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Volume 48 | Number 10 | October 2015

Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

FEATURES

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Industry News. . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Asian Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 People. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Fiber Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Fastener Update . . . . . . . . . . 23 WAI News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Chapter Corner . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Technical Papers . . . . . . 60-67

Preview: CabWire 2015 . . . . . . 36 CabWire World Conference, a multi-industry association event, returns to Düsseldorf, Germany, site of the 2011 event, with a full technical program, special presentations, a plant tour, a social event, tabletop display and networking opportunities.

Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Manufacturing Focus . . . . . . . . 44

Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

This feature targets the ferrous sector, with multiple elements that, sadly, have little to do with manufactuing and far more with the direct and/or indirect results of China’s continued excess production of steel.

Career Opportunities . . . . . . 77 Advertisers’ Index . . . . . . . . 79

TECHNICAL PAPERS

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November 2015

• Green Focus • Wrapup: IWCS • Wrapup: wire Southeast Asia

On the effects of heat treatment on the properties of extension springs Mark Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 IWCS Paper: The evolution of micro-cables Justin Quinn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Cover: This Manufacturing Focus feature hones in on some of the realities that can result from a global steel market with far too much capacity and not enough demand.

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CHINA

INSIDE THIS ISSUE “the growth of any country is possible only if the number of employed persons grows” is satisfied, India will be the next territory that we must serve intensively with our equipment and technology. Of course, thelocation basic infra- 27 WAI business, wherever the structures are presently not sufficient and not adequate to permit the harmonious growth of this giant. Carmelo Maria Brocato, Continuus-Properzi. China is and will remain the most important BRICS member country, despite slowing growth. Brazil is looking more like India, mired in corruption scandals, while India at this point under a new regime holds the most promise. Again, whether the reforms promised by the new government in India lead to rapid growth remains to be seen. Russia will continue to have problems and it will take several years to recover from Western-imposed sanctions. Not much has been heard from South Africa, though it is now officially a member. I think the BRICS going Champlain to continue Cable to be relevant. WAIthat President Bill are Reichert While of GDPwith growth maymembers slow for at a few leadsthe thepace discussion board the years dueAssociation’s to political and socio-economic or sanctions, new headquarters atfactors Bradley Road in etc., these remain temporary at best. As of 40% Madison, Connecticut. Theroadblocks meeting saw a slew of topics the world’s population residesboth in these countries, is covered by members, present and by itteleinevitable that at some point in the future they will produce conference. And, by the time you get this issue, the andproverbial consume paint the majority of the world’s output. will have dried and the emptyRahul shelves Sachdev, Wire & Plastic Machinery. you see will be home to bound copies of past years of WJI issues. Russia faced economic and political distresses in 2014 but now the situation may be back to normal in a very

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short time. India is a huge country, a place with a multitude of religions/cultures, from industry effort CabWire: A and group 38 an industrial point of view it’s not possible to generalize into a single evaluation. What is certain is that India is a land that has thousands of opportunities, as does—to a lesser extent and all the differences considered —South Africa. CompaBellina nies in South African are focusing on quality and innovation and our Group is laying the groundwork for a big market development there. Brazil, the world’s sixth largest economy—even though itCabWire is very far fromConference Italy and presents some customs clearWorld returns Tuesday, ance 3, and policies Center issues—is a market Nov. to trade the Congress Düsseldorf in increasingly important for our strategic Düsseldorf, Germany, for theframework. seventh such holding other thought: BRICS acronym originally ofOne the biennial event, the which continues to bewas staged used to deﬁindustry ne countries characterized by aand developing by multiple organizations. Ferrous economic situation, strong in GDP, large popnonferrous programs aand moregrowth are offered. Thea city, ulation, a vast territory and abundant natural resources. which should be familiar to industry veterans, also In 2015, we can’t talk of them any more as “developing hosted CabWire the same location in 2011. with the G7 countries” but asatsuperpowers that, together countries, dominate the worldwide market. Fabio Bellina, TKT Group.

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EDITORIAL EDITORIAL

China all too pleased to be a ‘paper tiger’ Much of the manufacturing feature in this issue focuses on China, and while some of the news may be annoying there’s little that will truly surprise anyone: even as growth slows, the country remains a world leader in seemingly countless fields. For a different perspective, this editorial considers activity in another field: paper. How did China, which has relatively modest forest resources, become the world’s paper production leader? The answer may seem obvious, but there’s more to it, as was spelled out in an award-winning article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that provides a base for what follows. This industry story is based in Wisconsin, best known for being home to Harley-Davidson motorcycles, the NFL’s Green Bay Packers and a massive dairy industry. But for many years, it was also the biggest contributor to the U.S. paper industry, which had long been the world’s largest producer. In 2009 that paper reign ended when China took over, propelled by a 10-year growth period that saw it triple its paper production. China was also a world leader in imports of pulp. Ironically, that included some pulp harvested from Wisconsin trees. So, how can a Wisconsin tree be cut down, pulped, trucked to a port, shipped 7,000 miles around the globe and come back as paper that is less expensive than that produced in a local mill? Here’s one answer: per the Economic Policy Institute, the Chinese government paid at least $33 billion in subsidies to its paper industry from 2002 to 2009. At this point, it sounds like the same ol’, same ol’, but the story is more than just subsidies. Yes, there were numerous “other” issues, from illegal logging and at times questionable “sustainability” matters, but what China did was take action. Lots of it. Its paper industry created industrial-scale plantations, invested in the best technology and focused on R&D. In an odd twist, China’s largest paper entity is Malaysia-based Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), which has some 20 modern mega-mills spread across the country. In 2011, APP turned to Wisconsin, where Jeff Lindsay, a local paper industry veteran whose name is on 130 U.S. related paper patents, agreed to serve as its head of intellectual property. In an interview, he said that the U.S. had lost its culture of investment, innovation and risk, and is in denial about China’s competitive edge from science, engineering and ingenuity. APP’s Chinese staff crossbreed their tree cutlings to stand straight with branches only at the top, for less waste and more pulp. The eucalyptus trees can grow up to 90 feet in six years, reportedly a tenth of the time it takes for hardwood trees in Wisconsin. For more about this, see p. 69. The Chinese story may be one of subsidies on a massive scale, but beyond that, it is also a story of pursued advantages and innovation, a very formidable combination whatever the industry.

Mark Marselli Editor-in-chief

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CALENDAR Dec. 3-5, 2015: Cable & Wire Fair 2015 New Delhi, India. To be held at the Pragati Maidan. Contact: Tulip 3P Media Pvt. Ltd., tel. 91-11- 45678 421/22/23, info@wirecable.in.

WIRE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL EVENTS April 4-8, 2016: 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. June 7-9, 2016: WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo Uncasville, Connecticut, USA. This WAI event, which will be held at the Mohegan Sun, will include its trade show, technical programs and WAI’s 86th Annual Convention. Sept. 26-29, 2016: wire China 2016 Shanghai, China. The 7th All China International Wire & Cable Industry Trade Fair will be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC). Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com. Oct. 5-7, 2016: Spring World 2016 Rosemont, Illinois, USA. To be held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, this event is organized by CASMI (Chicago Association of Spring Manufacturers, Inc.) Contact: CASMI Ofﬁce, tel. 847-447-1087, info@casmi-springworld.org Oct. 5-7, 2016: Wire & Cable India Mumbai, India. This event will be held at the Bombay Convention & Exhibition Center. Contact: See wire China 2016.

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For more information, contact the WAI, USA. Tel. 001-203-453-2777; fax 001-203-453-8384; www.wirenet.org. Oct. 15, 2015: The Vannais Southeast Chapter’s 14th Annual Golf Tournament Conover, North Carolina. The Southeast Chapter will return to the Rock Barn Golf and Spa. Contact: Art Deming, tel. 252-955-9451, art.deming@nexans.com. Oct. 19, 2015: Western Chapter’s 14th Annual Golf Tournament Fontana, California. The Western Chapter return to the Sierra Lakes Golf Club. Contact: John Stevens, jstevens@emc-wire.com, tel. 909-476-9776, ext. 21, or WAI’s Steve Fetteroll, sfetteroll@wirenet.org.

Nov. 3, 2015: 7th biennial CabWire World Technical Conference Düsseldorf, Germany. To be held at the Congress Centre, this conference is a joint venture between the IWMA, IWCEA, ACIMAF, CET and the WAI. More details to follow at www.cabwire.com. June 7-9, 2016: WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo Uncasville, Connecticut, USA. This WAI event, which will be held at the Mohegan Sun, will include its trade show, technical programs and WAI’s 86th Annual Convention.

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS ABB reports winning a $90 million order for record power cable system ABB has won an order worth around $90 million from Statoil, a leading international energy company, for a high-voltage cable system to supply power from the Norwegian shore to the Johan Sverdrup offshore oil ﬁeld.

(HVDC) converter stations for the same project. One will be located onshore at Haugsneset, where it will turn alternating current (AC) from the grid into DC, which can be transmitted efﬁciently over 200 km to the second station which is on one of the oil platforms. There, the DC current will be converted back into AC and distributed to the rest of the ﬁeld. ABB notes that it has commissioned more than 25 DC and hundreds of AC cable links around the world.

FCC to pay broadband suppliers for more U.S. rural broadband deployment

ABB will supply some 200 km of HV cable. ABB photo. A press release reported the following about the project. ABB will supply an 80-kilovolt (kV) extruded direct current (DC) cable system with a capacity of 100 megawatts to transmit power from the Norwegian power grid to the Johan Sverdrup offshore production facility. At around 200 km in length, it will be the longest extruded submarine cable system to an offshore oil and gas platform facility in the world. The oil field, located some 155 km west of Stavanger in the North Sea, Johan Sverdrup is considered one of the largest offshore oil fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Once fully operational, production is estimated at 550,000 to 650,000 barrels of oil per day, accounting for nearly 40% of total oil production from the NCS. Supplying electric power from shore for offshore oil and gas production avoids the need to burn diesel or gas out at sea to power the equipment and machinery on the platforms, resulting in substantial reductions in carbon and nitrogen oxide emissions. In addition to the environmental benefits of powering the cluster of platforms from shore, the cable solution is safer and more energy-efficient than generating the power offshore using fossil fuels. “With this ‘power from shore’ cable solution, ABB will once again be pushing the boundaries of technology and lowering environmental impact, in line with our vision of power and productivity for a better world,” said Claudio Facchin, president of ABB’s Power Systems division. The release said that in March, ABB was awarded an order to supply the two High Voltage Direct Current

The Federal Communications Commission has big broadband goals, and those come with a big price as it plans to pay $6 billion over the next six years to 10 broadband suppliers to spread broadband deployment in rural areas. Per published reports, the FCC wants the telecoms to roll out high-speed broadband to some 7.3 million rural consumers in 45 states and one territory. The list of participating companies and first-year funding includes: AT&T: $427,706,650; Cincinnati Bell: $2,229,130; CenturyLink: $505,702,762; Consolidated: $13,922,480; Fairpoint: $37,430,669; Frontier: $283,401,855; Hawaiian Telcom: $4,424,319; Micronesian Telecom: $2,627,177; Verizon: $48,554,986; and Windstream: $174,895,478. “Today we are taking a significant step forward in narrowing the rural-urban digital divide,” FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said in a statement. “The financial support provided by American ratepayers through the Connect America program is an investment in the future of our rural communities that will pay dividends for all Americans for years to come.” The FCC said that about one in three people living in rural areas cannot download material at speeds of at least 10 Mbps, which is far slower than the FCC’s defi-

Installation of ﬁber optic cable in rural areas may become a more common sight. Photo by www.indyweek.

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“The 2500 kcmil cable is a way for us to broaden our power cable offering to our customers,” said Tanya April 28-30, 2015: Interwire 2015 & WAI’s 85th Lauer, vice president of sales for Kerite. “It’s great Convention toAnnual have the 2500 kcmil back in our portfolio, and the Atlanta, Georgia, USA.will WAI returns to the Georgia expansion up to 69kV also give our customers World Congress Center to stage its biennial trade and another good option to consider, with the quality show, technical programs and 85th Annual Convention. reliability they’ve come to know and expect from Kerite. Contact: USA. Tel.that.” 001-203-453-2777; fax 001And we’reWAI, excited about 203-453-8384; www.wirenet.org. In other news, Mumbai, India. To be held at the Bombay Convention Kerite completed April 4-8, 2016: wire Düsseldorf & Exhibition Centre. its Contact: Düsseldorf Kerite supplies firstMesse 2500 kcmil the installation Düsseldorf, Germany. This biennial event will North America, 312-781-5180, 15kV powertel. cable in a decade of kVatunderbe69 held the Messe fairgrounds. Contact: Messe info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com. Kerite, a U.S.-based manufacturer of medium- and ground transmisDüsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, TM Nov. 9-12, 2014: 63rdpower IWCScable Conference high-voltage insulated products, reports that sion cable circuits www.mdna.com. info@mdna.com, Island, USA. To bekcmil held at the Rhode itProvidence, once again Rhode is manufacturing a 2500 15kV power at two newly June 8-9, 2016: Island Convention Center. Contact: Pat Hudak, IWCS, cable. constructed sub- WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo tel. 717-993-9500, phudak@iwcs.org, www.iwcs.org. A press release, which said that the company has stations 30 miles Uncasville, Connecticut, USA. This WAI event, which shipped its fi rst order of the product to Dayton Power north of Denver, Nov. 26-28, 2014: MFSH 2014 will be held and Light in Ohio, noted the following. Kerite previColorado. at the Mohegan Sun Resort Center, will Shanghai, China. The China (Shanghai) International include trade show, technical programs and WAI’s ously manufactured the 2500 kcmil 15 kV power cable, A pressitsrelease Exhibition on Platemetal, Bar, Wire, Steel Rope, Metal 86th Annual Convention. WAI, USA. Tel. 001-203-453but stopped and making it inEquipment 2005 due to lackContact: of demand. said that the instalProcessing Setting 2014. 2777; fax 001-203-453-8384; www.wirenet.org. Recent customer inquiries, however, led Kerite8138, to make lation projects, Shanghai Aoya Exhibition Co., at 86-21-3351 the appropriate adjustments to the manufacturing line for rural electric ayexpo@vip.163.com. to once again offer it as part of the company’s specialty cooperative United cable portfolio. Power, Inc., took W ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL EVENTS place at substaIn IRE addition to the 15 kV product, Kerite has begun Construction of the Kerite power more information, the WAI, USA. Tel. 001-203-453-2777; fax 001-203-453-8384; www.wirenet.org. toFor manufacture—for thecontact first time—a 2500 kcmil tions in DelCamino cable system in Colorado. 69 kV power cable, for customers who need to increase and Davis that will Sept. 8, above 2014: New Chapter 20th The Annual Oct.power 20, 2014. Western Chapter’s Annual Golf ampacity 15 kVEngland in a particular circuit. help a new oil refinery in Fort 14th Lupton, Colorado. Tournament Tournament 69Golf kV option is a new product for Kerite, and as with The underground circuit solution was used due to an Ellington, Connecticut, New England Chapter Fontana, California, USA. The Western Chapter the 15 kV, has been addedUSA. as aThe result of customer inquiexisting network of overhead distribution lines andwill will return to the Ellington Ridge Country Club. Contact: return to the Sierra Lakes Golf Course. Contact: John ries and demand. Both the 15 kV and 69 kV cable prod230 kV transmission lines at both substation locations. WAI’s Anna Bzowski, tel. 203-453-2777, ext. 126, Stevens, tel. 905-851-5633, jstevens@emc-wire.com. ucts were described as being ideal for substation work, The combined projects required some 14,000 feet of abzowski@wirenet.org. where increased ampacity is needed and adding a second Kerite 69 kV underground HV transmission cable. April 28-30, 2015: Interwire 2015of &single-conductor WAI’s 85th circuit is not a viable option. Both projects involved installation Oct. 2,has 2014. Vannais Southeast Chapter’s 13th Annual Convention Kerite beenThe delivering mediumand high-voltage 69 kV solid dielectric power cable, 69 kV terminations, Golf Atlanta, arresters, Georgia, ground USA. See main listing. (5Annual kV to 138 kV)Tournament power cable solutions to utilities across lightning continuity conductors, cable Conover, North Chapter North America for Carolina, decades. ItUSA. notesThe that Southeast it can provide minisheath bonding accessories, cable supports, clamps, and willorder returnquantities to the Rock Barnand Golflead andtimes Spa. with Contact: Art Junecable 8-9, 2016: WAI to Operations Summit mum (MOQs) the 2500 other accessories make complete working underDeming, tel. 252-955-9451, art.deming@nexans.com. & Wire Expo kcmil product of 3,000 feet and 10 weeks, respectively. ground 69 kV cable circuits. Uncasville, Connecticut, USA. See main listing. nition of at least 25 Mbps. Carriers receiving the support must build out broadband to 40% of funded locations Sept. 2014: wire by the 24-27, end 2017, 60% by China the end2014 of 2018, 80% by the Shanghai, To beby held theof Shanghai New end of 2019,China. and 100% theatend 2020. The program International Expoparticipating Centre (SNIEC). Contact: generally requires companies to Messe provide Northdownstream America, tel. 312-781-5180, atDüsseldorf least 10 Mbps and 1 Mbps upstream, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com. though in some areas downstream speeds of 4Oct. Mbps are permissible. 28-30, 2014: Wire & Cable India

