, and Jessica TerBush, Missouri University of Science & Technology, USA. The work presented here will examine a thermodynamic model to predict the dual-stage TRIP behavior of alloy systems with Mn contents near 14 wt. % while destabilizing į-ferrite formation upon solidification. The presently devised model of the ȖĺİĺĮ transformation has been constructed utilizing a regular solution model in which inherent alloy driving force (ǻGȖĺİ) and interaction parameters (ǻ:Ȗĺİ) are considered while

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compositional effects on phase equilibria have been determined using FactSage 6.4. The thermodynamic driving force for a two-stage TRIP mechanism and austenite stability upon solidification were optimized for a composition near Fe-14Mn-2.2Si-2.4Al-0.10C-0.02N. Properties are reported for this material in the hot rolled and cold rolled states. 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm The Study of the Microstructural Evolution of a Pearlitic Steel During Cold Drawing and Static Strain Aging, Aude Lamontagne, Xavier Kleber, and Véronique Massardier, INSA de Lyon, France; and Daniele Mari, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Switzerland. Microstructural changes in a pearlitic steel during cold drawing and during isothermal aging have been investigated using thermoelectric power (TEP), internal friction (IF) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The TEP and the IF evolutions versus strain were compared. These techniques mainly highlight the increase in the amount of carbon atoms dissolved in ferrite due to the strain-induced decomposition of cementite during cold drawing. This phenomenon is likely to underlie the post-drawing aging. Then, the aging kinetics are monitored by TEP and exhibit three aging mechanisms occurring even at 20°C. DSC confirms the occurrence of these three mechanisms. 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Tempering Response of TRIPAided Low-Carbon Steel, Bimal Jha, Anjana Deva, and Shashi Shekhar Mohanty, Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL), India. Transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP)-aided steel has been recognized as one of the important advanced high strength steel (AHSS) for the crashworthy components of the automobile. Although number of studies has been carried

out to understand the characteristics of retained austenite and its stability under thermal and mechanical treatments, little work has been done to understand the decomposition characteristics of retained austenite as a result of tempering. The present study reports on the investigation pertaining to tempering of low-carbon (0.06%), Mn-Si-Cr-Mo TRIP steel. Extensive light as well as transmission electron microscopy have been employed to monitor structural changes brought about by varying tempering temperature and time. Structure-property correlations have been ascertained through assessment of mechanical properties.

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm MicroNiobium® Steelmaking Alloy Approach in 1080 Wire Rod, Steven Jansto, CBMM North America Inc., USA. The MicroNiobium® alloy approach is applied in higher-carbon steels exceeding 0.20% carbon. This study evaluates different Nb and Nb-V compositions from 0.020 to 0.120%Nb in AISI 1080 steels for wire rod applications. Although the Nb solubility is limited in high-carbon steels compared to low-carbon steels, the optimized Nb content is defined based on experimental results. The optimized Nb content leads to improved mechanical properties due to the finer interlamellar pearlite spacing. Seven different eutectoid steel developmental chemistries were evaluated to determine the effectiveness of Nb, V or Nb-V concentrations on the pearlite interlameller spacing, mechanical properties and drawability consistency.

PRODUCT SOLUTIONS Solutions (literally) to be found on the show floor 4:30-5:00: Wire Breaks This presentation will be made by Horace Pops, Horace Pops Consulting Inc., USA, It will address possible causes of wire breaks, which could be process or material related. A detailed analysis of central bursting (cuppy wire) will include both causes, prevention, and correction.

Production Solutions 3:30-4:00: Dies This presentation will be made by Tom Maxwell, Jr., Die Quip Corporation. He will discuss common die concerns with a practical focus on understanding and preventing them. 4:00-4:30: Lubricants This presentation on lubricant solutions will be made by Troy Carr and Bill Coode, Etna Products, Inc. & Etna-Bechem Lubricants, Ltd. It will identify the most common issues associated with wiredrawing lubricant systems and offers solutions to those issues.

Ralph Noonan, Etna Products, discusses lubricant concerns during his Production Solutions presentation.

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Production Solutions returns to the show floor at Wire Expo from 3:30 pm to 5 pm on Tuesday, May 6, when three exhibitors will make presentations on lubricants, wire breaks and dies. The program, which has continued to draw good crowds in past years, will be held in a designated section on the show floor that will be listed in the Show Program.

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Krueger Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 Kyocera Industrial Ceramics . . . . . . 340 Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 LaserLinc Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Leggett & Platt Wire Group . . . . . . . 206 Lesmo Machinery America Inc. . . . . 209 OM Lesmo Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Lewis Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Lloyd & Bouvier Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 M&E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . . . . . . 525 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Metalloid Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . 441 Metavan nv. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 MFL Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529 MGS Manufacturing Inc . . . . . . . . . . 103 Micro Products Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Mid-South Wire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Morgan-Koch Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Mossberg Associates Inc . . . . . . . . . 444 Mossberg Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . 421 Nextrom (USA) Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Nextrom Oy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Niehoff Endex North America Inc. . . 317 Nimsco LLC/SB2C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Northampton Machinery . . . . . . . . . . 103 Ohio Rod Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Oklahoma Steel & Wire/Iowa Steel . 413 OM Frigerio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 OM Lesmo Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 OMCG North America Inc . . . . . . . . 405 Omnisource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543 OTech Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 P & R Specialty Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512 Paramount Die Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 Parkway-Kew Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Penn Machinery Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Phifer Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Pioneer Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 3LWWV多HOG 3ODVWLFV (QJ ,QF . . . . . . . . . 437 PKG Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Plas-Ties Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Polytec Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 Pourtier & Setic of America . . . . . . . 442 Precision Die Technologies Inc . . . . 234 Premier Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Pressure Welding Machines, Ltd . . . 402 MARCH 2014 | 79

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Ace Metal Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 ACM AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Amacoil Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Amaral Automation Associates . . . . 443 American Kuhne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Anbao Wire & Mesh Co Ltd . . . . . . . 339 Appiani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Appleton Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . 536 Axjo America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Aztech Lubricants LLC . . . . . . . . . . . 337 B&H Tool Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 B&Z Galvanized Wire Ind. . . . . . . . . 410 Balloffet Die Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521 Bartell Machinery Systems LLC . . . . 516 Bekaert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . .316/402 Beta Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 BMR Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 Bock GmbH & Co KG. . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Bongard Machines USA. . . . . . . . . . 443 Boxy SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Breen Color Concentrates Inc . . . . . 511 %URRN多HOG :LUH &R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 B端hler GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . 249 Canterbury Engineering Co Inc . . . . 216 Carris Reels Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 CeramTec AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Chemetall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Clifford Welding Systems . . . . . . . . . 503 Clinton Instrument Co. . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Color Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Cometo Snc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . 507 Condat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534 Conneaut Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . 126 Continuus-Properzi SpA. . . . . . . . . . 215 Crown Technology, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 505 Die Quip Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 E-Beam Services Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Electri-Tec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 Engineered Machinery Group Inc . . 502

EPLAN Software + Services . . . . . . 248 ERA Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 Ernst Koch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Esteves Group USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Etna Products Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517 Etna-Bechem Lubricants . . . . . . . . . 517 George Evans Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 EuroWire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Evolution Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Fabritex Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Fastener Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Filtertech Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Fly Dragon Precision Tech Co, Ltd . 321 Flymca & Flyro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 FMS USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Foerster Instruments Inc. . . . . . . . . . 122 Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc . . . . . . . . . 303 Frigeco USA Inc/MFL USA . . . . . . . 529 Frontier Composites & Castings . . . 545 Gem Gravure Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 GH Induction Atmospheres . . . . . . . 448 Gauder Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 GENCA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 W Gillies Technologies LLC . . . . . . 137 Guardian Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 Guill Tool & Engineering Co. . . . . . . 104 Gulf Specialty Steel Industries . . . . . 427 H. Folke Sandelin AB . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Hall Industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Hangzhou JR Exhibition Co . . .321/323 Hangzhou JR Exhibition Co . . . 420/425 Heany Industries Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Heatbath Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Henrich Machinenfabrik . . . . . . . . . . 349 Heritage Wire Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Hildebrandt USA Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Howar Equipment Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 227 IDEAL Welding Systems . . . . . . . . . 503 Ideal Werk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Intras Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Jinhua Yonghe Fluorochemical . . . . 420 Joe Snee Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Joe Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 KEIR Manufacturing Inc . . . . . . . . . . 531 Keystone Steel & Wire Co . . . . . . . . 311 King Steel Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537 KMK GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

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PrintSafe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 Properzi International Inc . . . . . . . . . 215 Proton Products Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Qingdao Sinositec Eng Textile Co . 341 Queins Machines GmbH . . . . . . . . . 102 QX Molding Company . . . . . . . . . . . 544 Raajratna Stainless Wire Inc . . . . . . 238 Radyne Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Rainbow Rubber & Plastics . . . . . . . 134 Redex SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Reel-O-Matic Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 Refractron Technologies Corp . . . . . 434 RichardsApex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Rockford Manufacturing Group . . . . 243 Romax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Rosendahl Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . 333 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 S&E Specialty Polymers. . . . . . . . . . 314 SAMP USA Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Schlatter North America . . . . . . . . . . 244 Sikora International Corp . . . . . . . . . 519 SIMPACKS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Sirio Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Sivaco Wire Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Sonoco Reels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 6SLUND 6FKQHOOÀHFKWHU *PE+ . . . . . . 523 Stolberger Inc/Wardwell Braiding. . . 523 Strecker USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Subec AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Supreme Superabrasives Co Ltd . . . 538 T & T Marketing Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Taubensee Steel & Wire Co. . . . . . . 221 Teknikor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Thermoplastics Engineering Corp . . 242 Tramev . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Tri Star Metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 Tubular Products Co . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Ultimate Automation Ltd. . . . . . . . . . 141 United Wire Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 Unitek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 US Synthetic Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . 436 Vandor Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414 Vinston US Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 Vollmer America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

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W3 Ultrasonics LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 WAFIOS Machinery Corp. . . . . . . . . 203 WCISA Wire and Cable Industry . . . . . . Suppliers Association. . . . . . . . . . . 116 Weber & Scher Mfg Co Inc . . . . . . . 232 Welding Wire Machineries . . . . . . . . 142 Windak Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Wire & Cable Technology Int’l . . . . . 116 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . 415 Wire Forming Technology . . . . . . . . 116 Wire Lab Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 Wire Machine Systems Inc. . . . . . . . 409 Wire Technology Machinery. . . . . . . 227 Wire World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 WiTechs GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Witels Albert USA Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Woodburn Diamond Die Inc . . . . . . . 416 Worth Steel & Machinery Inc . . . . . . 145 Yield Management Corp. . . . . . . . . . 438 Zhejiang Baichan Cond Tech Co . . . 323 Zumbach Electronics Corp. . . . . . . . 202

Numerical 102 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Queins Machines 103 . . . . . . . . . . MGS Manufacturing Inc 103 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hall Industries 103 . . . . . . . . . . Northampton Machinery 104 . . . . . . .Guill Tool & Engineering Co 105 . . . . . . . . . . . .Clinton Instrument Co 106 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Die Quip Corp 107 . . . . . . . . . . . . . T & T Marketing Inc 108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intras Ltd 108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuroWire 109 . . . . . . . . . . . . Roteq Machinery Inc 110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mid-South Wire 112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LaserLinc Inc 113 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vollmer America Inc 114 . . . . . . . . . . . . Heritage Wire Die Inc 115 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Filtertech Inc 116 . . . Wire & Cable Technology Int’l 116 . . . . . . Wire Forming Technology 116 . . . . . . . . . . WCISA Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association 118 . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Evans Corp 120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RichardsApex Inc

121 . . . . . . . . . . . . Gem Gravure Co Inc 122 . . . . . . . . . Foerster Instruments Inc. 124 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lloyd & Bouvier Inc 126 . . . . . . . . . . Conneaut Industries Inc 127 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morgan-Koch Corp 127 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ernst Koch 127 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WiTechs GmbH 127 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sirio Wire 127 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M&E 128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Teknikor 132 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Micro Products Co 133 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Parkway-Kew Corp 134 . . . . . . . Rainbow Rubber & Plastics 137 . . . . . . . W Gillies Technologies LLC 138 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Premier Wire Die 139 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sivaco Wire Group 140 . . . . . . . . . . . . E-Beam Services Inc 141 . . . . . . . . . .Ultimate Automation Ltd 141 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penn Machinery Co 142 . . . . . . . . Welding Wire Machineries 143 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SIMPACKS 143 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pioneer Machinery 144 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Plas-Ties Co 145 . . . . . . Worth Steel & Machinery Inc 148 . . . . . . . . . . . . . W3 Ultrasonics LLC 202 . . . . . . . .Zumbach Electronics Corp 203 . . . . . . . . WAFIOS Machinery Corp. 203 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Strecker USA 203 . . . . . . . . . . . .Witels Albert USA Ltd 204 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Amacoil Inc 206 . . . . . . . Leggett & Platt Wire Group 207 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heatbath Corp 209 . . . . .Lesmo Machinery America Inc 209 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appiani 209 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cometo Snc 209 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tramev 210 . . . . . OM Lesmo/OM Lesmo Group 212 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fabritex Inc 213 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phifer Wire Inc 214 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cemanco LC 214 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CeramTec AG 214 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KMK GmbH 215 . . . . . . . . . Properzi International Inc 215 . . . . . . . . . .Continuus-Properzi SpA 216 . . . . Canterbury Engineering Co Inc 216 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GENCA

333 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nextrom Oy 333 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosendahl Austria 335 . . . . . . . . . . . . . QED Wire Lines Inc 337 . . . . . . . . . . . Aztech Lubricants LLC 338 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PrintSafe 339 . . . . . . . Anbao Wire & Mesh Co Ltd 340 . . . . . . Kyocera Industrial Ceramics 341 . . Qingdao Sinositec Eng Textile Co 342 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chemetall 343 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wire World 344 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hildebrandt USA Inc 345 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lamnea Bruk AB 347 . . . . . . . . . . . . . O’Tech Corporation 347 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Color Resource 348 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .American Kuhne 349 . . . . . . . . . . Henrich Machinenfabrik 402 . . . . . . . PWM/Joe Snee Associates 403 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B & H Tool Co Inc 404 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ace Metal Inc 405 . . . . . . . . OMCG North America Inc 406 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Axjo Ameria Inc 406 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windak Inc 408 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ohio Rod Products 409 . . . . . . . .Wire Machine Systems Inc 410 . . . . . . . .B & Z Galvanized Wire Ind 413 . Oklahoma Steel & Wire/Iowa Steel 414 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vandor Corp 415 . . . . Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp 416 . . . . . . . Woodburn Diamond Die Inc 420 . . . . . . . .Hangzhou JR Exhb Co Ltd 420 . . . Jinhua Yonghe Fluorochemical 421 . . . . . . . . . . Mossberg Industries Inc 421 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electri-Tec 422 . . . . Hangzhou JR Exhibition Co Ltd 427 . . . . . Gulf Specialty Steel Industries 432 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Esteves Group USA 433 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wire Lab Co 434 . . . . . Refractron Technologies Corp 435 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FMS USA Inc 436 . . . . . . . . . . . US Synthetic Wire Die 437 . . . . . . . . . 3LWWV¿HOG 3ODVWLFV (QJ ,QF 438 . . . . . . . . . .Yield Management Corp 440 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Polytec Inc 441 . . . . . . . . . . . . Metalloid Corporation 442 . . . . . . . . Pourtier&Setic of America 443 . . . . Amaral Automation Associates

443 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subec AB 443 . . . . . . . . . .Bongard Machines USA 443 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Romax 444 . . . . . . . . . Mossberg Associates Inc 448 . . . . . . . GH Induction Atmospheres 449 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cemanco LC 450 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BMR Group 502 . . Engineered Machinery Group Inc 503 . . . . . . . . . IDEAL Welding Systems 503 . . . . . . . . . Clifford Welding Systems 503 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ideal Werk 504 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bekaert 505 . . . . . . . . . . Crown Technology, Inc. 507 . . . . . . . . . Commission Brokers Inc 508 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERA Wire Inc 509 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . %URRN¿HOG :LUH &R 510 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . United Wire Co Inc 511 . . . . . Breen Color Concentrates Inc 512 . . . . . . . . . . . . . P & R Specialty Inc 513 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe-Tools 515 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caballe SA 516 . . . . Bartell Machinery Systems LLC 517 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Etna Products Inc 517 . . . . . . . . . Etna-Bechem Lubricants 519 . . . . . . . . . Sikora International Corp 521 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Balloffet Die Corp 523 . . . . .Stolberger Inc/Wardwell Brdng 523 . . . . . . 6SLUND 6FKQHOOÀHFKWHU *PE+ 525 . . . . . . . Magnetic Technologies Ltd 529 . . . . . . . Frigeco USA Inc/MFL USA 529 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MFL Group 531 . . . . . . . . . . KEIR Manufacturing Inc 532 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paramount Die Co 533 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reel-O-Matic Inc 534 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Condat 536 . . . . . . . . . . Appleton Manufacturing 537 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . King Steel Corp 538 . . . Supreme Superabrasives Co Ltd 540 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Krueger Steel 541 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tri Star Metals 542 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beta Steel 543 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Omnisource 544 . . . . . . . . . . . QX Molding Company 545 . . . Frontier Composites & Castings 548 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guardian Cable

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217 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SAMP USA Inc 221 . . . . . . .Taubensee Steel & Wire Co 227 . . . . . . . . . . . .Howar Equipment Inc 227 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boxy SpA 227 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ACM AB 227 . . . . . . . . . . . .Bock GmbH & Co KG 227 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Metavan nv 227 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OM Frigerio 227 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unitek 227 . . . . . . .Wire Technology Machinery 232 . . . . . . . Weber & Scher Mfg Co Inc 232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Proton Products Ltd 233 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sonoco Reels 234 . . . . Precision Die Technologies Inc 236 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flymca&Flyro 238 . . . . . . Raajratna Stainless Wire Inc 239 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evolution Products 240 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAGPOWR 241 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AIM Inc 242 . . Thermoplastics Engineering Corp 243 . . . . Rockford Manufacturing Group 243 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lewis Machine 243 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fastener Engineers 244 . . . . . . . . . . Schlatter North America 245 . . . . . . . . . . . . . PKG Equipment Inc 248 . . . . . . EPLAN Software + Services 249 . . . . . . . . . . Cable Consultants Corp 303 . . . . . . . . . Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc 306 . . . . . . . . . . . . Tubular Products Co 307 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Radyne Corp 308 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nimsco LLC / SB2C 310 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carris Reels Inc 311 . . . . . . . . Keystone Steel & Wire Co 314 . . . . . . . . . .S&E Specialty Polymers 315 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Heany Industries Inc 316/412. . . . . . . . . . . . . Beta LaserMike 317 . . .Niehoff Endex North America Inc 317 . . . . . . . . . . . . H.Folke Sandelin AB 317 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Redex SA 317 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bühler GmbH 321 . Fly Dragon Precision Tech Co, Ltd 321 . . . . . . . . . . . .Hangzhou JR Exh Co 323 . Zhejiang Baichan Cond Tech Co 327 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vinston US Corp 333 . . Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies 333 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nextrom (USA) Inc

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Exhibitor listings Ace Metal Inc. Tel. 610-623-2204 www.acemetalinc.com sales@acemetalinc.com USA Booth 404 Exhibiting: Ace Metal will display its full line of metal spools for the ferrous, nonferrous, tire cord, and fiber optic industries. Also, our complete range of tubular wire carriers and our custom metal stamping line. Personnel: Richard Medoff, Gerri Medoff, Donald Jones. ACM AB Tel. 905-265-8912 www.howarequipment.com sales@howarequipment.com Sweden Booth 227

Exhibiting: OFF-LINE visual based tools designed to save insulation compound usage and $$$s by means of controlling wall thicknesses. ACM will display and operate cable cross-section measurement and data acquisition equipment for all to see the extremely precise and quick method of performing all two-dimensional cable measurements. The KSM model also allows quality control departments to track the efficiency of products or equipment with its sophisticated database and graphing + trending capabilities and analysis of data. Customers are invited to bring their cable samples to the show to experience first-hand the capability of this innovative measurement system. Personnel: Willy Hauer.

