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2011 PREVIEW Convention Dates: May 2-5, 2011 | Exhibit Dates: May 3-5, 2011 Georgia World Congress Center | Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Industry News . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Asian Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Fiber Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Fastener Update . . . . . . . . . . 30 WAI News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Chapter Corner . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Preview: Interwire 2011 and WAI’s 81st Annual Convention

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This preview of WAI’s return to Atlanta for Interwire 2011 and WAI’s 81st Annual Convention showcases an impressive range of business opportunities, practical educational programs and extensive networking potential that will await attendees at the Georgia World Convention Center. A recovering economy has bolstered the wire and cable industry, and this preview spells out many reasons why the 2011 staging of Interwire should be on the go-to list of events for any wire and cable manufacturer.

Career Opportunities . . . . . . 211 Advertisers’ Index . . . . . . . . 214

Next issue April 2011 • Dies at Interwire • Update: Interwire 2011

T ECHNICAL P APERS

Editor’s note: Due to the length of the Interwire preview, technical papers will not be included in this issue.

Cover: The hibernation period is over for the economy and industry, and opportunity has returned in the form of increased demand and needs, both for growth and specialty products as well as new technology. All of which makes Interwire 2011 the place to be to find your share. See p. 37.

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SNOW JOB AT CHAPTER MEETING

Some 20 plus inches of snow may have been on the way outside, but WAI’s New England Chapter went ahead with its annual meeting, where Marie Geary was installed as the new chapter president. She is pictured at the meeting with her predecessor, Mark Mathiasen, on a night that proved to be memorable for Geary, the presentation by keynote speaker Brian Hirt and anyone the next day who had a driveway to shovel and/or a roof to clear off.

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The keynote speaker for Interwire, astronaut Mike Mullane, is uniquely qualified to give attendees a memorable “big view” perspective when he makes his presentation at 10 am on Wednesday, May 4. He will invite audience members to “Dream Big” about their potential for personal and professional success. He will describe his journey from very ordinary beginnings to floating in the cockpit of a space shuttle. His appearance is sponsored by Gem Gravure Co.

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Seek the full Interwire experience at Atlanta My first introduction to the Wire Association was through an Interwire Trade Exposition in the early 1990s. I was selling machinery (some things don’t change) and I can clearly recall that I was energized by the event.

Of course, the industry was in a special growth curve at that point, but my sentiment was not exclusively based on the industry’s terrific appetite for capital equipment.

To me, Interwire has always been more than a trade show. It is a valuable meeting place for the wire and cable industry in the Americas. Other than vacation, there is nothing more appealing and energizing than a few days out of the office attending Interwire. Where else during the year can you visit with the key suppliers, customers, colleagues—and even competitors—under one roof?

To realize its full potential, you need to participate. The magazine is full of reasons to attend the event, but I want to encourage you to involve yourself in all of its elements. Of course, spend time with established suppliers and contacts, but get around the exhibition floor and find out what is in the pipeline for innovation. Suppliers are more than happy to share their new products and explain what is coming soon.

Take that same approach with the educational program. This year the program was literally developed by the industry for the operations segment of the industry. We haven’t cut back on the technical papers, but we have added meaningful practical sessions that address materials, best practices, and green initiatives. I guarantee that you will find value in the program.

I have come to realize over the years that you get what you put into things. This is true when it comes to everything from waistlines and friendships to R & D and customer service, and yes, even trade shows.

I encourage you to make this your best Interwire ever. Take a fresh approach, and commit to bringing home solutions for today and opportunities for the tomorrow.

Dominique Perroud WAI President

Publisher | Steven J. Fetteroll Editor-in-Chief | Mark Marselli Senior Graphic Designer | Bill Branch Director of Sales | Robert Xeller Advertising Sales | Anna Bzowski Director of Marketing & Corporate Communications | Janice E. Swindells Graphic Artist | Adrienne E. Simpson Proofreader | Livia Jacobs Publications Advisory Board Dane G. Armendariz | Henkel Corporation Ferruccio Bellina | TKT Group/President ACIMAF, Italy Peter A. Funk | Talley Metals Technology, USA Malcom Michael | AWIA Australia Don Schollin | Q-S Technologies, USA Ralph Skalleberg | Skaltek USA Dave Stackpole | Nutmeg Wire, USA Giulio Properzi | Continuus Properzi, Italy Robert Wild | Niehoff Endex North America, USA Technical Advisors John Drummond | Scotia Group R. M. Shemenski | RMS Consulting, Inc.

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CALENDAR March 14-16, 2011: AWPA Annual Meeting Orlando, Florida, USA. This event will be held at the Hilton Bonnet Creek in Orlando, attached to the WaldorfAstoria. Contact: www.awpa.org, tel. 703-299-4434.

March 15-17, 2011: Cables 2011 Cologne, Germany. The 11th staging of Cables will be held at the Maritim Hotel. Contact: Applied Market Information Ltd., tel. 44-117-924-9442, fax 44-117989-2128, info@amiplastics.com.

March 15-18, 2011: CABEX-2011 Moscow, Russia. This event for cables, wires, fastening hardware and accessories and installation technologies (CABEX) will be held at the EcoCentre. Contact: Natalia Medvedeva, tel./fax 7-495-925-34-82 or 995-05-95, ext.

260, mns@mvk.ru. Show site is www.cabex.ru.

March 31-April 1, 2011: Polymers in Cables 2011 Miami, Florida, USA. This event, organized by AMI and to be held at the Hilton Miami Downtown, brings together cable producers, raw materials suppliers and equipment manufacturers. Contact: Marissa Hann, tel. 610-478-0800, mh@amiplastics-na.com.

April 7-9, 2011: Cable & Wire, Electric & Energy Fair Istanbul, Turkey. To be held at the at CNR Expo IstanbulTurkey, this event, organized by Media Force Fuarcýlýk with the support of Conductor Industry Association, includes wire and cable, wiring harnesses, insulating materials and equipment. Contact:Contact: Media Force Fuarcýlýk, tel. 90-212-465-6545, info@mediaforceonline.com.

April 19, 2011: NESMA Trade Show Plantsville, Connecticut, USA. This New England Spring & Metal Stamping Association event will be held at the Aqua Turf Country Club. Contact: Cindy Scoville, tel.

860-314-2101, c.scoville@centralctchambers.org, or go to www.nesma-usa.com. See pp. 17-18.

May 2-3, 2011: Wire Rod Supply Chain Conference Atlanta, Georgia, USA. In partnership with WAI, the American Wire Producers Association (AWPA) and other trade associations in the supply chain will once again sponsor this unique industry event for ferrous rod, wire and wire products manufacturers. Contact: AWPA, tel.

703-299-4434, www.awpa.org. See p. 70-73.

May 2-5, 2011: Global Continuous Casting Forum Atlanta, Georgia, USA. This event, to be held at Interwire, is designed to be the most comprehensive program ever for continuous casting. See p. 75-81.

May 2-5, 2011: Interwire 2011 Atlanta, Georgia, USA. WAI returns to the Georgia World Congress Center for the trade show, technical programs and the Association’s 81st Annual Convention as well as the Global Continuous Casting Forum. WAI, tel. 203-4532777, www.wirenet.org.

May 18-19, 2011: National Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Organized by Expo Productions, Inc. (EPI), this event will be held at the Frontier Airlines Center. Contact: EPI, tel. 800-367-5520, www.expoproductionsinc.com/wire_home.htm.

May 23-26, 2011: wire Russia Moscow, Russia. Organized by Messe Düsseldorf, this event will be held along Tube Russia at the ZAO Expo Centre Krasnaya Presnya. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, erowe@mdna.com, tel. 312-781-5180.

June 15-17, 2011: Wire & Cable Expo, China Tianjin, China. To be held at the Tianjin International Exhibition Center, the 15th staging of this event will include a conference, exhibition and featured events.

Contact: AIT Events Co., Ltd., tel. 86-10-85868930, www.bvents.com/event/389490-wire-cable-expo.

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

May 2-5, 2011: Interwire 2011 Atlanta, Georgia, USA. See main listing.

November 7-8, 2011: CabWire World Conference Düsseldorf, Germany. To be held at the Congress Center Düsseldorf, this technical conference is being co-organ-

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ized by five industry organizations: ACIMAF, CET, IWCEA, IWMA and WAI. See p. 32. For more details, go to www.cabwire-duesseldorf.com.

2012: Wire Expo 2012 Dallas, Texas, USA. See main listing.

Nov. 6-9, 2011: 60th IWCS Conference™ Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. To be held at the Charlotte Convention Center. Contact: Pat Hudak, IWCS, www.iwcs.org, phudak@iwcs.org.

Sept. 13-15, 2011: wire Southeast ASIA Bangkok, Thailand. Organized by Messe Düsseldorf, this event will be held at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, erowe@mdna.com, tel. 312-781-5180.

November 7-8, 2011: CabWire World Conference Düsseldorf, Germany. To be held at the Congress Center Düsseldorf, this technical conference is being co organized by five industry organizations: ACIMAF, CET, IWCEA, IWMA and WAI. See p. 32. For more details, go to www.cabwire-duesseldorf.com.

Sept. 19-21, 2011: The National Wire Electrical Manufacturing and Coil Winding Expo Nashville, Tennessee, USA. To be held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. Contact: Expo Productions, Inc.,www.expoproductionsinc.com, tel. 262-367-5500.

Oct. 4-6, 2011: MetalTech 2011 São Paulo, Brazil. This event will be held at the Centro de Exposicoes Imigrantes. Contact: Cipa LTDA. Correia de Lemos, tel. 55-11-55854357, fax 55-11-55854359.

March 26-30, 2012: wire Düsseldorf 2012 Düsseldorf, Germany. To be held at the Messe fairgrounds. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, erowe@mdna.com, tel. 312-781-5180.

2012: Wire Expo 2012 Dallas, Texas, USA. WAI will hold this event, which will include its 82nd Annual Convention, for the first time in Dallas, the exact dates and location to be decided. ■

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June 19-23, 2011: JI Cable 2011 Versailles, France. This forum about power cables and exhibits is be held at the Versailles Congress Centre.

Contact: JI Cable 2011, www.jicable.org.

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS Nexans wins U.K. subsea contract calling for 143 km of umbilicals Nexans reports that it has been awarded a contract by Subsea 7, for the design, engineering and manufacture of a total length of 143 km of static subsea electro-hydraulic control umbilicals for the Laggan-Tormore gas field development.

A press release said that the U.K. project, about 125 km west of the Shetland Islands, will include a single length of 126 km, which will be one of the longest umbilicals in the world. It explained that the subsea production system offshore will consist of two production template-manifolds, and that the system will be controlled by two Nexans static subsea electro-hydraulic umbilicals that will link the Laggan and Tormore fields over a distance of 17 km and then a further 126 km to the Shetland shore. The project, the release said, will require the integration of steel tubes for fluids, 3 kV power cables and fiber optic cables. Nexans will use its specialized umbilical facility in Halden, Norway, with delivery scheduled for early 2012.

“Subsea 7 is a very important customer for Nexans and we are very pleased to be working with them on this strategic project that will open up the West of Shetland for future development,” said Ragnvald Graff, sales and

marketing director, energy business, for Nexans. “We have the proven capability to deliver sophisticated umbilical systems capable of operating over long distances in similarly demanding conditions, such as in the Snøhvit and Ormen Lange projects on the Norwegian continental shelf.”

With no other suitors left, Prysmian (finally) set to acquire Draka NV With the departure of a potential Chinese competitor, Italy’s Prysmian now appears firmly positioned to go forward with its US$1 billion takeover of Draka Holdings.

The Dutch-based cable maker had also been suited by Nexans and by a Chinese company that had offered more but later dropped its bid because of logistical problems, but it now appears that Prysmian will make the acquisition. The company has been given a European Union regulatory okay.

Leoni to expand Serbian facility Germany’s Leoni AG, has doubled the size of its plant in Prokuplje, Serbia, and plans to expand the workforce by 50 percent from its own investments and with incentives from the Serbian government.

It was celebration time at Foxboro Stadium for staffers at General Cable’s plant in Franklin, Massachusetts. See p. 17.

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What’s waiting for attendees at the Interwire exhibits that makes it worth the trip?

“We want you to come here for the best of reasons: your company’s future. Our focus on the show floor was making sure that no attendee who comes here will leave without finding something, be it new technology or a new supplier, that is going to make a difference when he or she gets back,” said Jan Sorige, Enkotec Company, a key person in planning the Interwire exhibits. He cited the following program elements: • More companies offering ”green” solutions.

• More first-time exhibiting companies (65+).

• More foreign exhibitors.

Bloomberg cites General Manager Peter Rekoskum as saying that Leoni, which is supplying BMW with wiring systems, completed the expansion of the Prokuplje plant to 13,000 sq m (139,930 sq ft), and plans to employ 1,300 by the end of the year. To date, the company has invested 6 million euros in the Prokuplje factory, and plans to invest another 3 million euros, “mainly in production equipment, buildings and property,” he said in the article, where he also noted that sales for 2010 were 5.2 million euros.

The Bloomberg report also cited Nikola Jankovic, an adviser for Serbia’s Investment and Export Promotion Agency, as saying that Leoni would get subsidies of 5,300 euros for each job through an incentives program. The report said that Leoni bought the plant, a former brake plant, in December 2009.

Latrobe Specialty Steel seeks site in Pittsburgh to produce titanium wire U.S.-based Latrobe Specialty Steel Corp. is looking at sites in the Pittsburgh region to build a titanium processing plant that would employ between 55 and 60, the company said Friday.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that Latrobe Specialty Steel is looking for a site for a 75,000- to 100,000-sq-ft plant where it can produce titanium wire for use in products such as fasteners for aerospace applications. The project will require an investment of at least $15 million and possibly much more.

The article cited a company spokeswoman as saying that the company does not want to locate the new plant in Latrobe because of concerns with possible contamination of titanium with other scrap metals used by the company, Pierce said. The company’s forging and rolling mill facilities can produce wire from processed titanium, she said, adding that by moving into the titanium wire business, “Latrobe Specialty Steel is competing in a market that is expected to grow as the aerospace industry uses more titanium-based fasteners, which are lighter than other metals.”

• More technology focused on reducing costs.

• More life in the economy equals more potential for the wire industry business.

• Based on all the above, look for more serious activity on the show floor (opportunities will exist for those who are there).

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Welcome to Interwire: exhibits

Jan Sorige, Enkotec Company.

Premier Manufacturing to move operations out of Cleveland Premier Manufacturing Corp., a Cleveland steel wire company founded in 1929, plans to shut down its headquarters and manufacturing plant in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and transfer production in April to Mexico and Tennessee. The move will result in the loss of about 100 jobs.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer cited General Manager Tony Burdock as saying that the company, whose products include wire covers for fan blades or serve as motor mounts for heating and air-conditioning systems, will see most of its production moved to Mexico, where parent company SSW Holdings has a plant, and the remainder to Tennessee. It noted that SSW Holdings, described as a supplier of wire baskets and other components for refrigerators and other appliances, bought Premier in late 2010.

Coleman Cable adding staff, new line, in Lafayette plant U.S.-based Coleman Cable Inc (CCI) is adding a new line and staff at its plant in Lafayette, Indiana, to make wire products for wind farms. WLFI.com cited Plant Manager Andy Wiseman as saying that the company is adding “a new, continuous vulcanization line and cabling equipment that twists wire for our insulating department.”

He also said that the company is regularly producing wire for the wind farm industry. The WLFI.com report said that CCI is investing $3.8 million. The expansion follows a 2009 investment of $5.6 million that then increased employment to 80.

Sumitomo to cut staffing in Poland Japan’s Sumitomo Electrical Wiring Systems plans to lay off 950 employees at its plant in Leszno, Poland, because of a slump in sales to the auto industry. The plant, in western Poland, supplies electrical equipment to vehicle MARCH 2011 | 11

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Welcome to Interwire: educational programs What’s waiting for attendees at the educational programs at Interwire that make it worth the trip?

“I’m willing to bet $100 that there’s not a single company out there that won’t find one or more elements in our educational program of interest,” said Ron Reed, Conference Programming Co-Chairman, Horizon Wire & Cable. “There are theme sessions (dies, “green” initiatives, best manufacturing practices) and discussions and some really smart speakers who are worth listening to. I could point out dozens of good elements, but below are just a few that we think attendees should find interesting.”

• When diamond dies won’t do, can TCHP be the solution?

• The “Lean” journey of 3 very successful manufacturers (could yours follow suit?).

manufacturers, with Toyota a key customer.

“We haven’t had any new orders, and I don’t know when we will have any in the near future,” Plant Manager Leszek Czarnul was quoted as saying in the article by Poland news agency PAP. The layoffs will be complete by June 30, and only one technical support department that employs some 50 staff,will remain open. He added that the remaining production will be shifted to Romania.

Prysmian reports cable contract for linking offshore wind farm 5-6 Prysmian announced that it has been awarded a project worth more than 250 million euro by the Dutch-German grid operator TenneT for the connection project SylWin1, linking offshore wind farms in the North Sea to mainland Germany.

A press release said that Prysmian will provide complete supply, installation and commissioning of submarine and land cable connections as part of a larger contract awarded to the consortium of Prysmian and Siemens Energy.

Siemens will deliver the Voltage Sourced Converter (VSC) system, with a rating of 864 MW. The turnkey connection will link the DanTysk wind park, located about 160 km offshore, to the mainland with the purpose of transmitting power from renewable sources into the German grid, it said.