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Kerite, founded in 1854 and based in Seymour, Connecticut, is a member of the Marmon Utility Group of companies.

Southwire plans to expand workforce at recently purchased Huntersville plant Southwire Company, which on July 31 closed its purchase of the former ABB power cable plant in Huntersville, South Carolina, plans to expand its workforce there by some 20 positions in the next two years.

Per the story, the investigation was launched at the request of Mexican manufacturers ArcelorMittal Las Truchas, Deacero and Ternium Mexico, who allege that Chinese steel wire rod has been entering Mexico at lower prices than the product is sold for in China, known as “dumping.” The investigation covers the period between January 1, 2012, and March 31, 2015. The complainants claim that imports of Chinese steel wire rod increased significantly during the investigation period, both in absolute terms and relative to the size of the Mexican market, thereby harming domestic producers. The Secretariat of Economy said that there is sufficient evidence that Chinese steel wire rod has been sold at unfair prices in Mexico, the story reported. The Secretariat said that imports of steel wire rod from China grew 282% percent in the period under review, and their share of domestic consumption grew by 6.7% points.

USITC votes to continue existing penalties for PC strand from China

The Southwire name graces its new HV cable plant. A report in the Charlotte Business Journal said that the announcement was made at a recent Open House at the plant, where Charlie Murrah, president of the Southwire energy division, discussed the additions to come for the site, which currently has 65 employees. “We bought this plant to grow this facility,” he told crowd of some 150 people. The event, the story said, was live-streamed to other Southwire plants and the Georgia headquarters. Southwire has changed the signs on the 240,000-sq-ft plant. Murrah said that the company wanted “to show our culture from the first day.” The reported noted that Southwire, with 2014 revenue of $5.4 billion, is North America’s largest electrical wire manufacturer, and No. 3 in the world. The $90 million high-voltage cable plant, located in the Commerce Station Business Park about 15 miles north of uptown Charlotte, opened three years ago. It has a distinctive 430-foot tower that’s used to uniformly cool insulation on cable. The Huntersville plant will serve as a sister facility to a Southwire high-voltage cable plant in Heflin, Alabama, Murrah said, noting that some products will be made in both plants as support for the sister facility.

Mexico to investigate steel wire rod from China alleged to be dumped The Mexican Government has initiated an anti-dumping investigation on imports of steel wire rod from Chinese companies, according to a notification in Mexico’s Official Gazette. 12 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has determined that revoking the existing antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on prestressed concrete steel wire strand from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. As a result of the Commission’s affirmative determinations, by a 6-0 vote, on imports of this product from China will remain in place from what was set in 2010. Those findings had been AD duties ranging from 42.97% to 193.55% and CVD margins ranging from 8.85% to 45.85%. Petitioners in the original case were American Spring Wire Corp., Insteel Wire Products Company and Sumiden Wire Products Corp.

Study: U.S. wire and cable demand to rise 5.6% annually through 2019 U.S. insulated wire and cable demand is projected to surpass $27 billion in 2019 on 5.6% annual advances as total consumption of insulated wire and cable is expected to continue to recover from its depressed 2009 level. A press release from U.S.-based Freedonia, the publisher of Insulated Wire & Cable, a 261-page report, projects that there will be a strong expected recovery in construction expenditures that will fuel growth in demand for several types of wire, including building, electronic, and power wire and cable. It predicts that building wire and cable, which held the largest share of demand in 2014, will continue to offer some of the best opportunities, exceeding $8 billion in 2019. That performance, it said, will stem from the expected acceleration in growth of building construction expenditures, after a period of tepid improvement between 2009 and 2014. Similarly, the construction market for insulated wire and cable is forecast to see the fastest growth of any wire and cable market

India expansion of broadband network delayed due to project scope, costs Completion of India’s national broadband network, part of the government’s “Digital India” program, is expected to be delayed by at least two years. Per a story in the Economic Times, the network, also known as BharatNet, was due for completion by the end of 2016, but that date has since been changed to December 2018 at the earliest. Aruna Sundararajan, the managing director and chairwoman of Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), said that the delay was due to increases in the scale of the project and a three-fold rise in costs. The rollout of the state-

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through 2019. In addition to building wire, the rising construction expenditures will benefit demand for other types of wire used in building construction, such as telephone wire and coaxial cable. The release said that the electrical equipment market held the largest share of insulated wire and cable demand by market in 2014. Through the forecast period, demand is projected to increase 4.1% a year, driven by heightened demand for wire and cable for power transmission and distribution. Increasing electricity production as well as use of new sources of power generation, such as solar and wind farms, will support growth. However, decelerating growth of appliance and other equipment shipments will restrain growth of other types of wire and cable for electrical equipment markets. Slower price growth will also limit faster growth in spending on wire for electrical equipment. Looking at the telecom market, the release said that it requires “a vast array of wire and cable products,” and is another important market for insulated wire and cable. Demand for insulated wire and cable for this market is projected to exceed $4 billion in 2019. The continued usage of electronic devices that rely on wireless technology will dampen demand for wire and cable used to connect such devices. However, the growing usage of such devices will require continued improvements to the existing telecommunications infrastructure. Although much of this work has already been completed, there is still significant investment needed in the “last-mile” infrastructure upgrades, which will support overall wire and cable demand. The report also includes historical demand data (2004, 2009 and 2014) plus forecasts (2019 and 2024) by material, product and market. The study also considers market environment factors, details the industry structure, assesses company market share and profiles over 20 U.S. industry players. The report (#702284) can be purchased at www.reportbuyer. com. For more details, contact Sarah Smith, research advisor, at tel. 44-208-816-85-48 (U.K.), query@reportbuyer.com.

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owned company’s initiative is now expected to cost US$10.8 billion, and the government has yet to approve the revised cost. BharatNet was originally planned to provide connectivity to 250,000 gram panchayats (village councils), but the project has since been extended to include 300,000 schools, 30,000 health centers, 200,000 government institutions and the installation of 250,000 public Wi-Fi hotspots. To date, the report said, a total of 58,400 km of fiber-optic cable has been installed.

General Cable reports completion of sale of its operations in Thailand General Cable Corporation reports that it has completed the sale of its Thailand operations to MM Logistics Co., Ltd., for approximately $88 million. A press release said that the closing of the sale of the Thailand operations is the first of a two-step closing process, and that it expected to complete the sale of the remaining Asia Pacific operations—including China, New Zealand and Australia—to occur at the end of September. The company expects to generate approximately $205 million of cash proceeds from the sale of Thailand, China, New Zealand and Australia. “We are executing our divestiture plan and focusing on operational excellence in our core markets in North America, Europe and Latin America,” said Mike McDonnell, President and CEO. The collective sales should generate total cash proceeds of approximately $293 million, he said.

Work begins on long-delayed fiber optic link between Kenya and South Sudan Kenya and South Sudan have begun work on the fiber optic cable to connect the two countries within the next two years, a project that had been discussed in 2012. Per multiple media reports, the fiber optic system is part of the Eastern Africa Regional Transport, Trade and Development Facilitation Project. The government will lay 1,600 km of fiber across the country, and link it with undersea cables via Uganda and Tanzania. South Sudan has telecoms operators, such as Vivacell, but lacks the infrastructure to offer high-speed internet connections. The ministry said that plans called for the work to begin at the beginning of 2013, but had to be set aside

Work has begun to connect Kenya and South Sudan with a fiber optic cable. Photo by Daily Monitor.

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Finland government gives its okay for a submarine cable project The government in Finland has given its consent for a connection to a 1,175-km submarine cable project, called Sea Lion, that runs from Santahamina in Helsinki to Markgrafenheiden in Germany. Per the Finland Times, the project will meet the need for a core network connection between Central Europe and the northern and eastern areas of the Baltic Sea. The length of the cable connection in Finnish territorial waters is about 28.5 km and in the economic zone it is about 312 km. The cable will run through the economic zones and territorial waters of Finland, Denmark, and Germany as well as the economic zone of Sweden. The project, the story said, is part of a long-term economic investment in the Finnish economic zone.

Alcatel-Lucent to supply ‘G.Fast’ last-leg copper solution in Taiwan Deployment of the America Europe Connect (AEConnect) subsea cable system has begun, with the first stage of that process recently completed in Ireland, where the cable arrived for the process that will see it deployed to reach its final destination in the U.S.

Per multiple media reports, the AEConnect system, to be owned and operated by Aqua Comms, an Irish fiber optic company, should be ready for service in the next five or six months. The cable is from TE SubCom, which notes that it now has supplied more than 490,000 km of undersea cable, enough to circle the globe 12 times. The reports said that the combination of fiber and G.fast will enable Chunghwa Telecom to quickly provide fast broadband to tens of thousands of homes in Taiwan within two years, and also meet the country’s National Communications Commission plan to improve fixed broadband access in hard-to-reach residential locations, the release said. Chunghwa Telecom, they said, will launch ultra-broadband services using G.fast for 8.4 million Taiwanese homes, low- and highrise buildings in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Nigeria’s MainOne extends the range of its submarine cable to Cameroon

Nigeria-based undersea cable firm MainOne is extending its submarine fiber cable to Cameroon with a new system that will span approximately 1,100 km. A report in ThisDay said that the Nigerian-Cameroon Submarine Cable System (NCSCS) will also branch out to two strategic points in Nigeria’s South-south region, Escravos in Delta State and Qua Iboe in Akwa Ibom State. The new system is being built in partnership with Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel) and Huawei Marine Networks, with investment provided by the

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be-cause of a war. Okwaci said the conflict that started in 2013 would not deter the ministry from its aim of linking South Sudan to the information superhighway, citing calm in places such as the capital.

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Cameroon government. It is expected to deliver capacity of up to another 12.8 Tbps to broadband users in that country by the end of 2015. The story said that MainOne has committed to investing another US$300 million in the region over the next 10 years to improve internet access via ﬁber and data centers in Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria.

Comcast plans to deploy super-fast cable to help it compete with Google Comcast announced that it plans to roll out a next-generation cable technology that will allow it to compete at the same speed that Google Fiber has, which is 1 gigabit per second, without requiring optical fiber. Per a press release, the company is planning to make its 1-gigabit service rollouts to be available later this year and looking forward to extending the service nationwide in about two to three years. Comcast plans to upgrade the entire network to the DOCSIS 3.1 standard that would allow gigabit speeds for all Comcast customers, as informed by an executive to the press. A study by digital traffic company Akamai ranked average U.S. internet connection speeds (48.8 megabits per second) as 17th “fastest” on a global scale, trailing not only high tech strongholds like Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, and Israel but also relatively backwards nations such as Romania, Uruguay, and Latvia. The release said that the gigabit per second is at least 50 times faster than the typical broadband connection most cable companies, and that Comcast’s technology could supply internet speeds up to 10 gigabits per second. The key to the new technology is how it transfers data over existing cable networks, and is separate from its Internet service Gigabit Pro, which can deliver data at 2 gigabits per second via an in-home fiber network.

Corning fiber product wins SCTE’s technical innovation of the year award Corning Incorporated reported that the company’s SMF-28® Ultra Optical Fiber recently received the “Overall SCTE 2015 Technological Innovation of the

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Year Award” at the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers’ (SCTE) Summer Lecture event in Bicester, U.K. A press release said that the SMF-28 Ultra fiber, “the first in the market to combine the benefits of industry-leading attenuation and improved macrobend performance in one fiber,” also received the best technological innovation award in the category of “Best Broadband Network Transmission Solution.” “Network owners have a lot to consider when choosing the right fiber for access networks. Fortunately, technology advances have now removed the need to tradeoff between desirable properties,” said Barry Linchuck, division vice president and director, Worldwide Marketing, Corning Optical Fiber. “Corning’s revolutionary process innovations deliver lower attenuation and improved macrobend performance with no design compromise.”

U.S. state plans to extend its use of of cable barriers on Iowa interstates The Iowa Department of Transportation plans further deployment of safety cables on interstates. Chris Poole, a safety programs engineer with the Iowa DoT, said that in 2010, 21 people died in Iowa as a result of cross-median collisions. The DOT responded in 2011 by installing around 200 miles of the median cable barriers across the state. Before 2011, the state averaged 16 to 17 such fatalities a year,” he said. “Since 2011, that average per year is down to around six-and-a-half.” Poole said that there are plans to add more barriers, which costs about $120,00 per mile. “That’s about onetenth the cost of installing concrete barriers,” he said. The barriers, he noted, help prevent the most serious kinds of crashes: head-on collisions.