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AIM Inc. Tel. 630-458-0008 aimmachines.com sales@aimmachines.com USA Booth 241

Exhibiting: Visit our booth and speak one-on-one with an AIM factory representative. Bring your drawings to our booth and in return we will provide you with a complete turnkey solution. AIM manufactures CNC wire-bending machines and accessories and are a proud U.S. manufacturer with spare parts and support from our home office located in Addison, Illinois. Personnel: Matt Lisnich, Al Ziskal, Tom Melonic, Robin Murphree. Amacoil, Inc. Tel. 610-485-8300 www.amacoil.com amacoil@amacoil.com USA Booth 204 Exhibiting: Amacoil is the exclusive value-added distributor for Uhing brand rolling-ring traverse winding drives. It will display Uhing traverse drives and assemblies, which are designed for level winding a wide range of materials, from hair-thin fiber to heavy gauge wire, cable, rope and chain. Working assemblies will be featured and technical personnel will be on hand to discuss Uhing winding and spooling set-ups. Amacoil-Uhing traverse winding drives are rugged, long lasting and low maintenance. Accessory products on display include EasyLock and U-Clip quick release shaft collars and the GS Guide System for wire take-ups. Personnel: Bob Eisele. Amaral Automation Associates Tel. 401-405-0755 www.amaralautomation.com sales@amaralautomation.com

USA Booth 443 Exhibiting: Amaral Automation, the wire, cable and plastic industry resource, will be in Booth 443 with several of our principles, including but not limited to Bongard Machine and Subec as well as our full line of cold-welding machines and dies. Please visit our booth to see all products we have to offer the wire and cable industry. Personnel: Rick Amaral, Tom Siedlarz, Scott Hunter, Thomas Bongard, Stefan Germer, Horst Schneider. American Kuhne Tel. 401-326-6244, Fax: www.americankuhne.com sales@americankuhne.com USA Booth 348

Exhibiting: American Kuhne (AK) is the preferred provider of engineered solutions for plastic, rubber and silicone extrusion™. Custom is our standard™. Specialized in solving customer challenges, AK is the preferred provider of engineered solutions for plastic, rubber and silicone extrusion. AK solutions comprise standard and custom single screw extruders, feed screws, extrusion systems and specialized turnkey systems for medical tubing, laboratory, narrow web, pipe, tubing and profile systems. Beginning with the customer’s application and applying decades of processing expertise along with in-house screw design, each AK solution is designed to meet exacting specifications. It is then manufactured and tested by an experienced team of professionals and supported throughout. Personnel: Larry Fitzgerald

Exhibiting: Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co., Ltd., is the main manufacturer and exporter of steel wire and wire product in China. We specialize in exporting various kinds of high-quality wire products, including: galvanized wire and hotdipped wire, ACSR wire and strand, armoring wire, GALFAN wire, aluminum clad steel wire, wire for scourers, hook and eye wire, stitching wire, cloth pin wire, baling wire, spring wire, steel wire, garage gate spring wire, flexible duct wire, vineyard wire, stainless steel wire, galvanized low relaxation PC steel strand, barbed wire, shaped metal wire and bars, etc. Personnel: B.J. Hur. Appiani Booth 209 Appleton Manufacturing Division Tel. 920-751-1555 or 800-531-2002 www.appletonmfg.com mgeer@appletonmfg.com USA Booth 536 Exhibiting: Appleton’s RollMover™ is a compact, battery-powered material handling device capable of moving reels of cable or wire. The RollMover’s moving capacity ranges from several hundred to several thousand pounds!

The RollMover features rugged steel frame construction and excellent versatility in moving rollable loads and has proven itself in the field year after year. No electric cords or pneumatic hoses to trip over, no more injuries from manually pushing heavy loads. The RollMover will do the job, safe and sure. Visit our website for more details and to sign up for a risk-free trial. Aztech Lubricants LLC Tel. 405-310-0034 www.aztechlube.com info@aztechlube.com USA Booth 337 Exhibiting: We are a global provider of wiredrawing and lubricant solutions. With over 125 years of cumulative expertise, we excel at providing a full line of calcium, sodium and potassium stearate based drawing powders, RP oil, drawing oils and precoats. Our key name brands, to be showcased at this year’s show, include EZDraw, EZClean and EZCoat. Additionally, we offer a complete line of AZWipe spiral brushes. We have manufacturing and distribution capabilities in the U.S., South America and Asia. For more info, please visit our booth. Personnel: Jonathan Anderson, Michael Colvin, Nikhil Aggarwal. B&H Tool Company LLC Tel. 760-471-8984 www.bhtool.com pneville@bhtool.com USA Booth 403 Exhibiting: B&H manufactures plastic extrusion tooling for insulation and jacketing applications. This includes single and multiple layer crossheads, adjustable and fixed center crossheads, various deflector designs, adapters, tips and dies, striping attachments. We offer models for low and high temp. applications. We specialize in developing tooling based on polymer optimization. Call us today to have a conversation about a solution for your extrusion tooling needs. Personnel: Peter M. Neville, John Ulcej.

B&Z Galvanized Wire Industry Tel. 626-966-6296 bz_galvanized@yahoo.com USA Booth 410 Exhibiting: B&Z manufactures electro-galvanized wire, black-annealed wire, redrawn wire and copper-coated wire. It specializes in fine wire up to 36 gauge. Balloffett Die Corporation Tel. 915-592-5252 www.balloffetdie.com www.balloffetdie@sbcglobal.net USA Booth 521

Exhibiting: Since 1870, Balloffet Corporation has manufactured high precision tools for industrial, medical, electronics, automotive and energy applications. It supplies natural and synthetic diamond dies, polycrystalline dies, tungsten carbide dies, compacting and bunching dies, shaped dies for various profiles, extrusion tips and guides and a full range of equipment for the die shop. Personnel: Richard Barthod, Bill Couse. Bartell Machinery Systems LLC Booth 516 Bekaert Corporation Tel. 770-514-2200 www.bekaert.com jason.jones@bekaert.com USA Booth 504 Exhibiting: Transforming steel wire and applying coating technologies is our core business. Strengthening our technological leadership drives our innovation process. The combination of the two core competencies results in a broad range of high technological products.Through steel wire transformation we influence the properties of steel such as strength, ductility, fatigue and shape. Personnel: Jason Jones, Ryan

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Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-335-3893600 www.anbao.com anbao@anbao.com China Booth 339

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Schaefer, Rich Masterson, Mike Vant. Beta LaserMike Tel. 937-233-9935 www.betalasermike.com sales@betalasermike.com USA Booth 316/402

Exhibiting: Beta LaserMike will debut multiple new products at Wire Expo: the high-speed AccuScan 5000 series diameter and ovality gauge (2400 scans/sec/axis), the three-axis LN3040 Lump and Neckdown Detector, the recently patented LayScan lay length measurement system and the upgraded DCM ES-2G LAN/Data cable testing system, now performing up to 2.2 GHz. Other products to be displayed include Beta LaserMikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CenterScan eccentricity measurement system, the LaserSpeed length and speed gauge, the SRL Pro on-line structural return loss (SRL) predication and analysis system, high-frequency spark tester and pre-heater systems, the DataPro process controller and data management system, and the BenchMike table-top cut sample measurement system. For more, go to www.betalasermike.com. Personnel: Bob Stockholm, Brad Robillard, Mike Cooley. Beta Steel Tel. 800-594-9074 www.betasteel.com sales@betasteel.com USA Booth 542

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Exhibiting: Beta Steel is a full service wire processor and warehouse based in Utica, Michigan. With over 40 years of experience, we are a premier supplier to the cold-heading and wire-forming industries. Our ability to anneal, draw and coat coil rod and wire, combined with over 300,000 sq ft of warehousing and distribution in Detroit, Michigan, and Rockford, Illinois, give us an unmatched advantage. Our three A2LA accredited laboratories, experienced metallurgical personnel and knowledgeable sales staff assure that all needs are attended to promptly. Personnel: Greg Barbour, Scott Bernstein, Ben Marty, Mark Martin, Bob Coppellie. BMR Group Tel. 260-635-2195 www.bmrgroup.net sales@bmrgroup.net USA Booth 450

Exhibiting: BMR Group is presenting examples of our repair work on a wide range of components used in virtually every wire manufacturing operation. We repair broken wire drawing components and finish them back to OEM specs, extending service life with laser hardening or thermal-sprayed coatings. We toughen up drawing surfaces of large steel blocks for the heaviest wire applications as well as ceramic surfaces on small step cones. Personnel: Kirk Sabrosky, Phillip Carter, Larry Boyd, Doug Gregory, David Gallaher. Bock Maschinenfabrik GmbH Tel. 905-265-8912 www.howarequipment.com sales@howarequipment.com Germany Booth 227 Exhibiting: Wire pointers and string up equipment from hand operated to heavy duty powered units will be on display. Bock manufactures precision, and durable wire pointers for the aid of die string-ups that are

designed to operate easily with no maintenance. Precise and special alloy pointing rollers are designed for long life

without finning of wires. On display will be EZM roller pointers with string-up capstan, DSM roller-type wire pointer, and HSM swivel wire pointers for pointing in both vertical and horizontal axes, ideal for large diameter wire/rod. The complete line also includes additional wire feeders and straightening equipment which can aid in setting up wire drawing machines. Personnel: Chris Hauer. Bongard Machines USA Booth 443 Boxy Srl Tel. 905-265-8912 www.howarequipment.com sales@howarequipment.com Italy Booth 227 Exhibiting: Production since 1969 of steel reels and reel handling equipment of the largest array. The line up includes machined reels for wiredrawing, pressed steel reels for bunching and extrusion lines, corrugated and structural steel reels for production and shipping, wire carriers and stem packs. Take-apart reels are available in a specialized assortment which includes collapsible reels for packaging of reel-less wire coils with/without cardboard cores. A complementary line of handling equipment, such as reel tilters, lifters pallets and coil lifters, is available to help manage wire packages. Large diameter steel reels (to 180â&#x20AC;? diameter) are available for the U.S. cable market. Personnel: Chris Hauer. Breen Color Concentrates Tel. 866-99-breen www.breencolor.com lparent@breencolor.com

%URRNÂżHOG :LUH &RPSDQ\ ,QF 7HO EURRNÂżHOGZLUH FRP ZOXVVLHU#EURRNÂżHOGZLUH FRP 86$ %RRWK Exhibiting: Brookfield is a leading manufacturer of fine diameter stainless steel and nickel alloy round and flat wire. Our materials are DFARS-compliant, with one of the largest inventories available in the marketplace. With an active ISO certification system in place, you can be assured that we will meet your needs and requirements. 3HUVRQQHO Wayne Lussier, Jim Hauck. BĂźKOHU *PE+ %RRWK &DEDOOp 6$ 7HO ZZZ FPFDEDOOH FRP FDEDOOH#FPFDEDOOH FRP 6SDLQ %RRWK Exhibiting: With over 70 years of experience in the design and manufacture of rotating machinery for the production of power and telecommu nication cables as well as steel ropes, the C.M. CaballĂŠ provides the

cable industry with a wide array of stranding, twinning, bunching and cabling machinery. It will showcase the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new range of rigid stranders and drum twisters to manufacture extra high voltage power conductors (Milliken) and aluminum aerial conductors with round or trapezoidal wires. The firm is constantly developing new, high quality equipment to meet the needs of the wire and cable industry. &DEOH &RQVXOWDQWV &RUS 7HO ZZZ FDEOHFRQVXOWDQWVFRUS FRP LQIR#FDEOHFRQVXOWDQWVFRUS FRP 86$ %RRWK Exhibiting: With locations in Larchmont, New York, and Charlotte, North Carolina, Cable Consultants Corp. represents the following companies in the U.S. and Canada: GEO Wire Cleaning Systems GmbH, ultrasonic, mechanical, pressure and

spiral brushes; Vom Hagen & Funke GmbH, air wipes, extruder lines, taping lines, single twist cabling, automatic re-spooling. Nexans Deutschland GmbH, fiber in steel tube production lines, cross welders, tube forming and welding lines; Gimax, welding wire re-spooling lines, drum packers, wet and dry drawing lines; Mali, planetary, drum twister, armoring lines, compacting heads, take-ups and payoffs; and Cable Tapes UK, mica, laminate and polyester, water-blocking. 3HUVRQQHO Fred Hardy, Rita Hardy. &DQWHUEXU\ (QJLQHHULQJ &RPSDQ\ 7HO ZZZ FDQWHUEXU\HQJLQHHULQJ FRP FRQWDFW XV#FHF FRP 86$ %RRWK Exhibiting: Canterbury Engineering Company has a full line of screws and barrels for all types of plastic processing. The company has an 80,000-sq-ft manufacturing facility in Atlanta, Georgia. We have the capabilities of manufacturing screws over 300 inches in length and we offer custom designs and engineering services for extrusion, injection molding, and the rubber industry. In addition to high temperature and highly corrosive applications, Canterbury utilizes all types of exotic metal selections. We offer total refurbishing/rebuilding of screws and barrels. We serve all plastic

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USA Booth 511 Exhibiting: Color concentrates and additives for the wire and cable industry: PVC, PE, EVA, TPE/TPU and FEP/ETFE.

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market segments including, wire and cable, medical, extrusion, injection, rubber/tire and specialty markets. Personnel: Paul Cusolito, Jasmin Sehovic, Ron Latawiec, Jerry Anderson, Justin Rosenbleeth, Nick Basel, John Thurston, Joe Fleiss, Jim Scott. Carris Reels Tel. 802-773-9111 www.carris.com sales@carris.net USA Booth 310

Exhibiting: Carris Reels, an employee-owned company, and J. Hamelin Industries have become synonymous with excellence in providing solutions for the wire and cable industry. Our customers rely on us as the “Reel Experts” to provide creative, cost effective packages and programs that meet their specific requirements. New developments in 2014 include our line of durable, 100% recyclable HDPE plastic spools (sizes include 8.5 in., 10.5 in., 12 in. and 13.5 in.) and our brand new 6.5 in. HDPE one-piece spool. Please come visit our knowledgeable and friendly sales team at Booth 310 where our extensive product line will be on display. Personnel: Dave Ferraro, Michael Roussel, Brian Holden, Jerry Selby, Jessica Oberg. Cemanco LC Tel. 954-970-3099 www.cemanco.com USA Booth 214

industries in the U.S., Canada and Latin America with wear parts and machinery. It offers: laser-controlled take-ups and re-winders for fine wire; traversing systems for rakeups, mechanical and laser-guided; ceramic drawing rings, cones and capstans in zirconia and alumina; ceramic eyelets, bow guides, rods, tubes, hook guides etc.; pulleys and sheaves in solid ceramic, ceramic/ metal composites, hard coated with ceramic or tungsten carbide, plastic; wire straighteners and roller guide systems; hydraulic and pneumatic steel rod and cable cutters up to 380 mm material OD; and nickel annealer bands and rings. Most products can be customized to individual customer needs Personnel: Beliza Bermudez, Mark Votypka, Rainer Lashofer. CeramTec AG Booth 214 Chemetall Tel. 800-526-4473 www.chemetallamericas.com USA Booth 342 Exhibiting: Chemetall, a global leader in the manufacturing and development of chemical processes for the metalworking industry, will introduce a new technology at Wire Expo. Stop by to learn about this solution for ferrous wire manufactures. It should be of special interest to those supplying the automotive industry. For the wire industry as a whole, Chemetall supplies cleaners, zinc phosphate, salt carriers, polymer lubricants and a complete line of specialty processes. Also please consider attending our technical presentation (time and location to be listed in the Show Program). Personnel: Jack McAfee, Dane Armendariz, Ed Davis, Rudy Vey. Clifford Welding Systems (See IDEAL Welding.)

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Clinton Instrument Company Tel. 860-669-7548 www.clintoninstrument.com support@clintoninstrument.com USA Booth 105

Exhibiting: The Clinton Instrument Company introduces an addition to the STCAL Spark Test Calibration System: the SM Sensitivity Module. This equipment checks the spark tester’s fault detection sensitivity and assures compliance with EN50356 (IEC/CEI 62230). The unit utilizes a rotating spark gap that controls arc duration and gap distance. The SM is offered as an accessory to the STCAL spark test voltage calibration system, which performs voltage calibrations of the most common spark test units including AC (mains and high frequency) and DC equipment, easily calibrating spark test voltages. The FL20A cable fault locator and HF15AC/BD22S high frequency spark test unit will also be shown at our booth. Personnel: Woody Holland, David Carroll, Kristy Langley. Color Resource Booth 347 Cometo Snc Booth 209 Commission Brokers Inc. Tel. 401-943-3777 www.commissionbrokers.com mkenner.commissionbrokers @cox.net USA Booth 507 Exhibiting: We will display photos and brochures of currently available used equipment as well as information relating to the company’s appraisal, liquidation and consignments capabilities. Company President Martin Kenner, who has over 44 years of service to the wire and cable industry, specializes in nonferrous wire and cable equip

ment, wire harness/assembly/processing equipment, and braidingmachinery, from individual components to complete plants. Personnel: Martin Kenner. Condat Corporation Tel. 734-944-4994 www.condatcorp.com inquiries@condatcorp.com USA/France Booth 534 Exhibiting: Condat offers the most extensive product range for wire drawing, including: pre-coatings, powder lubricants, neat oils and greases, soluble oils and pastes, weaving lubricants, cleaners and protective products. As a global leader, Condat continues to develop close partnerships with its customers to offer high performance products with environmental responsibility and compliance to the latest legislation. Backed by a strong team of industry experts, Condat offers lubricant solutions for the most demanding applications and continues to develop new and innovative products and services for the wire industry such as VICAFIL TS 7112, a simple, efficient and more environmentally friendly surface treatment product. Personnel: Neil Lowdon, Jon Huber, Tim Murphy, Franรงois Chambellant. Conneaut Industries, Inc. Tel. 800-955-9276 www.conneaut.com info@conneaut.com USA Booth 126

ier. Come see how we can improve efficiency and safety in your mill. Personnel: Tom Maxwell, Jr., Scott Maxwell. E-BEAM Services, Inc. Tel. 513-933-0031 www.ebeamservices.com ebeam@ebeamservices.com USA Booth 140

Continuus-Properzi SpA (See Properzi International.) Crown Technology, Inc. Tel. 317-845-0045 www.crowntech.com/ info@crowntech.com USA Booth 505 Exhibiting: Crown is a family-owned manufacturer of specialty chemicals for the steel industry. We have been in business since 1946. Some of our key products include acid inhibitors, acid accelerators, rinse aids, lime additives and alkaline cleaners. We can custom blend and have products for both carbon and stainless wire. We also have reclamation systems for sulfuric acid. Personnel: J. Scott Peterson, Chuck Amori, Brian D. Myers. Die Quip Corp. Tel. 412-833-1662 www.diequip.com smaxwell@diequip.com www.diequip.com USA Booth 106 Exhibiting: Die Quip has been an industry leader in die finishing and die geometry for 40 years. We give our customers the knowledge and equipment to make dies that produce more wire and last longer. Our goal is to make you efficient and productive. Visit our booth to see what we can do for you. We will also be displaying our full line of wire, bar, rod, cable cutters. These ergonomic tools make tough jobs safer and eas-

Exhibiting: E-BEAM Services, Inc., with locations in Ohio, New Jersey and Indiana, provides crosslinking and polymer modification services to the wire and cable industry. The e-beam crosslinking process provides improved tensile, impact and hot modulus strength as well as creep resistance, durability, solvent and chemical resistance, abrasion resistance, cut-through resistance and environmental stress crack resistance. When compared to alternative technologies, the process is more energy-efficient, safe and environmentally friendly and often uses lower-cost compounds and a faster development process. The company has high-speed reel-to-reel equipment to handle all applications, from heavy-wall cable to multi-strand wire to thin-wall heat shrink tubing. Visit our booth to learn more about what we can do for you. Personnel: Robb Huff, Bill Person.

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Exhibiting: Conneaut Industries is a global supplier of specialty highperformance insulating yarns used in braiding, serving and cabling applications. The fibers include S2 glass, E-glass, Kevlar and polyglass. It also produces ignition wire (conductive) rovings/substrates for the automotive industry. A wide variety of hi-grade yarns and packaging will be on exhibit. Conneaut, an ISO 9001: 2000 certified company, produces a full line-up of polyglass insulating materials used in magnet wire applications as well as aramid materials for fiber optics products.

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Electri-Tec, Inc. Tel. 260-665-1252 www.electritec.com sales@electritec.com USA Booth 421

communication and missing data exchange between the two disciplines lead to expensive and time-consuming errors, such as lack

mond and carbide insert extrusion tooling, with superior concentricity, capable of making thin-wall constructions. Talk with our representatives about Esteves Groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recutting, multi-wire elongation control, and just-in-time delivery services. Inquire about an in-house audit to help improve your wire manufacturing process. Personnel: Monica Lepper, Isabelle Martinez, Alejandro Altamirano. Etna Products, Inc. Etna-Bechem Lubricants, Ltd. Tel. 440-543-9845 www.etna.com etna@etna.com USA Booth 517

Exhibiting: Electri-Tec, Inc., is a manufacturer of power cords, wire harnesses, cordsets and assemblies. We make quality, custom parts with molded items and all kinds of connectors. Engineered Machinery Group Inc. Tel. 909-579-0088 emc-wire.com jstevens@emc-wire.com USA Booth 502 Exhibiting: Various photo display of wire and tubing equipment. We offer a wide variety of machinery including bull blocks, deadblocks, high speed wire draw machines, wetdraws, stranders, pickling lines, galvanizing lines and other auxiliary machinery. Personnel: John Stevens, Jonathan Stevens, Derrick Stevens, Steve Nourie. EPLAN Software & Services Tel. 248-945-9204 www.eplanusa.com info@eplanusa.com USA Booth 340 Exhibiting: EPLAN Harness proD is a technologically leading solution for the efficient design and documentation of cables and wire harnesses in 3D/2D. The key challenges with wire harness engineering are the combination of mechanics and electronics, as well as ensuring correct and consistent data. Insufficient

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of space when laying cables, multiple iteration steps when designing and manufacturing, as well as incorrect length calculations. Personnel: David Roach, Ă&#x2013;zlem Biber. ERA Wire Inc. Tel. 203-933-0480 www.erawire.com rich@erawire.com USA Booth 508 Exhibiting: Wire straightening and cutting services for all alloys (ferrous and nonferrous, round, flat or shaped), torsion straightening, used or rebuilt wire straighten-and-cut equipment, replacement parts and tooling, on-site technical assistance. Esteves Group Tel. 800-325-7989 www.estevesgroup.com/ sales@estevesgroup.us.com USA Booth 432

Exhibiting: Esteves Group will feature a complete line of precision diamond and carbide round, split and shaped wire dies, along with dia-

Exhibiting: Etna Products and EtnaBechem Lubricants will display process lubricants for nonferrous and ferrous wiredrawing and forming. Applications for these products include rod breakdown down to ultra-fine drawing, roll forming, aqueous cleaners, annealing and corrosion prevention. These lubricants are designed for: copper, aluminum, brass, steel, stainless steel and other exotic alloys. Personnel: Troy Carr, Bill Coode. EuroWire Tel. 44-1926-834684 www.intras.co.uk jason@intras.co.uk U.K. Booth 108

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national trade magazine for the wire and cable industries. Published in six languages and distributed to a closely controlled global circulation across Europe and the Americas. It reports the latest international wire and cable industry news, technological developments and more. Other Intras publications include Wire & Cable ASIA, published six times per year in both English and Chinese, available in both print and digital versions; and wiredInUSA, a digital source of news and information, read every month by thousands of wire and cable professionals across America. Personnel: Jason Smith. George Evans Corp. Tel. 309-757-8300 www.george-evans.com sales@george-evans.com USA Booth 118 Exhibiting: Process and shipping reels. steel, aluminum or stainless steel. hi-heat coatings are available. NEMA WC-26, WECO and Aluminum Association Reels. Specialized process reels for tough environments such as annealing or hose curing. Metal fabrication for other products. Five lasers. Bring prints or specifications for quotes. Founded and controlled by same family for 99 years. Personnel: Dave Evans. Evolution Products Tel. 717-515-8591 www.evolutionproducts.com USA Booth 239 Exhibiting: The Reduction Reel is the first breakdown reel that is simple to use and engineered to withstand the rigors of the industrial process. The four-part reel is easy to assemble and disassemble, allowing the customer to conserve valuable warehouse space and minimize freight costs.