The cables and accessories will be manufactured from 2012 onwards at Prysmian’s European HV factories.

Installation activities will commence in 2012 and continue into 2013, the release said. Commencement of commercial operation of the HVDC link, it added, is planned for 2014.

The SylWin1 project follows the BorWin2 and HelWin1 projects awarded last year and it will exceed the milestones set by BorWin2, the release said. The project involves a longer DC cable connection and is the highest-

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• Relyea workshop: where most companies go wrong on Six Sigma (and how to avoid those woes) • Panel discussion: you’ve got capital investment dollars to work with, now what?

• What does cracking the genetic code have to do with the wire indusRon Reed try?

• Tech takes to the show floor: Production Solutions.

• Green initiatives: there’s good environmentally-friendly margins to be had.

• Copper supply: is there really a shortage of the red stuff?

• The Internet: make it your ally without overstressing.

ever rated system for VSC technology, with a power rating of 864 MW operating at the highest commercially available voltage level of ± 320 kV DC, it said. The SylWin1 project will use extruded HVDC cable technology from Prysmian together with Siemens HVDC Plus® converter technology at the offshore platform and onshore stations.

The interconnections include HVDC subsea and land cable types at a voltage of ± 320 kV DC to be supplied by Prysmian along a 159 km sea route passing to the east of Helgoland and continuing along a 45 km land route to the land converter station in Büttel, northwest of Hamburg, the release said. Extruded 155 kV HVAC submarine cable connections will complete the connections from the DanTysk offshore wind park transformer platform to the offshore converter platform. The cable system also has a fiber optic cable for signalling and communication purposes, it said.

Wire rod mill project restored Two years after its order for a new wire rod mill was placed on hold, ArcelorMittal Hochfeld in Duisburg, Germany, has asked SMS Meer to go ahead with the project.

Steel Guru reports that the high capacity wire rod mill project was suspended two years ago because of the weak economic conditions, but the order has been reinstated and the mill is now scheduled to commence production in spring 2012. The mill, which will use wire rod blocks equipped with a new individual drive technology developed by SMS Meer, is designed for annual capacity of 690,000 metric tons, it said. It noted that SMS Meer is to supply a walking beam furnace, the mechanical and electrical equipment of the mill train, all the supply system, the coil handling equipment, the entire rolling and cooling technology as well as erection and installation.

U.S.-based Composite Technology Corporation (CTC) announced that its subsidiary, CTC Cable Corporation, has entered into an agreement with Taihan Electric Wire Co., Ltd., that will allow Taihan to manufacture ACCC® conductors for sale in the Korean market.

A press release said that Taihan is a major Korean cable manufacturer with subsidiary companies in countries that include Vietnam and South Africa, and annual sales of about US$1.22 billion. It said that it is currently constructing a new facility for the manufacture of conductors and will manufacture the ACCC conductors under license via the agreement, which is for an initial five years. It said Taihan will be the only qualified Korean strander supplying the Korean market for a fixed period as long as it achieves specific milestones and sales volumes. It noted that the agreement does not prevent other ACCC licensed manufacturers outside Korea from trying to sell to that market or other Korean manufacturers from qualifying to strand ACCC conductors and selling outside Korea.

“The Korean power grid is well constructed and well planned,” said CTC Cable Vice President, International

Marketing, Dominic Majendie. “The introduction of ACCC conductors to the market will help Korea maintain a superior transmission network. ACCC conductors will provide a more efficient system for transferring power by operating with reduced losses; in addition, it provides back-up capacity through the high temperature capabilities of the new technology. … We are pleased to provide the technology to achieve even greater efficiencies using our patented carbon fiber strengthened conductors.”

Earlier this year, CTC reported that its CTC Cable Corporation subsidary received its first conductor order placed in California, issued by the City of Riverside Public Utilities (RPU). The order includes ACCC’s 1183 kcmil conductor and associated hardware to be used for reconductoring a 69kV, one mile portion of a 120 MVA transmission line for RPU. Installation is scheduled for early spring 2011.

Davis-Standard to host extrusion workshop April 5-6 U.S.-based Davis-Standard, LLC, will once again host “The Basics of Plastics Extrusion,” on April 5-6, at its headquarters in Pawcatuck, Connecticut.

Visit our stand # 2120 at Interwire 2011

A global trend in Diamond Wire Dies continues and at Sanxin, it literally sparkles For some years, Sanxin has been the clear Price/Performance leader in PCD and ND dies – superb quality at surprisingly low prices. Now Sanxin’s new Nano Dies have re-written the Price/Performance rule book in many places, including various compacting, wire drawing and tube drawing applications.

Our Nano Die technology has practically doubled the diameter range for diamond dies. Visit us at Booth 2120 at Interwire 2011 in Atlanta, and we can tell you the whole story.

You’re also invited to sit in on our Nano Die presentation we will make at the Interwire Technical Symposium on Tuesday, May 3, 10:30 am to 11:00 am.

And you’re always welcome to drop by the Sanxin website.

www.sanxinamerica.com e-mail: admin@sanxinamerica.com SANXIN Wire Die, Inc. 2025 Woodbrook Court, Charlottesville, VA 22901 United States of America Tel: +1 434-906-2340 Fax: +1 434-220-047

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CTC gives Korea’s Taihan Electric okay to produce ACCC conductors

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Welcome to Interwire: Global Continuous Casting Forum What’s waiting for attendees at the Global Continuous Casting Forum at Interwire that makes it worth the trip?

“Never has the copper continuous casting industry seen a single program that includes all the major copper continuous casting technologies,” said Gary Spence, vice president of nonferrous metals for Encore Wire Corporation, who created the four-day program. “If your company has an interest in copper continuous casting, be it as an operating practitioner, producer, supplier or even as a rod customer, this event will provide the most extensive education possible. This may be the single-most focused event ever on this topic. He cited the following • Speakers, both U.S. and abroad, that are among the brightest in the field.

• Practical workshops that will break down current con-

tinuous technology and make it understandable.

• Panel discussions featuring recognized experts in continuous casting.

• Technical and operational presentations covering the latest innovaGary Spence tions and process improvements.

• A single program covering the leading technology from: SCR, Contirod, Properzi, Upcast Oy and ESSEX • Valuable networking opportunities.

• International pre-registration includes: China, Spain, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Indonesia, Italy, Belgium, India, Germany, France, Finland, USA.

The two-day class will cover the fundamentals of plastics extrusion, as well as the composition and properties of various polymers and the mechanics of essential downstream processes. Topics include extruder components, temperature control, maintenance and screw design.

Participants will tour the company’s laboratory and manufacturing facilities and will have access to polymer process engineers and technical specialists.

The fee is $750 per person with a 10 percent discount given for groups of three or more. Course books and materials are included, and class size is limited to promote student/teacher interaction. For more details, contact Debbie Crowley at tel. 860-599-6237 or at dcrowley@davis-standard.com.

recession in 2009 due to the robust domestic demand.”

The report said that the global market “will fare well post 2010-2011 due to thriving Asian economies,” noting that industrial growth in developing economies is a major growth driver for the steel wire industry. It cited infrastructure expansion and higher disposable incomes leading to greater ownership of consumer durables and automobiles are major factors driving growth in the Asia Pacific region. It predicts that, by product/segment group, carbon steel wire, a key staple product, should see increased usage and demand levels, with alloy steel wire expected to see the highest growth, at a projected CAGR of about 2.8% for the analysis period.

Two aspects highlighted in the report relate to production and technology. The release said that the global steel industry “has been marked by excessive capacity in industrialized nations,” boosted by stimulus packages issued by governments to revive the construction and manufacturing industries. “In the near future Chinese exports of steel wire products, especially PC strand wires, are expected to increase significantly. There is a plethora of growth opportunities for (the) Indian steel wire market.

Rapidly expanding construction, infrastructure, telecom and manufacturing industries bode well for the Indian steel wire market.” It also said that new steel mill technologies have been developed to meet demand for highquality steel wire rod products for the construction and automotive industries. “These technological innovations in the field of dimension measurements, improved finishing operations, and rolling with precision tolerances, ensured consistency in dimensions, finish, and mechanical properties,” it said.

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Report: global steel wire market projected to stay on growth path A 444-page report from Global Industry Analysts, Inc., “Steel Wire: A Global Strategic Business Report,” has welcome news for the ferrous industry as it notes that the industry, which has rebounded from a dismal period due to the global economic downturn, is on an upswing that is projected to see the steel wire market reach a total value of US$25.4 billion by 2015.

A press release observed that the steel industry’s business cycles reflect the general economic activity of a nation, dependent on factors such as level of economic activity and the health of end-use industries such as construction and automotive industry. It noted that Chinese PC strand wire imports into the U.S. increased significantly during the period 2008-10, and domestic production declined drastically. “In contrast, the Asia-Pacific markets fared well during the recession and suffered only marginal losses. The Asian region recovered fast from the

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Sictra now ‘at home’ in Eurolls Group In 2008, Italy’s Eurolls Group announced that its resource base had been expanded with the addition of Sictra Srl, which has a long tradition and wide knowledge and experience in the manufacturing of wiredrawing equipment for copper and aluminum. Now, it reports, Sictra has relocated its operations to Euroll’s modern production facility in Valbrembo, where there is a solid organizational structure focused on providing its customers with high value-added products and exceptional customer service.

“The necessary investments have been made to create additional office space and expand our production capabilities to integrate the discrete production needs of Sictra into our industrial group,” a press release said. “Sictra staff can now take advantage of the Cortinovis facilities, technical departments, quality control, and technical service assistance, in order to focus on enhancing the Sictra technology and experience developed over several decades of activity.”

Earlier steps of the adaption process saw Sictra’s drawing lines, which precede the Cortinovis stranding lines, becoming fully integrated to provide complete plants for the nonferrous wire and electric cable market.

The announcement said that Sictra has also been integrated into the ERP system, taking further advantage of the strong synergies between the two companies. “We are confident that the forming of the two divisions will have a positive impact on our customers in terms of product, service and competitiveness.”

Brazil/Venezuela complete fiber link Compania Anonima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela, a Venezuelan telecom operator, reports that it has connected an optical fiber cable that connects the country’s southern region to the northern part of Brazil.

AZO Optics reports that the fiber optic project will enhance Internet services in Manaus, Brazil, and that it would also improve relations between the two countries.

The article cited Venezuela's Minister of Science, Technology and Industry, Ricardo Menendez, as saying that foreign ministers of both the countries have met and discussed other development projects such as finance and agriculture.

Both countries have recently completed an underwater fiber-optic cable that connects Cuba and Venezuela, the article said. The fiber-optic cable will offer faster telephone and internet services. .

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General Cable Corporation has now seen nine of its plants honored as finalists in IndustryWeek’s Best Plants competition, with seven achieving the title of one of the Top 10 Plants in North America, but the recent award ceremony honoring the excellence achieved at the company’s plant in Franklin, Massachusetts, USA, may be General Cable’s most improbable, most success story.

The cable plant was not operating well when it was acquired in 2005 from Draka Holding. Production was low, the on-time delivery rate was weak, there was too much scrap and too many injuries. Company officials determined that the problem was not the employees, and set about to improve the business.

Under the direction of Plant Manager Jim Clark, the plant underwent major change.

The key was not new equipIt was a proud moment for General ment. Instead, Cable Corporation Plant Manager the focus was Jim Clark, whose facility was recently on companywide implemen- honored as one of INDUSTRYWEEK’s 10 Best Plants in North America. tation of Lean Manufacturing, combined with Six Sigma quality improvement tools.

The results were impressive. In a three-year period, the Franklin plant saw defects decline from 6,959 to less than 200, lost days to accidents dropped from two in 2005 to zero in 2008, and on-time deliveries improve from 55% to 96%.

“Our associates’ focus on manufacturing quality products, coupled with outstanding on-time delivery, gives our customers the confidence to partner with us to serve their product needs,” Clark said, “This award recognizes the hard work and dedication of all the associates in Franklin who have changed this facility around with a focus on continuous improvement. We are very proud of our accomplishments and to be recognized with this prestigious INDUSTRYWEEK Best Plants Award."

“General Cable is once again pleased to receive this award from INDUSTRYWEEK in recognition of our manufacturing excellence,” said Greg Lampert, president and CEO of General Cable North America.

ESPN founder to be speaker at April 19 NESMA event in Connecticut ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen will be the keynote speaker at the New England Spring and Metal Stamping

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Association (NESMA)’s biennial event on April 19 spring and metal stamping show at the Aqua Turf Country Club, in Plantsville, Connecticut.

Rasmussen forever changed the sports scene on Sept. 7, 1979, when ESPN, located in nearby Bristol, Connecticut, went on the air for the first time. Known for his entrepreBill Rasmussen neurial daring, irrepressible enthusiasm and a dash of good luck, he created “Sports Center,” “March Madness” college basketball and a venue for sports junkies to turn to 24 hours a day. The author of “Sports Junkies Rejoice! The Birth of ESPN,” his talk promises to be colorful whether one is a sports fan or not.

The Rasmussen appearance may be enough unto itself to attract attendees to the NESMA event, but the trade show itself promises to be memorable. As the organization notes, the trade show is an excellent way “to see what is new in the industry, to renew old acquaintances and to network with new business partners. … We encourage management to offer employees access to the daytime events and if possible, the evening program as well,” it said, adding that, “We all know that many changes have occurred over the 30 years, but we should take pride in knowing that each of us continues to be a strong member of NESMA carrying on the original objectives of this organization.”

The event starts at 1 pm and concludes at 6 pm. It will also include an array of seminars during the day.

NESMA was created by a few owners of spring companies in the Bristol, Connecticut, area back in 1956, who recognized the need for a trained, skilled work force.

The event originally was called the New England Spring Manufacturers Association but in later years changed to The New England Spring and Metal Stamping Association as many members were involved with both spring and metal stamping.

The event is free to attend, and tickets for dinner are $70, $55 for NESMA members. To register and for more details, including hotel rooms, go to the NESMA website at www.nesma-usa.com, or contact Cindy Scoville at scoville@centralctchambers.org, or at tel. 860-314-2101.

Nexans celebrates a century of doing business in North America It was a century and a month ago that Nexans North America began business as Canada Wire & Cable, supplying power cables to the burgeoning hydropower market in Ontario in Canada.

A press release said that the construction of the first hydro generating plant in Niagara Falls one hundred years ago presented the challenge of developing an economical

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Today, the company noted, Nexans North America continues to design and manufacture a wide range of power cables and also provides products in markets as diverse as building, industrial, LAN, oil & gas, military, aerospace, renewable energy, power networks and more. With 11 facilities and more than 1,500 employees throughout North America, the collective Nexans businesses representing the world’s largest cable company.

“Not many companies make it to 100 years, and those that do all have the same characteristics: the ability to innovate and provide relevant products; a focus on customer service; operational excellence; and most importantly, exceptional people,” said Steve Hall, president of Nexans North America. “We are proud of our 100 year history, but we are already focused on our next 100 years.”

In recognition of its 100th anniversary, Nexans has created the Nexans CONNECTS program for community outreach and support. To support higher education, the Nexans CONNECTS program also establishes several scholarship opportunities for the families of Nexans North America employees.

Paperwork the source of EPA fine The Environmental Protection Agency recently fined U.S.-based Harbour Industries a total of $123,000 related to its permit for use of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

Harbour Industries President Dennis Dodd noted that the EPA complaint was not for emissions, but was solely related to late paperwork related to its monitoring of emissions and the operation and maintenance of equipment used to help control emissions. “These written submissions have now been made to the appropriate federal and state agencies,” he said. “At all times, Harbour has complied with all applicable emissions standards.”

Dodd added that the company voluntarily reduced emissions of volatile organic compounds during the violation period by making significant investments in emission control technology.

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treasurer. The IWMA cited Wood for his excellent work as chairman and the IWMA said that it is delighted that he will Steve Rika Colin Dawson remain on the Executive Board where his advice to the new chairman and vice chairman will be invaluable. Full details of the 2011/2012 officers and board members can be found at www.iwma.org. ... The 2011 recipient of the David Blythe-University of Kentucky Distinguished Service Award at the 2011 BICSI (Building Industry Consulting Service International, Inc.) is Carol Everett Oliver, a marketing analyst with Berk-Tek, A Nexans Company.

The award recognizes Oliver’s numerous achievements and contributions in 2010. “Chief among these contributions has been her work promoting increased awareness and knowledge of the role structured cabling will play in the Security sector,” Berk-Tec’s Carol Everett Oliver said Director of displays her BICSI award.

Marketing Todd Harpel. In addition to evaluating preliminary Electronic Safety and Security (ESS) content, she was the first group to pass the examination and earn her ESS accreditation. … NeWire, Inc. filed suit against Southwire Company, claiming that it has failed to make and distribute its FlatWire technology per an exclusive license agreement.

A press release said that Southwire failed to honor its “best efforts” commitment to NeWire, with the result that, after more than five years, it “has yet to receive a single dollar of royalty payments under the License Agreement.”

A statement from Southwire said that it believes the complaint is without merit. “Southwire is confident that it has fulfilled its contractual obligations to Newire and intends to vigorously defend the pending action,” it said. … Show management announced a shift in dates for FABTECH 2011. North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event will now open on Monday, November 14 and run through Thursday, November 17 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. The show originally was scheduled to begin on Sunday. ■

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ASIAN FOCUS Contracts, awards for Taiwan company Taiwan’s Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation (Asia Pacific) announced that it has won new contracts as well as industry recognition.

