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Volume 46 | Number 5 | May 2013

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Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Industry News . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Asian Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Fiber Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Fastener Update . . . . . . . . . . 25 WAI News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Chapter Corner . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Career Opportunities . . . . . . . 67 Advertisers’ Index . . . . . . . . . 71

Preview: wire Russia

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Organizers of wire Russia 2013 project that the biennial event, to be held June 25-28 at the ZAO Exocentr Exhibition Centre, will continue to see the generally positive results that were seen at the event’s 2011 staging.

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One of the five BRICS countries, Russia is blessed in terms of natural resources and there are many initiatives from infrastructure to communications that will require much wire and cable. At the same time, the country can be a challenging place to do business, report some wire Russia exhibitors who say that it requires both patience and a long-term mindset.

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Next issue June 2013 • Testing & Measuring • Interwire 2013 wrapup

IWCS Paper: Nanocomposites as a flame retardant system - what we know and what is still to be solved Dr. Gunter Beyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 AIST Paper: Clean steel technologies for the production of 316L stainless steel ultrafine wires Shufeng Yang, Jinghe Li, Lifeng Zhang and Kent D. Peaslee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Cover: Russia has seen its share of political unrest and uncertainy, but there is little doubting its long-term potential. Russia was hard hit by the 2008 global economic crisis, but the country has since rebounded in terms of unemployment and inflation as well as through its joining the World Trade Oranization in 2012. See p. 38.

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The Prysmian Group has supplied a range of cables for the new under-construction U.S. aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. Ford, in a series of deals worth more than US$10 million. The most noteworthy element is a new higher-voltage cable for the ship’s Electro-Magnetic Aircraft Launching System (EMALS), which will do away with the traditional “steam catapult” launches.

South Korea’s LS Cable & System announced yet another company first: an umbilical cable for operating deep sea ROVs to depths of 6,000 meters below sea level. It notes that the composite cable can endure extreme undersea conditions, such as highwater pressure, 100 tons of tensile stress and vacillating tidal currents. The cables are in demand for the rapidly growing ROV market.

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A different chapter unfolds in this issue for WAI’s technical programs Change can bring about much good, but it can also require taking a different approach to make it work. The evolving of the Association’s technical program in 2012 to create the WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo was largely considered a big success, but switching the focus entirely to topics of direct interest to manufacturers meant that the program did not produce technical papers that WJI would have run in 2013. On one level, this upends a decades-long tradition, but at the same time it is good on multiple levels. We believe that the 2012 event in Dallas proved that the re-focus of the technical program was worthwhile, and that it should be continued, yet there still was a need for technical papers, which has been resolved. Starting with this issue, WJI will be presenting outside technical papers, an Association first. WAI turned to two industry organizations: the International Wire & Cable Symposium (IWCS) and the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST), both of which have graciously agreed to provide technical papers that were presented at their events. WJI will run an assortment of these papers this year, and possibly some from other organizations as well. Also, the plan going forward is that we will continue to offer some of those papers to complement those presented at WAI events, not just during an “off paper” year. We believe that presenting technical papers from outside of our traditional processes will not just fill the gap but also offer readers a wider potential scope of topics. The WAI would like to thank both IWCS and AIST for their help in making this transition feasible.

What about Interwire? By the time you see this issue, Interwire 2013 will already have been held, but due to scheduling the May issue had to be completed prior to staff leaving for Atlanta. The wrapup will be in the June issue. I’m sure we will have lots to report on.

Steve Fetteroll WAI Executive Director

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CALENDAR June 25-28, 2013: wire Russia 2013 Moscow, Russia. See p. 32. Sept. 17-19, 2013: wire Southeast Asia Bangkok, Thailand. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, fax 312-781-5188, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com. Sept. 19-22, 2013: Cable & Wire Turkey Istanbul, Turkey, To be held at the CNR Expo Center. Contact: tel. 90-0212- 465-74-74/3227, re.koc@cnr.net, www.cnrexpo.com.

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

Oct. 1-3, 2013: wire South America 2013 São Paulo, Brazil. Messe Düsseldorf and its partner Grupo Cipa will stage this fair for the Brazilian market at the Imigrantes Exposicoes Exhibition Centre. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-7815180, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com.

June 16-18, 2014: 14th Guangzhou Int’l Metal Plate, Bar, Wire, Metal Processing & Setting Eqp Exhibition Guangzhou, China. Contact: Guangzhou Julang Exhibition Design Co. Contact: tel. 86-20-38621071, expo@julang.com.cn, www.metalchina-gz.com.

Nov. 4-5, 2013: Cabwire World Conference Milan, Italy. To be held at the Palazzzo Turati, this technical conference is again being put on by ACIMAF, CET, IWCEA, IWMA and WAI. For more details, go to www.cabwire.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.

Nov. 10-13, 2013: 62nd IWCS ConferenceTM Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. To be held at the Charlotte Convention Center. Contact: Pat Hudak, IWCS, tel. 732-389-0090, phudak@iwcs.org, www.iwcs.org.

Oct. 28-30, 2014: Wire & Cable India Mumbai, India. This event will be held at the Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com.

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

June 21, 2013: Midwest Chapter 11th Annual Golf Tournament West Chicago, Illinois, USA. The Midwest Chapter will return to the St. Andrews Golf & Country Club. Contact: Steve Fetteroll, tel. 203-453-2777, ext. 115, sfetteroll@wirenet.org. Aug. 1, 2013: Ohio Valley Chapter 11th Annual Golf Tournament Solon, Ohio, USA. The Ohio Valley Chapter will return to the Grantwood Golf Course in Solon, Ohio, USA. Contact: Ron Fulop at r.fulop@wirelab.com. Sept. 9, 2013: New England Chapter 19th Annual Golf Tournament

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Ellington, Connecticut, USA. The New England Chapter will return to the Ellington Ridge Country Club. Contact: John Rivers, tel. 860-896-4761 or johnr@dms-inc.com, or WAI’s Anna Bzowski, tel. 203-453-2777, ext. 126, abzowski@wirenet.org. Oct. 24, 2013.The Vannais Southeast Chapter’s 12th Annual Golf Tournament Conover, North Carolina, USA. The Southeast Chapter will return to the Rock Barn Golf and Spa. Contact: Art Deming, tel. 252-955-9451, art.deming@nexans.com. May 6-7, 2014: WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. See main listing.

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INDUSTRY NEWS New aircraft carrier using Prysmian cables for advanced launching system The Prysmian Group reports that the company has supplied a range of cables for the new U.S. aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. Ford, in a series of deals collectively worth more than US$10 million. A press release said that the company provided medium voltage (15 KV) and optical fiber cable for a range of purposes. The project required Prysmian to enter into a series of contracts for the different applications, which included principals General Atomics, the designer and manufacturer of the Electro-Magnetic Aircraft Launching System (EMALS system), and Huntington Ingalls Industries, the shipyard that will install most of the cables.

The Prysmian Group also supplied hundreds of kilometers of fiber optic cables made to a military specification known as MIL-PRF-85045, the release said. These cables, it noted, are fully water-blocked to prevent water from migrating through the cable into other parts of the vessel, and have “radiation-hardened” optical fiber as well as cross-linked polyolefin jackets for increased durability. Per the release, the new aircraft carrier is over 1092 ft (333 m) long, can accommodate 4,660 people and has a maintenance facility and hangar storage for more than 75 aircraft. The ship is scheduled to be water-tight in 2013, after which it will be christened and the dry dock flooded. It will then be towed to a different dock at Newport News Shipbuilding where final construction will continue until 2015.

Nexans decides not to sell Berk-Tek, announces alliance with Leviton

Prymsian will supply a range of cables for the underconstruction U.S. aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford. The use of 15 KV cable represents a first for a ship of this class, the release said. “The U.S. Navy had never previously used voltages of more than 5 KV,” said Kevin Hamilton, Defense, Specialties & OEM Manager for the Prysmian Group in North America. “This cable is a vital part of the new electrical system that has three times the capacity of other aircraft carriers. Without developing this cable, the increase in electrical capacity would not have been possible.” The release said that the larger electrical capability was needed to support the EMALS system as well as other advanced technology. It noted that previously, steam-powered catapults were used to help planes take-off from the deck, but that the new EMAL system uses linear induction motors to more finely control aircraft acceleration off the deck. The Prysmian Group developed the cables used to power the system and has supplied more than 85% of the cables used in conjunction with this system, it said.

Nexans reports that it had considered selling its Berk-Tek operation, but after reviewing offers it instead established an alliance with the Leviton Network Solutions division to create the Berk-Tek Leviton Technologies (BLT) alliance, a far-reaching initiative that it said will increase its value. A press release said that Berk-Tek’s alliance with Leviton, a major manufacturer of copper and fiber optic connectors in North America, includes a joint marketing and warranty program for LAN cable connector systems. The two companies, it said, have entered into a long-term strategic agreement that will combine the “strength of Leviton’s extensive connectivity portfolio with the leading performance of Berk-Tek’s cables” to create a premier copper and fiber solution that provides customers with a best-of-breed option for reliable and high-performance networks. The alliance, the release said, “extends beyond marketing to include product development and manufacturing as well as joint sales and support.” It noted that both companies are leaders in copper and fiber networks for data centers, healthcare, financial, government and enterprise applications, and that BLT projects are backed by a limited lifetime warranty and supported through an integrated contractor program. The combined Berk-Tek and Leviton expertise “will deliver the highest performance, pre-terminated copper and optical fiber solutions for data centers, capitalizing on both firms’ wellknown capabilities,” the release said. The scope of the alliance will include the U.S. and Canada as well as global customers that demand consistent network performance across all their networks, it said. “We are pleased to align with Leviton, whose enterprise and data center solutions combined with their expanded global reach allow us to provide exceptional value to our customers and channel partners,” said Paul Trunk, president of Berk-Tek

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and vice president and general manager of the Nexans LAN Division North America. “This agreement truly offers customers the highest level of service and return on investment in the industry,” said Ross Goldman, vice president and general manager of Leviton Network Solutions.

New LS Cable & System composite cable good for deep sea deployment South Korea’s LS Cable & System announced that the company has further expanded its product range with the successful development of an umbilical cable for operating deep sea ROVs (remotely operated vehicles). A press release said that the umbilical cable is an essential element for deep sea resources development as it supplies both power and communication signals to ROVs to operate the robot arms, sensors, cameras and drive and steering systems. The composite cable includes a 4.5kV power cable to supply power to the drive system of an ROV, a 3.3kV cable to supply power to the ancillary systems and two optical fiber cables for the control systems. The system is designed to endure extreme undersea conditions such as high water pressure and vacillating tidal currents, and can withstand 100 tons of tensile stress, making it LS Cable & System has able to function at depths to joined the deepwater umbili6,000 meters below sea level. cal cable market. The release said that previously, South Korea could only get such cables from a few companies in Europe and America, and thus was entirely dependent upon imports to meet the requirement. “As localization of this umbilical cable has been completed, LS Cable & System has not only secured price competitiveness, but also reduced the delivery period compared to competitors,” it said. Demand for ROVs is projected to increase as more countries look to deepwater undersea resources, the release said, noting that South Korea has exploration rights in four deep sea drilling sites that are larger than the size of the country (approximately 100,000 sq m), and that extraction of the oil and natural gas is scheduled to commence next year. Global demand for deep sea ROVs is projected to increase from around 620 in 2011 to about 1,000 in 2015, it said. “We will accelerate not only our local market entry, but also development of the advanced global markets in Europe and

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America by additionally developing a wide range of products, such as oil and gas cables, tether and armored cables for which a high level of ocean engineering technologies is required in order to establish diverse operating environments and to satisfy customers’ various needs in the future,” said LS Cable & System Senior Vice President Dongwuk Kim.

Nexans appeals to top EU court to nix documents taken in 2009 raids Nexans SA has asked the European Union’s top court to quash a lower court ruling related to documents seized during raids in 2009 seeking information about alleged price fixing for undersea and underground high-voltage power cables. A Bloomberg report, citing the EU’s Official Journal on April 6, said that the Nexans wants the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg to either annul the European Commission’s raids order, “in so far as its geographic scope was overly broad, insufficiently justified and insufficiently precise, or to ask the lower EU court to review the case,” it said. The story said that the EU General Court, the bloc’s secondhighest tribunal, “partly annulled commission decisions from 2009 to raid Nexans and Prysmian SpA over their alleged roles in fixing prices for undersea and underground high-voltage power cables, saying the scope of its information-gathering was too wide.” The appeal also said that that ruling should not have rejected Nexans’s bid to quash the raids, it said, adding

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that such rulings can take about 15 months from the time of the appeal. The commission, the EU’s antitrust watchdog, in 2011 sent formal complaints to nine companies, including ABB Ltd. (ABBN), in the wake of its 2009 raids, it said.

