Interwire 2023 Show Preview

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ON THE COVER

After four years, the return to Atlanta has a comfortable feel. After all, the event is designed by and for the wire and cable industry and supported by many manufacturers. The preview that starts on p. 36 and ends on p. 145 outlines what will be going on. Interwire remains the largest such event for the wire and cable industry in the Americas: all kinds of possibilities exist—both scheduled and fortuitous—but you have to be there to take advantage of them.

TECHNICAL PAPERS

Due to the issue size, technical papers and Products will not be included in this issue.

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It was a picture-perfect time at the New England Chapter’s Jan. 26 annual meeting

From l-r, are Peter Kuipers, Tamar Kuipers, Kassandra Salcedo, Aleisha Ramoas, Randy Garcia, Skott Kinsman and Edward Biliel III, all of Lloyd & Bouvier, which sponsored the photo booth at the New England Chapter’s annual meeting at the Mohegan Sun Casino. There were a lot of smiles at the meeting, which was described as having a pre-Covid spirit.

This map may lead you to treasures!

The industry has been through a lot in recent years, and just seeing the above floor map for Interwire 2023 feels reassuring, that there is more positive momentum. The show floor will have representatives from some 300 suppliers, and among those ranks, there may well be one or more with an idea that could work for your particular operation. You just have to be there to discover the “x” that may mark your particular spot.

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SPRING INVENTORY HIGHLIGHTS

EXPL469 – 4½” Davis Std Jacket Line, 2m Skaltek TU’s, 36” Cat

EXPL467 – 4½”/3½” Sterling THHN Ext Line, 72” Po, 1.2m TU, Accum

EXPL466 – 6” Jckt Line, Sterling Ext, 96” PO’s, Horiz Acc, Dual Cat

EXPL449 – 2” Royle Primary Line, MP Capstan, 24” Dual Auto TU

EXPL421 – 2” Davis Std HiTemp Line, 30:1, MP Capstan, PA-24 TU

EXRL44 – 3½”/3½” Davis Std Rubber Ext Line, Clipper PA-1000

EXP1488 – 4½” Davis Standard Extruder, 24:1, Therm III, 150 HP DC

EXP1480 – 1½” Davis Standard Extruder, 24:1, 15 HP AC, Panel

EXP1467 – 2” Davis Standard Hi Temp Extruder, 24:1, Therm III

EXP1439 – 3” (75mm) Davis Standard Extruder, 24:1, 60 HP DC Motor

EXP1427 – 100mm Nextrom Extruder, 24:1, Yr 2006

EXP1388 – 2½” Davis Std Extruder, 24:1 Therm III 40HP DC, Port

EXP1066 – 3½” Davis Standard Extruder, 24:1, Thermatic III (3)

EXP663.2 – 3½” Davis Std Extruder, 24:1, Water Cool, 75HP DC, Yr 1997

TKU1711 – 30” Davis Std Dual Reel TU DR-30, AC Motor, Touchscreen

TKU1707 – 2.5m Wuxi Sunan/Bartell Portal TU, A-B PLC, Yr 2013 (2)

TKU1641.2 –2.6m Skaltek U26T, Portal Floor Trav TU, 12,000 kg (3)

TKU1450 – 84” AIM Take up, Shaftless, Dual Hyd Lift

PAY2124

72” Ceeco Shaftless Payoff, Hyd Lift-In/Out, Air Brake.

CAP954 – 32” Custom Multi Pass Non-Driven Capstan, 20’ Interconnect

CAP948 – 36” Hall Vertical Belt Wrap Capstan, 5 HP DC Motor

CAP923 – 24” Davis Std. Multipass (8X8) Capstan, 30’ Long, DC Motor

CAT649 – 1.2m Maillefer Belt Caterpuller, L-R, AC Drive, Yr 2011

DAN625 – Windak 18’ Vert Accum, 10 Pass, 600mm Sheaves, Servo

DAN621 – MGS 16’ Vert Accum, 12” Sheaves, 500’, Scrap Capstan

DAN411 – 48” Davis Standard Horizontal,4 Pass, 550 ft Accum,Yr 2000

CBR1439 – 6W Vertical Planetary Line, Capstan, Shaft Takeup (2)

CBR1435 – Setic 630mm Back Twist PO, Model DVD630HV-2-3M NEW, (2)

CBR1432 – 760mm Kinrei DT Buncher, NB-760, 19 Position PO, Yr 2008

CBR1426 – 24”, 6W, Watson Planetary Cabling Line, PO/TU

CBR1396 – 12W, 16” AFA Planetary Cabling Line, 36” TU

CBR1395 – NEB 12W 24” Planetary Cabling Line, BWC, 54” TU

CBR1383 – 800mm SAMP DT Buncher, Model BM800-D (5)

CBR1381 – 48” Cook Single Twist Buncher, 400 RPM

CBR1366 – Ceeco 24W, 22” Rigid Serving Line, R-L, 84” PO/TU

CBR1296 – 36” Allard, Single Twist Closer, Model STC-36

CBR1292 – 68” Roteq Single Twist Cabler, 200 RPM, AB PLC

CBR1273 – 72” Ceeco/Nextrom Drum Twisting Line, Yr 2000

CBR1216 – 1.8m Northampton Double Twist Buncher, Yr 1995

CBR1157 – 31” Ceeco 37W Rigid/Tubular Strander

CBR1044 – 48” 1+3 Edmands Bow Twister, RECONDITIONED

TBR208 – 10” Bartell Tubular Strander, 18 Wire, Model 18B64

TBR202 – 31” Ceeco 1+12 Tubular Strander, 50HP AC Vector, A-B PLC

WRD1162 – SAMP Fine Wire Draw Line, TRB-3, MS200, RC-15, TE/25A

WRD1157 – SAMP MT6 16W Draw Line, Annealer, 630mm Spoolers

WRD1123 – Henrich 13 Die Rod Line, Annealer, Bongard KW800 Coiler

WRD1107 – Sket 13 Die Rod Line, Annealer, Bongard 800mm Coiler

TPR400 – QingFeng Dual Head Concentric Taping Line, 2200 RPM

BRD522 – NEB 48C Cable Braider, Model CB-1, Wire

BRD523 – Wardwell 16 Carrier Wire Braiders (15)

MSC2554 – 2” Bartell BX Armoring Line (2006), 108” PO, 90” TU

MSC2553 – 5” Bartell BX Armoring Line, (2005), 108” PO, 108” TU

Mapre 100/45mm Extrusion Line EXPL491

TEC 8W HS Backtwist Payoffs

CBR1437

Kinrei 760mm DT Bunchers (7) CBR1431.6

CBR1435

Setic 630mm Backtwist POs (2)

WRD1156

Niehoff MM85 Dual Rod Line

Who is behind Interwire 2023? Both ends of the industry

With the Interwire show just around the corner, this Wire Journal issue gives us a glimpse at what to expect in Atlanta May 9-11. I encourage you to read the preview cover-to-cover, then share it with a colleague or friend. The wire and cable industry is constantly evolving and it is up to us to grasp these changes.

The Wire Association International (WAI) has purposely elevated the support for wire manufacturers year-over-year, as evident in our ever-evolving Board of Directors (BoD) and volunteer ranks. I am president of SDI LaFarga COPPERWORKS. Last year’s WAI president was Jim York, Sr. VP of Insteel Industries, who followed Southwire VP Tom Heberling, and our 2024 president will be Prysmian’s Daniel Blais. Another great example is WAI’s 2023 Donnellan winner, W.T. Bigbee, VP operations at Encore and a past Association president (2019). Finally, David Fisher, president of James Monroe Wire & Cable, has begun his leadership rotation.

Elevating manufacturing engagement has helped drive our focus on the educational mission: our BoD is now the planning body for Interwire. The members have assembled the content that best serves the interests of industry. This mission is the essence of the Interwire conference and in our new multimedia strategic training initiative.

While the Association has focused on manufacturers, we understand that the best version of WAI needs to make continued supplier involvement a priority. Their voices matter. To that end, WAI’s 2nd vice president is Eric Bieberich, president of Fort Wayne Wire Die. He is joined on the Board by senior executives from key suppliers that include Davis-Standard, MFL, MindSphere World, Niehoff, Oden Technologies, RichardsApex and Sonoco.

Suppliers are true partners to everything that is good in the industry. They expand capacity, drive innovation, reduce waste, ensure safety and increase productivity. It is my hope you will spend as much time as you are able to on the Interwire exhibit floor, where some 300 companies will be represented. Collectively, they offer solutions for industry challenges as well as opportunities for further directions and possibilities.

I want to end this letter by congratulating Robert Wild, whom I have selected as the 2023 WAI President’s Award recipient (see p. 56). The initiatives at the Association have continuously had Robert’s genuine support since 2004, and his work as president of Niehoff Endex North America has consistently been first-rate. He is an admirable reflection of the supplier sector which encourages our show and the Association to constantly evolve.

Keep learning and see you soon.

Kurt Breischaft President, SDI LaFarga COPPERWORKS WAI President

PUBLISHER Steven J. Fetteroll

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mark Marselli

GRAPHIC DESIGNER Karren Muolo

DIRECTOR OF SALES Shannon Timme

SALES MANAGER Gina Guzowski

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS

Janice E. Swindells

WAI PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE

Dane Armendariz, consultant

Ferruccio Bellina, TKT Group/President ACIMAF

Michael Crowle, QED Wire Lines Inc.

Tom Moran, consultant

Giulio Properzi, Continuus Properzi

Willem Sundblad, Oden Technologies Inc.

John N. Tomaz, Stolberger

Robert Wild, Niehoff Endex North America

W.T. Bigbee, Encore Wire Corp.

TECHNICAL ADVISORS

John Drummond, Scotia Group

R. M. Shemenski, RMS Consulting, Inc.

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APRIL 22, 2023: WCMA Annual Distinguished Career Awards Dinner

Hartford, Connecticut, USA. To be held at the Hartford Marriott Downtown. Contact: Wire & Cable Manufacturers Alliance, Inc., tel. 860-841-7720.

MAY 9-11, 2023: Interwire 2023

& WAI’s 93rd Annual Convention

Atlanta, Georgia, USA. See preview starting on p. 36.

MAY 16-18, 2023: logy Expo (EWPTE) 2023

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. This event will be held in the Wisconsin Center. Contact: WHMA, tel. 847-615-7100, contact.us@whma.org, www.electricalwireshow.com.

MAY 24-27, 2023: wire and Tube Eurasia 2023

Istanbul, Turkey. This new event will take place with an existing trade show, Wire Tech Istanbul, at the Tüyap Fair Convention and Congress Center. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, info@ mdna.com, www.mdna.com or www.wire-eurasia.com.

JUNE 20-21, 2023: Polymers in Cables

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. This event will be held at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel. Contact: AMI, tel. 610-478-0800, www.ami-events.com.

SEPT. 2-4, 2023: wire Middle East Africa

Cairo, Egypt. This new event will be held at the Egypt International Exhibition Center. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com.

SEPT. 4-7, 2023: wire China NEW DATE

Shanghai, China. This event will be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC). Contact: Messe Düsseldorf/Messe Düsseldorf (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., www.wirechina.net, www.mdna.com.

SEPT. 17-20, 2023: IWCS Cable & Connectivity Industry Forum

Orlando, Florida, USA. This event is to be held at the Gaylord Palms. Contact: IWCS, tel. 703-914-4927, www.iwcs.org.

SEPT. 20-22, 2023: wire Southeast Asia

Bangkok, Thailand. This Messe Düsseldorf event is to be held at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com.

OCT. 6-8, 2023: Cable & Wire Fair 2023

New Delhi, India. This event is to be held at the Pragati Maidan. Contact: Tulip 3P Media Pvt. Ltd.: tel. +91-01244250148, info@wirecable.in, www.cablewirefair.com.

OCT. 16, 2023: Wire & Cable Milan

Milan, Italy. More details on this collaborative International Technical Conference will be in future issues and online later at www.wireandcable23.com. See p. 32.

APRIL 15-19, 2024: wire Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf, Germany. This biennial event, the industry’s largest, has been rescheduled. It will be held at the Messe Fairgrounds. Contact: see wire Southeast Asia above.

JUNE 11-12, 2024: WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo 2024

Montville, Connecticut, USA. This WAI event is to be held at the Mohegan Sun Casinos & Resort. It includes the trade show, technical programs and WAI’s 94th Annual Convention.

NOV. 13-15, 2024: Wire Monterrey 2024

Monterrey, Mexico. This WAI event will return to the Crowne Plaza Monterrey. Contact: Steve Fetteroll, sfetteroll@wirenet.org.

OCT. 2-4, 2024: SpringWorld

Rosemont, Illinois, USA. This event is to be held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. Contact: CASMI, tel. 630-359-4273, info@casmi-springworld.org, www.casmi-springworld.org.

WAI EVENTS

MAY 9-11, 2023: Interwire 2023 & WAI’s 93rd Annual Convention

Atlanta, Georgia, USA. See preview starting on p. 36.

AUG. 23, 2023: WAI Ohio Valley Chapter Annual Golf Tournament

Canfield, Ohio, USA. Kennsington Golf Club. Save the date!

JUNE 11-12, 2024: WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo 2024

Montville, Connecticut, USA.

This WAI event is to be held at the Mohegan Sun Casinos & Resort. It includes the trade show, technical programs and WAI’s 94th Annual Convention.

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Hellenic Cables press release: this one is best presented in reverse order, a WJI 1st

Hellenic Cables reports that it has finalized individual contracts with Ørsted and Eversource for two offshore wind projects in the U.S., but the last sentence in its press release was of even greater interest: “Finally, following previous announcements, Hellenic Cables and Ørsted continue their discussions concerning a possible partnership for the construction of a submarine cables factory in Maryland, USA.”

There was no further detail about that possibility, but the preceding two sentences set the basis for what the company sees in terms of potential.

Continuing the reverse presentation of the press release, in it, Alexis Alexiou, CEO of Hellenic Cables and parent company Cenergy Holdings SA observed, “This longterm partnership with Ørsted and Eversource is proof of Hellenic Cables’ commitment to the U.S. offshore wind industry as a core part of our business and our strategy for the future. We are proud to work with industry leaders on flagship projects that are transformational for the nation’s energy sector as a whole.”

The U.S. subsea cable market has been bolstered by the outlook for more coastal wind farm projects. Last year, the Prysmian Group announced plans to build a submarine cable plant in Brayton Point, Massachusetts. In 2021, Nexans re-purposed its plant in Charleston, South Carolina, to produce high-voltage subsea cable, the first such plant in the USA.

Hellenic Cables has won a contract for two U.S. offshore wind projects, yet that may not be the big news.

“Hellenic Cables reaffirms its leading role in the development of infrastructure critical to the energy transition in the U.S. and globally. Hellenic Cables’ track record in the United States offshore wind sector includes Mayflower Wind in Massachusetts and Dominion’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, both for the supply of 66 kV array cables.”

Returning to the titular reason for the press release, Hellenic Cables announced that it will design, manufacture, test and supply approximately 260 km of 66 kV XLPE-insulated subsea inter-array cables and associated accessories for South Fork Wind and Revolution Wind in the Northeast U.S. Production will be phased through 2024 according to each individual project’s delivery plan.

Hellenic Cables notes that it is one of the largest cable producers in Europe, manufacturing power and telecom cables as well as submarine cables for various industriesThrough its subsidiary, Fulgor, Hellenic Cables operates its submarine cables plant in Corinth, Greece, where it makes some of the world’s longest submarine cables without factory joints.

Nexans negotiating sale of its Telecom and Data business to private equity fund

Nexans has entered into exclusive negotiations with Syntagma Capital, a Belgium-based private equity fund, for the sale of its Telecom and Data business.

A press release said that the proposed transaction “marks Nexans’ exit from the telecom and data activity in line with its strategy to simplify its activities and amplify its impact in electrification markets.” The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of the first half of 2023.

The sale would include eight sites spread across France, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Morocco, China and Singapore that design, produce and commercialize advanced solutions for telecom, LAN networks as well as data centers. These operations constitute the main remaining part of the Telecom & Data division after the sale of Berk-Tek in 2020.

The proposed sale furthers the choice by Nexans to focus on electrification markets. In the company’s 2022 earnings report, CEO Christopher Guérin said that the numbers

support that decision. “We were, yet again, proven right in reaffirming our choice: ‘Striving to champion a global sustainable electrification.’ As global grid investments soar, our Electrification businesses are up +12.9% organically, with record EBITDA performance, and all-time high adjusted Generation & Transmission backlog.”

S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook for Nexans from stable to positive and confirmed its ‘BB+’ rating. “Nexans’ operating performance has improved, thanks to progress made in its transformation plan, which focuses on electrification and achieving higher and more stable cash flows.”

At its website, Syntagma notes that the company, established in 2009, invests in businesses that can benefit from its hands-on operational expertise to accelerate growth and improve performance. It has deployed €1.1 billion in over 40 companies with revenues in excess of €4 billion and employing over 11,000 people worldwide.

The team has successfully carved-out businesses from public and private companies, among others, Solvay, Tessenderlo, Ashland, Clariant, Tyco International, Smurfit Kappa, ADT and Getronics.

WIRE & CABLE IN THE NEWS

Cable system well on its way to providing much-needed access

On Dec. 9, 2022, the 2Africa cable landed in South Africa. It’s still got a ways to go, but when complete, sometime either late this year or early 2024, the 2Africa cable system will have realized an ambitious goal, one that will also have used more than 45,000 km of subsea cable from Alcatel Submarine Systems.

Per the latest update from 2Africa (see www.2africacable.net), more landings will follow as the cable is extended to a total of 46 locations by the completion of the project in 2024. One of the world’s largest such projects, it will connect Europe, the Middle East and 19 countries in Africa—with reliable internet capacity. It will support the growth of 4G, 5G and fixed broadband access for hundreds of millions of people and businesses.

2Africa will connect 33 countries in total. It will have four landings in South Africa and two each

in Mozambique, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia and Egypt, for a total of 27 landings in Africa and 46 in total. It will deliver more than the total combined capacity of all subsea

cables serving Africa today. The design capacity is up to 180 Tbps for key parts of the system.

The partners for the project are China Mobile International, Meta, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, STC, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC.

2Africa is the first cable system designed to serve the whole of Africa, interconnecting the east and west seaboards of Africa. The cable further supports the continent by providing full connectivity to the Middle East, India and Pakistan, bringing seamless international connectivity to up to three billion people.

2Africa is expected to have a design capacity of up to 180Tbps at launch on key parts of the system. Future upgrade capability will be dependent on developments in optical engineering over the coming years. The current schedule calls for cable completion date in 2023/early 2024.

Map of the 2Africa cable system.

1st copper bar cast at Southwire rod plant that has world’s most advanced SCR system

Southwire announced that on Jan. 21, at 12:45 pm, the company’s new copper rod plant in Carrollton, Georgia, achieved a key milestone: the official start-up and first cast copper bar by the world’s largest and most sophisticated Southwire Continuous Rod (SCR®) system.

A press release said that through cutting-edge technology and practices, the new rod plant will produce more copper rod than any other SCR system, while encompassing a smaller environmental footprint. In support of Southwire’s Carbon Zero initiative to achieve 100% carbon free energy for our operations by 2025, Southwire is partnering with Carroll EMC to us all renewable electricity for the facility.

“It is truly an exciting day for Southwire,” said Will Berry, senior vice president of Modernization. “Our company is where it is today because of these copper rod plants, and starting up a new copper rod system is like starting a brand new chapter in our history. It’s a great time to be at this point; a perfect moment to build on all that we have already accomplished.”

“This place gives you energy. You can feel the anticipation around this facility and this system, and I’m proud of the team that has worked diligently to get the plant up and running. I believe that we’re sending a message to the local community that we’re here for the long haul and, at the same time, providing an international showcase for SCR technology.”

Elettrotek Kabel SpA reports that it has acquired Italy’s Controlcavi Industria Srl

Elettrotek Kabel SpA (EK Group) has acquired Controlcavi Industria Srl—an Italian manufacturer of fire-resistant electrical cables for the marine, onshore and offshore petrochemical industry—and the trading company that owned it.

A press release said that the deal for the business, now called CCI Cable Service, will expand the scope of the EK Group, enabling it to continue the growth path it has been on since its founding in 2001. The EK Group now has 250 employees and annual revenues topping 150 million euros in its three divisions: electrical cable production, cable harness production and assembly and its worldwide commercial distribution.

The Italian manufacturer of low- and medium-voltage cables was formed in 1981. It operated with headquarters in Bernate Ticino (MI) and Milan, under its trading company, CCI Cable Service Srl. Products from the company, which is known for its FIREBAR® fire-resistant technology, have been approved by many of the world’s largest industrial, naval and petroleum groups.

Southwire first patented its SCR technology in 1963. That advance, it noted, transformed the wire and cable industry, as more than half of all copper rod in the world has passed through a SCR system in some capacity.

In 1981, Southwire started the operation of its current copper rod system in Carrollton, and four decades later, copper continues to be the primary source of metal for the company’s wire and cable operations.

“On December 9, more than 40 years ago, my dad drove my siblings and I to the existing rod plant,” said Lee Richards, Southwire board member and son of the company’s founder, Roy Richards, Sr., during the groundbreaking for the new facility. “The plant was completed, and we watched it start production that night. ... My dad always believed that there was a more efficient way to make copper and aluminum rod, and the SCR system development was the result of this belief.”

“Mr. Richards’ philosophy was ‘build it big, and grow into it,’ and we’re already growing into it,” Berry said.

EK Group President & CEO Robert Gallingani said that CCI Cable Service represents a perfect fit as the company share its values and entrepreneurial culture. “This knowledge alignment will result into an easy integration between the two companies, with subsequent growth of the EK Group in markets where track records, approvals and 40 years of experience are fundamental.”

Gallingani said the deal also respects the will of the recently deceased sole director and owner of the CCI Cable Service group, Gianpaolo Brambilla, to continue the company’s development path pursued by two generations, to preserve the excellence achieved and company values.

Kern-Liebers expands Mexican plant

Germany’s Kern-Liebers, a manufacturer of highly complex strip and wire parts and assemblies has expanded its Mexican production plant in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon, with an investment of US$10 million.

A press release said that the plant will produce 50 million high-precision parts for the automotive, medical and consumer goods industries, from seat belts and lifelines to tape measures and window springs. The expansion will also create some 300 jobs.

A view of the first copper bar casting at Southwire’s new rod mill in Carrollton, Georgia.

Kern-Liebers has been present in Nuevo León since June 2019, when the first phase of this plant began operating. Due to the growing demand from customers in North America, the company has added 3,387 sq mt of surface area, an expansion of about 50%. Timm Jenisch, senior vice president for North America, said that it is important for Kern-Liebers to be present in North America, the largest commercial market in the world. “We are convinced that Nuevo León is the ideal location to be in this region, due to its geographical location, excellent connectivity and favorable conditions for the industry.”

The company has plants in the U.S. and Mexico that manufacture springs and wires, as well as other products. The ceremony was attended by local officials as well as Dr. Erek Speckert, the company’s CEO and chairman of the Management Board.

Private equity fund extends its wire industry portfolio by acquiring 2 manufacturers

Auxo Investment Partners reported that it has acquired two U.S. manufacturers—TACK Electronics and Morgan Royce Industries (MRI)—for an undisclosed price.

A press release said that the two companies manufacture custom wire harnesses, cable assemblies and box builds for the semiconductor equipment, aerospace and defense, gaming, medical, transportation and energy equipment industries. The additions follow Auxo’s purchase of wire and harness manufacturer Golden State Assembly, and help expand the firm’s growing wire platform.

TACK Electronics, Inc., based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, produces custom wire harnesses and assemblies for a wide variety of electronic applications. Per its website, the business was founded in 1996 by George Maines and his wife Linda in a two-stall garage, and grew over the years. It is now run by their son, Todd Gaines, who later became CEO, and is expected to continue in that role.

Kern-Liebers has expanded its Guadalupe plant.

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Morgan Royce Industries (MRI), based in Fremont, California, was founded in 1991. It specializes in turnkey, and consignment, cable, wire harness, PCP assemblies, box builds, upgrades, reconfigurations, repairs, and more. It is headed by CEO Larry Johnston, who is also expected to remain in that role.

Golden State Assembly provides harnesses and other products for sectors that include automotive, solar, power, medical, semiconductor and agriculture equipment.

Primetals to upgrade Swiss wire rod mill

Swiss-based AFV Beltrame Stahl Gerlafingen (AFV) has chosen Primetals Technologies to upgrade its wire rod mill in the town of Gerlafingen.

A press release said that the contract calls for Primetals to supply AFV an intelligent pinch roll and a high-speed laying head. The equipment will improve production performance by ensuring uniform packaging of the coils. By improving coil packaging, the reheating furnace can be fully utilized, and the overall coil can be shortened for ease of transportation. Startup is set for summer 2023.

The wire rod mill produces 600,000 tons of coils per year while the bar outlet has an annual capacity of 80,000 tons of bars. Both machines are fed from the same roughing and

intermediate mill train. The upgrades will reduce vibration levels and wear, and provide better control. For electrics, new AC motors will be supplied for the pinch roll and laying head, and technological control will be realized with a Simatic S7-1500 PLC controller.

Stahl Gerlafingen is part of the larger AFV Beltrame group, Europe’s leading producer of merchant bars. The largest producer of recycled steel in Switzerland, Stahl Gerlafingen primarily produces rebar for domestic and international markets.

Primetals Technologies will upgrade an AFV wire rod mill.

ASN to supply more than a thousand km of subsea cable for upgraded order

Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) will supply approximately 1,030 km of cable for a new subsea project off the west coast of Italy in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Per multiple media sources, the announcement represents an expansion of the contract that was previously reported last year. The cable for the revised system will have 20 Tbps per fiber pair, for a total capacity of 480 Tbps on the route that will connect Mazara del Vallo in Sicily and Genoa, and 320 Tbps on the branch to Rome.

ASN was chosen by the Unitirreno Submarine Network to supply the cable. Orange Marine subsidiary Elettra Tlc will complete the survey and installation services. The system is expected to be in service in 2025.

Unitirreno reports that this will be the first such repeatered 24-pair fiber optic system in the Mediterranean region. The open cable design will allow customers to select their preferred technology solution for individual fiber pairs. The system layout will include two stubbed branching units to enable future landings in Sardinia and Palermo.

Of note, another submarine cable system is being developed in the area by Infratel Italia alongside Elettra Tlc. Known as the “Piano Isole Minori” (Minor Islands Plan), the Infratel cable system, estimated to have an investment of $50 million, will connect 21 Italian islands with a total of 860 km of cables.

2 Chinese firms in Sea-Me-We 6 project are said to quit over awarding of cable project

China Telecom and China Mobile were reported to have withdrawn from their participation in the Sea-Me-We 6 submarine cable project due to the choice of the cable supplier.

Per multiple media reports, most notably Financial Times, the issue stems from political friction between the U.S. and China. Last February, U.S.-based SubCom was awarded the contract, not Hengton Marine, which is China’s largest such cable supplier. The 19,200-km cable route, announced last year, will link Singapore to Marseille, France, passing Italy, Greece, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Pakistan, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Malaysia. It was scheduled for completion in 2025.

The consortium backing the project was Microsoft, Orange, Telecom Egypt, Telekom Malaysia, Airtel, and three Chinese companies: China Telecom, China Mobile and Unicorn, which as of press time was still part of the project. Since 2020, the U.S. has denied permission for several subsea telecoms cables that involved Chinese companies or directly connected the U.S. to mainland China or Hong Kong, citing national security concerns.

Primetals to supply its technology for a Southwire SCR copper rod system in China

Primetals Technologies has been awarded a contract from Southwire Company to supply rolling mill equipment for a new Southwire Continuous Rod (SCR) copper rod system for the Jinchuan Group Company in Gansu Province, China.

A press release said that the Jinchuan Group will begin producing electrolytic tough pitch (ETP) copper from the new SCR copper rod mill in mid-2024. The rated hourly output is 48 tons, with coil diameters of 8 mm, 8.5 mm, 12.7 mm, 16 mm, 18 mm and 25 mm, with coil sizes of two to four tons. The company will use the new system to manufacture wire and cable for the construction industry. The Jinchuan Group is a state-owned enterprise that is the fourth-largest copper producer in China.

Prysmian wins 3-year contract to upgrade the electrical grid cable lines of the U.K.

The Prysmian Group reports that it has been chosen by National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) to help the upgrading process of the U.K.’s electricity grid.

A press release said that Prysmian has been awarded a medium-voltage cable framework agreement with NGED, the U.K.’s largest electricity distribution network, that is for a minimum of three years. The deal was reached through Prysmian’s U.K. subsidiary.

Prysmian will supply medium-voltage cables primarily made at the Group’s Wrexham plant in North Wales. The cable will enable NGED Grid to expand and modernize the network. Prysmian and NGED have built a strategic relationship over many years across all voltage levels for supply into the U.K. market. Such projects include the North Sea Link, the world’s longest submarine electricity interconnector, enabling the sharing of renewable energy between the U.K. and Norway; the Viking Link, the first submarine cable connection between the U.K. and Denmark; IFA2, the turn-key design, manufacture and installation of a submarine and land power cable link to connect Tourbe in France to Chilling in Hampshire, U.K.; and the Western HVDC Link, a new submarine High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) interconnector between Scotland and England.

Hellenic Cables receives a 2nd contract to replace existing cable lines in Adriatic Sea

The contract represents the third SCR copper rod system that Jinchuan has ordered, further strengthening the well-established long-term business relationship, and providing additional evidence of the value of the solutions offered by Primetals Technologies and Southwire. Primetals Technologies will engineer, supply and implement the rolling mill, coiler, and a large portion of the coil handling equipment. The Southwire SCR 7000 rolling mill includes a Morgan No-Twist mill with 13 independently driven roll stands.

The contract also includes a 610-mm entry shear and table, one 457-mm roughing mill stand, four 305-mm roughing mill stands, one 320-mm rotary shear and downloop table, and eight 203-mm finishing mill stands, all with hydraulic roll mounting, a rod cooling and cleaning system with injectors and air wipes, rollerized turndown, two pinch rolls, coiler, designs for an in-line conveyor system, and two oil lubrication systems.

Southwire Company, which developed its SCR process in 1963, partnered with Primetals Technologies to implement new and updated systems for decades. Globally, more than half of all copper rod is currently produced using the SCR process.

Hellenic Cables has signed a second contract with Croatia’s Končar Group to supply it approximately 30 km of 110 kV high-voltage submarine cables to replace outdated cable lines in the Adriatic Sea.

A press release said that Hellenic Cables will start production of the cable this year at its production facility in Corinth, Greece, and is expected to finish early in 2024. The company will also provide accessories and related

Primetals Technologies and Southwire Company will supply the Jinchuan Group its third SCR copper rod system.

Hellenic Cable will supply cable for an Adriatic Sea project.

services as part of the project for Končar Engineering Ltd., a regional supplier of engineering solutions, power transmission and distribution, rail vehicles and infrastructure.

The order marks repeat business. A prior order, in 2021, completed in 2022, saw the delivery of 12 km of 110 kV submarine cables, accessories and related services. “For the second time, we have chosen Hellenic Cables as a partner in a strategic project in Croatia which will connect Croatian islands Hvar, Korčula, Cres and Lošinj with new 110 kV HV cables,” said Gordan Planinić, MOB of Končar Engineering Ltd. “This enables, above all, to maintain the security of supply of customers on the Adriatic islands as well as a significant environmental contribution to the preservation of the cleanliness of the Adriatic Sea.”

Midal Cables to provide conductors for a 126-mile long U.S. transmission line project

Midal Cables, based in the Kingdom of Bahrain, will provide the transmission line conductors for the Ten West Link Transmission Line, an energy infrastructure project that had the support of the Biden-Harris administration. A press release said that Midal Cables was chosen to supply the conductors for the project, which the BidenHarris administration announced had been given the

approval by the Interior Department. The project will facilitate increased renewable energy development and delivery in Arizona and California. The 126-mile long project will deploy a 500-kilovolt (kV) alternating current overhead transmission line.

“This prestigious project being supplied through EC Source to DCRT adds to many such projects that Midal Cables has had the opportunity to be associated with in North America,” the release said. It notes that Midal Cables is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of bare aluminum overhead conductors, which are made in the company’s four factories, and supplied to more than 60 countries world-wide.

Midal Cables will provide the conductors for a U.S. power grid project.

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Lee Spring reports acquisition of company that specializes in miniature springs

Lee Spring, a global leader in stock and custom springs, has acquired U.S.-based D.R. Templeman Company, which specializes in the design, engineering and manufacturing of springs, spring guides, rings and wire forms made from fine wire.

A press release said that Templeman, founded in 1938 and based in Plainville, Connecticut, has proprietary technology and deep experience in the manufacture of spring guides, also known as catheter coils and cable sheaths. The acquisition expands the capabilities for both Lee Spring and Templeman with an expansion in both the products and services they can offer their respective customers. All Templeman employees were invited to continue to operate from their current facility.

During the opening ceremony, Bill Livengood, president of Leoni Cables North America, expressed his gratitude for the excellent cooperation with the state of Chihuahua and the city of Cuauhtémoc. Guests at the celebration included the Governor of Chihuahua, Maria Eugenia Campos; the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Maria Angelica Granados; and local officials.

“Templeman boasts an outstanding team and their highly skilled specialization in miniature springs is in perfect alignment with Lee Spring’s growing business in medical devices, electronic components and switches and inspection instruments,” said Lee Spring CEO Steve Kempf. “Their deep expertise in these critical sectors combined with their unsurpassed reputation for quality make this acquisition a natural fit for both companies.”

The combined operations will allow both companies to offer more products and services to their respective customers, the release said. “Templeman has very talented employees and many long-standing innovative customers,” said Templeman President Richard Williams. “I am confident that the needs of both groups will be well served by the combined strengths of D.R. Templeman and Lee Spring.”

Founded in 1918, Lee Spring is based in Brooklyn, New York, with multiple facilities in the U.S., as well as locations in the U.K., Germany, Mexico, China and India.

Leoni celebrates its Mexican expansion

Germany’s Leoni recently celebrated the company’s continued growth in Mexico, where it has completed a new building that increased the production area by 40% to 10,723 sq m.

A press release said that expansion of the plant in Cuauhtémoc, which opened in 1998, was made to meet the increasing market demand. Over the next five years, Leoni will invest approximately $16.8 million for additional production equipment. The expansion is expected to result in at least 30 new jobs.

The Cuauhtémoc plant has become an important player in the automotive cables business in NAFTA. It manufactures a broad product portfolio ranging from simple single-core cables to complex multi-core cables for driver assistance systems and data cables for autonomous driving is answering the needs of Tier 1 and Tier 2 customers in North America.

In 2020, Phase I of a project called EMOMEX (E-Mobility Mexico) was accomplished. It included an investment of $27 million in equipment and machines for the design, development and production of high-voltage cables and cables for charging systems. More than 120 new employees were hired.

Reminder: WCMA Awards ceremony

The WCMA will honor the recipients of its 2023 Distinguished Career Award on April 22, 2023, at the 37th annual Awards Dinner, which will be held at the Hartford Marriott Downtown.

The recipients are: William “WT” Bigbee, vice president operations, Encore Wire; Rich Carr, CEO, Sequel Wire & Cable; Denise Coyle, sales manager, Fluoropolymer Resources, Ltd.; Scott Harden, president, Provideon Wire & Cable; Drew Richards, President/CEO, RichardsApex; John Rivers, regional sales manager, Fluorgistx; Greg Smith, president/CEO, International Wire Group; and Ronald Tessier, senior director operations, Berk-Tek Leviton.

For more information and to register for the awards event, contact Ed Fenton at tel. 860-331-7074, ed@wcmainc.org, www.wcmainc.org. n

Bill Livengood speaks at the opening ceremony celebrating Leoni’s latest expansion in Mexico.

PATENT REPORT

Technical advances are a necessity for any industry, and to that end, companies invest considerable resources in R&D. This section lists the abstracts of recently approved U.S. patents. Most are direct to wire and cable while a few may be more indirect/downstream.

recently approved U.S. patents for wire and cable

Apparatus for terminating optical cables; and methods

U.S. Patent No.: 11,536,912

Title U.S. Patent No.: 00,000,000

Patent date: Dec. 27, 2022 Filed: March. 22, 2019

Patent date: Mon. 00, 0000 Filed: Mon. 00, 0000

Assignees: CommScope Technologies LLC, USA

Assignee: Company Name, Country

Inventor: Michael S. Riegel

Inventors: First Lastname, First Lastname

The present disclosure relates generally to methods for processing ferrules of fiber optic connectors such that the amount of cleaving and/or polishing that is required is eliminated or at least reduced. An apparatus and method of dispensing adhesive through a front end face of a fiber optic ferrule are provided.

Downhole cables having extruded aluminum encapsulation layers

U.S. Patent No.: 11,536,096

Patent date: Dec. 27, 2022 Filed: Feb. 22, 2018

Assignees: AFL Telecommunications LLC, USA

A wire and a method of manufacturing are provided the wire for use in an organic light emitting diode device includes three parts, a first part and a third part are located at both ends of the wire respectively and each of the first part and the third part is a single wire, a second part is located between the first part and the third part, and the second part is a composite wire, wherein the composite wire comprises at least two wires. By dividing a middle part of one wire into multiple wires, the purpose of changing a wire width of a single wire is achieved, ductility of the wire can be enhanced, thereby avoiding the occurrence of the problem that the device cannot normally work caused by wire fracture during folding, and improving the using efficiency of the device.

Inventors: Brett Villiger, Joseph Cignarale

A downhole cable includes a central core. The central core includes a metal tube having a plurality of optical fibers therein or a copper wire. The downhole cable further includes an extruded aluminum tube surrounding the central core.

Title U.S. Patent No.: 00,000,000

Patent date: Mon. 00, 0000 Filed: Mon. 00, 0000

Assignee: Company Name, Country

Inventors: First Lastname, First Lastname

Abrasion protected deepwater cable

U.S. Patent No.: 11,534,873

Patent date: Dec. 27, 2022 Filed: Aug. 8, 2020

A wire and a method of manufacturing are provided the wire for use in an organic light emitting diode device includes three parts, a first part and a third part are located at both ends of the wire respectively and each of the first part and the third part is a single wire, a second part is located between the first part and the third part, and the second part is a composite wire, wherein the composite wire comprises at least two wires. By dividing a middle

Assignees: Hefei University of Technology China Innovation Academy of Intelligent Equipment (Ningbo) Co., Ltd., China

Inventors: Dashuang Liu, et al.

part of one wire into multiple wires, the purpose of changing a wire width of a single wire is achieved, ductility of the wire can be enhanced, thereby avoiding the occurrence of the problem that the device cannot normally work caused by wire fracture during folding, and improving the using efficiency of the device.

Title U.S. Patent No.: 00,000,000

Patent date: Mon. 00, 0000 Filed: Mon. 00, 0000

Assignee: Company Name, Country

Inventors: First Lastname, First Lastname

A self-shielded flux-cored welding wire with a special protective slag coating formed in situ and a manufacture method thereof. The self-shielded flux-cored welding wire includes a low-carbon steel belt and a flux core powder, the flux core powder is filled in the low-carbon steel belt, the flux core powder includes the following ingredients in percentage by mass: 60-80% glass powder, 2-8% zirconium oxide powder, 0.05-0.85% graphene powder, 2-8% potassium carbonate sodium powder, 1-3% potassium titanate powder, 2-5% rutile powder, 1-5% corundum powder, 1-3% sodium fluorosilicate powder, and the balance of iron powder, and a weight of the flux core powder accounts for 13-25% of a total weight of the welding wire.

Abrasion protected deepwater cable

U.S. Patent No.: 11,531,175

Patent date: Dec. 20, 2022 Filed: May 29, 2020

Assignee: SUBCOM, LLC, USA

Inventors: Jeremiah Mendez, Marsha Spalding, Ralph Rue, Geraldine Paraiso, Georg Mohs, Seymour Shapiro

A wire and a method of manufacturing are provided the wire for use in an organic light emitting diode device includes three parts, a first part and a third part are located at both ends of the wire respectively and each of the first part and the third part is a single wire, a second part is located between the first part and the third part, and the second part is a composite wire, wherein the composite wire comprises at least two wires. By dividing a middle part of one wire into multiple wires, the purpose of changing a wire width of a single wire is achieved, ductility of the wire can be enhanced, thereby avoiding the occurrence of the problem that the device cannot normally work caused by wire fracture during folding, and improving the using efficiency of the device.

An improved deepwater optical fiber cable with abrasion protection and techniques for manufacturing the same are provided. For example, the abrasion protected deepwater cable may be a modification or enhancement of an existing

Title U.S. Patent No.: 00,000,000

Patent date: Mon. 00, 0000 Filed: Mon. 00, 0000

Assignee: Company Name, Country

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Inventors: First Lastname, First Lastname

THE IP PATENT PRIMER

‘Tis an ill patent wind that blew for GE wind turbine

The Siemens Gamesa v GE patent case has been widely discussed in the wind industry and has raised important questions about patent law and Intellectual Property rights.

Last year, a jury found that GE’s Haliade-X wind turbine infringed Siemens’ patent. The patent protects a structural support arrangement which allows the wind turbine to be larger, handle increased loads and generate more energy. The jury found a reasonable royalty for the infringement was $30,000 per megawatt. Judge John Young then heard arguments regarding whether to order an injunction against GE’s infringing acts.

In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court in eBay v Merck Exchange found that courts must apply a four-factor test to justify issuing an injunction, the same test traditionally applied by courts of equity. The Supreme Court made it clear that ordering an injunction in a patent case shouldn’t be treated any differently than any other action. Prior to the eBay decision, injunctions in patent cases were typically ordered. If you infringed a patent, you could expect an injunction against any further infringement.

In the eBay case, four factors that were considered were: has the patentee suffered irreparable injury? are remedies available at law, such as monetary damages, inadequate to compensate for the injury? considering the balance of hardships between the parties, is a remedy in equity warranted? and will the public interest be disserved by a permanent injunction?

It’s important to note that after the eBay decision, many in the IP world

thought that injunctions would be almost impossible to obtain. The four factors are a high hurdle, and it was thought that money would compensate for most injuries. However, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit—the only appeals court that handles patent cases—issued decisions further defining what is required for an injunction, and admonished courts not to ignore the fundamental right of patent owners to exclude others. Although not as certain as pre-eBay injunctions, injunctions are still readily available for patent owners against infringers.