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Fabritex, Inc. Tel. 706-376-6584 www.fabritex.com dantrier@fabritex.com USA Booth 212 Exhibiting: Fabritex will be displaying the company’s tubular wire carriers, stem packs and accessory items. Fastener Engineers Tel. 815-624-2500 www.rmgfelm.com info@rmgfelm.com USA Booth 243 Exhibiting: Rockford Manufacturing Group (RMG), Fastener Engineers and Lewis Machine are innovative wire industry leaders. Our integrated in-line wire processing solutions are the epitome of Lean Manufacturing. Customers quickly realize reduced inventory, improved productivity, greater flexibility and most importantly, reduced total cost. Stop by our booth to discuss your wire processing application and requirements. Tour our modern manufacturing facility at www.rmgfelm.com. See the RMG listing for more details and contact us with any questions at info@rmgfelm.com. Personnel: Kirk Prosser. Filtertech, Inc. Tel. 315-682-8815 ZZZ ¿OWHUWHFK FRP LQIR#¿OWHUWHFK FRP USA Booth 115 Exhibiting: Since 1969, Filtertech has serviced the wire industry by providing complete coolant and water filtration and waste disposal systems. These systems are custom designed for drawing coolant, aluminum rod drawing oil, annealer quench, caster roll coolant, caster water, CV water and other associated process coolant and water applications. Filtertech strives to exceed our customers’ expectations by supplying quality equipment and servicing that equipment for the life of the process. Personnel: Tom Horn, Joseph Scalise, Mohammed Albedour.

Fly Dragon Precision Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. China Booth 321 Tel. 86-512-6541-1114 ZZZ V]À\GUDJRQ FRP Exhibiting: Fly Dragon supplies laminated aluminum shielding tape, aluminum braid wire, tinned round copper wire and oxygen-free copper for inner conductors as well as zero halogen compounds and insulation pellets. Personnel: Terence Yang, Wingoal Li. Flymca & Flyro Tel: 34-942-55-98-55 ZZZ À\PFD FRP Spain Booth 236 Exhibiting: After a successful 2013 closed with a 24% sales increase obtained through different worldwide projects, the expectations for the current year 2014 seem to follow a similar way and the company is focusing on new projects which seem to confirm the tendency. This year current progress is carrying out new challenges transformed in new orders that are becoming a reality. Special equipment are currently under construction as a planetary for production of submarine control cables, a complete new production facility for MV cables that trusted us putting their business strategy selecting our machines. Also special equipment that we are developing for high efficiency cables based on trapezoidal wires. Due to the long experience of our team, one increasing market is also the customers existing machinery reconditioning and upgrading with new parts/technology that, thanks to great mechanical properties, gives a second life time to their machines. FLYRO has increased its inventory with new arrivals mainly based on high valuable machinery and continues with its successful formula combining used and new equipment as well as revamped solutions in order to achieve results that worldwide customers are looking for. FLYMCA and FLYRO share forces on huge and modern facilities to meet any customer’s special requirements,

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matching their needs and budgets, with top class and customized solutions. www.flymca.com, www. flyro.es. FMS USA, Inc. Tel. 847-519-4400 www.fms-technology.com fmsusa@fms-technology.com USA Booth 435

Exhibiting: FMS will showcase the company’s latest technology for wire tension control in stranding machines: the RTMX42. This modular wireless system is powerful, and able to be expanded to monitor wire tension in real time for up to 42 wire strands on rotating machinery. The tension data are wirelessly transmitted to the operator station to provide either an analog signal or be integrated into a PC or PLC (via gateway). Possibilities include data logging, graphing, tension limit alarms, core tension, and running length input. The cost-effective system is ideal for both OEM and upgrade applications. FMS will also display a selection of tension measurement products for the wire and cable industry, including force sensors for strands/tapes and amplifiers, including optional EtherNet/IP and Profibus interfaces. Foerster Instruments, Inc. Tel. 412-788-8976 www.foerstergroup.com sales@foerstergroup.com USA Booth 122 Exhibiting: Foerster Instruments Inc., a world leader in eddy-current test equipment, provides the best technology, quality and most comprehensive product range for non-destructive testing of metals, fine wires and tubes in the industry. Together, with Foerster Instruments’ Systems Division, we design and manufacture custom material handling systems to meet your application specifications. Stop by Booth

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122 to see our CIRCOGRAPH and DEFECTOMAT series of instruments and let FOERSTER provide the solution to your non-destructive testing and quality needs. Personnel: Hari Muthuswami, Scott Kellar, Brian Kellermeyer. Fort Wayne Wire Die, Inc. Tel. 260-747-1681 www.fwwd.com sales@fwwd.com USA Booth 303

Exhibiting: Fort Wayne Wire Die’s complete product line will be on display, including single crystal diamond, Poly-Di™ polycrystalline and Dual-Draw™ wiredrawing dies. Also featured will be shaped profile dies, extrusion tips and dies, tungsten carbide round hole and shaped profile dies, Poly-Strand™ compacting, bunching and stranding dies, Di-Pro™ diamond powder and compound and miscellaneous wear parts for the wire, cable and tube industries. Also available is a full line of equipment for die maintenance, measuring and inspection. Personnel: John Downey, John Dabbelt, Tino Corral, Byron Philipson, Darin Nicol. Frigeco USA, Inc. MFL USA Service Corp. Tel. 908-894-5801 www.frigeco.com t.derosa@mariofrigerio.com USA Booth 529

Exhibiting: Experienced technical and commercial personnel will be available to discuss the latest innovations in the wire and cable machinery industry in the areas of wire drawing, stranding, and insulating.

Personnel: Anthony De Rosa, Marco Dell’Oro. Frontier Composites and Castings Tel. 905-685-3633 www.frontiercomposites.com jwh@frontiercomposites.com Canada Booth 545 Exhibiting: Composite wire winding bows, flyer bows. Materials are carbon fiber and fiberglass in an epoxy matrix with Kevlar used where desirable. Bows can be fully outfitted and balanced or blank. A wide selection of hardware is available. Personnel: James W. Howe, Erwin C. Kish. Gauder Group (See POURTIER & SETIC of Amerca.) Gem Gravure Co., Inc. Tel. 781-878-0456 www.gemgravure.com info@gemgravure.com USA Booth 121 Exhibiting: Gem Gravure is famous for ink. We design and manufacture premier ink jet and contact inks for all types of wire identification equipment. Gem ink line features black and green ink for high temperature wires (patent pending) as well as VOC exempt and low VOC fluids. Gem is the exclusive North American representative for KBA Metronic alphaJET® ink jet printers and product identification equipment. The alphaJET into® ink jet printer, features superior print quality at high speed with pigmented and dye inks. Reduce make up/solvent use to save time and money. We invite you to stop by our booth and learn more. GENCA Tel. 800-237-5448 www.genca.com sales@genca.com USA Booth 216 Exhibiting: GENCA offers a complete line of crossheads capable of single and multilayer extrusion with multiple stripes for the wire and cable industry. In addition to tooling

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and breaker plates, the company provides color-changer components. All crossheads (both fixed and adjustable) are for thermoplastics and thermoset materials. The BAT (ball adjustable tips) and FS-10,000 for high-speed foam skin will be displayed, as well as loose tube and tight center crossheads. GH Induction Atmospheres LLC Tel. 585-368-2120 www.gh-ia.com info@gh-ia.com USA Booth 448 Exhibiting: GH Induction Atmospheres (GH-IA) is a leading American provider of innovative industrial heating solutions for automotive, aerospace, medical and energy production applications. As an experienced industrial heating system integrator working solely with induction-based technology, we design and manufacture customized, turnkey induction heating systems for brazing, welding, heat treating, hardening and general heating. GH-IA is part of the worldwide GH Group, one of the largest most experienced induction heating companies in the world. With headquarters based in Valencia, Spain, and affiliated companies in Germany, France, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, India and China, GH has completed over 4,000 installations in over 50 countries. W. Gillies Technologies LLC Tel. 508-852-2502 www.wgillies.com sales@wgillies.com USA Booth 137 Exhibiting: In partnership with the RSD Group, we supply high-speed printers with automatic wheel indexing and print verification system; low-speed and mid-speed direct contact printers; combination offset/ direct contact printer; precision x-y positioning holders for precise guidance of cables and fine wires; ink jet positioning holders with length measuring capabilities; indent and embossing wheels and holders.

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Guardian Cable Systems Tel. 904-529-8314 www.guardiancable.com guardiancable@gmail.com USA Booth 548 Exhibiting: Guardian Cable Systems manufactures Galfan/galvanized wire, cable and rod in sizes from .075 in. to .350 in. We have convenient packaging and shipping options, and our company is very competitive in our pricing. Personnel: Shane Fansler, Brittani Duffey, Shawnnie Fansler. Guill Tool & Engineering Tel. 401-828-7600 www.guill.com bconley@guill.com USA Booth 104 Exhibiting: Guill Tool & Engineering, a leading manufacture of extrusion tooling, will demonstrate its complete line of extrusion crossheads. We will feature our updated line of C.V. crossheads, which are available in single and multi-layer. Additional designs on display include our low-volume, fixed-center crossheads for fiber optic and circuit size wires as well as our FlexiSpiral design. Guill Tool & Engineeringâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FlexiSpiral design offers a unique package of features that include our multi-port spiral flow deflector, patented feather touch concentricity adjustment, and our seal right system to eliminate leaking Personnel: Bill Conley, R.J. Masse, Tom Baldock. Gulf Specialty Steel Industries Tel. 968-26941400 www.gssi-oman.com sales@gssi-oman.com Oman Booth 427 Exhibiting: Gulf Specialty Steel Industries has a modern galvanized steel wire manufacturing plant in Sohar, Sultanate of Oman. It supplies the electrical and telecom cable industries in Oman, other GCC countries, Europe and Asia. The plant technology and machineries for wiredrawing and galvanizing process are from internationally well-known European suppliers. Its plant has

annual capacity of 60,000 MT per of galvanized steel wire. H. Folke Sandelin AB Booth 317 Hangzhou JR Exhibition Co Ltd China Booths 321-323-420-422 Heany Industries, Inc. Tel. 585-889-2700 heany.com cliffr@heany.com USA Booth 315

Exhibiting: Heany Industries, Inc., manufactures high-purity alumina and zirconia guides, bushings, pulleys, etc., for the wire and cable industry to extend the life of machinery components. We also provide thermal-spray coatings to custom fabricated or customer parts to increase wear and corrosion resistance. Heany also offers thermally insulating ceramics and coatings. Personnel: Cliff Rabidoux, Kathie Carl. Heatbath Corporation Tel. 413-452-2000 www.heatbath.com info@heatbath.com USA Booth 207 Exhibiting: Heatbath Corporation is a supplier of quality cleaning and coating chemistries for the ferrous wire industry. Products include cleaners, acid inhibitors, scale conditioners, zinc phosphates, immersion copper, oxalate coatings, neutralizers and lubricants. Serving the wire industry for over 90 years. Facilities are located in Chicago, Illinois, Detroit Michigan, and Indian Orchard, Massachusetts. ISO 9001

Howar Equipment Inc. Tel. 905-265-8912 www.howarequipment.com sale@howarequipment.com Canada Booth 227

Henrich Maschinenfabrik Booth 349 Heritage Wire Die, Inc. Tel. 260-728-9300 www.heritagewiredie.com jon@heritagewiredie.com USA Booth 114 Exhibiting: Drawing dies, and accessories, including natural diamond, synthetic diamond, PCD, tungsten carbide, and ceramic dies, for drawing, bunching, stranding, and plating. Also, die room tools, gages and equipment. Our unique abilities and experience in the selection, orientation and assembly, through the finishing processes are available to you with honest advice and integrity. Service is our company’s specialty. Personnel: Jon M Fuhrman, Otto Fuhrman. Hildebrandt USA, Inc. Tel. 704-664-7630 www.cabledrum.com USA Booth 344 Exhibiting: We manufacture steel cable reels with a flange diameter of 1200-6000 mm and a bearing capacity up to 100 t, as well as equipment made of steel, such as barrels or cradles. We also manufacture wooden cable reels with a flange diameter of 600 mm to 4500 mm and a bearing capacity up to 50 t with different drum core materials. Our range of drum cores comprises plainly jointed or plugged core bars, conifer timber as well as plastic or steel. These cable reels can be manufactured according to customer specification as one-way, multi-way and machinery cable reels. Our steel cable reels are particularly suitable for high voltage cables in the on- and offshore field. Personnel: Christoph Braun, Matt Goellner.

Exhibiting: HOWAR Equipment will showcase wire and cable manufacturing accessories manufactured by its European represented manufacturers. Displayed products will include: steel reels, spools, carriers and reel handling equipment; mechanical wire descalers, rotating dies, and scrap wire coilers; plasma wire surface and heat treatment; wire and cable taping lines, single-twist stranders, rewind lines; payoffs, take-ups and tension control equipment; extrusion crossheads, automatic color change systems and extrusion tooling; and automatic cable insulation cross-section measurement. HOWAR has over 35 years industry experience, and is interested in discussing any machinery and application inquiries in order to provide solutions to practical requirements. Personnel: Willy Hauer, Chris Hauer, Michael Gromko. Ideal Welding Systems Tel. 815-874-4349 www.go2iws.com/wai idealweld@idealweld.com USA Booth 503

Exhibiting: Ideal Welding Systems invites you to visit our booth to learn about our company and machinery, and how we can help you with your production requirements. IDEAL Welding Systems represents the

IDEAL and CLIFFORD product lineup for automated machinery for resistance welding of wire, cable and sheet metal. Our equipment lineup includes, butt welders, automated mesh welding, grating machines and CNC robotic welding machines. We will have a team of experts at our booth to help you select the right equipment for your needs as well as sales material and videos. Stop by and learn about our latest “Green” line of machinery that reduces your electrical consumption, while helping you gain an edge on your competitors. What can we do to help you? Personnel: Scott Liebenberg, Clive White. Jinhua Yonghe Fluorochemical Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-579-83186763 www.qhyh.com yonghe_gas@qhyh.com China Booth 420 Exhibiting: Jinhua Yonghe supplies FEP (EW 1-6 series) for cable that has excellent thermal stability, chemical inertness, low coefficient of friction, atmosphere aging resistance, gas permeability and burring resistance, as well as PTFE. Personnel: Ruby Fu, Ella Zhu. Joe Snee Associates (See Snee Associates/PWM.) Joe Tools Tel. 877-832-7864 www.joe-tools.com sales@joe-tools.com USA Booth 513 Exhibiting: From extrusion crossheads and in-line heads to tips, dies, flanges and breaker plates, Joe Tools is your complete design and manufacturing resource for all extrusion tooling in the production of wire and cable, hose, pipe and profile, and medical tubing products. For each application, Joe Tools offers a wide selection of industry standard crossheads along with exclusive, innovative designs that can make your extrusion processes more productive and profitable. And with each of Joe

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certified. Please stop by and visit us at our booth. Personnel: Dennis Breton, Cheryl Hickman, Brock Fleming.

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Tools’ wide selection of products, you can always rely on our precision quality manufacturing and superior service. Please stop by our booth to see our Switcher Head. Personnel: Joe Dixon, Ron Neuman. KEIR Manufacturing, Inc. Tel. 828-885-8444 www.keirmfg.com sales@keirmfg.com USA Booth 531 Exhibiting: KEIR Manufacturing is a North Carolina based manufacturer of high-purity 99.8% alumina ceramic guides, the Frontiersman™ line of air wipes, and composite standard and BackBone™ Flyer Bows serving the global wire and cable industry. We are dedicated to making products that enable manufacturing processes to run more efficiently and productively through the application of leading edge materials. Our solutions are focused on continuous process improvement, energy savings, and longer operating life. Personnel: Mike Walters, Gordon Murray. Keystone Steel & Wire Tel. 800-447-6444 www.keystonesteel.com rammelsr@keystonesteel.com USA Booth 311

Exhibiting: Keystone Steel & Wire, an integrated mill, heats, melts, casts, rolls and finishes our steel to our own and our customers’ exacting specifications. Our integration produces premium wire and rod with a high level of metallurgical integrity and mechanical capability. From beginning to end, continuous control enables us to produce the finest steel possible. At Keystone, our business is quality and has been since 1889. King Steel Corp. Tel. 800-638-2530 sales@kingsteelcorp.com www.kingsteelcorp.com USA Booth 537

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Exhibiting: King Steel Corporation is the largest U.S. distributor of hotrolled wire rod. With over 20,000 tons of wire rod strategically placed around the country, we are able to deliver wire rod to you when you need it. We also offer many value-added options, such as clean-andcoat, annealing, galvanizing and cutto-length wire. Please contact us for any of your wire rod and wire needs in any carbon, alloy, or stainless grades. We are your one-stop shop. To learn more about us, please visit our website or contact our sales team at tel. 800-638-2530. Ernst Koch Booth 127 KMK GmbH Booth 214 Krueger Steel and Wire Tel. 630-833-5650 www.kruegersteelandwire.com sales@kruegerco.com USA Booth 540 Exhibiting: Since it was founded in 1946, Krueger Steel and Wire, a family owned business, has provided customers with the respect and timely service they deserve and have learned to expect. Conveniently located in Elmhurst, Illinois, just south of O’Hare airport, we produce low- and medium-carbon wire, both in coil and cut-to-length sizes .062.750. Grades 1100, 1200, 1500 and alloys are readily available. In addition, we produce CFQ quality bars in the same sizes and grades. Please call our knowledgeable, experienced sales people for any and all inquiries. Personnel: Dennis Rynn, Diane Schmidt, David Gillespie. Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Tel. 828-698-4135 www.kyocera.com USA Booth 340 Exhibiting: Kyocera supplies wire rings, cones, blocks and pulleys.

Lamnea Bruk AB Tel. 46-122-23200 www.lamnea.se info@lamnea.se Sweden Booth 345 Exhibiting: Lamnea Bruk specializes in the design and manufacture of machines for the ferrous and stainless steel wire industry and is a reliable supplier of payoffs, mechanical de-scaling equipment, drawing machines and take-up units. Our journey in the wiredrawing industry started more than 100 years ago, which has given us a tremendous amount of experience which we incorporate in the design of our machines and equipment. LaserLinc Tel. 937-318-2440 www.laserlinc.com info@laserlinc.com USA Booth 112

Exhibiting: LaserLinc is a preeminent manufacturer of highly-accurate/highly-adaptable non-contact laser and ultrasonic systems for OD, ID, wall thickness, eccentricity,and concentricity for wire, cable and fiber. Total Vu™ software provides in-process tolerance checking, trending, SPC, control, data logging, and many other features. High-speed three-axis laser gauging for OD, ovality and flaw detection, plus FFT and SRL, helps reduce scrap, increase production efficiency and improve quality. Personnel: Dan Dixon, John Mumaw. Leggett & Platt Wire Group Tel. 417-358-8131 www.leggett.com lucretia.burt@leggett.com USA Booth 206 Exhibiting: Leggett & Platt is a leading North American producer

O.M. Lesmo/ OM Lesmo Group Tel. 39-039-62840 www.omlesmo.com omlesmo@omlesmo.com

Italy Booth 210 Exhibiting: O.M. Lesmo is world renown for its diverse range of rotating machinery. Quality cable stranding and bunching machinery is the trademark of the company which highlights its range of high-efficiency/high output double twist, single twist, rigid cage, tubular, planetary and high-speed stranders. The integration of OM Lesmo and Eurodraw Energy allows it to be a full range supplier of wire and cable making machinery from rod breakdown to bunching, stranding and cabling. The company will have detailed information on wire drawing machinery as well as equipment for stranding and cabling. A team of technical sales and applications staff will be on hand to discuss the manufacturing solution that best fits your need. Personnel: M. Gori, Harish Panchal, Allan Brown. Lesmo Machinery America, Inc. Tel. 905-761-6165 www.lesmoamerica.com sales@lesmoamerica.com Canada Booth 209 Exhibiting: LMA will display technology from world leading manufacturers in the stranding, drawing and accessory equipment industry. Industrial proven, technically

advanced products include: produc tion stranding machinery, wire drawing machinery, steel reels (pressed, machined and fabricated types), wire straightening, guiding and feeding attachments and portable hand held cutting tools for shearing, cutting-off, bending and straightening of wire, cable, rod, bar, strip, strand, metal banding, bolts and nuts. It will also present complete and customized plant and equipment for the cleaning and plating of metallic wire, strip, coil, bar and tube as well as its complete lines for tin plating, nickel plating, zinc plating and silver. Personnel: M. Gori, Harish Panchal, Alan Brown. Lewis Machine Tel. 815-624-2500 www.rmgfelm.com info@rmgfelm.com USA Booth 243 Exhibiting: Rockford Manufacturing Group (RMG), Fastener Engineers and Lewis Machine are innovative leaders in the wire industry. Our integrated in-line wire processing solutions are the epitome of Lean Manufacturing. Customers quickly realize reduced inventory, improved productivity, greater flexibility and most importantly, reduced total cost. Please stop by our booth to discuss your wire processing application and requirements. Take a tour of our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at our website. See RMG listing and for more details and contact us with any questions at info@rmgfelm. com. Personnel: Kirk Prosser.