SEC denies consortium appeal to block ETF copper trade funds ... The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has denied an appeal of a prior decision rejecting claims by copper fabricators that a planned exchange traded fund (ETF) backed by physical copper would tighten supplies and impact their businesses. “The commission does not believe that...as a result of the trust, it is much more likely that brand-sensitive end-users of copper will not be able to obtain their desired brands of copper at their desired locations,” the court ruled in a March 28 filing according to a Reuters report. The proposed ETF by JPMorgan Chase & Co., called the JPM XF Physical Copper Trust, was opposed by a consortium of copper users that included Southwire Co. and Encore Wire. The consortium had argued that the funds would cut off supplies of copper and boost prices as they effectively removing a chunk of metal from the market. The SEC, however, found that “there is no new evidence to suggest that the JPM XF Physical Copper Trust would lead to a scarcity of particular grades or brands of copper,” the Reuters story said. It noted that the consortium, which represents half

... but could a copper ‘hoarding’ report indicate future problems? On April 12, The Wall Street Journal carried a report that said two major commodities-trading firms are hoarding huge supplies of copper, paying above market prices to do so. The story said that physical copper in LME warehouses has surged 84% this year to 590,175 metric tons, a 10-year high. The increase, more than 270,000 tons, is almost double expectations for the 153,000-ton surplus of copper that experts predict will emerge this year, “evidence of warehousers’ success in attracting metal from the open market into their sheds,” it said. “This concentration of copper supplies has sparked concerns among industrial consumers of the metal,” the story said, noting that copper prices have fallen since February, “but some

manufactures and builders are said to be worried about a possible shortage if demand for copper rises.” Excess supplies, it reported, are said to be stacking up in warehouses owned by Glencore International and Trafigura Beheer, according to global traders. The WSJ story said that the warehousing was noticed as “copper began piling up in unusual places,” including ports that are not known as a metal destination. It reported that 60% of the increase in stockpiles this year took place in Antwerp, Belgium, and Johor, Malaysia, at warehouses, many owned by the two trading firms, that previously held little copper. It noted that the companies may not own all the copper but they do charge for its storage and assess fees for moving it, which leads to a different problem, which is the time it takes to move the copper, which for Antwerp could be as long as 25 weeks. The story said there are worries that this trend could affect the copper market, as seen in an e-mailed statement from Southwire Co. in the WSJ article. “The current situation, where LME warehouse owners are paying huge incentives to attract copper, and then have those units subject to long load-out queues, is effectively making that copper unavailable for immediate delivery to serve industrial consumers.” In the story, Glencore declined to comment. A spokeswoman for Trafigura also declined to comment on the company’s role in the warehousing system, but noted that most of this year’s increase in copper stockpiles is due to slowing demand from China and rising mine production.

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of the U.S. annual copper demand, had also opposed another similar fund, the iShares Copper Trust, planned by BlackRock. Inc., which also had been given an okay by the SEC. The report said that the SEC’s decision rejected concerns that “long lines in some warehouses would delay investors getting their metal if they redeemed their shares in the trust for physical material.” It added that no set launch date for the new fund has been announced. It also noted that JPMorgan and BlackRock have said that the funds should not have an impact as their holdings “would be miniscule compared with the 20million-metric ton global market.”

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Superior Essex and Legrand establish new alliance for cabling systems

SuperPower reports good results for HTS device development programs

Superior Essex Communications LP reports that it has entered into alliance with Legrand, a supplier of electrical and digital building infrastructures, to jointly develop, market, support and warrant cabling systems, both domestically and internationally. A press release said that the companies will provide a new suite of solutions for structured cabling systems (SCS)—that combine Ortronics connectivity products and Superior Essex data cable products—that will be launched as nCompass (www.ncompass-systems.com). Superior Essex and Legrand, the release said, will also comarket their portfolio of communications products that complement the SCS for the enterprise market, including outside plant fiber cable, outside plant copper cable, RF coaxial cable and Layer Zero solutions that include cabinets, racks, advanced cable management and aisle containment, it said. The two companies will share a network of sales representatives and certified installers for nCompass systems, which will be offered through select distribution channels, the release said. nCompass systems, it noted, will be backed by a limited lifetime warranty for certified installations with performance guarantees that are unmatched in the industry,

SuperPower Inc., a subsidiary of Japan’s Furakawa Electric Company, announced progress in four projects that it is part of for various market-ready devices, all of which use the company’s second-generation (2G) high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wire. A press release cited the projects as follows: • A DOE Smart Grid program moving toward demonstration of superconducting fault current limiting transformer (SFCLT). The SFCLT project—led by SuperPower, includes SPX Transformer Solutions, Southern California Edison and the University of Houston (UH)—is focusing on a smart-grid compatible 28 MVA three-phase SFCL medium power utility transformer. It will have greater efficiency and provide a smaller footprint than conventional transformers as well as be able to passively limit surges at high power levels. • ARPA-E SMES research into capabilities of magnet coils for energy storage device using HTS wire. Development of a superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) system with direct power electronics interface. This project, which has federal backing, seeks to develop a competitive, fast response, grid-scale MWh SMES as demonstrated by a small-scale 10 kW, 1.7 MJ prototype with a direct connection power electronics converter. The team includes ABB, Brookhaven National

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significant progress in the development of high-performance HTS wires including a 65% enhancement in critical current at the operating condition of wind generators by engineering nanoscale defects in the HTS films in the ARPA-E REACT project,” he said. “In the ARPA-E SMES project, we have achieved the highest-ever critical current in HTS films of less than two micrometers made by a chemical process through the development of a novel HTS film deposition system,” Selvamanickam said. “We will be developing multifilamentary HTS wire technologies in the DOE Smart Grid FCL transformer project and the ARL SMES project to achieve significant reduction in AC losses.” “Delivery of our high-performance conductor for the fabrication of the SMES, wind turbine, and fault current limiting transformer prototype devices is on schedule and fully meeting specifications,” said SuperPower Senior Manager of Marketing and Government Affairs Traute Lehner. Lehner said that the results for the wind turbine research as well as for SMES and fault current limiting transformer prototype devices “are as, or better than, expected” at this point. Further, “New wire development activities are also on schedule and meeting expectations,” she said, noting that U.S. government funding has helped the industry partnerships achieve the results.

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Laboratory, SuperPower and the UH. • U.S. Army Research Lab focus on SMES work for tactical microgrid. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory has been closely following the progress of the ARPA-E SMES program and is providing follow-on funding to the team to evaluate the military requirement for microgrids. • ARPA-E wind turbine generator program aims to replace rare-earth-based permanent magnets with HTS wire. ARPA-E, a federally funded program, in partnership with UH, TECOWestinghouse, Tai Yang Research Company and the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, is seeking to develop high-performance and low-cost HTS wires and coils for highpower wind generators as part of the rare earth alternatives for critical technologies (REACT) program. UH, it said, “is working toward a four-fold improvement in the HTS wire current density at device operating conditions of 30K and in a 2 Tesla magnetic field, which is expected to lead directly to a dramatic price improvement.” Haran Karmaker, R&D principal engineer, at TECO-Westinghouse, reports that “the only viable technology for high-power, direct-drive wind turbine generators for offshore applications in the 10-20 MW power range includes the use of HTS wire field excitation to reduce size and weight to practical levels.” The person leading the HTS research for the above projects at UH is Dr. Venkat Selvamanickam, M.D. Anderson Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering. “We have already made

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APWC subsidiary wins 3 contracts from Singapore government Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited (APWC), a manufacturer of wire and cable products for the telecommunications and electric-power industries in the Asia-Pacific region, announced that its Singapore-based operating subsidiary, Sigma Cable Company, has been awarded three new government contracts with a total contract value of approximately $62 million over a two-year period. A press release said that the three new contracts received from the Singapore government relate to the delivery and installation of low- and mid-voltage power cables. Sigma Cable, it said, is expected to complete the contract between now and 2014.

A wire-chewing rat may be source of Japanese nuclear power plant woes The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant run by Tokyo Electric (Tepco) in northeastern Japan has been hit by two separate problems, both of which are believed to have either directly or indirectly stemmed from a rat and wire. According to multiple news reports, the first problem happened on March 19 when an extended blackout disabled vital cooling systems for four fuel pools. The company found the scorched body of a rat in a damaged switch board that might

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have gnawed on power cables and caused a short circuit. The reports said that Tepco cut off the flow of cooling water to the four pools, which store more than 8,800 nuclear fuel rods. It took Tepco almost a day to restore cooling to the first of the affected pools, with cooling of the final pool resuming early the next day. However, workers who tried to seal the space around the electric cables to protect the vital cooling system may have caused a ground fault. “We were installing wire nets to keep the rats out. But the end of one of the wires may have momentarily come into contact with a live terminal,” Masayuki Ono, general manager at Tepco’s Nuclear Power and Plant Siting Division, was quoted as saying. “The next moment, there were sirens.” Tepco reported that there was no imminent danger to the 566 nuclear fuel rods stored in the pool, noting that it would have taken at least two weeks for the pool to have risen above the safe level of 149°F. It has since installed mouse traps and plans to speed up work to install backup power cables to the fuel pools.

Subsea cable system is part of the discussions at recent BRICS meeting At a recent meeting of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in Durban, South Africa, one of the topics was the construction of an undersea telecommunications cable linking the countries.

Malaysia starts anti-dumping probe on some steel products from China Malaysia’s International Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) said it would initiate a preliminary anti-dumping investigation on stranded wire, ropes and cables from China. A story by Hanim Adnan in The Star, citing government sources, said that the government “will likely impose an antidumping duty on imported steel-related stranded wire, ropes and cables from China if the final investigation proves that the products were being dumped into Malaysia at low prices, causing material injury to local producers.” It said that a Miti statement did not disclose which domestic producer had petitioned for action but that the company alleged that the imported goods from China into Malaysia were sold at a price much lower than the price in the domestic market of the alleged country.

The petitioner, the story said, had further claimed that the imports from China had increased in terms of absolute quantity, “resulting in the domestic producer suffering from material injuries, including profitability, price suppression, a reduction in domestic sales volume, a loss of market share, negative returns on investment, a decrease in the number of employees and an inability to raise capital.” Miti had determined that there was sufficient evidence to initiate a preliminary investigation on the imported goods, the story said. A preliminary determination should be made within 120 days, and if the final determination is affirmative, then the government could impose an anti-dumping duty based on the margin of dumping. The story cited a report in the StarBiz that domestic pre-stress concrete steel producers such as Southern PC Steel Sdn Bhd, Kiswire Sdn Bhd and Bekaert Malaysia, a joint venture between Belgium-based Bekaert and SSB, could stand to be major beneficiaries if the government decides to impose an anti-dumping duty on the stranded wire, ropes and cables from China.

Scuba divers are caught trying to cut a SEA-ME-WE 4 Internet cable On March 27, Egypt’s naval forces captured three scuba divers in the Mediterranean who allegedly were trying to cut an undersea Internet cable, part of the SEA-ME-WE 4 cable sys-

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In an on-line report in Business Day, South Africa President Jacob Zuma said that the BRICS cable “will focus on a new high capacity of 28,400 km linking the BRICS countries, and this will remove the dependency on developed countries as interconnection points by providing a direct route among the BRICS countries.” The article noted that each BRICS country has five business executives represent them on the council, which will co-ordinate interaction between member states’ governments and private sectors during the course of each year.

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tem, which is as one of the main connections between Asia and Europe, running from France to Malaysia and linking Italy, North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. The Miami Herald reported that the three men were caught on a speeding fishing boat just off the port city of Alexandria. It cited Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali as saying in a statement on his Facebook page that the divers were arrested while “cutting the undersea cable” of the country’s main communications company, Telecom Egypt. The statement, it said, was accompanied by a photo showing three young men, apparently Egyptian, staring up at the camera from what looks like an inflatable launch. It did not have details on who they were or why they would have wanted to cut the cable.

RichardsApex names representative for the Russian lubricant market RichardsApex Europe Ltd., the U.K. subsidiary of U.S.based RichardsApex Inc., has named North-west Company of Supply (CZKSK) Ltd., as its national representative in Russia for the RichardsApex range of lubricants and compounds for the metal forming industry. “CZKSK is well established and known throughout the wire and cable industry in Russia as the agent for a broad range of technologies encompassing dies, specialty tapes, compounds and wire and cable machinery,” RA Europe Managing Director Don Neville said in a press release. “What’s more they have a domestic warehousing and supply network which will enable RichardsApex to adopt a solid and comprehensive local presence for our Russian customers to turn to and rely on.” CZKSK can be contacted at tel. + 7-812 476 35 76, nechay@czksk.ru.

METALUBE is named a winner of the Queens Award for Enterprise Manchester, U.K.-based METALUBE, a producer of specialty lubricants and protective greases for nonferrous wire, cable, electrical conductors and tubes, is celebrating being named a winner of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2013, the country’s highest accolade for business success. A press release from the company, which has 31 employees and is active in 80 markets with offices in China, India and Brazil, notes that it has long focused on R&D efforts. “This is the greatest tribute we could receive and our team is tremendously proud,” said company founder and Managing Director David Lee. “For the three-year period, our overseas sales growth has been 51% with exports accounting for 96% of our total turnover. When we started the business back in the ‘80s, all our trade was in the U.K. Over the decades we have watched the domestic industry diminish, and today we are almost entirely an export business, selling our oils and greases to over 80 countries worldwide. It is very gratifying to have our hard work and commitment recognized by such a prestigious award and we look forward to receiving this honor from the Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester later this year.” The Award is offered in three categories: innovation, 18 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

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METALUBE officials, l-r, David Lee, founder and managing director; Robert Brown, chairman; Douglas Hunt, commercial director; and Chris Nettleship, technical director. international trade and sustainable development. METALUBE, which entered the international trade category, had to show that the company achieved substantial growth in overseas earnings and in commercial success for its business size and sector, said a company spokeswoman, who explained the process as follows.