The Siemens Court considered these factors and the parties’ arguments and issued an injunction … well, it sort of issued an injunction. This is where things get interesting.

The court provided carveouts, which allow parties to exclude certain claim or remedies from arbitration clauses. GE had two projects, the Vineyard Wind project, which was being manufactured, and the Ocean Wind project, which was due to begin, with the contracts having been negotiated. The court allowed GE to continue with these products because the Judge thought it was in the public’s interest to not delay wind turbine development. For the Vineyards Wind project, GE was ordered to pay the $30,000 royalty. With the Ocean Wind project, they were ordered to put 100% of any profits into a trust until the court could determine a reasonable royalty for that project.

Normally, an injunction enjoins all actions, there are no carveouts. But this court was concerned about the

public interest and the need for alternative energy and didn’t want to slow the development of these projects.

The judge clearly showed his concern for climate crisis in a further order issued on Feb. 2, 2023, establishing the Ocean Wind royalty. The judge began his written opinion by chastising both parties for putting corporate interests over the public interest. He encouraged both parties to cross-license each other’s patents for the global public interest. The judge clearly used his concern about the public interest as a factor in issuing the injunction and creating the carveouts that allowed an injunction of all future infringing projects, while allowed these two to continue. Siemens wanted the Court to triple the jury-determined royalty, and GE wanted it left alone. The judge split the difference and doubled the royalty, setting it at $60,000 per megawatt.

It will be interesting to see what happens on appeal. The Appeals Court has made it clear that it is in the public’s interest to have a strong patent system and that injunctions support this public interest. Will the Appeals Court allow a Solomonlike splitting of the baby to support two different public interests? Will this be a future trend? All I know for certain is that patents are at the heart of this decision and once again show their value in protecting innovation. Without them, there would have been no fight, and maybe no incentive to advance this much needed technology.

-Bill Honaker

Bill Honaker has been an intellectual property attorney for more than 30 years, helping businesses—from Fortune 100 firms to individual entrepreneurs—protect their patents, trademarks and copyrights. A former Patent Office Examiner, he is a partner with Dickinson Wright, PLLC. He notes that he is especially good at keeping clients out of court. He can be contacted at whonaker@dickinson-wright.com, tel. 248-433-7381.

special application (SPA) optical fiber cable. One or more additional layers of metallic tape and jackets may be added to the outermost layer of the SPA cable. The tape and jacket layers may have different thicknesses and may be made from different materials to optimize protection against man-made objects or otherwise naturally occurring materials in deep water environments, such as fish aggregation devices (FADs).

Cutting station and method for automatically cutting cable elements to a specific length

U.S. Patent No.: 11,529,662

Patent date: Dec. 13, 2022 Filed: April 30, 2020

Assignee: Leoni Bordnetz Systeme GmbH, Germany

Inventors: Markus Achinger, Jessica Dutz, Johan Saule, Andreas Nedobijczuk

A cutting station for the automatic cutting to a specific length of cable elements and has a magazine which extends in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and has several holders for one cable element each. The cable elements are held next to each other in a horizontal magazine plane. A processing head extends in a longitudinal direction, which is movable in a transverse direction relative to the stationary magazine and is designed for gripping, pulling off and cutting to a specific length a respective currently selected cable element from the magazine. Each holder has two fixing elements spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction for holding the cable element. For machining by the processing head, a respective holder with a respective cable element is lifted in a preferred configuration from the magazine plane into the working plane.

Method of manufacturing electrical cable, and resulting product, with reduced required installation pulling force

U.S. Patent No.: 11,527,339

Patent date: Dec. 13, 2022 Filed: May 2, 2022

Assignee: Southwire Company LLC, USA

Inventors: Philip Sasse, et al.

Disclosed are cable types, including a type THHN cable, the cable types having a reduced surface coefficient of friction, and the method of manufacture thereof, in which the central conductor core and insulating layer are surrounded by a material containing nylon or thermosetting resin. A silicone based pulling lubricant for said cable, or alternatively, erucamide or stearyl erucamide for small cable gauge wire, is incorporated, by alternate methods, with the resin material from which the outer sheath is extruded, and is effective to reduce the required pulling force between the formed cable and a conduit during installation.

Hearing device cable

U.S. Patent No.: 11,523,225

Patent date: Dec. 6, 2022 Filed: Feb. 17, 2022

Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc., USA

Inventor: Sidney Higgins, David Tourtelotte

A hearing device cable including a body portion is described herein. The body portion may extend between a first end region and a second end region along a tube centerline. The body portion may include a first radial portion proximate the first end region and second radial portion proximate the second end region. The first radial portion may define a radius of curvature that is greater than or equal to a radius of curvature defined by the second radial portion. The tube centerline may lie along an x-y plane between the first and second end regions. In one or more embodiments, the body portion may define a passageway extending between the first and second end regions. Further, the hearing device cable may include a superelastic wire within the passageway extending between the first and second end regions.

Coating removing method for cable and coating removing device for cable

U.S. Patent No.: 11,522,350

Patent date: Dec. 6, 2022 Filed: Aug. 28, 2020

Assignee: Yazaki Corporation, Japan

Inventor: Sanae Katou

There is provided a coating moving method for a cable that removes a coating at a terminal portion of a cable, including a step of applying a pressing force having such a magnitude that a cutting edge stops at a position before reaching the core wire to the cutting blade to make an incision on the coating by the cutting blade, a step of twist-cutting an uncut portion of the coating between the cutting edge of the cutting blade and the outer periphery of the core wire by rotating the coating on a distal end side from an incision position with respect to the coating on a base end side, and a step of removing the coating on the distal end side from the incision position by gripping and pulling out the coating on the distal end side from the incision position to expose the core wire.

Thermal modeling for cables transmitting data and power

U.S. Patent No.: 11,520,115

Patent date: Dec. 6, 2022 Filed: Nov. 30, 2020

Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation, USA

Inventors: Donal Larson, Michel Menguy

In a first embodiment, cable sealing device is described herein for use in a port structure of fiber terminal, telecommunication enclosure, or a bulkhead. The exemplary cable sealing device comprises a unibody construction comprising a rigid body portion, the rigid portion having a gener-

ally tubular shape that includes an interior passageway extend from a first end to a second end of the rigid body portion; and an elastomeric body portion over molded onto and extending from an end of the rigid body portion, the elastomeric body portion comprises a front end having an interior sleeve that extends into interior passageway at the second end of rigid body portion and an exterior sealing sleeve that is formed over the second end of rigid body portion, and a closed end disposed opposite the open end, wherein the closed end includes a removable portion.

Thermal modeling for cables transmitting data and power

U.S. Patent No.: 11,519,789

Patent date: Dec. 6, 2022 Filed: Sept. 16, 2020

Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc., USA

Inventors: Christopher Bullock, Dylan Walker, Chad Jones, Joel Goergen

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a thermal modeling module, data from a Power Sourcing Equipment device (PSE) for cables extending from the PSE to Powered Devices (PDs), the cables configured to transmit power and data from the PSE to the PDs, calculating at the thermal modeling module, thermal characteristics for the cables based on the data, and identifying a thermal rise above a specified threshold at one of the cables. The data comprises real-time electrical data for the cables. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.

Cable, cable shape sensing system, sensing system, and cable shape sensing method

U.S. Patent No.: 11,519,759

Patent date: Dec. 6, 2022 Filed: Dec. 29, 2020

Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Japan

Inventors: Masateru Tadakuma, Shigehiro Takasakau, Ryuichi Sugizaki

A cable comprising: a plurality of optical fiber cores; and one or more optical fiber core wires including one or more of the optical fiber cores. Further, at least one of the optical fiber core wire is fixed at a plurality of positions in a longitudinal direction of the cable so as to achieve substantially no displacement in a cable radial direction, at least a pair of the optical fiber core wires are fixed in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cable so as to achieve substantially no displacement relative to each other, and sensing of a strain profile in the longitudinal direction of at least the pair of the optical fiber core wires leads to achievement of sensing of a shape of the cable in the longitudinal direction.

Method and system for tin immersion and soldering of core wire

U.S. Patent No.: 11,517,970

Patent date: Dec. 6, 2022 Filed: Dec. 14, 2017

Assignee: Goertek Inc., China

Inventor: Gang Du

Disclosed are a method and a system for tin immersion and soldering of a core wire which includes: inserting a core wire row into molten tin vertically; moving the each core wire in the molten tin along a direction perpendicular to the core wire row to remove carbonized matter from each core wire on a moving direction side; pulling the each core wire out of the molten tin; and performing alignment, such that the inner core conductor of the each core wire on the moving direction side contacts with a bonding pad. According to the technical solution of the present disclosure, the carbonized matter on the core wire that aligned facing the bonding pad is removed, such that the temperature transfer effect of the automatic soldering is improved, the yield of the automatic soldering is improved, and the consistency and the yield of the automatic soldering are more stable.

Apparatus and method for center twisting wires

U.S. Patent No.: 11,517,957

Patent date: Dec. 6, 2022 Filed: Feb. 5, 2021

Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited, Barbados

Inventors: Frank Ciapala, Jeffrey Handel

An apparatus configured to twist a first wire about a second wire is presented herein. The apparatus includes a securing mechanism configured to secure ends of the first wire and the second wire. The first wire is arranged parallel to the second wire along a longitudinal axis. The apparatus further includes a gripping mechanism configured to grip central portions of the first and second wires, a tensioning mechanism configured to apply a lateral offsetting force to the gripping mechanism, thereby deflecting the central portions of the first and second wires orthogonally from the longitudinal axis, and a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the gripping mechanism, thereby twisting the first and second wires about one another. A method of twisting a pair of wires is also presented.

Sealing end for high-voltage cables

U.S. Patent No.: 11,515,697

Patent date: Nov. 29, 2022 Filed: March 1, 2021

Assignee: Nexans, France

Inventors: Christian Frohne

A high-voltage cable sealing end (100) has a primary volume (102) and a secondary volume (104) fluidically connected thereto, which are filled with an insulating fluid. The primary volume (102) and the secondary volume (104) are sealed with respect to the atmosphere surround-

(Patent Report continued, see p. 148)

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INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE

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You are invited to share your technical expertise at WAI’s 2023 International Technical Conference for wire and cable manufacturers. Ferrous and nonferrous wire topics are welcome.

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AI in the Asia Pacific: a journey of potential and challenges

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is likely to have a continued increased presence. The below report, AI Trends: the rise of artificial intelligence in Asia Pacific, discusses its use and role in the Asia Pacific. The article was published at the website of Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, with some 20,000 employees in 80+ countries. It was written by Dentons Australia Partner Robyn Chatwood and Dentons solicitors Nicholas Cousins and Dave Hu. To see the citations, go to www.dentons.com and enter the report title in “search.”

While our minds may associate artificial intelligence (AI) innovation with tech hot spots like Silicon Valley, the Asia Pacific’s (APAC) emergence as a pioneering AI force must not be discounted. Propelled by the COVID19 pandemic, the global adoption and implementation of AI continues at pace. AI’s real-time responsiveness and agility to customer and market demands are important for enterprises focused on staying competitive and relevant. Extracting the full value of data, boosting productivity and tapping into a previously un-tapped workforce are factors driving AI deployment across the APAC region.

The rise of AI in APAC

APAC is the fastest growing AI market in the world.

Excluding Japan, APAC’s investments in new technologies such as AI is expected to account for close to 40% of its total information communication technology (ICT) investments by the end of 2023, a growth trajectory expected for at least the next decade and miles ahead of the rest of the world which sits at a rough growth rate of 22%. This is no coincidence. Countries like China, Japan, South Korea, India, Taiwan, and Singapore, have all announced multiple-million-dollar national AI strategies to drive AI readiness and regulate AI deployment. Other APAC members including Australia, Thailand and Indonesia, have als established targeted initiatives and programmes in strategic sectors to drive the adoption of AI. Amongst these nations, China’s growth is the most prominent, which in part can be attributed to visionaries in its private sector. China’s Kai-Fu Lee who currently oversees $2.7 billion of assets at Beijing-headquartered Sinovation Ventures has backed seven Chinese AI start-ups that have all become “unicorns.” Overall, APAC’s groundwork has set it up as a conducive environment through which innovative and competitive AI businesses can emerge and thrive.

AI deployments in APAC

In recent years some of the world’s most innovative AI projects have originated from APAC members. Chinese e-commerce giant, Alibaba, launched its Agriculture Brain platform in 2018, allowing farmers to increase yields and reduce the loss of profits through access to “smart” farming tools. The platform’s machine learning model processes various data, including satellite images, allowing farmers to predict natural disasters as well as visual and voice recognition to detect herd diseases.

In other sectors like insurance, APAC’s insurance heavyweights have recognised the utility of AI (including firms) like Prudential Singapore and Sompo Japan automating aspects of their claim management cycle by incorporating machine learning to detect and reduce fraud and streamline assessments, freeing the capacity of human staff.

As consumer expectations for e-commerce sites like Tokopedia and Alibaba increases, due to the seamlessness and responsiveness of global frontrunners like Amazon, it is no surprise these marketplaces continue to rely heavily on AI in order to predict demand, operate their smart warehouses and dispatch goods. Not to mention their reliance on AI to process data analytics to identify buying habits, market trends and preferences help forecast consumer behaviour patterns in such ways where each consumer’s online experience is individually engineered and tailored.

Issues still being faced by AI deployment

Despite AI’s benefits, there remains considerable concern for the legal and ethical issues attached to AI implementation. For instance, recent global data breaches, has spread global trepidation and deterrence for housing data, and left many would-be users intimidated of entering unchartered technological territory. The issues arising in AI deployment and usage in APAC, reflect those around the world.

Data ownership, security and information privacy

AI is useless without troves of data, but enterprises holding AI processable data ought to ask a number of questions. As most data used by AI is stored in clouds, businesses must consider the security, support and maintenance capabilities of their cloud storage provider, whether they are housing personal information, whether data has been de-identified or anonymised, and data breach response plans. This is in addition to considering the ownership of such data, as well as the ownership of data outputs that contain proprietary rights. Algorithms are key and underpin all systems – with many companies increasingly relying on algorithms to make significant decisions. The potential for AI and algorithms to improve business and social welfare is accompanied by material ethical risks. Bias has been a feature of how some operate – and there are growing calls for the ethical implications of algorithms to be understood (whether through transparency and giving more information relating to how the machines are trained

and how they operate). Australia has published, for example, voluntary AI Ethics Principles – aimed to ensure AI is safe, secure and reliable. Privacy laws fall short however of obliging companies to increase transparency or restrain decision making without human involvement although there are some calling for a ‘right to explanation’ of the ways that algorithms are working to enable humans to question automated decisions that affect them.

Intellectual Property

AI has challenged traditional notions of intellectual property (IP)s. Who is the owner of AI developed IP: is it the AI inventor or the AI machine itself? In instances where human authorship is required can this be achieved when the only human input is setting the AI parameters, but the AI independently develops the resulting work? What if AI infringes an IP right without any human input? Should the liability lie with the AI’s program developer or AI’s owner at the time of infringement? Recently, the Australian High Court dismissed an application from Dr Stephen Thaler for special leave to appeal the decision of the Full Federal Court, which had ruled earlier in 2022 that only humans can be an inventor under Australian patent law. The issue is similar in copyright law. Is a computer program just a tool which an author uses to record his or her works?

Competition Laws

Questions of ultimate liability for the actions of AI are not only unique to the area of IP. Many businesses are now maximising profits by using pricing algorithms, setting pricing decisions based on competitors’ prices and other available data. As AI becomes more advanced, this poses antitrust risks of reaching anticompetitive agreements or otherwise lessening competition independent of any direct human interaction. Should companies be liable for the actions of AI that have an anti-competitive effect? Can AI robots collude? Some regulators suggest if the risks were known or at least not unlikely, companies should have built-in compliance measures within their AI at the outset, but issues of agency remain.

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who’s on the move in the industry

A restructuring of the leadership team by M. Holland Company has led to two key personnel changes. Marc Fern has been named president and COO. Fern, a company veteran of 26 years, has risen through the ranks from account manager to sales manager to vice president of sales and, most recently, executive vice president, commercial. He has been a member of the company’s board of directors for several years. He replaces Ed Holland, who will retain the position of CEO and chairman of the company’s board of directors. Monica Christler will step into Fern’s former role of executive vice president,

commercial, where she will oversee the distribution and resale business units, and serve as a member of M. Holland’s executive leadership team. She joined the company in 2012 after the acquisition of Christler Chemical & Plastics, Inc,. and most recently served as director, distribution sales. Michael Foldvary has been promoted to vice president, distribution. He will be responsible for sales and sourcing within the U.S. and Canada. He joined the company in 2019 as director, distribution sourcing. He previously worked at BASF, one of the largest chemical producers in the world. Based in Northbrook, Illinois, M. Holland is a leading global distributor of thermoplastic resins and ancillary materials.

FENN reported two new hires. Michael Koba is the company’s new controller. He has more than 30 years of manufacturing experience, including 15 years as a control-

ler, including for a company that manufactured specialty copper alloy strip products. He will be responsible for accounting and finance. Josh Maxwell recently joined the FENN team as a field service technician. He has 10 years of manufacturing experience, including high-precision laser parts, running CMMs, working as a stock clerk, the quality department and on a production line, among other duties. He will work on Torin spring coilers and other company product lines. Based in East Berlin, Connecticut, FENN is a global supplier of customized metal forming machinery for sectors that include the wire industry.

Dean Hatley has been promoted to vice president of sales and engineering for Liberty Engineered Wire Products. He started with the company in 2022, after serving as director of sales for Davis Wire Corporation. He had worked for 34 years for Insteel Wire Products Co. Part of the Liberty Steel Group, Liberty Engineered Wire Products. produces a range of steel fabricated wire products.

SIKORA International Corp. has promoted Jeff Terrell from business development engineer in the wire and cable division to head of training and equipment lab coordinator. He joined the company in 2014. Based in Peachtree City, Atlanta, SIKORA International Corp. is the U.S. business of Germany’s SIKORA AG, a global supplier of testing and measuring equipment. 

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Survey finds that U.S. fiber deployment set record in 2022

The Fiber Broadband Association’s 2022 Fiber Provider Survey reports that more fiber was deployed in 2022 than ever before, as the industry advances its goal of closing the digital equity gap.

A press release said that the research, performed by RVA LLC Market Research & Consulting (RVA), shows that fiber providers passed 7.9 million additional homes in the U.S. in 2022. That is the highest annual fiber broadband technology deployment ever, despite challenges in materials supply chain and labor availability.

Per the survey, there are now a total of 68 million fiber broadband passings in the U.S., up 13% over the past 12 months, and up 27% over the past 24 months. The report’s highlights included several data points: Excluding homes with two or more fiber passings, the survey found that 63 million unique homes have now been passed. Meanwhile, fiber is shown to have passed nearly half of primary homes, and over 10% of second homes. Fiber broadband network buildouts continue to expand in Canada as well, with about 66% of homes passed as 2022 came to a close.

The research also noted that although deployment expectations from individual companies are in constant

flux based on many factors, many service providers have announced network builds exceeding the fiber footprint they have built to-date with private funding.

The FBA pointed out that all of the growth precedes the expected higher levels of annual fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) deployments anticipated for the next five years based on federal funding programs such as BEAD, RDOF, ReConnect, and other programs focused on specific markets and demographics.

“High-quality broadband has become more important to consumers every year,” said FBA CEO Gary Bolton. “Fiber broadband exceeds all other types of delivery in every single measurement of broadband quality, including speeds, uptime, latency, jitter, and power consumption. For the consumer this has real-world impacts, like more productivity, better access to health care and education, more entrepreneurism, and the option of more rural living. For society, this means more sustainability and, ultimately, digital equity.”

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Fastener Fair USA makes its return to Nashville in May

RX Global, the producers and managers of Fastener Fair USA—described as North America’s fastest-growing trade show and conference event for the fastener industry and the manufacturing sectors it serves—has high expectations for their event, which will be held May 16-17, 2023, at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

At the event website, the organizers note that the location has been a good one for the fastener industry. “Our plans to host Fastener Fair USA in Nashville every other year gives us a unique advantage to bring the event to multiple exciting and convenient locations. While there is no question Fastener Fair USA customers get business done during the show, we are excited to offer opportunities for the industry to experience Nashville and enjoy what the vibrant city has to offer.”

At the event website, the organizers note that more than 45% of attendees say that Fastener Fair USA is the only industry event they attend. Also, the event has 36% of new first-year attendees each year, which means that hundreds

of new customers will be there to discover an exhibitor’s products each year.

Last year, the event that was held in Detroit included an expanded conference program that was developed in partnership with Fastener Training Institute (FTI), Industrial Fastener Institute (IFI) and the Mid-West Fasteners Association (MWFA). The full-day immersive program has a range of expert-led conference tracks. More details about the 2023 program will be added to the event website.

Fastener Fair USA offers an unrivaled opportunity for the entire supply chain—manufacturers, master distributors, equipment makers, processors, packagers and end users—to meet, collaborate and network. Fastener Fair covers all areas of the fastener and fixing industry and provides real insight into industry trends and key information about the latest developments in this sector. The exhibition is the international platform for manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and suppliers of fastener and fixing technology. For more details, go to the www.fastenerfairusa.com.

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ASSOCIATION HIGHLIGHTS

WAI award to debut at Interwire 2023, winner of the President’s Award is named

The recipients of WAI’s Mordica Memorial Award and the Donnellan Memorial Award have already been reported, but since then the winners of two others— including one that was newly established—have also been named.

Rich Stinson, the president & CEO of Southwire Company, is the inaugural winner of the Champion Award. Chosen by the Association’s board of directors, the award recognizes an industry executive for his or her strong support of the Association and its educational mission. He will receive the award on Wednesday, May 10, after he presents his keynote address at Interwire 2023.

The endorsement for Stinson spelled out the depth of support the company he leads has provided the WAI.

“During your tenure leading Southwire, the Association has been the beneficiary of high value contributions from your company in the form of significant member engagement, impactful volunteerism, program speakers and instructors as well as generous sponsorships.

“With our lean staff, the Association relies on a contingent of volunteers to design and deliver products and service that meet the needs of the industry.

Tom Heberling’s key role as WAI President during the pandemic will be remembered as a perfect leader to get us through the crisis. Similarly, the other Southwire volunteers are key contributors in their respective roles. The example you set as the chairman of NEMA has paved the way for your talented staff to positively impact the entire profession.

“Emanating from your leadership, it is clear that Southwire is committed to our full range of professional development activities and the supplier marketplaces that are at the core of our lnterwire and Wire Expo events as well as the Wire Journal International magazine.”

The other honor, the President’s Award, goes to Robert Wild, president and CEO of Niehoff Endex North America. Wild was chosen by WAI President Kurt Breischaft, who lauded his longtime support for the Association. “The new initiatives at the Association are continuously met with Robert’s genuine support since 2004, and his work as president of Niehoff Endex North America is something to be proud of. He is a true reflec-

tion of the supplier sector which encourages our show and the Association to constantly evolve.”

Wild will also be recognized at Interwire 2023. The Interwire preshow section in this issue will have further details on the presentations of the awards, as well as the winners of the Mordica and Donnellan Memorial awards on Tuesday morning.

WAI repeats its Call for Papers for both Mexico and Italian tech conferences

WAI is reaching out again to technical paper authors to take part in two Association efforts this year in Italy and Mexico.

The timing is tight for Wire & Cable Milan 2023, which will be held Oct. 16, 2023, at the Palazzo Giureconsulti in Milan, Italy. For Milan, the abstract deadline is Feb. 28. If that date is a concern, authors can contact WAI staff for a possible extension. Acceptance notifications will be sent March 31, and the manuscript deadline is July 31.

The event is being put on with ACIMAF, the Italian wire machinery association, led by President Ferruccio Bellina, a long-time supporter of such efforts. WAI last held an event in Italy in Verona in 2019, with other events there in Milan (2013), Bologna (2007) and Stresa (2003).

The timing is better for WAI’s Mexico ITC, which will be held Nov. 13-15, 2023, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, in Monterrey, Mexico. It was last held at the same location in 2016, at which time it drew 190 participants. The WAI had held two prior ITCs in Monterrey (2008 and 2010), and one in Querétaro (2004). At all those events, WAI Past President Antonio Ayala served as a key volunteer and organizer.

For both events, the Association is seeking presentations on technical subjects, but also on topics such as sustainability, workforce issues, operating best practices or general business influences in the wire and cable industry.

For Monterey, the abstract deadlines is April 17. Notification will be made by May 22, and the manuscript deadline is Oct. 1. The program will include a presentation about market conditions in Mexico, Central America and South America. n

MEET YOUR PEERS. ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS. JOIN WAI TODAY.

The following individuals either recently joined WAI or became Platinum Members through their companies. WAI welcomes the new members recognized below from the following countries:

Murrell W Blackburn Chief IP Counsel Southwire Co

Jose E. Cavazos Operation Vice President B & B Manufacturing Corp

Jerzy Dawid Prezes DAWID Sp zoo

Samantha Destremps Technical Services Engineer Rogers Corporation

Shane DeWitt Sales Engineer Amacoil Inc

Kristin Donnellan Gem Gravure Co Inc

Stephanie Dupree Account Manager Sonoco Reels

Maciej Gorak Manager Gama Metal Ltd

Mark Hurt Operations Manager WCJ Pilgrim Wire

Jan Krnac M Sc ZDB Dratovna AS

Jort Kuipers Sales WiTechs Wire Technologies

Andrzej J Mamala Assistant Professor AGH University of Science & Technology

Detlev Melcher Sales Representative SMP Detlev Melcher

Piotr Milewski Manager WIRECO Poland Spz oo

Piotr Pawlak Pawlak Przedsiębiorstwo Wielobranżowe

Cynthia Riggs Innovation Cerro Wire LLC

Cheryl Stewart Vice President Operations Quabbin Wire & Cable Co Inc

Chris Ulbrich CEO Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals Inc

Robert Ulewicz Professor Czestochowa University of Technology

Rafal Wludzik M Sc Yawal SA

Jason G Wolken Account/Product Manager M Holland Company

THE WIRE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL (WAI)

Founded in 1930, WAI is a worldwide technical society for wire and cable industry professionals. Based in Madison, Connecticut, USA, WAI collects and shares technical, manufacturing, and general business information to the ferrous, nonferrous, electrical, fiber optic, and fastener segments of the wire and cable industry. WAI organizes events such as the Interwire and WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo, technical conferences, and educational programs. It publishes the Wire Journal International (WJI), the annual WJI Reference Guide, the Official Show Program, the HardWIRED educational e-newsletter, and reference materials.

Wire Journal International is the official publication of the Wire Association International, Inc.

CHAPTER NETWORK

New England Chapter enjoys lively annual meeting

It felt like old (better) times for the WAI’s New England Chapter, which held its annual meeting at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Montville, Connecticut, where 120 members and guests were able to mingle, recognize their new leaders, network, listen to an inspiring keynote speaker, get a keepsake photo, raise money for a good cause and just interact as the wire and cable industry does so well, given a chance.

The new officers for 2023 are President Jessica Foss, Electric Cable Compounds; Vice President Ryan Carbray, Alphagary; and Secretary Mike Roussel, Celanese Corp. The Past President is Mike Sarni, Insulated Wire, Inc.

Maxing out the capacity of the Mohegan’s Cabaret Theater, the gathering was akin to those held in pre-Covid times, enough that the Annual Dinner Committee will discuss other venue options within Mohegan for the 2024 meeting.

Speaking later, Jessica Foss, market development manager for Electric Cable Compounds, was pleased with the solid attendance, and observed that the chapter’s role continues to serve an important need. “Since I joined the industry, the Chapter has exemplified the tight knit community that is wire and cable. We

certainly want the chapter to grow and have an even greater presence in the industry. To achieve this, we will continue to host events and programs that foster fraternity through networking and educational opportunities that offer an opportunity to expand one’s knowledge in a specific area. That includes getting to see other companies’ operations. I think it is also important that our annual events have a fresh feel each year.”

Keynote speaker Michelle Dray, creator of the “Getting Unstuck & Leading Fearlessly” program,

From l-r, John Markowski (WAI Staff), with chapter officers/board members Michael Roussel, Lori Parent, Ryan Carbray, Cheryl Stewart, Michael Mathiasen, Jessica Foss, Annaliese Sviokla, Jon Mello, John Accorsi, Joel Cacopardo. Not pictured: Jason Ponce, Jonathan Rufe, Jeff Lawrence, Jim Evans and Michael Sarni.

Gem Gravure’s Annaliese Sviokla, Kathleen Phelan and Lisa Pike-Hermes enjoy the chapter event.

From l-r, M. Holland’s John Accorsi, Paul Anselmo and Todd Waddle were among those who visited the photo booth.

Chapter Notes

• Chapters Call For Volunteers –If your company would be interested in volunteering to host a regional education program this year or next, please contact WAI’s John Markowski at jmarkowski@ wirenet.org. These educational events typically provide an informative plant tour with a networking component, on the regional level. This is a great opportunity to showcase your operation and give back to the industry. Funds raised from

these events directly support each Chapter’s scholarship program and back the Association’s education mission.

• Best Golf Tournaments By Par –Warmer weather is on the way, and WAI Chapters will again begin to ramp up for their annual golf tournaments! Stay tuned for developing details over the coming months.

Ohio-Valley Chapter: Aug. 24 New England Chapter: Sept. 11 Southeast Chapter: Sept. 28 Midwest Chapter: June TBD

• Chapter Scholarship Applications Now Open –Scholarship applications launched on Jan. 26th and are now available for members from the New England, Southeast, and Midwest chapters. The application and criteria for each are available online: wirenet.org/members/chapter-network. The application submission period closes on March 31.

Coming soon: the Ohio-Valley Chapter will launch a scholarship program next year for 2024.

presenting a different focus on personnel. Her 11-week program is designed for women, but she told attendees that it also applied to men. She explained the different signs of “career stuck-ness, and how they were different for industry newcomers (0-five years) or those who have been around longer, but also face plateau issues. Her message worked, and she had very good reviews.

The dinner itself was again well done. There was a review of chapter activity in 2022. As the society continues to adjust to life with Covid, the chapter’s annual golf tournament on Sept. 10 was a strong step forward to “normalcy,” with a maxed out field of 148 golfers at the Tunxis Country Club in Farmington, Connecticut. The Oct. 25 tour of the RFS plant in Meriden saw some 50 members take part, touring the operations, followed by a dinner at a well-chosen restaurant steps away from the Connecticut River. As of Feb. 10, the chapter numbers 266 members, by far the largest WAI chapter.

The raffle continues to support the chapter’s scholarship program. For hockey fans in attendance, the grand raffle prize, sponsored by Lloyd & Bouvier, was a pair of golden ducats: two tickets to a Bruins vs. Toronto Maple Leafs game. Gem Gravure Co., Inc., continued

its legacy of generosity, providing tickets to Boston Red Sox games. The Mohegan Sun also donated two tickets to an Air Supply concert.

You didn’t have to win to walk away with a good memory as award winning photographer Ashley Abel worked a photobooth where attendees could get a free headshot or take a fun group photo with industry colleagues. Abel took the photos on this page.

Finally, a new concept suggested by golf committee chair Jim Evans, approved by the Chapter’s board, was introduced: a trophy for the winning team. It was presented to Proterial Cable America (formerly Hitachi America).

The ante may just have been upped some for bragging rights for the Sept. 11, 2023, golf tourney. 

Chapter President Jessica Foss had a positive outlook for the year ahead for the New England Chapter.

Keynote speaker Michelle Dray discussed how career “stuckness” can affect both women and men.

Proterial Cable America’s Tom Artinian and Jim Stocking with the NEC golf trophy: which company team will be next?

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INTERWIRE 2023: the return

Much has happened since Interwire was last held in 2019, but the wire and cable industry is by and large thrilled to look past the Covid-stumbling block and pick up from it had left off.

Interwire 2023 will provide the industry a muchneeded kick start, with energy-inspiring presentations by industry notables, including a sky-high perspective from a former woman astronaut.

The collective technology and services to be displayed in the show floor will spark the interest of attendees, as will thoughtful conference session designed by the industry for the industry, the Opening Reception, and multiple opportunities for networking, all with the backdrop of Atlanta, a welcoming city.

It’s reunion time.

Interwire attendees get to see the latest solutions offered by exhibitors, and pose questions about how they could fit in their operations.

Leggett & Platt President & CEO Karl Glassman speaking on the health of the industry at Interwire 2019.

Year after year, WAI’s day-long Fundamentals course continues to provide the industry basics to employees.

The 2023 Interwire schedule has multiple stellar attractions, but it’s still appropriate to start by noting that the event kicks off on Monday, May 8, with the WAI’s day-long iconic Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing course, taught by industry veterans. AI and Industry 4.0 may rightfully be a hotter topic for companies, but helping employees understand the basics remains a good investment. It’s not too late to sign up a promising staffer.

The full Interwire program commences the morning of Tuesday, May 9, with WAI President Kurt Breischaft welcoming attendees and introducing Prysmian Chief Innovation Officer and R&D Officer Srinivas Siripurapu, the day’s keynote speaker. He will be followed by the WAI Awards Ceremony and Annual Meeting. The industry will honor Mordica Memorial Award winner Bruce Kiefer and Donnellan Memorial Winner W.T. Bigbee, as well as two other men: Southwire Company President & CEO Rich Stinson, the inaugural winner of the Champion Award, and Robert Wild, the winner of the President’s Award. That night, the WAI will stage its Opening Reception at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, a first-class setting.

The exhibits—featuring the best in tech and services from some 300 exhibiting companies, including more than 30 new ones—will be open Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 am to 5 pm, and 10 am to 3 pm on Thursday. There also will be a show floor Beer Festival Wednesday afternoon.

The energy continues on Wednesday, when Stinson will present his keynote, “The Future is Electrified.” He will be followed by former astronaut Dr. Mary Ellen Weber, whose speech, “To boldly go: the Experience of Spaceflight,” promises to be uplifting. She will speak later that day at the WAI Theater, again located on the show floor. It will host the Mordica Lecture on Tuesday and a series of presentations on Tuesday and Wednesday, including an extrusion track and Production Solutions. Wednesday will see conference sessions held on Industry 4.0 and the Workforce. The exhibits continue Thursday, which will also see a repeat of Production Solutions.

The event experience will have been well worth the wait.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Attendees gather before the official opening of Interwire 2019.

BOARD of Directors

Joe Barrett (2024) Davis Wire Corp

Eric P Bieberich (2025) Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc

Daniel Blais (2023) Prysmian Group

Michael Bowne (2024) MindSphere World North America

Kurt Breischaft (2023) SDI LaFarga COPPERWORKS

Andrés Cartagena Ruiz (2025)

MFL X & Customer Care - MFL

Rebecca Cranford (2025) Southwire Co

Tim Fingeroos (2023) Charter Steel

David M Fisher (2023) James Monroe Wire & Cable

Raúl Garcia (2025) Viakable SA de CV

Robert McKinzie (2024) Leggett & Platt Inc

Brian Parsons (2023) Interstate Wire Co Inc

Rina Patel (2024) RSCC Wire & Cable

Andrew R Richards (2024) RichardsApex Inc

Brian E Steinbruegge (2024) Insteel Wire Products

Willem Sundblad (2025) Oden Technologies Inc

Chris Tucker (2025) Encore Wire Corp

Robert Wild (2024) Niehoff Endex North America Inc

Dave Winebarger (2023) Sonoco

James R York (2022) Insteel Industries Inc

John Zachow (2024) Davis-Standard LLC

Steven J Fetteroll (Staff Liaison) Wire Association International Inc

Editors note: A task force of the Board of Director also served as the Interwire Programming Committee, with all the

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Dr. Srinivas Siripurapu to talk on 3 notable industry trends

On Tuesday, May 9, Dr. Srinivas Siripurapu, Chief Innovation and R&D Officer of the Prysmian Group, will showcase a trifecta of industry innovation drivers: clean energy, grid modernization and digital transformation. He will present multiple examples of new technologies that will energize wire and cable manufacturing through increased investments and spur economic growth.

Conference Sessions highlights

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Industry 4.0. The speakers for this session include: Willem Sundblad, co-founder and CEO of Oden Technologies; Russ Fadel, CEO of Augmentir; Will Berry, Sr. VP Engineering and Modernization of Southwire; and Andrés Cartagena Ruiz of 40Factory.

Workforce. Technology matters, but only if you have the employees who make it possible. Speakers for this session include Rob Caillet, Vice President of Environmental, Health & Safety, CSP, Encore Wire.

Executive Panel: Adapting to the Workforce Challenges with senior industry leaders. Panelists include: Joe Barrett, president, Davis Wire, and David Fisher, president, James Monroe Wire & Cable.

Executive Panel: Steel market. Industry veterans will evaluate the market for steel pricing and supply and demand, including short and long-term dynamics.

Executive Panel: Copper Supply and Demand. Wire and cable industry leaders discuss the changing copper supply chain as ESG compliance is enacted across the globe while supply and demand factors are difficult to predict.

CRU: Can the cable industry avoid the impending economic downturn? Aisling Hubert, editor of CRU’s Wire & Cable Market Outlook, will address global megatrends in electrification, renewable energy and interconnectivity.

Fundamentally speaking, you might want to be at the WAI’s iconic education course

It’s worth getting to Atlanta a day early to take part in WAI’s renown Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing course. A full slate of industry veterans will be ready to share their shop-floor know-how on Monday, May 8. Whether you are an industry newcomer or moving to new duties or could just use a refresher, this day-long program will explain the basics of wire and cable production, electrical and ferrous. See p. 64.

The Interwire show floor awaits!

Some 300 companies will be represented on the show floor at the Georgia World Congress Center, more than ready to once again share their latest news with attendees. The event—the largest such one for the Americas— will include some 30 new exhibitors. The WAI Resource Center will be on the show floor, and returning there by popular demand will be the WAI Member Lounge, where Association members can stop by and relax. To top it off, there’ll be a Beer Festival on Tuesday and Wednesday.

There’ll be much to see, much to do.

The setting? Why, it’s a Mercedes-Benz

The location for WAI’s Opening Reception on Tuesday, May 9, will be quite familiar to Interwire attendees. Located near the Georgia World Congress Center, the Mercedes-Benz Stadium is notable for many reasons.

The menu for reception, sponsored by Encore Wire, Davis-Standard and Southwire, will be familiar, but if you have not been there before, the site itself is an attraction. Opened in 2017, the stadium can seat 71,000 fans, and expand up to 75,000 for major events. It has been deemed the world’s most sustainable stadium, holding the United States Green Building Council’s LEED Platinum certification and its highest score ever for a sports project.

The stadium has some 4,000 miles of fiber-optic cables and 1,800+ wireless access points for Wi-Fi access. The fixed roof, which has 85,000 bolts, can open and close in eight minutes. Some 200 pieces of artwork from 55 artists are displayed throughout the stadium.

Indeed, it will be ... a Mercedes experience.

Sponsored by Encore Wire, Davis-Standard and Southwire

This Southwire Keynote Speaker is also an acknowledged Association champion

Southwire President & CEO Rich Stinson will lead off the presentations at 9 am on Wednesday morning, when he presents his keynote speech, “The future is Electrified!” He will focus on the role of energy as society shifts from, an oil-gas fueled economy to one driven by electrification. Since joining Southwire in 2016, he has directed efforts to make the company generationally sustainable for the next century and beyond. Following his speech, Stinson will be honored by the Association as the recipient of its inaugural Champion Award. See p. 57.

High-flying astronaut will speak twice

Following Rich Stinson’s speech, former astronaut Mary Ellen Weber will reach to the skies to share her experiences in her talk, “To Boldly Go: The Experience of Spaceflight.”

Weber will talk about what it is like to be an astronaut, including behind-the scenes anecdotes and video footage. Her speech promises to be inspiring, and if you can’t sit in on it—or even if you do—she will make a second presentation that afternoon at 2:30 pm at the WAI Theater. See below.

WAI Theater expected to get rave reviews

All systems should be go for the WAI Theater, which has a far-ranging three-day schedule. See p. 69.

• On Tuesday at 1:30 pm, the WAI Theater will host the Mordica Lecture by Dr. Bruce Kiefer, as well as six technical presentations before and after.

• Top billing on Wednesday at the WAI Theater goes to the astronaut Mary Ellen Weber, who will make a second presentation, “A New Era of Space Travel: Commercial Space, NASA, Tourism, the Moon, and Mars.” There’s plenty else offered throughout the day, including eight technical presentations. Also, Production Solutions, with scheduled presenters Svet Pavlovsky, R&D chemist, Blachford Co.; a two-person talk by Dr. Horace Pops, president, Horace Pops Consulting, and Matt Reinoehl, process metallurgist, SDI LaFarga COPPERWORKS; and Eric Bieberich, president, Fort Wayne Wire Die.

• On Thursday, it’s time for a re-run. The Planning Committee, recognizing that attendees are quite busy, has scheduled a repeat performance of Production Solutions.

BEER Festival

A great way to top off the exhibits

Attendees will be most welcomed by exhibitors on the show floor, and the WAI—with the sponsorship of Rainbow Rubber—will add to the socializing on Tuesday and Wednesday with a Beer Festival from 3 pm to 5 pm. This show floor visit should be on your “to do” list.

Sponsored by Rainbow Rubber & Plastic

WAI Member Lounge

Rest your legs, charge your battery

Attendees may have many booths to visit at Interwire, but if you are a WAI member you can make one stop all about you. The WAI will again host the WAI Lounge, which will offer members a place to spend some quality time n a comfy chair and have some refreshments. And, since you will be next to the WAI Resource Center, stop by. We’ve got some new products you might want to see.

HOTEL Reservations

Got a room yet?

Reservations can now be made at all the eight official hotels for Interwire 2023 through EventSphere via www.interwire23.com.

The hotels are: AC Hotel by Marriott Atlanta Downtown; American Hotel Atlanta Downtown, a DoubleTree by Hilton; Embassy Suites Atlanta at Centennial Park; Glenn Hotel - A Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel; Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta Downtown; Holiday Inn Express & Suites Atlanta Downtown; Omni Hotel at CNN Center; and The Westin Peachtree Plaza.

You can also contact EventSphere via phone 24/7 at either 877-419-8753 (toll free)/864-208-2945 (international). All hotels have a seven-day cancellation policy, with the exception of the Omni, which sets that at 72 hours. The reservations cut-off is April 28, after which availability and the WAI’s lower block rate is not guaranteed.