PR Newswire reports that Asia Pacific, a manufacturer of wire and cable products for the telecommunications and electricpower industries in selected AsiaPacific markets, announced that its 98.3%-owned subsidiary, Sigma Cable Company (Pte) Ltd. (Sigma Cable), recently secured two contracts with a total value of approximately $14.1 million, and that another of its subsidiaries, Pacific Wire and Cable Shenzhen (PEWSC), has won several notable awards.

The first contract for Sigma Cable, which comes from SP PowerAssets Limited, an electricity transmission and distribution company in Singapore, is valued at approximately US$9.4 million. It calls for Sigma Cable to undertake a turnkey project to construct a network of 66 kV power lines during the next two years. This project, it said, is one “of many to be awarded” as the Singaporean government (LTA) finalizes road diversions for its Mass Rapid Transport system (the Downtown line). In the second contract, which will be fulfilled under the terms of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) agreement, Sigma Cable will provide electrical power cable to a Brunei Public residential area with 1,100 housing units, with a contract value of approximately US$4.7 million, the release said. This contract, it noted, will supply high-quality, low-voltage power cable to Sigma Cable’s strategic partner, DHJ Electrical Engineering, one of the most prominent contractors in Brunei, for delivery this spring.

Brunei, it noted, remains a niche overseas market for Sigma Cable, and its government is likely to release additional contracts for public housing projects in the coming years.

The story said that Pacific Wire and Cable Shenzhen (PEWSC) has been recognized as one of the top wire and cable companies in China. PEWSC, it said, has been awarded second place in the “2010 Top Ten China Wire and Cable Companies” honors that are annually conferred

by HC, a leading service provider of B-to-B e-commerce in China; the China Electrical Equipment Industrial Association; and the China Transformer Industry Association. PEWSC, it said, was selected from a group of 1,600 companies that participated in the event, with the

award made to PEWSC on January 11, 2011 at the landmark Beijing Diaoyutai State Guest House. “This honor recognizes the Company’s commitment to excellence, and was awarded by the industry, government, academia and customers,” it said.

Hitachi Cable starts plant in China, plans to expand its business in Asia Hitachi Cable, Ltd., has announced plans to install production equipment for industrial wire and to produce wire for rolling stocks and heat-resistant wire at Hitachi Cable (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., a member of the Hitachi Cable Group in China.

The plans, a press release said, call for the construction of a new building at the facility site location. Under its medium-term management plan, it said, the Hitachi Cable Group is moving ahead to establish core manufacturing facilities that will produce a multitude of strong products, with the goal of strengthening its overseas businesses. It noted that the measures specified under the plan will be deployed first at Hitachi Cable (Suzhou).

“Given its history as a central facility in the electronic wire business in China, Hitachi Cable (Suzhou) offers the expertise, technologies, and human resources needed to produce wire,” the release said. “Therefore, the facility is expected to be capable of rapidly setting up and bringing on line the equipment required to produce industrial wire.”

The release reported that the investment for the project is expected to total roughly 1 billion yen (US$12 million).

The plant, which will have about 11,000 sq m, will have its new equipment come online this year, it said. Hitachi Cable (Suzhou) has set a target of about US$30 million in net sales of industrial wires in fiscal 2015, three years after the equipment begins operating.

The expansion is part of Hitachi Cable Group’s goals of

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growth.

Based on the factors described above, Hitachi Cable chose to make a new investment in Hitachi Cable (Suzhou)’s plant.

Hitachi Cable (Suzhou) and to begin production of wires for rolling stocks and heat-resistant wire at the new facility.”

The release added that Hitachi Cable Group may add additional products for local customers in China and seek to capture further demand in the rapidly growing Chinese market.

“Hitachi Cable (Suzhou) will consider expanding the lines of products produced based on market trends and will seek to grow the business as a core manufacturing facility.” ■

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strengthening its overseas businesses as a key component of its medium-term management plan, “Bridge,” that was announced last April 2010, that calls for advance planning to establish core manufacturing facilities to produce a multitude of strong products, improving the efficiency of overseas production, and more.

The key is that there are projections for increased demand for industrial wires, which are used for various applications, including railways, factory and port equipment, and various types of industrial machinery, the release said. “Driven by developments including flourishing construction demand and a proposed large-scale high-speed rail network, China continues to demonstrate remarkable economic growth as well as growing demand for industrial wire. Demand growth is expected for high-value-added industrial wires, which offer outstanding performance in areas such as heat resistance and flexibility.”

Hitachi Cable noted that it has a number of strong industrial products that can be accepted in China. “The company’s technological capabilities are highly regarded in the market.

Until now, however, Hitachi cable has not produced such products overseas, and strengthening overseas businesses has become a pressing issue in plans targeting future business

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PEOPLE Berk-Tek reported two positions being filled. Brian Simmons was promoted to copper product manager, serving as the key interface between customers, internal sales teams, reps, manufacturing and engineering for the company’s twistedpair copper cable products manufactured at the New Holland facility. He has been with the company for 20 years, most recently serving as inside sales manager, and prior to that as OEM sales service manager and inside sales account manager. Tom Buckley is the company’s new market development manager, responsiBrian Simmons ble for analyzing and developing new marketing opportunities for both copper and optical fiber cabling products. He has more than 15 years of marketing experience within the structured cabling industry. He most recently spent two years as an independent marketing and technology consultant developing business plans for clients in the greater Chicago area, and prior to that spent 12 years at Panduit Corporation where he held various national and global positions. He holds a B.S. degree in engineering and an M.S. degree in business administration from the University Tom Buckley of Illinois, Chicago. Based in New Holland, Pennsylvania, USA, BerkTek, a Nexans company, manufactures a wide range of copper and fiber optic cable products.

Brad Miller has been promoted to global marketing director for Dow Wire and Cable, tasked with driving strategic growth initiatives for the company’s products, technologies and power industry expertise. This will include executing global product launches for solutions in the traditional power and alternative energy industries as well as market segments like personal electronics, building and construction and transportation wires, cables and accessories. He has been with Dow for over 20 years and previously served as Global Business Director for Dow Fiber Solutions. He holds a B.A. degree from Michigan State University and an MBA degree from Indiana University. Based in Houston, Texas, USA, Dow Wire and Cable, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, supplies a range of wire and cable products.

Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc., has named Jim Barcus as a production manager, overseeing everyday production of drawing and straightening and cutting of

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low carbon wire and CFQ bar. He has more than 35 years of production experience, 20 of those being in the wire and bar industry, and is expected to be a key addition as the company expands into the cold finished bar market. Based in Alsip, Illinois, USA, Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc., is a steel wire distributor that also has a large inventory of wire fabricating equipment.

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Davis-Standard reported two positions being filled.

Michael Bontempo has joined the company as director of human resources. He has more than 25 years of HR experience in manufacturing settings, most recently at Kenney Manufacturing Co., and prior to that at manufacturers that include Stanley-Bostitch, The Moore Company, Sanmina Electronics and Electric Boat. He holds a B.S. degree from Ithaca College and a Masters Degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Joseph Michael Bontempo Guigli has been promoted to sales engineeraftermarket for Davis-Standard, LLC, responsible for making field contacts, providing consultative technical advice, developing sales volume, and assisting in equipment selection. He joined the company in 2007 as a mechanical engineer. He holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering Joseph Guigli from the University of Vermont.

Based in Pawcatuck, Connecticut, USA, and a global supplier, Davis-Standard, LLC, designs, develops and manufactures extrusion systems, feedscrews, barrels and process controls.

Linda Calis has joined Inhol BV/PTL as office manager, responsible for administration, process and certification management, customer service, coordination of marketing activities and general supervision of the sales office. She has more than 15 years of experience in sales and marketing, purchasing and financial administration. Most recently, she served as an executive assistant and office manager for the

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Bergandi Machinery has named David Poveda as its sales agent for Central and South America, based in Medellin, Columbia. He has more than 20 years of wire industry experience, the last 14 years representing various machinery suppliers for the steel wire industry in this region. He is the former managing director of Industrias MetĂĄlicas Corsan, a wire, David Poveda nail and screw producer in Medellin, Colombia. He holds a M.S. degree in project management from the University of British Columbia. He also represents U.S. and EU consumables producers in South and Central America.

Based in Mira Loma, California, USA, Bergandi Machinery manufactures link-weaving machines and more.

Tom Ward has been named president of Custom Cable Industries, which was recently reorganized following its

voluntary petition under Chapter 11. He has relevant experience in domestic and international divisions of Fortune 100/1000 companies and proven success in sales, marketing, business operations, finance, manufacturing and supply chain, working at global organizations including AT&T, Lucent and CommScope. He holds a B.S. degree in industrial technology from Central Michigan University and an MBA in finance and enterprise globalization from Florida Atlantic University. Based in Florida, Custom Cable Industries, which is now owned by CVC CCI Holdings Inc., supplies central office, custom, standards-based and network cables as well as installation/service.

David Bell has returned to U.K.based Intras Ltd. to serve as editor of its two trade journals, EuroWire and Wire & Cable ASIA. He has worked in the U.K.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weekly newspaper industry for 25 years, and had worked as editor for Intras from 2007 to 2009, when he left to return to the newspaper field. Based in Warwickshire, U.K., Intras Ltd. publishes trade publications that cover the wire and cable and the tube and pipe industries. â&#x2013;

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European business of a U.S.-based company. Based in Soest, The Netherlands, Inhol BV/PTL supplies special (irradiation) crosslinkable compounds to the wire and cable industry and equipment and technology to the heatshrink industry.

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FIBER WATCH Prysmian: 2010 proved to be a very good year for fiber optic cable Italy’s Prysmian Cables & Systems reports that it had overall production of around 10 million km of optical fiber in 2010, an amount that it said shows significant growth from 2009 and represents about 5% of total world production.

A press release said that Prysmian is well-positioned, with two active plants for production in Italy and Brazil, and the Group’s technological and manufacturing center of excellence, FOS Fibre Ottiche Sud, based in Battipaglia (near Naples) in Italy, which it noted is one of the most advanced facilities in this sector. At FOS, which began its activity in 1981, Prysmian concentrates most of its research and production activities in the field of optical fiber used in the manufacture of cables at 10 Prysmian plants worldwide, supporting the development of the main telecom operators’ broadband projects, from BT, Telefonica and Telecom Italia in Europe, to Verizon in America, to Asia and Oceania, where Prysmian partners with Bharti Airtel in India, Telstra in Australia and China Mobile.

Most recently, the release said, Prysmian was chosen by the Australian An assortment of Prysmiam government and by telecom cables, the telecom operator Telstra for the development of the new national telecom broadband network. That contract, secured

by Prysmian Telecom Cables & Systems Australia Pty Limited, is worth up to €223 million over five years, with an initial purchase order of €112 million.

After having deployed the first access optical cable network in Milan with Metroweb/Fastweb, it was soon followed by the company being chosen as a partner for the new experimental national broadband projects launched by the country’s main operators in Rome, Florence and Bologna, it said.

Prysmian also worked with Fastweb, Vodafone and Wind to install its FTTH optical cables to more than 7,400 users at Fleming Hill in Rome in what was the first mass testing of fiber optic deployment in Italy, the release said. “These have seen optical fibers installed into the existing duct infrastructure, demonstrating how high capacity broadband can be delivered in an economical and smart way.”

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“Fibre for Italy” project that has been signed by Telecom Italia, Vodafone, Fastweb, Wind, H3G, Tiscali and BT, which will be used to implement a new fiber optic network that will deliver 100 megabits/s connections.

Alcatel-Lucent and Ciena selected as the contractors for network upgrade Alcatel-Lucent report that they along with Ciena® Corporation have been selected by the South East AsiaMiddle East-Western Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) co-owners for a network expansion project.

A press release said that Alcatel-Lucent was selected for an upgrade to 40G (Gigabit per second) transmission of all the submarine segments, with Ciena supplying optical switching equipment for all 16 cable landing sites as well as for 100G transport for an upgrade of the terrestrial link connecting Alexandria to Suez in Egypt. The deployment, it said, will commence in the first quarter of 2011, and will provide substantial capacity increase to the existing cable system (ultimate capacity of 2.4 terabit per second per fiber pair), which supports the delivery of high-speed internet and broadband services along the 20,000 km route connecting Europe to the Middle East and South East Asia.

Sumitomo gets military okay for air-blown fiber system Sumitomo Electric Lightwave announced that its FutureFLEX® Air-Blown Fiber® System has been awarded Qualified Products Listing (QPL) by the DSCC, Defense Supply Center, Columbus, of the Defense Logistics Agency.

That status, which required the company’s products to pass extensive mechanical, optical, environmental, chemical, and flame and smoke testing, among other evaluation criteria, means that the Air-Blown Fiber products meet naval sea system requirements and qualifications of MIL-PRF-85045, morningstar.com reports. It noted that the listing includes the company’s FutureFLEX Air-Blown Fiber Systems’ major components and respective government designations: 7-tube cable (M85045/25-01S), 1-tube cable (M85045/26-01S), 62.5 micron multimode 6-fiber bundle (M85045/27-01), 62.5 micron multimode 18-fiber bundle (M85045/29-0118), single-mode 6-fiber bundle(M85045/27-02), and singlemode 18 fiber bundle (M85045/29-0218).

The article noted that the one and seven tube cables form the fiber pathway, providing virtually unlimited fiber, bandwidth and pathway capacity. “Through the tube cable pathway, fiber bundles are blown in and out at speeds of up to 150 feet per minute, providing the U.S. Navy ships with mission critical speed and performance for quick fiber installations, upgrades, restorations and any moves, adds, and changes (MACs) for ship alteration while at dockside or at sea,” it said. ■

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FASTENER UPDATE Alcoa to buy TransDigm fastener unit

Fastener manufacturer going solar

U.S.-based Alcoa plans to expand its presence in the increasingly attractive aerospace market by buying TransDigm Group Incorporated’s recently acquired fastener business for about $240 million.

In a press release, TransDigm Group said that its fastener business, which was acquired in December 2010 as part of its $1.27 billion acquisition of McKechnie Aerospace, includes Valley-Todeco, Inc., located in Sylmar, California, and Linread Ltd., located in the United Kingdom. The product lines, it said, include the design and manufacture of nickel-alloy specialty engine fasteners, airframe bolts and slotted entry bearings used in commercial, military and general aviation aircraft.

The companies, which have some 400 employees, will become part of Alcoa Fastening Systems.

“We are pleased to have an agreement for the divestiture of the fastener business to Alcoa,” TransDigm Groups Chairman and Chief Executive W. Nicholas Howley said.

“This is a high quality, well established aerospace fastener business. However the products fit much better with Alcoa’s product portfolio and ongoing strategy than with TransDigm’s.”

P&R Fasteners has contracted with Solis Partners to install a rooftop solar power generation system at the company’s corporate headquarters in the Somerset section of Franklin Township, New Jersey, using 1,400 panels that ideally will generate approximately 295,000 kilowatt hours of electricity, annually eliminating more than 400,000 pounds of carbon emissions.

Plans call for P&R Fasteners, a contract manufacturer of specialty metal fastener products, to install a 254.8 kW rooftop PV system, reports Distributed Energy.com.

The system, it said, will be deployed at the company’s 100,000 sq-ft manufacturing facility, and is designed to offset approximately 99 percent of the building’s annual electrical load.

“We recognize the growing awareness and demand for environmentally proactive practices from our customers, partners and employees and believe this project is representative of P&R’s commitment to meeting them,” said Douglas Joyce, corporate controller at P&R Fasteners, “After a comprehensive assessment, we determined a solar PV project would be the best way to further our sustainability objectives.” ■

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WAI NEWS

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WAI to take part in new European technical conference this November The Wire Association International will once again team up with other industry organizations to put on a new technical conference: CabWire World Conference 2011.

WAI has worked before with Italy’s Associazione Costruttori Italiani Macchine per Filo (ACIMAF), France’s Comité Européen de la Tréfilerie (CET) and U.K.’s International Wire & Machinery Association (IWMA) at successful events in Stresa, Prague, Bologna and Istanbul.

This time, the organizations will be joined for the first time

by Germany’s International Wire & Cable Exhibitors Association (IWCEA).

The groups will stage a major wire and cable conference over one and a half days at the Congress Center Düsseldorf on Nov. 7-8, 2011. The conference will feature a panel of ferrous and nonferrous speakers on Monday, Nov. 7, and will include tabletop exhibits. On Tuesday morning, Nov. 8, there will be a plant tour.

Sponsorship opportunities are avilable for the event, which will be marketed extensively worldwide. Sponsors to date include Niehoff, Messe Düsseldorf, Locton and LXL Technologies. An announcement at the conference website

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(www.cabwire-duesseldorf.com) notes that “producers in many countries have a vital need to improve or replace outdated processes with new, greener technology and all industry professionals will take a strong interest in the latest market overviews and projections.”

Any organization that would like to apply to present a paper at this event is requested to complete and fax the Speaker Application form to the IWMA office to 44-1926314755, preferably before March 30, or sooner if possible.

Please read the Conditions for Speakers before submitting an application. For more details go to www.cabwire-duesseldorf.com. ■

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CHAPTER CORNER

CHAPTER CORNER Despite !@# weather, the meeting goes on for New England Chapter The law of averages finally caught up with the New England Chapter, whose annual winter meeting landed on a night that saw some 20 inches of snow bury much of the state of Connecticut. Still, about 65 of the 120+ registrants (including many with the foresight to book a room for the night) attended the Jan. 26 meeting at the Mohegan Sun Resort Conference, which featured a presentation by IEWC Business Analyst Brian Hirt.