U.S.-based Mathiasen Machinery, Inc., reports that it has been awarded an exclusive contract to sell a four-year-old REDEX five-stand rolling mill and two compact RESY filtration systems. The equipment was built in 2009, but was never installed and is still in its original shipping crates, a press release said. “This is a great opportunity for a manufacturer to save time and money to add production capabilities. This high-quality equipment is ready to ship now,” said company co-owner Mike Mathiasen, who noted that the rolling mill is rated to produce a cross sectional area of 2 sq mm to 125 sq mm, with annual capacity of 15,000 metric tons. For more details, contact Mike or Mark Mathiasen at tel. 860-873-1423, mmi@mathiasen-machinery.com.

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Each category has a separate judging panel that makes a recommendation to the Prime Minister’s Advisory Committee. The committee then makes a final recommendation to HM The Queen, who decides the winners. “METALUBE can now use the Queen’s Award Emblem in its advertising, marketing and on packaging for a period of five years as a symbol of their quality and success,” the spokeswoman said. She noted that this was the first time that the company had entered the competition for the award, which she said draws thousands of applicants and is very highly regarded.

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workers and business infrastructure to support complex or large-scale manufacturing investment. “That’s also changing. Nations such as India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, and others are becoming increasingly competitive. China still has an edge in advanced manufacturing with its ability to scale up massive production operations,” it said. “Despite the current and pending future challenges as a low-cost export platform, China will likely continue to attract manufacturing investment in droves to serve domestic consumers,” the report said. It noted that 37% of manufacturers expect to shift production from China to other

China’s manufacturing base has continued to grow, and is expected to continue to do so, but it faces increasing competition from other Asian countries and one driver that is expected to become increasingly important to future growth is internal demand, a recent report observed. “Manufacturing beyond China: New options,” a 2013 report by Deloitte (www.deloitte.com), finds that, “Increasingly, new manufacturing capacity is being deployed to satisfy demand from Chinese consumers, rather than to serve the export market.” Cheap, plentiful labor used to be China’s biggest advantage, but Deloitte’s recent poll found that rising labor costs and increased competition for labor are two big challenges for companies operating there. The report said that foreign companies compete with local businesses for qualified employees, mostly for skilled workers but especially for fluent English speakers. “Wage inflation in Shanghai and other prime business locations, partic- A comparison of the pluses and minuses of some key Asian countries. Deloitte chart. ularly along the eastern seaboard, has remained in the double digits for roughly a decade, with no countries by 2014, while 32% expect to expand in China to apparent relief in sight,” it said. sell products locally, and only 10% cited plans to grow their The report also noted that China “may no longer be the use of China as a low-cost platform. “These findings sugcheapest place for foreign companies to do business.” It said gest that while China’s role in manufacturing will likely that real estate costs have risen sharply, electricity costs are remain significant, its future course may veer away from up and corporate income tax rates for most foreign compa‘factory to the world’ toward ‘factory to China.’ ” nies have increased from 15% to 25% even as tax-related incentives are harder to come by, and intellectual property Deloitte, Deloitte & Touche, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, protection remains suspect. the Deloitte logo and the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu logo Other countries in Asia, the report said, have long offered are trademarks or registered trademarks of Deloitte Touche appealing labor rates, although they often lacked the skilled Tohmatsu.

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New residences built in China must be equipped with fiber if a local fiber optic network exists As of April 1, 2013, newly built residences in China that are located in counties and cities where a public fiber optic telecom network is available must be equipped with fiber network connections. A report in chinadaily.com said the order from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will also require residences to offer equal connections to services from various telecom companies, allowing customers to choose which service they want. The story cited Economic Information Daily as reporting that the government hopes to have 40 million families connected to fiber networks by 2015. The new standards are aimed at growing domestic fiber broadband networks to provide the Fiber To The Home (FTTH) services. The story said that telecom operators have been more active with FTTH projects. It noted that China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd., the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second largest telecom carrier by user number, added 10 million Chinese families to its FTTH project in 2012.

APWC subsidiary wins 3 Singapore contracts Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited (APWC), a manufacturer of wire and cable products for the telecommunications and electric-power industries in the AsiaPacific region, announced that its Singapore-based, operating subsidiary, Sigma Cable Company, has been awarded three new government contracts with a total contract value of approximately $62 million over a two-year period. A press release said that the three new contracts received from the Singapore government relate to the delivery and installation of low- and mid-voltage power cables. Sigma Cable is expected to complete the contract between now and 2014. In other news, APWC reported that its financial position has continued to improve, to the point where earlier this year, its stock began trading on U.S.-based NASDAQâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Global Markets platform. It noted that the company has benefitted from its majority ownership in its Thai subsidy, Charoong Thai Wire and Cable, which reported a gross margin improvement of 8.6% for the period ended Dec. 31, 2012, and a 223% improvement in net income resulting from better operational efficiencies.

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PEOPLE Wayne Thornhill has become sales manager of Metalube, Ltd., serving the company’s U.K., Balkans and South East Asia regions as well as being responsible for bringing new product lines to market. He previously was the area sales engineer for Cimcool, a U.K.-based metalworking fluids specialist. Prior to that he worked for 11 years with Houghton in the quality control and technical service and development areas, including as the Centre of Excellence Wayne Thornhill Chemist for rust preventatives and heat treatment products for Europe. Based in Irlam, Manchester, U.K., Metalube, Ltd., is a manufacturer of specialty industrial lubricants. David Ely has been named president of Fluoropolymer Resources, LLC. He previously worked for Chromatics, Inc., where he had served as president since 2000. Prior to that, he worked in fluoropolymer operations, sales and market development with ICI and DuPont. He is active on important industry committees of the SPI and is a 2013 recipient of the WCMA’s Charles D. Scott Distinguished Career Award. Based in Willimantic Connecticut, USA, Fluoropolymer Resources, LLC, supplies high-quality reprocessed melt David Ely fluoropolymers. Furukawa Electric Co., Inc., reports that it has appointed its first two foreign corporate vice presidents. Timothy Murray will serve as CEO and chairman of the company’s U.S. business, OFS Fitel LLC. A 30-year veteran in advanced materials based industries, he has spent the past seven years at OFS and its predecessor, Lucent Technologies. He previously was president of operations and engineering for North American operations for the telecom business of OFS and headed its Specialty Photonics business. Prior to joining Lucent in 2000, he held a range of general management, marketing, sales, business development and R&D management positions. He holds a B.S. degree in chemistry from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a Ph.D. in organometallic chemistry from Princeton University. The company also named Foad Shaikhzadeh as president of its Brazilian subsidiary, Furukawa Industrial S.A. Produtos Eletricos (FISA). He joined FISA in 1986 as technical general manager and became director of the Telecommunications System Engineering Division in 1995. He holds an electrical degree from Escola Politécnica University. Based in

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Norcross, Georgia, USA, OFS offers a broad range of optical fiber and fiber optic cables. Based in Brazil, FISA manufactures fiber optic cable for energy and telecommunications industries. Alps Wire Rope Corporation announced that Mike Briand has been named district sales manager for the Mid Atlantic and Northeast regions. He has 32 years of experience, including 25 years with Wire Rope Industries and the remainder at Yoke, as vice president of sales in North America. It also reported the hiring of Natosha Anderson as a customer service representative. She has 10 years of experience in customer service. Based in Saint Charles, Illinois, USA, Alps Wire Rope Corporation Wire supplies a wide range of wire rope products. Jamie Jones has been promoted to vice president of operations for Solar Atmospheres. He has been with the company for 19 years in a variety of departments, and had served as general manager of operations for the past seven years. In his new role, he will oversee the day-to-day operations of both the company’s heat treating facility and brazing facility. He is a member of ASM and currently serves on the ASM Liberty Bell Chapter Executive Committee. He is also a member of the Metal Treating Institute Jamie Jones (MTI), serves on their board of trustees and has taken a number of metallurgical and heat treating courses through the company’s training program. Based in Souderton, Pennsylvania, USA, Solar Atmospheres provides a range of commercial vacuum heattreating services. GH Induction Atmospheres has hired Michael Maiorino to serve as its Midwest regional sales manager. He will work with customers in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, where induction hardening and heat treating are extensively utilized for manufacturing automotive parts. He was previously employed by a leading process heating and controls manufacturing representative, and has many years of experience in helping customers improve manufacturing processes, reduce costs, and resolve quality issues. A part of the GH Group and based in Rochester, New York, USA, GH Induction Atmospheres provides customized industrial heating solutions for automotive, aerospace, medical and energy production applications.

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FIBER WATCH Alcatel-Lucent and China Telecom see good results in copper for broadband It may seem contrary to include an item here about advances using copper for high-speed broadband, but it is worthwhile as an example of why the most appropriate solution may not be the one with the best technology, but rather the one that presents the most cost-effective results. A press release said that China Telecom wants to use its existing copper network infrastructure as part of the national initiative to deliver high-speed broadband connections to more than 250 million urban and rural homes by 2015. To that end, China Telecom and Alcatel-Lucent completed China’s first test of vectoring technology to boost fast broadband over existing copper networks, it said. The release reported the successful completion of a field test of VDSL2 vectoring technology in Foshan, a city in Guangdong province of southern China, using AlcatelLucent’s advanced solution, which allows an existing copper network infrastructure to be adapted to deliver superfast broadband speeds of up to 100 megabits-per-second. “Alcatel-Lucent believes strongly in the huge potential of VDSL2 vectoring technology to bring higher broadband speeds to more people,” said Rajeev Singh-Molares, presi-

dent, Asia Pacific for Alcatel-Lucent. “Vectoring is a fast and cost-effective complement to optical fiber networks, and allows service providers to speed up broadband deployment to homes and businesses.” China Telecom notes in the release that it remains the biggest investor in fiber optical networking in China “while striving to maximize the utilization of the existing copper network.” VDSL2 vectoring, it said, provides speeds of up to 100 Mbps downstream and 40 Mbps upstream while equalizing the quality of transmission between lines of varying quality, delivering consistent service to all customers. The field test used Alcatel-Lucent’s ISAM-based end-toend System Level Vectoring solution connected to China Telecom’s broadband access network. A spokesman told WJI that, with VDSL2 Vectoring, “every line in a binder can operate at peak performance, as if there were no other VDSL2 lines in that binder. This results in consistent, predictable, and most importantly, sellable performance gains.” A total of 11 service providers are now deploying the vectoring solutions, with more than 40 others involved in trials. China Telecom notes that it is the world’s largest wireline telecom and broadband services provider and the world’s largest CDMA mobile operator, with more than 100 million subscribers.

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Report: precision fastener outlook is brighter than for commodities The screw, nut and bolt manufacturing industry has gone through a harsh period, but the outlook should be better for the fastener field as the automotive and construction markets look stronger, reports a snapshot from “Screw, Nut & Bolt Manufacturing in the US: Market Research Report,” published by IBISWorld. An IBISWorld press release said that the $26 billion fastener market, which has seen an estimated annual loss of about minus 1% for 2008 through 2013, employs more than 121,000 people at 3,722 businesses. It projects that the field will see better times. One contributor, it said, is demand from emerging countries like India, and another is recovery from downstream industries like automotive and construction. At the same time, the snapshot warned that the fastener market will not see across-the-board growth, and it saw different outcomes for commodity and for advanced precision fasteners. “The performance of these two product segments conflict and tend to offset each other,” reported the snapshot, noting that “revenue for generic fastening products has been falling for an extended period of time due to product standardization and a slowdown in the development of their associated

manufacturing technology. The result is more import competition, it said. The report, which includes market research, market size, industry statistics, industry analysis and industry trends, can be purchased at www.ibisworld.com.

TriMas buys bolt maker Wulfrun Industrial parts maker TriMas Corp. has acquired Wulfrun, a maker of bolts, nuts and screws, for about $9.6 million to help grow its Lamons energy business in Europe. AP reports that U.K.-based Wulfrun Specialised Fasteners Ltd. makes parts for the oil and gas, pipeline and power industries. It generated roughly $10 million in revenue in 2012. TriMas’ Lamons unit, based in Texas, supplies gaskets, fasteners and bolts to the petroleum industry. TriMas, based in Michigan, makes products for the packaging, energy, aerospace and defense and other industries. “This new acquisition enhances our capabilities throughout Europe,” said Kurt Allen, president of Lamons. “The ability to provide specialty bolts to new and existing customers through our current network of branches, offer specialty bolts to our distribution customers who currently purchase them elsewhere, plus the ability to supply gaskets to existing Wulfrun customers provides Lamons with additional growth opportunities throughout Europe.”