EDUCATION Committee

Matthew Reinoehl (Chair) SDI La Farga COPPERWORKS

Matt Miles (Vice Chair) Southwire Co

Peter M Blackford Cable USA LLC

Donald M Dodge Calmont Wire & Cable

Joseph P Domblesky Marquette University

Jason Giebfried Paramount Die Co

Tracy Gooding Mar-Mac Wire Inc

C Richard Gordon C Richard Gordon Consulting

David Gzesh Consultant

Erik A Macs Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp

Richard Medoff Ace Metal Inc

Isaac Muller American Wire Group

Donald Neville RichardsApex Europe Ltd

Dale Olp A-1 Wire Tech Inc

Brian Parsons Interstate Wire Co Inc

Erik Perks Prysmian Group

Horace Pops Horace Pops Consulting

Tony M Pruitt Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc

EXHIBITION PLANNING Committee

Jeffrey N Dewberry (Chair) Southwire Co

W T Bigbee Encore Wire Corp

Ed Cuff RichardsApex Inc

Robert L Fulop Wire Lab Co

Jason Garrison Zumbach Electronics Corp

Marco Gerardo Frigeco USA Inc

Al Kozlowski Morgan-Koch Corp

Thomas H Maxwell, Jr Die Quip Corp

Zach McAfee BASF

Ashley Miner Sikora International Corp

Timothy Moore Amaral Automation Associates

Barry Mosemann Quality Machinery & Services Inc

Rahul Sachdev Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp

Brad J Scherer Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc

David Skaggs Bechem Lubrication Technology

Jan Sørige Enkotec Co Inc

Mark S Spencer W Gillies Technologies LLC

Christopher Reeve Insteel Wire Products

Eric Wagner Charter Steel Bhaskar Yalamanchili Gerdau Long Steel North America

Kurt Breischaft (Exec Comm Liaison) SDI LaFarga COPPERWORKS

Steven J Fetteroll (Staff Liaison) Wire Association International Inc

Edmond T Torbey Niehoff Endex North America Inc

Jeremy Williamson Esteves Group USA

David M Fisher (Exec Comm Liaison) James Monroe Wire & Cable

Shannon Timme (Staff Liaison) Wire Association International Inc

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KEYNOTE Speaker

Tuesday, May 9 | 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Room 312

Sponsored by Prysmian Group

Keynote address: Srinivas Siripurapu, Prysmian Group

Srinivas Siripurapu, who is Prysmian Group’s Chief Innovation Officer and R&D Officer, is responsible for the company’s Global R&D strategy, R&D talent development and Innovation pipeline. He leads off the conference sessions with a most relevant presentation: “Investments & Incentives: electrifying the wire and cable industry for a brighter future.”

Siripurapu will cover how clean energy, grid modernization and digital transformation is driving innovation for the wire and cable industry. He will discuss new technologies that will energize manufacturing with increased investments and spur economic growth. He notes that the U.S. government’s ambitious goals for renewable energy can only be met with reliable hi-tech cabling infrastructure such as novel 525kV HVDC systems that can transmit over 2GW of power. A certified Design for Six Sigma Black Belt, he has held key positions at Reliance Industries, General Electric and Sabic, all major global industrial conglomerates. He is named on more than 50 patents, and is passionate about sustainability and mentoring young engineers.

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KEYNOTE Speaker

Wednesday, May 10 | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Room 312

Keynote address: Rich Stinson, Southwire

Richard “Rich” Stinson, the president and CEO of Southwire, will present his talk, “The Future is Electrified!” which addresses the changing role and needs of providing power. Industry megatrends are changing the future, and electrification will play a major role. There is a fundamental need and desire to decarbonize, and that means moving from an oil-gas fueled economy to an economy driven by electrification. We must be ready to meet the needs of our customers. It’s a great time to be in the electrical industry, and we are focused on further strengthening the future of manufacturing as we all become even more connected, and as electrification plays an even greater role.

Stinson, who joined Southwire in 2015, has led the business through organic growth as well as expansion via acquisition. He enabled it to achieve its best safety metrics while improving Southwire’s overall financial position, even in the midst of a global pandemic. In his tenure as CEO, the company has been recognized by Deloitte for consecutive years as a Best Managed Company, just one of many such awards won under his leadership.

Richard “Rich” Stinson President and CEO, Southwire

FEATURED Speaker

Sponsored by Gem Gravure Co Inc

Wednesday, May 10 | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | WAI Theater, show floor

Perspectives from a space traveler extraordinaire

Dr. Mary Ellen Weber, a NASA astronaut for 10 years, will share her experiences in her morning presentation. “To Boldly Go: The Experience of Spaceflight.”

Going into space—into orbit—requires mind-boggling speed with inconceivable risk and decision times of mere seconds. How does one prepare for this risk and responsibility? What is the awe-inspiring experience of weightlessness and viewing planet earth from hundreds of miles above really like? Drawing on 10 years as a NASA Astronaut and two Space Shuttle flights— including one to the International Space Station—Mary Ellen Weber will share behind-the-scenes anecdotes and video footage.

Weber was on Discovery for its launch on July 13, 1995, and on Atlantis for its launch on May 19, 2000. Now with Stellar Strategies, LLC, she consults for operations in high-stakes business ventures, technology communications and legislative strategy. She also is an active skydiver—with nearly 6,000 skydives, a world record, and multiple diving medals over the past 40+ years.

Dr. Mary Ellen Weber NASA Astronaut

MORDICA Memorial Award

Tuesday, May 9 | 9:00 am/1:30 pm | Room 312, Awards

Ceremony/Lecture at WAI Theater

Bruce Kiefer named Mordica Memorial Winner, will present Mordica Lecture: “Ferrous rod — before it gets to be wire”

Bruce Kiefer is the winner of the 2023 Mordica Memorial Award, given to an individual for his or her industry technical contributions.

Kiefer was lauded by several nominators for outstanding achievements and activity. One observed that Dr. Kiefer was a key contributor of R&D advances in the rod industry for 30+ years. His efforts led to increased efficiency for rod mills and better quality products for the wire producers. He also organized an International Rod Mill Symposium for five years.

Wrote the nominator, “He helped to develop many tools used for modeling the rod rolling process and published around 80 technical papers related to fundamentals of rolling. He was a co-chairperson who helped organize the first

Global Ferrous Rod & Wire Symposium at Interwire 2017. In short, Dr. Kiefer is a talented, personable, willing, and able WAI Member that has given outstanding contributions to support and improve our Association and Industry.”

Kiefer’s career started in 1979 with Bethlehem Steel Corporation at the Homer Research Laboratories in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. In 1986, he joined Morgan Construction Company in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he served as manager, mill process modeling and analysis. In 2008, the company was bought by Siemens Industry, Inc., then in 2015 changed to Primetals Technologies USA. He continued to serve there as principal engineer, while also serving as intellectual property manager and head of global marketing for U.S. long rolling.

Kiefer holds a PhD in applied mechanics from Lehigh University. He will present his Memorial Lecture at 1:30 pm on Tuesday, May 9, at the WAI Theater on the show floor.

Kiefer

DONNELLAN Memorial Award

Tuesday, May 9 | 9:00 am | Room 312, Awards Ceremony

W.T. Bigbee to receive the Donnellan Memorial Award

W.T. Bigbee, vice president of operations at Encore Wire Corporation, is the 2023 Donnellan Memorial Award winner. The award recognizes a WAI member for his or her contributions to the Association.

Bigbee, a Past WAI President, was lauded by one nominator for the degree to which he served while having a very busy work schedule. “I was fortunate to be on the WAI executive committee and as part of that role, I was asked to see if W.T. would take a leadership role with the association. Not only did W.T. agree to be a more active part of the organization, he helped grow the membership in WAI at Encore Wire.

“The support of W.T. and Daniel Jones, CEO of Encore, has been tremendous for the organization, and W.T. was instrumental in raising the WAI profile at Encore. W.T. rose through the executive committee, serving as WAI President in 2019 with a successful year and an excellent Interwire. W.T. has always been engaged, and despite his senior and demanding role at Encore, he’s always been available to

support the WAI in any manner it needed.”

W.T., who has helped WJI with advice and participation in articles, oversees Encore Wire’s technical and production operations and the development of new products and services.

During his 25-year tenure at Encore, W.T. has served as director of technical operations and product engineering, plant manager and quality control, and process engineering manager. Before joining Encore in 1997, W.T. worked at Capital Wire/General Cable for 10 years, where he started his career in the industry and worked his way into a process engineering position. He is also named on dozens of Encore patents. 

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PRESIDENT’S Award

Tuesday, May 9 | 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Room 312, Awards Ceremony

Robert Wild to receive the WAI President’s Award

Robert Wild, president of Niehoff Endex North America, was named the recipient of the WAI President’s Award for 2023. The award goes to an individual who the current WAI president believes deserves recognition.

WAI President Kurt Breischaft said that Wild’s career has shown him to be an utterly dependable person who has excelled for both his employer as well as the WAI. “The new initiatives at the Association have continuously been with Robert’s genuine support since 2004, and his work as president and CEO of Niehoff Endex North America is something to be proud of. He is a true reflection of the supplier sector which encourages our show and the Association to constantly evolve.”

Wild serves on the Wire Journal International’s publication committee and has been a member of the Board of

Directors since 2019. His global perspective combined with his intimate knowledge of the North American industry was critical as the Board developed conference content and managed through the Covid disruption. He has had a strong presence, asking questions that pinpoint potential pluses and minuses of issues that relate to the Association’s trade shows. At the same time, he has continued to be a passionate advocate of the WAI’s educational mission as well as its other products and services.

Wild worked his way up the ranks at Niehoff. He started out in 1990 as a trainee at the Schwabach, Germany, plant of Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co. KG. Three years later he became assistant sales manager and marketing, a position he held for five years. He then was promoted to area sales manager, a post he held for five years. In 2004 he made the biggest change in his career. He was named president and CEO of Niehoff Endex North America, which is based in Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA. He has continued to serve in that position.

WAI CHAMPION Award

Wednesday, May 10 | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Room 312

Southwire’s Rich Stinson: WAI’s 1st-ever Champion Award recipient

Rich Stinson, the president & CEO of Southwire Company, is the inaugural winner of the WAI Champion Award. Chosen by the Association’s board of directors, the award recognizes an industry executive for his or her strong support of the Association and its industry mission. He will be honored following his keynote speaker presentation at 9 am on Wednesday, May 10.

The endorsement for Stinson spelled out the depth of support the company he leads has provided the WAI. “During your tenure leading Southwire, the Association has been the beneficiary of high value contributions from your company in the form of significant member engagement, impactful volunteerism, program speakers and instructors as well as generous sponsorships.

“With our lean staff, the Association relies on a contingent of volunteers to design and deliver products and service that meet the needs of the industry. Tom Heberling’s key role as WAI President during the pandemic will be remembered as a perfect leader to get us through

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“Emanating from your leadership, it is clear that Southwire is committed to our full range of professional development activities and the supplier marketplaces that are at the core of our lnterwire and Wire Expo events as well as the Wire Journal International magazine.”

Stinson, who will be the keynote speaker on Wednesday, May 10, was named one of 2022’s Most Admired CEOs by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and was included on the list of Georgia Trend’s 100 Most Influential Georgians. 

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WELCOME Reception

Sponsored by Encore Wire, Davis-Standard & Southwire

Tuesday, May 9 | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Mercedes-Benz Stadium

The new site for WAI’s Opening Reception should seem quite familiar to many Interwire attendees

You may never have gone inside the Mercedes-Benz Stadium (MBS), but it is impossible not to notice the structure, with the storied company’s logo strategically placed on the down-slanted diagonal roof.

The reception at the MBS on Tuesday, May 9, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, as ever, will provide the ideal setting for socializing that Interwire attendees at past receptions are used to. Located a short distance from the GWCC, the stadium opened in 2017. It has an amazing story, one that should make for a good backdrop. So, enjoy the company, but do explore the stadium, which also houses an arts display.

MBS notes that it is the busiest stadium in North America, with more than 50 events and 3 million visitors annually. It is the first stadium in professional sports worldwide to be awarded with the environmentally coveted and globally recognized Total Resource Use and Efficiency (TRUE) Platinum certification for its zero waste efforts.

The makings are there for a most memorable reception.

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Pinpoint new connections in your professional space with WAI membership.

If you are on a mission to learn about fasteners, you will want to follow the thread of information available for this global sector. But don’t go it alone.

Think of the Wire Association International (WAI) as a collection of connections that can help you meet your educational and manufacturing goals straightaway. That’s our mission and it has been for 90+ years.

Join up with peers who are centered on fasteners. Get training and industry news. Meet influencers and experts. WAI is the only choice for wire industry professionals unless, of course, you’d rather get to “B” on your own.

Use the QR code to reveal why members around the world rely on WAI as a staple for career advancement.

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LIFE & 25-YEAR WAI Members

There are 12 new Life members and 13 members who have reached the 25-year mark. To be designated a Life member, the age of a person and the number of consecutive years being a WAI member must equal 90 years.

LIFE MEMBERS

Joseph Brown Securit Metal Products

Dowagiac, MI, USA

Michael Canterino

Fluoropolymer Resources Inc

Ringwood, NJ, USA

Wayne P Canty

Heat Trace Products LLC

Leominster, MA, USA

Michael Colvin Aztech Lubricants LLC

Wayne, OK, USA

Anthony De Rosa Frigeco USA Inc

Annandale, NJ, USA

Dimitris Dimitriadis

Biokal SA

Thessaloniki, Greece

25-YEAR MEMBERS

Shelley J Bacon

Northern Cables Inc

Brockville, Ontario, Canada

Paul H Berger

Baum’s Castorine Co Inc

Rome, NY, USA

Michael J Canterino

Fluoropolymer Resources Inc

Ringwood, NJ, USA

Scott L Gipson

Paramount Die Co

Beach City, TX, USA

William C Henderson

Henderson Sales & Service Inc

Statesville, NC, USA

Paul A Larman

Rotem Industrial Products Inc

Rexdale, Ontario, Canada

Martin Leistner

Falcon Fasteners Reg’d Limited

Toronto, Canada

Fermin Loayza

Gem Gravure Co Inc

Hanover, MA, USA

Neil Lowdon Chemetall North America

Belleville, MI, USA

Carmine A Spatola Standard Technical Applied Resources Inc

Linden, NJ, USA

Daniel Stern MMI Wire & Steel, Inc

Newark, NJ, USA

Jeff Swinchatt

MGS Manufacturing Inc

Rome, NY, USA

John N Tomaz Stolberger Inc dba Wardwell

Braiding Machine Co

Central Fall, MA, USA

Robert H Gross Liberty Steel & Wire Peoria, IL, USA

Bruce Kiefer Consultant

Giuseppe Marcantoni

Properzi International Inc

Sparks, MD, USA

Mark Marselli Wire Association International Madison, CT, USA

Adam Thomas Glen Carbide Inc.

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Alexander Vassilounis

ICE Wire Line Equipment Inc St.-Laurent, Quebec, Canada

WAI Annual MEMBER MEETING

Tuesday, May 9 | 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Room 312

WAI’s 93rd Annual Convention marks the continuation of industry mission

With a bang of the gavel, President Kurt Breischaft will start the Annual Meeting. He will welcome attendees, present four award winners, and introduce the keynote speaker.

The WAI traditionally presents three awards: the Mordica Memorial Award, for technical contributions to the industry; the Donnellan Memorial Award, for service to the Association; and the WAI President’s Award, for a person designated by the current WAI president. This year will also see a new WAI honor, the Champion Award, which will recognize an individual who has been instrumental in furthering the Association through the support of his or her company. See p. 57.

Plan to join in this recognition of the industry’s finest.

EVENT REGISTRATION: what’s the difference?

The Interwire experience: 2 levels, with options, are offered to attendees at the GWCC

The full Interwire schedule is shown on p. 42. Here, the Association wants to clarify which programs are being offered as there are two distinct levels: Full Conference and Exhibits only registration. The below table displays the different options and types, with the different rates.

Several aspects are worth noting. A person with an exhibits-only registration will also be able to access the presentations at the WAI Theater, but not the Welcome Reception or the Full Conference events shown on pp. 66 to 68. Registration for the Fundamentals course can include exhibits-only or a full conference option. Finally, while registration for Fundamentals technically closes on May 2, walk-in registration is available the morning of the event.

WAI’s Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing has taught thousands of people over the years.

The Welcome Reception remains the ideal place and time for attendees to meet and socialize.

The Interwire experience: plan it your way!

FUNDAMENTALS of Wire & Cable Manufacturing

Monday, May 8 | 8:45 am - 4:45 pm | Room 312

This concentrated one-day introductory course presented by experts in the field provides a solid background in the essentials of wire and cable manufacturing. For presenter bios, go to www.interwire 23.com. The Wire Association’s most popular training program and refresher course for new hires, sales teams, and operations personnel, it includes general topics in the morning and then breaks into separate sessions for ferrous and nonferrous/electrical tracks in the afternoon, followed by a combined session.

GENERAL TRACK

8:45 am - 9:30 am

Mechanics of Wiredrawing

Matt Reinoehl, process metallurgist, SDI LaFarga COPPERWORKS

This course presents fundamental engineering principles and process calculations that are used to design, analyze, and improve metal rod and wiredrawing operations. Topics include a basic overview of wiredrawing mechanics with respect to material behavior and process parameters. Die angle and reduction will be addressed in light of the D-parameter and its practical application. Drawing limits, friction and lubrication, work-piece heating, and temperature effects are also discussed.

9:30 am - 10:15 am

Drawing Dies

João Noroña, director research and product development, Paramount Die Co.

This presentation focuses on the die, the most important part of the drawing process. Without it, the best drawing machines, lubricant, and treatment systems cannot reduce the wire diameter. However, with a die, vice pliers and a hammer, wire can be drawn, albeit slowly, as it has been for over 2,000 years. The intention of this course is to provide an understanding of what makes a die work, how it is designed, causes of failure, and problems with drawing larger sizes.

10:30 am - 11:15 am

Lubrication in the Wire Drawing Process

Brad Andrews, marketing manager, Condat

The wiredrawing process generates significant heat that affects the lubricants’ physical and chemical properties which in turn affects the lubricants’ ability to provide separation of the wire to the die. The amount of generated heat is influenced by complex interactions between metal composition, surface preparation, production equipment, and other factors. This presentation reviews basic lubrication principles, and typical lubricant compositions used in ferrous and nonferrous applications. Also included is a web link to WAI Hard Wire video’s reviewing ferrous and non-ferrous lubricant maintenance practices for maintaining good lubrication.

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11:15 am - noon

Wire Breaks and Surface Damage

Dr. Horace Pops, president, Horace Pops Consulting

This course presents a classification of wire breaks from a perspective that compares material defects to process-related problems. Rod defects will include both casting and rolling issues such as internal voids, foreign contaminants, rolled-in scale, hot cracks, and surface porosity. The effects of wiredrawing speed and lubrication will be discussed with respect to generation of fines, shaving, galling, and other surface defects.

noon - 1 pm

Fundamentals Luncheon

FERROUS TRACK

1 pm - 1:45 pm

Fundamentals of Ferrous Metallurgy

Anand Bhagwat, technology & quality manager, Minova USA

This introductory course is designed to provide a general understanding of ferrous metallurgical concepts, including phase equilibrium, transformation, strengthening mechanisms, heat treatment, and an overview of steelmaking, and their relevance to wire technology.

1:45 pm - 2:30 pm

Cleaning and Coating of Rod and Wire

Zack McAfee, cold forming segment key account manager, and Chris Poradom, industry manager, both Chemetall North America

This course presents the fundamentals of cleaning, pickling, and coating of ferrous wire and rod in preparation for drawing and processing. Proper control and handling in these areas ensures quality of the finished product. The design of these processes impacts the economics of

the operation. It is imperative that rather than individual stages, this department should be viewed as a whole as it is critical to success. The course deals with zinc phosphate processes and the advantages and limitations as well as specialty coatings such as salt carriers, lubricants, dry film polymers, and new technologies on the horizon.

2:45 pm - 3:30 pm

Ferrous Testing and Properties

C. Richard Gordon, Managing Director, C Richard Gordon Consulting LLC

This course discusses tensile, coiling, wrap, reverse bend, torsion, fatigue, and hardness testing procedures. It illustrates interpretation of test results in terms of sample properties.

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm

Ferrous Heat Treatment

C. Richard Gordon, Managing Director, C Richard Gordon Consulting LLC

This course focuses on heat treatment of ferrous metals. It includes basic heat treating principles applicable to many metals with specific examples related to heat treatment of steel rod and wire.

NONFERROUS/ELECTRICAL TRACK

1 pm - 1:45 pm

Stranding and Cabling

Kevin Dancy, executive vice president, Roteq Machinery Inc. This presentation documents the stranding process for nonferrous conductors, specifically bare copper and tinned wire, as well as assembly of multi-conductor cables. Different processes that are addressed include bunching and concentric constructions, silicone blocked stranding, as well as cable assembly techniques, and rationale for each type. Specific applications include industrial and energy sectors, electronics and data communications, the automotive industry, consumer products, and appliances.

1:45 pm - 2:30 pm

Extrusion

Erik Macs, director of sales, Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp.

This course starts with a discussion of the basics of the various polymers used for wire and cable insulation. This is followed by discussion of the construction aspects of rubber and thermoplastic extruders. The remaining components of typical extrusion lines are reviewed and include payoffs, dancers and accumulators, preheaters, crossheads, cooling troughs, capstans, online measurement and testing equipment, online printing, take-ups, and operator control systems.

2:45 pm - 3:30 pm

Fundamentals of Electrical Testing

Casey Spradlin, chief applications engineer, Southwire Company

This fundamentals course is geared to providing a general overview of electrical testing. The course highlights key terms, standards, and tests that are common to the wire and cable industry for conductors and insulations, and highlights specific concerns of various industries and product types.

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm

Marking and Printing

Mark Spencer, Principal Partner, W. Gillies Technologies LLC

W. Gillies Technologies, LLC - Member RSD Groupis a company specializing in the manufacture of printing machines, engraved printing rollers and laser systems for printing and marking on insulated wire, cable, hose, tubing and extruded profiles. In addition to his administrative and operational responsibilities, Mark Spencer has designed many of the printing systems currently in use worldwide.

GENERAL TRACK

4:15 pm - 4:45 pm

Wire and Cable Manufacturing Problem-Solving

Lyman Ryan, continuous improvement director, Prysmian

This combined-session course is a demonstration of problem-solving techniques used to solve real challenges faced in the wire and cable industry. Actual scenarios are used to challenge attendees to think beyond the obvious symptoms and find the root cause. Lean Six Sigma problem-solving strategies are utilized as the course walks through each problem until the cause is identified. The audience is encouraged to participate in this interactive course. 

The Fundamentals course at Interwire 2019.

CONFERENCE Sessions

Tuesday-Wednesday, May 9-10 | Room 312

Tuesday begins with a Continental breakfast in Rooms A312/311, and a welcome from WAI President Kurt Breischaft, who will introduce the Keynote speaker, Prysmian Chief Innovation Officer and R&D Officer Srinivas Siripurapu. At 10 am, the conference sessions begin. The WAI Theater opens at 1 pm, and at 1:30 pm it will host the Mordica Lecture.

TUESDAY, MAY 9

8:30 am Continental Breakfast

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Awards Ceremony, Annual Meeting & Keynote

With a bang of the gavel, President Kurt Breischaft will start the Annual Meeting. He will welcome attendees, present four award winners, and introduce the keynote speaker.

9:30 am - 10:00 am

Keynote Speaker: Innovation, Investments & Incentives – Electrifying the Wire and Cable industry for a brighter future

Dr. Srinivas Siripurapu, Prysmian Group

The trifecta of clean energy, grid modernization and digital transformation is driving innovation on steroids for the wire and cable (W&C) industry. For example, the US government has set a goal to deploy 30GW of new offshore wind energy by 2030 and 15GW of floating windfarms by 2035. These ambitious targets can only be achieved with reliable hi-tech cabling infrastructure such as novel 525kV HVDC systems that can transmit over 2GW of power. The presentation will showcase multiple examples of new technologies that will energize wire and cable manufacturing with increased investments and spur economic growth.

10:00 am - noon

INDUSTRY 4.0 SESSIONS

10:00 am - 10:30 am

How AI Will Change Wire & Cable Manufacturing

Willem Sundblad, Oden Technologies

Artificial intelligence (AI) will continue to affect your business environment. AI is already helping with challenges like workforce development, supply chain disruptions, and economic uncertainty. So how can your organization use AI to meet these challenges head on and continuously improve operations? Join us for a step-bystep breakdown of how companies are using AI today

to make step and continuous improvements, what you’ll need to do to remain competitive, and overcome common pitfalls to success. Expect to learn: where AI will impact Wire and Cable manufacturing (and where it won’t); why most AI projects will fail; and what it takes to create a smart, enabled, and engaged workforce

10:30 am - 11:00 am

The Future of Industrial Work: How Smart AI is Helping to Unlock the True Potential of Today’s Workforce

Russ Fadel, Augmentir

Today’s manufacturing landscape is a dynamic mix of workforce challenges (including those brought on by Covid and the Great Resignation) and innovative solutions –many of which are powered by AI technology. This session will begin with a look at some dynamics in the manufacturing landscape and then focus on ways that technology (such as AI and connected worker solutions that recognize the variability in today’s workforce) are empowering workers by giving them tools and resources that will set them up for success.

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Unleashing the full potential of Industrial IoT

with GPT-3

Andrés Cartagena Ruiz, 40Factory

What if we could combine the knowledge written on a classical machine manual, that of an experienced senior operator, the process engineer, the maintenance crew and

Panelist Willem Sundblad speaking during WAI’s 2021 Industry 4.0 Virtual Conference on Industry 4.0.

of the machine designers with historical machine production data? Then embed this knowledge in an Artificial Intelligence agent that could interact with the IIoT app user through natural human language.

11:30 am - noon

Lessons From The Journey To A Connected Enterprise

Will Berry, Southwire

Southwire has expanded the limits of what’s possible in the wire and cable industry through their multi-year digital transformation journey. This is your opportunity to hear directly from the Senior Vice President of Southwire, Will Berry, of what it actually took to succeed.

This interview session, hosted by CEO of Oden Technologies, Willem Sundblad, will dig into the obstacles and opportunities facing manufacturers as they progress towards becoming a connected, digitally enabled enterprise. Join this session to learn more about: preparing the organization for change; creating an improvement oriented culture; building an effective roadmap; evaluating partners/ vendors; and measuring success… And measuring it again.

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

WORKFORCE SESSIONS

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Behind the Numbers…..Establishing World Class Safety and Training Programs

Rob Caillet, CSP, Vice President of Environmental, Health & Safety, CSP, Encore Wire

Executives and investors often gauge a company’s safety and training programs by using lagging indicators, like recordable injury rates and turnover percentage. While lagging indicators can tell you a lot about these programs, focusing on leading indicators and embracing these activities will drive the improved performance that executives will notice. Rob will discuss which key leading indicators and strategies must be embraced to ignite the culture change that results in fewer injuries and a reduction in turnover. Learn from a proven leader how to transition ownership of the safety and training programs from the Safety and Training Departments to the front line leadership team.

INTERWIRE 2023

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

The State of the Manufacturing Workplace

Matt Dionne, TYGES Elite

Dionne will share his unique perspective on what the short and long-term workplace trends will be that will shape the direction of the wire and cable industry. Matt spent 25 years in a wide variety of manufacturing industries and now spends his days with C level executives across many of the same industries where he was employed, including the wire sector.

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Executive Panel: Adapting to the Workforce

Challenges with senior industry leaders

Moderator: Drew Richards, RichardApex

Panelists include: Joe Barrett, president, Davis Wire, and David Fisher, president, James Monroe Wire & Cable.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Keynote Speaker:

The Future is Electrified!

Richard “Rich” Stinson, Southwire

Industry megatrends are changing the future, and electrification is going to play a major role. There is a fundamental need and desire to decarbonize - the only way to do it is to move from an oil-gas fueled economy to an economy driven by electrification. We must be ready to meet the needs of our customers. It’s a great time to be in the electrical industry, and Southwire, under Rich’s leadership, is focused on further strengthening the future of manufacturing as we all become even more connected, and as electrification plays an even greater role.

9:30 am - 10:00 am

Featured Speaker: To Boldly Go: The Experience of Spaceflight

Dr. Mary Ellen Weber, NASA Astronaut

Going into space—into orbit—requires mind-boggling speed with inconceivable risk and decision times of mere seconds. How does one prepare for this risk and responsibility? What is the awe-inspiring experience of weightlessness and viewing planet earth from hundreds of miles above really like? Drawing on ten years as a NASA Astronaut and two Space Shuttle flights—including one to the International Space Station—Mary Ellen Weber brings this experience vividly to life, sharing behind-the-scenes anecdotes and video footage.

10:00 am - noon

INDUSTRY OUTLOOK

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Can the cable industry avoid the impending economic downturn

Aisling Hubert, Editor CRU’s Wire & Cable Market Outlook

Global wire and cable markets are exposed to a range of sectors including construction, manufacturing, and energy. This presentation discusses the degree to which global megatrends in electrification, renewable energy and interconnectivity may compensate for a potential wider economic slowdown.

10:30 am - 11:15 am

Executive Panel - Steel Market

Moderator: James York, Insteel Industries

The past several years have been some of most turbulent times for steel pricing as well as supply and demand. This highly experienced panel will share their evaluation of the market including short and long-term dynamics that will impact the industry. Panelists include Andy Tablot, vice president and general manager, Mid-South Wire Company; James York, Sr. vice president, Insteel Industries; and Alex Nedergaard, director, Americas Consumable Purchasing, The Lincoln Electric Company.

11:15 am - noon

Executive Panel - Copper Supply and Demand

Moderator: Kurt Breischaft, SDI LaFarga COPPERWORKS

Hear from wire and cable industry leaders on the changing copper supply chain as ESG compliance is enacted across the globe while supply and demand factors are difficult to predict. Panelists include Jeffrey Kot, Group Vice President, Procurement – Marmon Electrical; John Gross, president, J.E. Gross Consulting Inc; Chuck Oldaker, CPA, CGMA, executive vice president and CFO, Service Wire Company 

Southwire President & CEO Rich Stinson will be the keynote speaker on Wednesday, May 10.

WAI THEATER Schedule

Tuesday-Thursday, May 9-11 | WAI Theater (Exhibit Floor)

This part of the Conference is open to all attendees visiting the exhibit floor. See p. 71 for details about Production Solutions, which will be presented from 10:30 am to noon on Wednesday, May 10, and Thursday, May 11, at the WAI Theater.

TUESDAY, MAY 9

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

In-situ evaluation of the performance of wire drawing using multiple sensors

Joakim Larsson, Örebro University

In-situ evaluation of the performance of wire drawing is today often performed manually. This is a difficult task for the operators which require both time and experience. Previous research has found several automated monitoring methods for the wire drawing process, however, the advantage of employing multiple sensors simultaneously has not yet been investigated. In this study four different sensors signals will be compared and evaluated in wire drawing experiments while studying common quality.

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Mordica Lecture: Ferrous Rod – Before it Gets to be Wire

Dr. Bruce Kiefer

This paper discusses the critical stages in the manufacturing process of steel rod destined to be drawn into wire. Some important developments in rolling mill equipment and processing that have enabled major increases in productivity and product quality over the last several decades are highlighted. Some remaining challenges in a high speed rod mill and resulting areas of opportunity for the industry are described.

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Inline Surface Dimensional Flaw Detection and Outer Diameter/Ovality measurements using Laser Line Triangulation

Chad Walker, LaserLinc

To achieve 100% real-time inspection of a continuous wire and cable production process, the inspection equipment must be able to detect surface flaws while ignoring text, labels, wraps, and surface variations that are normal during production. The inspection method must also accurately measure outer diameter and ovality at any orientation in the measurement field. Laser line triangulation is the only technology on the market that can achieve both of these requirements.

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Manufacturing high-quality fine copper wire at a low cost by combining three-roll rolling and wire drawing

Prof. Kazunari Yoshida, Tokai University

We investigated whether high-quality fine copper wire could be manufactured at a low cost by combining threeroll rolling and die wire drawing. It was clarified that extremely high-quality copper fine wire can be manufactured at a low cost by first reducing the diameter of the rough copper wire rod to 0.185mm by the three-roll rolling method and then drawing the wire using the die.

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Application of Polymer Lubricants to replace Zinc Phosphate in Wire Drawing

John Kukalis, Henkel

Polymer coatings create operational savings and performance enhancements that benefit the wire drawing industry. Zinc Phosphate has been a standard coating for Rod & Wire and a carrier for Dry Film Lubricants in the drawing process, yet developments in polymer lubricants and proper application of this technology offer considerable process improvements.

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Thermo-mechanical and air patenting in modern rolling: characteristics and advantages

Gianbruno Luvarà and Claudio Zaccomer, Pittini Group

In modern rolling process, thermal treatment during the whole implementation, along with the air patenting at the final stage, plays a key role in order to achieve high-quality rolled products.

During the whole rolling phase, temperature is kept under control by five cooling units before gauging and final air patenting, which allows to:

• Define the austenite grain size with greater precision

• Achieve better elongation properties and better necking

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Achieving High Quality in Wire using Eddy Current Testing

Troy Libby, Magnetic Analysis Corp.

Eddy Current inspection is a technique used for detecting surface seams, cracks, pits, slivers, weld-line defects and internal discontinuities in wire. Different test sensor configurations including encircling coil and rotary probes can be used. Using encircling coil eddy current testing, the wire passes through the coil excited by an alternating current with one or more Drive signals. Rotary probe inspection can reliably detect surface seams and cracks using eddy current multiple probes.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Inline profiling of magnet wires for E-mobility

Volker Gerth, FUHR GmbH & Co. KG

Insulated copper wires are used in windings for electric motors, generators and transformers. The automotive industry’s entry into electric mobility has created new challenges for manufacturers of enamelled wire. They require manufacturers to prove that no wire damage occurs before enamelling. Even with the best winding and unwinding systems, it cannot be guaranteed that the bare wire will be free of damage during offline production. We show you the challenges and how to solve the issue.

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

UPCAST oxygen free copper rod metallurgy, OFHC/OFE wire manufacturing, and other practicalities.

Juan Carlos Bodington, UPCAST Oy

UPCAST oxygen free copper rod metallurgical properties are described and their effect on further processing is discussed, centering the attention on drawing, rolling, annealing and continuous extrusion processes. As a result, general operational guidelines are outlined.

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Featured Speaker: A New Era of Space Travel: Commercial Space, NASA, Tourism, the Moon and Mars

Dr. Mary Ellen Weber, NASA Astronaut

The road to becoming a space-faring civilization is centuries-long, and we have only just begun. While the Space Shuttle remains the most versatile and capable vehicle by far to ever venture off our planet, NASA’s decision to end it and instead fund private companies—like SpaceX, Boeing, and Sierra Nevada—opened up a whole new era. As a result, private space travel into low earth orbit is now

a reality and even private space stations are on the horizon. At the same time, NASA developed the most powerful interplanetary space vehicle ever—the SLS/Orion—for its Artemis program. Through Artemis, we will not only land once again on the moon, but we will set up a mini-space station in a versatile lunar orbit that goes farther than any Apollo mission could even dream of. And in the coming decades, SLS—and perhaps private vehicles and other nations—will take humans to Mars. Mary Ellen Weber will share insights into this new era of space, discussing the promise, daunting risks and challenges ahead.

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Advanced Extrusion Technology

Mikko Lahti, Maillefer Extrusion

Maillefer/Davis-Standard will present the history of extrusion from smooth bore, the early advances of grooved feed and the latest technology of helical grooved feed assist extrusion. The productivity benefits will be illustrated as well as a presentation of real life financial justification.

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Polymer technology for Wire and Cable Applications

David Lindsay, Borealis

Polymers play a vital role in the performance and reliability of all types of wire and cable from low voltage construction cables to underground utility distribution and transmission cables up to 345 kV in the United States. The presentation will provide an overview of polymer chemistry and crosslinking technologies used to achieve the required mechanical and electrical properties to ensure 40+ years of reliable service of modern cable systems.

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

What Are You Risking By Using Outdated Controls on your Extruder?

Scott Barlow, Integrated Control Technologies

Industry 3.0 ushered in the automation age in the 1970s with the introduction of the Programmable Logic Controller. This advancement in technology improved diagnostics and made field modification simple on machinery. As many industries are forging ahead with concepts of Industry 4.0, many extruders operate as they did 40 years ago. This presentation discusses the risks associated with maintaining the status quo.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Beer Festival!

No, it’s not part of the official technical sessions, but there will be time to swing by after the last presentation for an enjoyable way to conclude your experience on Wednesday. 

PRODUCTION Solutions

Wednesday-Thursday, May 10-11 | 10:30 am - noon | WAI Theater

If you could not attend Production Solutions on Wednesday at the WAI Theater, stop by Thursday at 10:30 am for Round 2. The Planning Committee, recognizing that attendees are quite busy, are offering everyone a second chance to hear what products and ideas might improve your operations.

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Factors Affecting Wire Production from Precoats to Lubricants

Svet Pavlovsky, research and development chemist, Blachford Co.

There are many issues in the production of wire and many factors affecting high-quality wire production even after cleaning. These include selection and maintenance of the non-reactive precoats and lubricants, followed by identifying key drawbench parts/systems that have immediate impact on the lubricant performance. Many of these parts require minor fixes that minimize downtown. Everything working together improves wire quality and production efficiency.

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Wire Breaks

Dr. Horace Pops, president, Horace Pops Consulting, and Matt Reinoehl, process metallurgist, SDI LaFarga COPPERWORKS

How do you identify possible causes of wire breaks? The industry guru on wire breaks, Horace Pops, will team up with COPPERWORKS expert Matt Reinoehl to share their career long experiences. Is it the process or the material? Learn to distinguish between both issues that can result in wire breaks. Bring your toughest questions and be prepared for an education.

11:30 am - noon

Wire Drawing Die Material and Profile Specification Considerations

Eric Bieberich, president, Fort Wayne Wire Die

Wire die specifications are an important tool in controlling the wire drawing process. This presentation covers key considerations when specifying the die material and internal profile of a wire drawing die. 

ALPHABETICAL Exhibitors List

INTERWIRE 2023

Niehoff Endex North America Inc 850...............Reel Options by Vandor Corporation

GMM Cable Machinery

969.... Controle Mesure Systemes Inc

970................. SYNCROPLANTECH North America Inc

1000......... Wire & Cable Technology International (WCTI)

1001............................... Wire Lab Co

1004 Esteves Group USA

1005 August Strecker GmbH & Co KG

1005 WAFIOS Machinery Corporation

1010 DEM SpA

1010 EVG

1011 HONTA Inc

1023................................ Micro Weld Micro Products Company

1031.........Zumbach Electronics Corp

1049.......... ENKOTEC Company Inc

1050 SWEED Machinery Inc

1051 Joe Snee Associates

1051 PWM Ltd

1055 Fabpro Polymers, AKA Great Lakes Polymer

1061 Boockmann Engineering GmbH

1069 IWCS Cable & Connectivity Industry Forum

1070/362 CMEC International Exhibition Ltd

1071.............. Shanghai AnchorsMold Trading Co Ltd

1100...................... International Wire & Machinery Association

1101............................ Die Quip Corp

1109........... Sonoco Reels and Spools

PREVIEW of Exhibitors

Tuesday-Wednesday, May 9-10 | 10 am - 5 pm

Thursday, May 11 | 10 am - 3 pm

40Factory Srl

Tel. 349-312-8764

www.40-factory.com/

USA Booth 411

Exhibiting: 40Factory Srl specializes in the end-to-end development and delivery of Industrial AIoT (Artificial Intelligence Internet of Things) solutions that range from edge computing applications (data acquisition, pre-processing, on-theedge storage and data visualization) to cloud web applications for machine efficiency analysis, production traceability, process telemetry, energy consumption, and predictive analytics (maintenance and quality). Whether you are an OEM or an end user, 40Factory has the right solution for your needs.

Ace Metal, Inc.

Tel. 610-623-2204

www.acemetalinc.com

Richard@acemetalinc.com

USA Booth 1410

Exhibiting: Ace Metal manufactures high-quality, fine wire metal spools that are used in the ferrous, nonferrous, tire cord, fiber optic and aerospace industries. Our spools range in size from 6 in. to 14. in flange diameter. They are designed with uniform quality and precision. They are made from prime cold-rolled steel and are available in multiple colored powder coatings. Our tubular wire carriers, which come in square-base, star-base, clover-leaf base and circular-base designs, are used to ship large diameter wire and rod. Manufacturers are welcome to contact Ace Metal to find out how we can help your company continue its legacy.

Personnel: Richard Medoff, Gerri Medoff.

Don’t see your listing? Want to update it?

If so, send your details, including booth personnel, to editor@wirenet.org by (or before!) March 31 to get it in the Official Show Program.

ACIMAF, Italian Wire Machinery

Manufacturers’ Association

Tel. 39-02-5412-5301

www.acimaf.com

acimaf@acimaf.com

Italy Booth 1137

Exhibiting: ACIMAF, based in Brescia, Italy, was founded in 1987 to promote the image of Italian technology for the wire and cable manufacturing industry. It serves an important role in coordinating and improving the presence of its member companies in major industry trade shows. ACIMAF collaborates with the Italian Trade Agency in promotion and marketing activities to increase opportunities for its members for either entry and/or expansion in foreign markets.

ACM MT

Tel. 905-669-4010

www.acmmt.com

sales@howarequipment.com

Canada/Sweden Booth 1522

Exhibiting: Represented in North America by HOWAR Equipment, ACM supplies measurement systems designed to save insulation compound usage and $$$ by controlling wall thicknesses. Cable cross-section measurement and data acquisition equipment from ACM will be displayed and operated for all to see the extremely precise and quick method of performing all two-dimensional cable measurements. The KSM model also allows quality control departments to track the efficiency of products or equipment with its sophisticated database and graphing + trending capabilities and analysis of data. Bring your samples to the show to experience first-hand this innovative measurement system.

Personnel: Stefan Askenfors, Martin Plut.

