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Volume 46 | Number 9 | September 2013

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

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Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Industry News . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Asian Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Fiber Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Fastener Update . . . . . . . . . . 26 WAI News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Chapter Corner . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Integer Research Report: Part 2 . . . .36 This section presents excerpts from Wire & Cable Focus Report: Middle East and orth Africa Markets, a study by U.K.-based Integer Research that reviews the prospects and opportunities in the wire and cable industry in both the GCC and North Africa. Part 1 looked at the Middle East region. Part 2 looks at the North African region.

Technical Papers . . . . . . . 56-68 Compounds & Colorants

Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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Suppliers of compounds and colorants comment on a range of issues in this feature, which focuses on complying with European directives such as RoHS (and RoHS 2), REACH and WEEE.

Career Opportunities . . . . . . . 76 Advertisers’ Index . . . . . . . . . 79

T ECHNIC AL PAPERS

Next issue October 2013 • Manufacturing: keys to success: Part 1 • preview: IWCS 2013

AIST Paper: Thermomechanical Processing for Quality Products in High-Speed Rod Rolling Mills B.V. Kiefer and W.P. Krejdovsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 IWCS Paper: Benefits of Standards for Wire and Cable Products Lawrence B. Ingram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Cover: Compounds and colorants are industry staples, but their make-up and use are subject to changing rules that are not always so clear, as is noted in the feature that begins on p.36.

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE REPORTING ON THE INDUSTRY . . . . . . . . .36

CRU International’s Rob Daniels, l, and Patrick Fay were among the speakers at the conference put on at the UL Wire and Cable International Fair, which was held July 17-19, 2013, at the Guangdong Modern International Exhibition Center (GDF) in Dongguan, China. It was a first-time event in China for UL, and in the Industry News section UL’s Steve Galan explains why UL chose to stage the industry fair.

U.K.-based Integer Research provides its insight in the North African market with excerpts from one of the company’s latest publications: “Wire & Cable Focus Report: Middle East and North Africa Markets.” The July issue presented its take on the Middle East region. This issue, it looks at North Africa region, including a chart that predicts total wire and cable demand in North Africa will increase to 715,000 gross cable metric tons by 2017, up from 521,000 metric tons in 2012. Integer Research is forecasting total market value to increase by 18% over the next five years to over US$5.3 billion.

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Industry focus inevitably turns to the skies above Publisher | Steven J. Fetteroll

Increasingly, any story about industry seems to include at least a subplot as to how it fits into global warming. Industry is an easy target because it uses a great amount of energy to produce just about everything that is needed by society. One can debate the merits of alternative energy and whether global warming stems from either nature or from the half a trillion metric tons of carbon dioxide estimated to have been emitted since the industrial revolution. Either way, energy use is a big target, and dead-center is coal. One Forbes article estimates that it could cost $7.4 trillion between now and 2040 for a remix of the U.S. energy source mix that eliminates coal. Most of the focus has been on reducing annual carbon emissions (per AtmosNews, that figure tops 30 billion metric tons, more than 9,000 lb for every person on earth). A different approach, one that gets far less press, is to try and remove some of the carbon by both nature and by man-made means. A study by Earth System Dynamics reports that one hectare (.0039 sq miles) of Jatropha trees can annually take 25 tons of carbon dioxide out of the air. It said that the hardy tree could survive in the Arabian Desert, and that if planted in huge stretches of the barren land, it could turn the area into an effective carbon warrior. There are dozens of companies offering man-made technology to achieve the same goal. One method is Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology, whereby CO2 is “captured” from large stationary sources, such as electrical power-generating plants and other industrial facilities. A different approach is offered by Canada’s Carbon Engineering (carbon engineering.com), which is developing Air Capture technology that it believes is far superior to CCS and 1,000 times as effective as traditional biomass efforts. The facility, which can be built on unproductive land, is designed to capture upwards of 500,000 tons of CO2 a year via a wet-scrubbing process that absorbs the carbon out of air as it is passed through a contactor device. Carbon Engineering, which is seeking to commercialize its technology, is one of 11 companies in The Virgin Earth Challenge (virginearth.com). Launched by Sir Richard Branson, the challenge is offering a US$25 million prize “for an environmentally sustainable and economically viable way to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.” The summaries of the current listed candidates are equally interesting. Far more so than stories that focus on finger-pointing and calls for stricter solutions that may or may not be based on science.

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CALENDAR Oct. 1-3, 2013: wire South America 2013 São Paulo, Brazil. Messe Düsseldorf and Grupo Cipa will stage this event at the Imigrantes Exposicoes Exhibition Centre. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com. ov. 4-5, 2013: CabWire World Conference 2013 Milan, Italy. To be held at the Palazzo Turati, this technical conference is again being put on by ACIMAF, CET, IWCEA, IWMA and WAI. For more details, go to www.cabwire.com. ov. 10-13, 2013: 62nd IWCS ConferenceTM Charlotte, orth Carolina, USA. To be held at the Charlotte Convention Center. Contact: Pat Hudak, IWCS, tel. 717-993-9500, phudak@iwcs.org, www.iwcs.org. ov. 26-28, 2013: Advanced Cable Asia Shanghai, China. The second staging of this event by U.K.-based Integer Research focuses on strategies and technologies for advanced power transmission, fiber optic, fire performance and specialty cable markets. Contact: Integer Research, tel. 44-20-7503-1265, www.integer-research.com. April 7-11, 2014: wire Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Germany. This biennial event will be held at the Messe fairgrounds. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com. May 6-7, 2014: WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. This WAI event will be held at the Indiana Convention Center, including its trade

show, technical programs and WAI’s 84th Annual Convention. It will be co-located with AISTech. May 14-15, 2014: 2014 ational Electric Wire Processing Expo Milwaukee, Wisconsisn, USA. To be held at the Wisconsin Center. Contact: Expo Productions, Inc., tel. 800-3675520 or 262-367-5500, cheryl@epishows.com. June 16-18, 2014: 14th Guangzhou International Metal Plate, Bar, Wire, Metal Processing & Setting Equipment Exhibition Guangzhou, China. Contact: Guangzhou Julang Exhibition Design Co., tel. 86-20-38621071, expo@julang.com.cn, www.metalchina-gz.com. Sept. 24-27, 2014: wire China 2014 Shanghai, China. To be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC). Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com. Oct. 28-30, 2014: Wire & Cable India Mumbai, India. This event will be held at the Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com. April 28-30, 2015: Interwire 2013 & WAI’s 85th Annual Convention Atlanta, Georgia, USA. WAI returns to the Georgia World Congress Center to stage its biennial trade show, technical programs and 85th Annual Convention.

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Oct. 17, 2013: ew England Chapter Event Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Frank Peri, executive director of the Communications Cable and Connectivity Association (CCCA), will be the featured speaker at this New England Chapter educational event.

Oct. 24, 2013: The Vannais Southeast Chapter 12th Annual Golf Tournament Conover, orth Carolina, USA. The chapter will return to the Rock Barn Golf and Spa. Contact: Art Deming, tel. 252-955-9451, art.deming@nexans.com.

Oct. 21, 2013: Western Chapter 13th Annual Wild West Shootout Fontana, California, USA. The chapter will play at the Sierra Lakes Golf Course. Contact: John Stevens, tel. 909-476-9776 or jstevens@emc-wire.com; or WAI’s Steve Fetteroll at tel. 203-453-1748, sfetteroll@wirenet.org.

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

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INDUSTRY NEWS Furukawa Electric Group to build fiber optic cable plant in Colombia Japan’s Furukawa Electric Group reports that it will spend approximately US$5 million to build and equip a fiber optic cable plant in Valle del Cauca, Colombia, that it said will be the first of its kind in the Andean region. A press release at the company’s website said that the plant, which it expects will be in production next February, will become the company’s third telecommunications plant in South America. The Valle del Cauca plant is located in the city of Palmira, which is in the western side of the country, located in the Pacific Duty Free Zone. The plant will initially create 25 direct jobs as well as another 200 indirect jobs resulting from the entire supply chain (civil works construction, logistics, transport, meals, supplies, etc.), it said.

Corporation’s Julia oil field development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. A press release said that the company will provide an innovative 23-km long solution that integrates power cables and umbilical services in a single cross-section that will be deployed at water depths in excess of 2,000 meters to tie back the Julia oil field development to subsea production facilities. This approach, it said, enables a high-voltage (HV) supply to be provided for deepwater projects via the power umbilical, which includes a number of steel tubes as well as fiber optic elements and signal cables for control and monitoring purposes. For the Julia project, scheduled for production start-up in 2016, the power umbilical will operate subsea pumps supplied by OneSubsea. The power umbilical for the Julia field will be designed and manufactured at the specialized Nexans subsea cable manufacturing facilities in Halden, Norway, the release said.

Family die business closing after 71 years, auction was set for Aug. 28 Furukawa, the release said, has been selling structured cabling for the last five years in Colombia through distributors. “Our goal is to expand the company’s international participation offering complete solutions in telecommunications and IT infrastructure, meeting the needs of each country and market demand through complete client follow-up from civil works conception, with initial assessment of cabling and construction type needs,” said Foad Shaikhzadeh, president of Furukawa in Latin America and global vice president of Furukawa Electric. “Furukawa is betting on the social development of Valle del Cauca and the country,” the release said. The region, it said, will benefit from the technology transfer processes from Furukawa Electric, which is the third largest producer in the world in this field. Some of the employees will be trained in Brazil for a period of six months, to later also train local personnel, said Proexpert President María Claudia Lacouture. Furukawa notes that it started its activities in Brazil in 1974 with an electric cables plant, and that in 1977 it inaugurated one of the most modern telecommunications cables plants in Curitiba, which is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. In 2001, it acquired Optical Fiber Solution (OFS) from Lucent Technologies.

Nexans wins power umbilical contract for oil field project in Gulf of Mexico Nexans reports that it has been awarded a major contract by OneSubsea (a Cameron & Schlumberger company) to design, manufacture and supply an integrated power umbilical solution and associated termination hardware for Exxon Mobil

Luginbill Die Co., Co., Inc., a fifth generation die business located in New Haven, Indiana, USA, has ceased operations and was scheduled as of press time to sell off its equipment and real estate at an Aug. 28 auction. “We’ve been roughing it for a while,” said Joy Luginbill, the company controller and wife of President Kip Luginbill, who cited competition from low-cost foreign dies as forcing them out of the market. Joy noted that she and Kip were near retirement age and that their sons (Chip, Gy and Ty) have had offers both in and out of the die industry, so now is a good time to close down the family business. She said that the company, which at its zenith had employed 50 people, had seen those numbers pared down over the years to 18, and more recently to just a skeleton crew. Joy said that barring a potential buyer coming forward to purchase all the equipment and/or the property, the focus was on getting the word out about the auction, which she hoped would not have to happen.

Inosym reels and Qunye reels form new joint venture called IQ REELS Insoym Ltd. and Qunye report that they have formed a joint venture, called IQ REELS, that will market and promote the collective products of both companies to a global market. A press release said that IQ REELS will have a comprehensive worldwide professional sales network and world class production facilities of over 40,000 sq m. “The quality and service of Inosym combined with the cost base and production facilities of Qunye will allow IQ reels to offer reels, bobbins and spools to meet all markets quality and price expectations. We are excited by the benefits this presents our customers in terms

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ly, but none of them focus on the low-voltage wire and cable supply chain, and that is why we wanted to create a platform specifically for this segment of the industry.

U.S.-based Underwriters Laboratories (UL) surprised many people when it created a new event: the UL Wire and Cable International Fair, which was held July 17-19, 2013, at the Guangdong Modern International Exhibition Center (GDF) in Dongguan, China. Jointly organized by the Guangdong Modern International Exhibition Center and the Dongguan Humen Information Wire and Cable Association (DHIWCA), the event included a technical conference with presentations by representatives from U.S., European and Asian companies, including UL, and a trade show. Below, UL’s Steve Galan, Director North America Wire & Cable Product Safety, discusses the event with WJI.

WJI: Was this event prompted by UL or was it encouraged to provide this venue? Galan: As part of its mission, UL works with manufacturers globally to help them manufacture products that comply with the applicable standards. The event was conceived by UL as a way to help insulated wire and cable manufacturers find suppliers and customers to strengthen their business. One big threat the wire and cable industry faces is unfair competition from sub-standard products that do not meet the applicable standards. These products make their way into the market and often buyers are deceived into buying products that are cheaper, but which end up putting their lives and property at risk. Legitimate manufacturers struggle with this imbalanced playing field and lose business to noncompliant manufacturers, which reduces the amount of capital and resources they can invest in developing new and innovative technologies. With this in mind, the DHIWCA, Dongguan Wire & Cable Association, Taiwan Electric Wire & Cable Association, Wenzhou Wire & Cable Association, Wire & Cable Association of Greater China, The opening ceremony at the UL Wire and Cable International Fair. Communication Cable & Connectivity Association, the International Wire & WJI: What was the purpose of UL staging a trade show Cable Symposium and Wire World partnered with UL to in China? help build the Fair into a new solution to address this issue. Galan: We wanted to offer an all-in-one platform for manufacturers, suppliers, buyers and other players in the WJI: If UL’s mission is related to the services it provides, profession to gain more business opportunities through why was this not a single-focus technical conference? knowledge sharing, networking and exposure to domestic Galan: The Fair is meant to go beyond just providing a and foreign associations. Also, to discuss emerging trends forum for information exchange and best practice sharing. and address the challenges that the industry faces. We realAt its core, the Fair strives to provide a marketplace for ize that there are a number of wire and cable shows globalglobal wire and cable manufacturers to reach suppliers and

UL reported that some 300 attendees were at the conference.

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Following its first-ever industry event in China, UL reports on its purpose, future

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customers that share their values and are interested in trading with compliant insulated wire and cable products.

and solutions into contact with the growing Asia Pacific wire and cable manufacturing base.

WJI: How did the trade show element come about? Galan: The show organizers wanted to give participants an opportunity to interact with suppliers and have access to some of the latest technologies to advance their own manufacturing processes and increase overall compliance. As such, the Expo serves two purposes: visiting manufacturers can get to know and learn from global best-in-class suppliers; and buyers can find new suppliers for high-quality compliant low-voltage wire and cable products and accessories.

WJI: What were the actual attendance numbers? Galan: The attendance was about 5,000, and some 300 people were at the presentations.