If the weather outside was iffy, the same could be said The New England Chapter’s Board of Directors for 2011, for the wire and cable industry. Hirt saw hurdles for the including President Marie Geary, in the front row. industry, but offered hope for the longer-term outlook for wire and cable. “With greater certainty about the economy and healthy bank accounts, business will begin reinLong, Quirk Wire Co. Inc.; Rene Mayer, Mossberg vesting in 2011, adding jobs along the way,” he said, Associates; Mike McKee, Lloyd & Bouvier Inc.; Derek cautioning that recent stronger business may be due more Olson, Gem Gravure, Co., Inc.; and Robert Srubas, Times to companies re-stocking than meaningful growth. U.S. Microwave Systems. productivity has been good since the bottom in December Outgoing President Mike Mathiasen recalled highlights 2007, but since then the U.S. has seen the largest drop of 2010, including a very successful spring meeting that in employment for any of the G7 nations (Canada, featured a presentation on the industry potential from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, U.K. and U.S.). One reademand for wind energy, another good golf outing and son for that, he suggested, is that it is easier to trim workthe scholarship program, which gave five students awards. forces in the U.S. than in other countries. E-mail Brian He also thanked Dave Thibodeau, Quirk Wire, who has Hirt at bhirt@iewc.com to either request a copy of his coordinated the program for the last six years. presentation and/or to sign up for his free newsletter.

Geary thanked Ken Strandberg, who chaired the annual The evening saw the introduction of the new officers meeting commitee, and its members, for all their work, and board members. Officers for 2011 include: President and said that she looks forward to “working with the Marie Geary, Geary Procurement Consulting Services; chapter’s dynamic group of officers and directors.”

Secretary John Buchanan, Fluoropolymer Resources, Speaking later, she said that she will be focusing on an Inc.; Vice President John Rivers, Delaware Marketing educational program in June. “Last year it was very sucServices; and Treasurer Ken Strandberg, T&T Marketing. cessful having it in June rather than in the fall. Details of Mike Mathiasen, Mathiasen Machinery, is the immediate that will be coming up in late April. We have our golf past president. tournment in September, and we’re still working on the The full board includes the officers and Rick Amaral, date and location.”

Amaral Automation Associates; Roy St. Andre, EIS Wire The meeting also saw a salute by attendees to the late & Cable Co.; Grant Campbell, Multi/Cable Corp.; Brian Scott Higgins, a chapter member and past WAI president Holden, Carris Reels; Denise Coyle, Chromatics Inc.; who died in late 2010. Gem Gravure donated four seats to David Fisher, James Monroe Wire & Cable Corp.; Mark a Red Sox-New York Yankees game that were used as a raffle prize to raise college funds for Higgins’s daughter.

The tickets were won by Kyle Jensen, Orion Wire Co. Geary also thanked the sponsors for the chapter meeting. They included: Gold Sponsors—Polyone Corp., T&T Marketing Inc., Fluoropolymer Resources Inc. and Gem Gravure, Co., Inc.; Silver Sponsors—Carris Reels, Delaware Marketing Services, Leoni Wire Inc., Breen Color Concentrates, Quabbin Wire & Cable Co. Inc., Lloyd & Bouvier, Quirk Wire Co., Wire & Plastic Machinery, Amaral Automation Associates and Specialty Cable; and Bronze Sponsors—Beta LaserMike, James Monroe Wire & Cable Corp., Mathiasen Machinery Inc., Mossberg Reel, Chromatics, W. Gillies Technologies LLC Brian Hirt, IEWC business analyst, gave his take on the and Q-S Technologies. ■ economy to attendees.

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Networking with people in the industry is the most valuable asset of WAI membership.

Q: Why did you join WAI? A: To network and belong to an organization where the heartbeat of the industry can be measured.

Q: What are the most valuable benefits you receive through WAI? A: Keeping in contact with customers and networking with other suppliers. Learning about product news through WAI trade shows.

And being surrounded by people who care about the industry. The most valuable contact I met through WAI helped me to volunteer for WAI committee work.

Q: Who is your mentor?

A: Our company owner, Mr. Friedrich Vollmer. He grew a

Dick Pechie Vice President | Vollmer America Member Since: 1995

Meet Dick Pechie.

One of WAI’s worldwide members.

One compelling story.

Sure, VPs comprise the spotlight in WAI’s membership community. So do VIPs like Dick Pechie. His interests? From art to sciences— including wire processing—a true Renaissance man.

Upbeat, on the air, and behind-the-scenes; you won’t find him singing the blues. Odds are you share some of his pursuits, which are familiar to

company that is known worldwide for the quality of the product and employs more than 100. He’s 88, still works every day, and makes sure he greets all the employees each day with a walk through the shop. He remains very active designing some of the more complicated solutions to wire measurement that are presented to our company.

Q: Who is the most famous person you’ve met?

A: Blues artist Floyd Dixon. I worked as a studio engineer on his last CD, “California Dreaming,” which led to introductions to Little Richard, John Goodman, Dan Aykroyd, and Clint Black.

Q: What do you do for leisure?

A: Something almost nobody knows about me is my hobby is amateur radio. So, when I’m not working, you can find me home busy in the garden, tending my animals, or talking to other amateur radio operators around the world.

Q: What is your favorite memory of a WAI event?

A: My favorite memory was the evening at Wire Expo in Boston we spent touring Fenway Park and meeting Rico Petrocelli.

The baseball outing in Cleveland was a lot of fun also.

many remarkable personalities namely: Networking | Staying Informed | World Travel | The Art of Listening | The Science of Engineering Listen in on Dick’s story to find your common ground. And when you meet him in person— or through WAI’s Facebook page—be sure to ask about his next gig. Or, better, yet, tell him about yours...he’ll be listening.

Q: What do your co-workers say about you?

A: My co-workers think that I am a good listener.

Q: What do you like most about the wire industry?

A: I like being in the wire industry because 99% of the people I meet are a pleasure to work with.

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2011 PREVIEW

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METALS &

MATERIALS

D AY

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MANUFACTURING GREEN INITIATIVES BEST PRACTICES

N E W V E N D O R S . N E W O P T I O N S . N E W E N E R G Y.

Convention Dates: May 2-5, 2011 | Exhibit Dates: May 3-5, 2011 Georgia World Congress Center | Atlanta, Georgia, USA

SPONSORS: Carris Reels Inc. | Chemson Inc. | Dow Wire & Cable Co. | Electric Cable Compounds Inc. | ExxonMobil GEM Gravure Co. Inc. | LEONI Wire Inc. | SIKORA International Corp. | Sonoco Products | Southwire Co.

INTERWIRE PREVIEW

Interwire 2011: the return to Atlanta A familiar view to many past Interwire attendees: the Atlanta skyline. © 2011, Kevin C. Rose/AtlantaPhotos.com It will be a homecoming of sorts for the Association when Interwire and WAI’s Annual Convention return to the longtime host city of Atlanta the first week of May. Attendees can expect to find activity on the show floor, driven by an improving economy that has spurred companies to exit hibernation, and a renewed sense of purpose and direction in the educational programs at the Georgia World Congress Center.

Interwire 2011 and WAI’s 81st Annual Convention will offer a wealth of information, networking and opportunity.

Interwire 2011 offers a concentrated show schedule and three full days of exhibits, with the 400-plus exhibiting companies including more than 60 first-timers. The floor will offer more technology for reducing costs, and technology

to reach new markets, including the increasingly attractive “green” niches.

The educational programs on Monday, May 2, through Thursday, May 5, were designed by a committee with key representatives from 25 manufacturers, and are aimed at providing meaningful information. For the first time, the program focuses on “theme days,” where attendees can opt for a focused day of presentations on Metals & Materials; Manufacturing Best Practices; and Green Initiatives. The Fundamentals of Wire program will be presented by industry experts on Monday, May 2, and Tuesday, May 3. Tech returns to the show floor as Production Solutions will see presentations by five companies at their booths on the show

The Annual Meeting at Interwire 2009 in Cleveland.

Technical paper award winners at Wire Expo 2010.

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INTERWIRE PREVIEW Attendees at the Morgan-Koch booth at Interwire 2009. floor. Doug Relyea’s Productivity Workshop on Wednesday will offer practical advice that should benefit any manufacturer.

One educational program, devised and directed by Gary Spence of Encore Wire, is an event unto itself: the Global Continuous Casting Forum. To be held May 2-5, it covers all five major continuous casting technologies. The program includes a CEO presentation, panel discussions, operational presentations with a shop-floor perspective, technical presentations that include new, not-yet-published process ideas, tour-related exhibits on the Interwire exhibit floor and interactive workshops that offer hands-on learning.

Most of the activity starts on Tuesday, May 3, but a full day is planned as well for Monday, May 2, including the Awards Luncheon that will honor industry notables and recognize individuals who have attained WAI Life or 25-Year Member status. It will be followed by the Mordica Lecture from Professor Kazunari Yoshida, Tokai University, Japan.

Also on Monday, there will be a golf outing and an opportunity to tour two Southwire Company plant facilities.

Further bolstering the Atlanta experience is the location by the American Wire Producers Association (AWPA) of its Wire Rod Supply Chain Conference, which will be held Monday, May 2, and Tuesday, May 3.

An out-of-this-world experience is fully expected at 10 am on Wednesday, May 4, when astronaut/Keynote Speaker Mike Mullane will invite audience members to “Dream Big” about their potential for personal and professional success.

Worth noting is that WAI’s reception will not be held the first night, but on Tuesday night, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at The Omni Hotel Atrium. This event remains a premier opportunity to mingle. Those who enjoy a dose of exercise are welcome to take part in WAI’s 6th Annual 5K Industry Run, sponsored once again by Leoni Wire Inc. Behind the scenes there will be a series of WAI business meeting. And, as ever, the city of Atlanta awaits. Interwire is a time to find and do business, but it also is a period to renew relationships, to make new contacts and to explore the city itself. All the ingredients are there for a memorable and worthwhile experience.

NETWORKING, TECHNICAL & OPERATIONAL PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS

Table of Contents Conference Planning Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Schedule of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 New & Noteworthy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 City of Atlanta/Area Attractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Sponsors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Golf Outing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 5K Industry Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Plant Tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Awards Ceremony/Technical Paper Winners. . . . . . . 58 Keynote Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Education Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Mordica Memorial Award Winner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Donnellan Memorial Award Winner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 WAI Life/25-Year Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 AWPA Rod Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Global Continuous Casting Forum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Educational Programs at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Productivity Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Wire & Cable Symposium (WCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Production Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Floor Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . insert, between 96-97 Alphabetical/Numerical List of Exhibitors . . . . . . . . 97 Preview of Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Exhibitors’ Product Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

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Conference Programming Committee The premise is simple: if one wants to serve one’s customers, what better way then to let them tell you what they want? That approach led to WAI Executive Steve Fetteroll traveling to dozens of wire and cable manufacturers, asking what kind of educational program they would like to

see—and then asking them to join a new body, the Conference Programming Committee, to help create the program. The results will be seen at Interwire 2011.

The WAI would like to thank the members of the committee for all their help.

CPC members

Andy Talbot, Mid-South Wire Co, Inc. Mark A Thackeray, General Cable Corp.

Walther Van Raemdonck, NV Bekaert SA David Weinand, Oklahoma Steel & Wire Bhaskar Yalamanchili, Gerdau Ameristeel

Victor Andrade, WireCo WorldGroup, Inc. Dane G Armendariz, Henkel Corp.

Daniel Blais, Prysmian Power Cable & Systems USA, LLC Douglas J Blew, CommScope, Inc. Brian E Burr, Sumiden Wire Products Corp.

Richard A Carr, Coleman Cable, Inc. Kamesh Chivukula, Algonquin Industries Neville D Crabbe, Leoni Wire, Inc. (USA) José Antonio de Miguel, Grupo Condumex Eric R Kessler, Insteel Wire Products Co. Ernesto Merino, Deacero SA de CV Richard R Miller, Southwire Co. Thomas E Moran, National Standard Co. Patricio G Murga, Viakable SA de CV Robert J Raiti, Owl Wire & Cable, Inc. Ronald W Reed, Horizon Wire & Cable William F Reichert, Champlain Cable Corp.

Todd V Roberts, American Spring Wire Corp.

Randy A Sheets, Leggett & Platt, Inc. Gary L Spence, Encore Wire Corp.

Nicholas Nickoletopoulos (Exec Comm Liaison), Sivaco & Ifastgroupe Marc L Murray (WAI Staff Liaison)

Be it mentioned here or elsewhere, you’re Welcome to attend Interwire Traditionally, a “Welcome” piece is presented in this section, where some of the event highlights are cited.

This time the format has been re-configured, a fitting touch given the significant changes that have been made to the Interwire program. Thus, you’ll find not one but three separate “Welcomes” in the Industry News section.

Discussions take place in 2010 at a Conference Programming Committee meeting that included, l-r: Ron Reed, Horizon Wire & Cable; Bhaskar Yalamanchili, Gerdau Ameristeel; Gary Spence, Encore Wire Corp; Nicholas Nickoletopoulos, Sivaco & Ifastegroupe; 2010 WAI President Dane Armendariz, Henkel Corp.; and Kamesh Chivukula, Algonquin Industries/Rea Magnet Wire.

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AWPA CONFERENCE

Schedule of Events: AWPA rod conference Monday, May 2 May 2-3, 2011 • Atlanta, Georgia, USA

11 am to 5 pm – Registration 1 pm to 5 pm: Conference Session Keynote Speaker, TBA TOPIC: Recession and Recovery, Clare W. Zempel, CFA, Principal, Zempel Strategic TOPIC: Scrap and Metallics Analysis Eric Klenz, KeyBanc Capital Markets 5:30 pm to 7 pm: Supply Chain Mix and Mingle Cocktail Reception

Tuesday, May 3 The rod supply panel at the 2010 AWPA conference included, l-r: Matthew Brace, executive v.p. of sales & marketing, CMC Americas; Jim Kerkvliet, v.p. commercial sales, Gerdau Ameristeel; David Brooks, senior v.p. of American Metal Market; H. Woltz, chairman/CEO, Insteel Industries; and Jack Lynch, sales manager, Charter Steel.

8 am to noon: Conference Session Keynote Speaker: TBA TOPIC: Recession and Recovery Kenneth Simonson, Chief Economist, Associated General Contractors of America PANEL: Wire Rod Supply Outlook Philippe Armengaud, Chief Purchasing Officer, Bekaert, Inernational Wire Producer Richard Webb, Keystone Steel & Wire, Domestic Rod Supplier Bernd Neunkirchen, Coutinho and Ferrostaal, International Rod Supplier TBA: Stainless Rod Supplier See pp. 70-73 for conference preview.

For the latest details, go to www.awpa.org.

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GCC FORUM

Schedule of Events: Global Continuous Casting Forum Forum Highlights This forum, May 2-5, includes: a CEO presentation (innovation and process improvement); panel discussion (pocess innovation); operational presentations; technical presentations; tour or related Interwire exhibits; and interactive workshops. Below is a list of forum topics and the days they will be presented.

Tuesday, May 3 • History of copper and wiredrawing • History of the copper vertical shaft furnace • Process overviews by Properzi, SCR, Contirod, Upcast OY • New refractory materials and installation practices workshop

Wednesday, May 4 • Molten metal de-gassing and molten metal filtration • Furnace burner combustion ratios and influence on dissolved oxygen • Shaft furnace emission-baghouse design workshop • Two different furnace scrap melting technologies • High-pressure descaling technology • Cathode impurities and rod quality • Investigation into baghouse fires

Thursday, May 5 • Rod surface oxide testing technology • Non-destructive testing technology • Preventative maintenance of electronic drives/hardware and software solutions • Caster and process water filtration workshop NETWORKING

See pp. 75-81 for conference preview.

TECHNICAL & OPERATIONAL PRESENTATIONS WORKSHOPS

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Schedule of Events: Pre-Interwire Monday, May 2 Interwire 2011 WAI 81st Annual Convention 7:30 am to 5 pm

Registration Open

7:30 am to 5 pm

Golf Tournament, Villa Rica, Georgia

8 am to 5 pm

Fundamentals of Wire & Cable Manufacturing Day 1

8 am to 6 pm

Exhibitor Move-in

noon to 1 pm

Paper Awards Luncheon

1 pm to 1:30 pm

Mordica Lecture: “My 35-year research of wiredrawing,”

by Kazunari Yoshida, Tokai University, Japan.