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ASIAN FOCUS New Chinese company finalized, and operations started with joint venture Earlier this year, the PKC Group reported that it has established a joint venture with Jiangsu Huakai Wire Harness Co. Ltd. (Huakai) that is called Jiangsu HuakaiPKC Wire Harness Co., Ltd. At its website, the company, based in Finland, explained why it made sense for its subsidiary in China to establish the JV with Huakai. “The China market is dominated by local private and central government

manufacturing electrical distribution systems for truck, construction vehicle and bus segments in China. Huakai’s key customers are Foton (and Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive), Kinglong and Iveco. Foton is the fourth biggest truck manufacturer in China with 11% market share in 2014. PKC’s technology offers the joint venture an opportunity to expand to more complex products, such as truck engines. The JV’s in-house wire, plastic and metal parts will also beneﬁt from cross selling opportunities to KC.

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Huakai supplies wire harnesses for a new Auman truck made by Beijing Foton Daimler. connected in-house manufacturers. These manufacturers always serve only one signiﬁcant truck OEM. The joint venture targets to get (additional) major truck OEMs.” China has the world’s largest, and growing, truck market, producing 32% of the world’s medium and heavy truck volumes, with 975,000 trucks produced in 2014. The JV will enable PKC’s market share in China to rise by 8% in 2015 from Huakai’s activity in developing and

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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to expedite its five-year “sunset” reviews concerning the countervailing duty order and the antidumping duty order on PC concrete steel wire strand from China. Per the government website, as a result of these votes, the Commission will conduct expedited reviews to determine whether revocation of these orders would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time, the release said. The review, it notes, is required by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act that forces the Department of Commerce (DoC) to revoke an antidumping or countervailing duty finding, or terminate a suspension agreement, after five years unless the DoC and ITC determine that revoking the finding or terminating the suspension agreement would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping or subsidies (Commerce) and of material injury (ITC) within a reasonably foreseeable time. The Commission generally does not hold a hearing or conduct further investigative activities in expedited reviews. All six Commissioners concluded that the domestic group response for these reviews was adequate and that the respondent group response was inadequate and voted for expedited reviews.

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PEOPLE Dave Rascati has been named vice president of sales for Premier Wire Die. He has 22 years of experience in the wire industry, starting out as a sales engineer for Die Quip, then working in different sales positions for ACS Industries/ACS – Wire Die Inc. (where he worked with Premier Wire Die owner Vince Griffin), and, most recently, Glen Carbide. He holds a B.S. degree in natural sciences from Rascati the University of Pittsburgh. Based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA, Premier Wire Die supplies dies for the wire and cable industry. Teknor Apex Company has promoted Sachin Sakhalkar to business manager, Americas, for the Thermoplastic Elastomer Division. He will head the TPE business in North, Central and South America, including compounds that are sold as part of the ® ® ® ® Elexar , Medalist , Monprene and Sarlink brands. He joined Teknor Apex in 2005 as a new business development manager for the TPE Division. In 2011 he was promoted to director of strategic marketing and new business development. He previously spent seven

years with Basell Polyolefins (now LyondellBasell Industries) as manager of strategic marketing and innovation. He holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Clemson University and an MBA in business administration from the R.H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. Based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Teknor Apex Company supplies a range of products to make of wire and cable.

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Tree Island Steel has named Monet Martin as a member of the company’s industrial sales team, representing the industrial wire market, including welded wire reinforcement and agricultural fence products, for Midwest U.S. Based in Canada, she has more than 16 years of industrial wire experience. The company also named Dan Ehler as a residential sales representative for Southern U.S. Based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, Tree Island Steel supplies a wide range of wire products for sectors that include construction, industrial, agricultural and specialty. n

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The American Fastener Journal, which has served the fastener industry for more than 30 years, has been sold to Tom Massar, the company’s sales manager. A press release cited Mike McGuire, AFJ co-publisher and president of McGuire Fasteners, Inc., as saying that both the magazine as well as the Fastener Journal Store have been acquired by Massar. “I am very pleased that Tom, my sales manager for 25 years, has acquired these properties and will continue their operations in Columbus, Ohio. With 25 years of experience with the AFJ, Tom has hundreds of contacts and the support of numerous advertisers to continue to make the AFJ the leading source of information for fastener professionals.”

Per his Linkedin proﬁle, Massar is also president of Massar Media,which he started in 1998. He has also served as advertising manager of Ohio Pretroleum Marketer from 1998 to 2010. He attended The Ohio State University. The release said that Cyndi Daines, well known as the AFJ graphic designer, will continue with the design and layout of the publication. Jennifer Judy will handle the editorial position and will work to continue to reach the goals the AFJ are known for and that are technical and educational fastener articles, fastener company proﬁles, economic, imported fasteners and publicly traded fastener stocks reports. The Fastener Store, known for its wide selection of thread gauges, fastener training posters and fastener reference books will also be headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The transition is already taking place and is ahead of schedule, the release said. The new AFJ contact information is: Tom Massar, publisher, American Fastener Journal, 6759 Oakfair Ave., Columbus, OH, 43235, tel. 614-766-9669, tom@fastenerjournal.com, www.fastenerjournal.com. McGuire’s email address has been changed to mmcguire@mcguireusa.com.

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Florent Gougerot Marketing Manager STAS Inc.

Q: What does your company do? A: STAS Inc. is a high-tech equipment supplier located in Chicoutimi, Quebec. We specialize in the aluminum industry, especially treatment of molten aluminum. Q: What is your role there? A: As marketing manager, my role is to promote equipment and services worldwide and to develop new markets. Q: What do you like best about your position? A: I really enjoy meeting people, learning about them and the company they work for, discussing the problems they are facing at work and how we can help them. Q: How does your company remain competitive? A: We have been working on two fronts. First of all, we wanted to continue to develop our technologies in order to provide the best possible solutions to our customers, which has become possible thanks to a product management approach. Secondly, we have managed to control our costs internally in order to keep our prices competitive. In recent years, we have put in place a very good project management system that helps us not only to better track our projects but also helps our sales department to predict the availability of our staff for projects or in-plant services. Q: Why did you recently join WAI? A: I made a presentation at the Global Continuous Casting Forum in Atlanta earlier this year, where I discovered a new world for me. I must say that I had many good discussions and opportunities there, and I certainly want to keep in contact with the “wire world”!

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Erwin T Aquino Production Manager International Electric Wires Philippines Corp

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WAI’s Board of Directors and Association staff covered a wide range of issues. Interwire 2015. Beyond the positive feedback from exhibitors and attendees, the record attendance for the Fundamentals of Wire course and the energy provided by the return of the Global Continuous Casting Forum, 43 new members were signed up. “We pulled off an ‘A’ in my opinion,” Reichert said. Other discussions covered the 2018 location for Wire Expo, which will be held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

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The ďŹ rst webinar will be part one of a two-part program on corrosion, presented by WAI Past President Robert M. Shemenski. It will examine the nature and impact of corrosion by identifying characteristics of its major forms as well as corrosion-related technology. It is scheduled for Tuesday, November 10, at 11:00 a.m. EST. The future second part will delve deeper into corrosion mitigation. The second webinar will discuss ways to determine the root causes of issues typically blamed on the cleaning house. It will be presented by a team from Chemetall US, including Rudolf (Rudy) Vey and Jack McAfee. It is scheduled for Tuesday, November 17, at 11:00 a.m. EST. WAI Education Center webinars are free to WAI members and $55 for non-members.Visit www.wirenet.org for registration details and more information.

WAI Board of Directors election ballot includes candidates for 4 positions The WAI membership will soon be receiving an invitation, via Survey Monkey, to vote on eight positions for the Board of Directors, which includes four members seeking a second term and four individuals for new terms, all of which would start on Jan. 1, 2016. The current board members nominated for a second (3-year) term include: David Ferraro, Carris Reels; Patricio Murga, Viakable; Jan Sorige, Enkotec; and Andy Talbot, Mid-South Wire. Below are proďŹ les of the candidates for the new positions.

Eric Bieberich is president of Fort Wayne Wire Die, Inc., Fort Wayne, Indiana, a third-generation family business servicing the wire and cable industry since 1937. He has been with the company for more than 14 years, holding various positions in engineering, production management, sales and general management. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in materials science and metallurgical engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Michigan.

W.T. Bigbee is vice president product and research development at Encore Wire Corporation, McKinney, Texas, where he oversees technical and production operations and the development of new products and services. During his 18-year tenure there, he has served as director of technical operations and product engineering, plant manager and quality control and process engineering manager. He previously worked at General Cable for 10 years, where he started his career in the wire and cable industry.

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Brian Burr is president and CEO of Sumiden Wire Products, Inc., Dickson, Tennessee. He joined the company in 1990 and was promoted since then to key roles, including general manager, prior to becoming president and CEO in 2012. He completed the program at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, and received his undergraduate degree in business administration from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Richard Miller is senior vice president of manufacturing at Southwire Company in Carrollton, Georgia, USA, where he began his career. He has held numerous positions in engineering, materials management and plant management at various Southwire locations. The WAI president in 2013, he has previously served on the Board as well as multiple committees. He holds a B.Sc. degree in industrial engineering technology from Southern Technical Institute and also holds several Southwire patents.

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CHAPTER CORNER New England Chapter chalks up yet another successful golf tournament The WAI’s New England Chapter continued its winning ways on Monday, Sept. 14, when 130 golfers largely ignored blustery conditions and thoroughly enjoyed the day on the links. Starting off with four straight birdies was the winning team of Rick Amaral, Amaral Automation; Jim Craig, Judd Wire; Kevin Carroll, Tegra Medical; and Bill Campbell, American Screw and Barrel, who carded a very respectful 63, especially given the strong winds. Finishing second, with a score of 64, was the team of Aaron Nolan, Worldwide Solids; Dave Simpson, Worldwide Superabrasives; and Vince Grifﬁn and Mike Swift, both of Premier Wire Die. Tom Auger won the chipping contest and George Hess the putting contest. Chapter President Bob Srubas said that the event is always looked forward to and never disappoints because of the people who are part of it. “It’s great fun, socializing with friends from throughout the industry. It’s a closeknit community.” He added that winning with so many good teams playing is tough, but everyone has an equal chance to ace the hole-in-one contest. Despite many shots

The winning team of Rick Amaral, Jim Craig, Kevin Carroll and Bill Campbell. over the years, he said, the $10,000 prize continues to go unclaimed, but it has paid off in lots of laughter at the attempts, more than a few of which resulted in the drowning of quite a few golf balls in the nearby “lake.” Another event positive was that more than $2,200 was raised from the rafﬂe to go directly to the Scholarship fund. One big item was four tickets to a Patriots/ Redskins football game donated by Quirk Wire.

Lady foursome represents a New England chapter first The WAI’s New England Chapter quietly logged a first when it fielded its first-ever all-ladies foursome. The team included Lynne Russell and Susan Dunn Stanelun, both of Dewal Industries; Abigail Birch, Quirk Wire Co.; and Doreen Holmes, Temp-Flex, a molex company. Below, Birch presents her team’s thoughts. WJI: Did you plan to have an all-woman team or did it just work out that way? Birch: Lynne Russell from Dewal Industries put the team together. And yes, we did set out to have an all-women team. It wasn’t until a few weeks before the tournament that we realized our team would make history as the first all-women team at the tournament.

WJI: How did your team do, and do you plan to play again as an all-woman team? Birch: Our team played well, although we have some practicing to do before next year’s tournament. We haven’t ﬁrmed up an all-woman team for next year but we are strategizing to get more women involved.

Making their presence known to event volunteer John Rivers is the team (l-r) of Abigail Birch, Lynne Russell, Susan Dunn Stanelun and Doreen Holmes.

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WJI: Are any of you hardcore, regular players … or could this launch you to that mode? Birch: We are not hardcore players by any means, but there are a few of us who do enjoy the sport and play periodically. Being the ﬁrst all-women team has spurred us into becoming more competitive in the tournaments (in other words, to show some of the others that we mean business).

New England Chapter to visit Marmon Group’s Innovation Center on Nov. 5 Members of the WAI’s New England Chapter will tour the Marmon Group’s Innovation Center in East Granby, Connecticut, on Thursday, Nov. 5. A dinner is also being scheduled in connection with the event, which will see chapter members tour the 16,000sq-ft facility that officially opened in November 2013. The site serves as an R&D resource for the top engineering and scientific minds of the 14 Marmon cable companies that comprise the Marmon Engineered Wire & Cable group of companies. The Innovation and Technology Center allows these companies to enhance relationships with their customers involved in developing cables for high-performance and harsh environment applications.

Prior to their Sept. 14 golf tournament, the New England Chapter’s BOD met at WAI’s new headquarters in Madison, Connecticut, for an update on the event and to discuss their Nov. 5 visit to the Marmon Group’s Innovation Center in East Granby, Connecticut. At the opening of the Innovation Center, Marmon President Dennis Chalk said that the company’s goal is to become indispensable to clients by trying to identify technologies that will be required in the future. “This makes us an important partner to them. Customers appreciate our ability to hand off this aspect of new development to experts in the field (rather than) having to invest in doing that research themselves.” The tour will take place at 3 pm, followed by dinner at 5:30 pm at the Mill on the River in South Windsor. The cost, $85 for chapter members and $95 for all others, includes the tour, dinner and one drink. The tour is limited, so chapter members will be added to the list on a first-come, first-served basis. Sponsorships are also available: Gold, $300, which includes two company employee registrations; Silver: $200; which includes one company employee registration; and Bronze, $100. For more details, including sponsorships, contact WAI’s Anna Bzowski, tel. 203-453-2777, ext. 126, abzowski@ wirenet.org.

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Srubas said that he continues to be impressed by the fantastic sponsor support. “We always sell out, with most of them repeat sponsors from previous years.” He added that there was also a new sponsorship, Commemorative Hats, sponsored by Lloyd and Bouvier and James Monroe Wire and Cable Corp. Chapter President Bob Srubas, l, and John Rivers go over the team pairings Srubas thanked prior to tee-off. all the sponsors for making the event possible. In addition to the hats, those include: scorecard: Multi/Cable Corp; snackshack: Carris Reels, Fluoropolymer Resources, James Monroe Wire & Cable, Quirk Wire and RSCC Wire & Cable; hole-in-one: Commission Brokers; lunch: Amacoil T&T Marketing, Teknikor and Whitmore/WIREnetics; driving range: Fluorogistics; golf carts: Amaral Automation; teeoff breakfast: Fluoropolymer Resources and S&S Specialty Polymers; the putting contest: Wire & Plastic Machinery; long putt, Whitmore/WIREnetics; chipping contest: Chase/NEPTCO; long drive: Carris Reels and Sikora International; accurate drive: Gem Gravure and NDC Technologies; closest-to the-pin: Accel International, W. Gillies Technologies and Progressive Machinery; 10th hole reception: 3M, AGC Chemicals Americas, Accel International, Breen Color, Carris Reels, Davis-Standard, IWG-Bare Division, IWG High Performance Conductors, James Monroe Wire & Cable, Mossberg Associates, Multi/Cable and Steel Cable Reels; and corporate hole sponsors: 3M, Accel International, Arkema, Carris Reels, DeWal Industries, Fisk Alloy, Fluoropolymer Resources, James Monroe Wire & Cable, Joe Snee Associates, Mantec, Millard Wire & Specialty Strip, NDC Technologies, P&R Specialty, Plasticolor, Premier Wire Die, Q-S Technologies, Richards Apex, Tips & Dies, Teknikor Consulting, WCMA and Whitmore/WIREnetics. Finally, WAI sends kudos to the chapter volunteers who spent the day making sure the event remained on course: Denise Coyle, Brian Holden, Derek Olson, Harish Panchal, Maria Ryan, John Rivers and Srubas.