WJI: Was this meant to be a technical mission or a combination technical mission/fundraising strategy? Has UL expanded its scope? Galan: Because of its focus on the low-voltage insulated wire and cable segment, we believe that the Fair is complementary to some of the largest shows that service this industry. The fact that it is held in Southern China, means that its activities are carried out within driving distance of a large number of wire and cable manufacturers in China, which is now the largest manufacturing market in the world for wire and cable products. Our goal is to continue working with global associations and suppliers to bring their technologies

WJI: Was this meant to be a one-time trade show/conference or are there plans to make it an annual/biennial event? Galan: As a first-of-its-kind event, the Fair has exceeded everyone’s expectations. At this time, UL is in talks with its partners to explore the available options to continue adding value to the industry through future editions of the event. We plan to communicate these plans in the next few weeks. WJI: If UL is putting this combination event on in China, is it also possible for this same type of event to be held in Europe and/or the Americas? Galan: As part of the planning process, we surveyed the current show offering in other regions and settled on China as one of the larger manufacturing regions which was also underserved in terms of wire and cable conferences and expos. UL will continue to work with the global industry associations and customers to explore other opportunities to help strengthen the global wire and cable industry.

UL update: China has taken action over fraudulent wire and cable In recent years, U.S.-based Underwriters Laboratories (UL) has bolstered its efforts to keep wire and cable bearing unauthorized UL marks out of the global marketplace, working closely with law enforcement agencies and local governments. UL’s Steve Galan, Director North America Wire & Cable Product Safety, reports that there has been some success, and that he is optimistic about the direction it is going in China, a key origination point for such products. In its 2013 annual report, UL noted that it took part in 102 enforcement actions in China, a 46% increase from the prior year. The report cited one such action. In April 2012, UL filed a complaint with the Dongguan Municipal Public Security Bureau (PSB) against what it said was an unauthorized manufacturer running a large-scale operation producing wire bearing counterfeit UL Marks and different file numbers involving a number of UL’s legitimate clients. The investigation led to a raid that resulted in the seizure of 6,359 reels of wire along with 96 print wheels, it said. In 2012, Galan told WJI, there were 31 wire and cable seizures in China, with seven cases deemed to be criminal. Of those, he said, three cases were resolved, with all resulting in prison times that ranged from six months for one case, 2 ½ years for a second case, and from four years to five years and nine months for three individuals for the third case. Those sentences matter, Galan said, because it shows that fraud will not be allowed. “We worked with the Chinese government on the issue of uncertified wire and cable and are pleased with the results.” 12 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

While the focus understandably is on companies not following the rules, Galan said that UL has worked very closely with hundreds of off-shore cable manufacturers, including Chinese companies, that do make legitimate products. “We work with these manufacturers to form industry associations and have conducted training on standards, codes, material usage, etc.in the past and on a continuing basis. Our recently completed tradeshow is another way that we have gathered a large number of cable manufacturers together to foster an exchange of information leading to a higher level of compliant cable as well as a reduction of unauthorized cable.”

UL’s Steve Galan, l, speaks with AlphaGary’s Dave Kiddoo at its July trade event in China.

TURI workshop speaker: RoHS2 and REACH may hold new surprises Industry as a whole is familiar with RoHS requirements, but that does not mean wire and cable companies necessarily are set for RoHS 2, which will be the focus on a Sept. 25 workshop being put on by the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI), which notes that, “For companies that have worked with RoHS, RoHS 2 has a broader scope and real teeth for compliance; and for those new to RoHS, it’s a whole new ball game.” A press release said that the TURI workshop, to be held at the Sturbridge Host Hotel & Conference Center, in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, will focus on the implications of the European RoHS and REACH directives, including an explanation on the difference between RoHS 1 and RoHS 2. The afternoon will

have a special focus on wire and cable, looking at the technical challenges associated with the use of regulated toxic chemicals. Per Ray Lizotte, Director of IT Environmental Stewardship for Schneider Electric, “for a number of the exemptions that may expire, the supply chain is not even remotely ready to provide compliant solutions.” “Specific issues for wire and cable companies include their new CE marking responsibilities, and maintaining their competitive position by being proactive in identifying high performance, safer alternatives to substances likely to be restricted under RoHS and REACH,” said TURI Deputy Director Liz Harriman. For more details, see p. 46. To register for the workshop, go to www.turi.org/reachrohsworkshop.

Canadian agency finds against China, Israel and Spain for dumping The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has made a “final determination of dumping pursuant to paragraph 41(1)(a)

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of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), in respect of certain galvanized steel wire originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China, the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Spain and made a final determination of subsidizing in respect of the above-mentioned goods originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China.” The announcement at the CBSA’s website said that “The Canadian International Trade Tribunal is continuing its inquiry into the question of injury to the domestic industry for subject goods from People’s Republic of China, the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Spain and will make an order or finding by August 20, 2013. Provisional duties will continue to apply until this date on imports of subject goods from these three countries.” Dumping margins, the release said, were 36.6% for China’s Sunny Load Top Co, Ltd.; 16.6% for Tianjin Huayuan Times metal products Co., Ltd.; and 153% for all others. The dumping margins were 10.2% for Israel’s Yehuda Welded Mesh Ltd., and 153% for all others; and 14.2% for Spain’s MoredaRiviere Trefilerias S.A., and 153% for all others. The subsidy rates were 907.79 renminbi per metric ton for China’s Sunny Load, 910.33 renminbi for all others.

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Magnetic Analysis Corp. celebrates 85 years of nondestructive testing U.S.-based Magnetic Analysis Corporation (MAC), a leader in nondestructive testing, is celebrating 85 years of designing and supplying innovative inspection instruments and systems for metal manufacturers throughout the world. A press release said that the company was founded in 1928 in Long Island City, New York, at a time when testing for quality purposes usually meant laboratory sampling techniques, which essentially destroyed or altered part of the product being tested. MAC began working with electromagnetic techniques to nondestructively test steel bars without altering the product. After six years of development work, MAC introduced the first successful bar tester to identify cracks in steel bars in a mill in 1934. Since then, the company notes that it has set the standard for innovative NDT technology for metal bar, tube

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Magnetic Analysis Corporation staffers with a banner that says it all. make and practical to use. MAC people’s energy and imagination continues to enable us to serve a very diverse and challenging world.”” “With the increasingly demanding specifications that our customers must meet, MAC has developed test systems to meet the stringent requirements of API, ASTM, EN, DIN and other standards organizations, allowing manufacturers to improve their quality and ship more products, be they oil country tubular goods, nuclear heat exchanger tubing, bar for the automotive industry, wire for medical use, or other critical applications,” MAC President and CEO Joseph Vitulli said.

Company anniversaries, be they a century mark or even a decade, are noteworthy as keeping a business going day-afterday during good times and bad is worth acknowledging. Of course, there is celebrating and then there is making a fullfledged production out of it, which is what Allied Wire & Cable (AWC)—a stocking distributor and specialty manufacturer of electrical wire, electronic cable, heat shrink tubing, and wire management products—has done this year. AWC’s 25th anniversary celebration has seen a cast of company staffers writing, directing, shooting , costuming and starring in the monthly production as part of “Allied’s Year-Long 25th Anniversary Celebration Giveaway Extravaganza.” Episodes to date have included dancing lobsters, a beach party and a Star Trek setting, with staffers from multiple departments (accounting, warehouse, sales, marketing and IT) part of the production shot at the company’s headquarters in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Per Jessica Buck, AWC’s head copywriter, “We meet at the beginning of each month to discuss script ideas and how they’ll tie into our current promotion and challenge for our 25th anniversary raffles. We then recruit employee volunteers as our actors and actresses and film in the middle of the month. Production usually takes place in the last two weeks. We launch the new video on the first, and then do it all again!”

Philadelphian greats Benjamin Franklin (AWC Programmer Harry Sklar) and Rocky Balboa (AWC Warehouse Associate Eric Gelormo) were among the notables in the company’s anniversary “extravaganza.” The two constants are Chett Smilington, overplayed to the hilt by Jim Thivierge, the company’s vice president of operations, and Vera White, played by Crystal Sweet, an AWC receptionist, who each episode hold a for-real raffle for customers. Okay, the productions can be a bit uneven, but if all they had ever done was the March episode with the match-off between Philadelphian notables Benjamin Franklin and Rocky Balboa, it would be worth it. The episodes can be silly, but fun silly (when’s the last time you heard someone say “lickspittle”?). AWC reports that customer response has been great. See for yourself at www.awcwire.com or go to www.youtube and type in “AWC 25th anniversary celebration.”

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Report projects steady global growth for the industrial fastener market A report by Transparency Market Research projects that the global market for industrial fasteners, which was pegged at more than $65 billion in 2011, will top $94 billion in 2018. The 94-page report, “Industrial Fasteners Market (Externally Threaded, Aerospace Grade and Standard) for Automotive OEM, Machinery OEM, MRO and Construction Applications - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012-2018,” provides detailed analysis of the industrial fasteners market on a global and regional level, a press release said. It noted that on a global as well as regional level, the market has been analyzed and forecast based on revenues for a period ranging from 2012 to 2018. The market, it added, has been segmented into North America, Western Europe, Asia Pacific and Rest of the World (RoW). Bolts represent the single largest product segment in the industrial fasteners market, followed by screws, the release said. It cited rising construction and maintenance activities worldwide as being among the primary drivers for the projected growth for market applications such as automobiles, construction, industrial machineries and durable goods. The cost for the report varies depending on the requested license type. For more details, contact Transparency Market Research at www.transparencymarketresearch.com.

WCISA notes changes to its board The Wire Cable Industry Suppliers Association (WCISA®), a nonprofit corporate membership organization of North American-based suppliers of machinery, materials and accessories used for making all type of wire and cable, announced the following changes to its board of directors. Rahul Sachdev, executive vice president, Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp., has been re-elected as WCISA president, serving a new three-year term through July 2016. New board members are Gord Murray, director, QED Wire Lines Inc., and Jay Luis, marketing manager, Worldwide, Beta LaserMike, who were elected to three-year terms. Leaving the board are William E. Crowle of QED Wire Lines Inc. and Perry Chattler of DCM Industries, both of whom were thanked for their guidance and service to WCISA and the wire and cable industry. Re-elected to three year terms as board members are: Tom Copp, president, REELEX Packaging Solutions, Inc.; Rob Fulop, vice president & general manager, Wire Lab Company; Dave Kiddoo, global business manager, AlphaGary Corp.; Rene Mayer, technical sales, Mossberg Reel LLC; Mike Patel, industry manager - wire & cable compounds, Teknor Apex Co.; Drew Richards, CEO, RichardsApex, Inc.; and John Zachow, business area manager, Davis-Standard Corp. WCISA’s mission is to promote its member’s products and services by providing its members with representation, networking/social opportunities and services at wire and cable trade events and conferences. For more details, go to www.wcisaonline.org.

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Briefs U.S.-based CommScope, which was a publicly traded company before being acquired and taken private by the Carlyle Group, plans to launch an IPO to raise $750 million. “CommScope intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to redeem a portion of CommScope Inc.’s 8.25% senior notes due 2019 and to pay related fees, expenses, and premiums,” CommScope said in a statement announcing the filing, “with

the remainder of the proceeds to be used for general corporate purposes.” J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank Securities and BofA Merrill Lynch are lead book-running managers for the proposed initial public offering. Additional book-running managers are Barclays, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Jefferies, Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets and Wells Fargo Securities. In late 2010, CommScope agreed to be bought by the Carlyle Group for a reported $3.9 billion. … Pelican Wire Company, Inc., has been recognized as a recipient of the 2013 Florida Companies to WatchSM award, an honor presented by GrowFL at the University of Central Florida. A press release said that the list, now in its third year, recognizes 50 companies across the state that will be honored Thursday, October 24, at the Hard Rock Live in Orlando, Florida. The program recognizes privately held second-stage Florida-based companies with less than a hundred full-time employees. The winners, it said, are chosen based on their “intent and capacity to grow based on employee or sales growth, exceptional entrepreneurial leadership, sustainable competitive advantage, outstanding corporate culture,

inspired community giving and other notable strengths.” Based in Naples, Florida, Pelican Wire manufactures high quality wire and cable products, specializing in electrical heating and thermocouple temperature measurement. It notes that it was also named Southwest Florida’s Manufacturer of the Year and nominated for Florida’s Manufacturer of the Year. … Automated Industrial Machinery, Inc. (AIM), a U.S.-based supplier of bending equipment, was among a dozen businesses in Illinois that were recipients of the 2013 Governor’s Export Awards. A press release said that Illinois Governor Pat Quinn presented AIM President Constantine Graspas with the

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Integer Report: part 2 The below information from U.K.-based Integer Research is excerpted from one of the company’s latest publications: Wire & Cable Focus Report: Middle East and North Africa Markets. The report provides the

After looking at the GCC cable market in the July issue of Wire Journal International, we will now examine the North African region. The consumption of wire and cable in North Africa shares some common demand drivers with the GCC, most notably GDP growth, fixed investment growth, and population growth, but their importance varies from the GCC’s drivers. As a consequence, the region’s cable consumption has different characteristics to the GCC. In North Africa, a key determinant of wire and cable consumption is the outsourcing of wiring harness assembly from the European automotive and other OEM supply chains to North Africa, in order to take advantage of lower labor costs. This globalization of the supply chains has resulted in the development of industrial clusters where related industries, such as cable manufacturing, have invested and subsequently grown. Local governments have encouraged this, such as free-zones where there are tax incentives to locate and produce there. Tier 1 global automotive suppliers such as Dräxlmaier, Leoni, Yazaki, Lear Automotive, Kromberg & Schubert and Sumitomo Wiring Systems all have harness operations in Tunisia. At the same time, Tunisian manufacturer Coficab (Elloumi Group) has grown to become one of the leading suppliers of automotive wire into the European auto sector. In Morocco, the main wiring harness producers are Nexans, Leoni, Yazaki, Sumitomo Electric, Schlemmer, and Coficab. As much as 8% of the world’s wiring harnesses are produced in Tunisia and around 5% in Morocco, according to Integer’s latest study – Wire & Cable Focus Report: Middle East and North Africa Markets, which forecasts 18 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

prospects and opportunities in the wire and cable industry in both the GCC and North Africa. Part 1 looked at the Middle East region. Part 2 looks at the North Africa region.

potential demand for MENA wire and cable to 2017 It is common for these wiring harness operations to import cable from Western Europe, as well as plant equipment and components on a duty-free and tariff-free basis, where they are assembled, processed or manufactured. Increasingly, wire and cable is also being produced in the same location as the harness assembly. In most cases, wiring harness assemblies and sub-assemblies are then exported to Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy or Germany for final assembly. As a result of the link to OEM consuming markets, North African wire and cable consumption is linked to demand for goods consumed in key export markets, such as the European automotive and aerospace markets. Longer term demand for wire and cable from OEMs could also be influenced by North African labour costs, and their differential to other regions. Egypt has increasingly become an important exporter of a variety of wire and cable products to Europe, the rest of the Middle East, and Africa. Algeria and Libya are the only exception, due to the significance of their respective hydrocarbon sectors. The most important country in the region in terms of consumption is Egypt, making up 28% of North African wire and cable consumption in 2012 in gross cable weight terms. Narrowly behind is Tunisia which holds 27% of regional consumption. The Arab Springs’ events in 2011 and 2012 negatively affected consumption of wire and cable in both countries. Morocco holds 23% of the region’s consumption in 2012, and Algeria has 21%. Libya only represented 2% of regional consumption in 2012, but its share has diminished as a result of the

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Integer Research notes that its report on the prospects and opportunities in the wire and cable industry in both the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and North Africa delivers accurate and detailed data that have been gathered directly from the field in this fast growing market. It includes cable capacity, consumption

and trade, split by product for every single cable maker in the region. The countries covered are: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. For more information on this report, contact Ali Asaadi at tel. +44-207-503-1265, ali.asaadi@integer-research.com.