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Sylwia Wiewiórowska Czestochowa University of Technology (CUT) Poland

Q: What does your company do? A: Czestochowa University of Technology (CUT) is the largest state university in the region, offering courses to 14,000 students. It also has the academic rights to confer the titles of doctor and university professor. Q: What is your role there? A: I’m an academic teacher and researcher at CUT. My official title is Associate Professor in Materials Processing Technology and Applied Physics. My work focuses on multiphase steel use for manufacturing of drawing products. Q: What do you like best about your position? A: The most enjoyable part of my work is my contact with young people, seeing how their look on life and work changes during their years at CUT. I very much like my lab research. It can be very exciting to observe changes you predict in metal actually happen. Q: How has the industry most changed? A: I believe young scientists now understand that we cannot investigate just to widen our knowledge base. We need to be connected with the economic effect, working with private industry, using our knowledge and their experience to obtain the best products and methods. Q: How does your company remain competitive? A: The teachers at CUT believe that it is important to prepare our students for when they will begin their careers, and to keep in touch and support their efforts. Lots of companies have told us of problems finding wellqualified engineers, so we as their teachers have to find the best solutions to promote the best engineers. I think that is the best way for us to remain competitive. Q: Why did you recently join WAI? A: I decided to become a member of WAI because it is an international organization that offers possibilities to be in contact with other people from all around the world who are representatives of the drawing industry.

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Anathkumar Alagu CEO Wire & Wire Products (M) Sdn Bhd Ryan Andersen Manufacturing Engineer General Cable Benjamin Corona Director of Finance Nexans

Seongwoo Ju Vice President Taihan Electric USA Ltd.

Yuichiro Sekine Engineer Waseda University

Janusz Juraszek Professor University of Bielsko-Biala

Charlie Shoemaker Engineer/Building Wire Products Southwire Co

Gnanasekar Kannappan Cable Project Consultant Saraswathi Industrial Enterprises

Marek Sieminski Member of Board/ Production Director Metalurgia SA

Suga Kenta Process Engineer Tokai University

Eric Simpson Shipping Supervisor Southwire Co

Hiroshi Kozaki Koyo Tessen Co, Ltd

Jeff Stafford Vice President & General Manager Sonoco Reels

Armand Come Leveille President Trans Canada Electro Ltd

Daniel Cunningham Application Eng/New Product Development Allomet Corp

Chris McGill OPEX Manager ABB

Kota Doi Graduate Student Tokai University

Zbigniew J Muskalski Professor Czestochowa University of Technology

Brian Edward Gauquier Technical Sales Representative Vanderbilt Chemicals

Stan Oliver Plant Manager Davis Wire Corp

Jordan K Gonzalez Metallurgist National Standard Co Juan Carlos Gonzalez Villar Cable Consulting Engineer Dr Marco Graziani R Lisciani Trafilerae SpA Bill Gregory Engineer Southwire Co

Ernst S Peischl Manufacturing Engineer ABB Ray Purnell Industrial Engineer Southwire Co Anna Reid Industrial Engineer Southwire Co

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U.K. quality/test engineer is the 2013 Wire Link Traveling Scholar The 2013 Wire Link Traveling Scholar, William Binnie, is looking forward to returning to the U.S., which he has visited twice before (Orlando and New York City), both times for pleasure. This time, he will do so for two weeks as the U.K. wire and cable representative for the Wire Link Traveling Scholarship program, which alternates every year between representatives from the Americas and U.K. Binnie, who is a Quality Development & N.D. Testing Engineer at Kiveton Park Steel, Ltd., a manufacturer of bright engineering steel bar and wire, has been in his current position for about two-and-a-half years. He is pursuing a degree in engineering at Northampton University. Binnie, age 24, did not have to worry about getting an okay to take part in the two-week program as his managing director was the one who told him about the opportunity. He sent in his application and later learned that he had been chosen. He previously won a similar award from the U.K.-based International Wire & Machinery Association (IWMA) last year that allowed him to attend wire Düsseldorf, the largest wire and cable industry event.

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By the time this issue is published, Binnie will have completed his visit, which includes attending Interwire 2013, North America’s largest wire and cable industry event, as well as a series of tours of U.S. companies, both manufacturers and suppliers. His report will be in a future issue. “I see this as a oncein-a-lifetime business/ William Binnie pleasure experience,” Binnie said. “I not only want to enjoy the trip for my personal benefit but I would like to bring back new ideas and potential business for my company.” For more details on the program—which is organized by the U.K.’s Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers and WAI with support from The Wire Foundation—contact WAI Executive Director Steve Fetteroll at tel. 203-4532777, ext. 115, sfetteroll@wirenet.org.

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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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CHAPTER CORNER Springtime brings a sense of renewal, of hope ... and chapter golf tournaments! Springtime is finally here, which is a reminder that it’s never too early to clear your schedule to take part in one (or more!) of the WAI chapter golf tournaments. Four WAI chapters have already set the dates for their golf tournaments. First up will be WAI’s Midwest Chapter, which will return Friday, June 21, to the St. Andrews Golf & Country Club in West Chicago, Illinois, to hold its 11th Annual Golf Tournament. For more information, contact Bob Sears at bswire@flash.net; or WAI’s Steve Fetteroll at sfetteroll@wirenet.org. The Ohio Valley Chapter will hold its 11th Annual Golf Tournament on Thursday, August 1, when it will return to the Grantwood Golf Course in Solon, Ohio, USA. For more information, contact Ron Fulop at r.fulop@wirelab.com. WAI New England Chapter will host its 19th annual Golf Tournament on Monday, Sept. 9, when it returns to the Ellington Ridge Country Club in Ellington, Connecticut. For more information, contact John Rivers at tel. 860-896-

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4761 or johnr@dms-inc.com or WAI’s Anna Bzowski at tel. 203-453-2777, ext. 126, or abzowski@wirenet.org. The chapter notes that the on-line registration will soon be up, and that a limited number of new sponsorship opportunities will be available. The Vannais Southeast Chapter’s 12th Annual Golf Tournament will be held Thursday, Oct. 24, at the Rock Barn Golf and Spa in Conover, North Carolina. The tourney will start at 1 pm with a shot gun start at the Jones course. For more information, contact Nexans’s Art Deming, tel. 252-9559451, art.deming@nexans.com. The dates and location for the Western Chapter’s 13th Annual “Wild West Shootout” will be in a future issue.

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wire Russia preview The 2013 staging of wire Russia, The International Wire and Cable Trade Fair in Russia, will take place June 25-28 at the ZAO Expocentr in Moscow, with organizers optimistic that the event will reflect the benefits of an improving Russian economy. The event will again be jointly organized by Messe Düsseldorf and its subsidiary Messe Düsseldorf Moscow – with the support of leading Russian and international industry associations: All Russian Cable Scientific Research and Development Institute (VNIIKP), the International Wire & Machinery Association (IWMA), the International Wire and Cable Exhibitors Association (IWCEA), the German Wire and Cable Machine Manufacturers Association (VDKM), the Austrian Wire and Cable Machinery Manufacturers Association (VDKM-AWCMA), the International Wire and Cable Exhibitors Association-France (IWCEA-France) as well as the Italian Wire Machinery Manufacturers Association (ACIMAF) and the Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association (WCISA). The trade show hours are from 10 am to 6 pm on Tuesday, June 25, through Thursday, June 27. The event will again be held in parallel with Metallurgy-Litmash, Tube Russia and Aluminium/Non-Ferrous. At the 2011 staging, the collective events drew more than 10,500 visitors, a press release said. The wire Russia segment included 236 exhibitors from 31 countries on 48,400-sq-ft of exhibit space, it said. A breakdown of attendees showed that 84% were either top management or a department head/group manager, with 89%

considered as having an influence in terms of company decision making. In terms of satisfaction with wire Russia, a survey showed that 96% were pleased with their experience, it reported. In terms of achieving specific objectives, it said 87% replied positively to representation, PR and presentation of image; 84% to cultivating existing business relations; 79% to informing about products, product uses, and to getting an overall market impression; 77% to presenting new products/developments; 76% to preparing conclusions of sale; 75% to passing specialist knowledge; 74% to comparing competitors; 69% to closing sales at the fair; 61% to initiating new business relations; and 59% to finding agent/representative. The event will include national pavilions for Austria, China, France, Germany, Italy and the U.S., the latter of which is organized by Messe Düsseldorf North America and supported by WCISA. For more information, contact Messe Düsseldorf North America at tel. 312- 781-5180, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com.

wire Russia 2013 will see country pavilions from Austria, China, France, Germany, Italy and the U.S.

The 2011 staging of wire Russia featured 236 exhibitors from 31 countries.

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wire Russia is organized by Messe Düsseldorf, which puts on trade shows around the world, that include many of the significant ones for wire and cable, most notably wire Düsseldorf, by far the industry’s largest such event. Below, Jörg Dübelt, Head of International Fairs, Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, discusses wire Russia with WJI. WJI: How did wire Russia 2011 fare, and what do you expect for the 2013 staging? Dübelt: In the early months of 2011, wire Russia showed that the industry was still in orientation. The analysis of the after-crisis years confirmed that the wire and cable industry is back on the pre-crisis industry level which was reached in 2007. Of course, the market is following the needs. Elektrokabel, the Russian wire and cable producers’ association, showed those trends in its analysis of the market. One key point is the communication industry that is using a significant number of optical cables, which is not so good for other sectors of the industry. On the other hand, the need for energy cables is extremely strong. By the way, both those trends are good signs for the general industrial development in Russia. We see wire Russia 2013 taking place within the above mentioned development trend of Russia’s industry. In addition to Russian specialists who are not traveling to other world events, like wire Düsseldorf, we are expecting the profiled visitor audience from Russia’s neighboring countries. They are still connected with the investments and developments in Russia. WJI: How closely is the performance of the wire and cable industry in any country tied in to the country’s economic health? Dübelt: Russia’s government is supporting the sectors of the automotive industry and the aerospace industry as well as the production of electro technical products. These investments need all the highly performed products of the wire and cable industry. As reported from the association

partners of wire Russia, like VNIIKP, the wire and cable industry is an important part of this development coming back to the leading industrial countries. WJI: Should the wire and cable industry be leery of adverse interference from political unrest? Dübelt: We think that such interferJörg Dübelt. ences are no more or less than in other countries. Russia joined the WTO, and is interested in talking about economic co-operation in Asia and Europe. Its government strongly supports the development of more competitive industrial products for the world market, and the international wire and cable industry profits from this trend and is needed in this process of industrialization. WJI: Russia ranks 112th among countries in the World Bank’s rankings for “Doing Business”: is the wire and cable industry any more or less affected? Should this ranking concern companies considering investment there? Dübelt: Certainly that published rank raises some concerns, but I would like to point out that the perspective of better ranks must be focused intensively. In the last 20 years, this country had to restart the economy and the industry. Many Russian mid-sized, family or small shareholder companies came to the market and are establishing the necessary base of the successful industry of tomorrow. This is one of the most important arguments of the trust in the Russian market. Bigger investors are active and increasing their investments. Let me name Volkswagen, Samsung and IKEA as a few examples. They believe in economic stability and growth. So, let me turn your question in a positive way: Yes, the wire and cable industry is affected. Partners and investors are welcome and needed!

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Organizers: challenges remain, but opportunities abound

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Booth listings Below is information from a few of the companies that will be exhibiting at wire Russia. For more details, go to www.wire-russia.com or to www.mdna.com, and look for the show program at the event. Boockmann GmbH Booth 7-5 D01 Boockmann GmbH will present its HELICORD® technology for wire and cable surface processing and

welding wire finishing, which in recent years has been implemented in industrial production lines. These successful applications remove metal particles from strands for high frequency and submarine cables and drawing lubricants and metal particles before extrusion. A very promising applications is welding wire finishing with simultaneous extractive coating and removal of particles. www.boockmann.com. CPA Wire Technologies GmbH 7-6 B06 CPA specializes in the development and production of machinery and plants for the wire industry. The product line ranges from austenitization, patenting, diffusion, stress relieving and tempering furnaces for wires and bands to galvanic coating systems, especially brass, zinc and copper coating systems, take-up and payoff systems and wire and rope machines. CPA’s latest development is a wet drawing machine for drawing high-strength steel wire. www.cpa.at. Eder Engineering GmbH Booth 7-3 B10 Eder-Austria, a family-owned specialist company founded 65 years ago, pioneered PCD die tools in the 1960s. Today, it is a global technical leader in die processing machines and a global supplier to the wire and cable industry. Advanced die-tool making and repairing equipment will be shown at the Eder booth. Its EDDS-2 system (shown) allows one to mark die-casings with a specific numeric alpha data matrix code, containing all property and performance data of the die, replacing the presently circumstantial number digit engraving. www.eder-eng.com. GMP Slovakia Booth 7-5 D 14 GMP Slovakia is a world leader in the production of reels, both steel and stainless steel, as well as drums and handling

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equipment for wire and cable. All products can be made to DIN standards or customized to customer requirements. GMP manufactures classic reels, like its fully machined FM model reel for copper and aluminum drawing, as well as reinforced reels, like its heavy duty (HD) model for steel wire drawing. Both models are machined on the winding surfaces, dynamically balanced and can be supplied with different options. GMP Slovakia also supplies take-apart reels and drums for cable and rope, reinforced for process uses or lightweight for transportation. Reel flanges can be corrugated or flat. Its ancillary equipment for tilting, lifting or rolling reels and coils are CE marked and documented to meet European security standards. The TU-Tilting Unit transmits the movement from the motor to the tilting unit by a chain, and for coil production, GMP offers easy-to-use EKP-Easykoil Plus take-apart reels that have a patented automatic release and can also be used as a coil lifter. For more details, please visit our booth and stop by at our company website. www.gmp-slovakia.com. Henrich GmbH Booth 7-5 A06 Henrich GmbH, based in Herborn, ranks high among competent suppliers of equipment to the wire and cable making industry on an international scale, relying on expertise in wiredrawing machinery and processes that the business has accumulated over decades. Herborn’s highly motivated and qualified team of engineers and technicians embody the company’s tradition of progress, focusing on competitive advantage through innovation in wiredrawing technology. www.henrich.net. Inhol BV/PTL Compounds Booth 7-4 C06 Inhol BV’s key activity is innovative compound development for markets like solar/ photovoltaic, aerospace, defense, shipboard, marine, offshore, rapid transit (rolling stock) and other industries. Today the focus is on irradiation cross linkable compounds, moisture cross-linkable compounds and CV-curable compounds. PTL-brand compounds are made in Europe and U.S. Inhol also supplies equipment and technology to the heat-shrinkable products industry. www.inhol.com. M+ E Macchine+Engineering Srl Booth 7-4 C09 M+E specializes in the design and manufacturing of payoffs and take-ups for steel and stainless steel wires in coils or on spools for annealing, patenting, galvanizing, oil tempering and other in-line processes. M+E, which has vast experience in the steel-cord industry, also manufactures wet drawing machines for steel and stainless steel wire complete with horizontal or vertical axis spoolers. www.meitaly.it.