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Ohio Valley golf tourney: smaller, yes, but it’s still the Association’s best event The Ohio Valley Chapter Board of Directors are proud of their Sept. 17 golf tournament and it might surprise you to know why they believe it is the best in the series of chapter golf outings. With a final score of 65, the winning team of Dave Rascati, Premier Wire Die; Ron Finton, Classic Die Service; Vincent Griffin, Premier Wire Die; and Ben Walley, Classic Die Services no doubt thought highly of the event, but it gets rave reviews from anyone who got to play on the beautiful lush fairways at Grantwood Golf Course in Solon. “Every year that I can, I carve time out of my schedule for this tournament. It’s a perfect combination of challenge and fun,” states Tom Maxwell of Die Quip. The dry summer didn’t hurt the course and all of the players enjoyed a beautiful late summer day. It could also be the generous support of the sponsors that ensures everyone enjoys the event. Observes Chapter President Rob Fulop, of Wire Lab Company, from the on-course contests to the outing raffle, everyone is a winner, and many win twice.” The chapter is especially grateful to sponsors Bekaert, Chemetall, Die Quip, P&R Specialty, Premier Wire Die, Rainbow Rubber & Plastic, and Wire Lab for their support.

From l-r, the winning team of Dave Rascati, Premier Wire Die; Ron Finton, Classic Die Service; Vincent Griffin, Premier Wire Die; and Ben Walley, Classic Die Services. The sponsors opened the driving range for practice before the outing, provide a sleeve of balls to each player, and made sure that everything looked as pristine as the greens with a golf towel for each player. The chapter explains that the real difference between its outing and others, industry and non-industry, is the field, and therefore the pace of play. The Ohio Valley tournament has a small group of industry enthusiasts and they are finished and off the course before some outings make the turn. That means that they have that much more time for camaraderie and networking after the round. At the end of the day, the event remains an all-around winner. For information on playing or sponsoring next year’s event, contact golf chairman Mark MacKimm of Rainbow Rubber & Plastics, mmackimm@rainbowbelts.com.

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CabWire: the focus is on innovation CabWire World Conference returns Tuesday, Nov. 3, to the Congress Center Düsseldorf in Düsseldorf, Germany, for the seventh such holding of the biennial event, which continues to be staged by multiple industry organizations. The goal is to build upon the success of the 2013 CabWire conference, which was held in Milan, Italy. The German location is ideal, as the city is well known for hosting wire Düsseldorf, the world’s largest wire and cable industry event. The city also hosted CabWire in 2011, at

the same location, and the familiar setting is one more plus for attendees. CabWire 2015 has scheduled world-class speakers in ferrous and nonferrous ﬁelds, starting Tuesday morning, Nov. 3, with the keynote speech to be made by Dr. Klaus Probst, who recently retired as CEO, president and head of Wire & Cable Division of Leoni AG. His talk, “Success factors for sustainable international growth,” would be of much interest in any era, but should be even more of

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The above view, which shows the host location, the Congress Center Düsseldorf, will be a familiar sight to visitors to the biennial wire Düsseldorf trade show at the Messe Düsseldorf fairgrounds.

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value given current global conditions. Following Probst’s speech Tuesday, attendees will hear industry and technical presentations made by representatives from well-known companies that include: SAMP Spa (Italy); Niehoff GmbH & Co KG (Germany); SICME Italia Implanti (Italy); Sikora AG (Germany), De Montfort Dr Klaus Probst University, School of Engineering and Sustainable Development (UK); NV Bekaert SA (Belgium), FMS Force Measuring Systems AG (Switzerland), and Ceeco Bartell Products (Canada). Some of speakers were still being finalized as of press time, but the presentations, shown on the following pages, include the following topics: rolled profile wires; a new type of tungsten die for drawing zinc-coated wire; an energy-efficient drive system for winding machinery; heat resistant color coatings for a new generation of spring wires; and use of steel strip, shaped wire and round wire for production of umbilical cable and submarine cable. The event includes tabletop displays in the main reception and lunch area. That night, there will be a reception held at the Zum Schlüssel, a venue with a long and rich tradition, located in the Altstadt, the old world heart of Düsseldorf that likely is quite familiar to anyone who has attended wire Düsseldorf. The following day there is a tour of the ArcelorMittal Duisburg plant, which is located in the Ruhr region in northwest Germany. Sponsors for the event include: the International Wire & Machinery Association (IWMA); the International Wire & Cable Exhibitors Association (IWCEA), Wire Association International (WAI); the Associazione Costruttori Italiani Mecchine per Filo (ACIMAF) and the Comité Européen de la Tréfilerie (CET). The cost for CabWire is €175, which includes the presentations, reception, tabletops, networking opportunities and tour. The Congress Centre is only three km from Germany’s third largest airport. For more details on attending, becoming a sponsor to the event or securing a spot at the tabletop display, go to www.cabwire.com.

The 2013 technical program featured 29 presentations.

CabWire Schedule Events at Congress Center Düsseldorf unless noted otherwise. Morning and afternoon sessions include breaks to further visits at tabletops.

CabW ir e Wor ld Conference 2011

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 8:30 am - 11:00 am Registration open 8:30 am - 6:30 pm Tabletop Exhibition 9:30 am - 9:55 am Keynote Speaker 9:55 am - 12:30 pm Nonferrous program 10:05 am - 12:40 pm Ferrous program 12:40 pm - 1:50 pm Lunch 1:40 pm - 5:05 pm Nonferrous program 1:50 pm - 5:15 pm Ferrous program. 5:45 pm - 6:30 pm Reception at Zum Schlüssel

Congress Center Düsseldorf, Germany

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

9:00 am - 1:00 pm Plant tour Latest process and market developments ArcelorMittal Duisburg

Attendees leave from Congress Center Düsseldorf and return approximately 1 pm.

Note: schedule is subject to change. For the most up-to-date info, go to www.cabwire.com.

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Ferrous: AM SESSIONS 10:05 am to 11:20 am 10:55 am-11:20 am “Design and simulation of rolled proﬁle wires with modern CAE tools,” by Stefan Freitag, Data M Sheet Metal Solutions, Germany Today the Finite Element Analysis is used in nearly all industries as it helps to develop, understand, and optimise the manufacturing process in the design stage. There is a huge potential for this “black art” also in wire rolling, but due to the complexity of the process, this technology is only used in a few companies. An important aspect is of course the use of new, complex materials. The key for an easy and effective use of simulation technology also in the wire rolling industry is an integrated CAE solution offering a seamless link between design and simulation.

Break 11:50 am-12:15 pm “Improved transmission of critical signals in bunchers, twisters, and stranders through use of wireless systems,” by Jörg Inhelder, Force Measuring Systems AG, Switzerland Slip rings are an ingenious solution for transmitting electrical energy or signals in and out of rotating machine parts. Contact materials, surface quality, and speed inﬂuence contact quality, and space restrictions limit the number of transmitted signals. Potential problems with slip ring transmission are spikes on energy transmission, distorted analogue signals, and unreliable digital signal transmission. This paper talks about potential for improvements with wireless signal transmission for analogue signals like load cells for tension feedback digital signals like encoder signals and pintle lock control values for payoff brake adjustment. 12:15 pm-12:40 pm “The use of steel strip, shaped wire, and round wire in the production

of umbilical cable and submarine cable,” by Sean Harrington, Ceeco Bartell Products, Canada This paper introduces subsea umbilical cables and subsea power cables, with discussion of technology drivers, engineering challenges, and design advances.

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Ferrous: PM 1:50 pm-2:15 pm “Heat-resistant colour coatings for a new generation of spring wires,” by Walther Van Raemdonck, NV Bekaert SA, Belgium In recent years, Bekaert developed a new range of zinc-aluminum coated steel wires especially designed for critical spring applications. This paper highlights the performance of these wires in a variety of tests, relevant to spring manufacturing and properties, and also elaborates on the development of a cost-competitive and dedicated polymer coating which has the potential to make the post-coating step on springs redundant because of its resistance to stress relieving temperatures while safeguarding corrosion resistance, ﬂexibility, and colour stability. 2:15 pm-2:40 pm “Technological progress in the drawing of zinc-coated wire by a new type of tungsten carbide die,” by Fabio Bellina, Koner Srl, Italy This paper describes the new metallurgical compositions of tungsten carbide and the manufacturing procedures through which the drawing dies are produced. Speciﬁcally, the effects of the new compositions on zinc-coated wiredrawing have been investigated by university laboratory studies and practical tests. The research was focused on lubrication improvement, wire and die friction event reduction, and avoiding the removal of galvanized coatings from the wire surface.

2:40 pm-3:05 pm “New efﬁciency of coatings and dry drawing lubricants,” by Guido Kellman, Traxit International GmbH, Germany Coatings and drawing lubricants must endure during the drawing process much more than some years ago. Productivity increases and costs come under greater pressure. Consequently, the drawing lines run faster with less stopping time. The lubricant has to work almost at the limit of performance and stability. Further inﬂuences come from wire rod, pre-treatment, and wire cooling systems. A wiredrawing mill needs products with highest constant quality to keep the drawing production safe and reduce the costs per ton of wire produced.

Break 3:35 pm-4:00 pm “Comparative study of two scheduling approaches to resolve scheduling problem for a wire and cable manufacturing process,” by Parminder Singh Kang, De Montfort University Leicester, UK This paper addresses the scheduling problem of a complex manufacturing environment. Two approaches are investigated—autonomous scheduling and genetic algorithms-based multi-objective optimisation. Both approaches are compared based on computational time required, re-scheduling frequency, and the quality of the generated schedule. Results analysis demonstrates that autonomous scheduling provides better quality solutions in shorter time than a genetic algorithmsbased approach. The proposed algorithms have been verified by case study. 4:00 pm-4:25 pm “New design in open fire furnaces,” by René Branders, FIB Belgium SA, Belgium Open fire furnaces have been used for many years in the annealing or austentizing process. When energy

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11:40 am-12:05 pm “Application of new technologies in the drawing of coated wire and subsequent insulation with high-temperature materials,” by Rosella Tarantino, SAMP SpA, Italy Coated wire has always been considered a special application where process efficiency is of utmost importance. Today, new advancements in drawing technology help reduce coating thickness and guarantee a better quality of the final product as a result of innovative solutions for wire pulling and annealing. In addition, during the insulation process of special cables, the application of high-temperature materials requires special devices in order to obtain maximum efficiency. 12:05 pm-12:30 mp “Manufacturing solutions for alternative materials to copper for automotive wires,” by Stefan Gorgels, Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

This paper gives an overview about different materials for automotive cables and manufacturing methods in a global and very innovative industry. To keep up with today’s standards and tomorrow’s trends, wire manufacturing equipment needs to be innovative, efficient, reliable, and flexible to withstand the cost pressure and fulfill high technical and environmental standards. Price pressure and necessary cost reductions, miniaturization, and weight reduction are leading to different materials and productions methods for automotive cables. Lunch

Nonferrous: PM 1:40 pm-2:05 pm “Highly pure XLPE material is essential for high-quality EHV and subsea cables,” by Holger Lieder, Sikora AG, Germany

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11:15 am-11:40 am “Comparative study of two scheduling approaches to resolve scheduling problem for a wire and cable manufacturing process,” by Parminder Singh Kang, De Montfort, University, U.K. This paper addresses the scheduling problem of a complex manufacturing environment. Two approaches are investigated—autonomous scheduling and genetic algorithms-based multi-objective optimisation. Both approaches are compared based on computational time required, re-scheduling frequency, and the quality of the generated schedule. Results analysis demonstrates that autonomous scheduling provides better quality solutions in shorter time than a genetic algorithms-based approach. The proposed algorithms have been veriﬁed by case study.

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Producing long cable lengths is one of the challenges manufacturers of subsea and EHV cables face. Furthermore, the purity of the material has to be of the highest degree. It is for good reasons that compound suppliers offer an extra-clean material for the production of EHV cables, but continuous online supervision of the process is also required for complete quality assurance. In this paper, Sikora will introduce different technologies, such as X-ray and optical techniques, that assure the purity of subsea and EHV cables at speciﬁc stages during the production process.

3:25 pm-3:50 pm “Revolutionizing the wire manufacturing process,” by Rupert Parmenter, Sicme Italia Impianti Srl, Italy Sicme Italia Impianti recently introduced its latest high-technology enameling machine “SuperEG,” changing the way enameled wire can be produced. It is now possible to achieve super high speed and low costs in production thanks to the use of natural gas for heating the enameling oven. The company has patented the technology and is getting safety certiﬁcates from governments of various countries.

2:05 pm-2:30 pm “Manufacturing of compact conductors, highlighting the benefits and potential cost reductions in the whole stranding process,” by Sean Harrington, Ceeco Bartell Products, Canada This paper addresses roll forming of individual wires to produce compact conductors and its application to double-twist and single-twist stranding. Also, the impact on wiredrawing, stranding, and insulation. 2:30 pm-2:55 pm “Rodents not just a nuisance but a threat to the wire and cable industry,” by Prajakta S. Dhamorikar, C Tech Corporation, India Conventional chemicals used to deal with pests are toxic, hazardous, and ineffective. This paper describes products in the form of polymer-specific masterbatches to combat rodent and termite problems: Rodrepel™, Termirepel™, and Combirepel™. One of the unique qualities of C Tech Corporation’s repellent products is that they do not kill the target species. These products work on the mechanism of sustainability and green technology. They are therefore significant today as ecology salvation has become the prime focus.