ADVARIS GmbH

Tel. 49-7251-981760

www.advaris.com

manfred.moser@advaris.de

Germany Booth 952

Exhibiting: ADVARIS is an international software and consulting company. Active in the marketplace since 1997, ADVARIS fields an experienced team of specialists in the fields of manufacturing execution systems (MES), product data management, and enterprise resource planning in the wire and cable industry. Headquartered in Bruchsal, Germany, the branch offices in the U.S. and India provide their customers with around the clock support worldwide.

AESA S.A.

Tel. 41-32-8430395

www.aesa-cortaillod.com/ dmilz@aesa-cortaillod.com

Switzerland Booth 232 See p. 106

Exhibiting: AESA Cortaillod is a leading Swiss manufacturer of automatic test equipment (ATEs) that specializes in solutions to fully characterize electrical parameters of cables and wires. It will display its latest innovation: the Scorpius DT. This equipment (see p. 106) is a complete and integrated solution to characterize coaxial cables. In addition to this, AESA offers also baluns and balunless solutions for LAN or category cable up to Cat. 8, linear resistance measuring equipment covering very small to very large section range, either in the lab or directly on-the-line, data management systems, ISO 17025 certification, knowledge and expertise in the cable industry for boosting your production yield.

Agape Industrial, Inc.

Tel. 310-325-9000

www.agapeindustrial.com

info@agapeindustrial.com

USA Booth 1515

Exhibiting: Agape is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of metal mesh and wire-forming machinery. Agape’s installations circle the globe, meeting domestic and international customers’ expectations for quality, cost and performance.

AIM Inc.

Tel. 813-818-8222

www.aimmachines.com

sales@aimmachines.com

USA Booth 1111

Exhibiting: AIM will present automated work cell solutions: input wire from straight-and-cut or coil and form, weld and systematically arrange the finished parts. During the past 30 years, AIM has developed many bending equipment, from our patented hybrid forming solution, the Synchro AFM line, capable of unmatched versatility, fast output, and low-cost maintenance to our newest innovation in wire bending, Upgraded and updated 2D and 3D CNC wire-bending solutions, singleand double-bending head machines with robotics integration and complete automated systems. Our equipment provides flexibility and simplicity in programming and is offered in all “universal languages.”

Personnel: Mike Zintak, Matt Hathcock, Constantine Grapsas.

AITMAC Inc.

Tel. 905-761-6165

www.aitmac-ca.com

allan.aitmac.ca@gmail.com

Canada Booth 713

Exhibiting: See how our best-in-class equipment and accessories from world leader manufacturers will keep you at the leading edge of technology and maximize your productivity, with wire straightening, guiding and feeding equipment by COMETO;

butt-welders, wire and cable cutters/ shears, rod straighteners and flat bar cutters by TRAMEV; and a display of steel reels for shipping and processing and reel handling equipment by APPIANI. Aitmac is also the official supplier of LESMO and EURODRAW ENERGY machine spare parts and service requirements.

Altec Srl

Tel. 39-039-877419

altecsrl@altecsrl.com

www.altecsrl.com

Italy Booth 368

Exhibiting: The product lines of Altec Srl include stranding, taping, extrusion, spooling, specialty machines and ancillary tools.

American Progress Group Corp.

Tel. 312-973-2559

steger@progress-m.com

USA Booth 770

Exhibiting: The automated machinery from American Progress Group provide innovative solutions for the reinforcement industry. The highly automated mesh welding plants are ensuring the fast and flexible production tailor-made bespoke mesh directly from coil. Their strengths lie in their versatility and in the infinite number of possibilities for adapting them to the needs of the individual customer. With the increased cost-effectiveness and reduced staffing requirement, no clippings and manageable maintenance costs this system is one of the most advanced on the market. The machinery contains also a combined bending and logistics system for a smoothly run, just-in-time production. Production processes and order positions can be ideally managed and controlled with the software solutions from the same company group. From work preparation and production to logistics and data evaluation, the American Progress Group offers an interesting complete package.

Anderson Forest Products

Tel. 270-487-6778

www.afp-usa.com

janderson@afp-usa.com

USA Booth 767

Exhibiting: Anderson Forest Products offers high-quality wooden reels that are available in hardwood and plywood, but also plastic. We recycle reels and refurbish them if possible.

Asahi Kasei Asaclean Americas

Tel. 800-787-3438

www.asaclean.com

sales@asaclean.com

USA Booth 219

Exhibiting: ASACLEAN™ is a world leader in commercial purging compounds. Their product line features mechanical, chemical and concentrate grades that are scientifically engineered for optimal performance based on your process and resins. Asaclean purges are optimized for injection molding, extrusion, film and sheet, blow-molding, and blownfilm applications. Asaclean benefits include: faster changeovers/reduced downtime, effective removal of color/carbon contamination, reduced screw-pulls, lower scrap/reject rate, increased productivity and greater cost savings. Manufactured and distributed by Asahi Kasei Asaclean Americas, Asaclean products are backed by the technology and resources of parent organization Asahi Kasei Group.

ATE Applicazioni Termo

Elettroniche Srl

Tel. 39-0444-601455

www.ate.it

sales@ate.it

Italy Booth 266

Exhibiting: ATE designs and builds equipment and plants for induction heating, complete with the related automation, control and supervision systems. In over 30 years of activity, the company has supplied and installed hundreds of induction heating systems and plants, with unit powers from a few KW up to 4 MW.

August Strecker GmbH & Co. KG

(See Strecker GmbH.)

Why is our company a WAI Elite sponsor?

Southwire is proud to be a WAI Elite Sponsor. In our 73-year history, we have witnessed significant change and innovation within the industry, and Southwire has grown to become one of the world’s leading full-service manufacturers of wire and cable. We see WAI as an advocate and partner for our industry. We believe there is unquestionable benefit in the Interwire events, educational materials and networking opportunities, which is why we support WAI through our Elite Sponsorship, individual memberships and by volunteering our time and services. We challenge our fellow industry leaders to consider your organization’s position and to support WAI to keep our industry strong! Looking forward to seeing everyone at Interwire.

Tom Heberling Vice President of Manufacturing Southwire Co.

AW Machinery LLC

Tel. 210-268-8491

www.awmachinery.com

rudyf@awmachinery.com

USA Booth 1540

Exhibiting: AW Machinery (AWM)

is a North American manufacturer and integrator of machinery and control systems. Although our primary line of machinery is used in the manufacture of electrical wire, electrical cable and fiber optic coating, AWM also manufactures and produces equipment used in other applications. These include tube and hose manufacturing, rewinding applications, extrusion applications, etc. AWM designs and fabricates electrical control systems used in its machines and for various other applications. Digital touch screen control systems design and fabrication is a specialty of AW Machinery.

AWT Machinery Inc.

Tel. 815-315-4260

www.awtmach.com

whitec@awtmach.com

USA Booth 1530

Exhibiting: AWT Machinery offers local sales, service, spare parts and technical assistance near to Chicago, Illinois. We represent world-class machinery builders that include: CLIFFORD, www.cliffeng.com, which specializes in mesh welders for industrial mesh, reinforcing mesh and welded wire fencing; and ULTIMATE AUTOMATION, www.ultimatwiremachines.com, specialists in 2D wire forming with optional automated butt welder, for wire frames and rings. We also build resistance welding machines for industrial wire products such as ladder mesh and political signs; and PROGRESS, www.progress-m. com, for engineering mesh welders, specialty welders for pre-casters and rebar stirrup benders.

Axjo America Inc./Axjo Group

Tel. 828-322-6046

www.axjo.com

sales@axjo.com

USA Booth 661 See p. 88

Exhibiting: Axjo is headquartered in Sweden, with production facilities in Sweden, North America and China. At an early stage we identified the potential to use plastic for packaging purposes and today we are a leader in drums, spools and reels in smart plastics. Axjo has established longterm collaboration with a number of global companies that use our solutions in their production. These not only improve cost efficiency, they provide a secure transition to a new era and new technology. For more than 15 years, Axjo has been a leading developer of sustainable recycled polymer compounds for our products. Now we are taking the next step, making our progress clearer through the Axjo Greenology Concept. Here we convey our vision of how we can help, educate and improve our customers’ sustainability work in both the short and long term. Four key areas – innovation, efficiency, sustainability and closed loop recycling – form the collective starting point for this work. We make the most of the knowledge we already have in each area and refine it to ensure an even smaller footprint. This can involve everything from techniques with weight reduction, mono material design and the use of 100% PCR (Post Consumer Recycling).

Aztech Lubricants LLC

Tel. 405-310-0034

www.ezdraw.com

janderson@aztechlube.com

USA Booth 1452

Exhibiting: Aztech Lubricants is a global provider of wire drawing lubricant solutions, with over 18 years in business and over 100 years of experience. Stop by our booth for information on some of our new high-fusion insoluble drawing lubes. We now also offer new more environ-

mentally friendly packaging that is also a cost-savings for you. We excel at providing a full line of calcium, sodium and potassium stearate-based drawing powders, RP oil, drawing oils, vanishing oils and precoats.

B&H Tool Company LLC

Tel. 760-471-8949

www.bhtool.com

pneville@bhtool.com

USA Booth 518

and manufacture any feature a customer may want or need. With stateof-the-art technology, we can take the art out of plastic extrusion.

Balloffet Die Corp

Tel. 915-592-5252

www.balloffetdie.com

bill@balloffetusa.com

USA Booth 700

mhovey@bartellmachinery.com

USA Booth 1539

Exhibiting: B&H Tool manufactures annular crosshead dies, including related tooling, for all types of wire and cable, insulated wire and fine wire applications. Our team shines in two areas: flow optimization and mechanical design. Our industry leading engineers can literally design

Exhibiting: A family business founded in 1870 in Lagnieu, France, Balloffet is a world leader in the manufacturing of diamond wire drawing dies and precision tools. It is also a specialist in the machining of ultra-hard materials with its extensive experience and expertise in constant evolution, Balloffet manufactures dies and precision tools for industries that include wire, cable, tubes, rods and metal profiles in the diameter range of 0.003 mm up to 35 mm.

Bartell Machinery Systems

Tel. 315-336-7600

www.bartellmachinery.com

Exhibiting: Since 1940, Bartell has been a fixture in the wire and cable industry, delivering innovative and robust solutions based on an expertise of shaping, winding and twisting wire and cable. From payoffs and take-ups to bunchers and stranders, Bartell’s solutions deliver the performance and dependability needed to ensure your success.

Baum’s Castorine Co., Inc.

Tel. 315-336-8154

www.baumscastorine.com

twhitcom@twcny.rr.com

USA Booth 853

Exhibiting: Key personnel will be onsite to answer your questions and showcase our newest line of products. Bring us your toughest challenges and together we can formulate a solution.

Personnel: Tom Whitcombe, Mike O’Herien.

Hot Water Cleaning Lines

Electro Plating Lines for Copper & Steel Wire Ultrosonic Wire Cleaning Lines

Copper Coating Lines for Welding Wire Chemicals, Testing and R&D Waste Water Treatment Plants

PRODUCT Showcase

Maillefer & Davis-Standard: showcasing a fiber payoff, MXC extruder and more

The Maillefer & Davis-Standard teams gladly return to Interwire. Expectations are high as there is so much to catch up on, from innovative extrusion solutions and smart manufacturing, to major operational shifts that favor sustainability and durability.

Our booth will host the new compact fiber payoff, PM 265, which is sized for 50-km reels. It has the same features as the PM 305 model. Designed for a wide variety of fiber optic secondary coating lines, the six-reel position frames can combine into several configurations to handle up to 24 fibers. It controls fiber tension accurately with pneumatic dancers. The reels are behind doors for improved operator safety. The PM

305 shortens set-up times by 70% when splitting the fiber count. It operates on either the upper or the lower section at any time. While one section runs, the other section is in preparation for the next run.

Also to be shown is our MXC extruder for low-voltage applications, Smart Monitoring, which combines a working mix of hardware, a virtual reality experience featuring a modern cable factory, and artificial intelligence into a progressive manufacturing environment. The AI-augmented package is designed to identify and predict process anomalies before they get out of hand.

Stop by to learn more about our full range of wire and cable solutions, from components, complete lines,

and factory systems, to know-how packages, full life-cycle support, and aftermarket services.

Our portfolio includes the full range of wire & cable solutions, starting from components, complete lines, and factory systems, to know-how packages, full life-cycle support, and aftermarket services. Stop by our booth and discover more about what we can offer you.

BOOTH 730

Bechem Lubrication Technology LLC

Tel. 844-883-4420

www.bechem.com

skaggs@bechem.com

USA Booth 1710

Exhibiting: BECHEM Lubrication Technology presents the wire drawing lubricants of the BECHEM Unopol and Berudraw series. These two brands ensure the highest level of quality and productivity for all applications in the demanding field of wire manufacturing. BECHEM: lubrication solutions for industry. Stop by our booth to find out what makes our #yellowdrums different.

Beijing Holland Co. Ltd.

Tel. 86-10-68032755

webmaster@bjholland.com

China Booth 227

Exhibiting: Beijing Holland Co., Ltd., was established in 1997. We mainly focus on overall solution

and special-purpose machinery, with expertise in conductor processing, nonferrous recovery, and strip and profile processing. The company has some 30 people at offices in Beijing, Mumbai, Sao Paulo, and Hong Kong. Most of the employees either speak English or are multilingual, and have excellent engineering backgrounds. Our customers spread over 30 countries in Asia, Latin America, and Europe, including multinational companies like Siemens, GE and Toshiba.

Beijing Orient Pengsheng Tech Co. Ltd.

Tel. 8-61-3601249252

www.orientps.com

riverqi@vip.126.com

China Booth 271

Exhibiting: Established in 2011, we are a specialized provider of wire and cable making machines and committed to provide wire and cable processing overall solutions for global users. With our own technology and know-how, manufacturing facilities and management, we are dedicated to introducing the best machines from China to worldwide customers. We also provide technical support and after sale service, which is important for the end users. These abilities and our track record have resulted in our good reputation from valued customers in all parts of the world. We welcome you to our booth at Interwire.

The new PM 265 fiber payoff.

Personnel: River Qi, Robin Yuan, Alvin Cheng.

Bekaert Tel. 770-421-8520

www.bekaert.com/en/productcatalog/power/power-utilities info@bekaert.com

USA Booth 668

Exhibiting: Bekaert is a world market and technology leader in steel wire transformation and coating technologies. We are a preferred supplier as our steel wire products and solutions continuously deliver superior value to our customers worldwide.

Bergandi Machinery Co

Tel. 951-361-8000

www.bergandi.com

william@bergandi.com

USA Booth 400

Exhibiting: Bergandi Machinery is a world-class leader with over 90-years of manufacturing history in developing equipment for the wire industry. Bergandi has over 2,000 machines in more than 65 countries. The company’s knowledge and experience serves as a testament to its customers of the quality, performance and efficiency that is necessary to be successful in a competitive world. Come see our newest chain link weaving machines, the WVRA6 and WVR-L7 models, along with other equipment lines such as: weavers machines, spiral belting equipment, barbed wire (Iowa and reverse-twist machines), razor wire systems, PVC wire coating extrusion lines, an eco-panel building systems.

Beta LaserMike

(See Nordson Measurement & Control Solutions.)

BETASISTEMI Srl

Tel. 39-0424-1745227

www.betasistemi.it

Italy Booth 341

Exhibiting: BETASISTEMI is a new innovative company in the market of wire drawing equipment for nonferrous materials, specialized in wire equipments for copper, aluminum and aluminum alloy, sharing our

extensive knowledge while working directly with customers to build precision machinery and plants to satisfy any need. Equipment range includes line for rod breakdown machine; single/double wire with slip control, tandem and compact; intermediate machine, single/twin wire; multi-wire 4-18; annealer for multi-wire and road breakdown; payoff manual/automatic; static/dynamic spooler (manual/semiautomatic/ fully automatic). From ideas to final product, BETASISTEMI offers you quality products and services with innovative engineering and over 25 years industrial experience.

Blachford Corp.

Tel. 815-464-2100

www.blachford.com

myazum@blachfordcorp.com

USA Booth 605

Exhibiting: Blachford Corporation is a manufacturer of lubricants and specialty chemicals for the ferrous and nonferrous wire industry. Blachford Corporation has been supplying custom-designed lubricants to global and North American industry leaders in welding wire, spring wire, PC strand, tire bead and tire cord, and industrial wire since the 1950s. Recently, Blachford partnered with U.K.’s Metalube to offer world-class quality lubricants for copper and aluminum wire and tubing. We look forward to meeting you at our booth to discuss your wire drawing needs.

Boockmann Engineering GmbH

Tel. 49-9708-70460

www.boockmann.com

info@helicord-usa.com

Germany Booth 1061

Exhibiting: Boockmann Engineering

GmbH will exhibit its HELICORD® technology for surface processing of wire and cable of various diameters, which include welding wire finishing and abrasive wire cleaning or removal of misprints from cable. Our HELIFIL machines are used for applications that require low forces in places where space is limited. They are suitable for nonor only slightly abrasive cleaning

applications on soft metal wire for diameters of approximately 0.3 to 3.0 mm at low friction forces or simple application or coating tasks. Our HELILUB equipment is a wellknown solution for precision solvent-free lubrication of magnet wire where the highest quality requirements must be met.

Personnel: Michaela Boockmann, Hartmut Hillenhagen, Roger Williams.

Boxy Srl

Tel. 905-669-4010

www.boxy.com

sales@howarequipment.com

Canada/Italy Booth 1522

Exhibiting: Represented in North America by HOWAR Equipment, Boxy Srl will showcase a large array of steel reels and reel-handling equipment. The lineup includes machined reels for wire drawing, pressed steel reels for bunching and extrusion lines, corrugated and structural steel reels for production and shipping, wire carriers and stem packs. Take-apart reels are available in a specialized assortment which includes collapsible reels for packaging of reel-less wire coils with and without cardboard cores. A complementary line of handling equipment such as reel tilters, lifters pallets and coil lifters is available to help manage wire packages. The stand will include a working display of handling equipment and reels.

Personnel: Alberto Tononi, Chris Hauer.

BWE Ltd.

Tel. 44-1233-627736

www.bwe.co.uk

mail@bwe.co.uk

U.K. Booth 567

Exhibiting: BWE manufactures and supplies Conform™, Conklad™, SheathEx™ and cold pressure welding machines. Typical applications for Conform include copper and aluminum rectangular wire, solid aluminum conductor, copper bus bar, trolley wire and other shaped conductors, round refrigeration tube, multiport or PFC Tubes. Conklad

technology is the ideal solution for AS wire, OPGW, CATV, sheathed composite cores, reinforced aluminum wire and other similar products. SheathEx™ is the preferred method for seamless aluminum sheathing of high-voltage cables, with options that include corrugated (helical or annular) and/or smooth. Also, cold-pressure welders and dies for welding nonferrous materials from fine wire to round rod.

Personnel: Kevin Bennett.

Caballé SA

Tel. 221520133

www.mflgroup.com/en/brand/ caballe

sales@mflgroup.com

Spain Booth 411

Exhibiting: The Caballé brand belongs to the wire and cable machinery division of the MFL

FIRST-TIME Exhibitor

Group. Since 1944 and spurred on by enthusiasm and commitment of three generations of specialists in machinery construction, it has consolidated an excellent reputation worldwide through technology and quality. The MFL Group has integrated the Caballé brand into a wide range of top-performing rotating machinery for manufacturing wire and cable. An installed base of over a thousand machines worldwide are proof of our customers’ satisfaction. Caballé machines are designed and built leveraging seven decades of experience. Every day, the team strives to further expand this technology and always challenge the status quo.

Cable Consultants Corp

Tel. 914-834-8865

www.cableconsultantscorp.com/

Frekans Makina: its central strander will operate live on the Interwire show floor

Description: Description: Frekans Makina is a Turkish-based cable machine manufacturer that combines field experience, automation, and mechanical knowledge for over 25 years. Through this know-how, we serve turnkey solutions to our customers. We now have six patented machines, and we continue to do more R&D work.

Contacts: Öznur Sarızeybek, director of sales & general coordinator, Denizli/Turkey, oznur.sarizeybek@ frekansmakina.com

WJI: Why are you a first-time Interwire exhibitor?

Sarızeybek: We have been attended fairs in Germany for more than 10

years. Especially over the last few years, there as been big increasing demand from North, Central and South American manufacturers in the cable industry, and we want to expand our network and share our product range with the whole continent. That’s why we decided to attend this year’s exhibition.

WJI: What type(s) of innovation will you present?

Sarızeybek: We have added multicore screening to our central stranding machine, alongside armoring and stranding. There is also a larger diameter range, significant savings in power consumption and the ability to use more than one material (copper, aluminum, steel, tin-coated copper and multi-core copper wires.

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info@cableconsultantscorp.com

USA Booth 350

Exhibiting: Acting as a representative for leading European companies producing wire drawing and shaving, cabling, stranding, take-ups and payoffs, coilers, drum packers, semi and automatic spooling/re-spooling/ re-winding, extrusion lines, cleaning and annealing lines for ferrous and nonferrous wire, wire-rope, electrical and fiber optic conductors. The European companies include GIMAX Srl, vom Hagen & Funke GmbH, GEO-Reinigungstechnik

GmbH, MALI GmbH, Nexans Deutschland GmbH, Harter Cabling

WJI: Why should attendees want to stop by your booth?

Sarızeybek: Attendees will have the unique opportunity of seeing our complete central stranding line in full and real-time operation. There will be live cable screening production in our Booth #1654, located just besides the Beer Garden. We believe that customers and visitors will get to know more about our company and our technology, which combines high engineering skills, top-notch manufacturing quality, and industry background and knowledge.

Machines GmbH, Vapormatt Ltd. and INDUCTION Srl.

Personnel: Mason McClaugherty, David Stein, Alex Stein, Mary Stein.

Calmec Precision Limited

Tel. 905-677-7976 ext. 201

www.calmec.com

pguy@calmec.com

Canada Booth 1651

film, textile, paper, fiber optics and other linear packaging applications.

CBC Metals Processing

Tel. 800-845-1134

www.cbcmetals.ca

randy_coupland@hotmail.com

Canada Booth 1517

CERSA-MCI

Tel. 33-4-4202-6044

www.cersa-mci.com

g.rocher@cersa-mci.com

France Booth 322

Exhibiting: Calmec specializes in engineered armoring solutions: process-driven machinery for the continuous roll-forming of metallic strip to produce armored cables, flexible conduit, down-well ESP cables and hoses, as well as components of deep-sea umbilicals. Included in the process: taping machines, cater pullers and capstans, dancer-accumulators, payoffs and take-ups and vision monitoring systems.

Personnel: Marc Fitzner, Paul McMillen.

Carris Reels, Inc.

Tel. 802-773-9111

www.carris.com

elizabeth.sailer@carris.net

USA Booth 620

Exhibiting: CBC Metals supplies slit and edged copper, aluminum, steel and laminated foil materials for the cable industry. We regularly process material as thin as .002 in. to as thick as .187 in., in widths from .125 in. to 48 in. Products are shipped from our North American processing facility DDP to your door. We offer expedited service with no minimums and encourage prototype samples for new product development. CBC Metals is ISO 9001 certified, RoHS and REACH compliant. Stop by and meet us: we would like the opportunity to add you to our list of cable customers.

Cemanco LC

Tel. 954-970-3099

www.cemanco.com

sales@cemanco.com

USA Booth 1411

Exhibiting: CERSA-MCI is a world-leading manufacturer of measuring devices for fine wire, cable and optical fiber industries. Since 1981, CERSA has provided solutions based on advanced technologies to help customers enhance their production quality.

Chase Wire & Cable Materials

Tel. 781-332-0700

www.chasecorp.com

lhight@chasecorp.com

USA Booth 218

Exhibiting: Carris Reels is a 100% employee-owned manufacturing company, with several plants located throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Customized packaging solutions manufactured and recycled by Carris Reels include nailed wood, plywood, plastic, wood/metal, hardboard, hybrid and stamped metal reels. Reels manufactured by Carris are intended for wire, cable, cordage, chain, hose, tubing, strip connectors,

Exhibiting: Cemanco LC provides high-quality machinery, accessories and consumables, dedicated customer service and application advice. This includes winding systems and electro-magnetic dancers for superfine materials; KMK rolling ring traverses; wire and rod straighteners; replacement rollers with custom grooves and ceramic or TC hard coating; roller-guide systems, ceramics; high-quality drawing cones; capstans and rings in zirconium oxide; solid tungsten carbide wear parts; and hydraulic and pneumatic cutters.

Personnel: Troy Holdsworth, Rafael Carrasco.

Exhibiting: Chase Corporation offers one of the most comprehensive ranges of cable component materials of any global supplier. Products include a wide range of multi-ply shielding tapes, heat seal and pressure-sensitive coated films and laminates, foil-free edge tapes, screening tapes, marker identification tapes, water-blocking tapes and yarns, and a full range of non-conductive and semi-conductive tapes for MV, HV and EHV cable designs. Industry recognized brand names include Chase and Sons®, NEPTAPE®, FIREFITE®, HIGHDRAW®, AquaBlok®, Slicktape®, Powerline®, Dualite® microspheres and Chase BlH2Ock® strand fill compounds.

Chemetall/BASF

Tel. 908-644-2803

chemetall.com

steve.oznowich@basf.com

USA Booth 1523

Exhibiting: Chemetall is a global leader in the manufacturing and development of cleaning, coating and lubricating chemistry for the wire industry. Chemetall will be promoting the cost effectiveness and quality of their chemistry and complete chemical processes.

Why is our company a WAI Platinum sponsor?

At Carris Reels, we recognize the immense value that WAI provides to our industry. Events like Interwire give us a chance to reconnect with customers and friends alike. WAI is also a fantastic educational tool. Beyond its catalogue of online resources, it provides key insights on where our industry is headed. It also allows our company to continually look for improvements and identify those that can be implemented at Carris. We are proud to continue as sponsors of the WAI, now and in the future.

Exhibiting: Cimteq, a leading design and manufacturing software provider for the global wire and cable manufacturing industry, is now part of UL Solutions, a global leader in applied safety science. Cimteq strengthens UL Solutions’ software capabilities to better serve customers across the product life cycle. The Cimteq by UL Solutions suite of software empowers manufacturers to plan, control and streamline design and manufacturing processes, enhancing product safety and easing compliance challenges. It achieves this by optimizing manufacturing operations using the latest IIoT technology to simplify the complex management of cable design data to the delivery of the full BOM into ERP.

Clifford Engineering

(See AWT Machinery.)

Clinton Instrument Co.

Tel. 860-669-7548

Personnel: Steve Oznowich, Chris Porada, Jack McAfee, Neil Lowdon.

Cheng I Wire Machinery Co., Ltd.

Tel. 886-6-2898013

www.cheng-i.com

sales@cheng-i.com

Taiwan Booth 755

Exhibiting: Cheng I is a professional manufacturer and trading company of technology that includes: wire-drawing machines, auto spot welding machines, automatic pickling lines, wire straightening-and-cutting machines and wire-welding machines. This equipment can be provided as turn-key plants, with a technology transfer to customers. Strict quality control is provided for each stage of the production process, from design and manufacture to completion, all accomplished under one roof.

Chengdu Centran Industrial Co., Ltd.

Tel. 39-08076710

www.china-centran.com

market@china-centran.com

China Booth 1837

Exhibiting: Centran is a leading global supplier of excellent raw materials for cable and wire industry. Set up in 1997, we are one of the biggest Chinese manufacturers of water-blocking tape, water-blocking yarn and polyester yarn, marking tape and PET tape, etc. Our capacity is 5000 mt for water-blocking tape and yarn. With a strong emphasis on quality and customer satisfaction, our company is ISO 9002 & ISO 14001 certified, and has become one of the most reliable sources of quality products in international market.

Personnel: Jonathan Yang, Jukka Kohtala, Joonas Kohtala.

Cimteq by UL Solutions

Tel. 44-1978-664215

www.cimteq.com

info@cimteq.com

U.K. Booth 1512

www.clintoninstrument.com

support@clintoninstrument.com

USA Booth 800

Exhibiting: The Clinton Instrument Company—specialists in spark test technology for the wire and cable industry, and inventor of the high frequency sine wave spark tester— has introduced its latest line of spark testers, the B-Series. At the show, Clinton will be exhibiting examples of the new B-Series spark testers.

CM Furnaces Inc.

Tel. 973-338-6500

www.cmfurnaces.com

jneill@cmfurnaces.com

USA Booth 1502

Exhibiting: CM Furnace will display its complete line of continuous annealing furnaces. Common materials are stainless steel, nickel alloys, titanium, copper, nitinol, molybdenum and tungsten. Our temperature range is between 500°C (932°F) to 1750°C (3182°F). The furnaces are utilized for wire, strip and tubing. We service a size range of .002 in to .750 in. The furnaces are in a multitube configuration. They are capable

Alberto Aguilar President & CEO Carris Reels, Inc.

PLATINUM SPONSOR

PRODUCT Showcase

Axjo America: Growing big and green!

Axjo America is growing, and so is the product base: at Interwire we will introduce you to our new U.S.made reels. The range of reels are manufactured from polymer materials that satisfy and exceed the demands made on equivalent products made of plywood and wood. They can be used for a wide range of product applications, including building wires, telecom wires, fiber-optic cables and microducts.

So, what makes them special? Our reels stem from our Greenology Concept that gives our customers added value and support in a world where specially adapted and environmentally optimized solutions are stan-

dard. Greenology is the result of our long-term aspiration to be a sustainable global partner. With a market presence in 58 countries and production units in four different locations around the world, we strive to minimize our carbon footprint.

We seek new opportunities to develop products, production methods and production facilities for a better circular society by using recycled materials and contributing to a closed loop. Best part? Greenology materials have up to 78% lower footprint compared to virgin materials!

Axjo has exceptional knowledge, high-tech production methods and U.S. made products, but it also seeks

to be a positive presence in the world we live in. A packaging solution from Axjo is developed here and now, designed to work today and in the future.

of a hydrogen or inert atmosphere. Both custom and standard furnaces are available.

CMEC International Exhibition Ltd.

Tel. 86-1063-368263

sales@chinakangrui.com

China Booth 1070

Commission Brokers Inc.

Tel. 401-943-3777

www.commissionbrokers.com

mkenner.commissionbrokers@cox.

net USA Booth 1501

Exhibiting: We will display photos and brochures of currently available used equipment as well as information relating to the company’s appraisal, liquidation, consignment and auction capabilities. Martin Kenner, with 50 years of service to the wire industry, specializes in nonferrous wire and cable equipment, braiding machinery, plus wire harness, assembly, and processing

machinery, from individual components to completes facilities.

Concertina Ltd.

Tel. 90-5451510106

www.concertina.com.tr

Turkey Booth 669

Exhibiting: Concertina Ltd. is a leader in the Turkish wire products industry. The company produces razor wire, concertina wire, wire mesh, barbed wire, hexagonal wire, panel fence, chain link fence and other fences. MWM Technic is a co-partner of the Concertina company in Turkey, which produces wire machines.

CONDAT

Tel. 330478073711

www.condatcorp.com

inquiries@condatcorp.com

USA/France Booth 1508

Exhibiting: CONDAT’s lubricants range is recognized as a world reference in the wire drawing processes and offers the widest choice of soaps, surface treatment products, neat and soluble oils. Because each wire drawing plant is different, CONDAT experts develop lubricants answering your specific needs and guide you to the best lubrication strategy. CONDAT provides you support towards a responsible performance. For wire drawing, it offers 40 eco-designed lubricants rated through its self-scoring Lubriscore®. Particular attention is paid to the raw materials used in formulas, which do not include CMR components and limit as much as possible the use of hazardous ones.

BOOTH 661

Axjo is committed to serving the wire and cable industry on more than one level.

Confex Technology Ltd

Tel. 44-1202881466

angus@confexuk.com

U.K. Booth 753

Exhibiting: Our technology for continuous rotary technology.

Conneaut Industries Inc.

Tel. 401-392-1110

www.conneaut.com

russ@conneaut.com

USA Booth 521

Exhibiting: Since 1930, Conneaut Industries has been an industryleading converter of specialty yarn products. Conneaut has an extensive customer base in North America, and an international presence providing customer-based solutions for each individual need. Conneaut has developed process expertise in precision winding, twisting and plying of all textiles types to achieve specific customer solutions. Materials typically used are fiberglass, aramids, cotton, polyester, nylon, UHMW, PTFE-coated fiberglass and many other specialty man-made and natural fibers. Markets served include electrical wire and cable, magnet wire, telecommunication, automotive, aerospace, oil and gas, sporting goods, military, marine, durable goods and medical.

Conoptica AS

Tel. 47-72830150

www.conoptica.com

conoptica@conoptica.com

Norway Booth 461

Exhibiting: Since 1995 Conoptica has offered high accuracy systems for drawing die measurement. Come and see our advanced measurement systems: CU6S, CU20 and CU11S. Measure round dies fast and efficiently. Advanced bearing symmetry analysis. Detailed shaped dies measurement. Measure drawing dies with diameters from 0.00079 to 2.126 in. (0.020 to 54.00 mm).

Personnel: Kjell E. Johnsen, Andrea Pizzorno.

Continental Cordage

Tel. 315-243-3800

www.internationalwire.com

sales@internationalwire.com

USA Booth 1514

Exhibiting: Continental Cordage, a business unit of Bare Wire Division of International Wire, is a leading U.S. manufacturer of braided wire products for a wide range of commercial, military, and industrial applications. Our portfolio includes braided sleeving products, braided ground strap, braided wire for flexible connectors, and bobbins for braiders.

Continuus-Properzi SpA

Tel. 39-002.98.84.921

www.properzi.com

Italy Booth 1631

Exhibiting: Born in the late 1940s as a result of innovation, ContinuusProperzi pioneered the process of continuous casting and rolling of nonferrous wire rod. This innovative spirit has continued for more than 70 years; it is ingrained in our DNA. Properzi technology revolutionized the nonferrous wire rod production process, from the many process and equipment innovations we have introduced such as Vert-Melt and Vert-Ref furnace sets, self-annealing microrolling, and Pro-Form rotary extrusion to the IULIUS 4.0 automation functionalities, to our Smart e-Commissioning method, to our technical consultancy services, Continuus-Properzi has always provided state-of-the-art technology and unparalleled customer service.

Controle Mesure Systemes, Inc.

Tel. 347-684-9941

www.cmseddyscan.com

sales@cmseddyscan.com

USA Booth 969

Exhibiting: CMS Group is a 35-yearold leading manufacturer of eddy current and ultrasonic non-destructive testing equipment. The company is composed of Controle Mesure Systemes (French HQ), CMS Inc. (USA) and Sofratest. We provide the most advanced NDT technologies to improve your safety, productivity, and quality. Our expertise and in-house manufacturing capabilities allow us to offer tailor-made solu-

tions for wire inspection. Whether you need a custom probe, a contactless rotary head, or a turnkey equipment, we can manufacture it.

Personnel: Hugo Malagutti.

Coseco

Tel. 39-080601509

www.mflgroup.com/en/brand/ coseco

sales@mflgroup.com

Italy Booth 411

Exhibiting: The Coseco brand belongs to the MFL Group. Coseco, along with plants for treating the surface of steel wire, supplies lines for electrolytic coating of copper wire, plants for continuous pickling of welded tubes in stainless steel, plants for regenerating sulphuric acid, systems and devices for fume suction and washing.

CRU

(See NTB International Private Limited.)

CSM METALURJI Imalat San. ve Muh. Ltd. Sti.

Tel. 90-212-858-18-06

www.csmmetal.com.tr

info@csmmetal.com.tr

Turkey Booth 221

Exhibiting: CSM supplies cleaning and plating systems, galvanizing lines, heat-treating equipment, dry-drawing machines, micro cassette rolling machines, coilers, spoolers, wire rod payoffs, spool/coil payoffs, mechanical descalers, accumulators, power systems, capstan frames, motor controls and drives, and more.

Delesun Inc.

Tel. 540-998-0700

www.delesungp.com

tanezhao@delesungp.com

USA Booth 1843 See p. 116

Exhibiting: Seesun, the parent company of Delesun Inc., has produced polymer material for more than 20 years, specializing in developing and producing high grade of polymer

composite material applying for multiple industrial applications. Among its branch of product lines, those made for power cable industry have taken much vital position. The relevant products group include silicone composite compound, calendared silicone and reinforced fabric sheet and patented fire and high temperature-resistant compound and textile sheet lines. Delesun was launched by Seesun to be its exclusive supplier for the American market. It is focused on exploring and providing products solutions and services to the markets in America. See p. 116 for more about Delesun, a first-time Interwire exhibitor.

Delta Tecnic

Tel. 603-365-1832

www.deltatecnic.com

Spain Booth 1639

FIRST-TIME Exhibitor

Exhibiting: Introducing Delta Tecnic as a global supplier for masterbatch formulations for the wire and cable industry. Our new state-of-the-art production and technical facility in Querétaro, Mexico, signifies our commitment to the North American industry to provide the color concentrates they need for automotive, telecom, high temperature, fiber optics, energy and industrial cable markets. With headquarters in Spain, Delta Tecnic has the capabilities to serve global wire and cable manufacturers.

DEM SpA

Tel. 39-0432-867611

www.demgroup.com

TSM Control Systems, Inc.: introducing its new & most effective blending equipment

Description: TSM Control Systems, Inc. provides innovative end-to-end solutions in gravimetric blending, controls and material management. We use real-time data to ensure exceptional quality and drive efficiency for our customers while exceeding their performance expectations. Our responsive approach keeps our projects on time and within budget.

Contact: Peter Sloan, US Sales Manager, tel. 770-886-6630, Sales@us.tsm-controls.com

WJI: Why are you a first-time Interwire exhibitor?

Sloan: TSM has 45 years of industry experience and knowledge to offer the wire and cable industry. Feedback from our customer base is exceptional with industry leaders looking towards TSM for solution-based product offerings. We view Interwire as a chance to meet face to face with current and future customers.

WJI: What type(s) of innovation will you present?

Sloan: We will present the Opti-Mix 100 Gravimetric Blender with our unique patented reverse mixing auger which provides accurate and superior mixing with no separation. Our Opti-

info@demgroup.com

Italy Booth 1159

Exhibiting: DEM provides equipment for the production of flat and shapes made in steel, copper or aluminum; for cold rolled or stretched reinforcing wire; for calibration and annealing of IT spring wire; for forming of cored wire. Coilers, spoolers or bar bundle facilities complement the lines to collect the end products. DEM delivers full automation controls and WireUp, an IoT custom package.

Davis-Standard

(See Maillefer Extrusion Oy.)

Die Quip Corp.

Tel. 412-833-1662

www.diequip.com

tmaxwelljr@diequip.com

USA Booth 1101

Mix gravimetric batch blender product range can blend up to 12 materials and handle a throughput up to 10,000 lbs/hr.

WJI: Why should attendees want to stop by your booth?

Sloan: TSM provides solutions for the problems facing the wire and cable industry. We offer a full range of auxiliary equipment and full turnkey system solutions. Visitors who speak to our sales engineers will get a true understanding of who TSM is and what we have to offer the industry. We look forward to the show and meeting with today’s industry leaders.

BOOTH 754

Exhibiting: Die Quip will feature several of our innovative cutters for wire, cable and chain solutions to eliminate manual, hazardous and abrasive operations. Our cutting line includes Knipex pliers and hand tools, Krenn triangle-blade bolt cutters that are air-powered, battery or electro-hydraulic, and KMAX full hydraulic cutters. We can also help you solve your die-making problems with innovative equipment, training and operating procedures to produce consistent high quality dies.

Domeks Makine Ltd. Sti.

Tel. 90-282-747-60-93

www.domeksmakine.com/

info@domeksmakine.com

Turkey Booth 1211

Exhibiting: Automated coiling/spooling lines, multi-purpose compounding lines.

DRT Impianti Srl

Tel. 39-0348-790-2875

info@drtimpianti.com

Italy Booth 1141

in., and work best with our multi-position driven payoffs and in-line tape payoff. We will also display our patented auto-splicing tape payoff for extruder lines. The longitudinal-taping system performs unattended on-the-fly splicing. Available with patented “zero-angle tape exit” for traversed pads unwinding the tape always at 90°, it has PLC control VFD drives and can run at speeds up to 1,500 fpm.

EBNER Furnaces, Inc.

Tel. 330-335-1600

www.ebner.cc

sales@ebnerfurnaces.com

USA Booth 1519

wrap and protect the world of cables. We are experts in creating and manufacturing both non-ferrous and plastic laminates for cable shielding. Our R&D department is available and willing to develop and deliver your customized solution. Thanks to our constant endeavors to find innovative materials, our laminates successfully fulfill the increasing requirements for electrical and electrostatic insulation. We manufacture both standard and unique materials, tailored to our customers’ needs. Our items are developed according to their specific requests and produced with full certified traceability.

Exhibiting: DRT supplies automatic pickling plants for wire rod as well as services and assistance needed for the life of a modern and efficient pickling house.

Dynamex Corp.

Tel. 310-497-7074

www.dynamexcorp.com

bbravin@dynamexcorp.com

USA Booth 1618

Exhibiting: Dynamex is proud to display an advanced, hi-speed single-twist cabler with an intuitive color touchscreen HMI. The cutting-edge STC-30RD-T model has floor-level reel unloading. Our single-twisters are available up to 48

Exhibiting: Visit EBNER to learn about the company’s HICON/H2® technology that revolutionized annealing ferrous and nonferrous rod and wire coils, and our latest innovations—SABRE, E3, and Industry 4.0. EBNER’s global technology leadership has 400+ HICON/H2® bell annealers that process more than four million metric tons a year to exacting quality standards worldwide (100+ companies). HICON/H2® technology, utilizing up to 100% hydrogen, provides up to 70% higher throughput; superior, consistent mechanical properties maximizing product yields; an ultra-clean surface; and up to 26% energy savings. Leading processors also choose this technology for elimination or reduction of pickling, a high degree of automation, low annealing costs and outstanding equipment reliability.

Effegidi International Spa

Tel. 39-0521-319311

www.effegidi.com

sales@howarequipment.com

Italy Booth 867

Elkem, Inc.

Tel. 732-566-1700

www.elkem-inc.net

jklawrence@elkem-inc.net

USA Booth 301

Exhibiting: Elkem, Inc., is an industry leader in high-performance bare and plated wire for demanding applications within the aerospace, defense, medical and industrial industries. From R&D to full volume production, we offer bespoke solutions not available anywhere else on the market. Additional value-add solutions include: toll electroplating, electropolishing, straightening and cutting, mandrel manufacturing, parts forming, ultrasonic cleaning, analytical testing, and more.