OMCG Srl Booth 7-3 A03 OMCG, a global manufacturer of CNC and mechanical multislide bending and forming machines, will exhibit the OMCG MINIMALIST 6 CNC, part of its line of CNC mini wire-forming machines for wire and strip. Also, a new application for its CNC forming machines range: agricultural springs, which are hard to make on traditional CNC feed & form machines due to the strict tolerances requirements, OMCG laser sensor control offers unmatched precision, quality and speed. The range of bending and forming machines from OMCG can cover all industrial applications from wire diameter 1.5 mm to 18 mm. www.omcg.com. QUEINS Machines GmbH Booth 7-5 B02/C01 QUEINS will display pictures of machines as well as video showing them in operation. Since the 1970s, QUEINS has supplied new machinery as well as reconditioned machines to customers of the cable and rope industry worldwide. Besides standard machines for producing of cables and ropes, we also supply huge production lines for special industries, like

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MANUFACTURING RANGE NEW ARRIVALS - PRE-OWNED â&#x20AC;˘ Troester - Portal traversing take-up for reels 25 tons, flange Ă¸ max. 4500 mm (177 ) Tubular stranders â&#x20AC;˘ Rosendahl - Portal traversing take-up for reels 25 tons, flange Ă¸ max. 4000 mm (157 ) Rigid stranders â&#x20AC;˘ Lesmo - Automatic single spooler for bobbins 630 mm (24,8 ), incl. accumulator Planetary stranders â&#x20AC;˘ Niehoff - double spooler for bobbins 630/760 mm (24.8 /29.9 ) Power cable drumtwisters â&#x20AC;˘ Various rewinding lines, pay-offs and take-ups, reel Ă¸ range 1250, 1600, 2200 and 3000 mm (49.2â&#x20AC;&#x153;, 63â&#x20AC;&#x153;, 86.6â&#x20AC;&#x153;, 118â&#x20AC;&#x153;) Armouring lines Bow/Skip stranders For contacts in USA: Single/Double twist bunchers Pay-offs and take-ups, all designs QMS INC. Belt-type caterpillar capstans Miami, Florida Single- and double disc capstans Tel.: +1 (305) 665-2523 Rotating caterpillar capstans Cell: +1 (305) 924-1742 Taping heads for plastic- and steel tapes Fax: +1 (305) 740-9460 Transposed wire machines info@qmsmachinery.com &* ')! #** +) . '&* " , . $ . - . #& ' (, #&* '%

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Nextrom/Rosendahl Booth 7-3 A10/A14 Nextrom & Rosendahl will present their latest advancements and technology highlights for producing fiber optic cables, energy, automotive and communication. Nextrom produces optical fiber draw towers and associated machinery, using MCVD, OVD and VAD technologies, as well as fiber optic cable production lines. Rosendahl offers first-class products and turnkey solutions for extrusion, corrugation and fiber optic cable as well as SZ stranding. It offers technology for producing power cable, automotive wire, LAN cable, coaxial cable and fiber optic cables. Its Russian subsidiary, OOO Rosendahl Russland, is located in Moscow, from where it serves the main part of the Russian and CIS market. Its local sales and service team support customers from consulting (including design and throughput calculations) to machine developments and long-term maintenance. www.rosendahlrussia.com.

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wire Russia exhibitors Advantage Austria . . . . . . . . .7-3 A10, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4 A04, 7-4 B05 AESA SA . . . . . . . . . .7-3 A06/7-3 B06 Aksh Optifibre Ltd . .7-6 A 08/7-6 B 07 Alexmach Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-6 A 01 Anbao (Qinhuangdao) . . . . . . .7-6 A 11 API Servizi Srl . . . . . . . . . . . .7-5 A 13 Ara Makina Imalat Sanayi . .7-3 A 03A AseA Wire & Cable Mchr . . . .7-5 D 16 ASK-Group LLC . . . . . . . . . . .7-3 A03 August Strecker GmbH . . . . . .7-4 B09 Bayka Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4 B06 Beijing Holland Trading Co . .7-6 D 12 Beijing Tongdaxinming .7-6 A 02/B 01 Berkenhoff GmbH . .7-6 B 08/7-6 C 07 Boao (Shenyang) Co Ltd . . . . .7-6 A 07 Bock GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . .7-5 A07 Bogdany Petrol Kft. . . . . . . . . .7-3 B08 Bongard Trading GmbH . . . . .7-5 B06 Boockmann GmbH . . . . . . . . . .7-5 D01 Borealis AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-3 A08 Britec Industrial Co Ltd . . . . .7-5 B 07 Bühler Würz . . . . . . . .7-4 C08/7-4 D19 BWE Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4 B04 CM Caballé, SA . . . .7-4 B 08/7-4 C 07 Carl Bechem GmbH . . . . . . . . .7-4 B06 Ceeco Bartell Products, . . . . . .7-5 A 16 Changzhou Winlong Imp/Ext . . . . . . . . Cheng I Wire Machinery Co . .7-6 A06 China TJK Machinery Beijing 7-6 D 17 Colmec SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Compomec Oy . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4 C06 Comsuc Technology Dev Ltd .7-5 B 11 Condat Lubrifiants . . . . . . . . . .7-4 C01 Condor Compounds GmbH . . .7-4 B06 Controle Mesure Systemes . . .7-4 C05 Cortinovis Machinery SpA . . . .7-3 A07 Costa Machinery GmbH . . . . . .7-5 C03 CPA Wire Technologies . . . . .7-6 B 06 CSM Metalurji Imalat San. . . .7-4 A01 Dalian Tongda Eqpt Tech . . . . . . . . . . . Daloo Machinery Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . Davis-Standard, LLC . . . . . . . .7-3 B09 Deyang Hongguang Machine . . . . . . . . Dongguan Machinery Imp/Exprt . . . . . . Dongguan Zhangli Machine . . . . . . . . . Dow Electrical & Telecom . . . .7-3 A01 Dünst GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4B05 Ebner Industrieofenbau GmbH 7-4 B02 Eder Engineering GmbH . . . . .7-3 B10 EJP Maschinen GmbH . . . . . . .7-4 A14 Elantas GmbH . . . . . .7-5 C04/7-5 D03 Ernst Koch GmbH & Co KG . .7-4 C09 ESTEVES-DWD Polska . . . . .7-5 C 08 Eurobend GmbH . . . . . . . . . . .7-5 D05 EuroWire Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EVG . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4 A02/7-4 B01 FAR SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-5 A 13 Fenghua Better Electron Co 7-6 C 11A FIB Belgium SA . . . . . . . . . . . .7-3 A05 36 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

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Flymca & Flyro . . . . . . . . . . . .7-5 A 25 Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc . . . . .7-3 B07 Fortuna-Federn GmbH . . . . . . .7-4 A06 Fr. und H. Lüling GmbH . . . . .7-5 A09 Frekans Makina San .7-6 B 02/7-6 C 01 Freudenberg Vliesstoffe SE . . .7-4 B06 FSP-One SAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4 C03 FUHR GmbH & Co . .7-5 A04/7-5 B03 Gauder SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-3 B01 Glory Mica Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GMP Slovakia sro . . . . . . . . . .7-5 D 14 Golden Spot Industry . . . . . . .7-6 A06A Golden Technologies . . . . . . . .7-5 B 17 H. Folke Sandelin AB 7-4 C08/7-4 D19 Hangzhou Harbor Tech Co . . .7-5 A 10 Hangzhou Xingguan Mchry Co 7-5 B 09 Heinze & Streng GmbH . .7-3 A04/B04 Henrich GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-5 A06 Holifa Fröhling GmbH & Co . .7-4 B06 ITA SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-5 A 13 IDEAL-Werk . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-5 C02 Inductotherm . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-5 A 08 Inhol BV-PTL . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4 C06 Intras Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-6 B 05 ISIS SAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4 D01A Istituto nazionale per il . . . . . . . . . . . . . Itco Industries Ltd . .7-6 A 08/7-6 B 07 IWMA - International Wire & Machinery Assoc . .7-5 A 08/7-5 B 17 IWMA - International Wire & .7-5 A 18 Jiangsu Handing Machinery . . . . . . . . . Jiangsu Rentian Ind’l Enterprise . . . . . . Jiangyin Huafang Electromechanical . . Joh. Pengg AG . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4 B03 Kabmak Mühendislik 7-3 A04/7-3 B04 Kalpena Industries Limited . . .7-5 D 12 kieselstein Int’l GmbH . . . . . . .7-4 A12 Le Bronze Industriel . . . . . . . . .7-4 A05 Lebronze Alloys Germany . . . .7-4 A05 Lichang Technology (Ganzhou) . . . . . . LongVision (Shanghai) . . . . .7-3 B09 A M + E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4 C 09 MAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-3 B16 Maillefer Extrusion Oy . . . . . . .7-3 A06 MALI GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-3 B12 Maschinenfabrik . . . . .7-4 C08/7-4 D19 Medek & Schörner GmbH . . . .7-3 A12 Medya Analiz Yayin Grubu . . .7-6 B09 Messe Düsseldorf China Ltd . . . . . . . . . Messe Düsseldorf . .7-5 A 02/7-5 B 01 Metallurgica Frigerio SpA . . . .7-5 A 13 Microdia SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4 A03 Micron Machine Electrostatic .7-6 D 04 Mikrotek Machines Ltd . . . . . .7-5 A 14 Muller Machines SA . . . . . . . .7-6 D 06 Nextrom Oy . . . . . . . .7-3 A10/7-3 A14 OMCG Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-3 A03 Ozyasar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-6 B 03 Pan-Pioneer Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parafluid Mineraloelgesellschaft 7-3 B08

Pioneer Machinery Co Ltd . . .7-5 A 29 POURTIER sas . . . . . .7-3 A06/7-3 B06 Proplast GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4 B06 Queins Machines GmbH .7-5 B02/C01 Reber Systematic GmbH + Co .7-5 B04 Roblon A/S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-5 D 18 Rolf Schlicht GmbH . . . . . . . . .7-5 C05 Rosendahl GmbH . . .7-3 A10/7-3 A14 RSD Technik GmbH . . . . . . . . .7-4 A07 Saizar Strapping Machines SL 7-5 A 27 SCOB - Silke Schaaf eK . . . . .7-5 A03 SETIC sas . . . . . . . . . .7-3 A06/7-3 B06 Shanghai East Diamond Co Ltd . . . . . . Shanghai Electric Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . Shanghai Hosn Machinery . . .7-5 A 23 Shanghai New Shanghua . . . . . . . . . . . . Shanghai Resources . . . . . . . . .7-5 A 12 Shanghai Shenchen Wire & Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-5 B 15 Shanghai Wangxun . . . . . . . . . .7-6 A05 Shanghai Yedeng Int’l Trade . . . . . . . . . Shanxi Tianxiang Mchry Co Ltd . . . . . . Shenyang Jinggong . . . . . . . . .7-6 B 04 SIKORA AG . . . . . . . .7-4 A10/7-4 B07 Sino Erli Ind & Trading Co .7-6 C11 B SKET GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-5 B05 SMS Meer GmbH . . . . . . . . . . .7-5 A01 Société des Filières . . . . . . . . . .7-4 C02 Southwire Company . . . . . . . . .7-3 B03 SPAJIC doo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-5 D 02 Supermac Industries (India) . .7-3 B02 Suzhou Forever Imp & Expt . .7-5 B 13 SysKom GmbH Berlin . . . . . . .7-5 A11 Technodiament Ltd . . . . . . . . . .7-6 A09 Tianjin Zhiyan Import & Exp . . . . . . . . Trafileria Lariana SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRAXIT GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . .7-5 A05 Troester GmbH . . . . .7-5 C07/7-5 B08 Ultimation/Ultimate Aut Ltd . .7-6 A 01 UNIENCE Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . .7-6 C 13 Unigel (UK) Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .7-6 B 10 Upcast Oy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-6 D 10 VÖDKM/AWCMA Verband . .7-3 B10 voestalpine Austria GmbH . . . .7-4 A08 WAFIOS AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4 C09 Walson Woodburn Wire Die . . .7-3 A02 Windak OÜ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-6 C 11 Wire & Cable ASIA Magazine . . . . . . . . Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp7-3 B05 WiTechs GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4 B10 Woywod GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . .7-5 C06 WSD GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WTL Cable Machinery Co Ltd . . . . . . . Wuxi Baochuan Machinery . . . . . . . . . . Yangzhou Tengfei Electric Cable . . . . . Yuang Hsian Metal Ind Corp . .7-6 A04 Zhangjiagang Sanyuantai . . . . . . . . . . . . Zhejiang Wanma MacroMolecule . . . . . Zhoushan Jinnuo Plastic & Electric . . . Zumbach Electronic AG . . . . . .7-3 B11

SCOB Silke Schaaf e.K. Booth 7- 5 A03 Diamond, PCD carbide dies and toolings combined with new concepts of die reworking machines in the field of tungsten carbide die reworking machines, ultrasonic die reworking machines, wire polishing machines as well as quality die cleaning and inspection equipments will be shown. Also, details on new SCOB service departments for spare parts, training and consulting around . www.scob.de. Troester GmbH & Co KG Booth 7-5 C07/B08 Troester GmbH & Co KG, a leading global supplier of machines and lines for the cable manufacturing industry, will present a variety of information and new developments in the field of CCV and VCV lines for XLPE and rubber cables, one-step silane lines for LV and MV cables applications as well as high speed insulation lines and sheathing lines. www.troester.de.