12:30 pm to 5 pm Southwire Carrollton Facility Plant Tour

WAI Committee Meetings:

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8 am - 10 am

Executive Committee

9:30 am - 11 am

Exhibition Planning Committee

10:30 am - noon

Education Committee

10:30 am - noon

Member Relations Committee

4 pm - 5 pm

Memorial Awards Committee

INTERWIRE PREVIEW

Schedule of Events: Interwire, Day 1 Tuesday, May 3 Interwire 2011 WAI 81st Annual Convention 7:30 am to 5 pm

Registration

8 am to noon

Fundamentals of Wire & Cable Manufacturing Day 2

8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Educational Track “Metals and Materials”

8:30 am to 10:30 am Opening Session “The new world of materials science & engineering: nano & bio technology,” by Robert L. Snyder, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. 10 am to 5 pm

Exhibits Open

10:30 am to 4 pm

Production Solutions (Exhibit Floor)

10:30 am to noon

Theme Session: Dies

10:30 am to noon

Session: Ferrous

10:30 am to noon

Session: Electrical

1:30 pm to 3 pm

Session: Operational Presentations

3 pm to 3 pm

Session: Ferrous 2

3 pm to 4:30 pm

Session: Nonferrous

3 pm to 4:30 pm

Session: General

6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Reception Omni Hotel at CNN Center

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Schedule of Events: Interwire, Day 2 Wednesday, May 4 Interwire 2011 WAI 81st Annual Convention 7:30 am to 5 pm

Registration

8:30 am to 4 pm

Educational Track “Manufacturing Best Practices”

8:30 am to 10:30

Opening Session: Panel: Safety Roundtable

9 am to 5 pm

Productivity Workshop Doug Relyea

10 am to 11am

Keynote Address: “Dream Big!” Astronaut Mike Mullane

10 am to 5 pm

Exhibits Open

10:30 am to 4 pm

Production Solutions (Exhibit Floor)

11 am to noon

Panel: Major Capital Projects Roundtable

1:30 pm to 2:30 pm Theme Session: Safety 1:30 pm to 3 pm

Session: Ferrous

1:30 pm to 2:30 pm Session: General Topics

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3 pm to 4 pm

Theme Session: Lean/Six Sigma

5:30 pm

Annual 5K Road Race

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Schedule of Events: Interwire, Day 3 Thursday, May 5 Interwire 2011 WAI 81st Annual Convention 7:30 am to 3 pm

Registration

8 am to noon

Educational Track “Green Initiatives”

8 am to 10 am

Opening Session to Guest Speaker: “Where is the electric grid going?

This talk addresses the critical steps needed to meet the growing demand for reliable electricity in the USA by overcoming the challenges of the country’s aging electricity transmission and distribution system and addressing the vulnerabilities in its energy supply chain.

10 am to 3 pm

Exhibits Open

10:30 am to noon Session: Electrical 10:30 am to noon Session: Steel Cord 10:30 am to 11 am Session: Nonferrous 11 am to noon

Session: Operational Presentation

10:30 am to noon Production Solutions (Exhibit Floor) noon to 2 pm

Board of Directors Luncheon and Meeting

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Interwire Keynote speaker on Tuesday (has been) literally out of this world The keynote speaker for Interwire, astronaut Mike Mullane, is uniquely qualified to give attendees a memorable “big view” perspective when he makes his presentation at 10 am on Wednesday, May 4.

He will invite audience members to “Dream Big” about their potential for personal and professional success. Using slides and video from a remarkable life, his presentation will disAstronaut Mike Mullane. pel the assumption that he was a gifted, “super-youth” destined for great things. He will describe his journey from very ordinary beginnings to floating in the cockpit of a space shuttle.

His appearance is sponsored by Gem Gravure Co.

A WAI call for sneakers You don’t have to be fast to take part in WAI’s 7th Annual 5K Industry Run, which starts at 5:45 pm at the Georgia World Congress Center on Wednesday, May 4, Runners will meet in front of the entrance to the Interwire trade show, as runners of all calibers are heartily encouraged to take part. The fee is $20 and all the proceeds go to charity. The event is sponsored by Leoni Wire. See p. 54.

Plant tour: a double-dip at Southwire Attendees who go on the plant tour at Southwire Company on Monday, May 2, from 12:30 to 5:00 pm, will visit not one but two plants. The tour of Carrollton site will include the company’s metalclad (MC) cable plant as well as a plant where the company’s 12 for Life® program for students operates.

See p. 56.

Attendees An inside view of Southwire Company’s will tour South- MC cable plant. wire’s 190,000sq-ft-MC cable plant, which produces a variety of innovative products. The plant achieved OSHA VPP Star status in 2010 and achieved a world class recordable incident rate of 1.3 for the year. The facility can produce in excess of 70 million pounds of wire and cable each year.

The second part of the tour will show attendees the company’s 12 for Life operation, where high school juniors and seniors earn competitive wages by rewinding, assembling and packaging a wide variety of products available at Lowe’s, The Home Depot and other retail suppliers.

And this event is sponsored by ...

Participants in the first-ever WAI 5K industry run in 2005.

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The 2011 staging of Interwire by far has the most-ever corporate sponsors. The WAI would like to thank these companies for making it possible to put on quality programs. The sponsors include: Carris Reels, Inc.; Chemson, Inc.; Dow Wire and Cable, Inc.; Electric Cable Compounds, Inc.; ExxonMobil.; Gem Gravure Co., Inc.; Leoni Wire, Inc.; Sikora International, Inc.; Sonoco Reels; and Southwire Co. See p. 53.

• The exhibits have been compressed into three days • Unless noted otherwise, all events are to be held at the Georgia World Congress Center • The host hotels are the Omni Hotel at CNN Center and the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel • There are no shuttle buses

AWPA rod conference joins WAI’s Interwire in Atlanta Following last year’s successful co-location of its rod conference with WAI last year in Milwaukee, the AWPA will join the Association in Atlanta. Its Wire Rod Supply Chain Conference will be held May 2-3, just prior to the Interwire exhibition.

May 2-3, 2011 • Atlanta, Georgia, USA The rod conference will address many questions. Is the recession over? What is the extent of the manufacturing sector’s recovery?

Which of the key wire and wire products markets are back? See pp. 70-73 for details.

May 3 reception: Omni Hotel Atrium WAI’s return to Atlanta will see its reception, the most widely attended social event, returning to the site of the 2003 reception: the Omni Hotel Atrium.

The key attraction of the event —to be held from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, on Tuesday, May 3—is the opportunity to meet up with industry friends, customers, exhibitors, program presenters and more.

Continuous casting forum raises the copper bar for technical programs Information will flow. It’s hot. Molten hot. It’s pervasive. And it’s a new forum for copper continuous casting practitioners in which every major process is well represented (Contirod, ESSEX, Properzi, SCR and Upcast).

The forum is a users meeting for all practitioners involved in copper continuous casting from around the world who want to network and attend technical and operational presentations, and workshops. See pp.75-81.

This workshop will be very productive Good intentions do not necessarily translate to good results, and that especially holds for the companies that use Statistical Process Control (SPC)/Six Sigma programs.

In his day-long seminar, “Evolving From Product Control to Process Control,” Productivity Workshop instructor Douglas B. Relyea, Quality Principle Associates, USA, will explain where it is easy for companies to go wrong and how they can improve. See p. 85.

Tech takes to Interwire show floor as part of Production Solutions You don’t have to leave the show floor to take part in Production Solutions, which will be held on the show floor at designated booths and times on The sessions will include: Dies (company/booth to be named in April issue; Roll Straightening (Witels Albert USA Ltd./Booth 711); Lubrication (Etna Products, Inc. & Etna-Bechem Lubricants, Ltd./Booth 331); FEP Foaming Technology, Fine International Corp./Booth 1723; and Wire Breaks, Horace Pops Consulting Inc./Booth 1834 (Properzi International Inc.). See p. 91 for presenters and presentation schedule.

The scene at WAI’s reception at the Omni Hotel atrium in 2003.

3 days + 3 themes = countless ideas The WAI’s Wire & Cable Symposium this year features three days of presentations that include focuses each day on different aspects. Day 1, Tuesday, May 3, is Metals & Practices; Day 2, Wednesday, May 4, is Manufacturing Best Practices; and Day 3, Thursday, May 5, is Green Initiatives. See pp. 86-96 for details.

The fundamentals still matter The Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing course at Interwire will present seven courses over to days, Monday, May 2, and Tuesday, May 3, taught by industry experts.

The general track includes four general courses (Wiredrawing Machines; Drawing Dies; Testing and Properties; and Heat Treatment). There are two ferrous courses (Phosphating 101 and Stainless Steel Wire Processing) and two nonferrous/electrical courses (Aerospace Cable and Formation and Measurement of Fines). See p. 84.

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The city of Atlanta The city of Atlanta may be well known to many Interwire attendees, but below is sampling of attractions that can be found. More details can be found at www.atlanta.net.

Braves Museum & Hall of Fame/Turner Field Tours 755 Hank Aaron Drive, tel. 404-614-2310 The Braves Museum & Hall of Fame (BMHF) is an education and entertainment venue, which features more than 600 Braves artifacts and photographs that trace the team's history from its beginnings in Boston (1871-1952) to Milwaukee (1953-65) to Atlanta (1966-present). It is located on the northwest side of Turner Field at Aisle 134. The museum is open year-round and is the starting point of one hour guided tours of Turner Field. Tours leave on the hour and last approximately one hour. Tours take visitors to Sky Field; a Braves luxury suite; the press box, broadcast booth, clubhouse (locker room) and dugout; Scouts Alley; and The Museum Store. Please note: Tour route is subject to availability.

Fernbank Museum of Natural History 767 Clifton Road, N.E., tel. 404-929-6300 Only at Fernbank Museum can you come face-to-face with the world's largest dinosaurs, explore the development of life on Earth through the landscapes of present-day Georgia, connect with cultures from around the globe, engage in a variety of hands-on exhibitions, and more! It has stunning rotating special exhibitions and a five-story experience of an IMAX film. Our Mission at Fernbank Museum is to inspire life-long learning of natural history through dynamic programming to encourage a greater appreciation of our planet and its people.

Georgia Aquarium, Inc. 225 Baker Street NW, tel. 404-581-4000 The Georgia Aquarium is the world’s largest aquarium covering 13 acres and home to tens of thousands of animals, in-

The Georgia Aquarium is home of tens of thousands of creatures. ©2011, Kevin C. Rose/AtlantaPhotos.com.

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cluding 500 species from around the world. The Georgia Aquarium holds more than 8 million gallons of fresh and salt water and features 60 habitats for visitors to explore. The largest exhibit holds 6.2 million gallons of water. It houses thousands of animals including four whale sharks and manta rays. The second largest exhibit holds four beluga whales.

Other features of the Georgia Aquarium include a 4-D theater. In 2011, Georgia Aquarium will unveil its largest expansion to date. The new $110 million dolphin gallery will feature a unique dolphin show, where guests will be treated to a theatrical performance by actors and dolphins utilizing state-of-the-art lighting and special effects.

The “Underground” offers an eclectic range of attractions for visitiors. ©2011, Kevin C. Rose/AtlantaPhotos.com.

Underground Atlanta 50 Upper Alabama Street, tel. 404-523-2311 Located in the Heart of Downtown, Underground Atlanta offers a complete family experience with retail, specialty, and gift shops, fast food, entertainment, special events, and fine restaurants. It is bustling with activity day or night.

World of Coca-Cola 121 Baker Street NW, tel. 404-676-5151 At the World of Coca-Cola, experience the fascinating story of the world's most famous beverage brand in a dynamic, multimedia attraction. Walk through a fully-functioning bottling line that produces a complimentary glass bottle of CocaCola for each and every guest. View over 1,200 never-beforedisplayed artifacts ranging from vintage bottles to a 1939 Coca-Cola delivery truck from Argentina. Experience the thrilling 4-D movie, “In Search of the Secret Formula,” with 3-D glasses plus moving seats. Take your taste buds on a trip around the world and sample over 60 different beverages made by The Coca-Cola Company in the Taste It! beverage lounge. Also, don’t miss the chance to hug and have your picture taken with the very friendly 7-foot-tall Coca-Cola Polar Bear! There is something new and inviting around every corner at the new World of Coca-Cola.

Below are just a few of the fine restaurants you will find in Atlanta.

Sun Dial Restaurant (Westin Peachtree Plaza) 210 Peachtree St., NW, tel. 404-589-7471 The tri-level complex features a revolving upscale restaurant, a rotating cocktail lounge and a 360-degree panorama view of the magnificent Atlanta skyline. Glass elevators climb the hotel’s 73 stories to the Sun Dial’s unbeatable views, classic cuisine, live jazz and relaxing ambiance.

Johnny’s Hideaway 3771 Roswell Rd, tel. 404-233-8026 This old standby has been one of the premier nightspots for the Swing and Big Band crowd for more than 20 years. An expanded bar food menu and popular daily food specials are crowd favorites. There's an all-day breakfast menu, too.

Beluga Martini Bar 3115 Piedmont Rd NE, tel. 404-869-1090 This laid-back venue, with its relaxed sophistication and comfortable furnishings, attracts a regular clientele, who

come for delicious martinis and smooth jazz music. A professional crowd frequents the intimate place, stopping in after work or gathering in the evening. Lounging on upholstered sofas, nursing cold drinks, they simply soak in the ambience and the sweet smokiness of cigars.

Sambuca 3102 Piedmont Rd, tel. 404-237-5299 This combination restaurant and jazz club is a study of curves and textures and offers an excellent menu of eclectic American cuisine, along with a nightly schedule of jazz of all genres. Artists from Atlanta and all over the world play at this cafe, regaling patrons with soothing vocals and finger-snapping rhythms. Sambuca also attracts scores of professionals to the bar area and the patio.

The Tavern at Phipps 3500 Peachtree Rd, tel. 404-814-9640 Located in the exclusive Phipps Plaza shopping center, this watering hole attracts a more upscale clientele who appreciate the tavern-like atmosphere, eclectic cuisine and laid back atmosphere, which includes a beautiful mirrored bar area surrounded by dark-stained wood paneling and accents, exposed brick walls and comfy furniture.

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Golf tourney to be part of WAI’s return to Atlanta for Interwire 2011 The Frog Golf Club, located in beautiful Villa Rica, Georgia, and considered a top Atlanta golf course, will host a golf tournament on Monday, May 2, 2011.

The charity event will include prizes being awarded for: $10,000 hole-in-one, top teams, long and accurate drives, closest-to-the-pin, and more! The tournament is limited to the first 120 golfers to sign up. The schedule calls for players to depart by bus from the Omni Hotel at 7:30 am. Check-in and continental breakfast is at 8 am, and the shotgun start event begins at 9:30 am, followed by a BBQ buffet at 3:30 pm (approximately), and the bus leaves for the Omni at 4:30 pm (approximately).

The Frog was designed by famed architect Tom Fazio who created the course as an unspoiled golf masterpiece, remarkable for its pristine bentgrass greens, among other exciting golf course features. Recognized among the top golf courses in Georgia, The Frog has earned four and a half stars from Golf Digest, and has hosted many notable golf events including the Georgia Open, CEO Jaguar Tour, The Five Star Celebrity Classic and the John Smoltz Celebrity Players Tournament.

Registration is $125/per player and covers greens fees, cart, range balls, continental breakfast, and BBQ buffet lunch.

Non-golfers may attend the lunch for $25. Net proceeds from the event will go to the Vanderbilt Cancer Research Center.

Corporate Hole sponsorships are $100 a hole, and an as-

The Frog Golf Club in Villa Rica offers a gorgeous course for golfers. sortment of premium sponsorships are available. All sponsors will receive recognition in the WJI’s Show Program, the WJI, and a sign with the company’s name at the event.

The registration deadline is April 18, 2011, after which there will be no refunds for cancellations. For more information contact: Jeff Swinchatt (jswinchatt@sikora-usa.com) or Molly Hardegree (mhardegree@sikora-usa.com) at tel. 770486-1233 or WAI’s Steve Fetteroll at tel. 203-453-2777, ext.

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A call for sneakers: WAI to hold its 7th Annual 5K Industry Run at Atlanta The Association will once again encourage people to take to the streets and prepare to sweat a bit for the sheer joy of it at the WAI’s 7th Annual Industry Run, to be held Wednesday, May 4.

Competitors in the WAI’s 2010 5K Industry Run in Milwaukee.

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Runners will meet in front of the Georgia World Congress Center at 5:30 pm. The Atlanta course, which hosted the firstever WAI Industry run in 2005, saw some 30 runners take part. This event has now been held in Atlanta, Boston, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Milwaukee. The 5K, sponsored once again by Leoni Wire Inc., has a $20 registration fee, with every penny going to charity.

“This event is meant to be fun, and it’s been that year after year,” said WJI editor Mark Marselli, who noted that last year’s race was held at the end of a stormy day in Milwaukee, with about a dozen hearty Wire Expo attendees taking part. “You can’t plan for perfect weather, but in a way it doesn’t matter as overcoming less-than-ideal conditions makes it that much more memorable later. And that’s part of the experience, why you do it. It doesn’t matter whether you are fast or slow, because as long as you got out there and did it, it’s something you did for yourself that you can check off on the plus side for the week.”

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Southwire Company tour Southwire Company will host a two-part tour of its Carrollton facilities on Monday, May 2, from 12:30 to 5:00 pm. Attendees will visit both a metal-clad (MC) cable plant as well as a plant where the company’s 12 for Life® program for students operates.

Attendees will tour Southwire’s 190,000-sq-ft-MC cable plant, which produces a variety of innovative products.

The plant achieved OSHA VPP Star status in 2010 and achieved a world class recordable incident rate of 1.3 for the year. Using the most technologically advanced equipment available, Southwire’s MC cable plant produces multiple length coils of cable used in commercial, industrial, institutional and multi-residential buildings. The facility, which makes aluminum and steel armored constructions consisting of 14 ga ~1 ga cabled phase conductors, can produce in excess of 70 million pounds of wire and cable each year.

Southwire does more than produce quality wire and cable, it gives back to the local community, and attendees will be able to see one program it offers that was designed to make a difference for students in Carroll County, where statistics indicate one in three stuAn inside view of Southwire Company’s dents will not finish high school.

MC cable plant.