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destruction and disruption caused by the recent civil war. In fact, at its peak over 2007-2012, Libya accounted for 13% of local consumption in 2009. After the 201112 turmoil in Tunisia, some of the leading wiring harness companies decided they were overreliant on their production in Tunisia. Some shifted capacity to other parts of North Africa, and even Eastern Europe. At the same time, the revolution in Egypt dented domestic cable consumption and Integer chart showing installed cable versus demand in North Africa from 2007-17. encouraged leading local producwire producers will benefit from the country’s security ers to focus more aggressively on export markets. and experience increased investments. Morocco however emerged relatively unscathed from the We expect total wire and cable demand in North Africa Arab Spring, and Integer expects that local automotive to increase to 715,000 gross cable tonnes by 2017, up from 521,000 tonnes in 2012. We are also forecasting total market value to increase by 18% over the next five years to over US$5.3 billion. In particular, we expect Egypt’s wire and cable demand to rebound quickly from 2012’s impasse. Our projections foresee an average annual increase in demand of 6% between 2012 and 2017. In terms of gross cable weight, we expect Egypt’s consumption to reach almost 204,000 tonnes in 2017, while the total value of the market should rise above US$1.5 billion over the same period.

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ASIAN FOCUS Creation of a BRICS bank could be hard to structure for real-world results Earlier this year, the leaders of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations announced that they would create their own development bank. The announcement from their annual meeting, which was held in Durban, South Africa, has yet to see results toward that goal, but the person who opined the BRICS acronym has his doubts that it will succeed. Further, he singled out a single country for being the one that should not be a part of the alliance. Jim O’Neill—who worked for Goldman Sachs Group Inc. from 1995 until April 2013, during which he came up with the BRIC moniker (later expanded to BRICS due to the addition of South Africa)— shared his thoughts about the proposed bank in a recent Bloomberg View column. He noted that the proposal was sketchy: there was no location for where the new bank would be based or how it would be funded. “The vagueness suggests the new bank’s true purpose hasn’t been worked out. In a way, that’s understandable, because the BRICS grouping is unusual. Even so, for this venture to succeed, the new bank will need a clear rationale,” he wrote. O’Neill explained why he thought that it was not an easy task for the five countries to work as one on this common goal. Simply put, he said, “they aren’t much alike.” All but South Africa are among the world’s largest emerging economies, but the scope of the differences between the four principal countries is staggering, he wrote, noting that China is bigger than all the other BRICS put together. But putting that in further context, he noted that China’s growth is so massive compared to the others that “its growth in effect creates a new India every couple of years, or a new South Africa every few months.” The differences go beyond growth, O’Neill pointed out. “Putting size to one side, what else do they have in common? Not that much. Brazil, India and South Africa are democracies; China and Russia aren’t. China and India are major commodity importers; Brazil, Russia and South Africa are major commodity exporters. They also have very different levels of income and wealth. Russia’s annual per

capita income, adjusted for purchasing-power parity, is about $24,000; on the same basis, Brazil, China and South Africa have incomes of between $9,000 and $12,000; India is much poorer, at about $4,000.” The five-country alliance is an odd one, O’Neill wrote. “I’m constantly reading that one country or another doesn’t belong in the BRICS group. Having come up with the idea in the first place, I don’t know whether to be amused or annoyed. The fact is, it’s easy to make a case for excluding each one. As time goes by, I see China as the real odd man out, not just because of its size but also because, despite the recent slowdown, it’s the only one that so far this decade has met my expectations for growth.” O’Neill said that if one looks from an economical perspective, South Africa would not make sense. In past articles he has cited other countries that would be better fitting, such as Nigeria. The reason for South Africa’s presence, however, is not due to an economic base but more a political grouping, he wrote. “The membership requirement, you might say, is a compelling combination of economic potential and geopolitical weight. In any event, South Africa’s a member, and debating whether it deserves to be is pointless. What’s well worth debating, though, is whether the decision to set up a BRICS bank gives South Africa’s leaders a new chance to explain its presence and make it count.” It’s not clear why China would want to be involved in the proposed bank as that economic need is already met by the China Development Bank, which funds overseas investments judged by Beijing to be in China’s economic or geopolitical interests. “Here’s my theory: China’s leaders may see a BRICS bank as a low-risk rehearsal for the role they are fated to play, in due course, at the IMF and the World Bank, within the Group of 20 and maybe even at the United Nations,” he wrote. What’s South Africa’s purpose? Some of its policy makers tell me they aspire to act as go-between for the BRIC countries on one side and Africa—or least sub-Saharan Africa— on the other. That’s fine, but they should be a bit more specific. South Africa has a well-developed financial sector, and the expertise and experience that go with it. Why not use this strength to fashion a role in drawing project-development money to the many needy countries to their north?” O’Neill said that the need for a BRICS-like bank can be seen in the protests that exist in many emerging economies

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ASIAN NEWS BRIEF India turns to Bangladesh for more bandwidth Lacking the bandwidth it needs, the country of India plans to turn to Bangladesh to meet its global telecom connectivity needs, leasing nearly 100 gigabytes of international bandwidth from two state-owned suppliers in the neighboring country to route some of India’s overseas call and data traffic through a new gateway in Agartala. A recent report in The Times of India cited a top official in state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) as saying that the action is needed to reduce BSNL’s dependence on Tata Communications Ltd.’s Chennai landing station for routing international voice and data traffic emanating from India's eastern, northeastern and southern states. The report noted the following. Bangladesh is a co-owner of the SEA-ME-WE 4 submarine cable system that runs from Singapore to France and connects Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, UAE, Tunisia and Algeria. It is the primary internet backbone between South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and Europe. Bangladesh also proposes to leverage its proposed OFC links with India to address the international connectivity needs of landlocked SAARC countries like Nepal and Bhutan, but the Indian government is yet to take a firm view on this, said another official present in the meeting.

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that are different in nature yet share two common factors. One is that fast-growing emerging economies have rapidly expanding middle classes that have gained from economic growth and want more, and the other is that the new middle classes do not want governments to waste public money but to invest wisely and help reduce poverty. At Goldman Sachs, O’Neill said that scores were calculated by the research department for each of the emerging economies, with three of 18 variables standing out as the most important for success. The first factor is governance, meaning the need to have better government as opposed to more; the second is education, including at the most basic levels; and third is access to modern technology, O’Neill wrote. Governments that raise all three of these scores give their countries the best chance of escaping once and for all from the so-called middle-income trap, he declared. “So I have a suggestion for the new bank, once it’s up and running. Set country-by-country targets for improving performance on each of these three measures over agreed periods. Make these scores the organizing principle, and use them to guide capital allocation. If a BRICS development bank adopted a rationale such as this, used it to focus minds and then followed through with its decisions, it could do its members, and others as well, a power of good.”

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PEOPLE Michael Roussel has joined Carris Reels as sales manager, overseeing sales functions for company plant locations in Vermont, Connecticut, Virginia, North Carolina, Michigan and California as well as in Mexico. He has a background in resin performance and the wire and cable industry, having held sales and product development positions with companies that include Ineos, Alpha Gary, Dow Chemical and, more recently, Omya, where he was technical service and innovation manager for the Americas. He holds a B.S. degree in plastics Michael Roussel engineering from the University of Massachusetts – Lowell, and serves as a technical industry liaison to ASTM and other organizations. Based in Proctor, Vermont, USA, Carris Reels, Inc., manufactures nailed wood, plywood, wood/metal, hardboard and stamped metal reels. Timothy Copp has been named vice president of REELEX and has joined the company’s board of directors. The son of company President Tom Copp, he joined REELEX in 2003, starting in marketing, where he was responsible for advertising, marketing materials and website development. He transitioned to other positions that included product manager and, most recently, as Timothy Copp business development manager, working with potential customers on developing packaging solutions and company marketing functions from web development to photography as well as improving the company’s internal systems and processes. He holds a B.S. degree in business administration from Babson College and an MBA degree from Western Connecticut State University. Based in Patterson, New York, USA, REELEX Packaging Solutions provides packaging machinery and concepts developed around the REELEX® figure-eight coiling system used for a wide range of lowvoltage cable products.

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American Spring Wire (ASW) announced the promotion of Jim Rudolph to vice president and general sales manager, overseeing sales of all ASW products. He has been with the company for 15 years, and had been directing ASW’s sales service, technical service and production planning. He has been recognized for his energy and drive that early on led to accomplishments, such as the company’s spring wire team setting record ship-

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ments of commercial spring wire. While focusing on sales of PC strand, he recently helped shore up the company’s market share in spring wire. During his ASW tenure, he spent five years building the sales team at J&L Wire, an ASW subsidiary. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, American Spring Wire manufactures valve spring-quality and commercial-quality spring wire and PC strand. RSCC Wire & Cable LLC reported the following personnel news for its Exane business segment. Peter Moran has been named director, sales & marketing, for transportation products, focusing on the company’s transit infrastructure business, which includes sales of cables for transit cars. He will also be Peter Moran responsible for visibility of those products through both print and digital media. Most recently, he had been serving as national sales manager, Exane transit products. Jim Notarfrancesco has been given addiJim tional manageNotarfrancesco ment responsibilities in his expanded role as vice president – Exane sales, industrial and commercial products. Both Moran and Notarfrancesco will report to Vice President and General Manager Robert Canny. Altin Dabulla has been named Applications Engineer, reporting to Notarfrancesco. He joins RSCC after his most recent Altin Dabulla position as program manager at Rexam PLC. He has five years of prior experience at General Cable in both design and application engineering, and holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering and an MBA degree from the University of Connecticut. Based in East Granby, Connecticut, USA, and a business of the Marmon Engineered Wire & Cable Group, RSCC Wire & Cable manufactures specialty power cables for the energy, utility, military, aerospace, transit, industrial and other markets including the Exane brand of products. Metalube Ltd. has hired two technical staffers to the operations that it established in India in 2011. The new application engineers are Prashant Sharma, responsible for Northern India, and Chirag Mhatre, responsible for Western India. The hirings follow the company’s strategy of appointing locally based engineers. Based in the U.K., Metalube Ltd. supplies a range of lubricants for wire and cable manufacturing.

unit of Frigeco, a brand of Italy’s MFL Group, a global supplier of wiredrawing, cabling, stranding and extrusion machinery to the wire and cable industry. After 15 months of “semi-retirement,” Dane G. Armendariz has joined Chemetall—the company where he started his wire and cable career some two plus decades ago—as an industry manager. He will concentrate on the wire, tube and cold extrusion industries, with a focus on bringing new green technologies to the market. He will report to Jack McAfee, a long-time friend who he worked with many years ago at Chemetall, which is now adding resources to bolster its wire industry presence in the U.S. A former WAI president (2010), Armendariz has Dane Armendariz worked in the fields of zinc phosphate, specialty coatings, drawing compounds and most processes used in the treatment of ferrous metals. He holds a degree in chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh. Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Chemetall is a global supplier of products that include coatings and lubricants for wire and cable.

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Frigeco reports that Anthony DeRosa has joined the MFL Group as general manager of its newly formed division: Frigeco USA, Inc., responsible for sales and technical service. He started his career in the wire and cable industry more than 33 years ago at Royle Systems Group, an international company specializing in extrusion systems, where he held numerous technical and engineering management positions.The next four years he served as vice president of operations at DeAngeli, USA, and was responsible for the division’s technical sales and marketing of its extrusion, wiredrawing and stranding equipment in North America. The last 16 years, he has been president of Cortinovis Anthony DeRosa Machinery America, Inc. Six years ago, after The Eurolls Group purchased Cortinovis SpA, he also became responsible for sales and marketing as well as for after-sales and service and administration for the other companies in the Group. He has been very active in Wire Association International, where he has held several chair positions and is currently serving on its executive committee and board of directors. He holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering. Based in New Jersey, Frigeco USA, Inc., is the North American business

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Q: What is your role there? A: I serve as a West Coast technical sales representative, working closely with Sales Manager Mark Kristoff. Q: What do you like best about your position? A: I’m really enjoying my role as part of the Gem team, a family owned company where employees actually feel like part of a family. Caring for existing customers and cultivating new ones is that much easier with our supportive corporate culture. Q: How has the industry most changed? A: Originally, the customer just needed to mark their product with a number or company name and product was mainly PVC. Static information was acceptable and still is in some applications, but now the bar has been raised. Customers want speed, variable messages, logos and products that are environmentally friendly. Q: How does your company remain competitive? A: There’s only one way to stay competitive: be a resource to your customer. Try to be an extension of their work force. You need to listen to their needs and try to fulfill them. You should also be looking ahead on their behalf, anticipating the next product they’ll need or regulatory hurdle they’ll need to clear. Q: Why did you recently join WAI? A: I joined WAI to learn about and keep current with industry trends. The trade shows, periodicals and directories keep me connected with the industry. The golf tournaments work well for that too!