Windak Booth 7-6 C11 Windak will present details on new products, such as its AR18-DB model (shown), a fully automatic reeler for packaging wire and cable on spools or reels between 216-460 mm. It can be run both in-line and offline and loads/ unloads reels automatically. Includes stretch wrapping of spools to contain the cut end. Output is two reels per minute. Also, the new Spool Winder 6-14. It is fully automatic, in- or off-line, for packaging/palletizing wire and cable on spools for sizes 165 to 360 mm. Spools are auto loaded/unloaded into/from the spooling head, outer ends are secured with stretch wrap and all operational parameters and mechanical settings are recipecontrolled to reduce time between product and spool changeovers. Output is three spools per minute. Also, solutions for a large range of payoffs, take-ups and other material handling and packaging machines. www.windak.se.

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the offshore-or the transformer industry. QUEINS offers a wide range of modern rigid, planetary, skip-type and tubular stranders, single- and double-twist bunchers/stranders, machines for producing off-shore and umbilical cables, continuously transposed conductors (CTC) as well as discand belt-capstans, taping machines and payoffs and take-ups as well as used and reconditioned cable-making machines updated with new components to customer specification. www.queins.com.

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Russia Outlook As industry suppliers observe in this feature, Russia may be a challenging market in which to participate, but there is little doubt that it represents a significant enough market for wire and cable to make it worth the effort. Russia can be a frustrating country to do business in, but it also remains a place that business wants to be. Russia represents the world’s eight largest economy by nominal value and the sixth largest by purchasing power parity, yet it is also remains a country in transition from a centrally planned economy to a more market-based and globally integrated economy. Not surprisingly, Russia’s change from a communist dictatorship in 1991 to a multiparty democracy has not been simple for business. Responding to a World Bank report, Doing Business - 2103, Russia’s Minister of Economic Development A.R. Belousov said that he is satisfied with its list of countries with the most favorable business environments that has Russia at 112th, eight places better than the prior report. The minister cited a number of improvements, including: reducing procedures for ‘entities registration’ from nine to eight and the registration period from 30 to 18 days; reducing the number of taxation payments required by companies from nine to seven; and reducing the average time a company needs for tax procedures from 290 to 177 hours. Russia was rated among the 10 best countries for resolving issues for contractual obligation performance, security of contract performance (11th), bankruptcy procedures (53rd) and ownership registration (46th). The number of procedures needed for a construction permit has been reduced from 51 to 42, and the term of the permit issue has been shortened from 423 to 344 days. One category that Belousov said that Russia needs more 38 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

improvement is in “international trade,” where the country was rated 162nd. “In particular, according to the World Bank, the cost of the import and export procedures has increased by about 1.5 times, and the number of the documents requested from participants of the foreign economic operations has also increased.” Red tape aside, Russia has many needs, from infrastructure to telecom to electrical power. The country also has continued to see large trade surpluses ($13.7 billion for February 2013), bolstered by sale of commodities; its budget has been balanced; public debt is no more than 10% of GDP; and unemployment dropped to a two-decade record low of 5.4% in Jan, 2013. A recent Bloomberg report, “Global Innovation Index,” ranked Russia as the world’s 14th most innovative nation, ahead of China (29) and even Israel (32). At the same time, the World Bank notes that Russia’s economic growth dropped to half the level of the decade leading up to the 2008 crisis; industrial output declined in early 2013 for the first time since 2009; fixed investment remains dependent on public funds, foreign direct investment is subdued; and inflation, which increased in the second half of 2012, looks to remain stubbornly high in early 2013, weighing on consumption. This feature includes excerpts from speeches by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who wishes to hold Russia to a high standard. “Russia will be facing fierce competition in terms of economic and technological development and human resources. Some say that Russia can’t be compared to the U.S. or Germany, whereas I believe that we must compare ourselves to them.”

WJI: Overall, how has your company’s experience in Russia been? Has it met or exceeded your original goals? Within the last 15 years, Russia has become one of the key markets for Rosendahl. As a result, Rosendahl, and its daughter company, Rosendahl Russland, have the experience to competently serve the Russian market with local service engineers as well as spare parts. Rene Stöckl, general director, Rosendahl Russland. Throughout our long period of activities in Russia (19562013) and considering the different political stages there (Stalin-post Stalin-Perestrojka/Glasnost-end of the USSR“new” Russia, etc.), our business experiences and results were quite different. However, all in all, Russia always has been a good market for Eder-Austria. Dr. Kurt Eder, president, EDER Engineering GmbH. Russia has a big market potential, but it is a difficult market too, subject to economic fluctuations. The crisis in Russia has greater effects on business than elsewhere. In 2009, for instance, there was a decline of more than 40%! Since 2011, the market has been recovering, but has not yet

reached the pre-crisis level. The market area is vast, but business relations depend largely on personal relationships. There is a great need for investment in Russia, but there are also greater financing requirements, above all in mediumsized companies. A major problem is the Peter Thaesler behavior of customs authorities concerning the supply of spare parts. Peter Thaesler, area sales manager/ head of Niehoff of Russia (NOR). Maillefer’s experience in Russia has been positive during our more than 22 years presence in the market. During the years we have worked up a fair share of the local market, acquired a good reputation as a reliable company and partner, and gained quite a few loyal customers. Our original goals exceeded manifoldly. For comparison, our sales volume from the very beginning until today has grown fivefold. Lars Fagerholm, CEO, Maillefer.

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OMCG has been present in the Russian market for more than 20 years, but honestly, we have only partially met our original goals due to the high fluctuations in market demand. Daniele Togni, director of marketing & sales, OMCG Srl. WJI: How have your operations there most changed since you started? Niehoff has been in the Russian market for over 30 years. Having started with an agent, in 2005 a branch office was opened in Moscow with three salesmen and four service technicians, all Russian native speakers. The presence of highly qualified personnel, both in sales and particularly in the service sector, was a decisive factor for the high rates of sales growth and the exploitation of the market potential. Moreover, the high quality of German engineering is still widely acknowledged in Russia. Currently, however, we have noticed a negative trend where long-standing supplier relations have been abandoned more easily than in the past. Peter Thaesler, Niehoff of Russia (NOR). We recently strengthened our partnership with our local sales agent because the market has changed from concentrated large state-owned companies to more fragmented privately-owned ones, and a local presence has become more and more important. Daniele Togni, OMCG Srl.

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The biggest change was the foundation of Rosendahl Russland, which allows us to be closer to our partners and serve them with local service engineers. We are also able to sell and bill spare parts in Russian rubles. Natives as contact persons for all areas, like investments, maintenance, service, e.g. are a real benefit for Rosendahl and its customers. Rene Stöckl, Rosendahl Russland.

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In the Stalin and post Stalin area, nearly all business relations were centralized and extremely bureaucratic. For example, machines could only be purchased by and were delivered to “V/O Stankoimport,” which distributed them to individual companies (whom we seldom got to know) onwards. Since Perestrojka/Glasnost, we have direct contact with most of our customers and they do have import departments of their own now. However, Russian companies still have a lot of burdens to accept when importing Western commodities (rigid, often artificial customs procedures to past/outstanding amount of bureaucracies/financial bottlenecks through state-oriented banks, etc.). Dr. Kurt Eder, EDER Engineering GmbH. We hired a native Russian speaker specifically for our sales department and are increasing our activities at wire

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Russia. Gerhard Boockmann, principal/Michaela Boockmann, marketing/sales manager, Boockmann GmbH.

WJI: Is doing business in Russia any easier or more difficult than in other regions? Do you have a local person you depend on? Doing successful business in Russia, requires a good level of “Russian Know How,” lots of patience and time for negotiations as well as “understanding and adaption towards Russian mentality.” Personal contact and presence in Russia is essential. The existence EDER founder Siegfried Eder, Sr., at the first industrial trade fair for of a local representative, who can wire in 1956. Photo provided by his son, Dr. Kurt Eder, who accombe contacted on the spot and in the panied his father on that trip. Russian language is a near “must.” Generally speaking, doing business in Russia is more difficult and complex than in other regions/countries. Dr. Kurt Eder, EDER Engineering GmbH. Doing business in Russia is not more difficult than in other market regions, provided that one considers the political, economic and cultural conditions in his business activities. Bureaucracy and the susceptibility to corruption, however, make business activities more difficult than in other markets. Having one’s own branch makes it easier to avoid the need to depend on a relationship with individuals or institutions. Peter Thaesler, Niehoff of Russia (NOR). Basically there are two factors that make the Russian market somewhat tricky to work in: the differences in language and culture that have to be overcome when establishing new contacts, and the paperwork required once a deal is concluded. Language and culture are not much of a problem for us, as our staff is very multicultural and we do have a number of employees who grew up in Russia and other Eastern European countries. The paperwork is just something you have to deal with. It requires a lot of time and patience, flexibility on our side, and focus on the actual pur-

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Our staff in the Maillefer SA Moscow Representative Office has increased up to 12 people during the years. The team includes service and support personnel and project coordinators, who were added to the team about ten years ago. Lars Fagerholm, Maillefer.

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Russian rep search focused on identifying right fit RichardsApex Europe Ltd. (RAE), a subsidiary of U.S.-based RichardsApex, recently chose North-west Company of Supply (CZKSK) Ltd., St. Petersburg, Russia, to represent its lubricants and compounds. Below, RAE Managing Director Don Neville explains how that came to be. Russia has been a part of the RAE landscape for quite some time. In 2011, we began to search for a Russian representative. There are many such individuals and companies, but we wanted one that was working with and had a core understanding of the wire industry as well as company-to-company contacts. Russiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s immense size presents a huge logistical challenge and we wanted a Russian counterpart whose coverage extends throughout the nation and is commercially active in all of the manufacturing sectors where RichardsApex products can be consumed. Our search for this type of balance led us to CZKSK, whose core

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business is providing goods and services to the wire industry, so every time they are in touch with a customer RichardsApex can be a part of the conversation. We are extremely enthusiastic about achieving this degree of exposure and coverage throughout the Russian market. There was another plus with CZKSK, and that has to do with logistics, which in Russia is simplified if domestic warehousing for goods is available. Through CZKSK, we now have this capability. Without a doubt the facilities, experience and know-how of CZKSK with regard to this activity inside Russia adds to the relationship with RichardsApex. We knew that we had the products to offer the Russian market, and now we have the opportunity to increase our customer base and activity level, which is part of our strategic aim. The Russian market has further developed itself and we see an expanding level of wire production and consumption. We feel that with CZKSK as our partner, the cornerstones are there for a dynamic future in Russia.

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On average more difficult. And yes, we have a local person we depend on. Daniele Togni, OMCG Srl. Thanks to our very skilled local staff, our business in Russia is expanding and shows a constant growth. The favorable outcome is very much due to a trusted relationship with the customers, which respects the Russian mentality, traditions and customs. Lars Fagerholm, Maillefer. The Russian market is clearly different from other markets. This market requires more intensive customer support and closer contact to our customers. The mutual trust between Rosendahl and its customers as well as precious long-term and cooperative customer relations characterizes this market for us. Rene StĂśckl, Rosendahl Russland.

WJI: Are the requirements reasonable for logistics from transportation to storage to regulations/paperwork? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s terrible. Gerhard/Michaela Boockmann, Boockmann GmbH.