Enercon Industries

Tel. 262-255-6070

www.enerconind.com

mplantier@enerconmail.com

USA Booth 751

Exhibiting: Effegidi is a leader in the expertise and production of high-quality laminates to shield,

Exhibiting: Enercon surface treaters enable ink jet printing on a wide variety of materials used in the wire and cable industry. Ink jet printing enables digital print flexibility, faster changeovers and ease of use. However, not all materials successfully bond with inks. Enercon’s in-line atmospheric plasma treaters clean, etch and functionalize surfaces to promote ink adhesion, improve quality and productivity. Visit our booth to see our Blown-ion™ Series plasma technology in operation.

Why is our company a WAI Elite sponsor?

At COPPERWORKS, our singular focus on manufacturing copper rod and wire helps us provide the highest quality products for our customers. Every day, we apply our copper expertise and can-do culture to deliver products that work for our customers. SDI LaFarga COPPERWORKS™ is proud to be a WAI Elite Sponsor. Interwire allows us to network and directly meet with our customer base to discuss industry changes and new prod ucts. The ability to meet with these customers in a relaxed environment makes it ideal for both sides. It’s an honor to be a part of this great event!

Kurt Breischaft President

ENKOTEC Company, Inc.

Tel. 440-349-2800

www.enkotec.com

enkotec@enkotec.com

USA Booth 1049

Exhibiting: As a world leading manufacturer of wire-nail making machinery, ENKOTEC will be showcasing the latest generation of its ENKOnail+ nail making machine, ENKOroll thread rolling machine, ENKOsmart software platform, Digital Manual and collating equipment. The product presentations will be conducted via the ENKOlive online live stream platform directly from the ENKOTEC headquarters, having a fully operational in-line setup. You can have a detailed dialogue with our experts—both on-site and off-site—and get insights into how ENKOTECs Industry 4.0 enabled equipment can maximize production efficiency.

ERA Wire Inc.

Tel. 203-933-0480

www.erawire.com

rich@erawire.com

USA Booth 300

Exhibiting: More than just wire “Straightening and Cutting,” ERA has grown in order to be a one-stop

shop for all your wire needs. We offer wire straightening and cutting service from .0005-1.00 in. round, flat and shaped materials for any length and tolerance; wire distribution; centerless grinding; parts and tooling, as well as used, rebuilt or reconditioned wire machinery. On site warehouse and in-house thrufeed center-less grinding allows us to provide our customers with exact diameters with desired surface finishes with short lead times. We also have an extensive inventory of precut stainless steel wire for the medical and aerospace industries.

Esteves Group USA

Tel. 800-325-7989

www.estevesgroup.com

sales@estevesgroup.us.com

USA Booth 1004

Exhibiting: Wire die solutions.

Eurobend GmbH

Tel. 49-911-9498980

www.eurobend.com

sales@eurobend.com

Germany Booth 222

Exhibiting: Eurobend provides innovative and cost-effective solutions for the wire industry through its wide range of CNC bending

machines, wire flatteners and straighten-and-cut systems as well as welding lines using the latest technology with user-friendly software and advanced operations monitoring systems, and more.

Eurodraw Wire Equipment Srl

Tel. 39-02-939631

ewe.reception@eurowire.com

www.eurowire.com

Italy Booth 367

Exhibiting: Eurodraw Wire Equipment is a company specialized in designing and manufacturing equipment dedicated to the steel wire industry. We design high performance wire processing equipment and custom made equipment to fulfill any requirement of the wire industry. These include dry and wet drawing machines for the most unique and diversified applications and various steel grades. Dry drawing machines are suitable for high and low carbon steel wire as well as stainless steel. Our wet drawing machines are available with nine up to 28 drafts and in various configurations. Our process lines include: patenting lines, annealing lines, hot-dip galvanizing lines, pickling lines, electro-plating lines configured either as single wire or multi wire lines. Our process lines can be combined with a wide range of payoffs and take-ups to suit every type of package requirement.

Eurolls SpA

Tel. 39-0432-796511

www.eurolls.com

Italy Booth 670

Exhibiting: Steel and tungsten carbide rolls for the production of construction and industrial wire. Rolling cassettes and a large range of VITARI, TEUREMA and EUROLLS BRAND machinery for the wire industry. We will also have information on our new coating division, where we have developed technolo-

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gies that help customers improve the life of tooling by at least 30%.

Eurowire and Wire & Cable ASIA magazines

Tel. 44-1926-834684

www.intras.co.uk

jason@intras.co.uk

U.K. Booth 1841

Exhibiting: INTRAS is the world’s largest multi-media service company for the wire and cable, tube and pipe and fastener industries. We serve producers, manufacturers, suppliers and users of related wire, tube and fastener products, machinery, equipment and ancillaries.

EVG

Tel. 212-697-0770

www.evg.com/en

d.salmon@evg-usa.com

USA Booth 1010

Exhibiting: EVG offers some of the finest and most productive wire mesh welding plants and rebar pro-

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cessing equipment in the world. EVG also manufactures and supplies equipment for the production of gratings, truss girders and wire straightening and cutting machines.

Extrusion Control & Supply, Inc.

Tel. 770-784-7515

www.extrusioncontrol.com

michaelw@extrusioncontrol.com

USA Booth 1718

Exhibiting: Since 1997, Extrusion Control & Supply, Inc., has provided supplies and support to over a thousand polymer extrusion customers worldwide, many of whom are in the wire and cable industry. From lowto no-minimum orders on extruder screens and a large inventory of cross head die heaters, temperature and pressure sensors, breaker plates and euro plugs, we are a valuable partner to any wire-coating company.

Mega Metal: A top-rated Turkish wire maker

Description: Mega Metal, a pioneer of copper wire production, has manufactured oxygen-free electrolytic copper wire in Turkey for more than 30 years. It has installed annual capacity of 50,000 metric tons, and is a world leader in superfine copper wire production capacity.

Contact: Deputy General Manager, Sales & Marketing, R. Yiğit Çetindağ, yigit.cetindag@megametal.com.tr

WJI: Why are you a first-time Interwire exhibitor?

Çetindağ: With our increasing superfine wire capacity and new investments in different product

groups, such as silver-plated copper wire, we view Interwire as an excellent opportunity to meet with cable manufacturers in U.S. region and discuss solutions for their unique needs.

WJI: What type(s) of innovation will you present?

Çetindağ: Silver-plated copper wires and superfine wire solutions.

WJI: Why should attendees want to stop by your booth?

Çetindağ: We are recognized for our excellence. Mega Metal consistently makes the list of Turkey’s Top 500 Industrial Enterprises, coming in at #100 on the 2021 list. We have more

Fabpro Polymers, AKA Great Lakes Polymer

Tel. 612-963-8239

www.fabpropolymers.com

al.mullenbach@glpolymers.com

USA Booth 1055

Exhibiting: Fabpro Polymers manufactures a wide range of polypropylene cable fillers with a variety of packaging options suitable for all types of cabling machines. Bigfoot™ packaging, 70-90 pound spools of continuous filler, is designed for high-volume manufacturing where manufacturing uptime is valuable and packaging waste is minimized. Cablemax™ fillers are available in slit film and monofilament construction, offering two specific types of filling characteristics. The fillers are supplied in continuous knot-free lengths to ensure trouble-free cable making can be supplied on paper centers or without paper centers.

than 600 dedicated employees who carry out our core values of reliability, flexibility and innovation.

We proudly offer products globally to sectors such as energy generation and distribution, electricity, electronics, communication, renewable energy, household appliances, white goods, special industrial applications (robotics), aviation and automotive.

Stop by to meet the Mega Metal team, to not only see our products but to learn more about us. We look forward to visitors at the show!

BOOTH 522

Cablemax™ fillers are available in a flame retardant per ASTM 2863 specifications.

Personnel: Al Mullenbach.

Fabritex Inc.

Tel. 706-376-6584

www.fabritex.com

customerservice@fabritex.com

USA Booth 950

Exhibiting: We provide metal fabrication solutions, specializing in wire-drawing equipment components, annealing stems, stem packs, wire carries, tubular products and structural fabrication with a wide range of capability. This includes laser services, CNC press breaks, CNC machining and CNC forming of tubular products. We are veteran-owned and family-held since 1992. Call the Fabritex family for all of your metal fabrication needs.

Personnel: Lee Adams, Brook McClincy.

Fenn LLC

Tel. 860.259.6600

www.fenn-torin.com

sales@fenn-torin.com

USA Booth 951

Exhibiting: Since 1900, FENN has been a leading provider of a variety of wire flattening, shaping and drawing equipment. From rolling mills, swagers, Turks heads and drawbenches to spring coilers and wire flattening and shaping equipment, FENN’s products can be combined or customized to suit applications for many different industries. Automation integration and a variety of ancillary options can be included to increase productivity, safety and profitability. Every piece of FENN equipment is proudly designed and built in the USA. Wondering how a FENN machine could benefit your business? Stop by FENN’s booth to discuss the perfect solution with our experts.

Fil-Tec, Inc.

Tel. 800-258-5052

www.fil-tec.com

bsmith@fil-tec.com

USA Booth 651

Exhibiting: Fil-Tec, Inc., is a technical fiber company manufacturing innovative products in Washington County, Maryland, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Fil-Tec has been innovating the fibers of your home, work and play for over 40 years. Our cable and fiber optic technical yarns help deliver electricity, internet and mobile phone service to people and businesses worldwide. Fil-Tec,

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committed to improving the fibers of your life.

Personnel: Ricardo Hernandez, Christine Lovett.

Filtertech Inc.

Tel. 315-682-8815

www.filtertech.com/ lisac@filtertech.com

USA Booth 852

Flymca, Fluidos Y Mecanicas Cantabria S.L.(FLYMCA)

Tel. 34-942-559-855

www.flymca.com

mlg@flymca.com

Spain Booth 1350

Exhibiting: FLYMCA manufactures rotating machinery for production of conductors and cables for the power sector, control and instrumentation, telecommunication, submarine, offshore and umbilical, transformer cables, steel strands and ropes. Its sister company, FLYRO, sells used equipment.

wire, and copper wire. We make quality visible.

Fort Wayne Wire Die, Inc.

Tel. 260-747-1681

www.fwwd.com

sales@fwwd.com

USA Booth 1331

Exhibiting: Since 1969, Filtertech has serviced the wire industry by providing complete coolant and water filtration and waste disposal systems. These systems are custom designed for drawing coolant, aluminum rod drawing oil, annealer quench, caster roll coolant, caster water, CV water and other associated process coolant and water applications. Filtertech strives to exceed our customer’s expectations by supplying quality equipment and servicing that equipment for the life of the process.

Fine International Corp.

Tel. 732-933-0040

www.fineinternational.net

finesales@gmail.com

USA Booth 866

Exhibiting: Fine International will operate braid wire rewinding machinery throughout Interwire. Booth engineering personnel will be available to provide literature and discuss our complete machinery line. That includes: wire handling equipment (payoffs, capstans, accumulator/dancers, take-ups), extrusion equipment, stranders and bunchers, vertical and horizontal braiders, vertical and horizontal taping equipment, non-contact and contact inductive preheaters and custom machinery. We also offer raw materials, including separating and shielding tapes, as well as process reels and other process accessories.

FMS USA Inc.

Tel. 847-519-4400

www.fms-technology.com

fmsusa@fms-technology.com

USA Booth 405

Exhibiting: FMS will showcase the company’s RTMX42.BC brake control system for closed loop tension control on stranding machines. A functional system will be on display. Tension data is wirelessly transmitted off of the machine for integration into either a PC or PLC. Possibilities include data logging, graphing, tension limit alarms, etc. In addition, a functional RTM MP telemetry system will be available for review that uses wireless technology to replace the slip rings for encoder, digital and tension signals on bow style machinery. Also on display will be a selection of force sensors and amplifiers (with EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT and PROFINET interfaces).

Foerster Instruments Inc.

Tel. 412-788-8976

www.foerstergroup.com/en/ gornek.kristin@foerstergroup.com

USA Booth 765

Exhibiting: Foerster, a leading manufacturer and supplier of nondestructive testing equipment, utilizes electromagnetic or eddy current test principles. Products range from simple hand-held instruments to sophisticated integrated test systems for in-line testing. We offer complete solutions for ferritic and austenitic steels, for hot wire, valve spring

Exhibiting: Fort Wayne Wire Die’s complete product line will be on display. That includes single-crystal diamond, poly-di polycrystalline diamond and nano diamond coated (DCD) wire-drawing dies as well as shaped profile dies, extrusion tips and dies, tungsten carbide round hole and shaped profile dies, Poly-Strand compacting, bunching and stranding dies, Di-Pro diamond powder and compound, and miscellaneous wear parts for the wire, cable and tube industries. The company also offers a full line of equipment for die maintenance and more.

Personnel: Brad Scherer, John Downey, Byron Philipson, Tony Priutt, Logan Scherer, Tino Corral.

Frekans Makina San. ve Tic. A.S.

Tel. 90-0541-2880488

Turkey Booth 1654 See p. 84

Exhibiting: We will display a full central stranding line. Our company has more than 25 years of knowledge and experience in providing cable manufacturing machinery. We provide insulation lines, sheathing lines coarse wire drawing lines, central conductor stranding lines, shielding lines, drum twister lines, banding machines, transfer lines and modernization of all existing lines.

Frigeco USA Inc.

MFL USA Service Corp

Tel. 908-894-5801

www.mflgroup.com/en/brand/ frigeco

t.derosa@mflgroup.com

USA Booth 411

Exhibiting: The FRIGECO brand belongs to the Wire & Cable Machinery Division and is one of the two brands born and raised within MFL Group. Its origins date back to the late 1990s. Over the last 20

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years it has consolidated its position as a top brand for rod breakdown lines, intermediate drawing lines, multi-wire drawing lines, all kinds of rotating machinery, insulation lines, sheathing lines and many key auxiliary machines.

FUHR GmbH & Co. KG

Tel. 49 5233 38360-0

www.fuhr-wire.com

sales@fuhr-wire.com

Germany Booth 228

Exhibiting: FUHR develops highly specialized wire rolling mills for the widest range of industrial applications. As a supplier of complete turnkey solutions, we develop and construct tailor-made equipment and systems in close collaboration with our clients: systems that integrate seamlessly into existing processes on site. We are a third-generation, medium-sized, family-owned company that can look back on more than 75 years of know-how in the construction of rolling lines and special machinery. During the course of the past decades, we have become a leading partner of many industry sectors – from the automotive industry to medical technology.

Personnel: Volker Gerth, Benjamin Joachim.

Gateway Recovery Inc.

Tel. 828-635-8400

www.gatewayrecovery.net

don@gatewayrecovery.net

USA Booth 869

Exhibiting: Gateway Recovery is a full service metal recycling and processing facility that focuses on the wire and cable industry. We are an environmentally responsible operation that is under roof, SREA compliant, and a certified zero-runoff facility through NC DEQ. We have developed unique processes that range from large power cable on reels to specialty types of communication cable.

Gem Gravure Co., Inc.

Tel. 781-878-0456

www.gemgravure.com

asviokla@gemgravure.com

USA Booth 805

by a comprehensive analysis of all relevant parameters. Processes are tested in near production conditions at GEO’s test laboratory. GEO also produces machines that can coat drawn and finished welding wires to maintain their pristine nature.

GEON Performance Solutions

Exhibiting: Established in 1952, Gem pioneered marking systems for the wire and cable industry using patented wheel printing processes designed by Gem founder Joseph Gemelli. Gem CEO David Gemelli introduced the first ink jet printers to the wire and cable industry in the 1980s. Further expansion has added a full line of fluids compatible with all brands of continuous ink jet printers. We specialize in the design and production of the finest pigmented fluids in the market today. Our alphaJET ink jet printers can provide superior coding for industries ranging from food and beverage to automotive and pharmaceuticals.

GEO Reinigungstechnik GmbH

Tel. 49-2542-9555290

www.geo-reinigungstechnik.de/en

Germany Booth 350

Exhibiting: GEO Cleaning Technology. For more than two decades, GEO has explicitly dealt with the cleaning of various profiles of wire, ribbon, strand and cable, and today offers a complete range of aqueous and mechanical wire cleaning systems both for single and multi-wire applications. With mechanical cleaning, contamination is removed from the visible surface by using textiles, microfibers and brushes. GEO Systems with textiles or brushes are very effective, having small space requirements, and are easily integrated into existing processes for a very low cost, for predictable and dependable results. Aqueous cleaning can substantially remove contamination, even the smallest surface defects. Depending on the requirements, high-pressure nozzles, steam or ultrasonic modules are used individually or in combination. The recommendation for a suitable cleaning process is preceded

Tel. 561-946-5059

www.geon.com

USA Booth 1504

Exhibiting: In a growing world that is dependent on wire and cable, there’s a reason manufacturers rely on GEON Performance Solutions. Our 70+ years of experience and incredible technical breadth stand-out in the telecommunications, industrial, power and control, and emerging industries. Our history gives us the knowledge, experience and maturity to address the needs and challenges of our customers. Throughout our material design to manufacturing services, we are committed to continually innovating and expanding our offerings to support next-generation technologies that help our customers meet their goals for improved performance, better quality, lower total costs and sustainability.

Gimax Srl

Tel. 39-0444-551790

www.gimaxgroup.com

info@gimaxgroup.com

Italy Booth 1134

Exhibiting: Gimax will highlight the range of its wiredrawing equipment. It supplies drawing equipment for producing copper-based brazing wires, aluminum welding alloys, cobalt flux cored wire and titanium fine wire, stainless steel and more. The machinery includes both TRS wet drawbenches (spray type, not immersed) and TRD dry drawbenches (with both vertically and horizontally mounted capstans), all of which are non-slip with individual motors for each capstan. Gimax drawbenches are designed to easily adapt to ferrous and nonferrous wires. Gimax also offers wire processing machinery: descaling, pickling, dry drawing and wet drawing

Why is our company a WAI Elite sponsor?

Encore Wire remains a committed partner and sponsor of the WAI. With our robust membership numbers and our ongoing event sponsorship, we are devoted to investing in our employees and the industry. In addition to its trade shows, there is no better industry resource than the WAI. With its deep pool of educational resources—from its basic Fundamentals course for new industry members to its technical papers and its coverage of the latest industry news—the Wire Association has it all.

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benches, chemical coppering tanks, shaving and peeling lines; and wire handling machinery: respooling, coiling and rewinding, drum packing and packaging machinery. We will show examples at our booth.

Personnel: Gianluca Marangoni, Enrico Romagnolo.

GMM Cable Machinery

Tel. 630-822-0113

www.gmm.com.tr

iselvili@gmm-usa.com

USA Booth 965

automation and controlling equipment with a deep focus on safety, ergonomics and reliability.

Personnel: Hasan Levent Selvili.

GMP Slovakia sro Tel. 42-9156-6280211

www.gmp-slovakia.com

sales@gmp-slovakia.com

Slovak Republic Booth 761

Exhibiting: GMP Slovakia is a worldwide leader in the production of steel reels, drums, take-apart reels and handling equipment for the wire and cable industry. The company has two plants, in Europe and in India.

Personnel: Federica Gatti, Livio Ruggenenti.

extrusion systems and specialized turnkey systems for automotive, industrial, construction, packaging, wire and cable, durable goods, graphics and healthcare industries. GEC is a privately held company located in York, Pennsylvania.

Guill Tool & Engineering Co. Tel. 401-828-7600

bconley@guill.com

USA Booth 618

Exhibiting: Guill Tool & Engineering, a leading manufacturer of extrusion tooling, will display its bullet series crossheads to the wire and cable industry. These crossheads are fixed center, have no hardware, and includes our patented cam lock feature that facilitates lightning fast tool changes and crosshead cleaning. Additional designs on display include our multi-layer nylon/PVC and multi-layer CV crossheads.

W. Gillies Technologies LLC

Tel. 508-852-2502

www.wgillies.com

mspencer@wgillies.com

USA Booth 500

Exhibiting: GMM-USA, a subsidiary of GMM (Guven Muhendislik Makina) Cable Machinery, produces high quality fiber optic and power cable production lines for more than 20 years. These include stranding lines, rewinding lines, jacketing lines, tubing lines and individual equipment such as caterpillars, cooling troughs, capstans, accumulators, extruders, take-ups and payoffs. We also produce heavy duty submarine grade take-ups and payoffs up to 100 tons, and caterpillars up to six tons. GMM also produces state-of-the-art

Graham Engineering Company, LLC Tel. 717-505-4810

www.grahamengineering.com

USA Booth 324

Exhibiting: The global standard in single-screw extrusion, Graham Engineering Corporation (GEC) has more than 50 years of experience meeting and exceeding our customers’ needs. GEC has provided machinery solutions in over 70 countries across many forms of extrusion. The company’s solutions comprise standard and custom extrusion solutions spanning blow molding, sheet, single-screw extruders, feed screws,

Exhibiting: W. Gillies Technologies, LLC, a member of the RSD Group, offers a full line of equipment for marking and printing on jacketed wire, cable, hose, tubing and extruded profiles. It specializes in contact Gravure printers, laser markers, ink jet guidance and line speed detection systems and guide roller assemblies. It also manufactures an extensive line of engraved printing wheels, indent wheels and embossing wheels. It will feature its CPLM 1064 high-speed laser marker.

H. Folke Sandelin AB (HFSAB)

Tel. 46-141-203630

www.hfsab.com

Sweden Booth 841

Exhibiting: HFSAB, from Motala, Sweden, a co-exhibitor with Niehoff Endex North America, Inc., supplies continuous lead extrusion equipment and know-how for trouble-free lead sheathing of cables requiring a perfect moisture barrier. Horizontal lead extruders are floor-standing,

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Vapormatt: wet-blasting machine offers many advantages for wire and cable surface prep

At Interwire, U.K.-based Vapormatt, will showcase its Profelis wet-blasting machine for wire and cable at the stand of Cable Consultants, its U.S. representative.

The Profelis has a unique blast gun manifold that ensures complete 360-degree finishing. Because the system works in-line with existing manufacturing, it’s capable of processing large quantities of wire and cable at speed.

It also features integrated rinsing and drying to ensure throughput is as rapid as possible. For wire products throughput can be significantly increased by Vapormatt’s patented micro gun technology. Multiple

strands of wire can be finished at the same time using a common wet blast slurry feed that is not only more productive but uses much less compressed air too.

The model is very effective at thoroughly cleaning finishing: overhead power cable, which is given a non-specular finish for improved current carrying capacity; aluminum and copper feeder wire, with imperfections and oxides completely removed prior to extrusion; steel wire, using graphite, with heat-scale completely removed in preparation for forming, machining and heat treatment; carding wire, removing all heat scale, grease,

discoloration and burrs, with carding teeth precisely honed for extra durability; and submarine communication wire, leaving a reactive surface that is perfect for bonding with an outer sheath layer.

For wire extrusion, Vapormatt offers the Cougar + wet blasting machine that is highly configurable for extrusion die cleaning.

BOOTH 350

easy to install, maintain and fully automatic. Die blocks cover a wide range (6 mm to 190 mm). The melting pot range 10, 18, 35 and 60 ton capacities. Additional equipment: the Cable Repair and Recovery System (CRRS) for removal of individual layers, HDPE outer jacket, lead sheath and triple-layer XLPE insulation, without causing damage to subsequent layers below, enabling the cable to be repaired/recovered. Harter’s products lines include supplies steel bow stranders, tubular stranders, single-twist bunchers and SZ stranders. Working with customers, it offers special constructions for wire and cable production.

Häfner & Krullmann GmbH

Tel. 49-5208-7004-157

www.hafner-spools.com

kunze@hafner-spools.com

Germany Booth 1821

Exhibiting: Häfner has stood for competence and innovation in the

manufacture of plastic spools for more than 60 years. If you cannot find what you are looking for among our more than 1,400 coil variants, we will accompany you from the application to the finished article. Häfner is your specialist for the development, design and production of coils using the injection molding process.

HARTER GmbH

Tel. 43-2689-20175

www.harter-machines.com

Austria Booth 350

Exhibiting: Harter’s products lines include steel bow stranders, tubular stranders, single-twist bunchers and SZ stranders. The company has more than 30 years of experience in machine-building. Working with customers, and using state-of-the-art 2D/3D CAD-Systems, it offers special constructions for wire and cable production.

Heany Industries Inc.

Tel. 585-889-2700

www.heany.com

cliffr@heany.com

USA Booth 1817

Exhibiting: We are a manufacturer of high-purity alumina and zirconia eyelets, guides, bushings, pulleys, etc., that extend the life of machinery components and reduce downtime. We provide wear-resistant thermal spray coatings to our stock line of aluminum pulleys, custom fabricated parts and customer parts.

Henrich Maschinenfabrik GmbH

Tel. 49-2772-5060

henrich-gmbh@henrich.net

Germany Booth 1306

Exhibiting: Henrich Maschinenfabrik GmbH, founded in the year 1960, is a leading supplier of machinery to the international wire and cable industry. Our highly motivated workforce in Herborn operates with commitment on behalf of a wide range of

A schematic of the blast manifold of the Vapormatt’s Profelis model.

customers. All Henrich products are “made in Germany.”

H-I-S Coatings

Tel. 405-232-2077

www.hispaint.com

jeremycox@hispaint.com

USA Booth 1819

Exhibiting: H-I-S Coatings offers a comprehensive assortment of water-reducible thermocouple bake enamels, hi-strength saturants, silicone hi-heat-resistant bake enamels, hi-strength acetone braid dyes, metal wire varnishes and lubes for the wire and cable industry. They are designed for product color identification, strong adhesion of the fiberglass braid to the wire, hi-heat applications and flexibility as well as fray, moisture, abrasion and pushback resistance.

Personnel: Jeremy Cox.

HONTA Inc.

Tel. 908-370-3117

hontainc.com

dzhang@hontainc.com

USA Booth 1011

Exhibiting: As a major supplier to wire cable manufacturers, Honta provides solutions in three main areas: wire-drawing equipment, bunching and stranding equipment, and cable shielding/armoring machines. We design and manufacture a wide range of wire and cable equipment: single and multiwire drawing machines, copper and aluminum rod breakdown machines, tinning/plating machines; double- and single-twist bunching machines, rigid stranders, tubular stranders, planetary stranders, SZ stranders, drum twisters; metal and non-metal taping machines, metal tape and tube forming and corrugating systems; payoffs and take-ups, capstans and caterpillars. We also provide cold and butt welders, drawing and annealing lubricants.

Howar Equipment Inc.

Tel. 905-669-4010

www.howarequipment.com

chrishauer@howarequipment.com

Canada Booth 1522

Exhibiting: HOWAR Equipment will showcase wire and cable manufacturing accessories manufactured by its European-represented manufacturers as well as its U.S. reel fabrication factory. Displayed products will include: steel reels, spools, carriers and reel-handling equipment; mechanical wire descalers, rotating dies, and scrap wire coilers; payoffs, take-ups and tension control equipment; extrusion crossheads, automatic color change systems and extrusion tooling; automatic cable cross-section measurement; reel movers and reel pushers; and foil laminated and Mylar separator tapes.

Personnel: Chris Hauer, Albeto Tononi, Bernd Klein, Markus Vizral, Stefan Askenfors, Francis Vanhaelewijn, Poul Ole Hansen, Rainer Erdhofer.

Huestis Industrial

Tel. 401-253-5500 ext. 102

www.huestisindustrial.com

sales@huestis.com

USA Booth 1815

Exhibiting: For more than 100 years, Huestis Industrial has built and supplied high-quality machines and ancillary equipment to industrial companies around the world.

ICT

(See Integrated Control Technologies.)

IDEAL Welding Systems

Tel. 815-874-4349

www.idealweld.com

idealweld@idealweld.com

USA Booth 1340

Exhibiting: At Interwire 2023, IDEAL will introduce its new generation of quick change-over mesh welder GAM116. You can also learn about our renowned CSR102 jigwelder. A servo driven welding machine for the flexible production of wire, sheet metal or a combination of different material products. We will be exhibiting the robust and reliable line of wire buttwelders for different applications such as coil joining of steel, aluminum and copper wires.

iiM AG measurement + engineering

Tel. 49-3681-455190

www.cable-measurement.com

visiocablepro.sales@iimag.de

Germany Booth 326

Exhibiting: VisioCablePro® provides high quality testing and measuring equipment for simplifying and improving tasks in any cable-testing laboratory or during the production process worldwide. For more than 20 years, VisioCablePro has specialized in highly accurate and user-friendly offline measuring devices for cable, hose and tube cross sections in combination with cable sample preparation devices for a perfectly parallel and smooth sample. Furthermore, the portfolio also provides equipment for material testing in a laboratory (e.g. material slicing, dumbbell cutting, heat elongation) and is finalized with software solutions to connect measuring devices to an external or to VisioCablePro’s self-developed database solution with CAQ software.

InnoVites

Tel. 31-88-5000-150

www.innovites.com

agroothedde@innovites.com

Netherlands Booth 1512

Exhibiting: InnoVites’ display will feature CableERP, which was created to solve the specific problems wire and cable manufacturers face that are not addressed by standard ERP packages. InnoVites also resells and implements CableBuilder Enterprise and CableMES across the wire and cable industry.

Personnel: Albert Groothedde.

Inosym Ltd.

Tel. 64-21-353634

www.inosym.com

inosym@inosym.com

New Zealand Booth 1449

Exhibiting: Inosym, a world-wide supplier of steel and plastic reels will again exhibit at Interwire, where it will display steel and plastic reels typically used in the cable and wire manufacturing process. Inosym welcomes existing and new customers to come and discuss their reel requirements for 2023, and meet the Inosym team for North and South America. They can offer quality solutions to maximize your cable and wire manufacturing process. You will find them at our stand. Inosym is sure you will find our quality, performance and price to be world class.

Personnel: Philip Young, Greg Scher, Mark Greenwood, Roberto Pierri Moreira.

Integrated Control Technologies

Tel. 972-906-7445

www.integratedcontroltech.com

dan@integratedcontroltech.com

USA Booth 551

FIRST-TIME Exhibitor

Exhibiting: Integrated Control Technologies specializes in the after-market drive and control upgrade of plastic extrusion systems. Our newest offering is the PDQWire Extrusion Control System: it is easyto-use, and has advanced diagnostics and process data collection all built-in. Stop by and see us for more information.

International Wire & Machinery Association (IWMA)

Tel. 44-2035-355755

www.iwma.org

andy@iwma.org

U.K. Booth 1100

Exhibiting: With a mission to promote modern technology, education,

Magnetic Analysis Corp.: our savviest tech staff will be there to talk about process improvements

Description: Magnetic Analysis Corp. (MAC) designs and produces non-destructive test instruments and systems for inspecting wire, bar, and rod. Based in Elmsford, New York, it has additional manufacturing facilities in Ohio and Sweden.

Contact: Phil Meinczinger, business development manager, pmeinczinger@mac-ndt.com

WJI: Why are you a first-time Interwire exhibitor?

Meinczinger: We believe wire production is an expanding market and the Interwire show is an excellent

venue for us to introduce our latest test systems.

WJI: What type(s) of innovation will you present?

Meinczinger: MAC will be displaying our cost-effective Rotomac®25 RM eddy current system for on-line detection of long, continuous surface flaws such as seams and laps in wire in conjunction with cold heading, spring-making and other low throughput operations. Operating at 1000 RPM, the Rotomac 25RM handles wire, 3 mm to 25 mm in diameter. The rotary’s highly accurate distance compensation, when using an absolute test probe, permits inspecting excessively out of round product.

and growth worldwide, IWMA supports all member activities within the global wire industry. Dedicated to giving our members access to the insights and expertise they need, we also provide a proactive platform for sharing technological advances and best practices through a comprehensive range of events, conferences, and publicity opportunities. Founded in 1970 as a non-profit association, IWMA is the world’s largest and most influential corporate association for the wire and cable industries. We welcome member companies of all sizes, with all specialties.

International Wire Group, Inc.

Tel. 315-243-3800

www.internationalwire.com

sales@internationalwire.com

USA Booth 1514

Additionally, demonstrations of a Minimac® eddy current instrument testing small diameter wire will take place. MAC has designed a range of custom test coils for demanding applications, including medical.

WJI: Why should attendees want to stop by your booth?

Meinczinger: One of MAC’s strengths is our engineers’ many years of in-depth knowledge of actual conditions in the production process. Visitors can discuss specific test applications with myself, District Manager David O’Connor and Engineering Manager, Troy Libby, who is presenting a paper on eddy current testing.

Exhibiting: In an ever-changing world, our task is to recognize today what our customers will need tomorrow. As the largest non-vertically integrated copper and copper-alloy wire products manufacturer in the United States, we’re committed to sustainable growth, innovation, environmental and social responsibility, delivering best-in-class customer experience, and utilizing technology as an enabler. Combining more than 100 years of wire manufacturing expertise with the ability to develop innovative products, we create the highest quality bare, tin-plated, silver-plated, nickel-plated copper wires, and specialty products, such as copper-based alloys, aluminum conductors, engineered electrical solutions, used in a variety of applications and emerging markets. Also, see our separate entries for High Performance Conductors and Continental Cordage.

Personnel: Yulia Leskovets.

High Performance Conductors

Tel. 315-243-3800

www.internationalwire.com

sales@internationalwire.com

USA Booth 1514

Exhibiting: High Performance Conductors, a division of International Wire, is a prominent manufacturer of specialty high performance conductors, including tin, nickel and silver-plated copper, as well as standard and customized products used in high and low-temperature applications. Our products are sold to various OEMs for use in the aerospace, medical, geophysical, automotive, telecommunications and computer/electronics industries.

Italian Trade Agency

Tel. 312-670-4360

www.ice.it/en

Italy Booth 1137

Exhibiting: The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) promotes the internationalization of Italian companies abroad, in line with the strategies of the Ministry of Economic Development. ITA works with Italian and foreign companies along with local authorities and business via its worldwide network linked to Italian embassies and consulates.

IWCS Cable & Connectivity Industry Forum

Tel. 571-265-3657

www.iwcs.org

Why is our company a WAI Platinum sponsor?

Wire and Plastic Machinery Corporation, the premier used machinery dealership in the industry, has been a proud supporter of the Wire Association International since our inception in 1986. Our sponsorships of various events most definitely helps to enhance the industry awareness of our company. It also shows that we believe in the value that WAI provides to our industry such as the Fundamentals classes, webinars, local chapters, the Bookstore and, of course, Wire Expo and Interwire. These all contribute to the continuing expansion of knowledge and camaraderie between Association members.

Rick Narang Founder & CEO Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp.

ceo@iwcs.org

USA Booth 1069

Exhibiting: IWCS organizes the Cable & Connectivity Industry Forum as the premier technology event for the exchange of information about product, material, and process innovation for cabling and connectivity solutions. This annual event includes the Technical Symposium, featuring research papers, an Executive Session, an influential keynote speaker, the Supplier Exhibition™, panel discussions, and Professional Development Courses. Attend the 72nd IWCS Forum on Sept. 17–20, 2023 in Orlando, USA, to explore topical issues, learn about new technologies, and network with colleagues from the communications, data, electronics, power, industrial, automotive, aerospace, and related industries. IWCS also hosts educational webinars, publishes research, and awards scholarships.

Personnel: David Kiddoo.

Jingtie Machinery

Tel. 86-769-85556166

www.jingtie.cc

China Booth 361

PLATINUM SPONSOR

Exhibiting: Jingtie Machinery Co. Ltd., established in 1996, has two manufacturing plants located in Duongguang and Suzhou, China. It is presently one of the largest and most well known companies involved in the manufacturing of rotating and extruding equipment for use in the wire and cable manufacturing industries. Our major machinery products include: complete wire and cable extrusion production lines for silicon rubber, plastics, fluoroplastics and physical foaming and other special extrusion production lines for Cat. 5 cable, enhanced Cat. 5e cable, and Cat. 6 cable production lines as well as single-twist machines, arch-type twister machines and computer-based automatic wire cutting machines.

Jinhua Yonghe

Fluorochemical Co., Ltd.

Tel. 86-15957-924498

www.yhfc.com/

yonghe_gas7@qhyh.com

China Booth 1168

Exhibiting: The Yonghe Group, which is listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange, stock code “605020,” is a professional manufacturing

group for Niflon® fluoropolymer and IceLoong® refrigerants. Together with Quzhou, Jinhua, Inner Mongolia and Shaowu subsidiaries, we have built a complete industrial chain of fluorspar, R&D, production, storage, transportation and marketing services. ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 registered, Yonghe manufactures and markets high-quality fluoropolymers including FEP, PTFE and PFA. A new product, PVDF, is coming soon. Our FEP resin with different MFR provides high-performance wire and cable insulation and jacket, including high-speed extrusion grades for CMP data cable.

Personnel: Sophia Xu.

Joe Snee Associates

Tel. 774-991-0504

joe@jsnee.com

USA Booth 1051

Exhibiting: Exclusive U.S. and Canadian distributor for Pressure Welding Machines (PWM) cold pressure welders and dies. Machines available to weld round non ferrous wire from .0031 in. (0.08 mm) to 1.131 in. (28 mm). Strip up to 1.77 in. (45 mm) wide can also be welded in the ST40. Profiles and shaped wires may also be welded.

JoeTools

Tel. 877-832-7864

www.joe-tools.com

sales@joe-tools.com

USA Booth 531

Exhibiting: JoeTools will present a variety of extrusion crossheads and tooling products that will include unique and standard designs that can help customers increase productivity, reduce downtime and move toward green sustainability. It will also have an engineering design station to display product details and help customers with solutions for their specific needs. Located in the northeast corner, we welcome manufacturers and representatives to stop by and meet our dedicated staff.

Jouhsen Bundgens, Inc.

Tel. 404-850-9753

www.jouhsen.com

renz@jouhsen.de

schumacher@jouhsen.de USA Booth 701

Exhibiting: We have been building machines for wire processing for more than 150 years, and specialize in rotary straightening. We have a great deal of process know-how in cutting, grinding, cold forming and machining of wire and tube as well as in special machine construction and feeding and testing technology. Precisely tailored to customer needs, Jouhsen Bündgens develops the process steps required to process wires and thin tubes from 0.02 mm to 16 mm in diameter with high precision. If required, wire processing is integrated into an automated process. Visit us at our booth and look forward to learning about our formula for your success: precision + speed = efficiency.

Kablomar Kablo Hammaddeleri San. Tic. Ltd. Sti. Tel. 90-262-373-64-65

www.cablemar.com

sales@cablemar.com

Turkey Booth 431

Exhibiting: CableMar manufactures laminated metallic tapes for cable production. Our main products are copolymer-coated aluminum and steel tape, and PET laminates in duplex, triplex and quadruple form.

Kablosan Turkey - FBC Yayincilik Ltd. sti

Tel. 90-212-48-14-238

www.kablosanturkey.com

murat@kablosanturey.com

Turkey Booth 1825

Exhibiting: Kablosan Turkey Magazine (KTM) covers the wire and cable industry, an important sector of Turkey’s economy. Our mission is to present/represent the industry on the national and international stage. The main goal is to get the consumer and producer together. Our bi-monthly publication includes news, interviews and technical essays, and the

news is presented in both English and Turkish. Our subscriber bases includes thousands of firms active in cable sector, 2,500 abroad and 5,000 domestic. We participate in national and international expositions, where we distribute our magazines.

Kabmak Muhendislik Ve Makina San. Tic. Ltd. Sti. Tel. 90-2165-932540

www.kabmak.com

proje@kabmak.com

Turkey Booth 831

Exhibiting: Kabmak Machinery, established in 2005 in Istanbul, produces high-quality cable machinery from its 205,000-sq-ft plant. We deliver turnkey factories around the world that have: cable extrusion lines; rigid, planetary, tubular, skipbow and S/Z stranders; drum-twister cabler lines; double-twist buncher lines; fiber optic lines; armoring, taping, cable coiling and rewinding lines; and more.

Kalmark Integrated Systems Ltd.

Tel. 807-700-9473

www.kalmarkltd.com

louisk@kalmarkltd.com

Canada Booth 955

Exhibiting: Interlock armoring machines are custom engineered systems for strip armouring of cables, casings, and flexible conduits. Continuous interlock strip armoring is available for ESP oil industry, TEC POWER solar and mining, BX POWER and MC POWER for commercial and industrial, and SPECIAL MC for fiber optic and RF-5G cables. Kalmark may supply spare parts and tooling for all brands of Interlock Armouring lines and SIW Double Twist stranders. Typical spares are pigtails, convolution and forming rollers. New electrical control systems may be engineered and retro-fit to any type and brand of cable making equipment.

KEIR Manufacturing Inc.

Tel. 828-885-8444

www.keirmfg.com

watkins@keirmfg.com

USA Booth 501

Exhibiting: KEIR manufactures composite bunchers/twinner bows, ceramics and air wipes.

Keyence Corporation of America

Tel. 201-930-0100

USA Booth 664

Exhibiting: Keyence is a leading supplier of factory automation equipment worldwide including sensors, measuring systems, laser markers, industrial inkjet printers, microscopes, and machine vision systems. We strive to develop innovative and reliable products to meet the needs of our customers in every manufacturing industry. In addition to our world-class products, Keyence offers a full range of services to further assist our customers.

King Steel Corp.

Tel. 810-516-3391

kingsteelcorp.com

ddewitt@kingsteelcorp.com

USA Booth 236

Exhibiting: We are one of the largest U.S. distributors of hot-rolled wire rod. With over 20,000 tons of wire rod strategically placed around the country, we are able to deliver wire rod to you when you need it. We also offer many value-added options, such as clean-and-coat, annealing, galvanizing and cut-to-length wire. Please contact us for any of your wire rod and wire needs in any carbon, alloy, or stainless grades. We are your one-stop shop.

Kinrei of America

Tel. 973-677-9500

www.kinreiusa.com

sdonnelly@kinreiusa.com

USA Booth 823

Exhibiting: Kinrei of America (KOA) is a machinery supplier and solutions provider to the wire and cable industry, representing companies in the bunching, stranding, extrusion, plating, drawing and reel fields.

KMG Wires Pvt Ltd.