Lloyd & Bouvier Inc. Tel. 978-365-5700 www.lloydbouvier.com sales@lloydbouvier.com USA Booth 124 Exhibiting: Lloyd & Bouvier provides used, new and rebuilt equipment to the wire and cable industry. Each new or rebuilt machine or complete system is designed to the customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s specific requirement and tested in-house before shipment to ensure conformance. Also, complete rebuilding services for Wardwell 16 and 24 carrier braiders, with an extensive inventory of quality used parts on hand at all times. Our on-site electronics department and modern machine shop provide customers with the latest technology for all their wire and cable equipment needs. Stop by Booth 124 and discuss your specific or unique requirements with the equipment experts. Personnel: Ron Reed, Brian Bouvier. M&E Booth 127 Magnetic Technologies Ltd. Tel. 508-987-3303 www.magnetictech.com sales@magnetictech.com USA Booth 525

Exhibiting: Manufacturer of stock and custom permanent magnet brakes and accessories for payoffs and take-ups on stranders, bunchers, twinners and payoffs. Brakes are infinitely adjustable to give extremely accurate tension control and come in numerous sizes to fit customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; spools and reels. Torque is developed magnetically and will remain the same year after year. Torque range is .11-inch ounces through 140-inch pounds. Single to multispool payoff stands are also available. Advantages include adjustability, portability, and a minimum of floor space. Every brake or clutch is carefully engineered to give excep-

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of drawn steel wire. L&P consists of wire production mills and several other operations that produce specialty wire products, not limited to rolled, flattened and shaped wire; proprietary bale ties; and components for automatic baling. Personnel: Lucretia Burt, Dan Gutos, John Calcagni, John Meyer.

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tional long life, for even the most demanding production standards. Personnel: Howard Schwerdlin. Maxcess/MAGPOWR Tel. 405-755-1600 Fax 405-755-8425 www.magpowr.com sales@maxcessintl.com USA Booth 240 Exhibiting: Magnetic particle clutches and brakes, pneumatic brakes, permanent magnet clutches and brakes including the original PERMATORK and SOFSTEP lines. Tension sensor and dancer-based controllers for control of clutches, brakes and drives. With MAGPOWR products, your line will run Faster. Smarter. Better. Metalloid Corporation Tel. 269-503-7300 www.metalloidcorp.com sales@metalloidcorp.com USA Booth 441 Exhibiting: Metalloid Corporation is a manufacturer of environmentally friendly wiredrawing lubricants. Our goal is to revolutionize the wiredrawing process to address the environmental concerns of our planet. Metalloid’s “green chemistry” offers alternatives to petroleum-based lubricants, powder soaps and greases. Our wiredrawing lubricants are formulated with American-made renewable resources that eliminate hazardous ingredients while providing the ultimate in lubricity. Our strategy focuses on combining problem solving skills with new concepts that meet the needs of the wiredrawing market and address environmental concerns. Metalloid Corporation: One Source … One Solution … One World! Personnel: Fred Edwards, Terry Wiedemann, Brian Moore, Jennifer Edwards. Metavan N.V. Tel. 905-265-8912 www.howarequipment.com sales@howarequipment.com Belgium Booth 227

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Exhibiting: Pressed steel reels with a curly edge from 12 in. to 49 in. to the highest quality and consistency will be showcased at the HOWAR Equipment booth. METAVAN has had a longstanding philosophy of offering a specialized product mix of pressed steel reels using highly advanced machinery in order to offer only the highest quality reels and spools for stranding, bunching, and cabling. Using automatic machinery, all reels are able to be produced to the strictest standards at valuable costs. All products are powder coated in any RAL color to provide a highly wear-resistant finish, and sent in extremely fast manufacturing times due to the specialized equipment employed. Personnel: Chris Hauer.

design in slip ring brushes and holders, plus our standard product range which includes: payoffs, take-ups, rewinders, dancers, accumulators, capstans, length counters, air wipes, swage tools, electric brazers, doubletwist bunchers, twinners, tape heads and single-twist cablers. Personnel: Jim Zampogna, Tom McComiskey, John Dudus. Micro Products Company Tel. 630-406-9550 www.micro-weld.com info@micro-weld.com USA Booth 132 Exhibiting: Booth visitors have an excellent opportunity to learn about MICRO-WELD butt welders for continuous processing of wire, rod, or cable. Key personnel will be at our booth to discuss applications and recommend models for efficient butt welding solutions. We offer you the

MFL USA Service Corp (See Frigeco USA Inc.) MGS Manufacturing, Inc. Tel. 315-337-3350 www.themgsgroup.com sales@mgshall.com USA Booth 103 Exhibiting: The MGS Group, which consists of MGS Manufacturing, Hall Industries and Northampton Machinery Co., is an international supplier of automation and technology solutions for product handling and twisting systems customized to optimize your application, with comprehensive design and engineering capabilities that are ruggedly built for decades of reliable, consistent service and backed by personalized service. Stop by to talk to us about our fully automatic dual take-up with the unique robot handling system for depalletizing and palletizing; various dual reel take-ups from fiber to 1000 mcm cable, the Northampton Triple Twist Twinner; and the latest

choice of over 50 models for ferrous and nonferrous material. Custombuilt options can be added and parts, support and reconditioning services are also available. Customers can find out about in-plant services and increase productivity with MICROWELD service personnel’s plant visit and evaluation and on-site preventative maintenance. Sample weld evaluation is also offered at company’s plant to evaluate weldability and strength of sample. Reps, sales, service and support available worldwide. Personnel: Bill Keiler.

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Mid-South Wire Tel. 615-743-2580 www.midsouthwire.com info@midsouthwire.com USA Booth 110

Exhibiting: Mid-South Wire is an industry leading manufacturer of carbon steel wire with locations in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee (headquarters) and Scott City, Missouri. Founded in 1967, this family owned company began with a single “side-winder” machine and today boasts more than 30 state-ofthe-art drawing machines capable of producing wire from .072 in. through .625 in. in diameter. We specialize in low/ medium carbon industrial quality, plating quality, cold heading quality, galvanized, and shaped wire. We are an ISO 9001 certified company committed to producing the highest quality wire products in the industry. Personnel: Ken Davis, Robert Knight, Mike Casey. Morgan-Koch Corporation Tel. 508-793-1945 morgan-koch.com jay@morgan-koch.com USA Booth 127

Exhibiting: For 25 years, MorganKoch Corporation has provided technical support service and sales for the finest in E.U.-manufactured wire processing equipment. We proudly represent Ernst Koch, FIB, Krollmann, M+E, Sirio, SKET and WiTechs. We also provide parts and factory trained service for each of these brands as well as Morgan and Vaughn machinery. Literature and expert consultation for all products

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and companies will be at our booth. Personnel: Jay Diman, Jochen Koch, Bob Strauss. Mossberg Associates, Inc Tel. 401-334-2255 www.mossberg-reel.com info@mossberg-reel.com USA Booth 444 Exhibiting: Information will be available on small and large metal reels for all phases of wire processing and packaging. We will also have information on reel ancillary equipment. Personnel: John Henschel. Mossberg Industries Inc. Tel. 260-357-5141 mossbergind.com indiana@mossbergind.com USA Booth 421

Exhibiting: A leader in the plastic spools and reels industry. We have been manufacturing reels for over 100 years now. Through innovation and product variation we not only continue to serve the wire industry but improve the industry as well. You’re welcome to stop by and visit our booth as well as our website. Personnel: James Khorshid, June Hauer, Barry Sordelet. Nextrom Oy/Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies Tel. 828-464-2543 www.nextrom.com harri.turunen@nextrom.com USA/Finland Booth 333 Exhibiting: NEXTROM & ROSENDAHL both invite attendees to visit them at the booth of Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies, the U.S. representative office. NEXTROM is a premium supplier of optical fiber glass preform manufacturing equipment. It produces

fiber draw towers and associated machinery for the global fiber market using MCVD, OVD and VAD technologies. Besides providing optical fiber equipment, Nextrom is a world leading supplier of fiber optic cable production lines. ROSENDAHL, a leading global supplier of high-tech wire and cable manufacturing solutions, offers firstclass products and turnkey solutions in the fields of extrusion, corrugation, fiber optic cable as well as SZ stranding. Knowledge, experience and production are made in Austria. Personnel: Robert Pinter, Robert Mailloux. Niehoff Endex North America Tel. 856-467-4884 www.niehoff-usa.com sales@niehoffendex.com USA Booth 317 Exhibiting: Niehoff offers a complete line of nonferrous wiredrawing and processing equipment, including rod breakdown, resistive annealers, conductive/inductive annealers for copper alloys, multiwire and fine wire drawing lines, payoffs, continuous coilers from Endex and Bongard, “NPS” packaging systems, electroplating equipment, double-twist bunchers and stranders, manual and automatic single and double spoolers, vertical-lever arm braiders and bobbin winders. NENA builds UL controls for new and existing wire processing equipment. It also represents RESY, Reber Systems Filtration, REDEX and Bühler Würz for cold rolling mills and Schmidt for ferrous and nonferrous intermediate, fine and ultra-fine wiredrawing. Personnel: Edmond Torbey, Mike Dalal, Robert Wild. NIMSCO LLC (See SB2C/NIMSCO.) Northampton Machinery (See MGS Manufacturing.) Ohio Rod Products Tel. 812-689-6565 www.ohiorod.com

Exhibiting: Ohio Rod Products is a leading producer of reel bolts for the domestic cable reel and plywood reel industries. Personnel: Kent Carter, Ryan Detmer, Tim Busching. Oklahoma Steel and Wire/ Iowa Steel and Wire Tel. 580-795-7311 www.okbrandwire.com sales@oklahomasteel.com USA Booth 413 xhibiting: Oklahoma Steel & Wire and Iowa Steel & Wire, a family owned and operated manufacturing facility, wants to be your industrial

range of sizes in industrial wire in wire specialist. Providing a wide both bright and galvanized finishes as well as welded wire reinforcement, wire rods, coiled rebar, agricultural fencing and various other wire products. Personnel: Lou Richards, David Weinand, Craig Moore, Chad Taylor, Tom Reynolds, Tino Diaz; Troy Selvy. OM Frigerio Srl Tel. 905-265-8912 www.howarequipment.com sales@howarequipment.com Italy Booth 227

tion boxes and cooling mechanismsto increase die life by reducing friction and temperatures, thus increasing drawing output. In-line mechanical descalers incorporate special wire brushing heads to descale and clean wire prior to entering the drawing machine. Scrap wire coilers finish off the product line in order to bundle and recycle scrap wire. Personnel: Chris Hauer.

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Exhibiting: Rotating die holders and mechanical descalers/wire brushing equipment designed to increase the wire production parameters. Rotating die holders feature special lubrica

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OM Lesmo Group (See Lesmo.) OMCG North America, Inc. www.omcg.com omcg@omcg.com USA/Italy Booth 405 Exhibiting: OMCG is a world renowned leading manufacturer of bending and forming machines for metallic wire, strip and tube. We introduced the first computerized machine, model CNC16, to the wire forming industry in 1987, and today we continue to lead with enviable technological innovations as stated by the various patents pending for new products.

a leading supplier of thermoplastic compounding. We develop, design, and custom manufacture high-quality specialty PVC compounds, thermoplastic elastomers and alloys used in electrical wire and cable, footwear, housewares, roofing, agricultural parts, and automotive industries. We have the product for your custom applications. P&R Specialty, Inc. Tel. 937-773-0263 www.prspecialty.com sales@prspecialty.com USA Booth 512

OmniSource Corporation Tel. 260-423-4089 www.omnisource.com USA Booth 543

Exhibiting: OmniSource is one of North America’s largest processors and distributors of scrap and secondary metals. We collect, process, resell and trade a wide variety of ferrous and nonferrous scrap. Our more than 70 U.S. scrap collection and processing facilities, including 11 operating shredders, provide the capacity to annually process seven million tons of ferrous scrap, and more than a billion pounds of nonferrous metals. Our goal for our customers is to increase revenues by maximizing the scrap metal value and optimizing asset recovery. We will provide a thorough analysis of your current scrap metals program at no cost to you. Personnel: Autumn Ray, Sandra Clouse. OTECH Corporation Tel. 219-778-8001 www.otechcompounds.com info@otechcompounds.com USA Booth 347 Exhibiting: OTECH Corporation is

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Exhibiting: The P&R Specialty team will be available to discuss your wire and cable packaging requirements and review P&R’s complete portfolio of solutions to meet your needs. We’ll have samples of our plastic spools, fiberboard spools and plywood reels available for your review. With our in-house toolroom and flexible manufacturing capabilities, we can also manufacture spools and reels to your specifications. Please stop by our booth, #512, at Wire Expo to discuss how we can best meet your packaging needs. Personnel: Greg Blankenship, Alissa Blankenship, Vince Reidy. Paramount Die Company Tel. 410-272-4600 www.paradie.com sales@paradie.com USA Booth 532

Exhibiting: Paramount Die

Company is a leader in supplying eco-friendly products to the wire industry. Our die design allows the carbide insert to be easily recycled. Many of our customers worldwide now participate in this program. We will exhibiting a full line of wiredrawing dies and related equipment. Products featured are our TR-Series of carbide drawing inserts, our new “T” series of inserts for PC wire, extrusion dies, stranding dies, shape dies, shaving dies, polycrystalline diamond dies, paraloc pressure and non-pressure holders, and paraloc accessories. Stop by our booth and let our staff help bring your company into the 21st century. Personnel: Scott Gipson, Al Kozlowski, Robert Prevatt. Parkway-Kew Corporation (PKC) Tel. 732-398-2100 www.parkwaykew.com sales@parkwaykew.com USA Booth 133 Exhibiting: Coatings for extreme wear applications including: capstans, draw rings, pulleys, step

cones, deflector, dancer and guide rolls. Capabilities include: manufacturing, CNC machining, grinding, polishing, hard-surfacing (HVOF, plasma, twin-arc, sub-arc welding), shaft, roll and journal restoration. Manufacture carbide rings, rolls and inserts for forming, feeding, and descaling roll applications. Mill roll regrinding and super-finishing.

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Borealis and Borouge are the world’s leading providers of innovative, value creating plastics solutions for the wire and cable industry. Our solutions are customer-driven and designed to satisfy the industry’s continuously evolving demands for higher technical performance. They can be found in the most challenging extra-high voltage (EHV) and high-voltage

(HV) cable applications, as well as medium voltage (MV) and low voltage (LV) energy transmission and distribution cables, building wires, and communications cables. In answer to the need for production, installation and cable-system lifetime enhancements, our Borlink™ technology creates the innovation links that secure world-class, step-changing solutions and benefit the whole wire and cable value chain.

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Urethane coatings for tensioner rolls and gripper heads. Personnel: Eugene Klein, Sr., Mark Patrizzia, Robert Galperin. Penn Machinery Co. Booth 141 Phifer Incorporated Tel. 205-345-2120 www.phifer.com info@phifer.com USA Booth 213

tape, solder wire, film, textile monofilaments, multifilaments, thread, and other stranded products. We are an industry-leading, ISO 9001:2008 certified injection molder, extruder and mold maker that strives to exceed customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; expectations.. Customers seek us out when they need the best custom plastic parts, plastic fine wire spools, plastic bobbins, plastic cores, extruded plastic specialties, and much more. Personnel: Nick Roth, Tom Walker, Sam Parris. PKG Equipment Inc. Tel. 585-436-4650 www.pkgequipment.com info@pkgequipment.com USA Booth 245

Exhibiting: With 60+ years of wiredrawing experience, Phifer is a leading U.S. manufacturer of aluminum round wire for a wide variety of applications. With some of the most diverse capabilities in the industry, Phifer produces custom aluminum round wire from numerous alloys in diameters from .11 mm to 11.1 mm, and also offers a vast range of reel and spool options. Applications include coaxial cable braid shielding, hose braiding, rivets, weaving wire, industrial knitting, wire forms, tea bag staples, semiconductor bonding, medical devices, stranded power cables, fencing, hinge pins and food packaging clips. Phifer also offers precision-winding capabilities for aluminum thermal spray and metalizing applications. Personnel: Terry White, Cedric Patton, Will Evens. Pioneer Machinery Booth 143 3LWWVÂżHOG 3ODVWLFV Tel. 413-442-0067 www.pittsplas.com info@pittsplas.com USA Booth 437 Exhibiting: Pittsfield Plastics Engineering provides a complete line of plastic spools, reels, cores, cones, and bobbins to satisfy the packaging needs of bare wire, insulated wire,

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Exhibiting: PKG Equipment designs, fabricates and installs process equipment for the rod and wire, tube, metal, specialty steel and hotdip galvanizing industries, including thermoplastic and metal tanks. Tank liners, ventilation systems, waste treatment systems and complete lines for wire coating, coil processing, galvanizing, pickling, cleaning and plating are also available. We can modify/repair existing equipment, and are approved applicators of Koroseal tank linings. Plas-Ties Co. Tel. 714-542-4487 www.plasties.com info@plasties.com USA Booth 144 Exhibiting: Stop by to discover a wide variety of twist tying machines and cable tie solutions that can provide secure, industrial strength closures for your products. We will demonstrate our new XL-8 machine, specially designed for tying diameters of 1 in. to 8 in., regardless of product shape. It is 100% air-powered and self-adjusting to accommodate multiple diameter sizes at a single station. Preview our full line of solutions at our website.

Personnel: Jesse Garcia, Carlos Contreras. Plasmait GmbH Tel. 905-265-8912 www.howarequipment.com sales@howarequipment.com Austria Booth 227

Exhibiting: Plasmait will be exhibiting the latest technology in plasma surface treatment for the wire, cable, tube and strip industry that will transform the economics of in-line wire processing. The plasma system provides advantages by allowing annealing and cleaning processes to be conducted in-line with wiredrawing of stainless steel, carbon steel, and copper wires at process speeds. Our solutions are built around a plasma treatment process that offers great advances in wire production efficiency, wire surface quality and process ecology and is designed for applications with demanding mechanical and surface requirements. Plasma treatment is conducted in controlled atmosphere to ensure distinct surface cleanliness and un-compromised surface quality. PV ribbon wire applications are a great application with plasma cleaning prior to plating being on the forefront of technical achievement. Medical tubing and wire applications are a specialty for the plasma processing equipment. Personnel: Willy Hauer. Polytec, Inc. Tel. 949-943-3033 www.polytec.com info@polytec.com USA Booth 440 Exhibiting: What is your current process length variation: 0.5%? 1%?

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more? What if it were 0.05%?! With repeatability of 0.02%! How would that affect your bottom line? Polytec is a global leader in non-contact length and speed sensing. Our LSV line of laser length and speed sensors offer greater accuracy, repeatability and reliability than traditional contact encoder wheels, delivering the precise footage count, every time, no slipping, no calibration, no maintenance. The visible laser makes alignment easy, while the standard encoder pulse, serial and Ethernet outputs enable seamless integration to counter displays, printers and PLCs. Come see why Polytec is considered the best when it comes to non-contact length and speed sensors. Personnel: Peter Nawfel, Bill Gehring, Izabela Mijic. POURTIER & SETIC of America Tel. 336-856-8176 www.guadergroup.com pourtier.setic.america@ gaudergroup.com USA Booth 442 Exhibiting: POURTIER and SETIC, both world leader in rotating machines for the nonferrous wire and cable industry, re-brand their new machine division located in Greensboro, North Carolina. With over 20 years of continuous presence and after several recent major machine installations in the U.S., the Gauder Group, Inc. subsidiary now promotes the sales of its POURTIER and SETIC product range under the name “POURTIER & SETIC of America.” This product line includes POURTIER’s successful rigid stranders and drum twisters for producing low, medium, and high-voltage cable and conductor, as well as SETIC’s large and small double-twist bunchers, and complete line of machines for the production of LAN and special cable. Personnel: Roger L. Brown Alain Hawaux. Precision Die Technologies Tel. 260-482-5001 www.pdtinc.com

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sales@pdtinc.com USA Booth 234 Exhibiting: PDT specializes in new, used, and recut services for natural diamond, polycrystaline and mono-crystalline wiredrawing dies. We provide shaped, stranding, compression, tubing and split dies in carbide and polycrystalline, as well as specialty (coating, EDM guide, eddy current guides) and prototype tooling. Services include our manufacturing supply systems and our specialized development of inventory management programs, both onand off-site. We have partnered with our customers as a team to achieve success for 25 years. Premier Wire Die Booth 138 PrintSafe Tel. 858-748-8600 info@printsafe.com www.printsafe.com USA Booth 338 Exhibiting: PrintSafe is a full range distributor of an extensive range of marking and coding systems, including: ink jet, laser, thermal transfer, print and apply labeling, Gravure and hot foil, hot stamps and many other direct and indirect marking and coding solutions. We specialize in the integration of the right machine, fluids and controls to create complete systems. We sell, service, supply and support each and every system for the life of the system. Properzi International, Inc. Tel. 443-212-4320 www.properzi.com g.marcantoni@properzi.us USA Booth 215 Exhibiting: Continuus-Properzi invented the process of continuously casting and rolling nonferrous rod in the 1940s. Today, ContinuusProperzi is a global leader of CCR lines for nonferrous wire rod production offering a complete line of furnaces, casting equipment, rolling equipment and double spoolers. The Properzi organization provides unparalleled technology for the

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production of aluminum and copper wire rod. Our Wire Machinery Division includes newly designed drawing lines for high carbon, stainless steel, AS wire and PC strand lines, PC wire lines, and steel rope lines. Visit us at www.properzi.com or contact hq@properzi.it for more detailed information regarding our complete product offering. Personnel: Giuseppe Marcantoni.