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At CabWire 2013, then WAI 2nd Vice President Bill Reichert with ACIMAF President Ferruccio Bellina. 3:50 pm-4:15 pm “Properzi adds continuous rotary extrusion system to its range of equipment to provide an integrated solution for the production of ACSR/AS conductors,” by Carmelo Maria Brocato, Continuus-Properzi SpA, Italy Several alternatives to the classic ACSR (Aluminum Conductors Steel Reinforced) cables are presently

available worldwide. One is represented by the conductors identified as ACSR/AS or ACSR/AW (Aluminum-Clad Steel Reinforced) where the mechanical properties are similar to ACSR conductors but offer enhanced resistance to corrosion because of the presence of aluminum-clad steel wires in the core. This technical paper reviews various developments in overhead conductors with particular attention to ACSR/AS conductors and the equipment used for producing them. 4:15 pm-4:40 pm “Making IT work in the wire and cable industry,” by Albert Groothedde, Innovites BV, Netherlands Information technology is essential to running a business these days. The computational power is needed to support operations that become more and more sophisticated. Information technology brings tools that enable the real-time collaboration required in today’s interconnected economy. The wire and cable industry has special characteristics that make the application of IT in business processes even more challenging. This paper discusses the challenges and opportunities of IT specifically applied to the wire and cable industry. 4:40 pm-5:05 pm “Foam insulation in cable extrusion,” by Horst Scheid, Siebe Engineering GmbH, Germany Even though foam techniques are well established in cable manufacturing, there is still a wide range of research into areas such as improvement in electrical properties, reduced smoke generation/improved flammability properties, and reduced weight. The paper gives a short overview of foam processing for cable insulation and reports some examples of recent, actual developments that include physical foamed high-void PE; a new chemical blowing agent for FEP foam; and aspects of using HFFR polymers as foam material. 

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It seems impossible to write any story about steel without focusing on China. In 2014, as its domestic demand became tepid, the country exported 93.78 million metric tons of steel, up more than 50% from 2013. That excess steel—“priced to sell,” as a realtor might say—flooded the global market, worsening an already ailing industry. The results have been felt around the globe. Sadly, it is also the direct or indirect focus of most of the elements in this feature, which includes a look at woeful steel prices, willful rule-breaking and frustrating trade cases.

The need to ‘ENFORCE’ existing trade rules Trade rules exist, and so do anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duties (CVD), but what do you do when a cheating competitor does a “go around” on such protective measures? At a meeting earlier this year of the American Wire Producers Association, a presentation was made by Leggett & Platt, Incorporated (L&P), explaining why the company strongly supports passage of pending legislation—Enforcing Orders and Reducing Circumvention Evasion Act (ENFORCE)—to counter such cheating. Below, L&P replies to questions on the topic.

WJI: How can egregious trade violations (such as those outlined on p. 50) take place without there being some recourse for U.S. manufacturers? What about the WTO? L&P: Customs & Border Protection is the agency charged with applying and enforcing AD and CVD orders on imports at the border. While it has made some efforts to improve its enforcement mechanisms, it continues to lack any sort of real process for responding to allegations of evasion. Investigations may drag on for years, denying American industries the relief provided under the law, creating uncertainty in the potential duty liabilities of importers, and, in some cases, encouraging bad actors to continue this unlawful behavior. The WTO has recognized the prevalence of AD/CVD evasion occurring in the U.S. and other countries, but enforcement of orders made by the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce are rightfully the purview of the U.S. government. WJI: What is ENFORCE, and why is it so important? L&P: The ENFORCE Act creates a procedure for Customs, within its already existing authorities, to investigate allegations of duty evasion in a timely manner, with proscribed deadlines, increased transparency and accountability, and judicial review of its decisions. Importantly, ENFORCE is a civil process—determining whether or not imported merchandise is covered by an order and should have been subject to duties, without regard to the intent of the importer—and, while it doesn’t preclude further 44 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

penalties, it primarily seeks to simply impose and collect lawfully owed duties. WJI: Will ENFORCE have the resources to be effective, especially in terms of response time? L&P: While the bill, if passed, would require implementing regulations to be written further defining agency processes under the law, we believe Customs already has the capability to make these civil determinations in a much more expedient fashion, but it needs the Congressional mandate to pursue action in this manner as opposed to much more lengthy, complicated and infrequent criminal actions. WJI: Is ENFORCE likely to become a law this year? L&P: Key members of Congress, from leadership to members of the Ways & Means and Finance committees, have repeatedly stated that a Customs and Enforcement package is integral to the trade legislative agenda they undertook when Trade Promotion Authority and other parts of that agenda were passed earlier this summer. We fully expect Congress to fulfill that commitment and members of the House and Senate who voted in favor of other pieces of trade legislation with the expectation that an enforcement package would also become law are likely to press the negotiators to deliver a bill. Assuming a bill emerges from conference, we are confident that the negotiators now recognize the challenge of duty evasion and that they will include strong language, substantially similar to the Senate ENFORCE Act, in the conference report.

A concern, sure, but don’t go freaking out quite yet By Steve Cavanaugh, The Steel Report

In January 2015, after months of investigations and preliminary rulings, after years of ever-increasing tonnage levels at ever-decreasing price points, the U.S. finally shut China out of its import wire rod market. With final antidumping orders set between 106.19110.25% and countervailing duties falling between 178.46-193.31%, even the lowest offers from Chinese mills could no longer compete in the U.S. And so U.S. wire rod producers rejoiced, right? Not so fast. Chinese wire rod had already been out of the market for almost a year prior to the final ruling; typically, the initiation of a trade investigation by the U.S. Department of Commerce is the kiss of death for offshore proCavanaugh ducers. Traders stop taking mill rep’s calls, customers start inquiring about alternative sources, and arrivals at the port begin to slow to a trickle. Why? Because the specter of “critical circumstances”—when duties are implemented retroactively—haunts every trade case at the outset. So by the time the DOC bangs the gavel and announces final determinations, the “let’s party” ship has already sailed. Unless, of course, the ruling defies expectations (as it did with recent rebar and pipe cases) and U.S. producers grab torches and pitchforks and head to Washington, D.C. instead. Now, it’s true that Chinese wire rod offers at the time of the initial investigation were no lower than current offers from Turkey (in fact, Turkish offers are quite a bit lower at this point), so it might seem strange that prices were such a cause for concern in initial petition. But tonnage

levels were the main point of contention, with China shipping almost twice as much wire rod to the U.S. in 2014 than Turkey (especially impressive considering imports from China plummeted mid-year when preliminary results were announced in June). Everyone knew China had a massive—and growing—overcapacity problem, but if U.S. wire rod producers thought that by shutting China out of the import market would solve all those pesky completion problems, they were sadly mistaken. Because here’s the thing about China’s steel overcapacity: it affects EVERYTHING. All products, all countries (at least those active in global trade, which is pretty close to all of them). Take Chinese wire rod out of the U.S. equation? Guess what—they’ll ship that rod somewhere else. Like the Middle East, where Turkey is usually the Top Dog among long product import sources. And what happens when Turkey has to compete with Chinese rod priced so low they might as well be giving it away? Turkey lowers its export offers, not just to the Middle East, but everywhere because thanks to the Internet (and steel intel sites like The Steel Report), they can no longer compartmentalize their pricing policies. Turkish wire rod offers to the U.S. are typically a little higher than offers to other destinations, but Turkey is especially careful about not letting export offers to the U.S. drop too low, lest the snag the attention of the DOC. A price decrease anywhere is usually a price decrease everywhere, which is why Turkish wire rod offers to the US have been steadily dropping for months. Not much to rejoice about now, is there U.S. producers? However, they shouldn’t entirely freak out—China’s steel production frenzy has apparently hit its peak. According to the China Iron and Steel Association, China’s crude steel output could decline by as much as 2% this year (industry

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stalwart Worldsteel pegs that decline closer to 0.5%). But excess capacity remains, to the tune of 425 million metric tons, and steel exports from China could reach 100 million metric tons in 2015, up from 53 million metric tons just two years ago. The glut is so bad that the world’s largest steel producer, ArcelorMittal, recently cut its steel demand growth forecast to zero for this year. In June, The American Iron and Steel Institute, the Steel Manufacturers Association, the Canadian Steel Producers Association, the European Steel Association, the Turkish Steel Producers Association and five other groups released a plea for action, asking governments around the world to reject China’s request to be treated as a market economy. “We reaffirm our call on each national government to address this issue in their own country and make every effort in their own trade diplomacy and regulations to confront and challenge those government policies that are feeding the overcapacity that is at the root of the current steel crisis and provide a level playing field in the steel market,” the groups said, pointing out that Chinese goods are currently subjected to special antidumping rules because of the extent to which the government controls and directs the Chinese economy. Other than changing trade rules, many wonder why China doesn’t address the problem itself with a widespread slash in production. The answer is similar to why U.S. producers don’t cut production unless something

drastic happens (like the 2009 economic crisis or pipe producers idling in the wake of record-low oil prices earlier this year), but not exactly the same: jobs. U.S. producers don’t want to deal with massive layoffs any more than anyone, but Chinese steelmakers (which, remember, are state-owned) have another layer of concern. Massive unemployment in one of the nation’s largest industries is not exactly good PR for the ruling political party. But it’s not like they’re sitting on their thumbs, doing nothing while the global steel economy crashes. The country has been ramping up infrastructure investment in other countries to keep its own steel industry afloat. Major projects in Africa and South America have already been announced, with many more to likely follow. So for now, steel wire rod buyers out there in the U.S., don’t worry—China’s overcapacity might still be influencing your purchase (or selling) prices, but that doesn’t mean the end is nigh. Steve Cavanaugh is a venture capitalist looking to turn great ideas into profitable entities. With decades of experience in business theory, corporate communication, marketing management and vision questing, his most recent investment is The Steel Report, gathering the brightest minds in the industry to report the hottest trends and freshest prices in the U.S. steel market. For more, go to www.thesteelreport.com.

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Cliff Stevenson, an expert on trade remedies, has provided consultancy for more than 25 years to companies accused of dumped/subsidized imports. He completed an evaluation of EU anti-dumping and countervailing duty policy on behalf of the European Commission in 2005, and is the founder of antidumpingpublishing.com, a unique global resource. Below, he cites key statistics and shares his view on trade actions. WJI: Is the U.S. a world leader when it comes to ﬁling of trade actions? Stevenson: The U.S. has been one of the most active users of trade actions since the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Anti-Dumping: the U.S. was the 4th biggest user in 2014 with 19 AD investigations initiated, following India, with 38; Brazil, with 35; and Australia, with 22. For the period 1995-2014, the U.S. is the second biggest user of AD by number of cases initiated (India had 740, U.S. had 527, and EU had Stevenson 468). Countervailing duty: The U.S. was biggest user in 2014 with 18 initiations (Canada had 12, Egypt had 6). For 1995-2014, the U.S. was the biggest user with 156 cases initiated (second was the EU, with 74, followed by Canada, with 49). Safeguards: The U.S. hasn’t initiated a safeguard investigation since 2001. Top users for period 95-14 are India, with 39, Indonesia, with 26, and Turkey, with 20. U.S. used to use safeguards and ranks 9th in users for 95-14 with 10 safeguard investigations initiated.

and can’t be circumvented by transshipment. However, because they are much more trade restrictive, they hurt the economy more by increasing the cost of all imports. They are politically more difﬁcult to use for this reason. They tend to be more used by developing countries these days as they are actually much easier to use than AD and CVD (no need to prove dumping or subsidy). WJI: What percentage of AD and CVD cases are brought against China? Stevenson: China was the target of 27% of AD investigations globally in 2014. Over the period 1995-2014 it has been the target of 22% of AD investigations. CVD: China is also the biggest target of CVD investigations: 31% of CVD investigations in 2014 were against Chinese imports. For 1995-2014, China accounted for 24% of cases. China has only been a target of CVD investigations for the past 10 years which is linked to its transition towards being considered a market economy by the major AD regimes. WJI: There’s an old saying about a DA being able to get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich: does that hold to some degree for ADs or CVDs? Stevenson: The odds are stacked against exporters in AD investigations. At the same time not all anti-dumping investigations result in measures: 64% of cases initiated globally from 1995-2014 resulted in measures, while a

WJI: What exactly is a “safeguard”? Stevenson: A safeguard is another trade remedy. It can be a duty or a quota. Unlike ADs and CVDs, Top 9 users of anti-dumping which are targeted against Top 10 targets of anti-dumping individual countries, it has to be applied to all sources of imports. There’s no requirement for unfair trade but there has to be a sudden surge of imports due to unforeseen circumstances and it must cause serious injury rather than material injury. The U.S. used to use safeguards quite a lot. There were a lot of steel safeguard cases globally around 2001/2002. Figures for 2014 Safeguards provide the best protection for domesPie charts showing top countries bringing AD trade actions, l, and the top countries tic industry because they that such cases are being brought against. are guaranteed to work

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third of investigations were terminated with no measures. For CVD, 47% of investigations have resulted in measures, so more than half were terminated with no measures). For the U.S. these ﬁgures are 65% AD and 55% CVD (measures adopted). WJI: How effective is the World Trade Organization (WTO)? Could a new body be formed that could better address some of the trade issues? Stevenson: Trade remedies have a political role as a safety valve that has permitted the dramatic trade liberalization that has occurred since 1995. Trade remedy actions can often involve trade that from an economic perspective would not be considered to be unfair. For companies that are suffering from unfairly traded imports (e.g. subsidized imports that are unambiguously unfair or predatory pricing practices), it is certainly true that the case are a long drawn out process and involve considerable expense. However, given that trade remedy measures increase the price of imports and thus harm downstream industries using the products subject to measures, the current procedures are probably a good overall balance. I don’t think that a global body would be practical beyond what already exists at the WTO. This is an area where countries would deﬁnitely want to retain sovereignty over. The WTO was already a great step forward in establishing agreements governing the use of anti-dumping, countervailing duties and safeguards. WTO members have

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to adhere to these provisions. Trade remedies have been one of the most active areas of dispute settlement and many measures have been successfully challenged. WJI: There are widespread reports of companies prevailing in a trade case only to ﬁnd it a Pyrrhic win because the loser then transships the same contested product via a third country: is this something the WTO does (or should) address? Stevenson: The WTO agreement does not address transshipment or circumvention of measures. This leaves the issue as a gray area. Countries are free to adopt transshipment/circumvention provisions as long as it is not inconsistent with the WTO agreements. At one level, this is merely a customs issue. If a country has imposed a WTOconsistent AD measure, it has a right to enforce that duty via customs legislation. Just as if any regular import duty was avoided. If fraud takes place and a product from country X is transshipped through country Y and labeled country Y, then this is fraud and can usually be dealt with under customs law. However, there are cases which fall in a gray area. If parts are shipped to a third country and assembled into the completed product, not much transformation may have taken place yet the product may change origin under regular customs laws. Without a consensus at the WTO on this issue (which currently there isn’t) uncertainty is created about what anti-circumvention actions are consistent with the WTO.