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Roberto Bentivoglio Technical Sales Manager Guidetti Recycling Systems Arturo Beteta del Rio General Manager Condulimex Douglas Blew Vice President, Global Manufacturing Engineering CommScope Inc Harvey E Campbell Purchasing Director Nexans Energy Rob Clark Director Business Excellence United Copper Industries Kevin E Clarke Purchasing Specialist Nexans Energy Luis R Cruz Extrusion Process Technician Times Microwave Systems Peter Duserick Regional Sales Manager Dynisco Matthew Ellis Engineer United Copper Industries Alberto Escarria Processing Engineering Director Centelsa SA Lindsay Farrell General Manager Niagara Composites Industries Inc

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Olivia Wei Director of Corporate Affairs & Branding General Cable Corp

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Enhancements are being made to the updating and listing process for the 2014 Wire Journal International (WJI) Reference Guide. Historically companies have been invited to update their profiles for the WJI Reference Guide in September; new profiles were accepted throughout the year; and the annual print publication—which is included with WAI membership—was issued in February. “This year changes to the listing process are currently underway which will be reflected both in print and online in a new ‘Industry Search’ section on WAI’s website,” said Janice Swindells, WAI’s Director, Marketing & Corp. Communications. “Our goal is to improve the search capabilities on WAI’s website. By collecting data in a slightly different way up front, we can expand the value of company profiles beyond the 1,110 product category system we’ve used for 20+ years.” She noted that WAI IT Manager Chuck Szymaszek is working on system upgrades that will allow for search results to be returned based on ranking; online profiles that include rich media like videos or data sheets; and a geo-location mapping system. Companies with listings in the 2013 publication will be notified when the updating module is ready to accept data for the 2014 publication. The 2013 Reference Guide, which was 438 pages, included the following sections: company profiles; companies by business type; a geographical index; WAI information; and an advertising index. The deadline for display advertising for the 2014 Reference Guide is Nov. 11, 2013; early bird advertisers (order received by or before Oct. 4) get a 5% discount. For more details, see the online WJI Media Kit or contact sales@wirenet.org. The Reference Guide is free for WAI members and available for purchase from the WAI for $140.

WAI issues a call for ‘Road Scholars’ The WAI is seeking applicants for the Wire Link Traveling Scholarship, a program that sends a wire professional to Europe where the winner can see how different companies operate, as well as attend the wire Düsseldorf show. The WAI is looking for ambitious wire professionals who have been employed for at least two years in the wire and cable (or related) industries, including manufacturers and suppliers. Candidates must be: employed full-time in the U.S. for at least two years with a U.S.-based company; be able to attend wire Düsseldorf (April 7-11, 2014); and be a WAI member in good standing at the time of application and travel. Applications must be sent to the WAI by Dec. 1. For more details, along with rules and an application, go to: http://www.wirenet.org/about-us/20-wai-article/201wire-link-travelling-scholarship-rules-and-regulations.

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CHAPTER CORNER Pleasant day all around for the Ohio Valley Chapterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Golf tournament Ohio Valley Chapter President Rob Fulop reports that the chapter enjoyed a beautiful, picture-perfect day for its 11th Annual Golf Tournament at the Grantwood Golf Course in Solon, Ohio, USA. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was dry and sunny with a steady breeze, perfect for golf,â&#x20AC;? said Fulop, Wire Lab Company, who noted that the two dozen players all From l-r, the winning team of Grayson carded very Alexy, Prince & Izant, Co.; Dave Devine, good scores. Sumitomo Electric; Vince Griffin and He attributed Mike Swift, both of Premier Wire Die.

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CCCA’s Frank Peri will be the speaker at Oct. 17 New England Chapter event Frank Peri, executive director of the Communications Cable and Connectivity Association (CCCA), will focus on efforts to control the flow of non-compliant and/or counterfeit cables during his presentation at the New England Chapter’s fall education event on Oct. 17 at The Beechwood Hotel in Worcester, Massachusetts. Peri’s presentation, “Non-Compliant and Counterfeit Communications Cable … A Snapshot of What We’ve Learned,” will focus on CCCA’s surveillance findings on compliance of communications copper cabling to National Electrical Code requirements for fire safety. The presentation will also summarize initiatives by the CCCA to inform and alert the structured cabling industry

and U.S. Customs of the extent of the problems such bad cables pose as well as cover results to date from CCCA’s collaboration with independent third-party listing agencies. The audience is encouraged to use and apply this information, within its sphere of influence, to help preserve the integrity of the industry and protect public safety. Peri has years of experience in the communications cabling industry, including management positions in a multi-national chemical company, as owner of a cabling contractor company and as president of his own consulting firm, Communications Design Corp. He has served on committees for the NFPA and the TIA. In 2007, he joined CCCA, which has focused on policy for cabling infrastructure, and has supported and issued reports on cables that are bad and/or counterfeit. He has been active as a speaker at industry events, frequently making presentations at IWCS. The event will begin with a networking/social hour at 5:30 pm, followed by Peri’s presentation at 6:30 pm and dinner and networking at 7:30 pm. The registration form, with event fees, can be found at www.wirenet.org. The deadline is October 11, and rooms can be booked at $189 a night. For more details, contact WAI’s Anna Bzowski at tel. 203-4553-2777, ext. 126, abzowski@wirenet.org.

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Golf Course in Fontana, California. Contact Shootout Chairman John Stevens at jstevens@emc-wire.com, or WAI’s Steve Fetteroll at sfetteroll@wirenet.org. The Vannais Southeast Chapter’s 12th Annual Golf Tournament will be held Thursday, Oct. 24, at the Rock Barn Golf and Spa in Conover, North Carolina. For more information, contact Nexans’s Art Deming, tel. 252-9559451, art.deming@ nexans.com.

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CabWire: the focus is on innovation Following successful technical conferences held in Stresa, Prague, Bologna, Istanbul and, most recently, Düsseldorf, a collective effort by multiple industry organizations has gone into the Monday, Nov. 4, staging of CabWire World Conference 2013 at the Palazzo Turati in Milan, Italy. The theme for the conference, the sixth such biennial event, is “Innovations driving worldwide wire and cable markets,” and it will feature ferrous and nonferrous expert speakers presenting papers on the latest technological developments within the industry, a press release said. The international technical conference, which will also include plant tours offered on Tuesday, Nov. 5, was made possible by a cadre of industry associations—led by the U.K.’s IWMA (International Wire & Machinery Association)—that also includes Italy’s ACIMAF

(Associazione Costruttori Italiani Macchine per Filo); France’s CET (Comité Européen de la Tréfilerie); the IWCEA (the International Wire & Cable Exhibitors Association), which is composed of members of IWCEAFrance, VÖDKM-Austria and VDKM-Germany); and WAI (Wire Association International). Also part of the organizing efforts for the event are two Italian groups that are the local Milan Chamber of Commerce: the Camera Di Commercio Milano and PROMOS, the Internazionalizzazione e marketing territoriale. Supporters for the event include IWMA Educational Trust, Locton Ltd.; Messe Düsseldorf GmbH; Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co.; Rosendahl Austria; and SAMP SpA. “This year’s CabWire World Conference promises to be a truly excellent event and we are again expecting another

At CabWire 2011, Niehoff GmbH’s Heinz Rockenhauser (l), here with Interlink Import-Export’s Peter Large, prepares to open the event.

At the 2011 CabWire event, conference participants, l-r, Dr. Andrew Stacey of Stonepark Consultancy, Walther Van Raemdonck of Bekaert and Glenn Rika-Rayne of Bar Products and Services at the Suppliers Forum.

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CabWire Schedule Events at Palazzo Turati unless noted otherwise. Monday, November 4, 2013 8:00 am - 11:00 am Registration open 9:30 am - 6:00 pm Tabletop Exhibition 9:30 am - 12:40 pm Nonferrous program 10:05 am - 12:30 pm Ferrous program 10:50 am - 11:25 pm Nonferrous break 11:05 am - 11:40 pm Ferrous break 11:25 am - 12:40 pm Nonferrous program 11:40 am - 12:30 pm Ferrous program Lunch 1:50 pm - 3:05 pm Both programs continue 3:05 pm - 3:50 pm Break 3:50 pm - 5:30 pm Both programs continue 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Reception 8:00 pm 10:00 pm Gala Dinner/Palazzo Clerici Tuesday, November 5, 2013 9:00 am -

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sell-out,” said IWMA Executive Manager Andy Lewis. “Cooperation between the joint organizers has resulted in an array of international industry expert speakers being booked to present papers on the latest technological developments as well as companies taking table top exhibits at the historic venue of Palazzo Turati, Milan, headquarters of the city chamber of commerce.” The keynote speaker for the conference is Philip Radbourne, a principal of U.K.-based Integer Research, whose talk is entitled, “Review of the European Wire and Cable Sector.” His speech will be followed by nonferrous speakers from Italy, China, Japan, Turkey, Germany, Finland and U.K. The other keynote speaker is Italy’s Marco Vitale, an economic development specialist whose speech is, “Towards a new economy: the maps of Europe and Italy.” The ferrous program includes presentations by speakers from the U.S. Italy, China, Germany, U.K. and Belgium. One of the ferrous highlights will be the presentation by the ORI Martin Group, “Wire Rod for the Future Global Market.” Abstracts for the overall program begin on p. 38. The conference will also have table top exhibits on display for the duration of the day. As of press time, the following companies will be represented: BWE Limited; Data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH; Euroalpha Srl; Expo Metals, FMS Force Measuring Systems AG; Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc.; Intras Limited; Locton Ltd.; Messe Düsseldorf GmbH; Micro Products Co.; Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co.; Paramount Die Co., Inc.; Queins Machines GmbH; SAMP SpA; and August Strecker GmbH & Co KG. After the program, there will be a gala dinner at the nearby Palazzo Clerici, originally the home of the rich and influential noble family of Milan Clerici. That site is an attraction unto itself, featuring the famous Tapestry Gallery frescoes on the vault by John Battista Tiepolo in 1741. The following day there will be guided tours of two local factories: the ferrous operations of Ori Martin, part of the Ori Martin Group, and a nonferrous plant tour of an aeronautics plant that is part of Alenia Aermacchi. See p. 38. The cost for the conference, for members, is €150 which includes access to all conference sessions, refreshments and lunch and a ticket to the gala dinner. For non-members it is €175. Event organizers negotiated a special delegate rate of €199 per night for a superior room, breakfast included, at the Rosa Grand, a five-star luxury hotel only a 15-minute walk of the both the CabWire conference and gala dinner venues. The prior multi-association stagings of this international technical conference were held at Düsseldorf, Germany (2011), Istanbul, Turkey (2009), Bologna, Italy (2007), Prague, Czech Republic (2005) and Stresa, Italy (2003). For more details, including sponsorship opportunities and the latest updates, visit www.cabwire.com.

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market for Fire Performance Cables (Fire Resistant Cables and Reaction-to-Fire Cables). Integer Research also provides an overview of how these changes in cable design will impact the leading raw material suppliers of polymers and additives.

Monday, Nov. 4 Nonferrous program 9:30 am - 9:40 am Keynote speaker “Towards a new economy: the maps of Europe and Italy,” Marco Vitale, economic development specialist, Italy. This brief presentation will look at trends in the economy in Europe, with a focus on Italy. 9:40 am - 10:00 am Keynote speaker “A review of the European Wire & Cable Sector,” Philip Radbourne, principal, Integer Research, U.K. This presentation reviews the recent economic and financial performance of the wire and cable sector in Western Europe, looking at the major developments in production and market share by country. It also includes a review of the impact of the new CE Marking on the cable industry in Europe and a look at the latest changes in the

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10:00 am - 10:25 am “Copper scrap: an old challenge ... and an opportunity for today,” by Carmelo Maria Brocato, Continuus-Properzi SpA, Italy. Copper scrap and residue provide a valuable raw material for a wide range of semis including rod, ingots, billets, and slabs that are transformed into a myriad of fabricated products. This paper illustrates the recycling technology and related equipment to resurrect low-grade copper scrap into copper rod (FRHC – Fire Refined High Conductivity) with mechanical characteristics and conductivity suitable for a range of applications in the cable industry. In particular, it analyzes and describes what kind of copper scrap can be used in the thermal refining process for producing FRHC copper rod and how it compares to ETP rod in terms of quality. 10:25 am - 10:50 am “Water lubricating application in wire and coaxial cable drawing process with nano-dies,” by Zhang

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CabWire attendeees will have their choice of two plants, one the ferrous operations of Ori Martin, part of the Ori Martin Group, and a nonferrous plant tour of an aeronautics plant that is part of Alenia Aermacchi. The tours, which cost €40, must be pre-booked. Ferrous tour: Ori Martin The Ori Martin Group specializes in high-quality, long products steel production that is divided in different product unity depending on type of products and market. Ori Martin’s core business is long product special steels for use in the automotive industry.The Brescia plant houses a melting and rolling plant for the hot production of such steel for mechanical applications. The company notes that due to researching niche quality steel requirements, more specialized and sophisticated to satisfy the European automotive industry allows it to offer as standard more than 200 different grades of steel. For more details about the company, go to http://www.orimartin.it/index_eng.asp. Nonferrous tour: Alenia Aermacchi Alenia Aermacchi is the global player which leads the Finmeccanica aeronautics business by continuously increasing its ability to design, build, integrate and support complex systems for both commercial and defense markets worldwide. It has key roles in world-class programs like Eurofighter Typhoon, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the Neuron European UCAV demonstrator. It also plays leading roles in commercial aircraft, designing and building advanced aerostructures for state of the art airliners including the Airbus A380, Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the latest Bombardier CSeries. For more about the company, go to http://www.aleniaaermacchi.it/en-US/Pages/default.aspx.

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10:50 am - 11:25 am: Break 11:25 am - 11:50 am “Degradation of mechanical properties of copper drawn wire by occurrence of dynamic recrystallization,” by Kazunari Yoshida, Naoyuki Katsuoka, and Kota Doi, Tokai University, Japan. The wire and cable sector is a mature business in several areas of the world. The lack of investments in Southern

Europe, the installed machinery base in Northern Africa and the Middle East, and the recent slowdown of the Chinese economy are obliging wire and cable equipment manufacturers to rethink their products. The main focus is now shifting toward a decrease of the running costs to completely offset the cost of capital. The additional gain for customers would be in material savings as well as in an enhanced quality of the finished product. 11:50 am - 12:15 pm “Main goals and fields of research in a changing wire and cable market,” by Artemio Affaticati, SAMP SpA, Sampsistemi Division, Italy. The wire and cable sector is a mature business in several areas of the world. The lack of investments in Southern Europe, the installed machinery base in Northern Africa and the Middle East, and the recent slowdown of the Chinese economy are obliging wire and cable equipment manufacturers to rethink their products. The main focus is now shifting toward a decrease of the running costs to completely offset the cost of capital. The additional gain for customers would be in material savings as well as in an enhanced quality of the finished product.