QED Wire Lines Inc. Tel. 450-458-1200 www.qedwire.com sales@qedwire.com Canada Booth 335

Proton Products Ltd. Booth 232 PWM (Pressure Welding Machines) Tel. 44-1233-820847 www.pwmltd.co.uk pwm@btinternet.com U.K. Booth 402 Exhibiting: PWM, which celebrates 30 years of service to the wire and cable industry this year, will showcase its range of high-performance manual cold-pressure welding machines. These will be presented by Joe Snee Associates, PWM’s exclusive distributor for the US and Canada. PWM’s manual range includes hand-held, bench and trol

ley-mounted cold welders, with capacities from .0039 in. to .141 in. (0.10 mm to 3.60 mm) copper and .197 in. (5.00 mm) EC aluminum. PWM cold welders are precision engineered in PWM’s U.K. workshops to produce strong, consistent welds. Dies are individually handmade in matched sets, in standard or custom sizes, to suit round or profile wire. Personnel: Joe Snee.

Exhibiting: We will introduce the latest version of our energy-efficient immersion burner for use in galvanizing and Galfan furnaces. This Mark IV version is more fuel efficient and maintains the stability and reliability of the previous Mark III model. We will also be able to discuss improvements to our well-proven fluidbed heat-treating furnaces and our patented multi-stage, high-turbulent, acid-pickling systems. QED continues to add to the versatility, efficiency and ease of operation of our various wire wiping systems. We would like to discuss these and all other aspects of our equipment with you. Personnel: Gord Murray, Mike Crowle. Queins Machines GmbH Tel. 49-2472-8080 www.queins.com info@queins.com Germany Booth 102 Exhibiting: Queins Machines GmbH will display large pictures of delivered machines to the cable and rope industry. Additionally a movie of operating lines will be shown. For further information please visit our website www.queins.com. Personnel: Georg Queins, Manfred Hoffmann, Eneyda Ameijeiras, Barry Mosemann. QX Molding Company Booth 544 Raajratna Stainless Wire (USA) Tel. 847-923-8000

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www.raajratna.com jaimir@raajratna.com USA/India Booth 238 Exhibiting: An ISO 9001:2008 accredited stainless steel wire manufacturer, we have become one of the most reliable source of stainless steel (ss) wire, ss bright bar, ss welding wire, ss spring wire and cold-heading wire. We offer industrial ss wire, ss Tig-Mig wires, redrawing wire, ss spring wires, nail wires, spoke wires, ss wire for constructions, etc. Being one of the largest ss wire manufacturers and having huge capacity and continuous product innovation with regular upgrade of ss wires production process, Raajratna is able to serve customers having highly diversified requirements. Personnel: Jaimir Sanghvi. Radyne Corporation Tel. 414-481-8360 www.radyne.com sales@radyne.com USA Booth 307

Exhibiting: With the new, American-made VersaPower®Xtreme™ induction power sources, Radyne provides standardized/integrated wire heating systems, with/ without atmosphere, for applications as annealing, hardening, tempering, relaxation, drying, preheating, coating and prior to extrusion. Complete turnkey systems for continuous heating operate at line speeds over 600 fpm with power outputs from 3 kW to 2000 kW and frequencies from 250Hz to 800 kHz. Savings over conventional heat-treating methods include utility costs, reduced scale loss, consistent results and improved quality. Stop by our booth and give us the opportunity to determine if we can offer a solution for your needs. Personnel: Jim Parker, Mark Shaffer. 108 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Rainbow Rubber & Plastics, Inc. Tel. 888-438-2446 www.rainbowbelts.com info@rainbowbelts.com USA Booth 134 Exhibiting: We are a leading supplier of caterpuller and capstan belts for OEMs and wire and cable producers in North America. Our Truly Endless construction eliminates cover separation, wear and tracking issues. With no seam or splice to fail, we have eliminated the cause of most failures. The Catroll series of caterpuller and capstan belts continue to solve in-plant problems and reduce downtime. Our technical staff is available for in-plant visits to help eliminate belting issues. Call us or visit our website. Personnel: Mark MacKimm, Frank Stuckey. Redex SA Booth 317 Reel Options by Vandor Corporation Tel. 765-966-7676 rick.brown@vandorcorp.com USA Booth 414

Exhibiting: We are a manufacturer of plastic, corrugated fiberboard, chipboard and plywood reels and flanges. For 2014, we have focused on the environment, with all-plastic reels utilizing spinweld and chemical bonded constructions that are 100% recycleable. Other new products include the new lighter 12x4 Stapled, 18x8 and 18x5 Dead~Bolt flanges. Our manufacturing capabilities include plastic injection molding, CNC plywood cutting, plastic extruded cores, precision core cutting and precision die cutting. Please visit our experienced staff while at the show to view our extensive product line. Personnel: Mark Elder, Gary Cox, Rick Brown, Gerald Davis, Adrienne Cowen.

Reel-O-Matic Tel. 405-672-0000 www.reelomatic.com sales@reelomatic.com USA Booth 533 Exhibiting: Manufacturer of machinery for handling reels and coils for paying off, measuring, cut

ting and taking up virtually any type of material. These machines are built to your specifications and the level of automation you require. Personnel: Mark Zercher. Refractron Tel. 315-331-6222 www.refractron.com sales@refractron.com USA Booth 434 Exhibiting: Refractron is a global manufacturer of ceramic tools used in winding machines such as drawing cones, guides and pulleys. Izory® (MgPSZ) is an optimum choice where traditional metal alloys and other low-grade ceramics are not ideal. Please either stop by our booth or contact us to learn more about our line of Izory and Izory gold cones, rings, rolls, eyelets, guides and capstans for all your wire drawing processes. The most reputable wire manufacturers and OEMs in the business use Izory. Our customer-centered approach is responsive, innovative designs with superior grade ceramics. Personnel: Adam Osekoski, Anthony Natale, Ed Levadnuk, Tammy Baer. RichardsApex, Inc. Tel. 215-487-1100 www.richardsapex.com raincorders@richardsapex.com USA Booth 120 Exhibiting: RichardsApex, a leading global manufacturer of wet lubricants for wiredrawing and hot-rolling applications, provides semi-synthetic and synthetic compounds for wet drawing of nonferrous and ferrous wire as well as protective

nering with RichardsApex can help your company achieve your goals for production and cost savings. Personnel: Andrew Helffrich Reid Barker. Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc. (RMG) Tel. 815-624-2500 www.rmgfelm.com info@rmgfelm.com USA Booth 243

Exhibiting: Rockford Manufacturing Group (RMG), Fastener Engineers and Lewis Machine are innovative leaders in the wire industry. Our

integrated in-line wire processing solutions are the epitome of Lean Manufacturing. Customers quickly realize reduced inventory, improved productivity, greater flexibility and most importantly, reduced total cost. RMG’s straighten-and-cut machines have introduced many revolutionary concepts, including VF AC drives, three-die arbors and our patented “Clutchless” cutting technology. Our in-line wire processing equipment is used for many manufacturing processes, such as fastener production, nail making, wire bending, concrete products, steel bar processing, welded wire products, screw machine parts and wire straighten and cutting. RMG provides integrated systems for processing hot-rolled rod into descaled and drawn wire that is regularly used in a variety of production machines and processes to reduce material cost. For service and

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coatings, cleaners, corrosion inhibitors and oil-form lubricants for all nonferrous and ferrous alloys for both wire and tube applications. Its core products can be made at all of the company’s manufacturing locations in the U.S., Europe, Australia and Mexico. With over 112 years of history, RichardsApex has an established global sales network to service customers throughout the world, including on-site support and technical sales assistance. The company has subsidiaries in both the U.K. (RichardsApex Europe) and in Australia (RichardsApex AustralAsia), and representatives in Canada, China, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey Venezuela and Vietnam, with other countries serviced by the subsidiaries and representatives. Stop by and see how part-

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support, RMG is the only OEM for Fastener Engineers, Lewis Machine and G.C. Patterson equipment and the best source for all your tooling, spare parts and technical service requirements. Stop by our booth, tour our modern facility at our website and send any questions to us at info@rmgfelm.com. Personnel: Kirk Prosser. Romax Booth 443 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies Tel. 828-464-2543 www.rosendahlaustria.com RI¿FH XVD#URVHQGDKODXVWULD FRP USA Booth 333

Exhibiting: ROSENDAHL & NEXTROM both invite attendees to visit them at the booth of Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies, the U.S business of Austria’s ROSENDAHL, a leading global supplier of hightech wire and cable manufacturing solutions that offers first-class products and turnkey solutions in the fields of extrusion, corrugation, fiber optic cable as well as SZ stranding. Knowledge, experience and production are made in Austria. NEXTROM is a premium supplier of optical fiber glass preform manufacturing equipment. It produces fiber draw towers and associated machinery for the global fiber market using MCVD, OVD and VAD technologies. Besides providing optical fiber equipment, Nextrom is a world leading supplier of fiber optic cable production lines. Personnel: Robert Pinter, Robert Mailloux. Roteq Machinery Tel. 905-660-8800 www.roteqmachinery.com LQTXLULHV#URWHTPDFKLQHU\ FRP Canada Booth 109

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Exhibiting: Roteq will exhibit its capabilities and developments in stranding technology for copper and aluminum conductors, single-twist, double-twist, concentric, roll forming and SIW conductor-in-cabling technology, drum twisters, single and double twist, planetary and S/Z in-strip armoring technology, 50 mm/125 mm, including in-line cabling and packaging. For communication cable technology, it offers LAN cable twinners and group twinners double twist shielded instrumentation cabling lines. For auxiliary equipment, it offers takeups payoffs, taping binders capstans and caterpullers in specific custom engineered solutions for your unique product manufacturing challenges. Personnel: Martin Boyne, Mike Marshall, Dave Alexander. RTD Manufacturing Inc. Tel. 315-337-3151 www.rtdmfg.com VDOHV#UWGPIJ FRP USA Booth 525 Exhibiting: Flyer payoffs. Stop and see our new “High Torque Flyer.” We can also provide your company with multiwire payoffs from A-Z configurations. We customize to your plant configuration requirements. Let us design around your needs, not just an out-of-box system. We also provide heavy-duty steel skids, stems and basket carriers as well as pallets. Personnel: Michael B. Waterman. S&E Specialty Tel. 978-537-8261 www.sespoly.com MPXQVH\#VHVSRO\ FRP USA Booth 314

Exhibiting: S&E Specialty Polymers is a premier specialty plastic compounder. Our custom compounds developed by our professional R&D staff is used in the automotive, wire and cable, battery and footwear industries as well as in general-purpose applications. We specialize in flame-retardant polyolefins, flame-retardant concentrates, PVC, PVC Plenum, CPE and low smoke zero halogen compounds. Additionally, S&E has become a leading producer of compounds requiring exacting color match requirements. Personnel: Jay Munsey, Ilia Charlat. SAMP USA, Inc. Tel. 301-223-8584 sampsistemi.com LQIR#VDPSLQF FRP USA Booth 217

Exhibiting: SAMP USA, Inc., the U.S operation of SAMPSISTEMI® is the supplier of a full range of equipment for nonferrous wiredrawing, bunching and extrusion. We offer systems and services for the wire and cable industry throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico and South America. SAMP USA offers SAMP’s latest rod breakdown and multi-wire drawing developments, bunching solutions and brand new extrusion technology for automotive cable applications. The latest SAMP products pay particular attention to energy savings by minimizing the machine energy consumption and the Total Cost of Ownership. This new technology anticipates future trends in the wire and cable manufacturing world. SAMP USA is also the principle for tungsten carbide drawing capstans and cones from Rizzardi. SAMP USA Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of SAMP SpA, Italy. Personnel: Marco Gerardo, Keith Sasso, David Graff. SB2C/NIMSCO Tel. 563-391-0400

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www.nimsco.com info@nimsco.com USA Booth 308 Exhibiting: Wire, tube and strip forming equipment, including secondary and specialty equipment. Personnel: Jerry Jacques, Jerry Ashdown. Schlatter Industries AG Tel. 815-874-9471 schlattergroup.com sales.north-america@ schlattergroup.com USA Booth 244 Exhibiting: Schlatter is a world leader in manufacturing and supplying comprehensive solutions involving resistance welding and weaving. At Wire Expo, Schlatter will introduce the new MG 950 Mesh Welder to the North American market. Schlatter North America provides sales, service and technical support to the industrial and reinforcing markets. In addition, we offer training, in-house machine demonstrations and plant layout technical consulting. Stock equipment is available for convenience and quick delivery. Personnel: Ronnie L. Meiers, Werner Schmidli, Daniel Zappa. Sikora International Corporation SIKORA AG Tel. 770-4876-1233 www.sikora-usa.net sales@sikora-usa.net USA/Germany Booth 519

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Exhibiting: SIKORA is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of measuring and control technology for the wire and cable, hose and tube as well as optical fiber and plastic industry. With 200 employees worldwide, 13 offices and more than 30 regional representatives all over the world, the company provides customers with innovative product solutions and individual service. The measuring and control systems are exclusively made at the headquarters in Bremen, Germany. Directly integrated into the production line, the systems ensure continuously the quality during the production and help manufacturers at the same time to save material and costs. At Wire Expo, SIKORA will showcase a wide range of its technology, one of which is the new PURITY SCANNER, a system for a 100 % online inspection and sorting of plastic pellets. In addition, SIKORA will present sophisticated equipment for continuous online quality control of optical fibers in the drawing tower. A highlight will be the FIBER LUMP 6003 MICRO, which detects lumps and neckdowns on the optical fiber surface to 100%. This is the result of the integration of six measuring axes. Shadow areas are eliminated and even the smallest faults from 5 μm height and 50 μm length are reliably detected. SIMPACKS Tel. 973-402-4098

www.simpacks.com sales@simpacks.com USA Booth 143 Exhibiting: SIMPACKS’ dual-head automatic coiler can coil or wind telephone and building wire cables, both round and flat, as well as computer cables with diameters from 1 mm/0.04 in. to 8 mm/0.3 in. This coiler is capable of producing six coils per minute. Our new automatic coiler + strap + coil holder is available for all your packaging solutions. Controls can be chosen from companies such as Allen Bradley, Siemens, Telemecanique, Mitsubishi, Omron and more. Personnel: Alejandro Munoz. Sivaco Wire Group Tel. 800-361-2104 www.sivaco.com Canada Booth 139 Exhibiting: At the forefront of wire production in North America, Sivaco designs, manufactures and delivers the highest quality wire products for a wide range of applications. Our reputation for innovation was bolstered recently with the introduction of the 9000 series of high-carbon product lines designed as an alternative to oil-tempered wire. Many of our customers take advantage of Sivaco’s unique make-to-order manufacturing capabilities. Our technical expertise and strong client partnerships enable us to develop customer-specific value-added wire solutions.

Sonoco Tel. 800-633-3962 www.sonoco.com wcr.sales@sonoco.com USA Booth 233

are available from small precision spools for 56 AWG to 288-inch steel reels. Sonoco’s EcoReel® program refurbishes/recycles nailed wood and composite reels. Personnel: Jim Printz, Brooke Stonesifer, Wendy Williams, Christy Phillips, Jeff Stafford, David Gluth, Mike Tucker, Jay Swentenburg, Christine Lovett.

Exhibiting: The reel people at Sonoco offer you a full range of quality reels and spools including nailed wood, plywood, corrugated and tubular steel, plastic and poly fiber composites. See spools for fine wire, utility, fiber optics and other specialties like space-saving Twist-Lok® spools! A wide range of sizes

Stolberger Inc. dba Wardwell Braiding Co. Spirka GmbH Tel. 401-724-8800 www.wardwell.com sales@wardwell.com USA Booth 523 Exhibiting: Wardwell and Spirka are industry leading suppliers of braiding machines in various models, sizes and configurations. We also offer a complete line of re-winding equipment, payoffs, take-ups, spi

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Joe Snee Associates, Inc. Tel. 774-991-0504 www.pwmltd.co.uk joe@jsnee.com USA Booth 402 Exhibiting: Exclusive U.S. and Canadian distributor for Pressure Welding Machines (PWM) cold pressure welders, die and spares. New England Representative for Beta LaserMike and AW Machinery. Cold welders, diameter gauges, wall thickness, eccentricity, non-contact length speed measurement, preheaters, process control systems, extrusion lines and related components. Personnel: Joe Snee.

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Exhibiting: Wardwell and Spirka are industry leading suppliers of braiding machines in various models, sizes and configurations. We also offer a complete line of re-winding equipment, payoffs, take-ups, spiraling machines, taping units and a variety of accessories. Personnel: John Tomaz. Strecker GmbH & Co KG Tel. 203-481-5555 www.streckerusa.com

VDOHV#ZDÂżRV XV USA Booth 203 Exhibiting: For over 75 years, August Strecker GmbH & Co. KG has been a specialist in the development and production of butt welding machines for almost any application in the wire and cable industry. Its product range includes machines for butt welding solid wires, flat conductors, rings, chain links, stranded wires. These include: mechanical butt welding machines for the wire industry: pneumatic butt welding machines for the wire and cable industry; hydraulic butt welding machines with automatic deflashing for the wire and cable industry; stranded wire welding machines and tongs for the cable industry; steel cable welding machines for the steel cable production or processing industries; and cold-welding machines for the wire industry. Personnel: Michael Stock, David Purcell, Brian Davi, Gert de Waard. Subec AB Booth 443 Supreme Superabrasives Co., Ltd. China Booth 538 Tel. 86-371-63621182 info@supremesuperabrasives.com www.supremesuperabrasives.com

Exhibiting: Supreme Superabrasives is a professional manufacturer of PCD die blanks in Zhengzhou, China. Our products offer high wear resistance, hardness and thermal conductivity as well as high strength and tenacity, which are suitable for drawing nonferrous wire such as copper, aluminum, stainless steel and other alloy wires. Our products have passed ISO 9001:2008 certification. Personnel: Ellen.

T & T Marketing, Inc. Tel. 800-608-1577 www.ttmarketinginc.com info@ttmarketinginc.com USA Booth 107

Exhibiting: T & T Marketing is a single source supplier to the wire and cable industry; distributing everything from bare copper to shielding, filling, insulating and jacketing products. The company has been meeting the diversified needs of the wire and cable industry since 1988. Personnel: Thomas Jordan, Amy Theobald, Jim Kamas, John Accorsi, Jessica Hoogendoorn. Taubensee Steel & Wire Company USA Booth 221 Tel. 847-459-5100 www.taubensee.com contact@taubensee.co USA Booth 221 Exhibiting: Taubensee Steel & Wire is a leader in the steel wire and cold drawn bar industry, built on family values and exceeding customer expectations for more than 66 years. Taubenseeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best-in-class sales team has 100+ years of combined industry experience. Our quality, service, reliability and trust puts us ahead of the pack as your go-to manufacturer for all low- and high-carbon wire, straightened-and-cut wire, and cold drawn bar needs. Come visit our booth to find out more. Personnel: Nathan Hill, Ed Parcell, David Westerbeck, Bill Smith, Brett Sarver, Kris Mikkelson, Nancy Taubensee. TEKNIKOR Tel. 508-672-0811 www.teknikor.com USA Booth 128

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Thermoplastics Engineering Corp. Tel. 978-537-8135 www.thermoplasticseng.com timd@thermoplasticseng.com USA Booth 242 Exhibiting: Custom cable and wire machinery: extruders, cablers, takeups, payoffs, accumulators/dancers. Top Tapes Tel. 38631625934 Slovenia Booth 341 Exhibiting: We sell cable products to the cable industry under the trade mark TOP tapes. The products completely meet high customer needs

and requests. With our complete range from this area, we can offer cable manufacturers tapes for different cable designs. We provide water-blocking barriers, separation tapes, bedding tapes, binding tapes, semi-conductive tapes and heat-barrier tapes. With the above mentioned products, we are capable of meeting various requests for tensile strength, swelling speed, swelling height, conductivity, thickness and width and inner and outer diameters. Tramev Booth 209 Tri Star Metals, LLC Tel. 630-462-7600 www.tristarmetals.com kpayton@tristarmetals.com USA Booth 541 Exhibiting: Tri Star Metals is an industry leader in the manufacturing of wire in stainless steel and nickel alloys. With a new, state-of-theart production facility and several

strategically located distribution centers, we can meet your most demanding needs. We currently offer diameters of .028 in. through 1.00 in. We also have straightenand-cut capabilities that allow us to produce bar in 14 in. to 40 in. lengths. Tri Star Metals is ISO 9001 registered and are ready to meet your most complex wire requirements. We look forward to discussing your business needs. Personnel: Kury Payton, Nick Pigott. Tubular Products Company Tel. 800-964-6074 www.tubularproducts.com mbrown@tubularproducts.com USA Booth 306

Exhibiting: We specialize in the design, fabrication, and assembly of mechanical and structural tubing,

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integrated plant and facility management services. It offers mechanical and electrical engineering/contracting/plant layout, machine shop, steel fabrication and erection, rigging and trucking, precision alignment, automation and controls, electrical maintenance and testing. All services cater to our regional, national and global customers.

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and of tubular steel products since 1973. It supplies wire carriers, stem baskets, annealing carriers, returnable and disposable packaging.