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Vulcan Threaded Products:

Company’s court win was undone by transshipping deception In 2008, Vulcan Threaded Products (VTP), the largest U.S. domestic manufacturer and supplier of threaded rod, asked the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission to impose anti-dumping (AD) penalties on Chinese companies for selling threaded rod at below fair value. After both agencies conducted a year-long investigation, substantial countrywide dumping margins were imposed. That win, however, soon proved to be Pyrrhic in nature. Below are edited excerpts from a presentation made earlier this year at an American Wire Producers Association (AWPA) meeting by Alan Logan, VTP’s vice president of government affairs, about what happened following the court ruling, and why more effective enforcement is needed.

Chinese threaded rod has been subject to a dumping order in the U.S. since 2009, with a country-wide duty on Chinese threaded rod of 206%. Since that order was put in place, Chinese manufacturers tried numerous methods to circumvent the duties, with one such method being transshipping of the products through Malaysia. Prior to the dumping order, there was no reported threaded rod production in Malaysia, but over time it began to export this product to the U.S. in very large quantities. In 2011, we suspected that the vast majority of such rod was being transshipped from China to avoid dumping duties. The above table shows ﬁgures for such shipments from 2010 through the ﬁrst quarter of 2015. We believe that the threaded rod, made in China,

has been shipped to Malaysia, where the paperwork changed and a Malaysian Bill of Lading was produced so that the products were then able to be shipped to the U.S. with “proof” of Malaysian origin. In April 2012, two VTP representatives ﬂew to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to visit the threaded rod exporter, Lee Fasteners, which was responsible for shipping more than 90% of the threaded rod from Malaysia into the U.S. Prior to that trip, we made numerous attempts to contact Lee Fasteners to set up a visit, but were unsuccessful. When our reps arrived at the address from copies of incoming Bills of Lading, we found a small store front in a mixed commercial/residential area of Klang, Malaysia. There was no visible evidence of manufacturing.

Why the need to ‘ENFORCE’ existing rules For Leggett & Platt (L&P), the need became obvious. The company saw Chinese innersprings enter the U.S. in the early 2000s, at prices lower than domestic cost of production. As L&P also makes innersprings in China for the Asian market, it knew that it was not cost-effective to produce and ship innersprings from China to the U.S., but the innersprings continued to be imported. In late 2007, Leggett ﬁled successful trade cases against China and other countries, so as of February 2009, Chinese innersprings were subject to AD duties from 164% to 234%. But before the ﬁnal AD was even issued, Chinese innersprings were being transshipped to

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the U.S. via third countries to evade duties. Prior to July 2008, no innersprings were shipped from Hong Kong (HK), but in Sept. 2008, over 35 containers per month —$1.5 million a month in commercial sales, and much more in duties—were being shipped to the U.S. An L&P investigation showed no evidence of legitimate production in HK, despite 13 shipments of innersprings from China to HK then to the U.S., in a two-month period. An estimated 1 million innerspring units illegally evade the antidumping order every year. Conservatively, this represents over $50 million dollars in uncollected duties owed to the U.S. Treasury.

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The owner, Mr. Lee, allowed us to enter his store, which was no larger than 100 sq m. There were small inventories of nuts, washers, screws and other bolts, but no threaded rod. Over the next 20 minutes, Mr. Lee told us several contradictory stories. He said he had a factory, but that it was far away. He also said that he used to have a factory, but that it was now closed, and that he was waiting for money from another investor to start a factory. In February 2013, a VTP employee received an email from a Chinese threaded rod manufacturer, soliciting us for sales. Our employee asked the Chinese company to quote a price. He also asked if the threaded rod would be subject to anti-dumping duties, to which he was told that we could evade those duties by paying a small fee to have the threaded rods transshipped. He provided the address, which happened to be in Malaysia, from which the threaded rods would be shipped: it was exact same address of Lee Fasteners in Klang. There is very strong evidence that suggests that all of the Malaysian threaded rod entering the U.S. is, in fact, coming from China. We believe that it is being illegally transshipped to evade the Chinese dumping order, and that these practices hurt the American threaded rod industry and its workers as well as depriving the U.S. government of millions of dollars in duties. VTP has pursued other actions against unfairly traded threaded rod, including a successful anti-circumvention case against threaded rod from China which contained small amounts of chromium in order to try to avoid dumping duties.

It may not look like much, but the above shop is the listed address for the company that, on paper at least, was responsible in 2012 for shipping 90% of Malaysia's threaded rod to the U.S. Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: VTP reports that the company now suspects that Chinese threaded rod is also being transshipped through Singapore and Indonesia.

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A time of action for 9 AWPA Below is a list of members of the American Wire Producers Association with trade actions: M&B Metal Products, Inc.. AD orders against steel wire garment hangers from China, Taiwan and Vietnam and a CVD order from Vietnam Leggett & Platt, Incorporated AD orders against innerspring units from China, Vietnam, and South Africa Mid-Continent Nail AD orders against steel nails from China and the United Arab Emirates

Vulcan Threaded Products AD order against steel threaded rod from China Insteel Industries AD/CVD orders against prestressed concrete (PC) strand from China, Brazil, India, Korea, Mexico, Thailand American Spring Wire AD orders against PC strand from China, Brazil, India, Korea, Mexico, Thailand, and a CVD order on India

Sumiden Wire Products AD orders against PC strand from China, Brazil, India, Korea, Mexico, Thailand, and a CVD order on India SSW Holding Company AD/CVD orders against kitchen appliance shelving and racks from China Nashville Wire Products AD/CVD orders against kitchen appliance shelving and racks from China

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Unfair trade: a legal perspective Attorney Frederick (Fred) Waite represents foreign and domestic manufacturers, trade associations, multinational trading companies and domestic industrial consumers in antidumping, countervailing duty, safeguard, and other trade-related proceedings. The Harvard Law School grad, who works at the Washington DC office of Vorys, focuses on international trade and customs law. He has represented the American Wire Producers Association since it was founded in 1981. Below, he shares his thoughts on trade cases. WJI: How many trade cases have you been part of, and of those, how many of those have been for the wire and cable industry? Are wire and cable cases any easier or harder to bring forth? Waite: The first trade case on which I worked was an antidumping investigation of caustic soda from Germany, which was also one of the first proceedings in which the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) was required to make a preliminary injury determination. Since then, I have been involved in more than 50 antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations, administrative reviews, circumvention inquiries, and sunset reviews on products ranging Waite from steel plate, coils, pipe, rebar, wire rod, and wire products to magnesium and silicon metal to citric acid and xanthan gum. Just over a dozen of those cases have involved wire products, such as steel wire garment hangers, threaded rod, nails, galvanized wire, and stainless wire. The statutory requirements for filing AD and CVD petitions are the same, regardless of the product. Nevertheless, because wire products are often produced by small and medium-sized privately-owned companies, there can be a challenge to meet the injury standard of the trade laws. The “Big Steel” sector of the industry, which is dominated by multinational and multi-billion dollar enterprises, can carry losses on specific product lines over extended periods, strengthening injury arguments before the ITC. Wire products manufacturers cannot do that and stay in business. Instead, they will often abandon money-losing product lines and shift to other products which may not be impacted by unfairly-traded imports, and this complicates showing injury to the ITC. WJI: Is there a sameness to such cases? A checklist to follow and be ready to “grind it out”? Waite: I do not see a sameness in preparing trade petitions because each industry is unique, involving different products and markets as well as different groups of U.S. producers, U.S. customers, and foreign countries. While the statutory regime may be the same, the infor52 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

mation that must be presented in support of a petition is specific to the case and must be developed on a caseby-case basis. This is one circumstance where a “cookie cutter” approach does not apply. WJI: From the time of inception, how long does a typical case take, and is there any one element that takes the most time? Waite: It usually takes the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the ITC about one year to complete an AD or CVD investigation. Preparation of AD and CVD cases for filing can take anywhere from a few months to a year, depending on import volumes, market conditions, the U.S. industry’s performance, and a myriad of other factors that are considered in an AD or CVD investigation. On average, developing the data and arguments on injury takes more time and effort than collecting the information to support a dumping and/or subsidy allegation. WJI: Is the alleged cheating that goes on often blatant, with plenty of evidence to deploy, or is it sometimes difficult to prove? Waite: Both. We have seen cases where foreign producers and importers are fairly transparent in their schemes to evade AD and CVD duties, such as misclassifying merchandise or declaring merchandise as not subject to AD or CVD duties when it is. On the other hand, some transshipment schemes involve elaborate deception, including the falsification of country-of-origin certificates, unloading and reloading merchandise in a third country, and production of bogus commercial invoices. There have been instances where U.S. companies have engaged investigators who traveled to the transshipping countries and collected evidence that the products in question were not made there – in fact, could not have been made there. WJI: Have any of the cases you’ve done stood out from the rest, be it in scope or ingenuity in cover-up? Waite: If you are referring to duty evasion schemes, we have seen the gamut in terms of both stupidity and ingenuity. A few years ago, the staff of Senator Wyden conducted an experiment by setting up a fictitious U.S. company and then contacting Chinese firms to see how AD and CVD orders could be evaded. The results were breathtaking: for product after product,

AtSenator’s Interwire,staff Proton Products International the found ﬁrms that explained showcased how they the company’s InteliSENS series speedduties and length were evading dumping and SL countervailing and gauges, noted are saving cable manufacturers how theywhich coulditassist serious money every WJI: Is the other companies in day around the world. As cable manufacturers purchase raw materials by the two-tier process doing the same. The (ITC and US DoC) Wyden canby belength, it’s extremely important to ton andreport then sell effective? Could accessed the when fol- you sell a reel of cable at 1000 make sureatthat the ITC do this lowing ft, its iswebsite, not 1003and ft or 1005 ft, essentially giving away on its own (or it should read 0.3% or be 0.5% fortofree, which can be typical in many vice-versa)? understand the extent production facilities. The InteliSENS SL Series gauges Waite: This of the illegal activities are calibrated to 0.03%, and with no moving parts to bifurcated process by Chinese companies wear and non-contact operation eliminating slippage, is required by U.S. to violate U.S. law. we are extremely proud to work with our customers law, and I believe https://www.wyden. and provide a gauge that truly helps save money and that it works very senate.gov/download/ improve proﬁtability. well. Commerce staff-report-duty-evaThe DGK Series of gauges have no moving parts and and the ITC have tion_-harming-us-inmeasure the diameter an amazing 10,000 times per secdeveloped extendustry-and-amerisive expertise can-workers ond, per axis. Available as either a dual- or triple-axis Grant Latimer, Proton Products. to conduct their gauge, the Super Fast Processing Technology analyzes Steel wire rod in China awaits shipments to other markets. separate investiWJI: Is an up to 30,000 measurements per second to display and It was without doubt our busiestgations, exhibition and our full although anti-dumping charge communicate diameter, ovality, lumps and neckdowns. team of agents and employees were on hand it sometimes is confusing to business people thatto take care easier or harderalso to prove than a subsidized The company showed a full range of product? products of Commerce our customers.” Grant director, only determines theLatimer, dumpingmanaging and subsidy Waite: It depends on the country and the product including spark testers, capacitance gauges, lump and g.latimer@protonproducts.com. margins and only the ITC determines whether there is involved. For example, the U.S. government has found neck detectors, pre heaters, speed & length gauges and injury as a result of dumping or subsidization. Both that steel products from China are generally dumped –

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agencies must make afﬁrmative determinations for an order to be imposed. WJI: Can a defense lawyer’s goal be not to win, but to drag the process out as long as possible? Waite: Perhaps. However, given the statutory deadlines in AD and CVD investigations and administrative reviews, there is actually little opportunity to drag out these proceedings. Subsequent court appeals can delay the eventual outcome, but if the agency decisions are adverse to foreign producers, importers will nevertheless have to make cash deposits of dumping and countervailing duties while the appeals proceed. If the appeals are unsuccessful, CBP will collect interest on the underlying dumping and countervailing duties, thus increasing the cost to the importers. WJI: Does the legal process, as is, work? Could there be a better way to do this? Waite: If you are asking about AD and CVD investigations and administrative reviews by Commerce and the ITC, I would answer “yes” to the ﬁrst question. The statutory and regulatory process is transparent and fair. On the other hand, the enforcement side of the equation— especially by CBP—can be improved. Two suggestions are (1) passage of the ENFORCE Act by Congress, which

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would establish clear procedures for CBP’s investigation of evasion claims; and (2) investigation of transshipment claims by Commerce in the context of administrative reviews. The former does not expand CBP’s authority, just makes the exercise of that authority more predictable and transparent; Commerce already has the authority to do the latter, but has chosen not to do so. WJI: Did the editor miss a big point that should have been covered above? If so, what would it be? Waite: The only point is the magnitude of the duty evasion schemes with respect to products from China. As the Wyden report shows, these schemes are not limited to AD and CVD orders on wire products. They affect dozens of products, hundreds of U.S. companies, and tens of thousands of American workers. In the 40 years that I have practiced international trade law—as counsel to both U.S. petitioners and to foreign producers and their U.S. customers—I have never seen duty evasion schemes and unlawful behavior on the scale that I have with respect to products from China that are subject to AD and/or CVD orders. Indeed, other countries have suffered from the same experience; a review of the website of the European Union’s Anti-Fraud Ofﬁce (OLAF) is instructive in this regard. http://ec.europa.eu/ anti_fraud/index_en.htm.