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Wenhua, Guo Songshou, Zhang Zhiming, and Shen Hesheng, Shanghai Jiaoyou Diamond Coating Co. Ltd.; and Shen Bin and Sun Fanghong, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China. An extremely effective new type of wiredrawing, cable compacting, and tube drawing die is capable of providing dramatic benefits over PCD and tungsten carbide dies in particular applications. This paper introduces Nanocrystalline Diamond Composite Coating technology applied to dies (nano-dies) and discusses applications in aluminum wiredrawing and coaxial cable drawing. Benefits of using nano-dies include significant price and performance improvements, better surface finish, higher productivity and a most attractive green element—water lubricating.

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12:15 pm - 12:40 pm “Application constraints and design considerations for military cable harness,” by Barbaros Şerbetçi, Aselsan Inc., Turkey. Military wire harness is specially designed for the harshest environments. This need is well-known by producers and consumers of various products that require military specifications. This paper defines application of MIL-Spec wires and gives information about wire harness design with examples. 12:40 pm - 1:50 pm: Lunch 1:50 pm - 2:15 pm “Electrical cables recycling,” by Bentivoglio Roberto, Guidetti Srl, Italy. This paper presents systems for the recycling of several kinds of electrical cables. It includes complete solutions for different needs, depending on production capacity, cable dimension, and composition. The recycling process is completely eco-friendly, thus avoiding dust emission into the environment. The machines require low energy consumption. 2:15 pm - 2:40 pm “Speed optimization for crosslinked PE insulation (PE-Xa) at a horizontal CV line,” by Wolfgang Menne and Horst Scheid, Siebe Engineering, Germany. Low margins and strong competition in today’s automotive cable production require highly efficient productivity and low amounts of scrap. Extrusion lines for cable insulation with peroxide crosslinking material are often considered slow running by principle. Based on process simulations and machinery component optimizing, a CV line concept for products with increased heat resistance has been trimmed to reach more than 1,000 m/min production speed with XLPE. 2:40 pm - 3:05 pm “Power cables – dynamics in market and technology,” by Florian Faul, Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co. KG, Italy. Price pressure, necessary cost reductions, and new regulations are leading to different products and production methods for power cables. This paper gives an overview of standards in a competitive global market and modern manufacturing methods for bare overhead conductors (trapezoidal constructions), EHV- and HVunderground cables, and subsea cables. 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 meet high technical and environmental standards. 3:05 pm - 3:50 pm: Break

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At the 2011 CabWire event, TKT Group’s Giancarlo Arrighetti and Ferruccio Bellina talk with Ignacio Perez of Trenzas y Cable de Acero PCS, SL. 3:50 pm - 4:15 pm “P-Laser: The new technological platform for MV extruded cables,” by Alberto Bareggi, Prysmian SpA, Italy. The P-Laser technological platform represents the new frontier for Prysmian in product development for MV cables. The main properties of P-Laser cables are strictly linked to use of new insulation materials processed with an advanced technology, able to provide to the final product electrical and mechanical properties similar or superior to those of conventional cables. After a successful introduction in Italy, P-Laser MV cables are being launched in other EU countries. 4:15 pm - 4:40 pm “Increased productivity in medium-voltage XLPE insulating with continuous type change,” by Jorma Leppänen and Pekka Huotari, Maillefer Extrusion Oy; and Eero Korolainen, Neutro Oy, Finland. The margins for MV (medium-voltage) cables are typically low and there is a clear need to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Type change normally means significant down time. The CV-line needs to be run down and the crosshead disassembled. It easily takes an hour—often a full shift—before the line is back in operation. With continuous type change (CTC) there is no down time. Type change to a different conductor size or insulation thickness can be done at full speed without depressurizing the CV-tube. 4:40 pm - 5:05 pm “Overview of wire and cable preparation with wrapped cord technology,” by Gerhard Boockmann, Michaela Boockmann, and Kai Boockmann,

5:05 pm - 5:30 pm “How to increase the performance of aluminium alloy rod drawing by using emulsions,” by Stuart Duff, Kuwait Petroleum Int. Lubricants UK Ltd., U.K. This paper shows how the productivity of an aluminium alloy rod drawing process can be improved by the use of a drawing emulsion instead of a drawing oil. It covers all aspects of the product control, product cooling, and maintenance of the drawing emulsion to increase drawing machine productivity and provide a superior wire surface.

Ferrous program 10:05 am - 10:15 am “Towards a new economy: the maps of Europe and Italy, Marco Vitale, economic development specialist, Italy. This brief presentation will look at trends in the economy in Europe, with a focus on Italy. 10:15 am -10:40 am “Wire rod for the future global market,” by Alberto Franchi, Fabio Guarneri, Alessandro Lombardi, and Vincenzo Volponi, ORI Martin Group, Italy. ORI Martin is one of the leading European steel mills committed to the production of wire rod for the automotive industry. Other important fields of application are petrochemical, the mechanical industry, and civil engineering. The purpose of this paper is to present the various companies within the ORI Martin Group, the latest investments, and their effects on both its production process and its market.

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Boockmann GmbH, Germany. Wrapped cord technology for surface preparation is well established in the wire and cable industry, especially in welding wire. The main advantages as compared to other cleaning technologies are: multiple 360° contact; constantly renewed cleaning medium; independence from wire speed; and removal of drawing lubricants and particles affecting extrusion process and performance of finished products. This paper gives an overview of the most important cable applications of the wrapped cord technology.

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10:40 am -11:05 am “Effects of niobium additions to a vanadium microalloyed high-carbon wire steel,” by Emmanuel De Moor and Stephanie L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines, USA. The need for weight reduction in a number of structures and applications is stimulating the development of wire products with increased strength. Vanadium alloying is successfully used to increase strength levels of pearlitic high-carbon wire steels predominantly through precipitation strengthening. This paper investigates additions of niobium to a vanadium microalloyed 0.80 wt pct carbon steel. Strength increases are obtained which are believed to be related to an observed refinement of interlamellar pearlite spacing. 11:05 am - 11:40 am: Break 11:40 am - 12:05 pm “The use of titanium dioxide on lubricants for dry drawing,” by Eng. Giancarlo Arrighetti, Tecnovo Srl; Dr. Fabio Bellina, Koner Srl; Dr. Eng. Enrico Bisoffi, University of Trento; and Eng. Giovanni Garoli, Koner Srl, Italy. Titanium dioxide is under observation in many countries for suspected health risks to operators, and it is expected that its use will be severely limited, if not completely banned, in the coming years. A new line of lubricants for wiredrawing—100% free from titanium dioxide—has been studied and developed. This paper examines and compares the new lubricants’ capabilities versus the products currently in use, in relation to wear of tungsten carbide dies and wire quality. New types of dies have been realized in order to obtain better lubrication, increase wear resistance, and improve suitability for recycling and re-use of the hard metal. 12:05 pm - 12:30 pm “Draw high carbon with the latest required quality,” by Alberto Visconti, Mario Frigerio SpA (MFL Group), Italy. This paper discusses the latest market demands for higher tensile wires and the consequent need for review of drawing schedules and for machines capable of cooling the heat generated. 12:30 pm - 1:50 pm: Lunch 1:50 pm -2:15 pm “Application of thermal drawing in steel wire products,” by Tan Dianlong, Fasten Hopesun Group, China. This paper discusses mechanical properties of highcarbon steel in the temperature range from 500-900ºC. It presents a new design for steel wire production called the Compact Steel Wire Process, which uses a production line that features non-waste emission, is

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economical, and uses a smaller space. This paper also presents a new idea for hot zinc coating, which uses the remaining heat from hot wire to complete a zinc coating process. 2:15 pm -2:40 pm “Changes in mechanical parameters of patented cold drawn steel wires with the storage period,” by Rüdiger Lux, Ulf Kletzin, Veronika Geinitz, and Peter Beyer, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany. In a recently research project, 48 wires were prepared by varying the carbon content, type of melting, type of patenting, chemical drawing preparation, single crosssection reduction, and drawing speed. This paper looks at: the changes of characteristic values for the mechanical properties determined by torsion and tensile tests during storage and depending on heat treatments; an automated detection of cracks along the wire-length which is based on the torsion-testing-curve, and the correlation between the variation of wire strength parameters and the variation of geometry of springs and other components.

The 2011 CabWire program featured 29 presentations. 2:40 pm - 3:05 pm “Effects of heat treatment on properties of extension springs,” by Mark Hayes, technical advisor to the Institute of Spring Technology, U.K. In a program of work undertaken in 2013, prompted by numerous questions from 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. 3:05 pm - 3:50 pm: Break 3:50 pm - 4:15 pm “Research on treatment technology of waste lubricant in the wiredrawing process of metal products,” by Yang Liu, Li hua Liu, Hong Xu, Cai ping Mo, and Weijie Ma, Fasten Group, China. Though there are plenty of methods to dispose of

4:15 pm - 4:40 pm “Inline wire diagnosis,” by Marcus Paech, WitelsAlbert GmbH, Germany, and Walther Van Raemdonck, Bekaert N.V., Belgium. Wire yield point and diameter consistency are important parameters determining the final geometry of bending parts and springs. This paper introduces recent ideas and the results of trial runs for monitoring changes of these parameters during wiredrawing. The so-called “inline wire diagnosis” represents a new system for classifying wire quality based on seamless verification, and allows a continuous and objective intrinsic quality assessment.

4:40 pm - 5:05 pm “The new wire rod mill at ArcelorMittal in Duisburg,” by Peter Janßen, ArcelorMittal Duisburg, Germany. The innovative design and layout of this wire rod mill provides many opportunities for quality improvement and product development. It makes possible the performance of temperature-controlled and thermomechanical rolling. Powerful cooling facilities are providing further options. The mill also provides the opportunity for control of grain size and structure of the wire rod in a wide range. Products with improved properties are already available. 5:05 pm - 5:30 pm “Fast validation of high-value wire rope-related products close to real usage,” by Philippe van Bogaert, Bogimac Engineering NV, Belgium. When validating flexible wire and rope products close to real usage, overloading for fast results must be avoided. So tests must be done faster at lower loads for higher cycle counts. Modern high load equipment also provides extensive monitoring and early warning functions. The complete portfolio of test methods and equipment is presented for validation of wire, cable, cord, rope, belt and tire reinforcement products.

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hazardous waste lubricant, they cannot solve the problem of environment pollution thoroughly. In this paper, electrochemical techniques and membrane separation technology were used for disposal of lubricating fluid. It effectively reduced the emission of the waste while generating some heavy oil substances for burning. In this way, 80% of the waste achieved reuse and 5% of the generating heavy oil was recovered. This technology had greatly reduced the burden of wastewater treatment.

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Focus on on directives directives Focus

This feature on compounds and colorants includes observations from one cable manufacturer’s experience with complying with European directives such as RoHS, REACH and WEEE; an upcoming TURI conference that will focus on the impact of RoHS/RoHS2; a skeptical view of LEED building credits; and how to factor cable life and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to determine value as well as a wide range of comments from suppliers of compounds and colorants. Also, the Products section that starts on p. 71 is comprised of compounds and colorants, most from the companies in this feature.

WJI: Wire and cable manufacturers appear to have largely made the switch to lead-free products: are there any other regulatory concerns for the industry? Are cable companies now compliant with directives such as REACH, RoHS and WEEE? What other forces are driving change? Much of the compound development that takes place is driven by regulation. In Europe, for example, REACH regulation periodically generates new requirements that can make it necessary to develop wire and cable compounds that can take the place of established ones. Of course, this affects any U.S. company that supplies wire and cable products to the European market. At regular intervals under REACH, there appears a new list of substances that need to be removed from formulations because they are deemed to be “of concern.” Often the Mike Patel, wire and lists contain materials that cable industry manager, have been in use for decades. Teknor Apex.

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Most recently, a number of biocides—necessary for imparting resistance to fungus—have been listed as no longer permitted in the European Union (EU). By now RoHS compliance is an absolute requirement for companies doing business in Europe and the U.S., but this is not the case in many developing countries, including big, rapidly growing ones like India. Besides regulation, another force driving innovation is the emergence of new applications. These typically come with performance requirements that call for development of innovative compounds. The conditions inside the nacelles of wind turbines, for example, require compounds that are flame retardant, oil-resistant and capable of withstanding extreme cold. Similarly, electric vehicle charger cable must be tough, abrasion resistant and resilient even at low temperatures; in fact, end-use conditions such as those in parts of Canada call for cold impact resistance at -40ºC. At Teknor Apex we recently developed new compounds that address the needs of both of these applications. Mike Patel, wire and cable industry manager, Teknor Apex. At OTECH Corporation we are proactive to our customers’ needs—and we do it fast—because our customers expect it. Regulatory requirements are changing all the time, and we have to be ready in advance of them with new innovations to keep our customers on the cutting edge of their wire and cable developments. We know we will see other regulations besides REACH, RoHS and WEEE down the pike. Even now, we are receiving more requests from clients for reduced-smoke/ limited smoke (LS) compounds for riser and CM-rated products when in the past we only saw them requested for plenum-rated products. The same goes for zero-halogen. Product engineers are coming to us for nonhalogen materials that meet or exceed smoke and flame properties of halogenated products on the market. Through innovative development, our team has found ways to deliver these new products and we are committed and continuing to

The wire and cable industry has had to respond to European directives that included RoHS, REACH and WEEE. One such company is U.S.-based Alpha Wire, a cable manufacturer for sectors that include industrial machinery, robotics, medical devices, military, and more. Below, the company’s Director of Engineering Dave “Professor” Watson, who has 30+ years of experience, discussed his company’s experience.

WJI: How involved were you with your suppliers and/or customers during this process? Watson: In the case of RoHS2, we didn’t need any additional input from our suppliers as there was no change in the restricted substances or allowable concentrations. REACH, on the other hand, requires that we confirm the absence of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) approximately every six months when a new list is published. We have found most suppliers to be very responsive and cooperative. In addition, we reached out to several customers prior to the effective date to make sure we were on the same page with our understanding of the requirements. Documentation requests are received on a daily basis for all the European directives and we expect that to continue for the foreseeable future.