Southwire Company, working with the Carroll County Schools, created a program called 12 for second 12 for Life plant adjacent to its Life, where high school juniors manufacturing facilities in Florence, and seniors earn competitive Alabama. wages by rewinding, assembling Southwire Company notes that it is and packaging a wide variety North America’s leading manufacturer A Southwire 12 for Life® student at of products available at Lowe’s, of wire and cable used in the distribution work.

The Home Depot and other retail transmission of electricity. It has four suppliers. distinct business segments (Energy DiviIn addition to the life skills trainsion, Electrical Division, OEM Division ing they gain by working four-hour shifts each day, stuand SCR Technologies Division). dents attend regular classes at their designated schools.

Throughout its history, the company has sought to deHelping to further enrich students’ lives, Southwire emliver power through its products, its service and by helping ployees provide one-on-one mentoring for those enrolled empower customers, employees and communities. The in the program. company delivers power to millions of people around the In three years, some 175 students have graduated from world. Its utility cable and building wire carry electricity 12 for Life, which is being heralded by state officials for to wherever it is needed. One in three new homes built in its role in helping students build better lives through eduthe U.S. contains wire made by Southwire. cation, employment and opportunity. Because of the proRegistration for the event, $55, is limited, on a firstgram’s success, Southwire has expanded it to include come, first-served basis. Individual registrants are subject students from neighboring counties and has opened a to approval.

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Awards ceremony The WAI will honor those who have made significant contributions to the industry, through either their technical presentations and/or years of activity, during the Awards Luncheon on Monday, May 2.

The event, from noon to 1:30 pm, recognizes a range of people for their contributions, including authors of award-winning technical papers (see below) to the winners of the Association’s two most prestigious honors: the Mordica and Donnellan Memorial Awards. The Mordica

winner is Professor Kazunari Yoshida, Tokai University, Japan. See p. 62. The Donnellan winner is WAI Past President Tom Moran, plant manager, National Standard Co. See p. 64.

The meeting will also honor individuals who have become either WAI Life or 25-Year Members. See p. 66.

The meeting is open to WAI members and full registrants, but space is limited.

Winning WAI 2010 technical papers The WAI’s paper rating committee has chosen the winners of the best technical papers in 2010 from those presented at WAI’s International Technical Conference in Monterrey, Mexico, and at Wire Expo 2010 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The winners who will be honored at the Awards Luncheon at Interwire 2011, include the following: In the Ferrous Division, the Allan B. Dove Memorial Award goes to Ryan Pennington, Bekaert Corporation, USA, Walther Van Raemdonck, NV Bekaert SA, Belgium, and David K. Matlock and George Krauss, Colorado School of Mines, USA, for their paper: “The effect of silicon and aging on mechanical properties and fracture response of drawn highstrength pearlitic steel wire.” No Silver Certificate was awarded.

In the Nonferrous Division, the Marshall V. Yokelson Memorial Award goes to Tadeusz Knych, Andrzej Mamala, Beata Smyrak, and Monika Walkowicz, AGH University of Science

and Technology, Poland, for their paper: “Research on the influence of the structural state of Cu-ETP wire rod on the annealing susceptibility of wires.” The Silver Certificate Award goes to Andriej Milenin and Piotr Kustra, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland, and Jan-Marten Seitz, Friedrich-Wilhelm Bach, and Dirk Bormann, Institute of Materials Science at the University of Hannover, Germany, for their paper: “Production of thin wires of magnesium alloys for surgical applications.”

In the Electrical Division, the Urbain J.H. Malo Memorial Award goes to Octavio Parra, Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Condumex (CIDEC), Mexico, for his paper: “Life prediction for an optical fiber cable.” The Silver Certificate Award goes to Ethem Erdas, Beta LaserMike, USA, for his paper: “An in-process SRL predictor system for data cable manufacturing.”

No awards were issued in the General category.

A group photo of individuals recognized last year at the awards ceremony at Wire Expo 2010.

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Keynote Speaker The keynote speaker for Interwire, astronaut Mike Mullane, is uniquely qualified to give attendees a memorable “big view” perspective when he makes his presentation at 10 am on Wednesday, May 4. He will invite audience members to “Dream Big” about their potential for personal and professional success. Using slides and video from a remarkable life, his presentation will dispel the assumption that he was a gifted, “super-youth” destined for great things. He will describe his journey from very ordinary beginnings to floating in the cockpit of a space shuttle. His appearance is sponsored by Gem Gravure Co. Mullane was born in 1945 in Wichita Falls, Texas, but spent much of his youth in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he currently resides. Upon his graduation from West Point in 1967, he was commissioned in the United States Air Force. As a weapon systems operator aboard RF-4C Phantom aircraft, he completed 134 combat missions in Vietnam. He holds a Master’s degree in aeronautical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology and is also a graduate of the Air Force Flight Test Engineer School at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

Mullane was selected as a Mission Specialist in 1978 in

the first group of space shuttle astronauts. He spent 356 hours in space during his three missions aboard the Shuttles Discovery (STS-41D) and Atlantis (STS-27 & 36) before retiring from NASA and the Air Force in 1990.

Mullane has written three books, including Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut, and last summer he climbed Mt. KiliAstronaut Mike Mullane. manjaro. He has been inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame and is the recipient of many awards, including the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, Legion of Merit and the NASA Space Flight Medal.

Education Committee Dale Olp (Chairman), MLP Steel Fayette Division Ralph Noonan (Vice Chairman), Etna Products, Inc.

Richard Medoff, Ace Metal, Inc. Donald Neville, Niehoff Endex North America, Inc. Brian Parsons, Southwire Co.

Peter M. Blackford, Cable USA, Inc. Paul J. Pawlikowski, Delphi Packard Electric Systems Donald M. Dodge, Calmont Wire & Cable Horace Pops, Horace Pops Consulting, Inc. Joseph Domblesky, Marquette University Peter M. Power, Power Innovative Technology Mark Garretson, O’Tech Corp.

Don Sayenga, Cardon Management Group Jason D. Gillen, Encore Wire Corp.

Robert M. Shemenski, RMS Consulting, Inc. C. Richard Gordon, Gerdau Ameristeel Bhaskar Yalamanchili, Gerdau Ameristeel Katherine Helmetag, Henkel Corp.

William J. Jarae, Charter Steel

Thomas Maxwell, Jr. (Exec Comm Liaison) Die Quip Corp.

Erik A. Macs, Fine International Corp.

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Yoshida wins Mordica Award Kazunari Yoshida, a well-known and highly respected award-winning author of numerous technical papers, and a professor of precision mechanics at the school of engineering at Tokai University, Japan, is the winner of the 2011 Mordica Memorial Award. The award is made based on a person’s contributions to the technical advancement of the wire and cable industry.

Yoshida, who holds a Ph.D. degree in engineering, conducts research into the process of wiredrawing, extrusion and forging. He started as a research assistant at Tokai University, became associate professor in 1989 and professor in 1996. He has published more than 100 technical papers, and has written eight books, including textbooks and dictionaries. He won medal awards from Wire Association International for the best paper in the nonferrous division in 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2004, and authored a prize-winning paper for the Japan Kazunari Yoshida

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One letter of recommendation noted that, since 1989, Yoshida has supervised some 300 engineers in the field of plastic working and wiredrawing. During 1995-1996 he was a visiting professor at Lehigh University, and he has also taught plastic working and drawing technology at universities in both Thailand and India. “As might be expected from such a highly recognized researcher, he has delivered invited lectures at international conferences that were held in Spain, Brazil, Thailand, and Poland,” the letter also said.

A second such letter praised the professor for the scope of his activities. It noted that Yoshida has served as a member of the steering committee for Japanese Wire Drawing, made extensive efforts in promoting academic societies and has advised industries and manufacturers in this field. Further, he has served as a member of the board of The Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity, The Japan Society of Copper and Copper Alloy, and as a board member of The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan, and The Japan Institute of Light Metals.

Yoshida will be honored at the Awards Luncheon on Monday, May 2.

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Donnellan Award goes to Moran Thomas E. Moran, a WAI member since 1991, and plant manager, U.S.-based National Standard Co., is the 2011 winner of the Donnellan Memorial Award. The award is made based on a person’s contributions to the Association.

Moran was WAI president in 2007, and served two terms as a member of the board of directors. He previously served on the Technical Council for seven years, and chaired the group in 2005. He was a member of the Suppliers Management Committee, the Ferrous Management Committee, Membership Committee and Website Advisory Board. He helped organize both the Wire Expo 2002 and Interwire 2003 events. He is a member and past president of the WAI’s Midwest Chapter, as well as a frequent moderator for WAI technical programs.

Moran has more than 35 years of experience in the wire and cable industry. Before joining National Standard, he was employed by Taubensee Steel & Wire, focusing on process and product improvement. He began his career with Sivaco New York in 1974, starting as a wiredrawer, and was promoted to leadman and eventually became president of USWA Local 7560. He held positions in operations management for 12 of his 21 years with that company. His technical

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and field experience encompass all areas of wire manufacturing and end use, and include a working knowledge of low- and high-carbon, cold heading, and annealed processing. He holds a B.S. degree in business administration from Columbia College, and received certification from Villanova University for Lean Six-Sigma.

Thomas E. Moran One recommendation letter cited Moran’s “many years of dedicated voluntary service and very active participation on many committees. In this capacity he helped influence numerous decisions that benefited our association at that time and for many years to follow.” It continued, “I have known Tom Moran personally and professionally for more than 20 years.

Throughout this entire period, I gained admiration and respect for his technical, administrative, and leadership skills.” A second letter praising Moran declared that he left the WAI “a better association for his having served.”

Moran will be honored at the Awards Luncheon on Monday, May 2.

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Recognized WAI Members Two groups of WAI members who have achieved special status within the Association will be among those recognized at the awards ceremony on Monday, May 2. See p. 58.

A total of 46 people have been designated as new Life Members, qualifying because their age plus number of continuous years of WAI membership equals 90. Another 34 people will be honored for attaining 25-year member status.

Life Members Noubar G. Bali Al-Qahtani Nails & Galvanized Wire Factory Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Michael Balkin Balkin Products, Inc. Farmington, MI, USA Scott Beach Wellstream, Inc. Panama City, FL, USA Emilio Berny, Sr. Alfacero SA de CV Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

John D. Drummond Scotia Group, Inc. Fort Wayne, IN, USA

Ray L. Kimber RKB Industrial, Inc. Ogden, UT, USA

Robert J. Glodowski East Metals North America, LLC Pittsburgh, PA, USA

John Knoch Jomb Corp.

Lisle, IL, USA

David E. Goins Hickory, NC, USA

James M. Knott, Sr. Riverdale Mills Corp.

Northbridge, MA, USA

Bogdan Golis Czestochowa University of Technology Czestochowa, Poland

Richard Burke Hixson, TN, USA

Bill Groom Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel Pueblo, CO, USA

John G. Byram Byram Steel Trading Co., Inc. Pompton Plains, NJ, USA

David F. Hitchcock Hitchcock Enterprises East Killingly, CT, USA

Michael S. Caranna American Spring Wire Corp.

Bedford, OH, USA

James W. Howe Frontier Composites & Castings, Inc. St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Peter Chase Chase Corp.

Bridgewater, MA, USA

Gary M. Jarvis Cable & Wire Technical Services Ltd. Gillingham, Kent, UK

John J. Dabbelt Fort Wayne Wire Die, Inc. Fort Wayne, IN, USA Peter Davis Electro Cables, Inc. Trenton, Ontario, Canada

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Keith Jefferts Northwest Marine Technology, Inc. Shaw Island, WA, USA Robert M. Kelly Jelliff Corp.

Southport, CT, USA

James Leckie Corsicana, TX, USA Jack Leffler Johnstown Wire Technologies, Inc. Johnstown, PA, USA Mark C. Matthews Plasti-Clad Metal Products Allenwood, NJ, USA Moshe Moked M-Tech, Inc. Brookline, MA, USA Akikazu Nakagiri Kansai University Toyomaka City, Japan Gary R. Page Profiles, Inc. Palmer, MA, USA Richard Perlick Central Wire Union, IL, USA

Michael Quirk Davis Wire Corp.

Kent, WA, USA

William Shockey BT Machinery Sales LLC Eldridge, IA, USA

Dominique Petkovic Decalub Chelles, France

Richard T. Rae ERA Wire, Inc. West Haven, CT, USA

Raymond W. Vogel Chicago Wire Division BCS Industries Batavia, IL, USA

Paul R. Picard AFC Cable Systems, Inc. East Greenwich, RI, USA

Ronald Reich RichardsApex, Inc. Philadelphia, PA, USA

Dennis Polio Shuster-Mettler Corp.

New Haven, CT, USA

Thomas Rosen IWG High Performance Conductors, Inc. Caldwell, NJ, USA

W. Fergus Porter Westport, CT, USA

David Schneider Sanford, NC, USA

Arnoldo Quintero Conductores Electricos Quinro Mexico City, Mexico

Thomas Williams T W Williams & Assoc, Inc. Broadview Heights, OH, USA Mike Wurdeman B & W Manufacturing Co., Inc. Columbus, NE, USA David B. Zenker Winfield Associates Chagrin Falls, OH, USA

25-Year Members Robert J. Beecham Keystone Steel & Wire Co. Peoria, IL, USA Dan Cole Accel International Wolcottville, IN, USA Charles E. Dobbel Nehring Electrical Works, Inc. Dekalb, IL, USA David Ferraro Carris Reels, Inc. Proctor, VT, USA Brian Foley Unified Wire & Cable Dekalb, IL, USA Bill Groom Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel Pueblo, CO, USA David P. Gzesh Blachford Corp.

Clinton Township, MI, USA

Burton Hyman Burton Wire & Cable, Inc. Manchester, NH, USA William Jarae Charter Steel Georgetown, SC, USA Gregory Jesseman New England Wire Technologies Corp.

Lisbon, NH, USA Pete Kartheiser BASF Corp.

Acworth, GA, USA William Kerrigan General Cable Corp.

Clinton, MA, USA Dennis Laga King Steel Corp.

Grand Blanc, MI, USA

William B. Laycock Century Specialties, Inc. Traverse City, MI, USA Jack Leffler Johnstown Wire Technologies, Inc. Johnstown, PA, USA Wayne E. Lehman Cogebi Inc. Dover, NH, USA Steven Levy SEL & Associates Madison, AL, USA John D. Meyer Leggett & Platt, Inc. Springfield, IL, USA Bob Moffitt Heico Wire Group USA Danville, CA, USA Patricio G. Murga Conductores Monterrey SA de CV Nuevo Leon, Mexico

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Richard Peterson Richardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fence Co. Akron, OH, USA

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Gregory Nedell Fyne-Wire Specialties, Inc. Brandy Station, VA, USA

Bill Schwehn Woodburn Diamond Die, Inc. Woodburn, IN, USA

Robert Tesch RT Machinery Sales, Inc. Troy, MI, USA

Donald Reeves Atlantic Coast Engineered Metals Holly Springs, NC, USA

Alan E. Sidney Fort Wayne Wire Die, Inc. Weare, NH, USA

Rupak K. Ved Dubai Wire FZE Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Ronald Reich RichardsApex Inc. Philadelphia, PA, USA

David Sledge Beneke Wire Co. Louisville, KY, USA

Michael Weiss Whitmor Plastic Wire Valencia, CA, USA

David Ritter Industrial Steel & Wire Co. Carol Stream, IL, USA

John Stowe Kanthal Corp.

Bethel, CT, USA

Stephen Wood Steel-Wire Europe Ltd. Christchurch, U.K.

Ronald Rutkowski W.H. Maze Co/Maze Nails Peru, IL, USA

David Tatum Traxit North America, LLC Memphis, TN, USA

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AWPA CONFERENCE

AWPA CONFERENCE Wire Rod Supply Chain Conference A unique ferrous program by AWPA Last year, the wire rod industry saw the introduction of the Long Products Supply Chain Symposium, presented by the American Wire Producers Association (AWPA). This year, the program returns with a new name, the Wire Rod Supply Chain Conference.

AWPA’s 2011 Wire Rod Supply Chain Conference provides substance for the CEOs, presidents and senior management types, with content that attendees who will be coming to Atlanta this May will be able to take home and put to the test, immediately.

The event, to be held Monday and Tuesday, May 2-3, at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center, in Atlanta, Georgia, is co-located with Interwire 2011. It includes many of the elements from last year’s successful event, and promises to be of great interest to suppliers and customers throughout the supply chain.

Conference registration includes entrance to the Interwire tradeshow floor and more. With all the players from the best companies in the wire rod supply chain in one room – can you afford not to be there?

Day 1: Monday, May 2 1 pm to 5 pm • Keynote Speaker This presentation (speaker TBA) will address developing and executing company growth strategies in challenging times. Details will be presented at www.awpa.org and in the April WJI.

Recession and Recovery Is the recession OVER? What is the extent of the manufacturing sector’s recovery? Which of the key wire and wire products markets are back: commercial construction, housing, autos?

• Clare Zempel Mr. Zempel is a leading business economist and top investment strategist, and is known for his smart, nimble approach to making sense of complex ecoClare Zempel nomic and financial issues over more than 30 years as an economist for major national firms.

Prior to founding Zempel Strategic, he served as director of investment policy, chief investment strategist and chief economist for Robert W. Baird & Co., and as chief economist for the First Wisconsin Corporation, now U.S. Bank. Clients use his recommenda-

tions to plan and formulate policies.