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American Wire Producers Association Founded in 1981 and based in Alexandria, Virginia, USA, the American Wire Producers Association (AWPA) represents the ferrous wire and wire products industry in North America. AWPA members include wire producers located in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, manufacturers and distributors of wire rod, and suppliers of machinery, dies and equipment to the wire industry. It has also been active in trade cases. Below, AWPA Executive Director Kimberly Korbel discusses the association’s role, challenges and evolution. For more details go to www.awpa.org. WJI: When did you become executive director of the AWPA, and what were the most pressing issues at that time? Korbel: I joined AWPA in September of 1984 when they held their first meeting in Washington, DC and I became the executive director in 1991. The association had been formed by a merger of the Fine and Specialty Wire Association and Independent Wire Producers Association in 1981. As a relatively new organization, AWPA was just beginning to organize its government relations activities. I recall that while we were at a 1984 Capitol Hill meeting, Bethlehem Steel announced that it was filing a Section 201 Trade Case on all the steel products it manufactured. In the 80’s Bethlehem did everything from melting steel to making nails, so wire rod and a number of wire products were included in the case. It was the first trade case in which AWPA became involved. Association President, George Hynson, of Philadelphia Steel and Wire, presented comments on behalf of the independent wire drawing industry in the course of that investigation. The outcome of that case was the Voluntary Restraint Agreements on the imports of steel products, which lasted until 1987. Since that time, international trade has been a constant issue on the AWPA agenda. WJI: What were the initial goals of AWPA, and how much have those changed over the years? Korbel: Our primary mission, has always been to assure free access to the global supply of carbon, alloy and stainless steel wire rod, as it is today. The one thing all wire producers have in common, whether they make PC strand or nails, is that wire rod is one of the largest costs of production. To be competitive with imports of their products, members have to have access to competitively priced wire rod. In the last 10 years, AWPA has been faced with a flood of unfairly traded imports of wire and wire products, particularly from China. Many AWPA member companies have filed antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations to halt imports that are subsidized

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by governments and priced below market value. Our International Trade Mission has expanded to include the following: • AWPA supports and promotes U.S. policy, legislation and international agreements which seek to eliminate trade-distorting subsidies and government intervention in the free market. • AWPA supports compliance by the U.S. and our trading partners with international trade agreements and enforcement of obligations our trading partners have agreed to. • AWPA supports broad international trade liberalization with effective reciprocal market access. WJI: When did the AWPA start lobbying? Korbel: AWPA held its first Lobby Day in 1983. The Government Affairs Conference became an annual event, at which members make visits to their legislators and sometimes hold a Congressional Reception. We typically visit between 85 and 120 Congressional Offices each year. WJI: Is it hard to convince members to go on lobbying trips? Korbel: I think conceptually, everyone understands that political engagement is important. With AWPA efforts centered on trying to impact trade policy and legislation, and later labor and regulatory issues, it was clear we needed to have friends in Congress. Initially, there was some anxiousness about the visits. In the first two years, we grouped members together, for moral support. They quickly became experts and established relationships with legislators and their staffers. We hold a debriefing breakfast where members enjoy telling the stories of their visits. We have had some major successes with the requests we have made of the Congressmen and women who represent districts with wire production. Our first big success was during the Clinton Administration when our lobbying efforts helped to mitigate the effects of the Tariff Rate

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Quota (TRQ) program, which restricted the imports of wire rod. Over the years, our legislators have weighed in on policy issues, requesting support and assistance for the industry from the U.S. Trade Representative and the U.S. Department of Commerce. Currently, we have had much support from Congress for a piece of legislation which will assist in the enforcement of existing duty orders, called the Enforcing Orders and Reducing Circumvention and Evasion (ENFORCE) Act. This bill is contained in legislation which has passed the Senate and is headed to conference with the House where a similar bill has passed. The bills are commonly called the Customs Reauthorization Bill. We hope the ﬁnal bill will be passed this fall. AWPA Executive Director Kimberly Korbel at a 2012 association WJI: AWPA had a presentation at a recent meeting with key members (l-r) John Martin III, Mar-Mac Wire; meeting (highlighted elsewhere in this report) Walter Robertson III, Johnstown Wire Technologies, Inc. now about enforcement of existing trade actions: how retired; and Milton Magnus III, M&B Products Co., Inc., the curimportant is this issue? Korbel: There are currently 11 countries against rent AWPA president. which there are outstanding AD and CVD orders third country where they are repackaged or relabeled and in eight sectors of wire products; nails, garment sent into the U.S. as a product of the third country to hangers, innerspring units, threaded rod, wire shelving, avoid paying the duties. PC strand, steel grating and PC rail tie wire. The blatant This is an issue for more than just the wire industry. evasion of these orders are products under order from Rod suppliers, producers of glycine, honey, diamond saw China. Products are made in China and then sent to a

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blades, and tissue paper products are also part of a coalition which have supported this legislation. It costs millions of dollars to file and win a trade case, when foreign countries evade the duties that have been lawfully put into place, it negates the remedy and the unfair competition continues, hurting U.S. producers who are abiding by international trade laws. WJI: Are trade actions that much more important because of the harsh market conditions? Korbel: AWPA members have always asserted that they are competitive manufacturers and can compete with anyone in the world, when market forces are the basis of trade. AWPA is an organization based on free trade, but we insist that foreign competitors meet their international trade obligations, so that everyone is playing by the same rules. WJI: If resources were not an issue, what would you like to be able to offer AWPA members someday? Korbel: One of the issues we’ve been spending time discussing has been workforce development. With the imminent retirement of long term employees from the baby boomer generation, attracting a new generation of employees to manufacturing and the wire industry is very important. We haven’t found any magic solutions yet, but we’re talking about working with post-secondary educational institutions to fill the skills gap; national skills standards and certification programs. WJI: What other resources does AWPA provide to its members? Korbel: As a trade association, we are uniquely positioned to gather and provide industry statistics to assist our members in benchmarking themselves against other manufacturers. Of note, AWPA’s political engagement was raised another level with the 2010 formation of a Wire and Wire Products Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives. Working with bi-partisan leadership, AWPA members asked their Representatives for support, and today more than 40 are Caucus members. AWPA and the Caucus hold briefings about important issues facing the industry. The Caucus has supported our initiatives by signing Dear Colleague letters, cosponsoring legislation and working to pass bills. At times, political engagement is frustrating, and introducing and passing legislation is a long-term process. However, with the Congressional relationships our members cultivate and the coalitions we build in DC, we are hoping, for the first time, to pass a bill this fall which originated with AWPA members. 

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TECHNICAL PAPERS On the effects of heat treatment on the properties of extension springs In a program of work undertaken in 2013, prompted by numerous questions asked by spring manufacturers, carbon and stainless steel spring wires were made into extension springs. These springs were measured and load tested to evaluate their initial tension and elastic limit. The results point to the need to revise EN 13906-2. By Mark Hayes

Spring manufacturers are aware that the stress relief heat treatment carried out on extension springs in manufacture has the following effects: • The outside diameter, and hence spring rate, changes. • The initial tension, wound in during coiling, is reduced. • Some may also know that the elastic limit increases. According to EN 13906-2 the maximum (uncorrected) design stress for extension springs is 45% Rm. That is to

Fig. 1. Load/deﬂection characteristics.

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say, one may load the body of an extension spring up to an applied stress of 45% of the wire tensile strength and no plastic deformation will occur. This assumes that the springs were stress relieved after coiling. It is the author’s contention that this definition of the elastic limit is often too high. This investigation is designed to study the elastic limit, and how it is affected by the heat treatment temperature. At the same time, the opportunity was taken to investigate the effect of heat treat temperature on the outside diameter, initial tension and spring rate. Most extension springs have a theoretical load/ deflection characteristic like that of the test springs studied in this investigation. See Fig.1. The assumption is that when an extension spring is loaded beyond its elastic limit (29 N in Fig. 1), all the plastic deformation is in the body of the spring, manifest as a reduction in the initial tension. Most extension springs have hooks that are made to the same nominal outside diameter as the spring body, and this applies to the springs made for this investigation, which are shown in Fig. 2. The assumption of all international extension spring design standards is that the hooks are perfectly rigid and do not deflect elastically or plastically up to their maximum design stress. This assumption is incorrect, but for extension springs with more than 20 body coils the error incurred by ignoring hook deflection is genuinely quite small. The overwhelming majority of extension springs are either made from drawn carbon steel (sometimes with a Zn or Zn/ Al coating) to EN 10270-1 or drawn stainless steel to EN 10270-3, grade 1.4310 or 302 type. Hence these are the two materials studied here.

The springs for this investigation were supplied, courtesy of Advanex1 in Nottingham, U.K. They were coiled on an automatic machine that formed both hooks, and soon after coiling the author collected the springs so as to undertake the heat treatment under carefully controlled conditions without excessive delay after coiling. The springs were made from 0.71 mm wire, and they had a nominal outside diameter of 6.03 mm, 19.5 coils, a relatively large amount of initial tension, and English or crossover end hooks. The tensile strength of the carbon steel was 2465 MPa and that of the stainless was 1981 MPa. The design of the carbon steel springs, as represented in SCP2, and using EN13906-2 as the design method is shown as Fig. 3.

eter became smaller at higher LTHT temperatures, the spring rate became larger as expected, but the spring rate is always lower than theory would predict (see Fig. 3) because theory ignores the elastic deflection of the hooks. However, the theoretical rate for a spring with an outside diameter of 6.13 mm would be 0.834 N/mm, and

Heat treatment The springs were subject to heat treatment (LTHT) in an oven, courtesy of IST3, that could be set and maintained to within +/- 5°C, and the total heat treatment time was always 20 minutes. A thermocouple placed among the springs showed that they attained the oven set temperature within 2 minutes of placement within the oven. Batches of 20 springs were heat treated – carbon steel at 150°, 200°, 250°, 300° and 350°C, and the stainless steel at 200°, 250°, 300°, 350°, 400° and 450°C.

Load testing The springs were load tested according to the following regime, courtesy of IST3 The free length of the springs was measured on the load tester (actually the length at a load of 0.1N), and then the load at 30 mm was measured. It was checked that loading to 30 mm had no effect on the free length and then the springs were load tested at progressively longer lengths, each time going back to check that the free length had not been significantly altered, and then re-measuring the load at 30 mm. Testing was continued until the loss of load at 30 mm was at least 2%. A typical set of results is shown in Table 1. Two to five springs were tested at each heat treatment temperature, and the results were averaged. The results are summarized in Table 2 for the carbon steel. It is immediately clear that LTHT is enormously beneficial to extension spring performance and so it is right that the world’s design standards always assume that LTHT has been carried out after coiling. Further examination of these results shows that as the outside diam-

Fig. 3. Nominal design of the carbon steel spring assuming springs had been heat-treated. Load / N @

Load/ N @ 30mm

Free Length /mm

Loss of load /N @ 30mm

9.15 @ 30mm

9.15

25.005

17.61@ 40mm

9.13

25.010

0.02

21.81@ 45mm

9.12

25.020

0.03

24.33@ 48mm

9.10

25.020

0.05

26.00@ 50mm

9.07

25.020

0.08

27.63@ 52mm

9.02

25.020

0.13

29.23@ 54mm

8.91

25.030

0.24

30.80@ 56mm

8.72

25.030

0.43

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Load at which 0.1N loss 9.15 14.2 17.6 150 6.77 10.5 24.3 200 6.16 9.5 26.8 250 5.12 7.9 26.6 300 3.72 5.8 25.0 350 2.16 3.3 24.0 Table 2. Results for the carbon steel springs. LTHT / °C

Initial Tension N

% Rm

27.3 37.7 41.5 41.2 38.7 37.2

Load at which 0.2N loss 19.6 26.5 28.8 28.6 27.2 26.0

Fig. 4. Load/deﬂection characteristic of a carbon steel extension spring heat-treated at 250°C.

Fig. 5. Load/Deﬂection characteristic of a ss spring loaded to its elastic limit of 16.6 N or 640 MPa, equal to 32.3% of the wire tensile strength.

It had been loaded to 25N, which equates to 48% of the wire tensile strength – it had lost more than 1.2N on ﬁrst application of load, which was manifest as a loss of initial tension mostly, but there was also a small permanent elongation of the hooks.

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% Rm

30.4 41.1 44.6 44.3 42.1 40.3

Spring Rate N/ mm 0.810 0.840 0.850 0.850 0.856 0.881

Outside Diameter mm 6.13 6.10 6.06 6.03 6.03 6.03

with an outside diameter of 6.03 mm would be 0.882N/mm. This suggests that the spring rate results are approximately consistent with the spring dimensional changes during LTHT. Not only does theory ignore the elastic deflection of hooks, it also ignores the plastic deformation that occurs before the elastic limit of the body coils is reached. If the elastic limit of body coils is defined at a loss of 0.1N, then part of this loss is due to the plastic deformation of the end hook. Indeed the results show in table 1 that when 0.1N is lost, the free length has increased by 0.015 mm, which equates to more than 10% of this load loss. The actual load/deflection graph to the load at which there is a 0.1 N loss is shown as Fig. 4. The stainless steel springs were processed in a similar manner to the carbon steel except that they lost load at much smaller deflections. The results are shown in Table 3. The spring rate increased slightly as the LTHT temperature was increased despite the outside diameter increasing. This is because the torsional modulus, G, increases with the heat treatment temperature, as shown in the European Standard for stainless steel spring wire, EN 10270-3. Load/deflection graphs for a stainless steel spring, heat-treated at 350°C, loaded until it had lost 0.1 N is shown in Fig. 5, and the same spring until it had lost 1.2 N in Fig. 6.

Conclusion It is reasonable to deﬁne the elastic limit of extension springs as the deﬂection at which more load is lost than the calculated repeatability of load tests, which in this case, was 0.1 N. Hence the elastic limit of carbon steel extension springs, heat treated at between 200 and 250°C, would be 41% of Rm. If the elastic limit allows for a loss of load of 0.2 N in 28 N, then the elastic limit would

Initial Tension N

% Rm

Load at which 0.1N loss

% Rm

5.78

11.3

12.7

24.7

200

5.30

10.3

15.4

250

4.90

9.5

300

4.65

350

Load at which 0.2N loss

% Rm

Spring Rate N/ mm

Outside Diameter mm

14.5

28.2

0.740

6.12

30.0

17.4

33.9

0.750

6.12

16.3

31.7

18.2

35.4

0.760

6.13

9.1

16.6

32.3

19.2

37.4

0.767

6.12

4.35

8.5

16.6

32.3

19.0

37.0

0.770

6.13

400

4.00

7.8

15.6

30.3

18.5

36.0

0.765

6.14

450

2.85

5.5

15.3

29.8

18.2

35.4

0.770

6.14

Table 3. Results for the 302 stainless steel springs.

Fig. 7. Effect of temperature on initial tension and elastic limit of carbon steel extension springs. be approximately 44% of Rm. Both these values are below 45%, which is the value given in EN 13906-2. The effect of heat treatment temperature on the initial tension and elastic limit is shown in Fig. 7. The elastic limit of stainless steel extension springs is much lower than for carbon steel. A limit of 32% of Rm would be recommended for high precision springs and 37% for commercial quality springs. Furthermore, a LTHT temperature after coiling of 300°–350°C would be recommended to retain initial tension, and to simultaneously maximize elastic limit, shown in Fig. 8.

References 1. Advanex www.advanex.co.uk 2. Spring Calculator Professional design software supplied by IST www.springcalculator.com 3. Institute of Spring Technology www.ist.org.uk 4.Spring Expert www.springexpert.co.uk

Fig. 8. Effect of temperature on initial tension and elastic limit of stainless steel extension springs.

Mark Hayes is the principal of U.K.-based Spring Expert4, which provides consultative advice regarding spring technology, training and more. He previously was the senior metallurgist at the Institute of Spring Technology (IST), Shefﬁeld, England, where he managed IST’s spring failure analysis service and all metallurHayes gical aspects of advice given by the Institute. He has participated in numerous U.K. government- and EU-funded research projects related to spring technology. He holds a degree in metallurgy from Leeds University; is a member of the Institute of Metals, Minerals, and Mining; and is a chartered engineer. This paper was presented at CabWire World Conference, Milan, Italy, Nov. 2013.

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Innovation that reaches the treetops This piece has nothing to do with the wire and cable industry, but it has everything to do with the role of innovation, which applies to any ﬁeld. See editorial on p. 6. Per an award-winning series of articles by John Schmid and Mike De Sisti of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Chinese researchers continue to explore ways to make trees that grow faster and can be converted to pulp with less waste to make paper. Scientists grow trees with ofﬁcial names, such as APP-22 or DH32-29.