WJI: When your company set out to comply with the above-cited European directives, did it have a good understanding of what this challenge would entail? Did the process evolve as it became better understood? Watson: We had a good understanding of the directives and their requirements. Most of our products have multiple approvals from various certifying agencies. To some degree there WJI: Does AlphaWire today meet all is not too much difference between meeting a the related requirements related to the more traditional cable standard and these envidirectives/regulations? Will you have to ronmental directives. They each require a commake further changes to meet the requireplete understanding of the requirements and a ments (or “potential requirements”) for robust process to determine compliance. RoHS2? What evolved, and really is still evolving, is Watson: Fortunately, I think we have a the process of reporting compliance informavery good position with our product porttion and documentation to our customers and folio. We already have several phthalateend users. Sadly, although there are industry free product lines in case more and more standard reporting tools such as IPC-1752 phthalates find their way into REACH. material declarations and inexpensive services Dave “Professor” Watson, Obviously, the possibility exists that fursuch as BOMCheck, many customers and end director of engineering, ther additions to REACH will necessitate users have developed their own reporting tools. Alpha Wire. a product change, but we feel that most of It is an ongoing challenge to keep up with the substances that are used in wire and them all. cable have already been restricted. However, we will certainly continue to monitor the developments and work with WJI: Was there a single element that proved to be the the supply chain as required to ensure a compliant and uninmost challenging? terrupted supply of Alpha Wire products. Watson: As RoHS2 was beginning to take effect, we had many discussions regarding the scope of the new direcWJI: Is there any other aspect worth noting about this tive. The FAQ issued by the European authorities had evolution? contradictory areas and was therefore not as helpful as it Watson: The bulk of our suppliers are very cooperative. might have been. In the end, we relied less on the FAQ Still, there is a tension in working with the suppliers of and more on the interpretation of text of the directive at insulation and jacketing compounds. The exact compound its face value. Technically, to fall under the scope of formulations they supply are important intellectual property RoHS2, an item has to be an EEE (Electrical and and something they feel sets them apart from their competiElectronic Equipment). tion. On the other hand, in supplying to the medical market, We have many products that despite meeting the limits for it is almost always necessary to supply a FMD, or Full the six restricted substances, cannot be classified as EEE Material Declaration. This requires the supply chain to (heat-shrinkable tubing, for example). Nevertheless, these divulge the composition of their materials down to a “no products most often get used in EEE and the manufacturer greater than 10% undeclared” level. The suppliers that do of the EEE needs to be assured that all components going not cooperate, either directly with us or through services into that product are in compliance with the substance such as BOMCheck, may leave us with no other choice restrictions. As a result, we had to develop language that but to transition to more cooperative suppliers. accurately portrays an item’s status with respect to the RoHS scope.

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Directives: doable, but not simple

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TURI workshop to focus on RoHS 2 The wire and cable industry as a whole has become familiar with regulation of potentially hazardous materials by European directives such as REACH, RoHS (now RoHS2) and WEEE, but one agency warns that there could be pitfalls for some cablemakers if they are not aware of how the “evolving” requirements could affect their businesses. These issues will be focused on by the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) at a Sept. 25 conference (see p. 13). The state-funded organization provided the below information. The EU’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) for electrical and electronic products, which came into effect in 2003, was a significant challenge for many U.S. companies, including the wire and cable industry. RoHS 2, or “RoHS Recast,” does not introduce any new chemicals for regulation but it could be easy to misunderstand the revised directives. RoHS 1 compelled advances in materials, components, fabrication methods, supply chain management and other relevant technologies. These advances include reliable lead-free solders and attendant soldering equipment, new materials for wire insulation and jacketing, and software systems to report and track material compliance information. RoHS 2 removes the exemption for two product categories—medical devices, and control and monitoring equipment—and introduces an 11th and, arguably, ambiguous category: any product that uses electric or electromagnetic fields to perform at least one of its functions. Further, businesses will have less time to comply. Legal responsibility Under RoHS 1, the legal responsibility for compliance rested solely on the final product producer, the company whose name was on the label. But the electrical and electronic industry is diffuse, with a deep and complex supply chain. So, top-end firms were compelled to mandate their suppliers—and those suppliers their suppliers—to conform to the restrictions as well, thus creating a need for reporting and certification up and down the supply chain. RoHS 1 did not explicitly mandate any documentation, but producers have demanded it to avoid exposure to legal risk. RoHS 2 now extends direct compliance responsibility beyond toplevel producers to manufacturers at all levels of the supply chain, plus importers, distributors and authorized representatives. There are new responsibilities for technical documentation, an EU Declaration of Conformity (DoC), and ensuring that the CE mark is properly placed on the product.

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RoHS Exemptions: expirations and new criteria Whereas RoHS 1 only specified that exemptions to material restrictions be reviewed periodically, RoHS 2 expressly eliminates them in five to seven years unless action is taken to renew them. This will create a degree of urgency, as noted below. RoHS 1 had two major criteria for granting exemptions: practicability and whether the environmental, health and consumer safety impacts of substitution were negative compared to the use of the restricted substances. RoHS 2 adds three more: reliability of the substitutes is ensured; availability of substitutes; and the socio-economic impact of the substitutes. RoHS 2 takes a more holistic stance on granting or maintaining exemptions, stating that, “Life-cycle thinking on the overall impacts of exemptions should apply.” It’s not just the ‘RoHS 6’ anymore Several factors are converging to seriously challenge the process of material selection. For example, EU’s REACH (Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals) regulation is broadly applicable for all types of product development. These could include new materials beyond the identified six (lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers), including materials that have been used for decades. For instance, though intended to be consistent with RoHS, REACH may restrict some materials beyond the scope of RoHS, such as preventing the use of biocides that reduce the growth of mold in cable sheaths. Market forces, too, are accelerating the need for material changes. For example, cables in renewable energy systems are often specified to meet harsh environmental specifications, and medical devices have always needed cable jackets and other materials that do not affect patient safety. Finally, RoHS 2 itself expressly requires the reconsideration—and possible expansion—of the list of restricted substances by July 2014. A short-list of the regulations most critical to us—the expiration or renewal of RoHS 2 exemptions, conflict minerals, and REACH Annex 17 prohibited chemicals (phthalates)—are diverse, and all come due at about the same time. The significance of the recast RoHS is hard to overstate, especially considering other regulations and customer requirements. The upshot for wire and cable companies? The time to start paying attention to RoHS Recast is now. Our Sept. 25 workshop will focus on some of these issues. The Toxics Use Reduction Institute is a multi-disciplinary research, education, and policy center established by the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act of 1989. For details, go to www.turi.org).

higher temperatures. This type of directive creates an opportunity for us to bring unique materials to the marketplace. Jim Page, vice president and general manager, Manner Plastics. The U.S. wire and cable manufacturers and suppliers have substantially changed toward “greener” standards. For example, in the first half of 2008, the industry made extensive efforts to eliminate lead stabilizers and CCG, as a supplier of cable fillers, completely eliminated any purchases or stocking of lead-based materials. Additionally,

Jack O’Donnell, CEO of OTECH Corporation, l, with Jason Page, vice president of operations and Mark Kuchuris, specialty compound sales. new compound solutions in the marketplace, now and in the future. We are prepared for whatever lies ahead because we have to be. Jack O’Donnell, CEO, OTECH Corporation. Regulatory issues affect material suppliers from direct as well as indirect paths. The direct path is from material specific directives such as RoHS and REACH. In this regard we are very comfortable that our customers are well served. Having said that, we recognize that regulators are continually changing the scope of what is considered an acceptable material. Our job is to make sure that we stay one step ahead. We are also affected indirectly from directives such as CAFÉ standards. The automotive OEMs need to reduce the weight of vehicles without losing performance and reliability. We work closely with our customers to provide materials that will perform with thinner wall diameters and at

CCG President Charlie Glew, r, at the company’s plant with his son, Charlie, a senior at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Process Engineer Mike McGillicuddy. all of the materials utilized by CCG are RoHS compliant to include CCG’s new chemically foamable FluoroFoam® pellets for plenum cable insulation. FluoroFoam is ULrecognized (QMTM2) for CMP (Plenum) cable applications. Charlie Glew, president, Cable Components Group.

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The value (and challenges) of LCAs Complying with customer requirements and directives is vital for wire and cable manufacturers, but other aspects that matter can be even more daunting to grasp: specifically, how long do cables actually last and what is their actual cost? One such tool is Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Below, Damien Polansky, Associate Director–Electrical Infrastructure for Dow Electrical & Telecommunications (Dow E&T), discusses the company’s approach. WJI: How difficult is it to produce a comprehensive LifeCycle Analysis (LCA) and why does it matter? Polansky: Producing a comprehensive LCA is not without its challenges, but it is achievable and the information derived is paramount in understanding the sustainability of the power industry value chain—from suppliers to end users. LCA can be performed using data collected from cable testing—both of field-aged cables and accelerated laboratory testing. Using tree-retardant crosslinked polyethylene (TR-XLPE) as an example, you can see (Fig. 1) that

Fig. 1. Comparison of TR-XLPE and EPR materials in an aging test, a factor that can be used in LCA.

life of the power system. Look at it this way: there are so many touch points along the value chain where money can be lost. Low-quality materials containing defects or without the physical properties that support dielectric retention can cause premature cable failure. Cables that do not meet standards can fail or have shorter performance lives than superior or high quality cables. Cable accessories that are not easily installed due to stripability issues can cause costly repairs early in the life of the system. Specification of cables not made with quality materials to exacting standards can result in failures or skyrocketing maintenance and/or replacement cost. All that to say, a comprehensive LCA must consider the entire life cycle of a system—from raw materials to cable manufacturing to installation to performance over the life of the cable/system. In some instances, the cost up front to specify and install high quality cables may be greater, however, spread out over a potential 40+ year lifespan, those costs decrease compared to systems run without quality and standards in mind (see Fig. 2). WJI: Is there one type of cable that best exemplifies the importance of LCAs? Polansky: Yes. Most power distribution systems run on medium voltage (MV) cable. There is a growing dominance of TR-XLPE insulation for underground (UG) MV distribution cable. Dow Electrical & Telecommunications introduced its first TR-XLPE in 1983. Field-aging tests, now 30 years later, show continued performance with low dielectric losses and zero insulation failures. Our third generation TR-XLPE, DOW ENDURANCE™ HFDC-4202 EC, has a predicted lifespan of 40+ years. Accelerated cable life tests (ACLT) demonstrate zero failures at 1000 days which exemplifies best-in-class performance for TR-XLPE materials. This is important toward LCA, again, as it provides proof of the value of quality materials in the life of the system.

this material outperforms EPR. This past study shows actual field aging of cables buried for 17 years. From the excellent retention of dielectric strength derived from that study, along with data from accelerated wet-aging tests, it is generally accepted that cables made with TR-XLPE materials can last for 40 or more years. WJI: What do cable aging tests have to do with LCAs? Polansky: Simple. They prove that quality materials made to meet or exceed industry standards, and that have been tested to demonstrate and predict longterm performance, will provide the best Fig. 2. Another LCA factor: a comparison of initial and lifetime costs for reliability with the fewest failures over the DOW ENDURANCE™, a premium product, and a basic cable.

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No matter what the industry regulates, or doesn’t regulate, our Color Resource team always puts the needs of our customers front and center. If they have to change their formulary and mechanical requirements based on regulations, we need to listen as a company and guide them through the change as efficiently as possible. In fact, Color Resource took the initiative years ago to comply with the then relatively unheard of RoHS directive. We reformulated all our color concentrates with 100% heavy-metal free ingredients years before the directive initiative took hold in the plastics industry. Today, just about every wire and cable company complies with the latest versions of REACH and RoHS directives. We like that we are ahead of the curve. The industry changes and regulations do cause us to take pause and change course—and it’s for the best. Those in the concentrates industry who prove that they can be flexible, accommodating,and still keep their product high quality will come out ahead. More than ever, we are seeing industry changes being driven by our customers, not the regulatory agencies. Through more innovative cable design, better manufacturing efficiencies and creative green recycling, our customers are trying to be especially proactive and to modernize their thinking. We at Color Resource are stepping forward to stay ahead of the curve and ahead of what may be coming down the pike. Greg Gitto, operations manager, Color Resource, LLC, a subsidiary of OTECH Corp.

Color Resource Operations Manager Greg Gitto at the company’s production plant.

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LEED credits: an all-around minus capability and jobs in the U.S. The USGBC’s desire to eliminate these materials does nothing to impact the inferred “hazards” of handling/using raw materials that go into the production of virtually all plastics, including PVC. The use of various alternative plastic materials that would earn this LEED credit does not provide an overall benefit to society, including public safety and the environmental impacts. In reality, each plastic material has benefits and potential hazards and it is up to the commercial manufacturTIA’s TR-42.10 Engineering Committee is currently balers of raw materials and plastic compounds to continue to loting a new ANSI standard (BSR/TIA 4994-201X) for develop and use “safer and greener” products, without sustainable Information Communications Technology (ICT) short-sighted restraints. These safer and greener product projects based on the STEP (Sustainable Technology objectives can certainly be achieved by using the materials Environments Program) rating system. This effort is a sigthat the USGBC TSAC has arbitrarily targeted. nificant consensus contribution by STEP and the TIA for AlphaGary has not seen any scientific data or evidence environmentally sustainable best practices targeted to our produced by the USGBC TSAC to warrant the “avoidance” industry. The standard was developed by, and for, the ICT of these materials and building products. Our perspective is industry, based on application-based exposure and hazard that USGBC has not had an open or transparent public scenarios in its risk assessments. A STEP Manufacturers comment process and timing that could adeCommittee is finishing a draft for a rating quately review any such substantiation, in system that accounts for the real sustainabiladvance of the issuing of LEED Version 4 ity practices currently being implemented as and this MR credit. This is in conflict with “best manufacturing practices.” ANSI standards development requirements Those positive steps, however, are being and exposes the USGBC to unnecessary undercut by LEED Version 4, the next legal liability for inadequate standard-setting update to the U.S. Green Building Council’s activities. More importantly, we believe that (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and USGBC has a legal obligation to conform to Environmental Design (LEED) green buildthe Federal Trade Commission Act, FTC 16 ing program, which will include revisions to C.F.R. Part 260 “Green Guides” to provide the Materials & Resources (MR) credit catecompetent and reliable scientific evidence gory. that these materials should be “avoided” in This category, which is designed to preference of less-studied and potentially address waste reduction while improving the less effective alternatives. environmental impact of materials selection Dave Kiddoo, global USGBC should realize that its actions will and waste disposal, will feature an increased business manager for have the unintended consequence of limitfocus on the application of life-cycle assess- AlphaGary Corporation ing the Building Owner/Contractors from ment (LCA). Unfortunately, it will also negmeeting important National Codes and atively impact the availability and use of standards, such as our National Electrical Code® and Life product designs using important materials. As a developer of alternate material technologies, it is important for Safety Code®, as adopted throughout the U.S. and managed AlphaGary to have USGBC realize the complex engineerby the NFPA. De-selection of these materials also will ing balance of performance, safety, health/environmental require a substantial, unnecessary cost to the manufacturers, impact and cost related to achieving this unjustified and contractors and building owners. Each building product unsubstantiated “de-selection.” With the evolution of techtypically requires costly third party certifications to these nology over the last 15 years, it can be argued that PVC and important safety code requirements through certifiers such other halogenated compounds already meet/exceed the benas UL and ETL. efits of recyclability, health, safety and environmental Finally, this unjustified de-selection would have a negative impact as compared to the alternatives being suggested. impact on well-paying, high technology jobs in the U.S., USGBC’s Technical and Scientific Advisor Committee with neither a documented added benefit to the health and (TSAC) fails to provide technical, science-based substantiasafety of people nor the sustainability of our environment. tion. To “de-select” PVC, fluoropolymers, halogenated I’m sure that these unintended consequences are not what flame retardants and the broad spectrum of phthalate plastisustainability managers and the general public are looking cizers, based on mere anecdotal evidence and not on scienfor from the USGBC LEED Version 4 “green certification” tific fact or comprehensive LCA tools is short-sighted, from program. our technical analysis, let alone the impact to manufacturing Dave Kiddoo, global business manager for AlphaGary Corporation, has years of experience following regulatory actions aimed at materials deemed hazardous for wire and cable. Below, he explains why he believes that an update to the LEED “credit” program is based on a faulty understanding that will hurt industry as well as miss the USGBC’s desired goal.