Tel. 91-2224-222221

www.kmgwires.com

info@kmgwires.com

India Booth 359 See p. 108

PRODUCT Showcase

AESA Cortaillod: the Scorpius DT is a better way to characterize coaxial cable parameters

AESA Cortaillod, a leading Swiss manufacturer of automatic test equipment (ATE) specialized in testing solutions to fully characterize electrical parameters of cables and wires, will showcase the abilities of the Scorpius DT for high frequency parameters of coaxial cables.

The equipment is a complete and integrated solution to characterize both 50Ω and 75Ω coaxial cables with embedded VNA (Vector Network Analyzer). The dedicated N-type (N50 and N75/F75) interfaces with the company’s new released universal connectors let the operator quickly connect the different products while ensuring perfect contact on both the core and the shield of a

coaxial cable. Scorpius DT allows measuring from 100 KHz to 18 GHz (frequency extension on request) and performs all electrical tests on cables responding to ANSI/ TIA-568.4-D for broadband coaxial cabling and component standard, IEC 61196-x and EN 50117-x.

Scorpius is available in a rackmountable version for customization of its components. It also can be an option for existing AESA automatic testing equipment for LAN cables.

AESA offers also baluns and balunless solutions for LAN or category cable up to Cat. 8, linear resistance measuring equipment covering very small to very large section range, either in the lab or directly on-the-

line, data management systems, ISO 17025 certification, knowledge and expertise in the cable industry for boosting your production yield.

Stop by to find out more about the Scorpious DT and other equipment we offer to help make your production consistently accurate and more profitable.

BOOTH 232

Exhibiting: We manufacture copper wire that is bare, tin-plated, silver-plated and nickel-plated that is solid/parallel/bunched and stranded. We also offer overhead railway conductors, copper fuse wire and solar PV ribbon, instrumentation and signal cables and electric vehicle cables.

KN Manufacturing Solutions

Tel. 404-202-9655

www.knmsol.com

USA Booth 1847

Exhibiting: We will focus on displaying and discussing MOVACOLOR gravimetric dosing and continuous gravimetric blending systems. These systems can be applied to any wire and cable extrusion processes to dose and apply extrusion compounds and additives like; masterbatches, powder, regrind and liquids. MOVACOLOR systems are most efficient ways to achieve the results

when perfect dosing quality and minimal material waste are required. KN Manufacturing Solutions provide sales and services for cable machinery and process upgrades through our in-depth experience and expertise, knowledge and representation of top cable machinery manufacturers.

Koch Machinery & Technology

Tel. 49-2372-985-500

jochen.koch@koch-ihmert.de

Germany Booth 411

Exhibiting: In early January 2020, Mario Frigerio SpA acquired the intellectual property (IP) rights of the long-established Ernst Koch GmbH & Co. KG, Germany. Since then, Koch has been one of the six brands of the Mario Frigerio Group. With the acquisition, Koch and the MFL Group strengthened their presence in Germany and completed their product portfolio in the wire and rope

sector with reinforcing steel and cold -heading wire plants.

Koner

(See TKT Group.)

Lamnea Bruk AB

Tel. 46-122-23200

www.lamnea.se

info@lamnea.se

Sweden Booth 1505

Exhibiting: Lämneå Bruk is wellknown for designing and manufacturing a wide range of machinery and equipment for the ferrous and stainless steel wire industry, including payoffs, mechanical descaling equipment, drawing machines, takeups, no-twist coilers and (re)spoolers as well as smaller appliances such as pointing machines. Being in the

AESA’ s Cortaillod’s Scorpius DT system.

wire industry for nearly 200 years equips Lämneå Bruk with specialized industry knowledge to find innovative and profitable solutions for the ever-changing demands of our international customers. All machines are manufactured on-site in Sweden allowing for highest quality and flexibility to adapt each machine according to your specific production requirements.

LaserLinc, Inc.

Tel. 937-318-2440

laserlinc.com

info@laserlinc.com

USA Booth 1604

Wire and International Wire groups to supply high-quality wire and wire products to customers around the globe. Our capabilities include oil-tempered and galvanized lines and annealed and shaped processes. The wire products we manufacture derive from our own steel mills, where the steel is drawn into rods before being formed and supplied to customers and other Leggett & Platt business units.

Lenzing Plastics GmbH & Co. KG

Tel. 43-7672-330000

www.lenzing-plastics.com

b.krallinger@lenzing-plastics.com

Austria Booth 360

Exhibiting: LaserLinc is a leader in open, scalable measurement and control solutions that adapt to the way you work. We combine customer-focused solutions with unsurpassed support to optimize your process performance and product quality. Precision, non-contact gauging systems for the wire, cable and plastics industries measure diameter, ovality, wall thickness, eccentricity, and surface flaws. Total Vu™ HMI for process visualization interfaces with existing production line measurement devices and sensors for maximum flexibility, minimal cost. See the new FlawSense: the only true 360° surface flaw detection system with 3D flaw qualification playback. LaserLinc is a privately held, 100% U.S.-owned corporation.

Leggett & Platt Wire Group

Tel. 417-358-8131

leggettwiregroup.com

lucretia.burt@leggett.com

USA Booth 1251

Exhibiting: Leggett & Platt Wire Group is part of the Industrial Products business segment of Leggett & Platt, an S&P 500 diversified manufacturer of engineered components found in most homes, offices, and automobiles. We bring together L&P’s Shaped Wire, Drawn

Exhibiting: The electronics and cable industries have been relying on products from Lenzing Plastics for around 50 years. That is how long we have been the competent partner for companies around the world in the field of energy, data and special cables. For these applications we produce PTFE films, yarns and tapes, identification tapes, MOPP foam film and various polyester composites of the highest quality. These proven products and perfect logistics combined with reliability and flexibility ensure your market advantage.

Lloyd & Bouvier Inc. Tel. 978-365-5700

www.lloydbouvier.com/ sales@lloydbouvier.com

USA Booth 1123

tions. Each new or rebuilt machine or system is designed to a customer’s specific requirement.

Lubrimetal Corporation

Tel. 828-212-1083

www.lubrimetal.com/ info@us.lubrimetal.com

USA Booth 259

Exhibiting: Lubrimetal Corporation is a chemical producing company that specializes in the production of quality lubricants and other chemicals for wire drawing and metal surface treatment companies. For over 60 years we have helped our customers to reach their highest peaks.

M+E Macchine + Engineering Srl

Tel: 39-0341 806000

www.meitaly.it

info@meitaly.it

Italy Booth 1131

Exhibiting: M+E specializes in the design and manufacturing of payoffs and take-ups for steel and stainless-steel wires in coils or on spools for annealing, patenting, galvanizing, oil tempering and other in-line processes, with long experience in the steel-cord industry. M+E also manufactures wet drawing machines for steel and stainless-steel wire complete with horizontal or vertical axis spoolers. M+E product range also includes semi or fully automatic rewinding lines, as well as coil compacting and strapping lines.

M. Holland

Tel. 800-872-7370

www.mholland.com

amurray@mholland.com

USA Booth 421

Exhibiting: Lloyd & Bouvier has been a leading equipment supplier to the wire and cable industry since 1989, providing quality, service & value. The company provides new, rebuilt and used equipment which includes payoffs, take-ups, capstans, cablers, stripers, dancers/accumulators, braiders as well as complete lines for extrusion, cabling, respooling, taping and specialty applica-

Exhibiting: M. Holland is a leading international distributor of thermoplastic resins, materials and services, providing suppliers with the most strategic channels to market, offering innovative sourcing and supply chain solutions to our clients, and helping people lead rewarding careers.

M. Holland’s wire and cable group offers a wide variety of plastic compounds, gels, tapes and copper conductors to meet the wire and cable industry’s diversified needs.

Madem-Moorecraft Reels USA

Tel. 252-563-7070

www.mademreels.com

sales@mademreels.com

USA Booth 723

Exhibiting: Madem-Moorecraft Reels USA, Inc., is part of the Madem Group of Companies, a global leader in the manufacture and distribution of nailed wooden reels.

Magnetic Analysis Corporation (MAC)

Tel. 914-530-2000

www.mac-ndt.com

info@mac-ndt.com

USA Booth 555 See p. 102

Exhibiting: MAC will displaying its cost effective Rotomac®25 RM eddy current system for on-line detection of long, continuous surface flaws such as seams and laps in wire in conjunction with cold heading, spring-making and other low throughput operations. For over

FIRST-TIME Exhibitor

90 years, MAC® has been a leader in nondestructive testing. We provide instruments, systems and solutions that are recognized the world over as the standard for NDT. At the core of our comprehensive portfolio of NDT options are Eddy Current (ECT), Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) Ultrasonic (UT) and Phased Array (PAUT) testing equipment. MAC has the unique ability to provide quality service throughout most of the world, and our global network provides a team of industry experts, highly trained engineers and seasoned field representatives who can understand your testing needs.

Personnel: Phil Meinczinger, Dave O’Connor, Troy Libby.

Maillefer Extrusion Oy/Davis Standard Tel. 358-9-886-65-600

www.maillefer.net

KMG Wires: India’s trusted supplier of copper wire products is open for a possible joint venture

Description: KMG Wires Pvt Ltd is an Indian copper conductor and special cables manufacturer. The company desires to focus 100% on the special wire category and cable sector as the dependency on electronics is increasing year on year. Our plant is equipped with most advance wire drawing and bunching machines from Niehoff, having installed capacity of over 5000 MT per annum.

Contact: Rishabh Gandhi, director, info@kmgwires.com

WJI: Why are you a first-time Interwire exhibitor?

Gandhi: Post-Covid we have decided to diversify into multiple products and in special categories, and the market for these items are in the U.S. and its nearby regions. We hope that the exhibition will help us enter the wire industry in this region.

WJI: What type(s) of innovation will you present?

Gandhi: Our main product line will be tinned/silver/nickel copper wires in fine and super fine diameter as low as 0.03mm, solar panel flat wires and specialized instrumentation cables.

WJI: Why should attendees want to stop by your booth?

info@maillefer.net

Finland Booth 730 See p. 82.

Exhibiting: Maillefer is a global leader in wire and cable and pipe and tube production technologies. We offer over 50 technologies and the widest services portfolio in the industry to cover nearly 20 applications. From us, you can always get the best technical fit and value—from a single component to a complete factory—to match your life-cycle needs. Find out more about our whole product portfolio at www. maillefer.net and read our latest news at blog.maillefer.net.

Mario Frigerio

Tel. 908-797-3646

www.mflgroup.com/EN/brand/ mario-frigerio sales@mflgroup.com

Italy/USA Booth 411

Exhibiting: Established in 1897, the Mario Frigerio brand belongs

Gandhi: We understand the importance of quality in the electrical segment, and will assure the price competitiveness at the same time. Being a growing company we are open to develop and design products for our customers as per their needs. In the past 3 years we have doubled up our production capacity and will be adding more machines to manufacture super fine plated wires and special bunched conductors from 0.05 sq mm to 400 sq mm. Our growth rate in the past five years have been nearly 100%. India is at the moment the fastest growing economy, hence any type of partnership will be fruitful for either parties. We are open to Joint Ventures.

to the MFL Group’s Wire & Rope Machinery Division. It is one of the oldest and most reliable brands in the field, recognized as the benchmark of made-in-Italy excellence. Over the last 20 years, the company has consolidated its leading position and has reinforced its presence abroad, standing out as a leader in the manufacture of drawing lines, low relaxation PC lines, single-wire and multi-wire electrochemical and heat-treatment systems, complete with pay-offs and take-ups. In today’s market Mario Frigerio is also considered a market leader in stranding and closing lines for wire ropes.

MARPOSS

Tel. 248-370-0404

www.marposs.com

sales2@aeroel.it

USA Booth 667

Exhibiting: Marposs, a worldwide leader in measurement, inspection, and testing, designs and manufactures a wide range of standard products and custom solutions for process and quality control. Marposs is a primary supplier of equipment that enhances the process efficiency and the wire quality to wire drawers. Our products include sensors, instruments and complete systems designed to optimize performance and reduce costs throughout the complete manufacturing in-process and post-process supply chain. Adopting new cutting-edge technologies, like our laser systems, Marposs raises the performance bar, increasing the productivity of any machine, and optimizing the processes.

Mashtronics D.O.O

Tel. 38-1636-50532

www.mashtronics.com

sales@mashtronics.com

Serbia Booth 865

ing systems (payoff, mechanical descaling, electrical brushes, wire coating, wire drawing machine, spooler, coilers). It also offers a wire mesh welding machine for reinforcement and fences, wire straightening and cutting machines and truss wire mesh welding machines. The company was founded by Vladan Radojevic in 1999 with a mission to provide high-quality and reliable machines that are also affordable.

Mathiasen Machinery Inc. (MMI)

Tel. 860-873-1423

www.mathiasen-machinery.com

mmi@mathiasen-machinery.com

USA Booth 1165

Exhibiting: Mathiasen Machinery will be displaying photos of a wide variety of secondhand wire and cable machinery that they buy and sell internationally. They also represent new machinery manufacturers: WiCa of Austria and Pratto of Greece. So, if you are looking for any wire manufacturing equipment, MMI can quote you a new machine and used machine. If you have any surplus machinery that you would like to sell or trade, please bring the specification and some photos for evaluation. MMI also offers consignments, warehousing, rebuilding, appraisals and liquidation services.

Mega Metal

Tel. 90-5324-873799

www.megametal.com.tr

info@megametal.com.tr

Turkey Booth 522 See p. 94

Exhibiting: Mega Metal, a pioneer of copper wire production, has manufactured oxygen-free electrolytic copper wire in Turkey for more than 30 years. It has installed annual capacity of 50,000 metric tons, and is a world leader in superfine copper wire production capacity. See our profile on p. 94.

Metal Link Inc.

Tel. 714-308-2828

Exhibiting: Mashtronics is a family business with more than 20 years of experience in manufacturing topnotch wire processing and reinforcement machines including wire-draw-

www.metallink.co.kr

gdk@emetallink.com

South Korea Booth 441

Why is our company a WAI Platinum sponsor?

As a wire and cable equipment supplier for over 70 years, Davis-Standard is honored to be a WAI Platinum Sponsor. The WAI is a valuable resource and reliable voice in all aspects of the wire and cable industry. Their commitment to industry excellence through ongoing education, networking opportunities, and membership events has been vital in addressing evolving marketplace demands. The WAI’s knowledge base and collaborative spirit have also supported our mission of providing solutions that deliver on speed, consistency, and product integrity. We are grateful to the WAI for strengthening our industry. See you at Interwire!

John Zachow Vice President, Wire & Cable Systems Davis-Standard

Exhibiting: Metal Link is committed to manufacture and deliver machines that can compete against the best machines available in the global market. This idea has been our philosophy and naturally became a commitment to all our customers since 1976. Over 45 years of machine making, our great machines now include various types of stranders, drawing machines, bunchers, payoffs, take-ups and many more.

Metavan NV

Tel. 905-669-4010

www.metavan.com

sales@howarequipment.com

Belgium/Canada Booth 1522

Exhibiting: Steel reels from 12 in. to 49 in. (305 mm to 1250 mm) of the highest quality and consistency will be showcased at the HOWAR Equipment booth. METAVAN has had a longstanding philosophy to

offer a specialized product mix of pressed steel reels using highly advanced machinery to offer only the highest quality reels and spools for stranding, bunching and cabling. Using automatic machinery, all reels are able to be produced to the strictest standards at valuable costs. All products are then powder coated in any RAL color providing the customer with a highly wear-resistant finish, and are available in extremely fast manufacturing times due to the specialized equipment employed. Personnel: Francis Vanhaelewijn, Chris Hauer.

MFL Group

Tel. 39-0315-488100

www.mflgroup.com

t.derosa@mflgroup.com

Italy Booth 411

Exhibiting: The MFL Group is a leading global company providing industrial machinery that contributes to the success and growth of wire, cable and rope manufacturers. For 125 years, the MFL Group has invented the future of wire drawing, stranding-screening-armoring and extrusion machinery, and today it

offers complete vertically integrated turn-key solutions that include digital applications to unlock the entire value of an industrial machine. At Interwire, MFL Group will demonstrate MFL X, its proprietary multi-platform and highly modular Industrial IoT application. It allows a company to continuously improve the performance of its production lines performance using big data and smart analytics, while protecting your data with the highest standards in cyber-security.

The MGS Group

Tel. 315-337-3350160

www.themgsgroup.com

jpswinchatt@themgsgroup.com

USA Booth 1240

Exhibiting: The MGS Group provides its customers the highest level of automation and technology for product handling and twisting systems, customized to optimize individual applications, using comprehensive design and engineering capabilities, with equipment ruggedly built for decades of reliable, consistent service. The home and management arm for MGS Manufacturing, Hall Industries and Northampton Machinery, The MGS Group focuses on the wire, cable, fiber optic, hose, tube and related industries. Attention to detail has ensured our product design reflects quality, durability and fit for purpose in the engineered machinery marketplace. Service, support and customer communications has reinforced customer satisfaction.

Micro Weld/Micro Products Company

Tel. 630-406-9550

www.micro-weld.com

hdayal@micro-weld.com

USA Booth 1023

PLATINUM SPONSOR

Exhibiting: Visit our booth to learn about Micro Weld butt-welding solutions to make continuous processes more efficient. Micro Weld has been a world-class equipment manufacturer in the wire and cable industry for over 90 years, offering several butt welders for continuous processing of steel, copper, aluminum wire, rod or cable, solid or stranded. Our mission is to provide solutions for making continuous production processes more efficient. Micro Weld has recently modernized and enhanced our welder designs, focusing on new technology and operator safety. Ask about our latest virtual training and maintenance plans!

Microdia SA

Tel. 401-688-6731

alban@microdia.ch

Switzerland Booth 1540

Exhibiting: Microdia will present a range of the company’s extrusion

FIRST-TIME Exhibitor

technology, including: ECOMEX 30, a crosshead specially engineered to optimize the production speed of new ecological compounds sensitive to stress, mechanical friction, high pressure and overheating; ECOMEX 20 THRG, a thermostatic crosshead with CV curing tube attachment and gum space adjustment from the rear; MICROFLEX 9000 07 TL, a fine wire, triple-layer crosshead with a fixed center head with fine manual tuning for micro skin-foam-skin, medical tubes and more; AVANTIS 50, a fixed-center crosshead for power cable; and AVANTIS 10 FO, a fixed-center crosshead for optical fiber buffering.

Mid-South Wire

Tel. 615-743-2850

www.midsouthwire.com

epeters@midsouthwire.com

USA Booth 1412

Sicolinx: Offering advanced manufacturing solutions for gains up to ‘lights out’ production

Description: Sicolinx is a world leader in providing turn-key solutions for: wire coil pickling plants for carbon steel, stainless steel and copper alloys, wire coil transport systems, storage facilities and modular acid regeneration plants.

Contact: Bing Sheng, Founder/ President, bing.sheng@sicolinx.com

WJI: Why are you a first-time Interwire exhibitor?

Sheng: After project realization and continuous improvement for four years we feel it is the right time to introduce our most advanced technology into the demanding North-

American market to share our success with the customers here. With our matured and optimized technical solutions we will be able to provide best-performing and most cost-effective manufacturing facilities to the wire industry.

WJI: What type(s) of innovation will you present?

Sheng: The ground-breaking HyperCrane™ concept for wire coil pickling line combined with the acid regeneration plants for total recycling of hydrochloric acid is something a responsible wire manufacturer could never expect before. Through many innovations and improvements as well using an automatic wire coil transport and handling, a wire manu-

Exhibiting: Mid-South Wire, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and with a second location in Scott City, Missouri, runs more than 30 state-of-the-art wire-drawing machines. Our specialty wires include plating-quality, galvanized, and welded wire mesh. We also run a large tractor-trailer fleet and a unique barge system on the Cumberland River to ensure quick, economical delivery for our customers. You can count on us for on-time delivery, every time.

Mikrotek Machines Ltd.

Tel. 91-80-4268-8999

anithakamal@mikrotek.org

India Booth 1615

Exhibiting: Mikrotek is a leading manufacturer of machines for diamond and carbide dies repolishing and resizing, die inspection equipment, natural diamond dies, polycrystalline diamond, enameling

facturing factory has never been so close to attaining a “lights out” process that requires minimum labor, for a most economical process.

WJI: Why should attendees want to stop by your booth?

Sheng: Any wire manufacturer bothered by low productivity, unstable product quality, high labor costs, high risk of health damage, high pollution of environment and high costs of waste disposal, should stop and see what we can offer. We will be happy to discuss with you about different possibilities we can offer, which include revamps, upgrades or a new build for a modern wire factory.

dies. Repolishing and refurbishing services are also one of the main strength of Mikrotek. Mikrotek is the “One Stop Shop for Die Shops.”

Morgan-Koch Corp

Tel. 508-793-1945

www.morgan-koch.com

sales@morgan-koch.com

USA Booth 1161

Exhibiting: In this rapidly changing market which places great emphasis on machine specialization and productivity, the MFL Group—in partnership with Morgan-Koch Corporation—has assembled a global sales and after-sales-service team of experienced ferrous wire, wire rope and cable engineers committed to provide timely customer service, technical solutions, and assist our customers in all aspects of the manufacturing process. We offer complete vertically integrated turnkey solutions including wire drawing and stranding/cabling and extrusion lines to ferrous and nonferrous wire, rope and cable manufacturers. Our experienced sales staff will be on hand to discuss innovative solutions tailored to your specific product requirements

Personnel: Al Kozlowski, Michael Jatta, Jochen Koch, Nathan Kozlowski.

NDC Technologies (Beta LaserMike

Products)

(See Nordson Measurement & Control Solutions.)

Niagara Composites International Inc.

Tel. 905-788-4040

www.niagaracomposites.com

Canada Booth 519

Exhibiting: Niagara Composites is “the original” North American composite bow manufacturer, serving the wire and cable industry since 1980. We will be displaying a variety of buncher bows, rollers and carbide guides for attendees to see our products first hand. We specialize in the fabrication of custom composite flyer bows featuring leading edge designs. We deliver highly repeat-

able, competitively priced, first-time right, quality manufactured products. Stop by our booth: it would be great to meet you.

Niehoff Endex North America Inc.

Tel. 856-467-4884

www.niehoff-usa.com

sales@niehoffendex.com

USA Booth 841

Nordson Measurement & Control Solutions

Tel. 937-233-9935

www.ndc.com/betalasermike

mindy.menker@nordson.com

USA Booth 741

Exhibiting: The Niehoff Group offers a broad range of wire processing equipment for the nonferrous wire and cable industry. The product line includes: rod breakdown machinery (geared and minimum slip), static and dynamic payoffs, single and multiwire drawing lines,tandem wiredrawing lines for data cable, conductive and inductive annealers, static and dynamic take-ups (spoolers and coilers), double-twist bunchers and stranders, data and special cable double-twist twinners and cablers with back twist payoffs, and more.

NTB International Private Limited Tel. 91-9168684501/507

www.ntbindia.com

ceramics@ntbindia.com

j.shaikh@ntbindia.com

India Booth 1601

Exhibiting: NTB Hitech Ceramics, a division of NTB International Pvt. Ltd., has a state-of-the art manufacturing facility in Pune, India. We manufacture ceramic pulleys, ceramic step cones, and zirconia capstans for single and multi-wire drawing machines like Niehoff, SAMP etc. We also manufacture and supply various types of ceramic guides like eyelets, air wipers, tubes, rods, and butt welds to the wire and cable industry. We supply energy-efficient, high-speed carbon fiber bows and wear strips for bunching machines like the Niehoff-630, 800 and SAMP-630 models.

Exhibiting: Nordson Measurement & Control (formerly NDC Technologies), a leading global provider of intelligent, connected measurement and control solutions, exhibits its line of BETA LaserMike gauging systems for wire and cable production. New, innovative product releases include Nordson’s Smart Temp offering advanced high-frequency heating and integrated temperature control capabilities to deliver the highest-quality, most reliable uniform in-process wire preheating to eliminate insulation voids in primary cables. The new AccuScan Pro single-axis diameter gauge with applications flexibility and a multi-strand wire measurement feature. Also on display, the latest LaserSpeed Pro M Series non-contact gauge for measuring the length and speed of bouncing moving products. Over 50 years, 100,000 installations, 1 million hours of operating experience.

Numalliance

Tel. 847-439-4500

www.numalliance.com

ysimon@numalliance.com

USA Booth 663

Exhibiting: The Numalliance Group covers a large panel of activities around cold forming metal wire, tube and flat-stock, and has developed its know-how far beyond bending. Our solutions also include many secondary operations and our solutions answer the requests of industry 4.0. They are fully designed and manufactured in the USA (Chicago and Lebanon in Ohio), France and

Why is our company a WAI Elite sponsor?

Rainbow Rubber & Plastics, Inc., has been a longtime sponsor at Interwire and a strong supporter of the Association. The Interwire show allows us to visit with our customers and potential new customers and highlight the new and unique products we have developed specifically for the wire and cable industry. Attending Interwire and other sponsored WAI events shows customers our commitment to the wire and cable industry. WAI has been an instrumental partner with Rainbow Rubber & Plastics with the mutual goal of strengthening the association.

Mark MacKimm Vice President of Sales Rainbow Rubber & Plastics

Mexico. We are present worldwide through our nine subsidiaries and technical sales offices and an international network of 40 agents. Numalliance meets the expectations of automotive, aeronautics, agriculture, construction, sanitary, furniture, medical, shop equipment customers and offer them a reactive and attentive service worldwide.

Personnel: Kirkland Prosser.

NYCOA

Tel. 603-991-2690

www.nycoa.com

dtrahan@nycoa.com

USA Booth 1167

range of engineered compounds including impact modified, plasticized, glass fiber/mineral/carbon fiber-reinforced, and flame retardant materials. The ISO 9001:2018 certified company also has the capability to polymerize many unique nylon resins that are in-situ modified with inorganic additives.

OMCG Italia Srl

Tel. 39-341-604244

www.omcg.com

efatture_omcg@pec.it

Italy Booth 504

to increase wire drawing production parameters through a vast array of rotating die holders. These feature special lubrication boxes and cooling mechanisms that increase die life by reducing friction and temperatures, thus increasing drawing output. Additionally, OMF provides a line of in-line mechanical descalers that incorporate special wire brushing heads to descale and clean wire prior to entering the drawing machine. Scrap wire coilers that bundle and recycle scrap wire finish off the product line.

Personnel: Chris Hauer.

OTOMEC Srl

Tel. 39-0341-660246

www.otomec.it

info@otomec.it

Italy Booth 1131

Exhibiting: OTOMEC is a leading company in the engineering and manufacturing of customized cleaning and plating plants for wire, strip, coil, bar, and tubing. We produce a wide range of machines, for small volumes of product as well as large outputs, single or multi strand, reel to reel, with speeds up to 20 m/sec.

Ozyasar Tel Ve Galvanizleme

San A.Ş./Cokyasar Holdings

Tel. 90-2126-340444

kemal.mumcu@ozyasar.com.tr

Turkey Booth 650

Exhibiting: Nylon Corporation of America, Inc. (NYCOA) is a leading manufacturer of engineered nylon resins. With one of the broadest product portfolios in the industry, NYCOA has established itself as a leading supplier of specialty high-performance nylons. In addition to an extensive line of standard nylon polymer and copolymer base resins, NYCOA manufactures a wide

Exhibiting: Active in more than 45 countries, OMCG is today one of the few companies in the world to be able to supply a complete range of solutions for the bending and forming of wire, tube and metal strip through CNC bending machines and customized machines for special products.

OM Frigerio Srl

Tel. 905-669-4010

www.omfrigerio.it

sales@howarequipment.com

Italy/Canada Booth 1522

Exhibiting: Represented by HOWAR Equipment, OM Frigerio Srl supplies wiredrawing accessories designed

Exhibiting: Founded in 1973, Cokyasar Holding operates in energy, infrastructure, cable, automotive, construction, agriculture and environmental security systems sectors with an annual production of over 500.000 tons. Its product range includes wires and wire products, particularly hot-dip galvanized wires. Headquartered in Istanbul, it has production facilities in Istanbul, Adana, Düzce (Turkey) and Elbasan (Albania). We export to 80 countries, especially to Europe, Middle East, South and North America. Cokyasar Holding is in the first 500 exporters and industrial enterprises of Turkey. OHSAS, 18001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, TSE EN 102442, TSE EN 10223-6, and TSE EN 10223-7 certified.

P & R Specialty Inc.

Tel. 937-773-0263

www.prspecialty.com

cstiefel@prspecialty.com

USA Booth 1510

Exhibiting: The P&R Specialty team will be available to discuss your wire and cable packaging requirements and review their full suite of solutions to meet your needs. On display will be samples of our plastic and fiberboard spools for your review. Our in-house tool room and flexible manufacturing capabilities allows P&R to manufacture spools and reels to your specifications, on time and to the highest quality standards. Please stop by our booth to speak with the company owners and sales manager.

Personnel: Greg Blankenship, Alissa Blankenship, Craig Stiefel.

Pan Chemicals SpA

Tel. 39-0359-77488

www.panchemicals.com

info@panchemicals.com

Italy Booth 1142

Exhibiting: Pan Chemicals produces lubricants, coatings and chemicals for the drawing, rolling and forming of wires, bars, tubes and profiles for ferrous, nonferrous and stainless steel. These include: PANLUBE, dry lubricants; PANLUBE L liquid lubricants; PANCOVER, functional precoatings (phosphates, non-reactive, soaps and polymers); PANFLUX, fluxes for hot-deep treatments (zinc and zinc-aluminum); PANCHEM, functional chemicals (inhibitors, degreasing, anti-rusting, wiping, antifoams, biocides, water treatment; and equipment (descalers, rotary die boxes, coating, pressure dies, RND dies, PCD dies, brushes and wiping pads).

Paramount Die Co.

Tel. 410-272-4600

www.paradie.com

sales@paradie.com

USA Booth 1140

Exhibiting: Paramount Die is a leading designer and manufacturer of wire-drawing die inserts and tooling systems for the wire drawing industry.

Parkway Kew

Tel. 732-398-2100

www.parkwaykew.com

jstroebele@parkwaykew.com

USA Booth 705

Exhibiting: Parkway Kew

Corporation is a precision coatings company that specializes in the repair, re-manufacture and custom manufacturing of drawing blocks, stepcones, pulley wheels and rollers. With over 50 years of experience, we offer unparalleled part longevity at competitive prices.

Pentre Group - Hearl Heaton

Tel. 44-1942-266391

www.pentregroup.com

curriec@pentregroup.com

U.K. Booth 226

Exhibiting: Our range of reels, spools, bobbins and drums are suitable for the wire and cable industry. Our sales team including exclusive agents, JJ Lowe Associates, will be present to discuss your needs.

Phifer Incorporated

Tel. 205-464-3120

www.phifer.com

info@phifer.com

USA Booth 1509

Exhibiting: For more than 70 years, Phifer has manufactured wire to supply its own weaving operation and for customers who depend on

FIRST-TIME Exhibitor

our Made-in-the-U.S.A. quality. Today, our custom-drawn aluminum, steel and bronze wire products are used for fasteners, metallizing, food packaging clips, cable stranding, braiding and more. We produce wire in a diverse range of capabilities to ISO 9001 standards with technical and customer service standards that exceed expectations.

Pioneer Machinery USA

Tel. 973-285-3211

www.pioneermachinery.us

hblanco@pioneermachinery.us

USA Booth 1611

Exhibiting: Pioneer Machinery is a leading supplier of complete factory automation to the wire and cable industry. It keeps improving its #1 seller: an automatic dual spooler

Delesun: a specialist in polymer composite development and production for many uses

Description: Delesun, with more than 20 years polymer composite development and manufacture history, specializes in design and production of high-grade materials or multiple industrial applications. Its branch product lines include the power cable industry, where it consolidates the high grade of material selection, quality oriented production process management and advanced technical capability to supply multi grade and performance cable insulation layer and external fire/high temperature resistance wrapping sheet.

Contacts: Tane Zhao, CEO, tanezhao@delesungp.com; Tane Zhao, sale@delesungp.com

WJI: Why are you a first-time Interwire exhibitor?

Zhao: We currently supply wellknown global cable manufacturers such as Nexans and Prysmian from our manufacturing base in Chinese, Delesun, which is registered in the USA. Now, we would like to bring our business approach and capabilities much closer to the end customer. We want companies in the USA to know that we are ready to partner with them in new business opportunities.

WJI: What type(s) of innovation will you present?

Zhao: We would like to share our solutions to demanding technical performance for some cables. That includes a wide spectrum of multi-

with closed-loop control traverse, completed automation, and 0 to 100% torque speed control, including 2000:1 vector duty motors. We offer high-speed, continuous spooling for extrusion and drawing lines, automatic reel change controlled by PLC. Automatic reel load/ unload. Automatic carrying in/out is done by handy under-plate system. New Pioneer systems: a multiwire drawing machine, a silicone rubber extruder, a multimotor rod breakdown and a catenary contact wire drawing machine. Pioneer also manufactures: extrusion lines, telephone and power cable lines, wire drawing machines, copper/aluminum rod breakdown machines, basket down coilers, pointing and stringing machines, a 7B double-twist buncher, 7-19B tubular, rigid and

grade silicones and other composite compounds. One appealing solution we have developed is a compound that has high-temperature resistance and fire-retardant performance. It could enable a cable manufacturer to meet demanding standards, such as BS 8491 and ISO 19642 for the highrisk environment, public transportation and EV, etc.

WJI: Why should attendees want to stop by your booth?

Zhao: The products that Delesun can offer present benefits that can resolve issues with many needs for producing high quality, fire resistant-cables. We can share our solutions, and discuss how and why they could solve your specific needs.

planetary machines; eccentric and concentric tapping machines; capstans; single and dual take up; payoffs; and vertical and horizontal accumulators.

Pittini Group

Tel. 39-0432-062906

www.pittini.com

claudia.zaccomer@pittini.it

Italy Booth 1133

Exhibiting: The Pittini Group produces steel for the construction and mechanical sector.

Pourtier

Tel. 33-4772-32555

www.setic-pourtier.com

France Booth 1312

Exhibiting: POURTIER is a master buy with its heavy-duty stranders, cablers and armoring lines for nonferrous cables. It has made impressive achievement in the field of submarine and umbilical cables offering a complete range of stranding/ paper-lapping/ cabling and armoring machines. Its high efficiency revolutionary POURTIER multiwire concentric stranding line (mass production) and SETIC large double twist (large range of products) are also widely used for low and medium power cable production. All these machines are made with the highest European standards in design and manufacturing for the production of all types of HV and EHV power cable : from overhead cable (including ACCC™ , ACSS-TW and ACSR-TW) to insulated cable AC type (using high quality Milliken conductor) or DC type (using large round compacted conductor or trapezoidal wires) up to 127 wires.

PRATTO SA

Tel. 30-6974-031693

www.pratto.com

spikapageridis@pratto.com

Greece Booth 1166

Exhibiting: PRATTO is a European firm specialized in the field of the design, manufacture and technical

support of wire processing machinery and complete welded mesh production lines, both for the wire and construction industry worldwide. Depending on each customer’s needs, PRATTO has been providing tailor made solutions in industrial welding, grating and wire working equipment since 1991.

Precision Die Technologies

Tel. 260-482-5001

www.pdtinc.com

bradf@pdtinc.com

USA Booth 401

Exhibiting: PDT is a leading manufacturer of tooling products for the wire, cable and tubing industries both domestically and internationally. For over 32 years, PDT has provided customer focused products and services on an individualized basis to achieve our customer goals. We have an extensive list of products and services offered that will meet your need. Find out how PDT can cut your annual die costs up to 20% and deliver on your order in one week or less. ISO 9001 certified and 100% satisfaction guarantee on all products: no questions asked.

Premier Wire Die Tel. 260-750-5736

www.premierwiredie.com

dave@premierwiredie.com

USA Booth 1827

Exhibiting: Precision-made diamond and carbide dies for wire drawing and stranding. Are you having issues drawing wire? Discuss your issues with the industry experts who have hands on wire-drawing experience. Tired of long lead-times and late deliveries for your draw dies? Stop by and discuss die inventory programs to meet your needs. Vince and/or Dave will be there to help.

Process Control

Tel. 770-449-8810 ext. 223

www.process-control.com

trichmond@process-control.com

USA Booth 1831

Exhibiting: For over 55 years, Process Control (PCC) has been a leader in the plastics equipment industry. The G2 Batch Blender provides precision batch-to-batch dispensing and consistent homogeneous blending for every batch. The G2 does not average ingredient weights over multiple batches, as do other batch blenders. This means less off-spec product is produced, which saves money. Our flagship model, the PCC Gravimetric Continuous Blender, continues to set the bar. Also equipped with a user-friendly color touch screen interface and standard Ethernet port, the continuous blender provides the ultimate accuracy in dispensing and mixing.

Progress Maschinen & Automation AG

Tel. 39-0342-664-2038

www.progress-m.com

info@progress-m.com

Italy Booth 1530

Exhibiting: Wire processing machinery off coil, plant automation, and tailor-made software solutions for rebar shops and precast concrete factories.

Promostar Srl

Tel. 39-0432975752

www.promostar.it/

p.gava@promostar.it

Italy Booth 1610

Exhibiting: Promostar is a leading company specialized on the design and production of cold-rolling lines and stretching lines for low-carbon steel wire for the concrete reinforcing wire (such as cold rolling and stretching lines with automatic spoolers, straightening lines, tunnel mesh, block mesh spacers and tailor-made special lines) as well as machines for thin steel wire (like wire drawing process by dies), or

refurbishment/revamping of existing plants.

Properzi International Inc.

Tel. 443-212-4320

www.properzi.com

info@properzi.us

USA Booth 1631

Exhibiting: Born in the late 1940s as a result of innovation, ContinuusProperzi pioneered the process of continuous casting and rolling of nonferrous wire rod. This innovative spirit has continued for more than 75 years; it is ingrained in our DNA. Properzi technology revolutionized the nonferrous wire rod production process, from the many process and equipment innovations we have introduced such as Vert-Melt and Vert-Ref Furnace Sets, Self-Annealing Microrolling, and Pro-Form Rotary Extrusion to the IULIUS 4.0 Automation Functionalities, to our Smart e-Commissioning method, to our Technical Consultancy Services, ContinuusProperzi has always provided stateof-the-art technology and unparalleled customer service.

Proton Products Inc.

Tel. 949-981-1909

www.protonproducts.com

info@protonproducts.us

USA Booth 1449

meeting you and discussing your measurement and control needs and providing you, with a great solution.

Personnel: Greg Goss, Iain Heddle, Greg Scher, Rico Dostal, Victor Muniz, Paul Sives, Grant Latimer.

PWM Ltd.

Tel. 44-1233-820847

www.pwmltd.co.uk

U.K. Booth 1051

Exhibiting: Proton Products is a leading manufacturer of instrumentation and control equipment for wire and cable manufacturing. We continue to expand our product range with affordable, innovative technology which provides our customers with solutions that improve production capabilities and manufacturing efficiency. These include: diameter gauges, spark testers, speed and length gauges, eccentricity gauge, pre heaters, and PLC diameter control systems. We look forward to

Exhibiting: PWM’s range of cold welding machines, including the best-selling EP500, will be presented by Joe Snee Associates, exclusive distributor for PWM in the U.S. and Canada, booth 1051. Sales of the EP500 more than doubled last year. The energy-efficient machine is pneumatically powered and can be connected to a central air supply or dedicated compressor. Electrical power (a single-phase supply between 100 and 240 volts) is only required for the PLC control system. Safe, clean, and quiet to operate, the user-friendly EP500 provides a cost-effective method of welding rod 5 mm to 15 mm. PWM’s portable air/hydraulic HP100 cold welder and the manually operated M101 will also be on show. The M101, a heavyduty machine for wire 1.00mm to 5.00mm can also be used to weld strip for armoring lines. Small manual cold welding machines for fine/ medium wire 0.10mm to 1.80mm include the hand-held M10 and M25 machines and the BM10 and BM30 models, for use on a workbench or with a cart. PWM’s welders and dies (standard or custom-made) for wire, strip and profile, are designed and made in-house. PWM also makes specialist trapezoidal dies for welding material used in sub-sea cables. Personnel: Steve Mepsted, Carole Cole, Joe Snee, Ginny Ruckel.

Q8Oils

Tel. 212-532-3480

www.Q8Oils.com

andrew.turner@q8oils.com

USA Booth 330

Exhibiting: Q8Oils, one of the largest worldwide suppliers of lubricants to

the wire, cable and tube sectors, will present lubricants for the drawing and rolling of rod, bar, wire, strip, tube and profile. We manufacture and supply high-quality products for many applications, including: drawing emulsions for copper, copper alloys, rod to superfine wire; drawing oils and emulsions for aluminum, aluminum alloys, rod to fine wire; full synthetic drawing solutions for nickel and precious metals and exotic alloys; and more.

QED Wire Lines Inc.

Tel. 450-458-1200

www.qedwire.com

sales@qedwire.com

Canada Booth 1351

Exhibiting: QED Wire Lines is a custom furnace manufacturer and engineering company specializing in process equipment for the steel wire industry. Our leading-edge furnaces are custom built for multi-strand

annealing, stress relieving, patenting and tempering processes. With over 30 years of industry experience and innovation, we proudly serve customers in over 20 countries. Our patented equipment is backed by QED’s renowned excellence in service; with commissioning and installation supervision as well as spare parts support, QED provides a complete package for processing wire. QED offers solutions for all steps in your process.

Quaker Houghton

Tel. 610-832-4000

home.quakerhoughton.com/ mike.sabol@houghtonintl.com

USA Booth 1511

Exhibiting: Quaker Houghton is a global leader in industrial process fluids, continually improving and innovating so the world’s steel, aluminum, automotive, aircraft, machinery and industrial parts man-

ufacturers can stay ahead in a changing world. Our chemists, engineers and industry experts partner with our customers to continually improve their operations so they can run even more efficiently, even more effectively, whatever comes next.

Qual-Fab, Inc.

Tel. 440-327-5000

www.qual-fab.net

USA Booth 568

Exhibiting: Qual-Fab, Inc., specializes in the manufacture of quality high nickel alloy and stainless fabrications for a variety of high temperature and corrosive applications. With over 40 years of experience Qual-Fab ensures dependable, cost efficient, high quality products and attention to each individual customer specification. If you are looking for pickle hooks, fans, inner covers or pins, waste no more time and visit our booth.

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Quality Reel Solutions

Tel. 832-655-8961

www.jfminternational.com

USA Booth 1614

Exhibiting: JFM International specializes in new wood reels and recycled reel recovery and reconditioning.