Daniele Togni. OMCG Srl Absolutely not. Logistic and storage costs are incredibly high, regulations and paperwork are more than twice that of the rest of the world and it looks like it is becoming even worse. This is preventing smaller local companies from investing in our technology. Daniele Togni, OMCG Srl. Shipping of goods/logistics and customs clearing procedures in Russia are extremely bureaucratic, slow and difficult and often vary from region to region in this big country.

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It generally is a big burden for both sellers and buyers and things have not become easier to perform in the Putin era nowadays. Dr. Kurt Eder, EDER Engineering GmbH. It is not a secret that Russian legislation is complicated and constantly changing. It requires attentive and scrupulous paperwork and following of the regulations. It especially concerns the logistics and transportation rules as well as customs clearance. Our Moscow office specialists are competent and qualified to observe all the rules and abide by the law. Lars Fagerholm, Maillefer. There are no particular logistical problems, from transportation to storage, when compared to other regions. The main problem, however, is the behavior of the Russian customs authorities. They represent a decisive obstacle to the quick supply of companies with their high bureaucratic hurdles and slowness in carrying out clearing formalities. Peter Thaesler, Niehoff of Russia (NOR). WJI: What are your expectations going forward? We face the future in Russia optimistically. We are expecting a gradual rise in sales, and consider developing our service products even further. The progress we achieve

Lars Fagerholm, Maillefer together with customers comes not only from supply of technology and equipment solutions, but also from products with high added value. Lars Fagerholm, Maillefer. We are confident that the strategic changes already made—like the enlargement of our service team—have put Rosendahl in a very strong position for the future. Furthermore our positive expectations are linked to new developments like the new Rosendahl Power SZ Stranding line. This innovation met our customer expectations and market needs perfectly and put Rosendahl in a much stronger position in today’s highly competitive market. Rene Stöckl, Rosendahl Russland This will mainly depend on the political development onwards and a prophecy is more than just difficult to be made. Dr. Kurt Eder, EDER Engineering GmbH. Our expectations is still for a possible market growth linked to industrial development, but we don’t expect operations there to become easier in the near future. Daniele Togni, OMCG Srl. In the future, Russia will remain an attractive but also volatile market with an important potential for our company. Linked to this is a high demand on the proximity to our customers and on the efficiency of our own work. Peter Thaesler, Niehoff of Russia (NOR). Russia is still a country that is difficult to do business in, and most likely will be for some time. Many of the current decision-makers grew up in the old system and have not yet fully adapted to global business requirements and customs. However, this will certainly change as newer generations come in that are more familiar with how to participate in international business. Gerhard/Michaela Boockmann, Boockmann GmbH.

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Russian PM sees advances and needs, sets high goals

April 17: Report on government performance in 2012 On the whole, with due account for the global economic situation, we can say that overall the 2012 macroeconomic results are quite good. GDP grew by 3.4% in 2012. Another positive fact is our unprecedentedly low unemployment levels, which totaled 5.5%, as compared to 6.5% in 2011. We have virtually balanced the federal budget, and we have only a small budget deficit, 0.06% of the GDP. I would like to remind you that the U.S., Japan and the U.K. have 9%, 10% and 8.2% budget deficits, respectively. Russiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s national debt is a bit more than 10% of GDP while it is over 100 percent for the U.S., 90% for France and 83% for Germany.

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Russia Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has made it clear that the country has a long way to go, and he has repeatedly hammered his message of less reliance on energy revenues and more on planned growth at meeting after meeting, this despite less than ideal relations with President Vladimir Putin. Below are edited excerpts from a few of the speeches he has made this year that directly or indirectly address the role of manufacturing in the future of Russia. Russia Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at meeting with deputy ministers.

And those countries are the driving force of economic growth. The quality of growth and the structure of the economy are as essential as the growth rate. Russia will be facing fierce competition in terms of economic and technological development and human resources. Some say that Russia canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be compared to the U.S. or Germany, whereas I believe that we must compare ourselves to them. Should

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we compare it to North Korea? Then things will look just great. With regard to the infrastructure, it is clear that massive investments in this sector are required, ones with long payback periods, so we need to set priorities. The development of the Russian Far East is one such priority. The Moscow transport hub is another important project. I would like to note that it is being conducted jointly with the authorities of Moscow and the Moscow Region. As for privatization, we are all adults here. No one sells anything for three kopecks. Anyway this has never happened, and won’t while United Russia, this President and this Government are in power. Assets will be sold only when it’s profitable, and based on the right market conditions. March 21: the Convention of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs You are all experienced and highly trained professionals, and you are aware of the economic situation, but I’ll still say a few words about the current situation, just to make sure you heard it from me. Economic growth in Russia has slowed down, which, of course, none of us likes. In January 2013, GDP grew by only 1.6%, while during the same period in 2012, the growth was about 5%, 3.4% on average. The annual growth rate of investment in fixed capital remained low, and retail sales slumped due to a decline in domestic demand. Obviously, one of the key reasons for this slow growth is

Russia Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at meeting with deputy ministers.

the insufficient diversification of the economy (this is a classic reason) and the relatively low share of the manufacturing sector in gross domestic product. Even a small decline in industrial output like in late 2012-early 2013 can slow down the entire economy. You are also well aware of the fact that much of the added value in our economy is created in the oil and gas sector. The share of energy in the structure of Russian exports

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stood at 70% in 2012, and the share of manufacturing is below 30% of the GDP. This is our reality, which we are trying, if not to fight, than to at least change. The level of capital outflow is still high. Perhaps it would be wrong to define what’s happening as capital flight, although this term is commonly used. The capital outflow is composed of reinvestment, investment in real estate by residents, and acquisition of foreign assets. In general, all countries are interested in developing the foreign investment activities of their companies. The question, of course, is where and how it is being done and what are their consequences. The important part of the problem is not so much the outflow of capital but the loss of human resources. There are different reasons for this. In general, living conditions in Russia have become better, but our experts want even better conditions, and that’s why they are relocating abroad. Emigration is also linked with the business environment, which leaves much to be desired. Naturally, you discuss this issue, and we consult with the business community on this issue all the time. And, of course, this also has to do with professional self-realization. This is why, for us, creating equally comfortable living conditions for Russian specialists, for top-tier executive and for specialists from all sectors in Russia is probably just as important today as our work on the economic track. The goals are quite ambitious. Russia must join the leading economies in terms of high living standards, and it must also join the top 20 countries with the best business environment. We must create 25 million modern, efficient jobs and boost annual foreign direct investment to $70 billion. The Government’s objectives, which have been approved, are aimed at creating a more effective state and making systemic improvements in the business environment, as well as modernization of the economy and the social sphere. Various important objectives are being discussed, including improving the institutional environment, eliminating administrative barriers, reducing state involvement in the free-market sector of the economy, providing additional energy efficiency and innovation incentives, as well as a number of other objectives, and, of course, developing private-public partnerships and self-regulating organizations, creating those new jobs I mentioned and establishing basic vocational training centers. It is good that we have charted all these plans, and it is very important that we continue this work together. I would like all members of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and all convention delegates to continue working with the Government. We are interested in this. Feb. 15: the 10th Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum, Russia: Roadmap of Change Five years ago, I formulated my vision for the country’s development over the next few years, and I submitted the concept of the so-called Four I’s: institutions, infrastructure, innovation and investment. Intellect, the fifth “I,” was subsequently added to these four. I believe that, on the whole, none of these five “I’s” have lost their relevance since then.

FEATURE Russia Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at at the 10th Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum. Today, we can talk about our achievements and failures. But, most importantly, we should talk about how we will move forward. Two weeks ago, I approved the Policy Priorities of the Government of the Russian Federation to 2018. The relevant work will be and is already being carried out in a new format, in the format of the so-called state programs. We have mapped out specific targets and the resources needed to achieve these targets. This includes programs for the development of industry and agriculture, modernization of education and healthcare, environmental protection and security, as well as many other programs. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to waste time on repeating various conclusions and factors, which currently dominate the global economy, bringing instability and uncertainty. They are obvious to the Government and to the business community, whose representatives are present here, and to experts. You know all this perfectly well. But it is clear that it is no longer possible to revert to the socalled pre-crisis growth model in this country and probably in many other countries. We have to search for a new model. We have to be honest and admit that there is now in Russian society a sustained and justified demand for a different quality of life in the broad sense of the word, for a new quality of education, healthcare and the entire social sector. The Government cannot ignore this. And it is impossible to address these issues using ordinary budget investment alone. I mentioned this not so long ago at the Gaidar Forum in Moscow, then at the World Economic Forum in Davos and subsequently at an expanded Government meeting. I will not repeat myself, but I will only say that such a challenge could not emerge in an underdeveloped and poor state. This is very important. This challenge could not have come about in Russian society say 15 years ago because we were too weak at that time. This demand highlights more impressive standards of living and the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sustained movement forwards. To respond to this challenge, we must ensure sustained development, and the annual economic growth has to be at least 5%. This is an extremely difficult task. MAY 2013 | 47

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PRODUCTS & MEDIA PRODUCTS Payoff package makes installation simpler for electrical contractors U.S.-based Southwire Co. has introduced the SIMpull® CoilPAK™ payoff package, which it describes as “a revolution” for the construction process. A press release said that the new payoff eliminates the need for heavy, cumbersome spools. “Instead, workers use a special, patentpending process to coil NoLube® SIMpull THNN® wire contained in a sturdy, yet lightweight package, which results in a completely tangle-free pull,” it said. The payoff, it noted, uses the same inertia-free pulling design as the SIMpull WireBARREL™ wire drum, making the wire much easier to push and pull, providing more versatility on the job site. The package, the release said, is molded with a handle that makes it easy to carry, and when pulling wire from the package, it can lay flat or stacked directly on the floor or lift. Southwire notes that it also offers a cart, dolly and hand truck that are all easily maneuvered and allow for installation of multiple SIMpull CoilPAK payoffs. “We’ve tested the Southwire SIMpull CoilPAK payoff on a number of job sites and the feedback from contractors has been nothing short of remarkably enthusiastic,” said Norman Adkins, president of Southwire’s Electrical Division. “The SIMpull CoilPAK payoff is a giant leap forward making the entire circuit wire installation process safer and more productive. Contractors tell us the days of the wire spool and trying to match wires and pull from a wire wagon are numbered. ... We’ve made circuit wire management completely Spool-Proof™.” Contact: Southwire Company, www.southwire.com.

Belden introduces advanced digital video cables to the EMEA region U.S.-based Belden has extended its range of coaxial digital video cables and connectors in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa), by introducing what it describes as the broadcast industry’s first HD digital video cables with improved Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) performance. A press release said that the new cables, Duobond Plus,

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are able to deliver SD, HD and 3G video with guaranteed signal integrity over longer transmission distances, helping to save both installation time and costs. It noted the following: An outer layer of foil features a unique shorting fold which creates the effect of a solid metal conduit. This shorting fold provides metal-to-metal contact that improves the high-frequency performance of the cable and the fold prevents a slot opening from being created in the shield, thereby preventing signal egress or ingress. This outer foil is bonded to the jacket, making stripping and connectorizing easier. ... Used with Belden one-piece HD compression connectors on both ends of the cable, they are simple to connect, thus making them easy to install, saving installation time and costs. Belden’s new cables offer all the benefits of the company’s regular HD digital video cables with the additional feature of improved EMC performance, providing the end user with extra confidence of the signal integrity when using these cables at data rates of 3GB/s, the release said. Contact: Belden Inc., www.belden.com and www.beldensolutions.com.

Measure-and-cut system designed for large gauge wire and cable U.K.-based Spectrum Technologies PLC has introduced Nova MaX: a high-performance, measure-and-cut system for large gauge wire and cable for end-use fields such as aerospace, defense and other industries as part of the production process for complex electrical wire harnesses. A press release said that the Nova MaX system can precisely measure and cut wire and cable to length with outside diameters up to 15 mm/0.6 in. The system, it said, includes features not found on simpler measure-andcut systems, such as PC control for data management and job setup. Options include a heat-shrink sleeve printer and a label printer that can also be integrated to create a complete solution for preparing and identifying cut-to-length wire and cables that cannot be processed on a laser or

3 new TPEs introduced by company for stringent needs of medical field U.S.-based Teknor Apex Company is offering three new thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) wire and cable compounds that combine the rubber-like durability and flexibility valued by hospital and clinical professionals and the high

degree of purity required for meeting medical standards. A press release said the compounds, which were introduced at Interwire 2013, include Medalis® 8421, 8431 and 8451 elastomers that can be used for insulation, jacketing and molded fittings and connectors. The compounds, it said, have respective Shore A hardness levels of 92, 69, and 82, a flammability classification of HB (UL-94), and a maximum continuous operating temperature rating of 105ºC (UL-1581). The three compounds retain high levels of tensile strength, tensile modulus and elongation after autoclave, gamma irradiation, and EtO sterilization, it said, adding that they are resistant to the cleaning solutions commonly used in medical facilities. The new TPEs are analogs to specific Elexar® nonmedical wire and cable compounds from Teknor Apex and provide comparable properties, but they are manufac-

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other wire-marking systems. It added that labels and sleeves can be generated in parallel as the wire is cut to length, providing a real-time kitting facility. The wires can be dereeled from a single dereeler or wire tree, fed through Nova MaX, and collected in a motorized coiling pan after processing, the release said. A pneumatic shear ensures clean cutting of large gauge cables, and a controlled acceleration and wire pull mechanism maintains high length accuracy of -0%/+0.5%, especially when being used with a wire tree, it said. The control system, it added, is based on Spectrum’s proprietary CAPRIS Nova software as is the operator Man-Machine Interface, giving familiarity to existing Spectrum wire marker customers. Contact: Spectrum Technologies PLC, tel. 44-1656655-437, www.spectrumtech.com.