Client-centered services include project evaluation, budget input, risk assessment and training sessions for employees, vendors and customer. He holds degrees from the University of Chicago and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Scrap and Metallics Analysis Industry speakers on this topic generally have a company or industry viewpoint. An investment banker holds no bias. Hear how the materials at the top of the supply chain influence the markets for rod, wire and wire products.

• Eric Klenz Eric Klenz leads the Metals & Mining Practice for KeyBanc Capital Markets, where he is responsible for its capital raising, advisory and lending activities to the metals and mining industry. His client base and transaction experience includes virtually every sector of metals mining, production, processing, distribution and recycling. He has advised clients in exclusive sales assignments, acquisition assignments, leveraged buyouts, restructurings and fairness opinions.

Prior to joining KeyBanc, he worked in the Assurance and Advisory practice of Deloitte & Touche, where he conducted and supervised financial audits and due diligence efforts.

He has a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Miami University (Ohio) with majors in accountancy and finance and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

AWPA would like to thank its highest level corporate sponsors and association partners, which are listed on p. 73.

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Conference Schedule Monday, May 2 11:00 am - 5:30 pm 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Registration Conference Program • Keynote Speaker (TBA) • Recession and Recovery I: Is it over?

• Scrap and Metallic Analysis Conference Cocktail Reception Dinner on Your Own

Tuesday, May 3 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

12:30 pm 10:00 am 6:30 pm -

2:30 pm 5:00 pm 8:30 pm

Breakfast for Business Conference Program • Keynote Speaker: Dr. John C. Robertson, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta • Recession and Recovery II: How will the Construction Market Fare?

• Wire Rod Supply Outlook Panel Conference Affiliated Association Sponsors Lunch Interwire Exhibits Open Interwire Reception

Wednesday, May 4 10:00 am -

5:00 pm

Interwire Exhibits Open

Thursday, May 5 10:00 am -

3:00 pm

Interwire Exhibits Open

Schedule subject to change. For the latest details, go to www.awpa.org

Day 2: Tuesday, May 3 8 am to 12 pm • Keynote Speaker:

John C. Robertson Dr. John C. Robertson is vice president and senior economist for the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He is the team leader for the macro policy and applied microeconomic research group at the Atlanta Fed and one of its senior monetary policy advisers.

Dr. Robertson joined the Atlanta Fed’s research department in December 1997 from the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. His research has been published in many distinguished economics journals. He became an assistant

vice president in 2000 and assumed his current position in 2005.

He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University John C. Robertson of Canterbury in New Zealand, and a Ph.D. in economics from Virginia Tech.

Recession and Recovery The construction markets are served by many wire and wire product manufacturers. Whether you depend on housing or commercial construction markets, you are likely still waiting for significant recovery. Another 2010

At the 2010 program, AWPA Executive Director Kimberly Korbel with Policy Panel speakers (l-r) Kurt Fowler, SteelFacts; Charlie Blum, the Coalition for a Prosperous America; David Phelps, the American Institute for International Steel, Tom Danjczek, Steel Manufacturers Institute; and moderator Mark Marselli, WJI.

speaker with rave reviews will return to update and contrast his predictions from last year.

• Kenneth Simonson The chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America, Simonson has 35 years of experience analyzing, advocating and communicating about economic and tax issues, and will provide insight into the economy and Kenneth Simonson what it implies for construction and related industries.

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WIRE ROD SUPPLY OUTLOOK PANEL So now you have the big picture – what does it mean for your raw material plans? Four guys who are knee deep in their customers’ needs will share their insight. Do you buy Rod from a US supplier or a foreign manufacturer? What percentage of your Rod supply comes from domestic manufacturers or trading companies? Do you buy your wire domestically or do you import wire and finished products to supplement your own production?

How are your suppliers gearing up for your orders? Whether you sell rod, buy rod, or buy wire this part of the supply chain is critical to your bottom line.

For the first time, this year’s panel includes an authority on the Stainless market. Hear what these industry experts have to say about the coming year.

• Philippe Armengaud The Chief Purchasing Officer for Bekaert, an International Wire Producer, Philippe Armengaud started his career as a Licensees Part Manager at Alsthom Atlantique.

His career also consisted of Philippe Armengaud Managing Director at Spring Metal, CEO of Tubeurop, VP of Arcelor Purchasing, President Extrusion Division Europe of Alcoa and most recently Director of strategy for Europe of Ascometal. Philippe has a Ph.D. in Finance and Marketing from Dauphine University of Paris.

• Richard Webb The Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Keystone Steel & Wire, a domestic rod supplier, Richard is

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responsible for sales of wire rod, coiled rebar and industrial wire for Keystone Steel & Wire, Peoria, IL and HR Bar Products for Keystone Calumet, Chicago Heights, IL. Richard has been VP for Keystone Steel & Wire since 2001 and a veteran of the steel industry Richard Webb for thirty-seven years. He started in the industry with Republic Steel Corporation in Cleveland, OH. Other management positions include General Manager Sales and Marketing American Steel and Wire, Cleveland, OH and Vice President Sales, Atlantic Steel Co., Atlanta, GA. • Bernd Neunkirchen Bernd Neunkirchen is a key long products executive at Coutinho and Ferrostaal, an international trading company. After finishing formal schooling in Germany, he spent two years in Chicago in the international freight forwarding business.

Shortly after, he Bernd Neunkirchen joined Nordstahl GmbH and spent six years in Ghana and Nigeria selling a variety of steel items, primarily flat rolled and beams. Following

Africa, he spent two years in Spain directing Nordstahl GmbH’s purchases of beams and cold-rolled coil. In the early 80s, he was transferred to Dobbertin’s Houston branch to sell oil country tubular goods. Later, he joined Mannesmann and began trading in wire rod. After Mannesmann, he joined Ferrostaal as Vice President for Long Products. After a brief stint at Duferco and Coutinho-USA, he rejoined Ferrostaal once the company merged to become Coutinho & Ferrostaal.

STAINLESS STEEL WIRE ROD SUPPLIER This presentation (speaker TBA) will look at the ever-changing market for stainless steel, identifying trends that will impact the supply chain.

FREE TIME Of course not! You’ll need to take a few meetings. We’ve left lunch and dinner open on Monday, as well as breakfast on Tuesday morning, but you will not want to miss the Supply Chain Mix and Mingle Cocktail Reception on Monday from 5:00 to 6:30 pm.

This is a great place to meet up with customers and make plans for dinner.

Check out the attendee list on the AWPA website (www.awpa.org), invite your customers (or be invited), make your dinner reservations and ‘do a deal’. It’ll be your most productive day in 2011.

REGISTRATION Registration for the conference is now open. Register early and online for discounted rates. Complete meeting information, including a list of sponsors, and registration is available at www.awpa.org.

Give us your email address, right on the home page of the website, and AWPA will send you updates, information and other meeting news as the Conference approaches.

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The most valuable industry meeting you will attend all year!

The Wire Rod Supply Chain Conference will provide the information your company needs for strategic decisionmaking in 2011. Are you President, CEO, COO or Sales Executive in the Supply Chain Industry? Are you a Rod or Wire Manufacturer? A Wire Product, Fastener or Wire Fabricator? A Supplier of equipment or services to the Supply Chain? You don’t want to miss this opportunity to meet with your vendors, customers, and peers, all in one place, and hear what the experts in this insightful program have to say about the state of the economic recovery in this supply chain.

Conference registration includes entrance to the Interwire tradeshow floor and more!

KEY SPONSORS

Industry Leaders ArcelorMittal Long Products North America Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel Charter Steel King Steel Corporation Nucor Steel Corporation American Metal Market SteelOrbis

Industry Experts and a Knowledge-Packed Program The program is packed with topics that are sure to provide valuable information regarding the changing manufacturing climate. You’ll leave with knowledge and contacts that will support your plans to make your company successful, as the country continues to emerge from the recession. The Conference program has been crafted to provide you with speakers you know and trust and others you’ll be glad you met. The program will include: s Keynote and Industry Presentations s Wire Rod Supply Panel s Two Economists on the topic of Recession and Recovery to update predictions from last year

Preliminary Schedule of Events Monday, May 2, 2011 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Conference Program

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Cocktail Reception Dinner on Your Own

Gold Sponsors Keystone Steel & Wire Corporation Leggett & Platt Wire Group Asociación Nacional De Transformadores De Acero, AC (ANTAAC) Chain Link Fence Manufacturers Institute Industrial Fasteners Institute (IFI) Spring Manufacturers Institute Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA) Wire Association International (WAI) Wire Fabricators Association (WFA)

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 Breakfast for Business 8:00 am - 12:00 pm May 3-5, 2011 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

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PRESENTS ALL THE BEST IN CONTINUOUS CASTING: Keynote Address: “Process and Product Innovation,”

by Daniel L. Jones, Encore Wire Corporation, USA Interactive Workshops | Panel Discussions Operational and Technical Presentations | Networking 34 of the Industry’s Leading Process Experts

REPRESENTING: SCR | Contirod | Properzi | Upcast | ESSEX

Organized by: The Wire Association International, Inc. 1570 Boston Post Road | P.O. Box 578 | Guilford, CT 06437-0578 USA | Telephone: (001) 203-453-2777 | Fax: (001) 203-453-8384 | www.wirenet.org

WAI’s new forum raises the bar on copper continuous casting

Information will flow. It’s hot. Molten hot. It’s pervasive. And it’s WAI’s first-time forum for copper continuous casting practitioners in which every major process is well represented: SCR | Contirod | Properzi | Upcast | ESSEX It’s a total immersion in a think tank where industry gurus will greet you. Experts will enlighten you. Legends will lead you.

It’s high-viscosity learning that’ll stick with you because you have to be present to access it.

Given its fluid format, no matter your level, you’ll leave with a rock solid understanding of what’s new and innovative in continuous casting today. Here. There. And everywhere copper bar and rod is processed—worldwide. It’s a big idea that’s much more than theory.

KEYNOTE

One forum—over four days—at Interwire 2011. It’s convenient.

Comprehensive. Compulsory.

DANIEL L. JONES “PROCESS AND PRODUCT INNOVATION” Encore Wire President and CEO Daniel L. Jones discusses his company’s approach to innovation in its products and manufacturing processes, and offers insight into how attendees can implement similar strategies.

Whether you are a competent practitioner, a supplier, or are new to the industry you will get your money’s worth. This user’s forum is the most complete program ever designed specifically for copper continuous casting personnel. It is international. It will be intense.

It’s engineered for you and plant managers around the world.

Go with the flow and learn more on the following pages and at: www.wirenet.org.

Sponsors: Continuus-Properzi SpA | SMS Meer GmbH | Southwire SCR | Upcast

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FORUM TOPICS The “Process and Product Innovation” keynote presentation sets the tone for all operational, technical, and practical sessions that radiate from a central innovation and process improvement theme. There’s a lot of new information to share, including:

• New technologies: descaling; degassing; rod testing; scrap processing • New refractory materials and installation practices • Baghouses: design; fires investigation • Filtration: molten metal; and caster and process water • Shaft furnace burner combustion ratios and dissolved oxygen • Cathode impurities and rod quality • Wire break analysis and copper fines generation • Preventive maintenance: electronic drives; hardware and software solutions ALSO: • Historical information on copper, continuous casting, wiredrawing, and the vertical shaft furnace • Process overviews by Properzi, SCR, Contirod, and Upcast OY

MONDAY, MAY 2 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. | Welcome Reception

TUESDAY, MAY 3 8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. | Welcome

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8:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Operational Presentation “A History of Copper and Wiredrawing: The Past 11,000 Years and Beyond,” by Dr. Horace Pops, Horace Pops Consulting Inc., USA

This presentation summarizes important developments in the mining and subsequent manufacture of copper rod, as well as important events in wiredrawing, from 9000 BC to the present. Principles and practices associated with continuous rod production are discussed from a metallurgical perspective, including the effects of oxygen and impurities.

Finally, predictions for the wire and cable industry with an emphasis on copper wire, technology in this market, and competitive materials, are presented.

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9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Operational Presentation “History of the Copper Vertical Shaft Furnace,” by John Hugens, Fives North American Combustion Inc., USA

The copper melting shaft furnace revolutionized the copper industry starting in the 1960s.

Its invention was the result of a combined effort between industrial operators and metallurgical researchers. Since that time, many variations in design and operating procedures have developed. This presentation reviews these developments in terms of refractory design, charge materials and practice, thermal efficiency, furnace structure, and furnace operating procedure. A review of all the developments suggests that there is still much to be learned about the complex behavior of this furnace.

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9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Operational Presentation “The Early History of Continuous Casting and Rolling of Copper Rod,” by Hal Moss, Lucent Technologies (Ret.), USA

The early development of the process for the continuous casting and rolling of copper rod is presented. How did it all come about and what were the trials, tribulations, and success stories at Western Electric in the 1960s? In addition, some of the early unique and significant developments the author spent working at other companies and locations are discussed.

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Break

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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Operational Presentation “Recent Improvements in Properzi Large-Size ETP Copper Rod Lines,” by Carmelo Maria Brocato, Continuus-Properzi SpA, Italy

Though considered mature, nonferrous technologies are still subject to development aimed at improving safety and the index of repeatability of quality while reducing transformation costs. Using Properzi lines in the production of ETP copper rod, the transformation of copper cathodes into wire rod passes on a continuous basis through melting, casting, rolling, and coiling. The author reviews the most recent developments in Properzi technology, particularly the introduction of “big blocks” refractory in casting and the combination of roughing and finishing mills with new size rolling rolls.

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11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Operational Presentation “Southwire Continuous Rod (SCR®) Systems,”

by James D. Cooper, Southwire Co., USA

Southwire Company has half a century of experience using, designing, fabricating, and marketing the Southwire Continuous Rod (SCR®) process for continuously producing copper and aluminum wire rod. The company operates four SCR® systems—one copper and three aluminum systems—in its own manufacturing facilities. This paper presents a brief history of the SCR® process, a description, and recent process developments.

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11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Operational Presentation “The Contirod® Process–40 Years of Improvements for the Best and Most Economical Rod,” by Dr. Michael Schwarze, SMS Meer GmbH, Germany

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During the more than 40 years of Contirod® history, many innovations have been made along the entire process line. These include a new charging device; an improved shaft furnace combustion control system; a modular-designed Hazelett caster; and individually driven, frequency-controlled drives for the rolling stands. The result of these constant improvements is today’s state-of-the-art Contirod® process which delivers the cost-effective production of high-quality wire rod. This presentation covers important new developments and the resulting influence on process cost reduction.

12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Lunch 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Lunch & Panel “Innovation and Process Improvements,” by Kevin Carpenter, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., USA; Tolga Ediz, Sarkuysan Elektrolitik Bakir AS, Turkey; Miquel Garcia, La Farga Lacambra SA, Spain; Hal Moss, Lucent Technologies (Ret.), USA; Andrea Peviani, Carlo Colombo SpA, Italy; Gary L. Spence, Encore Wire Corporation, USA

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The panel discusses innovation and process improvements of copper continuous casting systems. Panel members have extensive experience in all the major continuous casting technologies.

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2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Operational Presentation “Upcast® Technology: Where Green Meets Flexibility,”

by Juan Carlos Bodington, Upcast OY, Finland

Upcast® near to net shape rod casting technology is explained in detail, including the different process variables and their effect on quality. GREENerCAST technology is described as well as other green features of the process. Built-in flexibility, including multi-diameter and multi-shape simultaneous high-productivity casting is also discussed.

2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Workshop “Modern Refractory Design for Copper Shaft Furnaces,”

by Bruce Huffman, Atlantic Refractory Technologies, and Julio Spadaccia, Saint-Gobain Refractories, USA

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Improvements in structural refractory design for copper shaft furnaces and development of superior silicon carbide brick and shape compositions are discussed. These developments have resulted in as much as a 300-percent increase in refractory life, greater thermal efficiency, and reliability.

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8:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Workshop “Emission Control Technologies for Copper Melting Furnaces,”

by Herman W. Pilats, SPE-Amerex, USA

This workshop describes various modern technologies and process equipment available to control emissions from copper melting furnaces. Among the technologies reviewed are the design and application of process gas cooling equipment, thermal oxidizers for VOC control, dry sorbent injection technology for acid gas neutralization, mechanical dust collectors, and baghouse filters. Performance information is provided on a copper shaft furnace APC system installed at Encore Wire Corporation in McKinney, Texas, USA.

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9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Technical Paper “Investigation into Baghouse Fires,” by Gary L. Spence, Encore Wire Corporation, USA

Companies from around the world that melt pure copper in vertical shaft furnaces for continuous cast rod have reported fires associated with baghouse equipment. Testing has been done to assess the fire and explosion hazards involved, including dust characterization for minimum ignition temperature of a dust cloud and dust layer, minimum exposable concentration, and limiting oxygen concentration. This paper reports chemical analysis of the dust and makes recommendations to minimize or eliminate hazards.

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Technical Paper “Maerz Direct-to-Wire® Technology – Optimized FRHC Copper Production,” by Timm Lux and Joerg Koehlhofer, Andritz Maerz GmbH, Germany; and Christine Wenzl, METTOP GmbH, Austria

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Direct-to-Wire® Technology is a new fire-refining technology for the optimized production of fire-refined high-conductivity copper rod (FRHC copper rod) from copper scrap. The technology is based on Andritz Maerz’s lengthy experience in furnace building and can be introduced into either existing or new copper rod production plants. Two different furnace concepts are available to meet the requirements of different production volumes and product mixes.