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Per a press release, the Co-extrusion crosshead offers many X-RAY 6000 continuously pluses for tray cable applications ensures compliance with U.S.-based Guill Tool has introduced its Series 725 line, requested cable specificaa co-extrusion crosshead designed for tray cable applications for wall thickness, tions that it said offers multiple advantages. eccentricity, diameter and A press release said that the 725 series, made from stainovality. In jacketing lines, less steel, offers machine builders and end users many the model is typically advantages, including the patented Guill Seal Right sysinstalled between two tem of self-aligning tapered deflector and body design. cooling trough sections to The series was developed by Guill in partnership with a measure the cable OD. An addiVisit our stand #703 at Interwire 2015 tional diameter gauge head at the end Features: of the • Improved bow strength production line, combined with hot(no holes) cold-control, considers the shrinkage • Wire is out of the air stream of the diameter. For a single-layer cable, the X-RAY • Bow shaped like a wing for improved aerodynamics 6000 model clearly displays producand low cw factor tion data on a 7 in. monitor, which is • Wear strip eliminated and integrated directly in the measuring replaced by wear bushsystem. The operation is intuitive via ings with windows for easy touch-screen. In combination with inspection and dust cleaning the processor systems of the ECO• Wear bushings can be CONTROL series an automatic control changed while bow is of the line is possible. By controlling mounted on the rotor line speed or extruder rpm, the cable parameters are controlled to the nomiAdvantages: nal value. • Up to 40% lower power For multi-layer products, the X-RAY (amps) consumption and 6000 PRO (pictured) can measure reduced noise up to three different cable layers. • Higher TPM - maintaining Typically used for tandem extrusion wire quality lines, it includes the display and con• Reduced elongation @ trol device ECOCONTROL 6000 with higher TPM a vertically arranged 22 in. TFT moni• Reduced bow breakage tor. It is either mounted directly at the • Increased life on wear X-RAY 6000 gauge head, on a sepasurfaces reducing downrate stand, or is remotely integrated in times and maintenance the control cabinet of the line control. • Easy assembly and change Both models assure a continuout of wear bushings ous online quality control resulting • Wire breaks are contained in stable and repeatable processes. within the bow - extending Simultaneously, the systems reduce the bow life US Patent #6,233,513 wall thickness to the minimum value. #5,809,703 and Other PatentsPending Quality assurance and the reduction of material lead to a significant increase KEIR Manufacturing, Inc. of productivity and cost savings. Contact: SIKORA AG, tel. 49-421 Phone +1.828.885.8444 Phone USA 800.992.2404 48900-0, sales@sikora.net, www. Fax +1.828.884.7494 sikora.net; and in the U.S., SIKORA E-mail: Sales@KEIRmfg.com International Corp., tel. 770-486Website: www.BackBoneBows.com 1233, sales@sikora-usa.com, www.KEIRmfg.com www.silora-usa.com.

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port; and the ability to LARGEST accept extruders from the INTERWIRE 2013 | THE WIREtwo AND CABLE MARKETPLACE IN THE AMERICAS. same side via the heated manifold assembly. Thank you to our sponsors for tandem More line thanwith ninetwo months out from WAI’s staging of Interwire Contact: Bill Conley, Guill Tool & Engineering, tel. 401-828-7600, heads a distance apart theirwww.guill.com. support of 2015 in Atlanta, exhibitors at last count have now accounted into a co-extrusion for nearly 90% of the floor plan’s 106,100 sq ft at the Georgia line with a single Center. head WAI Sales staff reports that a total ofPrinters now offer remote access World Congress applying both layers 93,300 sq ft of floorofspace have been taken. U.S.-based Videojet Technologies Inc., a global leader PVC a single latinum Level Sponsor “Atinthis time, operawe’re ahead of where we were two years in coding, marking and Pprinting solutions, has launched its tion. That configuration, ago,” said WAI Sales Director Bob Xeller. “There’s a lot of Videojet Remote Service (VRS) offering for its Ethernetit said, has resulted in At this point, all of the larger booths positive momentum.” enabled 1000 Line of Continuous Inkjet (CIJ) printers. betterbeen efficiency Gold Level Sponsors have taken,and with the largest available sizes now being improved profit 400 sq ft (20 x poten20). If demand continues to stream in, it may tial.possible to expand the floor plan, he said. be Silver Level Sponsors Other benefits of the 725 series, the release said, is that it requires a considA wide range of sponsorships erably shorter changeover time (one headexists is betterfor than the 2015 staging of Interwire in Atlanta two, in this case); less scrap with a single head setup; Bronze Level Sponsors improved product quality from the increased adhesion Companies seeking recognition at Interwire 2015 have a between layers, as melt adheres toopportunities melt rather than extruwide range of WAI sponsorship at the Georgia Supported by: date; and less chance of contaminates to get eleWorld Congress Center, from the fullfinding event atoway individual in between the layers. model offers a multi-port ments that are offeredAlso, on a the first-come, first-served basis. spiral easy disassembly and restart; are positive seals to help Fourflow; levels of corporate sponsorships available for leak elimination; to all extruder brands with companies promote adaptability their organization in connection A press release said that the VRS, an industry first, (maximumand thru-core 1.75 in. andConvention, max. die ID to of be 2.00 Interwire WAI’s of 85th Annual held offers remote access functionality that, with a few clicks in.; first layerinfixed and second adjustable; the patented April 28-30 Atlanta, Georgia. All the corporate sponsorof a mouse, allows either designated plant personnel or Guill Feather Touch concentricity adjustment; vacuum AMERICAN WIRE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION

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Line of balunless-test equipment now functions ble wallhas tubingeven using more machineEMC vision technology. It can AESA Cortaillod, a manufacturer of floor be Swiss-based used for off-line measurements on the production Equipment (ATE)It for industry, asAutomatic well as inTest a lab environment. hasthe an cable easy-to-use recently interface introduced additional for its monitor balunlessand operator that featuresfunctions a touch screen Cobalt RF test equipment for both cables and patch cords.is requires minimal operator intervention. The new system A press release said that with the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s triaxial designed to be efficient and accurate, allowing companies its Cobaltevery equipment provide aincludsimtoaccessories record andset, document desiredcan parameter, plified method of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)and/ ing: inner and outer diameters, wall thickness (single for characteristics such asand coupling attenormeasurements dual walls), concentricity, minimums maximums, uation, screening attenuation andparameters. transfer impedance. No averages, range and operational change needed between cable and EMC AmaralisAutomation Associates, which has measurements: represented the all data beindustry recorded one setup, wire and can cable forinmore than 30which years,significantly described the addition of Angle Systems as a perfect fit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This measure-

reduces the time-consuming preparation of screening attenuation, for instance, avoiding all wires to be soldered together. Screening attenuation is now available for each pair and not only one for the worst case value. AESA also improved the patchcord measurement, implementing the direct testing of RJ45 patchcord adapters with connectors. As this is only an example of a connector used for assemblies, any other connector can be used to test according to customer requirements. The company has also completed its Vega equipment for LAN Cable up to 2GHz by adding an option to test alien crosstalk parameters either by software or by hardware.The company has also expanded its warranty period to two years, with the option of extending it for three more years. Contact: AESA Cortaillod, aesa@aesa-cortaillod.com, www.aesa-cortaillod.com.

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® At wire Maillefer presented an air-cooled Surface Inspector provides operator with U.S.-basedThe General Cable has added MOR® the Polyrad tance requirements of anDüsseldorf, armored cable,” said General extruder, model MXI 150, that provides 300 kg/h outpu up-to-the-second digital image feedback of the current XT-125 unarmored Type P cables to its line of products Cable’s Tim Waters, advanced engineer, oil, gas and with a low melt temperature. jacket, bar ordefined water soluble quality for hazardous locations, by NEC tape 501 and API on any producpetrochemical products. “Designed and engineered to the RP14F, thattion can line. vary This from continuous extreme sub-zero streamdrilling of realtemtime informatoughest standards, these cables preserve the operational in the coldest the operator tion–especially theperatures failure images–allows integrity of essential equipment while providing increased high-temperato isolate causes ofregions jacket to imperfections and water sol-and productivity, and deliver unmatched reliability, safety ture conditions uble tape folds. This result allowswithin you to identifyperformance the and cost-effectiveness.” motors and and prevents other devices. From CCW® low- and medium-voltage continuously causes of surface defects customer comcorrugated welded armor cables and MOR Polyrad XT-125 plaints or rejects. A press release said that MOR Polyrad Typeof P mud oil-resistant constructions designed for hazardUsing the Surface the Inspector, you canXT-125 capture images (3-conductor or and print ousthem installations to Carol® Brand cord products listed for your printed cable, cables save the images to disk more, one in. or less both internally extra hard usage, General Cable offers product solutions for out to include in your quality reporting OD, 600 V) with Type safe, reliable, and economic installations. and to your customers. The Surface aInspector’s display TC-ER-HL listing Contact: General Cable Corporation, also makes it easy for engineering andprovides production superMFL Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529 Mossberg Associates Inc . . . . . . . . . 444 maximum flexibility and www.generalcable.com. visors to examine the defect. flame-retardant charac-MGS Manufacturing Inc . . . . . . . . . . 103 Mossberg Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . 421 Defect locations can also be recorded, this will allow teristics, along with resisNextrom (USA) Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 for further analysis of the defects later on.Micro TheProducts Surface Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 tance to environmental EDIA Inspector will catchconditions, defects onand the has wires before they reach Mid-South Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Nextrom Oy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 excelyour customers or fail in the field. Morgan-Koch Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Niehoff Endex North America Inc . . . 317 lent mechanical properties. Company offers first-ever catalog cable durability The unit its ensures good medium-voltage Taymer International, Inc., The cable is Contact: especiallyCraig usefulGirdwood, for tight, space-limited due to the homogenous melt, tel. 905-479-2614, ext. 232, craig.girdwood@taymer.com, for its wide range of aluminumresulting cable in high insulation hazardous applications, while still meeting the crush and quality. The MXI 150, which is www.taymer.com. impact resistance requirements of an armored cable. “Our VisitU.S.-based HELUKABEL publishedeasy its to operate and us at Wire Expo USA hashas Visit us at Wire low maintenance first-ever aluminum catalog, which presents its extensive needs, is booth # 531 part of the company’s medium range of aluminum cables and conductors, as well as voltage catenary continuous vulinformation about proper processing techniques and the canizing line, EPL 30/Enter. associated connection technology. 30/Enter is a compact qual A press release described the catalog,EPL Aluminium ity solution for more sustainable Cables & Wires - Processing and Connection production. offers affordable Technology, as the first of its kind to appear on theItmarinvestment is easy to start ket. With more than 100 pages, everything readersthat need and maintain in different produc to know regarding aluminum as a conductor material and the extensive product range is clearly presented. The tion environments. catalog discusses the advantages and special characterisThe Maillefer medium-volttics related to the use of aluminum cables, and provides age catenary vulcanizing line is designed for continuous insulation of XLPE insulated cable cores. The conductor is insulate by proven XLPE extruders and triple crossheads. The combination of the advanced Autocure line control system, triple cross head and X-ray dimensional measurement provides the possi bility to minimize start-up scrap important facts that might facilitate a switch to this and material over-consumption lighter and more cost-effective metal. Catalog users also yourwhich cable production learn about the lower conductivity of during aluminum, run. requires a conductor cross section that is about one-third Contact: Jorma Leppänen, larger than that of a copper cable. Skeptics will find Maillefer, tel. 358-40-504 8308, themselves being convinced that the belief by some that jorma.leppanen@maillefer.net, aluminum is not flexible enough is no longer, due in part www.maillefernet. n to new production capabilities, and that the aluminum conductor certainly offers an interesting alternative to copper in today’s industrial world.

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facturing where a small scratch or nick can be an TC-ER-HL unacAir-cooled extruder provides quality MOR Polyrad XT-125 cables offer Unarmored Type P The cable can beSurface usedInspector, which certified ceptable defect. result is the the flexibility needed in tight, space-limited hazardous flowmeeting of insulation for vulcanizing line for widecomes range of models, hazardous locations in two the SI3100 and SI4100. applications, while the crush and impact resis-

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Loos & Co.’s Medical Technologies Division has published a catalog that covers the range of the U.S.-based company’s products for the medical ﬁeld. A press release said that the new catalog provides information about the company’s round wire products, cable products, cable assemblies, as well as other information needed to place an order. The catalog covers a wide scope

of products, from .001 in. 304V round wire to 7x7 316 cable for an endoscope. Loos & Co., which has more than 50 years of experience providing ﬁne diameter wire and miniature cable, understands what it takes to manufacture products which must meet strict speciﬁcations. The Medical Technologies Division has specialized equipment, including multiple-die, high polish wire drawing units, small diameter cable stranders, and stress-relieving capabilities to enhance wire and cable performance. Extra cleaning equipment is available to provide enhanced surface cleanliness. Its new condensed catalog, available upon request, provides more details, including both technical information and the various applications of our medical line of products. Contact: Medical Technologies Division, Loos & Co., tel. 800-533-5677 or 860-928-7981, sales@loosco.com, www.loosco.com. 

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cable. Skeptics will find themselves being convinced that the belief by some that aluminum is not flexible enough is no longer, due in part to new production capabilities, and that the aluminum conductor certainly offers an interesting alternative to copper in today’s industrial world. “Furthermore, even the best conductor is not worth much without the corresponding technology to process and make solid connections. Knowing this, HELUKABEL developed a special C8 crimp for its connection technology used on finely stranded aluminum products, which completes the contents of the catalog, which can be ordered now at helukabel.com.” Contact: Kevin Siegel, HELUKABEL® USA, tel. 847-930-5118, kevin.siegel@helukabel.com, www. helukabel.com.

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Modeling and Simulation. Other topics include: wire rod preparation and scale removal; drafting; tribology, lubricant carriers and lubricants; wiredrawing machines and other wiredrawing machinery; drawing dies and die preparation; wire cleaning; material behavior in a die; heat treatment; drawing force and power; surface coating; work hardening; and wire testing. Some chapters have been updated to present new production and testing methods. The Steel chapter, now Steel and Steel Standards, includes a review of global steel standards. The Heat Treatment chapter now includes oxygen potential data (Ellingham diagrams) as well as thermodynamic principles. Diffusion processes have been introduced and utilized for decarburization calculations. The book is useful as a practical resource for technicians, supplementary reading for students in mechanical engineering, or as course literature within a company. Author Per Enghag has more than 30 years of experience in metals. After starting his career as director of The Swedish School of Mining and Metallurgy in the 1960s, he moved to steel wire products producer Garphyttan in the 1970s. He has operated his own company, Materialteknik HB, in Örebro, Sweden, since 1980. The price is $110, $95 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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