Radyne Corp.

Tel. 414-481-8360

www.radyne.com

preit@radyne.com

USA Booth 240

Exhibiting: Radyne, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is part of the Inductotherm Group, a world-leading manufacturer and pioneer in the development of advanced induction and controlled atmosphere heating equipment. Offering general-purpose to full-turnkey induction systems for almost every industry sector, we provide our customers with quality products, industry expertise, process engineering, induction equipment, inductor and induction tooling design and development, and 24/7 service and support in one location.

Personnel: John Hauerwas, David Clowes.

Rainbow Rubber & Plastics

Tel. 610-685-2800

www.rainbowbelts.com

info@rainbowbelts.com

USA Booth 1549

Exhibiting: Rainbow Rubber and Plastics is one of the largest suppliers of caterpuller and capstan belting in North America. With over 30 years’ experience in the wire and cable industry, we have developed a range of products and services specifically suited for wire and cable production. Whether it is our truly endless belting, custom rubber parts, or in-plant training, Rainbow works closely with our customers to eliminate belting issues at the plant level. We distribute a full range of heat shrink end caps, CV gaskets and cut rubber parts. We are also proud to be the exclusive distributor of Renova reel and cart mover equipment.

Rautomead Limited

Tel. 44-1382-622341

www.rautomead.com

sales@rautomead.com

U.K. Booth 520

Exhibiting: We are a world-leading supplier of continuous casting technology for nonferrous alloys. Our machines are used for production of copper wire and cable, alloy wire, engineering alloys, copper magnesium, copper-chrome zirconium rod and precious metals. Our technology can be used for a wide range of applications at near net shape to minimize processing costs of products for automotive, medical and communications industries.

Redex of America

Tel. 732-493-3232

www.redex-america.com

info@redex-america.com

USA Booth 251

Exhibiting: REDEX of America

(RofA) is a subsidiary of REDEX Group, a French-based designer and manufacturer of cold rolling mills, tension leveling lines, slitting lines and laser-closed flux-cored welding (FCW) lines used in metal strip and wire production.

Reel Options by Vandor Corporation

Tel. 765-966-3699

www.reeloptions.com

sales@reeloptions.com

USA Booth 850

Exhibiting: Reel Options by Vandor Corporation is a leading manufacturer of light- and medium-duty plastic reels and flanges. Industry applications include wire, communications cable, fiber optics, tube and hose, rope and electrical connectors. Our manufacturing capabilities include plastic injection molding, plastic extruded cores, precision paper core cutting and precision die cutting.

Reel Power Industrial

Tel. 405-672-0000

www.reelpowerind.com

bills@reelpower.com

USA Booth 1811

Exhibiting: Reel Power Industrial is a manufacturer of innovative, lowest total life-cost, flexible material handling solutions that increase customers profitability, and lower risks. With over 100 years of combined manufacturing experience, between Reel-O-Matic and Tulsa Power Products, we are committed to reducing your overall business risk, and improving your profitability by providing world-class equipment, engineering and processing solutions for flexible materials to distribution manufacturing environments.

REELEX Packaging Solutions, Inc.

Tel. 845-495-4141

www.reelex.com

sales@reelex.com

USA Booth 813

Exhibiting: A world leader in tangle and twist-free packaging innovation, we will showcase the latest developments in REELEX packaging and equipment. These include the new S320 single-spindle coiling machine, the M340 dual-spindle coiling machine, the new REELEX AIR package and much more. REELEX will also debut its dedicated single-spindle spooler, the S320DS and two combination REELEX/spooling machines: the S320E and M340RS. Personnel: Timothy Copp.

Refractron Technologies Corp.

Tel. 315-573-1134

www.refractron.com

adamo@refractron.com

USA Booth 1829

Exhibiting: Choose Refractron for responsive service, reliable leadtimes, available inventory, and fair pricing. Specify Izory®HD zirconia parts to extend maintenance cycles,

reduce costs by 50% and improve wire quality. Izory HD is specified on drawing lines made by all major OEMs and trusted by manufacturers around the world because of its exceptional ceramic properties. Our local U.S. manufacturing starts with in-house made powder and our forming and finishing capabilities allow us to make nearly any precise shape your process requires, including multiwire capstans, rod rings, single wire step-cones, pulleys, eyelets and guides.

Personnel: Adam Osekoski.

RichardsApex Inc. Tel. 215-487-1100

www.richardsapex.com

raincorders@richardsapex.com

USA Booth 641

Exhibiting: RichardsApex, a leading global manufacturer of wet lubricants for the ferrous, nonferrous and alloy wire and tube industries will be displaying the latest technology. From wire drawing to tube drawing and hot-rolling applications, RichardsApex provides semi-synthetic, full synthetic and straight oil compounds for all nonferrous, ferrous and alloy applications. With our rich history, RichardsApex has an established global sales network to service customers. The company has subsidiaries located in both the U.K. and in Australia. Stop by and see how collaborating with RichardsApex can help your company achieve your goals for production and cost savings.

Ridgway Machines Ltd. Tel. 44-116-289-9199

www.ridgwayeng.com/

sales@ridgwayeng.com

U.K. Booth 238

Exhibiting: We manufacture precision taping and winding machines for the electrical, energy, oil and gas industries.

Personnel: Richard Glanville.

Rimjhim Ispat Limited

Tel. 91-98260-30197

www.rimjhimispat.com

India Booth 371

Exhibiting: We are India’s second largest stainless steel producer. We manufacture stainless steel billets, blooms, slabs, wire rod, bright bar, wire, fine wire, angles, flat bars, hot-rolled coils, cold-rolled coils and plates. We produce all types of stainless steel grades. We are PED and CE certified as well as ISO 9001 and 14001 We can offer all stainless steel welding grades with restricted chemistry and titanium-based stainless steel grades. We export all over the globe. Rimjhim Ispat has been one of India’s largest stainless steel wire rod producers for more than eight years. We look forward to your visit to our booth for more technical and commercial discussions. We assure you that you will get the best quality products and timely deliveries at optimal prices.

Rockford Manufacturing Group FELM

Tel. 815-624-2500

www.rmgfelm.com

tmcabe@rmgfelm.com

USA Booth 419

Rosendahl Nextrom

Tel. 828-464-2543

www.rosendahlnextrom.com

anita.hennessee@

rosendahlnextrom.com

USA Booth 1531

Exhibiting: Rosendahl Nextrom is a market and technology leader for production solutions for the global wire, fiber optics and cable industry. This includes manufacturing technologies for power cables, automotive cables, radio frequency cables, telecommunication cables and fiber optic cables, but also for blasting wires, shock tubes and steel ropes, producing glass preforms, glass fibers and the final fiber optic cables Rosendahl is a top-level extrusion expert. Their ROEX extruders and RX crossheads work incredibly precisely and are efficient with regard to energy and materials. Besides extrusion, the Austrian-based supplier offers SZ-stranding technologies and metal tape forming and welding solutions.

Roteq Machinery Inc

Tel. 905-660-8800

www.roteqmachinery.com

inquiries@roteqmachinery.com

Exhibiting: Rockford Manufacturing Group (RMG), Fastener Engineers and Lewis Machine are innovative leaders in the wire industry. RMG has introduced a new series of LEWIS SYNCHRO/CUT straightenand-cut machines. These innovative machines address applications where tighter control of wire diameter and reduced work hardening of the straighten and cut product are paramount for the customer’s application. RMG’s straighten-and-cut machines have introduced many revolutionary concepts including, three-die arbors and our patented “CLUTCHLESS” cutting technology. Our integrated in-line wire processing solutions are the epitome of Lean Manufacturing. Customers quickly realize reduced inventory, improved productivity, greater flexibility and reduced total cost.

Canada Booth 1623

Exhibiting: Roteq conceives, designs and manufactures rotating equipment. This includes: stranding technology for Cu and Al conductors, single-twist, double-twist, concentric, roll forming and SIW conductors; instrumentation cable, double twist shielding; cabling, drum twisters, planetary, single and double twist, S/Z; stranding and cabling for optical fiber cables; and advanced interlock armoring. Also, auxiliary equipment, including payoffs, take-ups, taping units, binders, yarn servers, capstans and caterpullers for your unique product challenges.

SAS Engineering and Planning Srl

Tel. 39-031-655593

www.sasengineering.it

info@sas.it

Italy Booth 1136

Exhibiting: SAS Engineering and Planning is a leading manufacturer

of combined coil-to-bar, coil-to-coil and rod-to-bar wiredrawing and peeling lines for ferrous and nonferrous metallic materials. The company has supplied innovative solutions and complete plants for more than 40 years. S&S has always taken care of the product in all its phases with 360° interventions: from design, to construction, to assembly, up to installation and final testing at the customer’s premises on machines for drawing and peeling ferrous metals and not.

SACO AEI Polymers

Tel. 920-803-0778

sacoaei.com

sales@sacoaei.com

USA Booth 851

Exhibiting: SACO AEI Polymers is a customer-driven manufacturer providing premium value and innovative polymers solutions. It has three polymers manufacturing locations internationally, located in Wisconsin, Ohio, and the U.K. SACO AEI ser-

vices the polymer industry by developing, manufacturing and delivering a full range of thermoplastic and thermoset compounds, additives and masterbatches for the wire and cable, pipe and fittings, building and construction, electrical and electronics, film and sheet, and specialty markets. Our global R&D facilities are customer responsive, with outstanding formulation chemists and extensive analytical laboratory capabilities. Our formulations are validated by real life application testing.

Saint-Gobain

Tel. 508-795-5264

www.ceramicsrefractories.saintgobain.com/

julio.t.spadaccia@saint-gobain.com

USA Booth 654

Exhibiting: We offer refractories and ceramic technology for every type of furnace. Come see our new SpyroCor flame diffuser technology on display.

SAMP USA Inc.

Tel. 301-223-8584

www.sampgroup.com

info.usa@sampgroup.com

USA Booth 1231

Exhibiting: SAMP/USA, Inc., is the U.S. office for the SAMP Group, which is based in Bentivoglio, Italy. With a focus on customer needs, the group offers single, twin and multistrand drawing machines ranging from rod breakdown to fine wire for copper, aluminum and alloys. We also offer a full range of double- and single-twist bunchers and complete extrusion systems for a wide range of cables. SAMP USA has provided sales, service, and spare parts support to the North American market since 1976, and we look forward to meeting with current and prospective clients during the Interwire event.

Personnel: David Graff, Sandy Scroggs, Tim Walter, Teodoro Ceglia, Federico Bussola, Giuseppe Gambaro.

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Sark Wire

Tel. 518-453-4199

www.sark-wire.com

marketing@sark-wire.com

USA Booth 1215

Exhibiting: Sark Wire Corp. is a leading North American manufacturer of bare and tin-plated copper conductors. With our state-of-the-art manufacturing locations in New York and Georgia, Sark is committed to the highest quality control standards and takes pride in our prestigious level of customer service. We are able to deliver to any point in the country within 24 hours or less due to having more than 100 million pounds of annual capacity and our strategically located warehouses throughout the U.S. With our customer-driven approach, our goal is to exceed your expectations every day. Proudly made in the USA.

Schlatter North America

Tel. 815-874-9471

www.schlattergroup.com

ronnie.meiers@schlattergroup.com

USA Booth 1323

Exhibiting: Schlatter is a world leader in plant manufacturing for resistance-welding machines and wire-weaving machines. Decades of independent development activity and expertise in automating production systems provide the basis from which Schlatter is able to offer our customers the best in sophisticated technology and efficient solutions. Schlatter has expanded its product range with the addition of cold-rolling, wire drawing and stretching systems. These wire manufacturing solutions range from entry-level systems to highly automated systems and integrated production lines.

Schnell SpA

Tel. 39-0721-878711

www.schnell.it

marketing@schnell.it

Italy Booth 1151

Exhibiting: We are a leading company in reinforcement processing machines, equipment and solutions. Our wide product lines include: job site machines, automatic stirrup

benders, cutting-bending machines, shaping machines, cage making-assembling machines, wire drawing and cold rolling lines, standard and special mesh welding machines, high-speed wire straightening and cutting machines, lattice girder machines, automatic mesh cutting and bending machines, special machines for production of tunnel reinforcement, software technologies and innovative building systems.

Seesun (See Delesun Inc.)

Setic Tel. 33-4772-32555

www.setic-pourtier.com

France Booth 1312

Exhibiting: SETIC is a leader in special, data communication and LAN cables machinery for automation, AI, Robotics, aerospace and data analytics sectors and a major actor in automotive wire equipment. SETIC provides high-speed double twist pairing/quadding and single twist lines for the automotive industry and high quality LAN, special and control cables with enhanced performances; SETIC is continuously developing new lines and new concepts for non-ferrous cables in order to meet the Customers’ needs such as special high speed lines, better tension control, ergonomic and ecofriendly machinery.

Setic/GGI

Tel. 33-4772-32555

www.setic-pourtier.com

France Booth 1312

Exhibiting: Since now 30 years, SETIC and POURTIER and their U.S. branch Gauder Group Inc have been building knowledge, experience and ability to serve the wire and cable industry in US Market. After the cancellation of last event in 2021, your cable production partners are ready and happy to welcome you on booth 1312 during Interwire 2023 for face-to-face meetings. See the individual listings for SETIC and Pourtier, which are world leaders in designing and manufacturing rotat-

ing machines for nonferrous cable, offering the widest range of twisting/ stranding solutions to cable makers. Also, our C2S Customer Services division is the ideal partner to maintain machines productivity and enhance products quality. Rich of a long successful experience, it is an efficiency booster to help customers maintain wire and cable production line productivity and product quality, whatever the brand of the equipment. C2S is being assigned spare parts, upgrades, technical audits or maintenance projects as well as transfer and restart operations of complete lines. Our BOW TECHNOLOGY unit makes high-grade carbon bows for all sizes and all brands of double twist equipment. It is the answer to cable makers concerned by quality and long-life reliable bows for double-twist machines from 560 to 2000 mm. With a comprehensive range of 600+ all sizes designs, including the new generation multi-use “GreenBow2+,” the division offers a global service from conception to production. The team is ready to discuss any model matching the customer production needs.

Shanghai Anchors Mold Trading Co. Ltd.

Tel. 86-1352-4365211

claire.he@anchmoldgroup.cn

China Booth 1071

Exhibiting: We are part of the Anchmold Group, which has vast experience and professional technology in the wire and cable field. We strive for industrial and professional excellence. We offer top quality tooling for the wire and cable industry. Through trusted workmanship, we developed and expanded our business and customer base. Anchmold has now become a brand, inseparable from the wire and cable industry. We focus on providing high quality tools including wire drawing dies, stranding dies, shaped dies, extrusion dies, cold welding dies, etc. In addition, we can assist with design, manufacturing, and service.

SHI Kabel GmbH & Co. KG

Tel. 43-2234-7297112

www.shi-kabel.de/ kabel@shi-gruppe.de

Austria Booth 225

Exhibiting: We are cable experts who provide advice about important business elements such as: product management, materials and approvals, machine procurement, technical audits, productivity checks, and date search and analysis. We implement concrete sales measures for cable manufacturers who work with us on a long-term basis.

Sicolinx Control Systems

Tel. 86-2168-882855

www.sicolinx.com

bing.sheng@sicolinx.com

China Booth 671 See p. 112

Exhibiting: We provide turn-key solutions for: wire coil pickling plants for carbon steel, stainless steel and copper alloys; wire coil transport

systems with AGV, EMS and other conveyors; wire coil storage facilities with automated cranes or high-stack warehouses; and acid regeneration plants for hydrochloric acid for a cleaner and more cost-effective pickling process.

Personnel: Bing Sheng, Thomas Marx.

SIKORA

Tel. 770-486-1233

sales@sikora-usa.com

USA Booth 1241

Exhibiting: SIKORA will showcase innovative measuring, control, testing, analysis and sorting technology for the wire and cable sectors as well as optical fiber and plastic industries. The product range includes X-ray and laser devices for the measurement of diameter, eccentricity, ovality and wall thickness. Also, spark testers for the detection of insulation faults, lump detectors for the detec-

tion of faults on the product surface, and more!

Sivaco Wire Group

Tel. 450-658-8741x3555

mlapointe@sivaco.com

Canada Booth 1506

Exhibiting: Thanks to our vertically integrated operating model, we have total control from raw materials up to finished wire which ensures efficient supply chain management. We can count on steady supply of high-quality steel from our sister company, Ivaco Rolling Mills (IRM), a member of The Heico Companies. Our close partnership with IRM enables us to produce high capacities of wire products each year. We offer a wide variety of customer-specific products used in thousands of different applications. Our diverse product line includes cold heading quality wire, low carbon wire, high carbon specialty wires, Sivaco 9000 series

RMG adds two more innovative designs to their large diameter wire drawers with the introduction of the Quick-Change wire relaxer assembly and the Wire Assist assembly. Both features ergonomically designed to signi cantly reduce change over time and prevent injury from operators handling large diameter materials.

See us at INTERWIRE 2023 in Atlanta, booth 419 for more information and hands on demonstrations of how RMG can provide you with wire processing solutions to increase productivity and reduce downtime.

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and submarine wire. We also have the necessary facilities and equipment for all operations related to the production of steel and wire products, such as cleaning and coating, annealing, drawing, and packaging of steel wire and wire rod.

Skaltek Inc.

Tel. 770-449-4263

ds@skaltek.com

USA Booth 961

SKET Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH

Tel. 49-391-40558-0

www.sketvmb.de

info@sketvmb.de

Germany Booth 1306

Exhibiting: SKET will present its complete production program of machinery and equipment for manufacturing cables and ropes. The focus of the presentation will be the company’s central stranding lines which are designed for efficient production of power conductors, and vertical laying-up machines developed to produce long-length, high-voltage offshore submarine cables in different constructions. For the manufacture of steel strands and ropes, SKET will present its range of equipment, including double-twist bunchers, tubular stranders and planetary machines. Our SKET team is looking forward to meeting you in person and welcoming you at our booth.

Personnel: Alexander SchwarzSanabria, Matthias Strobel, Giovanni Cecchini Manara.

Sonoco Reels and Spools

Tel. 800-633-3962

Sonoco.com/reels wcr.sales@sonoco.com

USA Booth 1109

Exhibiting: Sonoco offers the broadest line of reel and spool options: nailed wood, new structural, corrugated or tubular steel, plastic, plywood, polyfiber or a combination of materials. The engineered strength and smoothness you need for packaging, shipping or process application for wire, cable, flexible pipe, wire rope or other cordage. Precision spools for 56 AWG to

steel reels with flange sizes to 288 in.; Reel Tough® plastic reels with a lifespan exceeding similar process reels; lightweight, durable, recyclable Econo-Reel spools; and polyfiber composite reels with a built-in pallet that handles easier and safer. Sonoco’s EcoReel® recycling program offers truckload pickup of used wood and polyfiber reels, refurbishes them to like-new.

SPIRKA Schnellflechter GmbH

Tel. 49-30549918-46

www.spirka-schnellflechter.com info@spirka-schnellflechter.com

Germany Booth 1306

Exhibiting: Spirka and Wardwell are world leaders in braiding machine technology and manufacturing. Our equipment program includes the Dratex and DF models developed by Spirka; the traditional deflector style braider invented by Simon Wardwell; and a full complement of maypole style braiders. Additionally, we offer a complete line of spiraling machines, winders and payoffs for every bobbin size and wire application, and a line of remote payoffs and take-ups for reels up to 2000 mm in diameter.

Personnel: Thomas Uhlig.

Star Materials Co. Ltd.

Tel. 86-512-666783-02

www.star-materials.com

office@star-materials.com

China Booth 1603

Exhibiting: A Chinese/Austrian manufacturer, we offer all kinds of wire and cable materials to our worldwide customers. Our main products are polyester (or PET or Mylar), waterswellable blocking yarn, PP filler yarn, aluminum Mylar, Copolymer (PE) coated aluminum or steel tapes, copper polyester, non-woven tapes, PP foam tape and many others. All our products have passed the certification of the National Center for Quality Supervision & Test of Electric Wire & Cable, and they also meet the ROHS standard. Please contact us for more details.

Steel Cable Reels

Tel. 844-STEEL REEL

www.steelcablereels.com

npatel@steelcablereels.com

USA Booth 541

Exhibiting: Steel Cable Reels™ (SCR) is a Cabrol Group of company serving North & South America with a complete range of products and services for wire and cable process and shipping applications. With over 30 years in business, and an outstanding commitment to relationships, quality and integrity, the family owned enterprise has grown to be a pioneer in the steel reel industry. SCR offers a complete range of products and services: NEMA One Piece Welded Reels, Complete Knock Down™ (CKD) Reels, process reels, large diameter reels, wood reels, reel storage/return/repair service, and a stocking program of on-hand inventory.

Steuler Anlagenbau

GmbH & Co. KG

Tel. 49-2624-13218

www.steuker-anlagenbau.de Germany Booth 269

Exhibiting: Chemical pickling lines for steel and stainless steel are our profession. Well-known companies worldwide have been relying on our know-how for decades. The ideal concept for a customer-specific plant is developed through dialouge with our clients while taking all the relevant parameters, plant requirements and site conditions into account. Then a well-thought-out solution can be devised that also allows for the production environment, operation and plant technology to be further developed at a later date. Steuler

is able to supply optimized, industry-proven plants and processes for the surface treatment of a variety of materials, geometries and throughput capacities. Our focus is always on delivering high treatment quality, optimized chemical and energy consumption, low operating and capital investment costs together with minimal environmental impact. Steuler supplies a variety of technologies for pickling and surface treatment:

Stokkermill Recycling MachinerySeltec Srl

Tel. 39-328-8272193

www.stokkermill.com

info@stokkermill.com

Italy Booth 1144

Exhibiting: Stokkermill RM supplies a wide range of recycling plants and lines for the recycling, treatment, separation and reduction of industrial

August Strecker USA

August Strecker GmbH & Co. KG

Tel. 49-6431-96100

Tel. 203-481-5555 (U.S.)

www.strecker-limburg.de

www.streckerusa.com

sales@strecker-limburg.de

Germany/USA Booth 1005

Exhibiting: For over 85 years, August Strecker GmbH & Co. KG, has specialized in the development and production of butt welding machines for almost any application in the wire and cable industry, and is the first choice for individualized complete welding technology solutions. Our product range includes machines for butt welding solid wires, flat conductors, rings, chain links, stranded wires and conductors as well as custom parts. We can weld any metal which is considered to be weldable. The most frequently requested mate-

Subec AB

Tel. 46-8-884633

www.subec.se

info@subec.se

Sweden Booth 1839

Exhibiting: Subec’s main focus is to serve a world-wide wire, cable and plastic industry with quality equipment and has been doing so since 1986. With close cooperation with the customers and through deep technical knowledge Subec provides solutions to the customers’ specific requirements. By carefully monitoring the function and the advantages of the products, a strong customer relation is built. This focus allows added value to be created for the customer, our company and employees. Our experienced team of designers will assist, complete or fully design your products according to your specifications. The combination

able and flexible partner. We manufacture quality in every step of the process. Over half of our production each year is “custom.” We incorporate proven components together with designed components to meet our customers unique requirements. Our skilled team of CNC operators are educated and have many years experience in metal machining.

Super Seal Corporation

Tel. 203-378-5015

www.supersealcorp.com

jhalsey@supersealcorp.com

USA Booth 566

Exhibiting: Super Seal carries the highest quality heat shrink end seals and tubing for the wire and cable industry.

SWEED Machinery Inc.

Tel. 541-855-1512

www.sweed.com

sweed@sweed.com

USA Booth 1050

Exhibiting: Are you selling your scrap or off-spec wire for what it’s worth? Upgrade your off-spec wire and increase your scrap value with SWEED shredders, linear scrap choppers, cable cutters, cable strippers, and wire chopping lines. SWEED equipment processes all types of wire and cable including ICW, BX cable, utility cable, communication cable, ASCR, and ACSS. SWEED equipment is engineered to fit the customer’s application, built to last, and are made and supported in the United States with many common components on-hand.

Syncroplantech North America Inc.

Tel. 706-618-1707

www.syncro-group.com

paolo.gasparotto@syncro-group.com

USA Booth 970

Exhibiting: The SYNCRO GROUP presents the new generation of auxiliary equipment and machines designed to improve the production and quality of your extrusion lines, increasing their efficiency in the long run. SYNCRO: for design and manufacturing of auxiliary components as complete gravimetric dosing sys-

tems, with flat-die technology and precision optical inspection systems for defect detection with AceLabs; EUR.EX.MA: for laboratory and pilot extrusion lines. Plantech-CST: for turnkey plants for storage, transport, feeding, mixing and dosing of liquids, powders, flakes and granules. Plasmac: for compact recycling units; and SB DRY: for dryers and crystallizers for all hygroscopic materials.

TapeFormers Ltd.

Tel. 44-1509-768-186

www.tapeformers.com

info@tapeformers.com

U.K. Booth 1454

Exhibiting: Tape forming tools used to longitudinally wrap tape around cable.

Taubensee Steel & Wire Co.

Tel. 847-459-5100

www.taubensee.com

Contact@taubensee.com

USA Booth 707

Taymer International has developed leading-edge equipment including optical quality inspection systems, highly accurate length measurement machines and various cable printers designed to meet specific needs. As a world-leading manufacturer of equipment for the wire, cable, pipe and tube industry, we’ve built an extensive range of solutions designed to provide value and reduce cost to customers on the production line. Now expanding to new industries, new application solutions are constantly being developed for the growing demand of Taymer technologies around the world.

TCS Machinery & Services

Tel. 39-0124-48827/48700

www.tcsmachinery.com

Italy Booth 1132

Exhibiting: Taubensee Steel & Wire is a leader in the steel wire and cold drawn bar industry, built on family values and exceeding expectations since 1946. Our best-in-class quality, service, reliability and trust puts us ahead of the pack as your go-to manufacturer for all low- and high-carbon wire, straightened-and-cut wire, and cold-drawn bar needs. Taubensee has invested in new machinery and implemented enhancements to our current operations that have solidified our future growth in the wire sector.

Taymer International Inc.

Tel. 905-479-2614

www.taymer.com

info@taymer.com

Canada Booth 1316

Exhibiting: With more than 50 years’ experience producing machines,

Exhibiting: TCS, with its brands Trafco, Cortinovis and Sictra, offers machinery, specialized assistance, original spare parts and consulting for all wire, rope and cable industries. Its wide range of products includes drawing lines for nonferrous wires as rod breakdown, single and multiwire and trolley wire lines, stranding lines for ferrous and nonferrous ropes and assembling lines for cable. To complete the offer, for low-budget projects, we propose preused lines carefully refurbished and modernized.

TDC Thermoplastics Engineering Corporation

Tel. 704-875-1198

technicaldevelopment.com

info@technicaldevelopment.com

USA Booth 561

Exhibiting: TDC is a manufacturer of custom machinery. We specialize in turnkey extrusion lines such as: loose tube, FTTH drop lines, jacket, tight buffer, up-coating, armoring, and SZ stranding. TDC also produces components for lines such as:

payoffs (fiber, portal, arm style), capstans (belt wrap, caterpillar), take-ups, rewinders, water troughs, dancers, accumulators, SZ stranders, yarn servers (fly off, roll off), coloring lines and ribbon lines. We also sell the Chalkmaster and Powder Master. We have expertise in precision winding. These products can be completely custom. We take pride that these products are manufactured in the USA.

TEC

Tel. 800-241-4311

www.thermoplasticseng.com/ sales@thermoplasticseng.com

USA Booth 451

Exhibiting: Thermoplastics Engineering Corporation is a United States manufacturer providing a wide range of products and solutions for the wire and cable/fiber optic industries. For over 30 years, TEC has engineered high-quality, custom machinery for extrusion and cabling, as well as servicing the plastics market for tubing, profile and compounding machinery. Whether you’ve worked with us before or are a new customer we will be pleased to take your call. With years of design and engineering experience, Thermoplastics Engineering Corporation can help find the right solution for your business.

Tecnovo

(See TKT Group.)

Tecvil NA

Tel. 2818252846

martin.mueller@tecvilna.com

USA Booth 870

Exhibiting: Tecvil specializes in control upgrades for mesh welders and other wire mesh manufacturing equipment. We also refurbish used equipment and have many mechanical and copper parts for Schlatter, Ideal and EVG mesh welders. Milani Machinery is a manufacturer of straight and cut machines for up to 16 mm (5/8 in.) wire diameter. Milani machines are available with stationary and flying shears. Tecvil NA is the local support in North America for Milani machines and spare parts.

Teknikor

Tel. 508-689-5360

www.teknikor.com

vincent.nocera@teknikor.com

USA Booth 807

Exhibiting: Teknikor provides complete turnkey equipment installation and relocation as well as; mechanical and electrical engineering/contracting/plant layout/machine shop/steel fabrication and erection/rigging and trucking/precision alignment/automation and controls/electrical maintenance and testing. All services cater to our regional, national and global customers.

Teknor Apex

Tel. 401-642-3330

www.teknorapex.com

mpatel@teknorapex.com

USA Booth 505

Exhibiting: Teknor Apex features a full range of thermoplastic insulation and jacketing compounds for wire and cable applications: Apex® flexible and semi-rigid PVC for appliance wire, building wire and control cables; Fireguard® low smoke, highly flame retardant PVC for copper and optical fiber data cables; Flexalloy® PVC elastomers for robotics, industrial cables, EV charger cables and flexible cords; Halguard® lowsmoke, halogen-free, flame-retardant compounds capable of meeting applicable UL and EU CPR requirements for infrastructure cables. Our portfolio includes one of the broadest ranges of UL Recognized wire and cable compounds in the industry. About tektapes: Tektapes™ is a Sneham Group Company serving North & South America with specialty tape products and solutions. We serve leading electrical, power, telecom and specialty cable manufacturers globally. With outreach in over 35 countries and have over 20 years of tape manufacturing experience. We are ISO 9001:2008 Certified and UL Certified, and have RoHS & REACH approvals. With local slitting/warehouse facility, we are fully equipped to deliver worldclass support to help our customers

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choose the most appropriate tapes for their specialty cable designs. Products and solutions: water-blocking tapes, woven/non woven WBT, PE, mica, mylar, fire-retardant tapes, binding and splicing tapes.

Tensor Machinery Ltd.

Tel. 514-636-3121

www.tensormachinery.com

headoffice@tensormachinery.com

Canada Booth 861

Exhibiting: When it comes to fiber optic or specialized copper wire manufacturing needs, Tensor offers a wide range of equipment and customized solutions, from individual components to complete turn-key manufacturing lines. Join us at Interwire to learn more about what sets Tensor Machinery apart and how we can help you.

Personnel: Ken Luterbach, Robert Kepes, Jennifer Martin-Kepes.

TKT Group

Tel. 39-025456396

tkt@tktgroup.it

Italy Booth 1135

Exhibiting: The TKT Group presents the technologies of Koner and Tecnovo. Koner is a leading company in the field of drawing dies. It is committed to research and innovation both with regard to process and die technology and through cooperating with customers to provide them complete solutions. Koner produces: tungsten carbide nibs for drawing dies, tungsten carbide drawing dies and pressure dies; tungsten carbide wire guides, bushes rings and dies; and supplies know-how for the manufacture and reconditioning of drawing dies. Tecnovo has been producing lubricants and auxiliary chemicals for wire drawing and processing since 1945. It provides full and prompt technical assistance that starts with selecting the right products and goes through to testing at the customers plant with its own specialist staff. Tecnovo produces:

TECNOLUBRE: power lubricants for dry drawing; SINTEK: oils and liquid compounds for wet drawing;

TECNOFIX: pastes and greases for

wire drawing; TECNOLAM: products for wire rod and wire rolling; TECNOLUX: products for cleaning and degreasing wire.

Traxit North America LLC Tel. 662-592-5300

www.traxitna.com

g.brum@traxitna.com

USA Booth 455

Exhibiting: Traxit North America, LLC, part of Germany’s Klüber Lubrication GmbH, has been a leading lubricant supplier to the wire-drawing industry since 1881. Traxit utilizes the latest technology to meet the highest demands in the wire drawing industry. This year, Traxit is introducing a new line of nitrate/nitrite free lubricants for the wire drawing industry.

TROESTER GmbH & Co. KG

Tel. 49-5118-7040

www.troester.de info@troester.de; manuela.hamel@troester.de Germany Booth 1451

Exhibiting: TSM Control Systems, provides innovative end-to-end solutions in gravimetric blending, controls and material management. We are materials management specialists with 45 years’ experience in the plastics industry.

Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, Inc.

Tel. 203-234-3469

www.ulbrich.com

USA Booth 231

Exhibiting: Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, Inc., is a global precision re-roller and distributor of stainless steel and special metals strip, foil, shaped wire, fine wire, sheet, plate and bar products for use in the medical, automotive, nuclear and aerospace industries. Ulbrich has locations in five countries across North America, Asia and Europe, with additional sales representation worldwide.

Ultimate Automation Ltd./AWT Machinery

Tel. 49-1403-710-043

www.ultimat.com

sales@ultimat.com

U.K. Booth 1530

Exhibiting: TROESTER will showcase their Industry 4.0 solutions with an emphasis on their proven Maintenance Advisor with augmented reality features. Attendees will see first-hand the value of the product relative to data acquisition and analysis as well as preventive maintenance and machine control. Main benefits are generated in reduced downtimes, production transparency, increased flexibility and quality control. TROESTER is well known for their cable production lines including CV-, silane-, jacketing- and insulation lines.

TSM Control Systems, Inc.

Tel. 770-886-6630

www.tsm-controls.com

sales@us.tsm-controls.com

USA Booth 754 See p. 90

Exhibiting: Ultimat is a leader in the field of wire forming and welding machines, manufacturing in the U.K. a wide range of wire forming and welding machines used to manufacture shelving, racking, POP displays to automotive components. At Interwire this year, we will display a Ultimat 2D wire forming and welding machine. Ultimat has a machine to suit everyone’s requirement for the manufacture of weld rings, POP displays, lampshades, supermarket shelving, etc.

Personnel: Martin Smith.

United Wire Co. Inc.

Tel. 203-752-1599

www.unitedwirecompany.com

bob@unitedwirecompany.com

USA Booth 304

Exhibiting: Flat, square and shaped wire produced in stainless steels, carbon steels, nickel bases, copper bases, cobalt alloys and aluminum.

Unitek Crossheads Inc.

Tel. 905-669-4010

www.howarequipment.com

sales@howarequipment.com

Austria/Canada Booth 1522

Exhibiting: Represented by HOWAR

Equipment in North America, Unitek Crossheads will present a new THHN co-extrusion crosshead for a max 30 mm die ID, along with its high precision/high concentricity fixed -enter single and multi-layer crossheads for thermoplastic and fluoropolymer thermoplastic materials. The high precision designs can achieve the highest concentricities and hold them for extended service life. PVC heads are documented to last up to 50,000 hours. Unitek manufactures a complete line of fixed center crossheads capable of producing up to 120 mm over-insulation cable diameters. It also offers peripheral equipment, such as purge valves. Automatic color changing systems for changing color at full line speed are also available and on display.

Personnel: Bernd Klein, Maximilian Peroutka, Martin Plut.

Universal Wires LLC

Tel. 968-2694-900

uniwires.com

info@uniwires.com

Oman Booth 653

Exhibiting: Universal Wires LLC is a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant for hot-dipped galvanized wires with the best in class European machinery, We have 70 galvanizing lines with a production capacity of 60,000 metric tons per year. We do all the diameters starting from .035 in. up to .177 in. and can offer a coating of as low as 0.02 oz per sq ft to up to 2 oz per sq ft. We have been exporting products all over the world to a lot of industries including cables, fence, gabions, nails, springs, ACSR wires etc.

UPCAST OY

Tel. 358-207-577-400

www.upcast.com

upcast@upcast.com

Finland Booth 1807

Exhibiting: UPCAST® continuous casting technology since 1968. Supplier of the original UPCAST® technology offering a wide range of high-quality continuous casting lines for copper, copper alloy and other no-ferrous metal rod and tube production, also designed for 100% recycled material.

Personnel: Juho Hanka, Juan Carlos Bodington, Hudai Kocabalkanli.

US Extruders

Tel. 401-584-4710

www.us-extruders.com

Eadair@us-extruders.com

USA Booth 750

Exhibiting: US Extruders develops highly engineered, custom single-screw extruder solutions. We are a motivated and capable supplier committed to providing the highest level of machinery and support to achieve the best possible end product. We have a plain language guarantee: we will build the machine you want, on time, with the performance you expect, backed by our full support.

Vapormatt

Tel. 44-1823-257976

www.vapormatt.com

U.K. Booth 350 See p. 100

Exhibiting: Vapormatt will present its Profelis automatic wet-blasting machine at the Cable Consultants’ stand. Purpose built for wire and cable cleaning, it is capable of processing large quantities of wire or cable at high speed. Headquartered in the U.K. we invented the first wet blasting machine and remain world leaders in wet blasting technology, supplying machines globally to several different industries. We also have permanent staff and warehousing of spare parts in the U.S.

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Varo Srl

Tel. 39-0341-580164

sales@varo.ir

www.varo.it

Itay Booth 365

Exhibiting: Varo is a northern Italian mechanical engineering company specialized in development and construction of machines for processing wire and reinforced wire. Our range of machinery includes welding machines, our core business; forming machines; straightening and cutting machines; special customized plants; and other equipment with varying levels of automation for production of fine mesh, light mesh, industrial mesh, fences, 3D fences, safety fences, grids, dishwasher racks, pet/ animal cages, reinforced steel mesh, shelves, etc. Varo is a leader in straighten-and-cut machines for processing normal and reinforced steel wire. We offer forming machines that meet the highest technological and commercial demands. All system components and auxiliary equipment are realized to satisfy our customers’ specific requirements and to guarantee a high-quality production and a remarkable reliability. Varo can respond to customer’s needs and flexibly developing specific customized machines and tools (fully automatic, semi-automatic, manual) and provides to our customers a reliable consultancy services for constructing turnkey plants and optimizing production. Research and continuous development of new products are at the core of our success.

W. Gillies Technologies LLC

(See Gillies Technologies, LLC.)

WAFIOS Machinery Corporation

Tel. 203-481-5555

www.wafios.us

briand@wafios.us

USA Booth 1005

suppliers of precision machinery for wire, tube and formed parts. The WAFIOS range of machine types include spring coiling and forming, spring end-grinding, wire bending and forming, tube bending and forming, wire straightening, cutting and end-working, e-mobility as well as precision machines used to produce fasteners and chains. The WAFIOS North American headquarters is in Branford, Connecticut, with spare parts stock, service resources and machines available for demonstration. The Chicago-area Midwest Technical Center located in Mokena, Illinois, provides additional resources as a service center, with machines available for trials and demonstration.

Wardwell Braiding Co.

(Stolberger Inc. dba Wardwell Braiding Co.)

Tel: 401-724-8800

sales@wardwell.com

www.wardwell.com

USA Booth 1306

nisms for 800 mm diameter reels. Wire re-winding system: a two-spindle, semi-automatic winder and a 14-position static payoff provides cable manufacturers with advantage and flexibility of winding their own wire onto various bobbin sizes. In lieu of long lead-time amid supply chain disruptions, the two-spindle winder can support up to eight high-speed braiding machines at an affordable cost. Visit us at booth 1306 and let us demonstrate the Wardwell advantage.

Personnel: John Tomaz, Cynthia Tomaz.

Weber & Scher Mfg. Co., Inc.

Tel. 908-236-8484

webscher@webscher.com

USA Booth 1449

Exhibiting: WAFIOS, established in 1893, is one of the world’s largest

Exhibiting: Wardwell Braiding Co., which is co-exhibiting at Interwire with SKET, Henrich and Spirka, will display a rapid braider, winder and payoff that offer noteworthy advances to help cable manufacturers meet new industry requirements. The 16-carrier wire rapid braider includes seven features that would have been considered optional several years ago. Today’s cables are smaller in diameter, more prone to elongation and deliver higher electrical performance. The added features —sound enclosure with light and exhaust fan, variable speed drive, HMI, automatic lubrication, empty bobbin detector and core run-out sensor—make it easier to program and control the shielding process and reduce defects. The braider is equipped with integrated payoff and wind-up mecha-

Exhibiting: Weber & Scher Mfg. Co., Inc., will celebrate its 108th year anniversary. The company, established in 1915 by George Scher, has spanned over three generations to become a leading equipment supplier to the global wire and cable industry. It will display information on company’s complete product lines, which include: tape and cable accumulators, binder heads, linear and belt wrap capstans, corrugated and smooth longitudinally applied/overlapped metal tape sheathing equipment, metal tape and cable payoffs, cable takeups, tangential and concentric taping machines, and eccentric/concentric binding machines.

Weilly Diamond Industrial Co., Ltd.

Tel. 886-3-4707155 #20

www.weilly.com.tw/

weilly@ms5.hinet.net

Taiwan R.O.C. Booth 1602

Exhibiting: Weilly Diamond, founded in 1990, has a team with sophistication and vast experience in diamond-based tool technology accumulated for more than 25 years. Since the team is so versed in every aspect of this profession, Weilly is growing fast and becoming one of the leading diamond dies maker in Taiwan. The company has grown from a local factory into its current status as a modern manufacturer of

wire dies with top quality, technology and production capability to satisfy the needs and requirements of worldwide customers. All that has led to its solid reputation.

Personnel: Charles, Leo, Kent.

Windak Inc.

Tel. 828-322-2292

www.windakgroup.com

dan.shelander@windakgroup.com

USA Booth 1219

Exhibiting: Windak provides cost-effective automated packaging solutions for the wire and cabling industries. Windak is a world-leading specialist in cable packaging machinery originating in Sweden in 1994. Our first order was to Volvo for a complete pallet handling packaging system. From 1994 tо the present day our innovative technologies include high-speed rewind lines for fiber optic cable, fully automatic spooling lines, versatile coiling lines, a multitude of palletizers, and breakthrough coiling solutions for packaging cable products into boxes or bags.

Personnel: Daniel Shelander, Anna Shelander, Olga Berlinberg, Madis Tomson, Joe Phipps, Staffan Edstrom.