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The forces driving changes to our product line are really the same as what has always driven changeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the need for our customer base to produce wire more efficiently, at faster line speeds, with better yields and with no compromise on quality. We are constantly striving to create innovative formulations, incorporating the most up-to-date in pigment and additive technologies, utilizing stateof-the-art processing equipment. With Lean Six Sigma continuously providing focus on process improvements, we aim to meet our cusRalph Marcario, Colorant tomerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal of reduced Chromatics. scrap rates and higher performance, by providing the most efficient value-in-use of Colorant Chromatics product technologies. Ralph Marcario, director of sales and marketing, Colorant Chromatics, a subsidiary of PolyOne Corporation. The latest concern is the testing of alternative raw materials for decabrominated diphenyl oxide. The alternatives have already been identified. Decabrominated diphenyl oxide is no longer being produced domestically in the USA and there is now a real end date before potential fines and upcharges for the continued use of the raw material comes into play. There have been inconsistencies on how quickly (or how slowly) wire & cable manufacturers have tested and approved the alternatives. Many have made the switch already. Others have said just make the switch when decabrominated diphenyl oxide is no longer available because we know the alterative works. Others will be forced to use an alternative before Jay Munsey, S&E Specialty completing their due dili- Polymers. gence because they never finished their testing. Lastly, there are applications such as in the nuclear industry that requires a very long and nonnegotiable time table before any alternative raw material can get approved. Jay Munsey, national sales director, S&E Specialty Polymers.

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With our industry-leading elimination of lead stabilized PVC products in 2006, our next most impactful regulatory directive for the cable industry has been REACH and RoHS compliance. As REACH continues to add new chemicals to the restricted use list, the need for constant monitoring and validating that our wire and cable compounds remain compliant is an everyday ordeal. In addition, certain buyers have contacted us to ensure that our PVC compounds and the ingredients utilized are DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) Conflict-Free ingredients. In most cases, these ingredients are used, however the process of verifying and re-verifying is very time consuming. All Sylvin compounds are now RoHS compliant. Doug Eby, senior account manager, Sylvin Technologies, Inc. WJI: As suppliers, what are the biggest challenges your company faces in meeting its goals? Two words come foremost to mind: price and perception. Price is a complicated issue because you need to look at it from multiple angles. First, there is a real need for utilities to start thinking in terms of long-term costs over the entire life cycle of cables, including installation, losses, repair and replacement. All cables are not created equal, and focusing on first costs can result in lower system efficiencies and reliability and higher operating and maintenance (O&M) costs over the system life. The pricing of raw materials and com-

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pounds is a factor in this discussion. Non-metallic components of power cables are constructed primarily from materials made with petroleum-based feedstock. The ongoing volatility in this market forces material suppliers to price their products accordingly. Value chain (including cable makers and utilities) and competitive pressures can sometimes erode margins, thereby stifling both innovation, and perhaps more importantly, the specification of cables made with high-quality materials. Think of it this way: High quality polymeric materials can extend cable life by more than two times, mitigating O&M costs and pushing out replacement costs. Cables form a very small percentage of a total power systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cost and polymeric materials rep- Damien Polansky, Dow Electrical & resent an even smaller percentage. Is it really worth the Telecommunications. risk to compromise system reliability in the long-term by not investing in the best materials and cables in the near-term? Long-term thinking about system reliability and performance is essential to the sustainability of the power industry across the value chain. In terms of perception, what a cable looks like has not changed much in the past 40 years, and there are many ways to construct them. However, advances in materials, manufacturing and adherence to standards make todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quality cables vastly different in terms of reliability and performance. Our company, along with our cable manufacturing customers, work hard to create an understanding among utilities (and legislators/regulators) that cable standards and quality materials matter. That cables are not merely a commodity item available at commodity pricing. Specification of cables made with high-quality materials that meet or exceed industry standards is the one best way to ensure reliable, long-life service at a lower total cost of ownership over a system lifetime. Damien Polansky, associate directorâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;electrical infrastructure, Dow Electrical & Telecommunications. CCGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest challenge is probably in the mind of every U.S. manufacturer and that is, â&#x20AC;&#x153;how do we compete in a global environment?â&#x20AC;? From our vantage point, we have a great opportunity to succeed and a key tipping point is improved productivity through LEAN manufacturing and innovative technologies. Clearly, complacency cannot exist and LEAN manufacturing processes must be a daily activity which embodies continual process improvement. Charlie Glew, Cable Components Group. Today, the effort to appropriately describe the â&#x20AC;&#x153;sustainabilityâ&#x20AC;? of our materials and cable components is both con-

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fusing and inconsistent. Taking into account the origin carbon footprint of most all kinds of plastics and the advances in recycling/re-use of plastic components, it is difficult to differentiate the value of one plastic type versus another in terms of “sustainability.” Therefore, the differentiation comes down to “best manufacturing practices” and the overall utility, life expectancy, risk and performance of a material cable. For example: It would not make sense to define a material as “greener” if the solution has a lesser life-span and would need to be replaced more often. To define a material as “hazardous” without taking into account the complete risk assessment, inclusive of both exposure and measured hazards, would be irresponsible and could classify or de-select materials based on incorrect assumptions. Is it really appropriate to define the suitability/risk of a base polymer used in a fire resistant cable installed above a ceiling in the same terms as baby toys? If a “greener” solution compromises the fire safety or critical performance in use (such as in an occupied building or a Data Center), then we have not accomplished the important task of providing society with a “sustainable solution.” AlphaGary manufactures both PVC-based compounds as well as alternative “halogen-free” technologies. Based on life safety and the robust fire performance codes/standards we have in the U.S., products using PVC and other halo-

genated materials such as fluoropolymers are essential to commercial building requirements. Flexible PVC is found in critical wire and cable, wall coverings, resilient flooring, roofing and in furniture/upholstery. All buildings benefit from the durability, safety, energy conservation, aesthetic appeal, sustainability and the affordability of PVC building products. Flexible PVC products have been used safely and effectively for over 60 years. Yet there are efforts going on now that would impact what materials can be used, and the reasoning behind them is not scientifically valid. Cable manufacturers should be aware of these evolving efforts as they could hurt the use of time-proven materials. Dave Kiddoo, global business manager, AlphaGary Corporation. Editor’s note: See p. 50 for more from Kiddoo on this topic.

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Today there is an excess of compounding capacity—at least in North America—that exerts considerable downward pressure on the prices of commodity-type compounds. Another challenge facing Teknor Apex is the large volume of environmental regulation-driven documentation that is requested by our customers. We are asked to supply detailed compound formulation information, including

ingredients and their amounts. This is our intellectual property and the foundation around which the business is based so it is not something that can be readily disclosed, yet the information is required by customers as part of their regulatory compliance. Meeting the needs of both parties requires balancing conflicting agendas while consuming a great deal of time and resources. As a diversified compounder, Teknor Apex is confronted with an enormous number of regulatory requests from customers across all our Divisions. Mike Patel, Teknor Apex. Anticipating what’s ahead is a challenge, and we’ve done well staying ahead of the curve. Everyone out there is trying to build a better mousetrap, especially with the continuing attacks on PVC, phthalates, and flame retardants. Our clients are not only looking for top-of-the line compounds, they are also looking for compounds that are compliant to today’s regulations while still requiring them to meet or exceed the same performance criteria. These new challenges often leave a vacuum where no compound exists…as of yet. OTECH has put its resources to work to find new technologies in raw materials, coupled with innovative formulating to meet the needs of the wire and cable industry. We’re inventing and re-inventing all the time. It’s all about working smart – and keeping your current clients happy We often hear from clients: “we can’t get a product to meet a certain specification.” At OTECH, we don’t see it as a problem, it’s more like that’s when the fun begins. Jack O’Donnell, OTECH Corporation. In a maturing market such as PVC compounds, we are always looking for new alternative technologies that will help enhance and improve our flexible PVC compounds while providing cost-effective solutions that other polymer choices cannot offer. Flexible PVC compounds have changed much over the last few years and the availability of new plasticizer choices and phthalate alternatives helps us to continuously develop new product offerings while maintaining a cost/pricing structure that is similar to an established solution. The introduction of bio-based plasticizers has also enabled us to develop lower carbon-footprint compounds. Most of the industry identifies Colorant Chromatics as strictly a supplier of fluoropolymer colors, and indeed this comprises a

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great deal of our activity in wire and cable. However, many people do not realize that we offer specialty compounds as well, which have driven much of our growth in recent years. Our biggest growth challenge revolves around creating awareness of such compounds in the marketplace, and continuing to innovate in areas such as conductive, laser markable, foamable, or crosslinkable compounds just to name a few. The best ideas usually come directly from our customers, so we must be constantly communicating with them to understand their own growth strategies and the technical needs that will enable them to realize these goals and align our own resources accordingly. Ralph Marcario, Colorant Chromatics. In a maturing market such as PVC compounds, we are always looking for new alternative technologies that will help enhance and improve our flexible PVC compounds while providing cost effective solutions that other polymer choices cannot offer. Flexible PVC compounds have changed much over the last few years and the availability of new plasticizer choices and phthalate alternatives helps us to

continuously develop new product offerings while maintaining a cost/pricing structure that is similar to an established solution. The introduction of bio based plasticizers has also enabled us to develop lower carbon footprint compounds which are increasingly in demand.. Doug Eby, Sylvin Technologies, Inc. For Color Resource LLC, it has to do with growth – how do we continue to grow and be more efficient utilizing our dedicated staff? Let me explain: in the next coming months, we are investing significant capital to streamline our production to install newly automated material delivery and weighing equipment driven by the latest computer software. Going automated will improve worker efficiency, control costs, increase production output, and enhance batch-tobatch consistency. In addition, we are making a concentrated effort (no pun intended) to invest back into the men and women at Color Resource, LLC. This year, we implemented a unique cross-training program for them so they can work at any production station; training also includes annual safety training on all equipment, and incentives to improve morale and job satisfaction. With growth come challenges, both personal and financial. You can either see the challenge as an opportunity or a failure, and we choose to be positive and grow with each new wave that comes our way. Greg Gitto, Color Resource ,LLC.

Unless we are talking about a niche market where the pricing window is more open, it’s just not good enough to develop a “new and improved” compound if it doesn’t

directly or indirectly result in a cost saving to the customer. Inorganic growth of vertically integrated companies is a good way to address deteriorating margins if only because you can sacrifice a little margin in one business to help another but that is a short term fix. S&E Specialty Polymers will not “skinny down” a formulation to lower the cost at the risk of getting inconsistencies from gaylord to gaylord. We are not willing to roll that dice with our customers. It can also come down to who has the best buying power. Who in the relationship between the compounder and the customer has the best buying power of a raw material? Consortium buying is a potential way to address that. New cable constructions are pushing the envelope for better performance, efficiency and cost. Compound development and R&D creativity have become more and more critical to ensure those goals are met. Jay Munsey, S&E Specialty Polymers.

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Manner is a mid-size compounder with a focus on developing high performance flexible PVC compounds. We participate in both specialty and commodity applications. In certain product categories we have developed best-in-class technology. In other cases it is our capabilities rather than a specific product technology that is our point of differentiation. Our chalJim Page, Manner Plastics. lenge is locating the companies and individuals who are seeking these capabilities. Far too often there is a disconnect between the people who have the technology and the people who need the technology. Jim Page, Manner Plastics.

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COMPOUND & COLORANT PRODUCTS PRODUCTS Axiall compound lines are meant for a wide range of applications Axiall, which was created by the blending of Georgia Gulf and PPG’s commodity chemicals business, reports that it “is a new kind of chemistry company: one that works to responsibly harness applied chemistry to solve common problems, improve everyday life and drive human progress.” A press release said that Axiall’s commitment can be seen in its interaction with customers to understand their sustainability goals and develop innovative products that meet increasingly stringent environmental needs. Axiall’s latest innovation is its line of Aspire Vinyl™ compounds, which was described as “the market’s first phthalate-free, biobased compounds that enable customers to meet their sustainability, product performance and economic goals without compromising product quality or increasing cost.” The Aspire Vinyl compounds, which are ideal for wire and cable, medical uses and a range of environmental-oriented applications, can be custom blended at Axiall’s four facilities in Mississippi, it said. Contact: Axiall, www.axiall.com.