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Ultimate Automation Ltd Tel. 44-1403-710043 www.ultimat.com sales@ultimat.com U.K. Booth 141

Exhibiting: Personnel from Ultimation will be available to discuss the company’s ULTIMAT range of two axis wire forming and welding machines, suitable for the manufacture of supermarket shelving, and point of purchase displays, etc. Plus, its range of ring forming and welding machines. All ULTIMAT models feature a “closed die” forming and cutting system, giving a high quality square, burr free cut and butt weld. Options include a secondary bend head for high-speed production of complex wire forms and automatic part unloading systems. With models available for a wire range from 2.00 mm to 16.00 mm, Ultimation has a machine to suit everyone’s requirements. Personnel: Martin Smith, John Manning. United Wire Co., Inc. Tel. 800-840-9481 www.unitedwirecompany.com bob@unitedwirecompany.com USA Booth 510 Exhibiting: Located in North Haven Connecticut, United Wire Co., is a third-generation family business that specializes in manufacturing flat, square and shaped wire in copper bases, carbon steels, nickel bases, and stainless steels. Personnel: Bob Swanson, Justin Swanson, Bryan Hitchcock, David Hitchcock, Casey McLaughlin, Terry McLaughlin, Steve Meyer. UNITEK Crossheads Tel. 905-265-8912 116 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Exhibiting: Extrusion crossheads offering high concentricity and easy operation features will be showcased by Unitek. Fixed center single and multi-layer crossheads for thermoplastic and fluoropolymer thermoplastic materials will be on display. The high-precision designs can achieve the highest concentricities and hold them for extended service life. PVC heads are documented to last up to 50,000 hours. Our leading automatic color change technology allows production lines to change colors within 50-100 feet while at full line speed. Personnel: Michael Gromko, Chris Hauer. US Synthetic Wire Die Tel. 801-235-9001 www.usswiredie.com info@usswiredie.com USA Booth 436

Exhibiting: As a business unit of US Synthetic Corporation, US Synthetic Wire Die manufactures the longest-lasting polycrystalline diamond (PCD) wire dies available. Our technical expertise in PCD enables development of the unique material used in our wire dies. In fact, we’re the only wire die manufacturer that also presses its own PCD inserts. Pressing the diamond core and finishing the die to exact specifications offers customers a durable, high-performance product that draws more pounds of wire per dollar. Personnel: Todd Mick, Joe Memmott, Marc Modersitzki.

Vandor Corp (See Reel Options by Vandor Corp.) Vinston US Corporation Tel. 847-972-1098 www.vinstonus.com info@vinstonus.com USA Booth 327 Exhibiting: We specialize in camless spring formers and wire benders. Aside from providing quality products and competitive pricing, the VINSTON brand further expanded to all corners of the globe in 2013.

We now have primary sales offices in eight countries. Aside from the recent opening of the U.S. office, VINSTON also has established sales offices in Korea and India. Companies in today’s competitive environment may have their branches in diverse locations to fully utilize localized resources. Now customers can rest assured that a VINSTON sales office will be close by to support their needs. Personnel: Billy Z. Lin, Jian Hui Ye, Ron Paliotta, Cheryl Paliotta. Vollmer America Inc. Tel. 860-824-5157 www.vollmeramerica.com info@vollmeramerica.com USA Booth 113 Exhibiting: Vollmer has more than 50 years of experience in the wire making industry. Makers of thickness and width measuring gauges as well as SPC software and process control equipment. Vollmer will introduce the new VBK 512 VTS measurement system, which will provide dimensional information in

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90% of wire making applications. Successful in the harshest environments, the method of contact measurement provides accurate measurement of square, rectangular and shaped wire. Staff will be available to discuss your measurement needs. Personnel: John Wallace, Dick Pechie, Al Gayheart. W3 Ultrasonics LLC Tel. 330-497-7224 www.w3ultrasonics.com info@w3sonics.com USA Booth 148

Exhibiting: We are manufacturers of cleaning equipment, specializing in continuous production environments such as wire, rod, strip, tube, fasteners, extrusions, etc. We specialize in determining the correct cleaning process and design our systems around that process. Our specialty is ultrasonic cleaning, however we use any method, or combination thereof, necessary to achieve your desired cleaning result. Our extensive experience allows us to quickly determine the best process for your specific application. Stop by and discuss your cleaning problem or new application, or repairing or replacing your transducers and generators. Personnel: Scott Miller. WAFIOS Machinery Corporation Tel. 203-481-5555 ZZZ ZD¿RV XV VDOHV#ZD¿RV XV USA Booth 203

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and forming industries. The development of WAFIOS products, technologies and innovations are driven by the desire to consistently provide our customers with manufacturing solutions that allow them to maintain a strong competitive advantage. Our range includes: precision CNC spring and forming machines; precision CNC wire bending and forming machines; precision CNC tube bending and forming machines; precision CNC wire straightening, cutting and end-working machines; precision CNC nail making machines; and precision CNC chain making and chain link fencing machines. Personnel: Gert de Waard, Brian Davi, David Purcell, Bob Flower, Michael Stock. WCISA Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association Tel. 330-864-2122 www.wcisaonline.org info@wcisaonline.org USA Booth 116 Exhibiting: Nonprofit trade association of North America suppliers of machinery, accessories and materials for making all types of wire and cable. Member list can be seen at www.wcisaonline.org. Our mission is to promote members’ products and services by providing representation, networking/social opportunities and services at domestic and international wire and cable trade events and conferences. Personnel: Mike McNulty. Weber & Scher Mfg. Co., Inc. AFA Industries Tel. 908-236-8484 www.webscher.com webscher@webscher.com USA Booth 232 Exhibiting: Weber & Scher provides equipment and technology specifically to the global wire and cable industry. We will display literature on our complete range of products, including metal tape handling and splicing equipment and longitudinal forming equipment for smooth and corrugated metal tape; core wrap tape handling and applicating equip-

ment; concentric and eccentric binding machines, concentric and tangential taping heads, Kevlar serving equipment; cable core pressure filling and flooding equipment for optical fiber cables and copper telephone cables; metal tape overlap seam bonding systems; multi-position tension controlled supply equipment, high speed rewind/repair equipment, belt wrap type capstans, linear belt type caterpillar capstans, vertical and horizontal cable accumulators, and cable payoffs/take-ups. Also, details on our unique INDUCTOWELD and GATWELD continuous seam welded metal tape sheathing systems for power cables, coaxial cables, RF cables and optical fiber cables. Welding Wire Machineries Srl Tel. 39-049-9500666 www.wwmsrl.com salesdept@wwmsrl.com Italy Booth 142

Exhibiting: WWM is a leading manufacturer of machinery for the production of metal wire (high and low carbon), offering dry-drawing lines, wet-drawing lines, fully automatic and semiautomatic respooling lines, high-speed drum packers, coatings tanks, shaving lines and turn-key plants, training to customer operators and supply of spare parts. Personnel: Renato Dall’O’, Carlos Padilla. Windak Inc. Tel. 828-322-2292 www.windakgroup.com info@windakgroup.com USA Booth 406

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machines, stranders, bunchers, extrusion and jacketing lines, braiders, planetary and single twist cablers, drum twisters, payoffs, take-ups, caterpullers, rewind lines, and more. Wire & Plastic Machinery has eight North American locations with complete rebuilding facilities in Bristol,

Connecticut, and Bonham, Texas. Personnel: Rick Narang, Rahul Sachdev, Greg Malcervelli, Eshan Narang. Wire Association International Tel. 203-453-2777 info@wirenet.org

Wire & Cable Technology Intâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;l USA Booth 116 Exhibiting: International technical magazine, print and digital formats, for manufacturers, processors, distributors and users of all types of wire and cable. Published six times per year. Subscribe and read online at www.wiretech.com Personnel: Chip Lippincott, Mike McNulty, Tom Hutchinson, Mike Dies. Wire & Plastic Machinery Corporation Tel. 860-583-4646 www.wireandplastic.com info@wireandplastic.com USA Booth 415

Exhibiting: Wire & Plastic Machinery Corporation is a global leader in second-hand wire, cable and optical fiber manufacturing equipment. Featuring the most comprehensive range of machinery with over 30,000 items in stock, equipment is offered as is, checked for operability or completely reconditioned to customer specifications. Machinery is available for: rod breakdown to fine wire drawing

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launch its new website for the industry: www.windakgroup.com. You will discover a whole new company look, including a new Windak Group logo. Windak will also introduce a new high speed coiling line, the Quickpack QP3-H. Faster, with more servo control and less settings, it will give customers a quicker return. The QP3-H targets products from 2 mm to 12 mm in diameter, and coil lengths from 5 m to 100 m per package. The output is up to eight coils per minute, depending on type of cable and winding length. Almost all movements in this fast single-head machine are controlled by servos with very few mechanical setting changes for different packages. Personnel: Dan Shelander.

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USA Hall A Concourse Exhibiting: Info and a floor plan for Interwire, the largest wire and cable show in the Americas (April 28-30, 2015, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA). Also, a range of the association’s publications, products and services, including WJI; the WJI 2014 Reference Guide; WIRE BULLETIN; technical books, reports and more. Also, news about the WAI’s 2014 ITC as well as info for WAI membership opportunities, its chapter network and WAI’s Internet site. Personnel: Janice Swindells, Marc Murray, Chuck Szymaszek. Wire Forming Technology Int’l Tel. 330-864-2122 www.wireformingtech.com info@wireformingtech.com USA Booth 116 Exhibiting: International technical magazine for manufacturers and users of springs, wire formed parts, wire mesh and rebar products. Published quarterly. Subscribe online at www.wireformingtech.com Personnel: Chip Lippincott, Mike McNulty, Tom Hutchinson, Mike Dies. Wire Lab Company Tel. 216-362-0800 www.wirelab.com e-mail@wirelab.com USA Booth 433

Exhibiting: WILCO mechanical descaling machinery. Six models offered from basic reverse bend to automatic systems with the widely used WILCO automatic rod brushing machine. Also, WILCO lubricant applicators and double-die pressure die holders. Wire Machine Systems Tel. 260-483-9269 www.wire-machine.com

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Wire World Tel. 519-754-0998 www.wireworld.com sales@wireworld.com Canada Booth 343 Exhibiting: Wire World is an online global directory for suppliers to the wire and cable industry. Makers of wire and cable can gain access to news, information, events listings, 1000s of suppliers and more. With over 15 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience and over 20,000 visitors monthly, it is a leading online resource for the wire and cable industry. Personnel: Paul Douwes. WiTechs GmbH Booth 127 Witels Albert USA, Ltd. Tel. 410-228-8383 www.witels-albert-usa.com info@witels-albert-usa.com USA Booth 203 Exhibiting: Witels Albert USA will present both new and field-proven solutions from its range of straight ener, roll, guide, feed and pre-former

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sales@wire-machine.com USA Booth 409 Exhibiting: Wire Machine Systems (WMS) is a leading supplier of equipment and supplies to the wire and cable, bar, tube and wire forming industries. We will exhibit state-of-the-art surface treatment, wire and bar drawing, peeling and shaving technology, coiling for bare and insulated cable, shot blasting, wire straighteners and guides, steel reels and reel handling equipment, buncher bows, wire cutters and welders, as well as a wide array of spare parts for European and Asian made machines. Highlights: We will spotlight our state-of-the-art buncher bow program for all makes and models of bunchers/stranders. We are committed to not being satisfied with the status-quo and providing innovated designs that increase bow life, thus reducing machine downtime and costs associated with broken bows. Personnel: Bo Knueppel, Jay Griffith, Larry Hughbanks.

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products. We will focus on engineering solutions for straightening applications and the feeding of process materials. Visitors can see the new products in action and find out how good they really are, and can learn more about the latest clever ideas from the world of wire, tube, rope and cable production and to familiarize themselves with the services and what our website has to offer. Personnel: Bob Flower. Woodburn Diamond Die, Inc. Tel. 260-632-4217 www.woodburndd.com info@woodburndd.com

USA Booth 416 Exhibiting: Representatives fwill be available to discuss the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s complete line of single-crystal diamond, PCD and tungsten carbide draw dies. Also featured will be our shaped, split, bunching, and enamel dies. Services include recutting, inventory management, and physical elongation of multi-wire sets. Personnel: John Rumpz, Bill Schwehn, Terry Sieger. Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc. Tel. 708-388-6300 www.worthsteel.com rbender@worthsteel.com USA Booth 145 Exhibiting: Worth Steel, a steel wire and cold finished bar supplier located just south of Chicago, stocks wire in bright basic, galvanized and annealed. Items can be purchased by coil, carrier, or straighten-and-cut from 1 in. to 20 ft. Many different carbon alloys of cold finished bar

are in stock and ready to ship: 1018, 12L14 and 1215 are just a few grades that Worth can provide. Also, used wire fabricating equipment. Personnel: Robert Bender, Jim DeGrado, Ike Baya, Joe Micklin. WTM - Wire Technology Machinery Srl Tel. 905-265-8912 www.howarequipment.com sales@howarequipment.com Italy Booth 227 Exhibiting: High speed concentric taping at up to 4000 RPM for precision single and multi-layer applica-tions. Taping equipment and com-

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Yield Management Corporation Tel. 413-283-7773 www.yieldmanagementcorp.com sales@yieldmanagementcorp.com USA Booth 438 Exhibiting: YMC will exhibit an interactive demonstration of new products. One is a laser wire-counting system for stranding and cabling lines that verifies the correct num-

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works with any material or color, ideal for insulated conductors where traditional ground ring detectors are not effective. Another is fail-safe, wire-break detection devices for cabling and stranding machines. YMC has launched a series of new products for monitoring individual spool rotation on rigid-frame planetary and tubular stranding and cabling machines without the use of slip rings or expensive radio frequency transducers. The system detects wire breaks and stops the machine before the broken wire reaches the next section, in most cases before the forming die. The result is reduction in scrap and increased productivity. Personnel: Robert Brown.

ZheJiang BaiChuan Conductor Technology Co,. Ltd. Tel. 86-579-84311389 www.china-baichuan.com zhangshu@baichuanchina.com www.china-baichuan.com China Booth 323 Exhibiting: Producing to ISO 9001 standards, we supply copper-clad steel wire; copper-clad aluminum wire; tin-plated, copper-clad steel wire; silver-plated, copper-clad steel wire; galvanized steel wire; aluminum and Al alloy wire, copper and copper alloy wire; electroplated steel wire and more. Zumbach Electronics Corp www.zumbach.com sales@zumbach.com USA Booth 202 Exhibiting: Zumbach will showcase its broad range of dimensional measurement and inspections technology for rod and bar mills, wiredrawing,

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applications where the need to create a repeatable and accurate tape placement layer is of essence. WTM has specialized on vertical and horizontal taping equipment for various wire and cable applications using single and multiple screening layers are required. The complete line includes specialized single-twist stranding lines with back-twist payoffs. Full line of payoffs, take-ups and respoolers are available for a multitude of applications and reel sizes. Personnel: Willy Hauer.

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processes. This includes cost-effective, synchronous multi-axis measure ment of diameter and ovality in any cable, tube and hose extrusion process, such as the MSD system (pictured), one of the new series of diameter and ovality measuring heads based on new linear sensor technology. The unique measure-

ment technology for products up to 200 mm OD includes: a new product line with two-colored LED light sources allowing simultaneous scanning in each XY axis for trouble-free measurement, even with product vibration; integrated extraneous light filters that prevent measurement errors that to date seemed unavoidable; and perfect performance, even with reflective surfaces, thanks to different color lighting for each measurement axis. For extruded cables, tube and hoses under tight control, the versatile high-tech ultrasonic system WALLMASTER offers application-specific solutions for measuring and monitoring wall thickness. The measuring data processor with touch-screen display gathers data and QC fully automatically. In combination with ultrasonic UMAC速 scanners and various ODAC速 diameter measuring gauges as well as with error detectors, the measuring and monitoring scale can be expanded to ODs and IDs, statistics, SPC and processor communication. With WALLMASTER, manufacturers can reduce start-up time and expenditure of raw materials, with ROI achieved in a few months. Personnel: Tim Moore, Ryan Cahill, Keith Donahue, Jim Fox.

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Exhibitors Product Directory Air Wipes

Automation Equipment

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Amaral Automation Associates . . . . . . . 443 Balloffet Die Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Clinton Instrument Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Esteves Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Heany Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 KEIR Manufacturing, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 531 MGS Manufacturing, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 QED Wire Lines Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 American Kuhne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Gem Gravure Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 GH Induction Atmospheres . . . . . . . . . . 448 Ideal Welding Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 525 MGS Manufacturing Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 PKG Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Plas-Ties Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Polytec, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . . 333 TEKNIKOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Windak Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Yield Management Corporation. . . . . . . 438

Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 FLYMCA & FLYRO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Frigeco USA, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . 529 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . 209 Lloyd & Bouvier Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 525 The MGS Group (MGS-Hall-Northampton) . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Niehoff Endex North America . . . . . . . . 317 POURTIER & SETIC of America . . . . . 442 Queins Machines GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Roteq Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Aluminum & Aluminum Alloys OmniSource Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . 543 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Tri Star Metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 Zhejiang Baichuan Cond Tech Co,.Ltd . 323 Aluminum Wire Mfg Fly Dragon Precision Tech Co, Ltd . . . . 321 Guardian Cable Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 Phifer Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Precision Die Technologies . . . . . . . . . . 234 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

Belting, Machinery Rainbow Rubber & Plastics. . . . . . . . . . . 134 Bolt Manufacturing Ohio Rod Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Krueger Steel and Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

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Frigeco USA, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . 529 GH Induction Atmospheres . . . . . . . . . . 448 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . 209 OM Lesmo SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Morgan Koch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Niehoff Endex North America . . . . . . . . 317 PKG Equipment Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Plasmait GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 QED Wire Lines Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Queins Machines GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corporation . 415

Krueger Steel and Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 WAFIOS Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Assembly Systems Foerster Instruments Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Phifer Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Plas-Ties, Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 Associations Wire Association Int’l . . . . . Hall A Concourse WCISA Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

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Braiding & Weaving Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co 339 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 Lloyd & Bouvier Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Niehoff Endex North America . . . . . . . . . 317 Stolberger Inc dba Wardwell Braiding Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . 415 Yield Management Corporation. . . . . . . . 438 Bunchers - Bows Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Frontier Composites and Castings Inc . . 545 Gauder Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 KEIR Manufacturing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . 209 OM Lesmo SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 The MGS Group (MGS-Hall-Northampton) . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Niehoff Endex North America . . . . . . . . . 317 POURTIER and SETIC of America . . . . 442 Wire Machine Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Cable Accessories Hildebrandt USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Jinhua Yonghe Fluorochemical Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 Precision Die Technologies . . . . . . . . . . 234 Reel-O-Matic Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 Top Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Cable Jacket Strippers Amaral Automation Associates . . . . . . . 443 Niehoff Endex North America . . . . . . . . . 317 Chain Making/Machinery %URRN¿HOG :LUH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 WAFIOS Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Chemicals & Coatings Aztech Lubricants LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Chemetall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 CONDAT Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534 Crown Technology, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505 Gem Gravure Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Heatbath Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Metalloid Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441 Parkway Kew Corporation (PKC) . . . . . 133 QED Wire Lines Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Supreme Superabrasives Co, Ltd . . . . . 538 W3 Ultrasonics LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Cleaning & Plating Chem/Sys Aztech Lubricants LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Chemetall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Crown Technology, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505 Heatbath Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Metalloid Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

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Morgan Koch.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 OM Frigerio Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 PKG Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Plasmait GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 QED Wire Lines Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 RichardsApex, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 W3 Ultrasonics LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Welding Wire Machineries Srl . . . . . . . . 142 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Cold Forming Machinery AIM, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 OMCG North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 Ultimate Automation Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 WAFIOS Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . 203 Cold Headers AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Krueger Steel and Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 WAFIOS Machinery Corporation . . . . . . 203 Cold Pressure Welding Amaral Automation Associates . . . . . . . 443 PWM (Pressure Welding Machines) Ltd 402 Joe Snee Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 WAFIOS Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Compounds Jinhua Yonghe Fluorochemical Co, Ltd 420 S&E Specialty Polymers . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 T & T Marketing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Computer Hardware/Software EPLAN Software & Services . . . . . . . . . 340 LaserLinc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Cont Casting Mach/Aux Eqpt Gauder America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 Properzi International, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 QUEINS Machines GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Copper & Copper Alloys AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Fly Dragon Precision Tech Co, Ltd . . . . 321 %URRN多HOG :LUH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 OmniSource Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . 543 Precision Die Technologies . . . . . . . . . . 234 T & T Marketing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 Zhejiang Baichuan Conductor Tech Co . 323 Copper Wire Processing AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Fly Dragon Precision Tech Co, Ltd . . . . 321

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OmniSource Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . 543 Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 Welding Wire Machineries Srl . . . . . . . . . 142 Crossheads/Extr Tooling Amaral Automation LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 B&H Tool Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Esteves Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Joe Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . 333 UNITEK Crossheads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Crossling Equipment E-BEAM Services, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Descaling/Cleaning/Pickling Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . 502 Heatbath Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Ideal Welding Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Morgan Koch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 OM Frigerio Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Parkway Kew Corporation (PKC) . . . . . 133 Plasmait GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 QED Wire Lines Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Welding Wire Machineries Srl . . . . . . . . 142 Wire Lab Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Die Grinding and Finishing Eqpt Balloffett Die Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . 521 Die Quip Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Esteves Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Heritage Wire Die, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Paramount Die Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 Premier Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 W3 Ultrasonics LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Dies & Die Compounds American Kuhne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 B&H Tool Company LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Balloffett Die Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . 521 BOCK Maschinenfabrik Gmbh . . . . . . . . 227 Die Quip Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Esteves Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Fort Wayne Wire Die, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Heritage Wire Die, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Paramount Die Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 Precision Die Technologies . . . . . . . . . . 234 Premier Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Supreme Superabrasives Co, Ltd . . . . . . 538