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tured in an ISO-13485 facility dedicated to Medalist medical elastomers, the release said. All three compounds pass ISO-10993-5 cytotoxicity testing, are RoHS- and REACH- compliant, and are free of animal-derived materials, phthalates, and latex proteins, it said. “The new Medalist elastomers for wire and cable provide rubber-like toughness and elasticity and, unlike rubber, are readily recycled,” said Keith Saunders, senior market manager for the Thermoplastic Elastomer Division of Teknor Apex. “As alternatives to PVC, Medalist compounds exhibit practical handling advantages in surgical or clinical settings, including superior ‘drapability’ for reduced cable clutter, better elastic memory in coil cords, and a softer, more supple feel.” Further details are available at www.medalistmd.com or medalist@teknorapex.com. Contact: Teknor Apex Company, www.teknorapex.com.

Cross-linked XPLEs are offered for use in the photovoltaic market U.S.-based PolyOne has introduced new products under the name Syncure™ Solar, a UV-resistant, cross-linked

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polyethylene (XLPE) system that it said provides highperformance, UL 4703 and VW 1-compliance in one material, eliminating the need to use two separate insulation and jacketing formulations. A press release noted the following about the Syncure Solar products, which it said are intended for photovoltaic (PV) wire and cable systems and provide multiple environmental benefits: First, they promote the use of alternative energy by simplifying the wiring of PV systems. Because Syncure Solar complies with the stringent UL 4703 standard for PV wire as well as the UL 44 standard for interior wiring, it can be used seamlessly from the outside to the inside of a building in USE-2 (Underground Service Entrance) applications. Second, Syncure Solar, as a one-material solution, requires only one pass through the extruder for simplified logistics, reduced cycle time and overall systems cost reduction. Combining insulation and jacketing also allows for a thinner coating (60 mil versus the typical 75 mil). An added benefit, the release said, is the availability of

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Syncure Solar in two colors (natural and black) with comparable performance. Color concentrates from PolyOne can also provide a range of color options, allowing for easy, visual differentiation of wire and cable, it said. Contact: PolyOne Corporation, www.polyone.com.

MEDIA Catalog covers company’s wide range of welding technology The 2013 Lincoln Electric Equipment Catalog can be downloaded and viewed on Apple® iOS and Android® smartphones and other devices, with appropriate apps available in the Apple App Store or Google® Play Store. A press release said that the catalog also features a bound-in, removable copy of the company’s expanded Welding Gear catalog, including Red Line™ apparel, VIKING™ auto-darkening helmets and Radius™ tools. New product sections include: Training Product Solutions, including the VRTEX family of virtual welding training systems; Orbital Welding Systems for automated pipe and tube welding; automated solutions, including systems offered by Wayne Trail®, a new Lincoln Electric company, and an expanded accessories section featuring an improved layout and reference to a greater number of equipment accessories that allow distributors/customers to easily locate the items they need to complete a welding system. The catalog, which uses color-coded navigation, dis-

plays all of Lincoln Electric’s key products, including those introduced over the last year, to help its customers reduce costs, increase quality and improve productivity. It also includes a postcard allowing users to register for the company’s iWeld™ email newsletter. Copies can be accessed on-line or call tel. 888- 355-3213. Contact: The Lincoln Electric Company, www.lincolnelectric.com.

Handbook covers best practices for protecting motor bearings The AEGIS® Shaft Grounding Ring Motor Repair Handbook describes best practices for protecting motor bearings from electrical damage. A press release said that the 36-page book, available from Electro Static Technology, manufacturer of AEGIS shaft grounding rings, explains how to diagnose electrical bearing damage caused by variable frequency drives (VFDs), also known as inverters. The book explains in detail the best practices for preventing such damage to motors of various sizes and horsepower ratings. Ideal for plant maintenance personnel as well as motor repair shops, the handbook is available in PDF format for downloading free of charge at www.est-aegis.com/bearing. Contact: Adam Willwerth, Electro Static Technology, tel. 866-738-1857, sales@est-aegis.com, www.est-aegis.com.

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DIES APOLLO DIA-CARB COMPANY Sells Natural/PCD diamond dies. Fair prices/excellent lead times. Contact Paulette, Owner/Sales Tel. # 1 (508) 226-1508 or 1 (508) 226-0946 E-mail: apollodie@comcast.net

MACHINERY WWW.URBANOASSOCIATES. COM. For New (Hakusan Heat Pressure Welders, Ferrous & NonFerrous; Marldon Rolling Ring Traverses) & Used Wire & Cable Equipment (buttwelders, coldwelders, color-o-meters and pointers). Tel: 727863-4700 or by e-mail, please send to urbassoc@verizon.net.

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FOR SALE

1 - CEECO 37-Wire 31” Rigid Strander Line

1 - CLIPPER Model SP16 Dual Spooler

1 - STOLBERGER 37-Wire 630mm Rigid Line

1 - AL-BE Model MS12 Respooler, 14” Reels

2 - WARDWELL 24-Carrier Braiders

1 - WEMCO 84” Take-up, Model 8284B

2 - NEB 72-C #2 Braiders, Long Legs, Motors

1 - REEL-O-MATIC SP-HJ/K5 Take-up

2 - NEB 48-C #2 Harness Braiders, Motors

1 - REEL-O-MATIC ILB12X Dual Respooler

1 - NEB 16-C #2 Harness Braider, Motor

1 - METEOR Model ME301 3-Head Winder

1 - NEB 12-C #2 Braider, Long Legs, Motor

1 - TEC Model DTC630 D.T. Twister

3 - TMW 24-Carrier Cable Braiders, 6” HG

2 - ENTWISTLE 4-Wire 24" D.T. Twisters

1 - REEL-O-MATIC 24” Caterpuller Capstan

1 - KENRAKE Model TWD101 Twister

1 - ENTWISTLE 30” Closer, Model STC-30

1 - FORMULABS Spiral Striper w/5' Oven

1 - EDMANDS 18-Wire 16” Planetary Cabler

1 - FARRELL Banbury Mixer, 7.5HP Motor

2 - NEB 12-Wire 8” Vertical Planetary Cablers

1 - METRONIC AlphaJet C Inkjet Printer, 2005

1 - SICTRA Rod Breakdown Line

3 - PWM Model EP500 Rod Welders

1 - DAVIS STANDARD 2.5” Hi-Temp Extruder

1 - EUBANKS Model 4000-04 C/S Machine

2 - DAVIS STANDARD 1.5” 24:1 L/D Extruders

1 - SCHLEUNIGER Model UC3750 Cutter

1 - HALL 40" Powered Payoff w/Dancer

1 - SCHLEUNIGER Model EC3200 EcoCut

1 - DYNAMEX Tape Payoff, Model TPB30-2-D

1 - SCHLEUNIGER Model PF2000 PreFeed

1 - ROSENDAHL 630mm P/A Dual Reel T/U

1 - SCHLEUNIGER StripCrimp750

1 - NOKIA Model EKP50 P/A Dual Reel T/U

1 - IDEAL Model STP Stripper, Part #45-930

1 - SPHEREX 18” Dual Reel Take-up

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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 bysmaller companies. Published by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, it shows the relationship between continuous improvement, lean, and quality, and focuses on implementation for operators, managers, and owners. It includes a supplementary CD-ROM. Price, $95, $75 for WAI members, plus shipping. To purchase, go to wirenet.org and click on The WAI Store. PROCEEDINGS OF WAI’S 81ST ANNUAL CONVENTION. These proceedings of WAI's 81st Annual Conv., Interwire 2011 Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Available only on CD-ROM, this is the Conference Proceedings of technical papers presented during the event. The price is $90, $75 for WAI members. To purchase, go to wirenet.org and click on The WAI Store. ELECTRICAL WIRE HANDBOOK SET. Focusing on the special needs of the insulated wire and cable industry, these books examine materials, equipment, and products. They include sections on electrical conductors, insulating materials, extrusion equipment, power transmission, building wire, flexible cords and cables, control and signal cables, communication cables, magnet wire, heater wire, and

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other applications. The set is divided into three separate handbooks. Part 1 is Wire and Cable Production Materials; Part 2 is Wire and Cable Production Processes, and Part 3 is Types of Cables. Parts 1 and 2 are now available. The price is $99, $59 for WAI members, plus shipping. To purchase, go to wirenet.org and click on the WAI Bookstore. PROCEEDINGS OF WAI'S 81ST ANNUAL CONVENTION, INTERWIRE 2011. These proceedings of WAI's 81st Annual Conv., Interwire 2011 Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.. Available only on CD-ROM, this is the Conference Proceedings of technical papers presented during the event. The price is $90, $75 for WAI members. To purchase, go to wirenet.org and click on The WAI Store. WASHINGTON ROEBLING'S FATHER: A MEMOIR OF JOHN A. ROEBLING. This 271-page, softcover, indexed book edited by WAI Historian Donald Sayenga and published in 2009 focuses on the legacy of the legendary engineers. Even among legendary engineers, the Roebling family stands out. The brilliant and irascible patriarch John A. Roebling achieved renown as a canal engineer, bridge designer, and innovator of wire rope— a technology that makes possible modern suspension bridges, high-rise elevators, construction cranes, and cable cars. All four of John’s sons inherited the family business, but only the eld-

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est—the reserved, thoughtful Washington—staked an independent claim to fame, most notably for his work on the iconic Brooklyn Bridge. Between 1893 and 1907, Washington Roebling wrote about his father’s life, character, career, and achievements with candor and intimate family details. Sayenga transcribed the original manuscript and tracked down annotations for hundreds of people, places, events, and technologies. The price is $55, $45 for WAI members, plus shipping. To purchase, go to wirenet.org and click on The WAI Store. THE ROEBLING LEGACY. This 288-page indexed book by Clifford W. Zink presents a different perspective of the Roebling legacy. “But it’s all wire,” proclaimed a 1950s Roebling Company brochure about its product line, which included wire rope, copper magnet and electrical wire, screens and hardware cloth, aircord and aircraft strand, flat and braided wire, PC wire and strand, galvanized bridge wire, among others. To maximize quality, the Roeblings started drawing their own wire in the 1850s, rolling bars into rods in the 1870s, and making their own steel in the 1900s. Wire is the binding thread through 125 years of Roebling and American industrial history chronicled in The Roebling Legacy. The price is $75, $50 for WAI members, plus shipping. To purchase, go to wirenet.org and click on The WAI Store.

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

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

Gimax Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Insert, between pp. 16-17

Anbao Wire & Mesh Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

GMP Slovakia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

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

Howar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Howar/Metavan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14, 28

Carris Reels Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cover 4

Keir Manufacturing Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

CM Furnaces Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Lesmo Machinery America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Esteves Group USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Lubrizol Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cover 2

George Evans Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Micro Products Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Flymca & Flyro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Niehoff GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Paramount Die Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Frontier Composites & Castings Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Parkway-Kew Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Fuhr GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Power Sonics LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Pressure Welding Machines Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

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ADVERTISER . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PAGE Proton Products Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37, 43 Queins Machines GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

July 2013 WJI • Equipment

Sheaves Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 SIKORA AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Advertising Deadline: June 1, 2013

Sjogren Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 August Strecker GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Teknor Apex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 TMS Specialties Mftg Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Paul Troester Maschinenfabrik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Woodburn Diamond Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 WT Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Wyrepak Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, 21

WIRE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL ADS WAI Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Save the date: WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 WAI Webinars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

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Robert J. Xeller Anna Bzowski Wire Journal International 1570 Boston Post Road P.O. Box 578 Guilford, CT 06437-0578 USA Tel: 203-453-2777 Fax: 203-453-8384 sales@wirenet.org

U.K., France, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Denmark & Scandinavia Jennie Franks David Franks & Co. 63 St. Andrew’s Road Cambridge CB4 1DH, England Tel/fax: 44-1223-360472 franksco@btopenworld.com

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Wind up with an Amacoil/Uhing assembly for perfect pitch every time Pitch is adjustable (10:1) without requiring gear changes or adjusting motor speed. A single Amacoil/Uhing assembly may be used for winding many different diameter materials. Automatic reversal of the traverse is mechanically controlled – without clutches, cams or gears. No electronics or programming needed. FEATURES • Zero backlash. • Automatically synchronizes pitch with take-up reel rotational speed. • Traverse drives with up to 800 lbs. axial thrust. • Smooth, unthreaded shaft won't clog or jam – no bellows assembly needed. • One inexpensive, unidirectional motor drives both the traverse and take-up reel. • Free movement lever – no need to "jog" system on and off to position linear drive. • Options and accessories for every winding situation. • Light, medium and heavy-duty systems.

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