CCG Group’s FluoroFoam foamable pellets are ‘next-generation’ ready Cable Component Group reports that its introduction of chemically foamable Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP) pellets for plenum cable insulation exemplifies the company’s engineering innovation. FluoroFoam has been developed for Cat. 5e, 6 and 6A, as well as CCG’s cable fillers, i.e., crossweb, tubes and tapes, a press release said. It notes that foamable cable materials improve cable flexibility, enhance electrical performance and the lower combustible footprint enables improved fire retardancy and lower smoke characteristics. “In today’s world of ever-increasing data transmission speeds required by banks, brokerages, on-line retailers, hospitals, etc., the demand for lightning-fast data transmission is paramount. Foamed fluoropolymers optimize electrical performance by mitigating signal loss or attenuation.” CCG’s patented flap-top design, which uses FluoroFoam, is a dominant product for the increasing demand for Cat. 6A cabling, the release said. Currently, the Telecommunications Industry Association is working 70 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

toward the adoption of a 40 GB per second data standard for the so-called Cat. 8 cabling, it said. “Based on this trend for even higher electrical performance, CCG’s FluoroFoam foamable pellets for insulating is an enabling technology. These proposed 40 GB or higher cables will likely utilize an overall aluminum mylar shield to mitigate alien crosstalk to adjacent cable that are nested together in the horizontal raceways of commercial buildings. CCG’s complete package of foamable FEP insulation, its foamed Flap-top separator, along with aluminum mylar overall shield, is the next generation of LAN cable plenum materials.” Contact: Cable Component Group, tel. 860-5995877, customerservice@cablecomponents.com, www.cablecomponents.com.

Chromatics now offers a full line of conductive compounds Colorant Chromatics, a subsidiary of PolyOne Corporation, offers a full range of conductive compounds, available in several fluoropolymer resin choices. A press release said that though the company is best known as a supplier of fluoropolymer and high temperature colors, it has also designed compounds for sensitive insulation applications that require static dissipation to prevent the accumulation of static electricity, which can result in spark discharges. These grades can also be used in a semiconductive layer in high temperature or severeenvironment self-regulating heater cables, it said, adding that commercial offerings are available in ETFE, PFA, and PVdF bases.

“We have developed offerings in a variety of volume resistivity levels,” Chromatics Director of Sales and Marketing Ralph Marcario said. “By blending them at various ratios, customers can achieve very specific levels of antistatic or semiconductive performance to accommo-

Color Resource is expanding the company’s concentrate lines U.S.-based Color Resource, LLC, a subsidiary of O’TECH Corporation that offers a full line of concentrates for PVC, PE and EVA cable products, is expanding its scope to also offer concentrates for Munsell, NEMA, SAE, and RAL requirements for the moisture-cure XLPE cable market for growing sectors such as low-voltage, automotive and appliances. Color Resource Operations Manager Greg Gitto said that he saw the opportunity to better serve wire and cable manufacturers that were not pleased with the results they were getting for flame-retardant FR XLPE cables for XHHW type constructions that meet UL’s VW-1 flame test. One common complaint, he said, was that current commercial Munsell color concentrates produced cable colors that were muted and pastel at best, especially in the higher FR blends. As a result, Color Resource focused on developing a specific line of highly loaded, vibrant colors that do not contribute to scorching of the XLPE compound, as can happen with standard colors. Each concentrate is suitable and intended for the full range of FR blends in XLPE constructions from 80/20 to 50/50, using only 1 to 3% loadings. “We have customers so happy with our line of XLPE colors that they are choosing to use it in place of their standard PE concentrates to save time, shipping, and inventory costs,” Gitto said. “Besides providing the obvi-

ous color our clients need, these XLPE colors are providing an economic solution our customers truly appreciate.” He observed that Color Resource has become a leader in the concentrates industry because of the quality that its XLPE colors offer. The company not only stocks colors for moisture-cure, crossed-linked polyethylene compounds, it continues to offer its well-known lines of PVC, PE, and EVA custom colors, with a maximum one week turnaround for new and existing customers, including for XLPE. Its slogan tells the story: When Color Matters. Contact: Color Resource, LLC, tel. 978-537-3700, info@color-resource.com, www.color-resource.com.

Dow E&T has commercialized its TR-XLPE for MV insulation Dow Electrical & Telecommunications (Dow E&T) reports that it has commercialized its next generation, market-leading tree-retardant crosslinked polyethylene (TR-XLPE) for medium voltage (MV) insulation. A press release said that DOW ENDURANCE™ HFDC-4202 EC offers: longer expected life than existing TR-XLPE products; improved performance in wet underground operations through enhanced tree-retardant technology – especially demonstrating superior dielectric performance in accelerated wet electrical aging; reduced strip force when using Dow E&T insulation shields, allowing for easier and cleaner termination and splicing of cables during installation; improved manufacturing robustness which ensures simproved cable quality, including extrusion characteristics compatible with existing equipment and optimized for a delicate balance of increased cure and reduced scorch; and ability for

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date the needs of their application.” Contact: Colorant Chromatics, tel. 800-242-2296, www.colorant-chromatics.com.

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continuous operation at 105°C cable rating when using Dow E&T semiconductive conductor shields. Dow E&T recommends a systems approach to cable construction to ensure the highest possible performance throughout the life of the cable. Designed to work exceptionally well together are: DOW ENDURANCE HFDC4202 EC insulation, DOW ENDURANCE HFDA-0800 BK supersmooth semiconductive conductor shield and DOW ENDURANCE HFDA-0693 BK LS (low strip) insulation shield. Contact: Dow Electrical & Telecommunications, www.dow.com/electrical/.

Lubrizol TPU remains an industry staple, tough and easy to process Lubrizol Engineered Polymers reports that Estane® 58248, a halogen-free flame-retardant (HFFR) TPU, combines high-flame retardance with highmechanical properties in a low-smoke product. A press release said that products made with Estane 58248 TPU experience extended life and also provide increased consumer safety with low smoke and low toxicity. A key is the product’s excellent low temperature flexibility and very good thermal and oil-aging performance, it said. As a result, Estane 58248 TPU is ideal for a variety of applications, including those in the military, mass transit and marine markets, it said. Like all TPUs, Estane 58248 TPU helps bridge the gap between flexible rubber and rigid plastics, the release

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said. It noted that it offers unmatched toughness and durability in a flexible thermoplastic elastomer system that is easy to process in a wide range of equipment. Cables made with Estane 58248 TPU offers unmatched toughness and durability in a flexible thermoplastic. it said, adding that Lubrizol pioneered thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) more than 50 years ago. “Today, (Lubrizol) remains the world’s largest TPU manufacturer, bringing our customers the right mix of innovation, expertise and service for demanding applications,” the release said. Contact: Lubrizol Engineered Polymers, www.lubrizol.com/engineeredpolymers.

Flexible PVC compounds from Manner can meet many auto needs Manner Plastics reports that it has successfully introduced a variety of high-temperature compounds for the automotive wire and cable harness market that meet the changing market’s needs. A press release said that the increasing demands for more power in today’s automobiles and weight reduction

has led to more demand for cables that are able to fit in highly confined spaces and have higher temperature ratings and lower insulation thicknesses. These compounds are being used as insulation material for 85°C, 105°C and 125°C rated primary wires and battery cables. In addition compounds have also been introduced for 125°C rated conduit tubing, it said. “The temperature range is from -40°C to 125°C. These compounds can be used for thin wall insulation, typically 0.25 mm thickness. Compounds

Investment by OTECH Corporation expands its compound production U.S.-based OTECH Corporation, a manufacturer of thermoplastic compounds, reports that it has expanded its capacity with the addition of a new 70mm twin-screw extruder that is now producing non-vinyl commercial materials. “We have new opportunities and demands from our clients to increase our production,” OTECH Corporation President Jack O’Donnell said. “It is a perfect time for our team to bring on this new technology.” He observed that the new line increases the company’s capacity by another 15 million pounds a year. OTECH Corporation supplies flexible PVC and PVC alloys to wire and cable manufacturers as well as to the footwear industry and profile extrusion industries around

the world. The PVC compounds are available directly from the corporate headquarters in northwest Indiana. The company staff, O’Donnell said, has more than a century of combined experience in product development, production, quality control and sales. “This level of experience ensures that you and your company will receive high quality, industry compliant products at very competitive prices with unmatched service.” OTECH Corporation, ISO 9001:2008 certified, supplies both UL® and non-UL® grade compounds, including an innovative zero-halogen series. Contact: OTECH Corporation, otechcompounds.com.

Product from S&E excels for use in electric car charging stations S&E Specialty Polymers LLC (S&E), a leading producer of specialty plastic compounds, notes that it was chosen to provide the compound used for charging station cables for electric vehicles. A press release said that S&E, a premier specialty plastic compounder serving the automotive, wire and cable, battery/ stored energy, consumer and footwear markets, is providing its TufFlexTM GTPE2203G1 for the jacketing of the cables that connect the charging stations to the vehicle. The compound is a vinylbased RoHS & REACH compliant

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are also available for ultra thin wall thickness of 0.20 mm. These compounds are RoHS and REACH compliant and wires manufactured with them meet both USA and global standards (SAE, ISO, JASO). Wires insulated with these compounds are currently being used in harnesses installed in domestic, German, Japanese and Korean automobiles. Cables insulated with these compounds are also available for aftermarket installations.” Manner Plastics, with its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility located in McKinney, Texas, strives to achieve excellence in quality, service, product development and performance. Contact: Manner Plastics, tel. 972-542-6789, sales@mannerplastics.com.

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TPE that is 105°C rated, oil-resistant and flexible (58 Shore A) with a very low brittle point of -53°C, which makes it ideal for the charging station application. S&E produces PVC, TPE, TPO & TPR compounds including flame retardant polyolefin, flame retardant/low smoke PVC Plenum and low smoke zero halogen compounds, and is a leading producer of flame retardant concentrates and compounds requiring exact color matching. “S&E has gained a positive reputation in the wire and cable industry for its ability to create custom specialty compounds for cable jacketing applications, and this new opportunity to provide materials for the rapidly proliferating vehicle charging station market marks another success story for the Lunenburg based company,” President and COO Duane Hooltz said. Contact: S&E Specialty Polymers, tel. 978-537-8261, info@sespoly.com, www.sespoly.com.

Sylvin introduces bio-based PVC products for wire and cable Sylvin Technologies, Inc., has developed the company’s first flexible PVC compounds utilizing bio-based plasti-

cizers for customers seeking a lower carbon footprint and more environmentally friendly cables. A press release said that the new Sylvin 6240-80 flexible PVC compound, made from bio-derived plasticizers, was specifically developed for use in 60°C flexible cord jackets and 80°C cable jacket applications. The new technology allows Sylvin to replace current products that utilize conventional petroleum based plasticizers.

Tests performed on the Sylvin 6240-80 show similar physical properties as PVC compounds currently developed with petroleum based plasticizers such as DINP or DIDP, the release said. The new compounds are competitively priced with their conventional plasticized PVC compounds, and are available on limited trial basis until

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Teknor compound is ‘hal-free’ option for flexible cords and appliance wire The Vinyl Division of Teknor Apex Company reports that it has introduced a new low-smoke, flame-retardant thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compound that enables manufacturers of power and other flexible cords for appliances and consumer electronics to produce non-PVC insulation and jacketing that does not contain phthalate plasticizers or halogen additives. A press release said that Halguard® E 59001 is designed for flexible cords that meet UL 62 requirements and for appliance wire that complies with UL 758. In addition to appliance wire, potential uses include power cords for computers, HDMI cables for televisions, wiring for device chargers and USB connectors, and other electronics applications. The new compound enables cables to meet the requirements of UL VW-1 and cable flame tests

“Halguard E 59001 is based on proprietary polymer chemistry that yields a better balance of properties than standard HFFR cable compounds based on polyolefins,” Teknor Apex Industry Manager Mike Patel said. “Our new compound exhibits mechanical and electrical performance comparable to that of PVC while meeting the needs of wire and cable manufacturers who require an alternative to halogenated, plasticized materials.” Contact: Teknor Apex Company, www.teknorapex.com.

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as well as the IEC 61034 smoke test. When tested in accordance with UL 1581, Halguard E 59001 meets deformation and heat shock requirements at 150°C, compared to 121°C for PVC. As a TPE-based formulation, Halguard E 59001 is inherently elastic, eliminating the need for plasticizer.

January when they will be readily available. Contact: Chris O’Connell, Sylvin Technologies, Inc., tel. 717-336-2823, ext. 105, chris.oconnell@sylvin.com, www.sylvin.com.

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1 - ROSENDAHL 630mm P/A Dual Reel Take-up 1 - SPHEREX 18” Dual Reel Take-up, refurbed 1 - CLIPPER Model SP16 Dual Spooler 1 - AL-BE Model MS12 Respooler, 14” Reels 1 - METEOR Model ME301 3-Head Winder 1 - TEC Model DTC630 D.T. Twister 2 - ENTWISTLE 4WDT24 4-W 24” D.T. Twisters 2 - NEWMCO 16” Quadders 1 - FORMULABS ‘Codemaster 5’ Spiral Striper 1 - METRONIC AlphaJet C Inkjet Printer, 2005 1 - PWM Model EP500 Rod Welder 1 - HALL Tape Accumulator 1 - EUBANKS Model 4000-04 C/S Machine 1 - SCHLEUNIGER Model UC3750 Cutter 1 - SCHLEUNIGER Model EC3200 EcoCut 1 - SCHLEUNIGER Model PF2000 PreFeed 1 - SCHLEUNIGER MegaStrip 9600 1 - IDEAL Model STP Stripper, Part #45-930

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THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE PROCESS CAPABILITY STUDY. Creating a universal language for problem solving, this 135-page indexed booth (published in 2011) was written by industry expert Douglas B. Relyea, founder of Quality Principle Associates, a New England-based consulting firm specializing in the education and application of data analysis techniques to industrial problem solving. The book delineates the process capability study, a powerful tool that, when understood and implemented, provides benefits to every department in a manufacturing organization. With easy to read, step-by-step flow diagrams on how to perform process capability studies and measurement process analyses, the book includes: the benefits of statistical process control over statistical product control; real-world industrial examples and case studies showing how to use the techniques; ways for management to determine if the investment in process capability studies is providing an appropriate return; methods to correct lack of stability and capability once either condition has been identified, such as the ANOVA technique and the simple three-factor designed experiment; and a flow chart that enables machine operators to execute a process capability study without interfering with productivity. The list price is $45, $40 for WAI members, plus shipping. To purchase, go to wirenet.org and click on The WAI Store.

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AlphaGary Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

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

Howar Equipment Inc/Boxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Anbao Wire & Mesh Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, 39

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

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

KEIR Manufacturing Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Locton Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

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

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

Color Resource, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Morgan-Koch Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

OTECH Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

DeWal Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Paramount Die Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Esteves Group USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Parkway-Kew Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

George Evans Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Power Sonics LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Pressure Welding Machines Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

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ADVERTISER . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PAGE Properzi International Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Proton Products Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43, 53 Queins Machines GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Reel-O-Matic Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Sheaves Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

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SIKORA AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Sjogren Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

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August Strecker GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Teknor Apex Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 TMS Specialties Manufacturing Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Witels Albert GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Woodburn Diamond Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Wyrepak Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 34

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