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UNITEK Crossheads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 US Synthetic Diamond Die . . . . . . . . . . . 436 Woodburn Diamond Die, Inc . . . . . . . . . 416

Gauder America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

Distribution / Warehouses

Environ Services/Plant Maint

T & T Marketing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Filtertech, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 TEKNIKOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Drawing Mach/Auxiliary Eqpt Amaral Automation Associates . . . . . . . 443 BOCK Maschinenfabrik GmbH . . . . . . . 227 BOXY Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 Fastener Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 FLYMCA & FLYRO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Frigeco USA, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . 529 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Ideal Welding Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . 209 OM Lesmo SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Lewis Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Morgan Koch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Niehoff Endex North America . . . . . . . . 317 OM Frigerio Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Plasmait GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Precision Die Technologies . . . . . . . . . . 234 Properzi International, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Queins Machines GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc. . . . . 243 W3 Ultrasonics LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Welding Wire Machineries Srl . . . . . . . . . 142 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . 145 Drill, Cut, Grind/Sec Operations Parkway Kew Corporation (PKC) . . . . . 133 Supreme Superabrasives Co, Ltd . . . . . 538 Drives and Controls EPLAN Software & Services . . . . . . . . . 340 FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Frigeco USA, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . 529 TEKNIKOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Witels Albert USA, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Electrical Wire & Cable Mfg Bekaert Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Electri Tec, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 Joe Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Electroplated Steel Wire Zhejiang Baichuan Cond Tech Co,.Ltd . 323

Enameling Ovens

Extruders & Auxilliary Eqpt ACM AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Amaral Automation Associates . . . . . . . 443 American Kuhne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 B&H Tool Company LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 FLYMCA & FLYRO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Frigeco USA, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . 529 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Lloyd & Bouvier Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 POURTIER & SETIC of America . . . . . 442 Queins Machines GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . 333 Joe Snee Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 402 UNITEK Crossheads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . 415 Extrusion Accessories ACM AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 American Kuhne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 B&H Tool Company LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Balloffet Die Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521 BOXY Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Canterbury Engineering/GENCA. . . . . . . 216 Esteves Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 FMS USA Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Joe Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 Northampton Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Joe Snee Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Unitek Crossheads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Fabrication & Bending Mchry AIM Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 SB2C/NIMSCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 OMCG North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 Ultimate Automation Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 WAFIOS Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . 145 Fastener Wire Mfg Bekaert Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Beta Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 %URRN多HOG :LUH &R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Keystone Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Fiber Optic Components Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Joe Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 Fiber Optic Mchry/Splicing Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 Gauder Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Lloyd & Bouvier Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 525 MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 POURTIER & SETIC of America . . . . . 442 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . . 333 Roteq Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Thermoplastics Engineering Corp . . . . . . 242 Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . 232

Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . 415

US Synthetic Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

Filtration & Cooling Systems

Forming Machinery (cold)

B&Z Galvanized Wire Industry . . . . . . . . 410 Filtertech, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 BOCK Maschinenfabrik GmbH . . . . . . . 227 Krueger Steel and Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 Witels Albert USA Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Fine Wire Mfg/Micro Wire Mfg Anbao Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 339 Bekaert Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 %URRN多HOG :LUH &R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Krueger Steel and Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 525 Oklahoma/Iowa Steel and Wire . . . . . . . 413 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 SAMP USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Taubensee Steel & Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . 221 Forming Tools & Dies Canterbury Engineering/GENCA. . . . . . . 216 Esteves Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Joe Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 Premier Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Forming Machinery (hot) AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Furnaces GH Induction Atmospheres . . . . . . . . . . 448 Plasmait GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Properzi International, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 215 QED Wire Lines Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . 333

Gases Jinhua Yonghe Fluorochemical Co, Ltd 420

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Krueger Steel and Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Taubensee Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

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Hand Tools Bock Maschinenfabrik GmbH . . . . . . . . . 227 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Die Quip Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Heritage Wire Die, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Header Tools and Dies AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Heat Treating Eqpt/Services GH Induction Atmospheres . . . . . . . . . . 448 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Morgan Koch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Plasmait GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 QED Wire Lines Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Insulated Wire Mfg. B&H Tool Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 Fly Dragon Precision Technologies (Suzhou) Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Precision Die Technologies . . . . . . . . . . 234 Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH . . . . . . . . . 515 Insulation & Jacketing Materials Conneaut Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Fly Dragon Precision Technologies (Suzhou) Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Jinhua Yonghe Fluorochemical Co, Ltd . 420 T & T Marketing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Lubricants Aztech Lubricants LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Chemetall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 CONDAT Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534 Etna Products, Inc/Etna Bechem Lubricants, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517 Filtertech Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Heatbath Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Metalloid Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441 RichardsApex, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Machine Rebuilding Services AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 BMR Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . 502 Fastener Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Frigeco USA, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . 529 Gauder Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 Ideal Welding Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Lewis Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Lloyd & Bouvier Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

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Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 525 Maxcess/MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Morgan Koch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Niehoff Endex North America . . . . . . . . 317 Northampton Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Parkway Kew Corporation (PKC) . . . . . . 133 POURTIER & SETIC of America . . . . . 442 Queins Machines GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Reel O Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 Refractron Technologies Corp . . . . . . . . 434 Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc . . . . 243 Stolberger Inc. dba Wardwell Braiding Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 TEKNIKOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Thermoplastics Engineering Corp . . . . . . 242 Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . 232 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . 415 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . 145 Yield Management Corporation. . . . . . . 438

MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Reel O Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . 333 Sikora International Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 Joe Snee Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Vollmer America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Witels Albert USA Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Zumbach Electronics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Marking & Coding Eqpt/Inks

WAFIOS Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Amaral Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 Gem Gravure Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 W Gillies Technologies, LLC . . . . . . . . . . 137 PrintSafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

Nickel & Nickel Alloys

Material Handling and Storage Appiani Reels/Appiani Group . . . . . . . . . 227 Appleton Mfg Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Beta Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 Fastener Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Foerster Instruments Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . 209 Lewis Machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Mossberg Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 Northampton Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Rainbow Rubber & Plastics, Inc . . . . . . . 134 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc . . . . . 243 Sonoco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . 232

Media/Publications EuroWire/Intras Publications . . . . . . 108 The WAI Connection . . . . . . . . . . . lobby Wire & Cable Technology Int’l . . . . 116 Wire & Cable ASIA Magazine . . . . . 108 WIRE BULLETIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . lobby Wire Forming Technology Int’l . . . . 116 Wire Journal International . . . . . . lobby Wire World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Nail Making Machinery

%URRN¿HOG :LUH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 OmniSource Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . 543 Precision Die Technologies . . . . . . . . . . 234 Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 Nonferrous Wire Mfg. %URRN¿HOG :LUH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Taubensee Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 Optical Fiber Coatings Parkway-Kew Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Oscillator Tubes New/Rebuilt Radyne Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Measuring & Testing Equipment

Ovens/Furnaces

ACM AB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Amaral Automation LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Balloffet Die Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Clinton Instrument Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Foerster Instruments Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Gauder Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 LaserLinc, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Maxcess/MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Plasmait GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 QED Wire Lines Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Radyne Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Packaging Equipment Appiani Reels/Appiani Group . . . . . . . . . 227 Gem Gravure Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Hildebrandt USA, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 MGS Manufacturing Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Morgan Koch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Niehoff Endex North America . . . . . . . . 317

Pallets Appiani Reels/Appiani Group . . . . . . . . . 227 BOXY Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Mossberg Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 RTD Manufacturing Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525 Tubular Products Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Parts Washers PKG Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 W3 Ultrasonics LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Payoff Reels AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Appiani Reels/Appiani Group . . . . . . . . . 209 BOXY Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . 502 Fabritex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Hildebrandt USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . 209 OM Lesmo SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Metavan NV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Morgan Koch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Mossberg Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 Reel O Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 Reel OptionsÂŽ by Vandor Corporation . . 414 Sonoco Reels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Ultimate Automation Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Plating Equipment Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Morgan Koch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Niehoff Endex North America . . . . . . . . . 317 PKG Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Plasmait GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 QED Wire Lines Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Welding Wire Machineries Srl . . . . . . . . 142

Crown Technology, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505 Filtertech, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Reel O Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Pollution Control Equipment

Reels, Spools, Drums & Bobbins

Filtertech, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 PKG Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Ace Metal Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 Appiani Reels/Appiani Group . . . . . . . . . 209 Boxy Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Carris Reels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 George Evans Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Hildebrandt USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . 209 Metavan NV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Mossberg Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 Mossberg Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 P&R Specialty, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512 3LWWVÂż HOG 3ODVWLFV (QJLQHHULQJ ,QF . . . . . 437 Reel Options by Vandor Corporation . . 414 Sonoco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Stolberger Inc dba Wardwell Braiding Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 Tubular Products Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Power Cable/Distribution Mfg Bekaert Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Process Control Equipment Amaral Automation Associates . . . . . . . 443 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 EPLAN Software & Services . . . . . . . . . 340 FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 LaserLinc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 525 Maxcess/MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Polytec, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH . . . . . . . . . 333 Sikora International Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 Joe Snee Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Vollmer America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Yield Management Corporation. . . . . . . . 438 Zumbach Electronics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Pulleys Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Heany Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Kyocera Industrial Ceramics . . . . . . . . . 340 KEIR Manufacturing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 531 Parkway Kew Corporation (PKC) . . . . . . 133 Witels Albert USA, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Reclamation Equipment

Roller Guides Amaral Automation LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Frontier Composites and Castings . . . . . 545 W Gillies Technologies, LLC . . . . . . . . . . 137 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Heany Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 KEIR Manufacturing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531 Kyocera Industrial Ceramics . . . . . . . . . 340 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . 209 Parkway-Kew Corp (PKC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Refractron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

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Northampton Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Plas-Ties, Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Reel OptionsÂŽ by Vandor Corp . . . . . . . . 414 Tubular Products Company. . . . . . . . . . . 306 Windak Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Witels Albert USA Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

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Rolling Mills & Auxilliary Eqpt Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . 502 Ideal Welding Systems LP . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Morgan Koch Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Niehoff Endex North America . . . . . . . . . 317 Parkway Kew Corporation (PKC) . . . . . 133 Plasmait GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Properzi International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Scrap Metal Processing Frigeco USA/MFL USA Service Corp . . . 529 OmniSource Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 543 Screw Making Machinery WAFIOS Machinery Corporation . . . . . . 203 Sensors Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 FMS USA Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Maxcess/MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Polytec, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 Yield Management Corporation . . . . . . . 438 Zumbach Electronics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Spoolers/Respoolers Amacoil, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . 502 Frigeco USA, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . 529 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . 209 OM Lesmo SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 MGS Manufacturing Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Morgan Koch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Niehoff Endex North America . . . . . . . . . 317 Northampton Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Poly-Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 Properzi International, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 SAMP USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Joe Snee Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Stolberger Inc dba Wardwell Braiding Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 Thermoplastics Engineering Corp . . . . . . 242 Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . 232 Welding Wire Machineries Srl . . . . . . . . 142 Windak Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

132 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . 409 WTM Wire Technology Maschinery Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Spring Machinery Vinston US Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 WAFIOS Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Stainless Steel Wire Mfg Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co . 339 Bekaert Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 %URRNÂżHOG :LUH &RPSDQ\ ,QF . . . . . . . . 509 Raajratna Stainless Wire (USA), Inc . . . 238 Taubensee Steel & Wire Company . . . . 221 Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . 145 Steel, Rod, Bar & Bare Wire Bekaert Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Beta Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 %URRNÂżHOG :LUH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Keystone Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Krueger Steel and Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 Leggett & Platt Wire Group . . . . . . . . . . . 206 OmniSource Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . 543 Taubensee Steel & Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . 221 Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . 145 Stepcones Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Parkway-Kew Corp (PKC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Straighten-Cutoff Mchry/Eqpt Amaral Automation Associates . . . . . . . 443 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 ERA Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 Fastener Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Ideal Welding Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . 209 Lewis Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Reel O Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc . . . . 243 WAFIOS Machinery Corporation . . . . . . 203 Welding Wire Machineries Srl . . . . . . . . 142 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Witels Albert USA, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . 145 Stranders & Auxiliary Eqpt Boxy Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 FLYMCA & FLYRO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Frigeco USA, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . 529 Gauder Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . 209 OM Lesmo SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 525 Maxcess/MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 MGS Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Niehoff Endex North America . . . . . . . . . 317 POURTIER and SETIC of America . . . . . 442 Properzi International, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Queins Machines GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . 232 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . 415 WTM Wire Technology Maschinery . . . . 227 Yield Management Corporation . . . . . . . 438 Switches/Couplers/Connectors Maxcess/MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Systems and System Design B&H Tool Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Frigeco USA, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . 529 Reel O Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 SIMPACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 W3 Ultrasonics LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Take-ups/Payoffs/Accumulators Amacoil, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . 502 Fabritex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Fastener Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 FLYMCA & FLYRO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Frigeco USA, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . 529 Gauder Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Ideal Welding Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . 209 OM Lesmo SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Lewis Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Lloyd & Bouvier Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 525 MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Morgan Koch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Niehoff Endex North America . . . . . . . . . 317 Northampton Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Turntables

POURTIER & SETIC of America . . . . . . 442 Properzi International, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Queins Machines GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Reel O Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc . . . . 243 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . . 333 Roteq Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 RTD Manufacturing Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Joe Snee Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Sonoco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Stolberger Inc dba Wardwell Braiding Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 Thermoplastics Engineering Corp . . . . . . 242 Tubular Products Company. . . . . . . . . . . 306 Ultimate Automation Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Vandor Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414 WAFIOS Machinery Corporation . . . . . . 203 Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . 232 Welding Wire Machineries Srl . . . . . . . . 142 Windak Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . 415 WTM Wire Technology Maschinery Srl . 227 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Tape-Film Materials/Mchry Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Fly Dragon Precision Technologies (Suzhou) Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Jinhua Yonghe Fluorochemical Co, Ltd 420 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 525 MGS Manufacturing Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 OM Lesmo SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Northampton Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Qingdao Sinositec Engineering Textile Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Queins Machines GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Stolberger Inc. dba

Wardwell Braiding Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 T & T Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Top Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . 232 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . 415 WTM Wire Technology Machinery Srl . . 227 Yield Management Corporation . . . . . . . 438 Tension Ctrl/Brakes/Clutches FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Maxcess/MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . 232 Yield Management Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

AIM, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Amaral Automation LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . 502 Fabritex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Lewis Machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Mossberg Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 Mossberg Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 Queins Machines GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc . . . . 243 RTD Manufacturing Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Sonoco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 WTM Wire Technology Machinery Srl. . . 227 Used Equipment and Machinery

ACM AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Clinton Instrument Company . . . . . . . . . 105 Foerster Instruments Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 GENCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 LaserLinc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Sikora International Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 TEKNIKOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Zumbach Electronics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Amaral Automation LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 ERA Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 FLYMCA & FLYRO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Gauder Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 IDEAL Welding SystemsP . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Maxcess/MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 POURTIER and SETIC of America . . . . . 442 Queins Machines GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . 415 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . 145

Thread Rolling Machinery

Warehouse/Distributors

AIM, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc . . . . . 243 WAFIOS Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Mid-South Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 T & T Marketing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . 145

Training

Welders

GENCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Paramount Die Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 IDEAL Welding Systems LP . . . . . . . . . . 503 IDEAL-Werk/Clifford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Micro Products Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 PWM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Radyne Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Joe Snee Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Schlatter Industries AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 STRECKER GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . 203

Testing/Testing Services

Tubular Wire Carriers Ace Metal Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 Boxy Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Engineered Machinery Group Inc . . . . . 502 Fabritex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

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Fastener Eengineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Lewis Machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Mossberg Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 Queins Machines GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc . . . . 243 RTD Manufacturing Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Tubular Products Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

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Wire Mfg: Packaging

Ultimate Automation Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 WAFIOS Machinery Corporation . . . . . . 203 Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . 232 Wire Bending, Forming Machines AIM, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Die Quip Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Krueger Steel and Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 OMCG North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 Roteq Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 SB2C/NIMSCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Ultimate Ultmation Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 WAFIOS Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . 145

Wire Mfg: Communication Bekaert Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Jinhua Yonghe Fluorochemical Co . . . . . 420 Leggett & Platt Wire Group . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Mid-South Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 ZheJiang BaiChuan Conductor Technology Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Wire Mfg: Computer Bekaert Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 ZheJiang BaiChuan Conductor Technology Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Wire Mfg: Construction

Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 Bekaert Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 %URRN¿HOG :LUH &R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Guardian Cable Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 Jinhua Yonghe Fluorochemical Co, Ltd . 420 Keystone Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Leggett & Platt Wire Group . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Mid-South Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Oklahoma/Iowa Steel and Wire . . . . . . . 413 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Raajratna Stainless Wire (USA), Inc . . . 238 Taubensee Steel & Wire Company . . . . 221

Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 B&Z Galvanized Wire Industry . . . . . . . . 410 Bekaert Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 %URRN¿HOG :LUH &R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Guardian Cable Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 Keystone Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Leggett & Platt Wire Group . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Mid-South Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Oklahoma/Iowa Steel and Wire . . . . . . . 413 Raajratna Stainless Wire (USA), Inc . . . 238 SB2C/NIMSCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taubensee Steel & Wire Company . . . . 221 Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 United Wire Co., Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

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Wire Mfg: Electric Components

Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 Bekaert Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Beta Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 Guardian Cable Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 Krueger Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 King Steel Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537 Krueger Steel and Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 Mid-South Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Raajratna Stainless Wire (USA), Inc . . . 238 Sivaco Wire Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Taubensee Steel & Wire Company . . . . 221 Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 B&Z Galvanized Wire Industry . . . . . . . . 410 Maxcess/MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 ZheJiang BaiChuan Conductor Technology Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

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Wire Mfg: Magnet Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Etna Products, Inc/Etna Bechem Lubricants, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

Ace Metal Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 Bekaert Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Keystone Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Mid-South Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 3LWWV¿HOG 3ODVWLFV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 P & R Specialty, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512 Raajratna Stainless Wire (USA), Inc . . . 238 Sonoco Reels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Tubular Products Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 Windak Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Wire Mfg: Power Cables Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 Guardian Cable Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 Leggett & Platt Wire Group . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Mid-South Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Taubensee Steel & Wire Company . . . . 221 Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 Wire Mfg: Rope/Sling Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 %URRN¿HOG :LUH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Keystone Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 Wire Mfg: Springs Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 Guardian Cable Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 Keystone Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Krueger Steel and Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 Leggett & Platt Wire Group . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Mid-South Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Raajratna Stainless Wire (USA), Inc . . . 238 SB2C/NIMSCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Taubensee Steel & Wire Company . . . . 221 Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 Wire Mfg: Trans/Auto Appleton Mfg Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 B&Z Galvanized Wire Industry . . . . . . . . 410 Beta Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 %URRN¿HOG :LUH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Canterbury Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Etna Products, Inc/Etna Bechem Lubricants, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517 Guardian Cable Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 Keystone Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

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Krueger Steel and Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 Mid-South Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Oklahoma/Iowa Steel and Wire . . . . . . . 413 Raajratna Stainless Wire (USA), Inc . . . 238 SB2C/NIMSCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Taubensee Steel & Wire Company . . . . 221 Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 Wire Mfg: Wire Formed Products Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 Beta Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 %URRN多HOG :LUH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 ERA Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 Fly Dragon Precision Technologies Guardian Cable Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 (Suzhou) Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Jinhua Yonghe Fluorochemical Co, Ltd 420 Keystone Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Krueger Steel and Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 Leggett & Platt Wire Group . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Mid-South Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Oklahoma/Iowa Steel and Wire . . . . . . . 413 Raajratna Stainless Wire (USA), Inc . . . 238 Taubensee Steel & Wire Company . . . . 221 Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 Wire Straight/Cut-off Eqpt AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Amaral Automation LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 %URRN多HOG :LUH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . 502 ERA Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 Fastener Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 IDEAL Welding Systems LP . . . . . . . . . . 503 IDEAL-Werk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . 209 OM Lesmo SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Lewis Machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Mossberg Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc . . . . . 243 Taubensee Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Ultimate Automation Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 WAFIOS Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . 203 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Witels Albert USA Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . 145 Yarns, Threads, Textiles Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Conneaut Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

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PRODUCTS & MEDIA PRODUCTS Integrated nozzle seal prevents ink from drying out in printer At wire Düsseldorf, Germany’s Paul Leibinger GmbH & Co. KG plans to display its series JET3 and JET2neo industrial inkjet printers that now feature an integrated automated “Sealtronic” nozzle seal that prevents the ink in a printer from drying out even during prolonged breaks in production. A press release said that attendees who stop by Hall 9 F55 will be able to see the company’s full range of printer technology, but showcased will be the automated Sealtronic nozzle seal. It noted the following. Using the Sealtronic system, the nozzle and gutter form an airtight circuit whenever the printer is not being used for coding. No ink can leak out of the circuit and no air can get in. This keeps the ink fluid at all times, just like a sealed paint can, and the CIJ printer is always ready to go. Just a single push of a button starts the Leibinger printer, and it is ready to print in less than a minute. All Leibinger small character inkjet printers from the JET3 and JET2neo series come standard with the automated Sealtronic nozzle seal, the release said. Two particular variants of the JET3 series are ideal for wire and tube as they can code products made from plastic, rubber, wire or metal: The JET3pi works perfectly with contrast inks, which are frequently necessary for printing light colors on dark substrates while the JET3mi can print incredibly small print images, it said. The booth will also feature information on the company’s camera system LKS 5, which checks printouts and creates job logs. Contact: Paul Leibinger GmbH & Co. KG, tel. 49-74-61/92-86-0, info@leibinger-group.com, www.leibinger-group.com.