Wire & Cable Technology International (WCTI)

Tel. 330-864-2122

www.wiretech.com

mcnulty@wiretech.com

USA Booth 1000

Exhibiting: Wire & Cable Technology International (WCTI) is a bimonthly technical magazine for manufacturers, processors, distributors and users of all types of wires, cables, wire harnesses and cable assemblies. Additional WCTI publications include the OVERVIEW business and market newsletter, the IWCS Supplier Exhibition Directory, and the annual WCTI Buyers’ Guide. All publications are published in print and digital formats. WCTI is the “Official Conference Magazine”

of the IWCS Cable & Connectivity Industry Forum, the “Seminar Room Sponsor” of the Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo, a “Media Sponsor” of the Wiring Harness Manufacturer’s Association (WHMA), and a supporter of several industry conferences.

Personnel: Alex Lippincott, Mike Dies, Mike McNulty.

Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp

Tel. 860-583-4646

www.wireandplastic.com

info@wireandplastic.com

USA Booth 1341

Exhibiting: Wire & Plastic Machinery Corporation (WPMC) is one of the world’s largest re-sellers of high-quality secondhand wire, cable, and optical fiber manufacturing equipment for wire drawing, stranding, bunching, cabling, braiding, extrusion and other cable making needs. Machines are offered as individual components to complete lines, and can be delivered immediately from eight USA locations or reconditioned by an in-house engineering team. WPMC can also supply complete customized lines and turnkey solutions sourcing new components from other OEMs. The company has highly talented mechanical and electrical engineering staff with combined experience of over 80 years.

Personnel: Erik Macs, Rick Narang, Rahul Sachdev, Greg Malcervelli, Denis Godin, Eshan Narang.

wire 2024

Tel. 312-781-5180

www.wire-tradefair.com

info@mdna.com

USA Booth 802

Exhibiting: Visitor and exhibitor information for Messe Düsseldorf’s “join the best – worldwide” portfolio of international wire and cable trade fairs including wire Düsseldorf 2024 (April 15-19, 2024, in Düsseldorf, Germany); wire Middle East Africa 2023 (Sept. 2-4, 2023, in Cairo, Egypt); wire China 2023 (Sept. 4-7,

2023, in Shanghai); wire Southeast Asia 2023 (Sept. 20-22, 2023, in Bangkok, Thailand); and wire India 2024 (Nov. 27-29, 2024, in Mumbai). All events present a comprehensive range of new technologies, including wire manufacturing and finishing machinery, process technology tools and auxiliary materials as well as special wires and cables geared towards the respective country’s market.

Wire Association International Tel. 203-458-4044

www.wirenet.org

info@wirenet.org

USA Show flr. WAI Resource Center

Exhibiting: The Wire Association International, founded in 1930, is a worldwide technical society for wire and cable industry professionals. Based in Madison, Connecticut, USA, WAI collects and shares technical, manufacturing, and general business information to the ferrous, nonferrous, electrical, fiber optic, and fastener segments of the wire and cable industry. WAI hosts trade expositions, technical conferences, and educational programs. It publishes the Wire Journal International (WJI), HardWIRED, the annual WJI Reference Guide, and technical products available through the WAI Store.

Personnel: John Markowski.

Wire Journal International Tel. 203-453-2777

www.wirenet.org

info@wirenet.org

USA Show flr. WAI Resource Center

Exhibiting: Wire Journal International (WJI) is a leading tech-

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nical publication for the wire and cable industry. Published monthly, WJI is written for executives, engineers, technical and sales professionals, and purchasing agents engaged in the manufacture of ferrous and nonferrous wire and cable; electrical wire and cable; fiber optic cable; and formed and fabricated wire products.

Personnel: John Markowski, Mark Marselli.

Wire Lab Co. Tel. 216-362-0800

www.wirelab.com

E-mail@wirelab.com

USA Booth 1001

Exhibiting: Wire Lab Company manufactures one of the most comprehensive and complementary lines of mechanical descaling systems available to steel wire manufacturers today. On display at Interwire will be the widely used WILCO model 1250 mechanical descaling system with unique aggressive automatic wire brush cleaning. Also, display samples of wire drawing aids: WILCO lubricant applicators and double-die pressure die holders.

Wire Machine Systems, Inc. Tel. 260-483-9269

www.wire-machine.com

jay.griffith@wire-machine.com

USA Booth 1242

Exhibiting: Wire Machine Systems, Inc., is a leading supplier of equipment and supplies to the wire, cable, bar and tube industry. We will highlight state-of-the-art cleaning and coating lines, wire and bar drawing, peeling and shaving technology, coiling for bare and insulated cable, shot blasting, wire straighteners and guides, steel reels, buncher bows, pointing (and pointing +stringing-up) machines for ferrous and nonferrous applications, wire/bar cutters as well as a wide array of spare parts for European and Asian machines. We will highlight our new line of BB Spring Technology spring coiling machines for wire diameters up to 0.987 in.

Witels Albert USA Ltd.

Tel. 410-228-8383

www.witels-albert-usa.com

info@witels-albert-usa.com

USA Booth 801

Exhibiting: Under the motto, “Better smart than hard,” Witels Albert USA will present new ideas and products for guiding, straightening and transporting process materials. Ideas are the raw material of the future. The art of promoting and developing this raw material is becoming increasingly important for the success of companies. The intelligent processing of wires, tubes, ropes, cables, flat wires and strips is the focal point of the trade fair presentation.

WMC

Tel. 832-702-0161

www.wmc-us.com

USA Booth 565

carbide, and shaped dies as well as recutting services, physical elongation of multi-wire sets, and more.

Worth Steel

Tel. 708-388-6300

www.worthsteel.com

jdegrado@worthsteel.com

USA Booth 1619

Exhibiting: Worth Steel is a steel wire and cold drawn bar manufacturer located in Alsip, Illinois. We produce steel wire from .031 in. to .750 in. in lengths from 1 in. to 21 ft in grades 1008, 1018, 1045 and others. We supply in quantities from one lb to truckloads, We also stock brite basic, galvanized and annealed wire on the floor for same day shipment. Other products include cold drawn bar from .125 in. to 1.00 in. in lengths up to 24 ft, in grades of 1018, 1045, 1215 and 12L14 as well as others.

Personnel: Jim DeGrado, Bob Bender.

Woywod Gmbh. – PLASTICOLOR

Exhibiting: Founded in Jacksonville, Florida in 2003 and now based in The Woodlands, Texas, WMC is committed to providing the highest quality steel wire for construction and industrial uses. Our company has grown and added facilities in Illinois, California, Texas, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania. These eight mills are strategically located across the United States.

Woodburn Diamond Die, Inc.

Tel. 260-632-4217

www.woodburndd.com

jrumpz@woodburndd.com

USA Booth 804

Exhibiting: Wire and cable manufacturers in need of wire dies and recutting services that exceed performance and quality expectations are invited to visit with the experienced staff from Woodburn Diamond Die. We understand the need for personal attention to each application. Our dedication to customer service complements our full product line of high performance tools: PCD, single-crystal diamond, tungsten

Tel. 905-669-4010

www.woywod.de

sales@howarequipment.com

Germany/Canada Booth 1522

Exhibiting: Represented by HOWAR Equipment in North America, Woywod manufactures the PLASTICOLOR line of extrusion mixing & dosing systems. PLASTICOLOR systems are known for their simplicity and modularity as the systems can grow as per needs arise. PLASTICLOR compound and masterbatch mixing station will be on full display, including details on gravimetric mixing and dosing stations and volumetric mixing and stations. Complementary products include hoppers, extrusion compound feeders, dryers. Automatic color-change systems are also available for further efficient production requirements.

Personnel: Poul Ole Hansen, Rainer Erdhofer, Martin Plut.

WTM Srl

Tel. 39-049-8705566

www.wtmachinery.com

Italy Booth 267

Hengtai is nationally certified for having “High Technology Expertise,” and has passed ISO-9001 quality management system certification and CE certification.

Yagmura Ajans Makina Ve Mobilya San.Tic. Ltd. Şti.

Tel. 90-532-379-9938

www.nikelon.com.tr

Exhibiting: WTM manufactures high-performance cable taping machines, single-twist stranders and heat treatment systems for producing high-quality special cables. At Interwire 2023 we will show the latest generation taping module designed for the application of silver-plated copper tape, for manufacturing high frequency coaxial cables. The best of technology in terms of production quality: the innovative dynamic dancer controls the tape tension down to a very low limits, 21 in. touchscreen HMI panel for parameter setting and monitoring, and original dedicated software for online analysis of statistical index (Cpk, standard deviation) and frequency trends (FFT analysis). Come visit us.

Personnel: Nicola Spessato, Enrico Zanini.

Wuxi Hengtai Cable Machinery Manufacture Co., Ltd. (Hengtai)

Tel. 86-1520-6198066

www.hntcabletec.com

steven@hengtaiwx.com

China Booth 252

Exhibiting: Established in 1995, Hengtai is dedicated to the design, R&D, manufacturing and sales of intelligent cable machinery and related products. Hengtai has more than 150 employees, 15,000 square meters of workshops and multiple CNC precision machine tools. Hengtai can provide customized cable machinery and equipment according to customer needs. These include: cable extrusion production lines, stranding production lines, coiling and packaging production lines, and other related auxiliary equipment, such as take-ups and payoffs. The application range covers power cables, construction cables, data cables, electronic cables, automotive cables and more.

Turkey Booth 250

Exhibiting: Nikelon Yağmura Ajans Makine Mobilya San. Ve Tic. Ltd.

ŞTİ was established in 2005 in Kayseri, Turkey. We make products from 99% nickel suitable for longterm use. Our main products are bending circles, nickel contact tubes and nickel strip, and are widely used especially in cable and copper wire industry. The products in our company produce first-hand spare parts for wire-drawing machines and take into account customer satisfaction by applying high quality and reasonable price policy. At the same time, fast delivery is made because the production process is fast.

Yield Management Corporation

Tel. 413-283-7773

www.yieldmanagementcorp.com

bbrown@yieldmanagementcorp.com

USA Booth 1835

Exhibiting: Wire and tape break detection systems, quality control accessory products for stranding and bunching machines. Braiding machine parts and accessories.

Zhejiang Tenglong Stainless Steel Industry Co. Ltd.

Tel. 86-18605745289

www.tenglonggroup.com

China Booth 1160

Exhibiting: Our company is specialized in the manufacturing of stainless steel wire. The company has an output of 15,000 MT/month, with wire diameters from 0.10 mm - 25 mm, including 200 series,300 series and 400 series. The wire products mainly used for cold heading, spring, weaving, welding, EPQ, etc. The Tenglong Jingxian Group was founded in 1986. After more than 30 years of unremitting pursuit, con-

tinuous innovation and continuous growth, it has developed into a large enterprise group integrating science, industry and trade. It is one of the top 500 private manufacturing enterprises in China.

ZT Italy

Tel. 39-0445-575690

info@zt-italy.com

www.zt-italy.com

Italy Booth 366

Exhibiting: ZT Italy is a dynamic Italian company active in the world market since 2008, specializing in the design and manufacture of wet and dry drawing lines for steel, stainless steel, aluminum and bronze wire. It also supplies payoffs, take-ups, precision layer winding machines, drum packing machines, coppering bath and cleaning and brightening lines. Our highly qualified staff creates innovative solutions to realize high precision special machines and lines for stainless steel, aluminum and bronze wire drawing. What distinguishes our products are the quality of the materials, the high productivity, the reliability and the uninterrupted use during the manufacturing process as well as the ease of use with advanced control panels.

Zumbach Electronics Corp

Tel. 914-241-7080

www.zumbach.com

sales@zumbach.com

USA Booth 1031

Exhibiting: Zumbach will showcase its extensive portfolio of dimensional measurement and inspection solutions for the wire and cable, fiber optic, steel, and plastics industries. That includes diameter, ovality, wall thickness, eccentricity, capacitance, L/N detection, speed/length, FFT/ SRL, sparktesting, preheating and more. Stop by to discuss our amazing Industry 4.0 software and interface connectivity solutions and ask about our advanced control systems for the wire and cable industry.

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Nail manufacturing: in-line setups increase capacity

By Maziyar Fransgaard Nesari, chief product officer, ENKOTEC A/S

Traditional bulk production set-ups for nail manufacturing typically require a lot of space and manpower. Manually transporting nails from nail machine to thread roller to collator wastes valuable time and is labor intensive. The cost of this is more than visible when it comes to bottom lines and over-all production output, and that’s before taking into account scrap and sub-quality nails that don’t make it to market. This is inefficient and unsustainable.

ENKOTEC has continued to focus on efficiency in recent years, and that has led to a re-imagination of the traditional bulk production setups into an in-line system. This required rethinking traditional methods that, while able to be reliable and consistent, were limited by the design from being able to achieve the higher production rates that nail manufactures want. That goal has been achieved in the company’s latest generation ENKOnail+ nail-making machine, which combines the well-known rotary system with advanced ENKOsmart sensor technology to provide maximum wirerod utilization.

Below follows the specific target focuses for improvements, and an explanation to as how the advances were able to be made.

Less labor intensive

The ENKOline was designed to transform wire into threaded and/or collated nails in a single end-to-end automated process. The line includes conveyor belts to transport the nails from one machine to another, reducing the workforce needed to manage the nail production. See Pic. 1.

Editor’s Note:

The ENKOline can be linked to ENKOsmart software, which is a system of interconnected applied sensor technology that provides advantages such as auto-start/stop capabilities and on-screen performance data. This makes it possible for one operator—with the exception of packaging—to manage four ENKOlines at the same time. See Fig. 1. This increases production capacity per person by up to 100%, in comparison to conventional bulk production set-ups.

Reduced footprint

Besides increased capacity per operator, the design of the ENKOline enables more than a 60% reduction in footprint for the same production capacity, due to saving of bulk material handling as well as cleaning and tumbling processes. See Fig. 2. This was achieved by implementing the ENKOveyor automated conveyor belt systems, which

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Pic. 1. A picture of the full ENKOline process.

transport the nails directly between machines, eliminating the need for trucks and extra workers to collect and manually transport boxes of nails from one machine to the other. This significantly reduces the amount of floor space needed, as the nails are processed from wire to their final form in one smooth run, and do not need to be stored between processes. Furthermore, our nail manufacturing process is oil-free as we have developed our machines to efficiently evacuate dust. The nails produced during this process are so clean that there is no need for subsequent cleaning and tumbling, and therefore the space usually used for these procedures is no longer necessary.

The ENKOline can also be arranged in a multitude of ways, making it adaptable to many spaces. This brings new possibilities to increase production capacity per square meter. A reader can try the configurator by scanning the QR code in Pic. 2 to investigate the actual footprint of a production line with capacities of up to 2500 nails/min for threaded and/or collated nails.

Enhanced productivity with Industry 4.0

As noted above, a range of configurations and ENKOsmart technology make it possible to run a very effective operation. ENKOsmart sensors provide precision quality control for high-speed nail production, ensuring optimum efficiency and minimum waste materials.

The sensors can also track errors, meaning that issues can quickly be resolved, thereby reducing downtime. The ENKOsmart user interface (see Pic. 3) allows for easy adjustments to the machinery and includes intuitive digital manuals with video guides to make the replacement of parts a quick and easy process for all operators. The ENKOsmart is also enabled for remote access, providing instant support and real-time troubleshooting from EKOTEC HQ to keep things running smoothly.

For more details, contact ENKOTEC A/S via email: sales@enkotec.dk, or visit www.enkotec.com. Interwire 2023 attendees can also visit the company’s booth, #1049.

Pic. 2. Examples of different configurations and the QR code to ENKOTEC’s configurator.

Fig. 1. Typical capacity difference per operator of an ENKOline in comparison to a conventional bulk production set-up.

Fig. 2. ENKOline takes up >60% less space compared to a conventional bulk production setup.

Pic. 3. Example of the ENKOsmart User Interface. Actual display may vary depending on machine model.

PATENT REPORT

recently approved U.S. patents for wire and cable

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ing the high-voltage cable sealing end (100). The secondary volume (104) can be disconnected from the primary volume (102) via a separable connection (106) which can be cut off in a fluid-tight manner. A drying agent, which draws moisture out of the insulating fluid, is introduced into the secondary volume (104).

Drum core and wire coil component

U.S. Patent No.: 11,515,071

Patent date: Nov. 29, 2022 Filed: July 29, 2019

Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Japan

Inventor: .Ryota Hashimoto

A drum core includes a core portion that extends in an axial direction, first and second flange portions respectively disposed at first and second ends of the core portion in the axial direction, and first and second terminal electrodes respectively disposed at the first and second flange portions. The first flange portion includes a bottom surface that is substantially parallel to the axial direction and on which the first terminal electrode is disposed, an outer end surface that is substantially perpendicular to the axial direction and that faces outward away from the core portion, and a first ridge portion and a second ridge portion respectively disposed at a first end and a second end of the outer end surface in a width direction substantially parallel to the bottom surface and the outer end surface, and the first ridge portion and the second ridge portion have different shapes.

Compressed stranded conductor, insulated electric wire, and wire harness

U.S. Patent No.: 11,515,062

Patent date: Nov. 29, 2022 Filed: Nov. 19, 2021

Assignee: Yazaki Corporation, Japan

Inventor: Tomomi Hirota

A compressed stranded conductor includes an inner layer strand having conductive wires which are twisted together, and an outer layer strand having conductive wires which are arranged around an outer periphery of the inner layer strand and are twisted together. The inner layer strand and the outer layer strand are compressed. An inner layer area reduction rate of one conductive wire of the inner layer strand is 29% or more and 32% or less. An outer layer area reduction rate of one conductive wire of the outer layer

strand is 6% or more and 11% or less. A difference between the inner layer area reduction rate and the outer layer area reduction rate is 19% or more and 25% or less.

Fluoropolymer insulated communications cable

U.S. Patent No.: 11,515,060

Patent date: Nov. 29, 2022 Filed: May 3, 2021

Assignees: Daikin America, Inc., USA

Daikin Industries, Ltd., Japan

Inventor: Daniel J. Kenneficki

A communications cable is provided that includes a pair of twisted pair of wires, each coated with a fluoropolymer insulator. The twisted pair of wires is configured to carry a differential signal, such as a differential data signal and/ or a differential power signal. The fluoropolymers are highly effective insulators and significantly reduce both the effects of internal and external electromagnetic interference while maintaining low cable attenuation, even when operating within a temperature range of −40°C. to 150°C.

Optical fiber cable and cable core production method

U.S. Patent No.: 11,513,302

Patent date: Nov. 29, 2022 Filed: Nov. 11, 2017

Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Japan

Inventor: Tetsuya Yasutomi

A jacket is provided to the outer circumference of a cable core, a rip cord, and a tension member. The cable core, the rip cord, and the tension member are collectively covered by the jacket. A wrapping tape is longitudinally placed on the outer circumference of a core part so as to be wound therearound. Thus, immediately after the wrapping tape is longitudinally placed and wound, a wrap part thereof is formed so as to lie substantially straight in the axial direction of an optical fiber cable. In contrast, in an optical fiber cable, the cable core is obtained by combining and intertwining the core part and the wrapping tape. Because of this configuration, the wrap part of the wrapping tape is helically disposed in the longitudinal direction.

Wire rod with excellent strength and ductility and manufacturing method therefor

U.S. Patent No.: 11,512,365

Patent date: Nov. 29, 2022 Filed: Nov. 11, 2017

Assignee: POSCO, South Korea

Inventors: Hyong-Jik Lee, Yum-ho Choi

Disclosed are a wire rod and a manufacturing method therefor, the wire rod comprising, by weight %: 0.050.20% of C, 0.2% or less of Si, 5.0-6.0% of Mn, 0.020% or less of P, 0.020% or less of S, 0.010-0.050% of Al, 0.0100.020% of N, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities and having a microcrystalline structure composed of two phases of austenite and ferrite, wherein the austenite has an area fraction of 15-25%.

Thermoplastic resin composition for wire-coating and heat resistant wire

U.S. Patent No.: 11,512,194

Patent date: Nov. 29, 2022 Filed: Aug. 8, 2017

Assignee: MD Elektronik GmbH, Germany

Inventors: Kaoru Iwasa, Shinichi Kishimoto

The invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition having (A) a thermoplastic polymer comprising (a1) 5 mass % to less than 50 mass % of a propylene polymer having a melting point of 150° C. or higher, (a2) 10 mass % to less than 60 mass % of an ethylene polymer, (a3) 5 mass % to less than 50 mass % of, for example, a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer of an aromatic vinyl compound and a conjugated diene compound, and (a4) 1 mass % to less than 30 mass % of, for example, an unsaturated carboxylic acid-modified olefin polymer; (B) a softener for nonaromatic rubbers; (C) a metal hydrate; (D) an organic peroxide; (E) an antioxidant; and (F) a coupling agent.

Method for producing a multi-core cable and correspondingly produced cable

U.S. Patent No.: 11,509,107

Patent date: Nov. 22, 2022 Filed: Sept. 20, 2021

Assignee: MD Elektronik GmbH, Germany

Inventors: Tobias Fiedler, Daniel Koppermueller, Thomas Halbig

A method for producing a multi-core cable includes arranging first and second contact elements in a contact carrier having first and second longitudinal channels connecting a contacting side to a cable side, and first and second through-openings respectively crossing the first and second longitudinal channels, and a second through-opening crossing the second longitudinal channel. The first and second longitudinal channels and the first and second through-openings are sealed in a fluid-tight manner by inserting two first sealing pieces into the first through-opening and two second sealing pieces into the second through-opening. In an injection-molding method, a connecting piece is formed connecting the contact carrier to the outer sheath of the cable by overmolding at least a rear section of the contact carrier comprising the first and second through-openings and a section of the cable protruding on the cable side.

Opto-electric cable

U.S. Patent No.: 11,508,496

Patent date: Nov. 22, 2022 Filed: Dec. 3, 2020

Assignee: Prysmian SpA, Italy

Inventors: Florin Chirita, Vili Popescu, Cristan Gheorghe, Baris Sönmez

Disclosed is an opto-electric cable including one or more electrical conductors. Each conductor includes an electrically conductive core and an electrically insulating layer surrounding it. The cable also includes an optical unit embedded within one of the electrically conductive cores. The optical unit includes at least two optical fibers and a single buffer jointly surrounding all the optical fibers. Each optical fiber includes a core, a cladding and a coating. Since all the optical fibers of the optical unit are jointly

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surrounded—and protected—by a single buffer, an optical unit with a reduced size is obtained. This allows reducing the cross section of the electrical conductor in which the optical unit is arranged. In particular, electrical conductors with cross section lower than 10 mm.sup.2 are obtained.

Aluminum alloy for cable conductor

U.S. Patent No.: 11,508,493

Patent date: Nov. 22, 2022 Filed: Oct. 16, 2016

Assignee: LS Cable & System Ltd., South Korea

Inventors: Ji Young Kim, Sangyum Kim, Jee Yong Park

Provided is an aluminum alloy for a cable conductor. Specifically, the present invention relates to an aluminum alloy for a cable conductor, which is excellent in both mechanical properties, such as tensile strength, at room temperature and high temperatures and elongation, and electrical conductivity, is simple to manufacture at low costs, and is eco-friendly.

Cables having buffer elements formed with two-dimensional fillers

U.S. Patent No.: 11,506,851

Patent date: Nov. 22, 2022 Filed: Aug. 7, 2018

Assignee: Superior Essex International Inc., USA

Inventors: Bo Xu, Christopher McNutt

Cables having buffer elements formed with two-dimensional fillers are described. A cable may include at least one optical fiber, and a buffer element may be formed around the at least one optical fiber. The buffer element may be formed from a material that includes a polypropylene-containing polymeric resin, a filler added to the polymeric resin that includes a plurality of two-dimensional particles, and an amphiphilic compatabilizer. A jacket may be formed around the at least one optical fiber and the buffer element.

Copper-coated steel wire and stranded wire

U.S. Patent No.: 11,505,856

Patent date: Nov. 22, 2022 Filed: Aug. 7, 2018

Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Japan

Inventors: Takumi Akada, Shinei Takamura, Daigo Sato, Takaaki Enomoto

A copper-coated steel wire includes a core wire made of a steel and a coating layer made of copper or a copper alloy which covers an outer peripheral surface of the core wire. The coating layer includes an intermediate layer which is disposed in a region including the interface with the core wire and has a higher zinc concentration than a remaining region of the coating layer.

7000-series aluminum alloy wire for additive manufacturing and preparation method thereof

U.S. Patent No.: 11,505,850

Patent date: Nov. 22, 2022 Filed: June 25, 2020

Assignee: Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, China

Inventors: Jiqiang Chen, et al.

The present invention relates to the technical field of manufacturing of metal materials, and in particular to a 7000-series aluminum alloy wire for additive manufacturing and a preparation method thereof. The wire was prepared by subjecting an Al—Ti—B intermediate alloy containing TiB.sub.2 particles generated in situ to severe plastic deformation to obtain an intermediate alloy containing TiB.sub.2 nanoparticles having a particle size of 50-1,000 nm or a mixture of two different particles; using the intermediate alloy containing TiB.sub.2 nanoparticles as a matrix raw material, adding other metal or intermediate alloy for smelting to obtain an alloy melt; preparing a wire blank with the alloy melt; subjecting the wire blank to hot rolling, drawing, intermediate annealing and surface treatment to obtain an Al—Zn—Mg—Cu alloy wire reinforced by particles at nano scale or submicron scale.

Cable gland

U.S. Patent No.: 11,502,498

Patent date: Nov. 15, 2022 Filed: June 4, 2020

Assignees: NKT HV Cables AB, Seden

Inventor: Nathan Paddick

A power cable termination system including: a power cable having a power cable conductor and a power cable insulation system configured to electrically insulate the power cable conductor, a termination cable having a termination cable conductor and a termination cable insulation system configured to electrically insulate the termination cable insulation system, wherein the termination cable is at least one order of magnitude shorter than the power cable, wherein the termination cable conductor has an electrical resistance which is lower than the electrical resistance of the power cable conductor and/or the termination cable insulation system has a higher insulation resistance per unit length than the power cable insulation system, a joint configured to join the power cable and the termination cable, and a cable termination device configured to terminate the termination cable.

Cable gland

U.S. Patent No.: 11,502,497

Patent date: Nov. 15, 2022 Filed: May 29, 2019

Assignees: Prysmian SpA, Italy

Inventor: Nathan Paddick

A cable gland for securing a cable to a box comprises a tightening element configured to surround the cable, the

tightening element having at least two connecting ends mutually approachable to tighten the tightening element on the cable, and a gland body extending along an axial direction between a first end and a second end, the gland body defining a passing through channel extending along the axial direction between the first end and the second end and configured to receive the cable passing through the first and second ends, the gland body surrounding at least partially the tightening element. The cable gland comprises a first locking arrangement configured to lock along the axial direction the gland body relative to the tightening element.

Wire harness and method of manufacturing wire harness

U.S. Patent No.: 11,501,898

Patent date: Nov. 15, 2022 Filed: Aug. 22, 2018

Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd., Japan

Inventors: Housei Mizuno, et al.

A wire harness includes: an electrical wire including a core wire and an insulating covering for covering the core wire; and a sheet material in which the electrical wire is disposed on a resin main surface, and a part of the main surface having contact with the electrical wire is welded to the insulating covering of the electrical wire, thereby forming an electrical wire fixing part. A thickness dimension of a first covering part in the insulating covering on a side of the electrical wire fixing part in relation to the core wire is formed smaller than a thickness dimension of a second covering part located on an opposite side of the core wire.

Abrasion resistant and flexible cable jacket systems

U.S. Patent No.: 11,501,893

Patent date: Nov. 15, 2022 Filed: June 15, 2018

Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., USA

Inventors: James Carothers, Kim Ritchie, John Dolan

A jacket for an elongated assembly is disclosed. The jacket, which may be a tubular shape or sheet, comprises a film layer to surround a core member of the elongated assembly, wherein the film layer has a first surface to be arranged abutting the core member in a non-bonded relationship; a braided, woven, or warp-knit layer comprising high-melt filament having a titer from 30 to 800 denier; and a bonding region between the braided, woven, or warpknit layer and a second surface of the film layer, opposing to the first surface, to adhere at least a portion of the highmelt fibers. The jacket may further comprise an inner film layer in a non-bonded relationship with the film layer.

Wire harness and resin composition

U.S. Patent No.: 11,501,892

Patent date: Nov. 15, 2022 Filed: March 29, 2021

Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd., Japan

Inventors: Keisuke Sugita, Masahiro Abe

A wire harness includes a multi-core cable including a group of cables composed of a plurality of cables, and a sheath provided around the group of cables, and a resin mold covering the group of cables at a cable branching portion where the group of cables exposed from an end of the sheath of the multi-core cable are branched. An outermost layer of each cable constituting the group of cables includes polyolefin or thermoplastic polyurethane. When the sheath includes polyolefins, the cables includes at least one cable including an outermost layer including thermoplastic polyurethane. When the sheath includes thermoplastic polyurethane, the group of cables includes at least one cable having an outermost layer comprising polyolefin. The resin mold includes a resin composition of a polymer alloy of a first polymer including at least one of polyamide polymer, polyester polymer, and thermoplastic polyurethane and a second polymer including polyolefin. n

SECTOR UPDATE

Straighten & Cut Equipment

JOUHSEN-BUNDGENS GERMANY/USA

ROCKFORD (RMG) USA

What do you offer?

Speed and precision equals efficiency. This is the simple principle behind Jouhsen-bündgens Maschinenbau GmbH, based in western Germany. The company has been producing wire processing machines for over 150 years. It specializes in rotary straightening, and is an expert at cutting, grinding, cold-forming and machining wire and tube. It develops the steps necessary for precisely processing wire and thin tube from 0.02 mm to 16 mm, tailored exactly to customer needs. It can also incorporate wire processing into an automated procedure if required. This all results in reliable machinery that is used in a wide range of sectors.

What should readers know about your company?

1. Leadership. The management team of Jouhsen Bundgens, consisting of Dr. Bert Bosserhoff and Dr. Jörg Peter Renz, combine engineering expertise and comprehensive experience.

2. Outstanding workforce. With the highest technical know-how and expertise our well-trained craftsmen and dynamic management team excel for customers.

3. Customer focus. Our close teamwork provides our customers with unparalleled support and the assurance that their production needs will be met at the highest and most efficient level. Our team is part of your team.

4. Here for you, including at Interwire 2023. Jouhsenbündgens will be at the show in Atlanta and looks forward to seeing you at booth #701.

Contact: Simone Schumacher, tel. 49-2402-102067-0 jouhsen@jouhsen.de, www.jouhsen.de

RMG’s Model 27 reverse frame wire straighten-and-cut model.

What do you offer?

The Rockford Manufacturing Group (RMG) offers one of the most comprehensive lines of rotary straighten-andcut machines in the industry. From the RMG series for low carbon material to the Synchro Cut series ideally suited for tough high carbon alloys and spring steel applications. Each series offers several models covering a diameter range of 0.098 in. (2.5 mm) to 0.875 in. (22.0 mm). Each model has our patented “Clutchless Cutter” for improved performance and less maintenance. The Lewis series is ideally suited for short parts with Auto Cycle and variable speed cutter control.

What should readers know about your company?

1. Who we are. Rockford Manufacturing Group is the home of RMG Machine, Lewis Machine and Fastener Engineers – three of the most innovative, leading brands in the wire industry.

2. A legacy supplier. Our Lewis Machine straighten-andcut line has been the backbone of the wire products industry for over 100 years.

3. Know-how. With more than 45 U.S. and international patents, RMG’s designs are both leading edge and robust. Bring us your wire and rod problems, your unique situations and your production objectives and we’ll put our resources behind finding a perfect solution specifically for you.

4. Visibility. We will be at Interwire 2023 in booth #419.

Contact: Troy McCabe, director of sales, tmcabe@rmgfelm.com, www.rmgfelm.com

The PrecisionCut MJC wire straighten & cut model.

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SHUSTER-METTLER USA

TRAMEV/COMET0/AITMAC CANADA

Shuster-Mettler’s two-plane/single arbor 2A4EVF combo model.

What do you offer?

With its roots going back to 1866, Shuster-Mettler manufactures automated wire straightening and cutting machinery. Our machinery is used in the production of parts for many sectors, including aerospace, energy, medical, consumer, and retail, among others. Shuster-Mettler models can straighten, feed and cut wire and flat or shaped stock with exceptional length accuracy across a wide range of diameters (.015 in. to .750 in.) and hardness (both mild and high tensile). We also manufacture dedicated powered tubing and bar stock straightening units and offer accessories, such as manual and powered payoffs.

What should readers know about your company?

1. Versatility. Shuster machinery is capable of handling a variety of wire types and sizes, making it suitable for a wide range of applications.

2. Custom straightening solutions. While our base models cover most applications, our sales and engineering team are always ready to work with a customer to develop a custom Shuster straightening solution to solve unique production challenges.

3. Tradition and history. Every Shuster is backed by our over 160 years in the wire-straightening business and our track record of producing reliable, dependable, easy to operate and maintain machinery. Its rugged construction ensures that it continues to do its job decade after decade.

Contact: Gary Silvestrini, president Tel. 203-562-3718, www.shustermettler.com

AITMAC represents both Tramev and Cometo Srl.

What do you offer?

Canada’s AITMAC supplies products from Tramev, Cometo Srl and Appiani and is the exclusive sales and service hub for Lesmo and Eurodraw Energy Machine Spares in North America. Tramev supplies hundreds of parts that include wire cutters, in which it is a global leader, and straightening tools. Its equipment can cut and straighten steel materials up to 52 mm and shear cable products up to about 170 mm. It also has developed different cordless tooling to meet market requirements. For 30+ years, Cometo has supplied high-quality, wire straightening machines, guides, cutting units and traverse units. Its expanding line of quality products includes wire straightening and cutting machines complete with wire payoffs.

What should readers know about your company?

1. Tramev and Cometo. Both these Italian companies are highly regarded in the wire and cable industry, and the AITMAC team has provided manufacturers services with these brand names for more than two decades.

2. Solid representation. AITMAC Principal Allan Brown has 44 years of industry experience, including 24 years in the wire and cable industry. It is backed by AITMAC’s Products Division Service Center that allows most problems to be addressed in North America for expedient repairs.

3. Interwire 2023. Plan to be there? Stop by and visit us at Booth 713.

Contact: Allan Brown, principal, AITMAC tel. 905-761-6165, allan.aitmac.ca@gmail.com

This section is part of an information exchange between KabloSanTurkey, www.kablosanturkey.com, and U.S.-based Wire Journal International.

Erse Kablo Attracted Great Attention at the “5th International Smart Building Technologies & Electrical Systems Exhibition”

Erse Kablo which one of the weak current cable manufacturers with its visionary perspective and quality service mission, took place the “5th International Smart Building Technologies & Electrical Systems Exhibition” at the İ stanbul Exhibition Center, Hall 1, on November 17-20.

International Smart Building Technologies & Electrical Systems Exhibition which were sponsored by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Commerce, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Ministry, TOKİ, Emlak Konut, Boğaziçi Electrical Distribution, Republic of Turkey Directorate General of Foundations, TETESFED, TMMOB Chamber of Electrical Engineers, KOSGEB and Perpa Trade Center.

Erse Kablo Deputy General Managers

Tuğba Haşlak Şahinalp and Anıl Haşlak, Domestic Sales Manager Cengiz Karaca, Regional Sales Executives and Representatives, Marketing Communications Manager Begüm Sevinç, Export Sales Representative M.Nur Kayruz and Factory Technical Team had excitement of meetings with the industry.

While the Erse brand is included in the specifications of prestigious projects in Turkey; İ stanbul 3th Airport, TOGG Domestic Automobile Factory, TCDD, Aselsan, Roketsan, Tüpra ş , TAI, BOTA Ş , TUVASA Ş , Eti Maden, İsdemir, Erdemir, Kastamonu Entegre, Brisa, THY, IKEA, Ford Otosan Factory,

Essel Paper Factory, Omnia Factory, Ministry of Justice, IPKB School, Acıbadem Hospitals, Medipol Hospitals, Medicana Hospitals, City Hospitals, State Hospitals, Hilton Hotels, Radisson Blue Hotels, Çeşme Swiss Hotel, Carya Golf Hotel, İBB Solid Waste Incineration

Erse Kablo is among the weak current cable manufacturers, rising in “Turkey’s Second 500 Top Industrial Enterprises” and “Electrical & Electronics Export Honor List” every year. Erse Kablo is a solution partnership which based on trust in after-sales customer rela-

and Energy Production Facility, ISKI Advanced Biological Waste Water Treatment Plant, İstanbul International Finance Center, Turkuvaz Media Center, Oyak Port, Antalya Airport, Riyadh Airport, Samarkand Touristic, Divanhane Shipyard İ stanbul, Buca Emergency Hospital, Fikirtepe Emlak Konut, Bizim Mahalle Emlak Konut, Zekeriyaköy Emlak Konut, Ni şanta ş ı Koru Real Estate Residence, İ zmir Bayraklı TOKİ, Kirazlıtepe TOKİ, Esenler TOK İ , Tema İ stanbul-2, Foundation

GYO Cubes, Ispartakule Emlak Konut, İ STMARINA Emlak Konut, Avrupa Housing projects as Erse Kablo brand prefered.

tions with the production of fire resistant, coaxial, telecommunication, data communication and control cables.

Erse Kablo’s professional team drew attention with the team spirit, they showed as a team once again at the International Smart Building Technologies & Electrical Systems Exhibition about the product groups which manufactured by informing by visitors and business partners.

As Erse Kablo, we would like to thank our dealers, customers and guests who honor our stand with their valuable visits and make us happy with their flowers.

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“Boyss Petrokimya, which grows and develops without compromising its goals and principles, will continue to be a sought-after brand in Turkey and abroad.”

fulfilling all the needs of its customers; and from the very first day onwards has been a supplier that makes this objective their principle.

What are your product types? Which sectors do you serve?

Our product range: Thermoplastic Raw Materials, Plastic Additives, Special Compounds. Our Sectors: We offer our products to Plastic, Rubber, BeautyPersonal Care, Food, Home CareCleaning, Agriculture, Paint-Construction Chemicals Sectors.

What are your solutions for the cable industry?

Why are your products preferred? What are your quality standards and your approach to this issue?

The reason why Boyss Petrokimya is preferred by customers is that we provide the most accurate service to our customers with our professional staff who analyze customer needs in the most accurate way, our product supply with high quality and brand value, our fast logistics process and after-sales technical support units.

Could you evaluate the rest of the year for your company?

Could you tell us about the establishment of your company?

With the rapidly changing and developing technological innovations, the customers and business partners of today require more than just product supply. Boyss Petrokimya was established as an incorporated company based in Istanbul-TURKEY on 26.09.2017 with the objective of bringing all of these innovations to the sector its serves through the quality of the products they supply and the desire to become the best in

As Boyss Petrokimya we mostly serve the cable sector. In this sense, it has always been our main priority to provide extraordinary service to our customers. With a fast logistics infrastructure, we bring the right product or products that our qualified technical team, who have gained many years of experience in various cable applications, deems suitable and that our customers need. It is our basic philosophy to always exchange ideas with our customers, from the trial stages of the products to the technical support and approval stages, and to continue our trade by working together for many years on the friendship and trust we have established.

Our company Boyss Petrokimya, which is always aware of the difficulties and problems that its customers may experience in their production due to disruptions in the supply process, makes annual business plans in order not to interrupt the supply chain and always acts selectively and meticulously in working with foreign and domestic business partners who can keep up with these plans. With pre-planned programs and work delegation we intend to maintain our business volume, which did not stay below the forecast until the 3rd quarter and even exceeded its forecasts in many areas, through to the end of the year.

Anything you wish to add…

Growing and developing without compromising its goals and principles, Boyss Petrokimya will continue its investments as a sought-after brand in Turkey and international markets.

Boyss Petrokimya Technical Sales Manager Sertaç Güler:

ANGA COM 2023: Key Topics Fiber, Streaming and OTT

• Exhibition and Conference for Broadband, Television & Online from 23 to 25 May 2023 in Cologne / Germany

• Already binding registrations for more than 12,000 sqm gross exhibition space

• Key topic fiber optics: Leading investors will be present as exhibitors

• New special area media distribution with “Streaming & OTT Hub”

With more than 18,000 participants from 82 countries and 390 exhibitors, ANGA COM, Europe’s leading Exhibition and Conference for Broadband, Television & Online, celebrated a brilliant comeback in May 2022. The next show date is 23 to 25 May 2023 in Cologne/Germany.

For the next year – 7 months in advance – a further increase is already apparent. There are already registrations for more than 12,000 sqm gross exhibition space with numerous stand enlargements. This corresponds to

more than half of the gross exhibition space of 2022. The increase is particularly large in the area of fiber optics. In addition to vendors, also network operators and investors are strongly represented. These include, for example, the companies Deutsche Glasfaser, Deutsche GigaNetz, Liberty Networks Germany, Plusnet and VX Fiber with stand spaces between 30 and 150 sqm. Also in the conference programme, fiber topics will be massively expanded: In 2023, there will be an International FTTH Summit for the first time with international and practical showcases on fiber roll-out.

A new special area for media distribution including a “Streaming & OTT Hub” will have its premiere in 2023. Within its core areas of broadband and audiovisual media, ANGA COM will thus once again upgrade new TV and video topics. Part of the special area in hall 7 will be an attractive piazza with a presentation stage on innovative topics from the areas of streaming, OTT and AppTV. Here, exhibitors can present their innovations in keynotes, interviews and panel discussions directly in the exhibition hall.

Dr. Peter Charissé, CEO of ANGA COM: “With end of May, we once again have

a perfect date in early summer. After a fantastic comeback, we will shift into an even higher gear next year for both key topics, fiber optics and media distribution. I am particularly pleased that the new fiber investors are massively expanding their presence in the exhibition halls. This is also a clear signal to our vendors that there is huge potential ahead of us. For TV, Streaming and OTT, we will start with a completely new hall concept. This will make coming to Cologne even more attractive for exhibitors and visitors from the media sector alike.”

ANGA COM is Europe’s leading Exhibition and Conference for Broadband, Television & Online. It brings together network operators, vendors and content providers on all issues of the broadband and media distribution. The last ANGA COM counted 390 exhibitors from 33 countries and more than 18,000 participants from 82 countries. Amongst the participants were 520 network and platform operators serving more than 200 million households all over Europe, as well as 250 media companies. 40 percent of the participants belonged to the senior level. The next show date is 23 to 25 May 2023 in Cologne/Germany. n

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