TPE-S compounds present advance over TPVs for medical applications U.S.-based Teknor Apex Company reports that its new line of styrenic thermoplastic elastomer (TPE-S) compounds has continued to gain traction in the medical field. A press release said that Minnesota Wire, which has a strong focus on medical cables, has replaced the thermo-

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plastic vulcanizate (TPV) elastomers that are standard in such applications with new TPE-S compounds from Teknor Apex Company. The switch was made because the TPE-S compounds, it said, provide “better performance initially and after autoclaving, superior processing, and an enhanced look and feel in the end product.” Further, they do not share the same problem that TPVs have with limited resistance to multiple autoclave cycles. The TPE-S compounds, which include Medalist® MD-8421, MD-8431 and MD-8451, are part of Teknor’s diversified family of high-purity medical elastomers that also includes other TPE types, among them TPVs, the release said. “We’ve tested the new Medalist compounds and found them to have better tensile and elongation properties than TPVs before autoclaving and to retain more of these properties after multiple autoclave cycles, an important advantage in the many medical devices intended for reuse,” said Minnesota Wire Design Engineer Jeff Lewison. He added that the Medalist compounds are more stable in extrusion, and are safer to use for injection molding over delicate circuitry, and customers like the way the products looks and feels. Further, electrical properties are enhanced, cables with thinner walls can be run, which makes them coil better, and the compounds can be used for both insulation and jacketing, he said. Medalist MD-8421, MD-8431 and MD-8451 elastomers have Shore A hardness levels of 92, 69 and 82, respectively, a flammability classification of HB (UL-94), and a maximum continuous operating temperature rating of 105ºC (UL-1581). Contact: Teknor Apex Company, www.teknorapex.com.

Directly-heated patenting furnace can save up to 10% in energy costs At wire 2014, Germany’s Wire Körner will display a new series of directly heated patenting furnaces fitted with automatic furnace atmosphere control and burner with heat recuperation that it reports provide significant energy savings. A press release said that the company, which has had very good success with its new energy-saving furnaces, has further expanded its range of efficient and ecofriendly heat treatment plants for wire. “Based on his good experience with the furnace, a German customer has already ordered an extension to the existing unit,” it said, noting that the first such unit, now in operation

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Phosphate-free lubricant excels for us in cold-forming operations At Wire Expo 2014, Chemetall, a global leader in surface treatment, will introduce GardoÂŽ Hybrid, an environmentally sound cold-forming technology that can be used as a substitute for zincphosphate. A press release said that Gardo Hybrid represents the first phosphate-free cold forming lubricant, a product that should especially be of interest for the automotive market. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This innovative conversion layer provides the same excellent properties and behaviors as a traditional zinc phosphate. However, it fulfills improved health and environmental safety requirements. That is, the formation of the metal organic layer does not require any CMR (Carcinogenic, Mutagenic and toxic to Reproduction) substances like nickel. And the lower treatment temperature decreases the energy consumption.â&#x20AC;?

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for two years, can process throughput of 2,000 t per hour (wire diameters from 1.5 mm to 5.5 mm). The plant expansion, it said, is expected to be commissioned this April. The advanced patenting furnace technology for wire can provide from 8 to 10% better than conventional furnaces, the release said, noting the following. The high control precision and stability of the gas/air ratio makes the new furnaces superior to Pre Mix systems. Controlling the air/ gas ratio keeps NOx emissions low and prevents wire decarburization, and furnace temperature is adjusted to Âą 2Â°C. A central recuperator in the waste gas duct preheats the combustion air for the high-speed burners to 200Â°C to 250Â°C, while reducing the waste gas temperature at the stack from 600Â°C to between 400Â°C and 500Â°C. The thermal energy of the waste gas heats up the wire entering the furnace. The furnace wall is optimized by insulating ceramic fibers while an additional 2.5-cm-thick MicrothermÂŽ insulating layer behind the refractory brick lining brings down heat losses even further.

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Gardo Hybrid can be easily integrated into current cold forming operations, since no major modifications to the lubricant, treatment line or application process is needed, the release said. It noted that the tribological system was not changed as it is still divided into two parts: the conversion layer providing the unique surface and the lubricant on top. Specific advantages of Gardo Hybrid, the release said, include: less energy consumption by use of lower treatment temperatures; less chemical consumption; reduced sludge formation; no activation needed; free of heavy metals, except iron; free of CMR substances; no major change in treatment lines; no need for additional equipment; and the value of a product that is security, health and environmentally friendly. Contact: Jack McAfee, Chemetall, jack.mcafee@ chemetall.com, or Dane Armendariz, dane.armendariz@ chemetall.com, or visit our website. www.chemetall.com.

New product offers superior sea and salt water blocking technology U.K.-based Coats plc announced that it has achieved an advance to its Ultrabloc S/SC thread range that offers further protection for delicate fiber optic cables from the damaging effects of sea and salt water. A press release said that Ultrabloc S/ SC is a waterswellable yarn that is ideal for dry blocking in fiber optic cables for any application requiring no mess processing and soft, uniform surfaces, such as inside and outside tube blocking for completely dry cable designs. It noted the following. The product is a pure spun super-absorbent polymer thread that incorporates a polyester core for added strength. The threads have extremely smooth surfaces because they are not coated, and using very exacting spinning technology results very smooth outer surface that provides less chance of damage to the optical fibers when placed directly adjacent to them, as in the case of completely dry cables. The release observed that dry cable designs are less messy, improve safety and housekeeping on the production floor and are preferred by service providers because they are lighter and make installation and repair of cables much easier and cost efficient. Ultrabloc S/SC can be used for loose tube, ribbon, or central tube optical fiber cables and for energy/power cables. Contact: Coats plc, www.coats or www.coatsindustrial. com/en/products/engineered-yarns/ultrabloc-s-sc.

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Traverse winding system offers precise programmable tension U.S.-based Independent Machine Company (IMC) reports that the company’s SMARTWINDER-XL™ computerized traverse winder employs with closed-loop tension control that operates in-line with an existing process for flat wire at speeds to 1000 fpm. A press release said that the spools move under the fixed input of the material to eliminate skewing and ensure that the wire maintains its lateral position from the process to the spools, noting the following. All four positions are mounted in one common aluminum frame but there are four individual machines, each of which is offset to the other two inches. Each SMARTWINDER-XL position has a computerized microprocessor-based electronic traverse for pitch, stroke length and end dwell for level winding. The lateral motion of the traverse assembly is actuated by a ball screw driven servo drive following the encoded signal of the rotary motion spindle rpm. All traverse adjustment settings are accessed through the panel view touch screen with SMARTWINDERS software. The Panelview has recipe storage for up to 32 different wire sizes and winding patterns once they are determined. Precise adjustable rewind tension at each position is speed controlled through the exclusive IMC Dancer/ Tension Controller assembly with a 25:1 tension range and diameter calculation, the release said. This system, it noted, can provide precise, programmable tension throughout all operating parameters. Contact: Bruce Butler, Independent Machine Company, tel. 973-882-0060, ext. 215, bruceb@independentusa.com.

You can color this medium-voltage cable a ‘green’ industry product U.S.-based General Cable reports that the company’s EmPowr® Link CL™ Advantage Cable represents “the next step” in medium-voltage technology to deliver industry-leading reliability and performance for solar and wind energy collection systems. A press release said that the new cable offers superior physical protection to endure the rigors of today’s collection system installation methods. The cost-effective technology, it said, is built upon widely accepted electrical advancements of Cross-linked Polyethylene (XLPE) jacketing, and optimized neutral designs to provide a compact, lightweight cable delivering more “Advantage”

Tests have shown that the new cable provides the equivalent physical properties, coefficient of friction and easy installation characteristics of the company’s traditional EmPowr Link CL XLPE jacket construction, while offering enhanced ruggedized installation protection, reduced weight and diameter, and highly efficient fault current protection, the release said. “With these built-in benefits, lead-free compounds and General Cable’s recyclable reels, CL Advantage is also a total green solution.” Contact: General Cable, www.generalcable.com.

Non-halogen product can offer multiple flame-retardant pluses The new cable is more durable and easier to install than its CL predecessor making it the new standard for today’s renewable energy collection systems, said Joe DeBolt, director of renewable energy, General Cable Electric Utility Products. “The combination of a compact phase conductor and flat strap neutrals creates a lighter weight cable with an overall smaller diameter that allows for longer lengths with highly efficient fault current protection.”

U.S.-based PolyOne Corporation has launched ECCOH™ XLS low smoke and fume, a non-halogen formulation for flame retardant wire and cable applications. A press release said that the new moisture-cured solution helps manufacturers improve supply chain logistics to streamline manufacturing and optimize performance as it represents “the most cost-effective technology for specific production environments when selecting a low smoke and fume, non-halogen composition.” ECCOH XLS, it said, enables manufacturers to efficiently process a non-halogenated, flame-retardant material without

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than ever before. Instead of conventional round concentric neutral wires, industry-proven flat strap neutrals encapsulated under the EmPowr Link CL Advantage Cable’s XLPE jacket provide better mechanical protection for the insulated core to withstand the pressures of automated cable handling equipment and an armor-like force to resist potential underground damages, it said, noting that this minimizes the risk of expensive repairs while enhancing profitability.

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capital investment in extra equipment or adding steps to complete crosslinking. The new offering, it said, was developed for applications including low-voltage power cables for building and construction use and specialty wire and cable for marine applications. “With superior shelf life, ECCOH XLS flame-retardant material for wire and cable jacketing (sheathing) and insulation avoids logistics concerns common with other crosslinking methods,” the release said. “The new material can be cured in a water bath as part of a processing line, or within 10 days at ambient temperature regardless of humidity levels, and offers excellent processing and flame retardant performance.” Contact: PolyOne Corporation, www.polyone.com.

MEDIA Color choices abound for cable manufacturers at new website U.S.-based S&E Specialty Polymers LLC recently relaunched www.espoly.com as an all-new website, noting that it created an attractive, user-friendly and modern site that contains fully updated technical information on the company’s complete line of custom plastic compounds, concentrates and services. A press release said that the new site is streamlined and efficient, with easy navigation through specific products and services S&E provides, as well as end markets and specific industries that they serve. It added that an emphasis on the company’s numerous brands, and markets served, are featured on the home page for easy crossreferencing. Along with its new website launch, the company has introduced a blog and a Twitter account (@plasticpolymers) to keep their customers and any other interested parties up to date on company and industry wide news and events. “As we expand our capacity and our capabilities, we knew that we needed a more modern website to best reach out to new and potential customers,” said S&E President Duane Shooltz. “We are very proud of the new site and think that it will not only help us attract new customers, but also help serve our existing customers even better than we already do.” The website is accessible on all devices and will be updated regularly to keep its users informed about the 140 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

activity of the company, which is a specialty plastic compounder serving the automotive, wire and cable, battery/stored energy, footwear, packaging, and tolling markets. Contact: S&E Specialty Polymers, tel. 978-537-8261, info@sespoly.com, www.sespoly.com.

2014 equipment catalog released U.S.-based Lincoln Electric has released its 2014 Equipment Catalog (Bulletin E1.10.), which details the company’s MIG, TIG, and multi-process equipment, as well as plasma cutting systems, welding automation, fume control systems, training product solutions, orbital welding systems, accessories and welding gear products. A press release said new elements in the catalog include the welding consumable section. Previously, it showed a summary view of the company’s wire and electrode offering, but it now includes product numbers to enable quick cross-referencing or order placement, it said. ” The catalog, the release said, features a bound-in, removable copy of the company’s expanding Welding Gear catalog, including Red Line™ personal protection apparel, VIKING™ auto-darkening helmets and Radius™ tools. The catalog can be downloaded and viewed on Apple® iOS devices with the company’s Lincoln Library® mobile app, available in the Apple App Store. Per the company’s website, Lincoln Electric’s full line of welding wire, flux, rods and services includes: stick electrodes; metal-cored wire; gas-shielded, flux-cored wire; stainless alloys; hardfacing; MIG wire and TIG cut lengths; self-shielded, flux cored wire; and submerged arc wire. Specific brands include EXCALIBUR® lowhydrogen mild steel and low alloy stick electrodes, SUPERARC® premium copper-coated mild steel and low alloy MIG wire; and SUPERGLAZE®, a premium aluminum alloy wire. Contact: Lincoln Electric, www.lincolnelectric.

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SALES ENGINEER. CT based privately held wire manufacturer is seeking a motivated metallurgical engineer to lead its sales, customer service and be a technical resource for manufacturing. Five years industry experience. We are a smoke and drug-free EOE, Send resume to: HR@jelliff.net.

APOLLO DIA-CARB COMPANY Sells Natural/PCD diamond dies. Fair prices/excellent lead times. Contact Paulette, Owner/Sales Tel. # 1 (508) 226-0946 E-mail: apollodie@comcast.net

WANTED: MFG REP. AGENTS Manufacturer Sales Representatives. An established U.S. manufacturer of custom cables and bulk wire products, EIS Wire & Cable, is looking for Manufacturer Reps. to promote their line in the following North American territories; Pacific Northwest, Northern California, Southwestern, Pioneer, Rocky Mountain and Arizona. Additionally, we are looking for representation in the following global regions; Africa, Central America, Middle East and South America. For more information, please contact: Mike Cinicolo at mcinicolo@eiswire.com.

PERSONNEL SERVICES “LET OUR SUCCESS BE YOUR SUCCESS” Wire Resources is the foremost recruiting firm in the Wire & Cable Industry. Since 1967 we have partnered with industry Manufacturers to secure the services of executives, managers, and thousands of key individual contributors. Contact: Peter Carino, pcarino@ wireresources.com or online at www.linkedin.com/in/petercarino1/ Wire Resources Inc., PO Box 593, Riverside, CT 06878, tel. 203-6223000. www.wireresources.com.

Equipment (buttwelders, coldwelders, ers and pointers). Tel: 727863-4700 or by e-mail, please send to urbassoc@verizon.net.

MEDIA THE SMALL SHOP. This book, 327 pages, by Gary Conner, the author of Lean Manufacturing for the Small Shop, describes Six Sigma and how it is used by smaller companies. It includes a CD-ROM. Price, $95, $75 for WAI members, plus shipping. To purchase, go to wirenet.org.

MACHINERY WWW.URBANOASSOCIATES. COM. For New (Hakusan Heat Pressure Welders, Ferrous & NonFerrous; Marldon Rolling Ring Traverses) & Used Wire & Cable

Visit us at Wire Expo booth # 507

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

FOR SALE 1 - HACOBA Model DF24 24-Carrier Braider 2 - WARDWELL 24-Carrier Braiders 1 - TRENZ 64-C Horizontal Braider 1 - NEB 72-C #2 Braider, Long Legs, Motor 4 - NEB Harness Braiders, 24-C, 32-C 1 - STEEGER 16-C # Double Head Braider 1 - NEB 24-C Cable Braider 15 - KINREI 560mm, 760mm D.T. Bunchers 1 - REEL-O-MATIC 24” Caterpuller Capstan 2 - FARRIS 22”, 30” Caterpuller Cap-stans 1 - ALLARD 36” Closer 2 - NEB 12-Wire 8” Vertical Planetary Cablers 1 - ALLARD 30” S.T. Closer 1 - DAVIS STANDARD 4.5” 24:1 Extruder 1 - DAVIS STANDARD 3.5” Rubber Extruder 1 - DAVIS STANDARD 2.5” Hi-Temp Extruder 1 - DAVIS STANDARD 1” 24:1 Extruder 1 - LESMO 1800mm Gantry Payoff 1 - DYNAMEX Tape Payoff, Model TPB30-2-D 1 - ROSENDAHL 630mm P/A Dual Reel Take-up 1 - SPHEREX 18” Dual Reel Take-up, refurbed

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CLIPPER Model SP16 Dual Spooler AL-BE Model MS12 Respooler, 18” Reels TULSA 36” Rewind Line METEOR Model ME301 3-Head Winder TEC Model DTC630 D.T. Twister ENTWISTLE 4WDT24 4-W 24” D.T. Twisters NEWMCO 16” Quadders METRONIC AlphaJet C Inkjet Printer, 2005 PWM Model EP500 Rod Welder HALL Tape Accumulator WARBRICK “Chalkmaster” Talc Applicator EUBANKS Model 4000-04 C/S Machine SCHLEUNIGER Model UC3750 Cutter SCHLEUNIGER Model EC3200 EcoCut SCHLEUNIGER Model ES9320 EcoStrip SCHLEUNIGER Model HS4500 Hot Stamper SCHLEUNIGER Model CT32, CT42 Crimpers IDEAL Model STP Stripper, Part #45-930

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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THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE PROCESS CAPABILITY STUDY. Creating a universal language for problem solving, this 135page indexed booth (published in 2011) was written by industry expert Douglas B. Relyea, founder of Quality Principle Associates, a New Englandbased consulting firm specializing in the education and application of data analysis techniques to industrial problem solving. The book delineates the process capability study, a

powerful tool that, when understood and implemented, provides benefits to every department in a manufacturing organization. With easy to read, step-by-step flow diagrams on how to perform process capability studies and measurement process analyses, the book includes: the benefits of statistical process control over statistical product control; real-world industrial examples and case studies showing how to use the techniques; ways for management to determine if the investment in pro-

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cess capability studies is providing an appropriate return; methods to correct lack of stability and capability once either condition has been identified, such as the ANOVA technique and the simple three-factor designed experiment; and a flow chart that enables machine operators to execute a process capability study without interfering with productivity. The list price is $45, $40 for WAI members, plus shipping. To purchase, go to wirenet.org and click on The WAI Store. Â&#x201E;

UNPRECEDENTED OFFERING OF A COMPLETE PC STRAND, WIRE DRAWING & GALVANIZING FACILITY! Surplus to the Ongoing Needs of

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ADVERTISERS’ INDEX

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Ace Metals, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Frigeco USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

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

Frontier Composites & Castings Inc . . . . . . . 127

Amaral Automation Associates . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Gauder Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Anbao Wire & Mesh Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Gem Gravure Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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

Gimax Srl . . . . . . . . . . . insert, between pp 40-41

Borealis AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Guangzhou Guangya Messe

Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Carris Reels Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cover 4 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 CM Furnaces Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Condat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Conneaut Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Corporate Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 DeWal Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Dow Electrical & Telecommunications . . . . . . 23 Esteves Group USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Eurolls SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 George Evans Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Fastener Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Filtertech Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Flymca & Flyro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 FMS USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Foerster Instruments Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

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Frankfurt Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Howar Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 133 Howar Equipment/Boxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Howar Equipment/Metavan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Howar Equipment/Unitek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 43, 115 Ideal-Werk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Inosym Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112, 131 KEIR Manufacturing Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 119 Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Lesmo Machinery America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Lloyd & Bouvier Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Locton Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Metavan/Howar Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Micro Products Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Mossberg Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Nano-Diamond America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 P & R Specialty Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Paramount Die Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Pressure Welding Machines Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 109

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Proton Products Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 52

Sonoco Reels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Queins Machines GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

August Strecker GmbH & Co KG. . . . . . . . . . . 21

Radyne Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Teknikor Contracting Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Rainbow Rubber & Plastics Inc . . . . . . . .Cover 2

TMS Specialties Manufacturing Co Inc . . . . . . . 4

Refractron Technologies Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Tubular Products Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

S&E Specialty Polymers LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

United Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

SAMP USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Ultimate Automation Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Sandvik Hard Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Unitek/Howar Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Sealeze A Unit of Jason Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

US Synthetic Wire Die. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

SIKORA AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, 14-16

Windak USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Sjogren Industries Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Visit us at Wire Dusseldorf 2014! April 7 – 11th | Booth 9F21–01

Visit wireandplastic.com to view our complete inventory or contact us at info@wireandplastic.com TEL: +1.860.583.4646

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ADVERTISER ............................. PAGE Witels Albert USA Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

May 2014 WJI

Woodburn Diamond Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

â&#x20AC;˘ Green Focus

Wyrepak Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 77

â&#x20AC;˘ wrapup: wire DĂźsseldorf

Zumbach Electronics Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Advertising Deadline: April 1

WIRE ASSOCIATION . . . . . . . . INTERNATIONAL ADS . . . . . . . WAI Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 :$,ŕŻ&#x2013;2SHUDWLRQV 6XPPLW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ŕŻ&#x2013;:LUH ([SR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 63-64 WAI Mobile Presence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

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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

8 . )UDQFH 6SDLQ +ROODQG %HOJLXP 'HQPDUN 6FDQGLQDYLD Jennie Franks David Franks & Co. 63 St. Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Road Cambridge CB4 1DH, England Tel/fax: 44-1223-360472 franksco@btopenworld.com

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SALES OFFICES ASIA/WAI ,1',$ŕŻ&#x2013;2)),&( *HUPDQ\ $XVWULD 6ZLW]HUODQG Dagmar Melcher Media Service International SpitzwegstraĂ&#x;e 4 82402 Seeshaupt Germany Tel: 49-8801-914682 Fax: 49-8801-914683 dmelcher@t-online.de

,QGLD Wire & Cable Services Pvt. Ltd. (WCS) 501, Rainbow Plaza, S. No. 7 Pimple-Saudeagar Vil. Rahatani, Pune - 411017, India Huned Contractor mobile - +91 988 1084 202 hcontractor@wirenet.org

Visit us at Wire Expo booth #204

For level winding everything from hair thin fiber to heavy gauge rope and chain Adjustable Linear Pitch Free Movement Lever

Adjustable Travel Length Automatic Reversal No Threads to Clog or Jam By belting the traverse shaft to the spool shaft, traverse movement is automatically synchronized with spool rotation. Set the adjustable pitch to match the diameter of the material being spooled. Regardless of how fast or slow the spool rotates, the Uhing traverse will always move at the correct pitch. To spool a different diameter wire, just change the pitch setting. â&#x20AC;˘ No electronic controls or programming â&#x20AC;˘ Virtually no maintenance

Call or email for brochure: 1-800-252-2645 (Toll free) amacoil@amacoil.com

Many sizes; 7 to 800 pounds of thrust

2100 Bridgewater Rd, PO Box 2228, Aston PA, 19014 Phone: 610-485-8300 â&#x20AC;˘ Fax: 610-485-2357

www.amacoil.com

Visit us at Wire Expo booth #310

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