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Break

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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Operational Presentation “What’s in a Cathode? (Revisited),” by Sharon Young, Versitech Inc., USA

Impurities in the cathodes used to produce continuous cast copper rod are largely dependent on the technologies used for cathode production and producers’ control of operations. This presentation covers the sources of cathode copper with typical impurities and briefly reviews the impacts of the various impurities on wiredrawing.

Gary L. Spence VP Non-Ferrous Metals Encore Wire

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Technical Paper “Scrap Melting Technology,” by Miquel Garcia, La Farga Lacambra SA, Spain

The copper scrap recycling technology of La Farga-Properzi has been well known the world over since 1986. The application of new technologies and market pressure have forced La Farga to develop a new family of copper rod produced from 100-percent copper scrap with high performance properties. Drawability, annealability, and electrical conductivity are very similar to that of copper rod produced from cathodes, despite the presence of different impurities. This paper presents a comparison of parameters of the different copper rods and their applications.

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11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Technical Paper “Continuous Casting: A Matter of Continuous Innovation,”

by Juan Carlos Bodington, Upcast OY, Finland

Casting technology is a living thing. As in all processes, the only way to keep the lead is by continuous innovation. Improvement through innovation must be a comprehensive matter, dealing with many subjects; from operational safety and technology efficiency, in terms of process quality and manufacturing cost, to customer support, in terms of technical service, supplies, spare parts, upgradings/modifications and training; from casting new materials/ alloys, to casting new shapes or grain structures.

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch & Keynote Speaker “Process and Product Innovation,” by Daniel L. Jones, Encore Wire Corporation, USA Encore Wire President and CEO Daniel L. Jones discusses his company’s approach to innovation in its products and manufacturing processes, and offers insight into how attendees can implement similar strategies. Encore is a low-cost manufacturer of copper electrical building wire and cable, known for process and product innovation.

The company is a significant supplier of building wire for interior electrical wiring in homes, apartments, manufactured housing, and in commercial and industrial buildings.

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1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Technical Paper “The Influence of Shaft Furnace Burner Settings on Dissolved Oxygen in Melted Cathodes,” by John Hugens, Fives North American Combustion Inc., USA

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The original combustion investigations on the ASARCO Shaft Melting Furnace concept indicate that dissolved oxygen in the copper from the melting furnace was introduced at higher levels at lean and relatively rich combustion ratios in the premix in the shaft furnace burners. The original experiment was duplicated under several common combustion conditions on an operating shaft furnace to validate the original experiment and to indicate the optimum combustion ratios for the melting of copper for the production of rod.

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1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Operational Presentation “Molten Metal Filtration Within Continuous Casting Wire Rod Applications,” by Kyle Moye, ASK Chemicals Hi-Tech LLC, USA

The use of effective filtration provides a means for the production of cleaner and higher quality wire rod. This presentation covers the production of Hi-Tech Ceramics filters, the differences in ceramic materials, and how they can successfully be used within continuous casting applications. The Alucel® alumina, Udicell® zirconia, and silicon carbide product lines from Süd-Chemie Hi-Tech Ceramics provide a way to successfully filter oxides and inclusions during the continuous casting process.

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Operational Presentation “High-Pressure Descaling Systems in Continuous Rod Production,”

by Reed von Gal, Hazelett Strip-Casting Corp., USA

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As wire producers require higher and higher rod quality for fine and enameled wire, the need for reducing surface and sub-surface oxides on the wire rod is crucial. This presentation summarizes the evolution of the use of High-Pressure Decaling (HPD) as a means of reducing oxide dust on the wire rod surface. It will concentrate on the efforts made by SMS Meer and Hazelett Corporation to produce an effective HPD system that is used in Contirod® lines.

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2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Operational Presentation “Innovation of Rolling Lubricants: Past, Present, Future,”

by Ronald Schenk, RichardsApex Inc., USA

The discussion covers the history of rolling lubricants from wire bar rolling through the current technologies currently under development. The properties of soluble oil, semi-synthetic, and synthetic emulsions and solutions will be compared and correlated to performance expectations. Fluid operating parameters for the three basic mill chemistries and the subsequent impact these control points have on rod quality and mill performance are reviewed.

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3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Operational Presentation “Innovations by SCR®,” by Kiran Manchiraju, Southwire Co., USA

The objective of this paper is to describe two broad research areas where Southwire Continuous Rod (SCR®) has made significant advances. The focus of the first part is a discussion of the development of an ultrasonic system used to degas continuously cast aluminum. Then the development of an infrared system that detects porosity in continuously cast copper bar is discussed.

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Dinner

THURSDAY, MAY 5 8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. | Welcome 8:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Workshop “Rolling Mill Continuous Cast Filtration and Caster Water Filtration,” by Joseph Scalise and Thomas Horn, Filtertech Inc., USA

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This workshop reviews the requirements for effective rolling mill continuous cast filtration, including system concepts for single and split systems, system controls, and tramp oil removal. Different types of filters are described relative to concept and efficiency, as well as filter media selection, component selection for pumps, heat exchangers, valves, and electrical controls. Offline cleaning concepts are reviewed relative to cost and efficiency.

Caster water filtration is also reviewed from inception to modern accomplishments including actual field data on efficiency and cost.

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9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Operational Presentation “AC/DC Drives Preventive Maintenance,” by Mark Spears, Rockwell Automation, USA

Preventive maintenance is essential to keep assets running at peak efficiency and to reach production and business goals. This session explores a typical preventive maintenance program on an electronic variable-frequency drive that includes power-off, stand-by, and power-on checks, and the benefits to be gained from performing regularly scheduled maintenance. It includes a case study of how a preventive maintenance program helped save Encore Wire from a motor failure and $30,000 in lost production and expenses.

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Technical Paper “New Improvements for Surface Oxide Testing of Copper Rod,”

by Gil Baker and Tim Stahlhut, Confident Instruments Inc., and Dr. Horace Pops, Horace Pops Consulting Inc., USA

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This paper covers new methods for improving repeatability in the Surface Oxide Test and how to make better use of its measurements. It includes the influence of rolled-in scale and how to verify that these defects are present. The influence of reduction efficiency and why it is best to measure efficiency separately is also covered. Finally, a new method is introduced that improves repeatability by allowing optimization of the measurement of scale for both copper oxides.

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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Operational Presentation “Eddy Current Testing of Copper Rods in CCR Production Lines,”

by Hari Muthuswami, Foerster Instruments Inc., USA

This paper covers the options of different eddy current techniques as applied to copper rods vis-à-vis the manufacturing techniques, instrumentation, and documentation of results. The two main applications covered are use of eddy current techniques for surface flaw detection and magnetic induction for detection of ferromagnetic inclusions. It includes the detection of ferromagnetic inclusions arising from newer roll materials and coatings and their detectability, as well as the importance of using evaluation results for more than just qualifying the product.

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Analysis of rod-related defects are discussed in this workshop, which includes casting-related issues such as internal macroporosity, hot-cracking, surface porosity, foreign oxides, and magnetic inclusions. Causes of typical hot-rolling defects are also presented. The effects of these problems upon slivers, wire breaks, and central bursting are also included. Finally, the relationship between surface and subsurface oxides upon the generation of fines during subsequent wiredrawing are briefly summarized.

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11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Workshop “Analysis of Wire Breaks, Surface Damage, and Fines in Copper Rod,” by Dr. Horace Pops, Horace Pops Consulting Inc., USA

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Panel “Quality Requirements for Modern Wiredrawing,” by Tolga Ediz, Sarkuysan Elektrolitik Bakir AS, Turkey; Miquel Garcia, La Farga Lacambra SA, Spain; Steve Griffin, Encore Wire Corporation, USA; Randall Luebcke, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., USA; Matt Reinoehl, Rea Magnet Wire Company Inc., USA; Andrea Peviani, Carlo Colombo SpA, Italy; and J. Angélica Ramos, Viakable, Mexico

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2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Forum Discussion & Closing

Learn program details and register today at:

www.wirenet.org The Contirod® Process is a registered trademark of Aurubis Belgium Essex is a registered trademark of Essex Group, Inc. Properzi continuously cast and rolled (CCR) copper rod lines are a registered trademark of Continuus-Properzi Southwire Continuous Rod (SCR) is a registered trademark of Southwire Company UPCAST® system is a registered trademark of UPCAST OY

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Educational Programs at a Glance Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing Monday, May 2, 2011 General Track: 8:00 am to Wiredrawing Machines 10:00 am to Drawing Dies

Ferrous Track:

Nonferrous/Electrical Track:

1:00 pm – Phosphating 101 3:00 pm – Stainless Steel Wire Processing

1:00 pm – Aerospace Cable 3:00 pm – Formation and Measurement of Fines

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 General Track: 8:00 am – Testing and Properties 10:00 am – Heat Treatment

Wire & Cable Technical Symposium Tuesday, May 3, 2011 Metals & Materials Theme Day 8:30 am to 10:00 am Opening Session: Nano & Bio Technology 10:30 am to noon Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Dies Ferrous Electrical 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm Session 4 Operational Presentations 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Session 5 Session 6 Session 7 General Ferrous Nonferrous

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Manufacturing Best Practices Theme Day 8:30 am to 10:00 am Opening Session: Safety Roundtable 11:00 am to noon Special Session: Capital Projects Roundtable 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm Session 8 Session 9 Session 10 Safety Ferrous General 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm Session 11 Lean/Six Sigma

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Thursday, May 5, 2011 Green Initiatives Theme Day 8:30 am to 10:00 am 10:30 am to noon

Opening Session: Where is the Grid Going?

Session 12 Nonferrous

Session 13 Steel Cord

Session 14 Electrical

Productivity Workshop Wednesday, May 4, 2011 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Evolving From Product Control to Process Control

Global Continuous Casting Forum 8:00 am to 3:30 pm 8:00 am to 3:30 pm 8:00 am to 2:30 pm

Day 1: Tuesday May 3, 2011 Day 2: Wednesday May 4, 2011 Day 3: Thursday May 5, 2011

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Fundamentals of Wire & Cable Manufacturing The Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing course at Interwire will present seven courses over two days, Monday, May 2, and Tuesday, May 3, taught by industry experts.

The general track includes four general courses (wiredrawing machines; drawing dies; testing and properties; and heat treatment). There are two ferrous courses (Phosphating 101 and Stainless Steel Wire Processing) and two nonferrous/electrical courses (Aerospace Cable and Formation and Measurement of Fines).

The schedule is listed below.

Monday, May 2, 2011 General Track: “Wiredrawing Machines,” SAMP USA Inc., USA. (8:00 am – 9:50 am) This presentation focuses on the major technological developments of the past 30 years in the wiredrawing industry. It traces design principles from older wiredrawing equipment to modern equipment, including design features and criteria to be used when selecting a machine for a specific application. Topics include single-wire machines vs. multiwire machines, main design principles for rod breakdown machines and multiwire machines, take-up and payoff solutions, and process consideration for downstream operation.

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General Track: “Drawing Dies,” Tom Maxwell, Die Quip Corp., USA. (10:00 am – 11:50 am) 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.

Tom Maxwell Jr. is president of Die Quip Corp., Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, USA. Ferrous Track: “Phosphating 101,” Paul Kulongowski, Henkel Corporation, USA. (1:00 pm – 2:50 pm) This course is designed to cover all the ins and outs of phosphating and related surface treatment. It covers cleaning and coating of rod and wire for cold drawing. It also discusses alkaline cleaning for removal of lubricants and oils, acid pickling or mechanical cleaning of scale and rust, water rins-

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ing, zinc phosphate conversion coatings, reactive and nonreactive lubricants, mechanical line considerations, and the safety of handling the chemicals.

Paul Kulongowski is a technical service manager with Henkel Corporation, Madison Heights,Michigan, USA. Ferrous Track: “Stainless Steel Wire Processing,” Rick Gordon, Gerdau Ameristeel, USA. (3:00 pm – 4:50 pm) This course covers general characteristics and metallurgy of stainless steels and alloy application examples. It includes basic alloy selection criteria, industry specifications, and mechanical properties of stainless alloys (annealead/drawn). The manufacture of stainless steel rods is reviewed. At the stainless steel wire mill, the course examines inspection, rod and process wire cleaning, heat treating, and wiredrawing. Examples are given for easy-to-draw alloys and difficult-to-draw alloys.

C. Richard Gordon is technical service metallurgist at Gerdau Ameristeel, Beaumont, Texas, USA. Nonferrous/Electrical Track: “Aerospace Cable,” Don Dodge, Calmont Wire & Cable, USA. (1:00 pm – 2:50 pm) This course covers the history of aerospace wire and cable with a review from the earliest days through World Wars I and II and the Cold War, post-war space exploration, and present technology. Conductors, insulation, and environmental issues are reviewed. The evolution of specifications is also covered.

Donald M. Dodge is vice president of research at Calmont Wire & Cable, Santa Ana, California, USA. Nonferrous/Electrical Track: “Formation and Measurement of Fines,” Horace Pops, Horace Pops Consulting Inc. (3:00 pm – 4:50 pm) This course describes mechanisms for creating drawing fines in nonferrous metals. Five different wear mechanisms are discussed in detail—abrasion, third body abrasive wear, adhesion, delamination, and surface deformation. Seven different parameters are discussed that can accelerate or aggravate the formation of fines—inadequate cooling and lubrication, inefficient fines removal, misalignment, improper die blending and geometry, wire vibrations, and residual stresses. Finally, a new method will be described for collecting and measuring fines from the surface of copper rod or wire.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 General Track: “Testing and Properties,” Rick Gordon, Gerdau Ameristeel, USA. (8:00 am – 9:50 am) This course discusses tensile, bend, torsion, fatigue, and hardness testing procedures. It illustrates interpretation of test results in terms of sample properties. It also presents practical exercises of data analysis.

C. Richard Gordon is technical service metallurgist at Gerdau Ameristeel, Beaumont, Texas, USA.

General Track: “Heat Treatment,” Thomas W. Tyl, Tire Wire Technology LLC (10:00 am – 11:50 am) This course focuses on heat treatment of metals. It includes basic principles applicable to many metals with examples related to heat treatment of steel. It reviews the effect of furnace atmosphere and common reactions responsible for oxidation and other atmosphere/metal reactions. Broadly reviewed are heat transfer, thermodynamics, and kinetics. The course is divided into four sections: binary phase diagrams, fundamentals, heat treatment of metals, and heating equation.

Thomas W. Tyl is the principal for Tire Wire Technology (TWT), LLC, Siler City, North Carolina, USA, a manufacturing consulting firm to the steel reinforcement industry.

Productivity Workshop Wednesday, May 4, 2011 “Evolving From Product Control to Process Control,”

by Douglas B. Relyea, Quality Principle Associates, USA (9:00 am – 5:00 pm) Statistical Process Control (SPC)/Six Sigma programs in industry are often not sustained because of the lack of anticipated return on investment that was required for the education, implementation, and maintenance of the effort.

The primary reason for this is the simple fact that most companies, even at this late date, continue to concentrate on product control, not process control. To be more specific, the vast majority of control charts in use today are product charts, not process charts.

This workshop is a non-mathematical presentation detailing how to simply and inexpensively achieve quantum improvements in manufacturing competitiveness through the use of process control. A step-by-step approach is provided that will enable the user to factually identify critical process parameters that control key customer product characteristics. Industry examples will be presented illustrating the benefits to competitiveness that result from controlling process parameters as opposed to continuously monitoring product characteristics.

Highlights include: • Why Statistical Product Control Charts need to be eliminated; • How to eliminate product control charts and establish process control charts without tying up valuable engineering resources;

• Using the concept of process control as a purchasing and sales tool; • Industry examples that demonstrate the potential cost savings of process control; and • The most important thing you can do before purchasing automated process control equipment.

Douglas B. Relyea is the founder and senior partner of Quality Principle Associates, a New England-based consulting firm that specializes in the education and application of data analysis techniques to industrial problem solving. After 20 years in manufacturing engaged in extrusion, die stamping, machining, and molding processes, he formed the consulting company in 1987. He has a degree in manufacturing engineering from Three Rivers Community College in Connecticut and a business degree from Eastern Connecticut State University. He has written three books on solving shop floor problems using Statistical Process Control/Six Sigma techniques: The Practical Application of SPC in the Wire & Cable Industry, The Practical Application of SPC in the Flexible Packaging Industry, and The Practical Application of the Process Capability Study, Evolving from Product Control to Process Control. He has also been published a number of times in Quality Progress magazine and Wire Journal International. He is a past winner of WAI’s medal award for best paper in the general category.

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Horace Pops is president of Horace Pops Consulting, Inc., Ft. Wayne, Indiana, USA.

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Wire & Cable Symposium The Wire & Cable Symposium will have a new yet familiar feel for Interwire 2011 attendees. The program includes a new theme-based format, along with many new elements, but it still retains the traditional program pieces that have become popular over the years. The conference has been organized into three main themes, a different one for each day of the show, and the centerpiece of each day’s programming will be a 90-minute featured event in the morning.

The themes and related kickoff programs are as follows: Metals & Materials – The first day begins with a futuristic look at materials science as Prof. Robert L. Snyder, Chair of the School of Materials Science & Engineering at Georgia Tech, discusses “The new world of materials science & engineering: nano & bio technology.” Attendees will also see various theme sessions on ferrous materials, nonferrous materials, and dies, as well as a talk on the world supply of copper.

Manufacturing Best Practices – Join a panel of wire and cable manufacturers and compliance experts at the Safety Roundtable as they tackle the challenges of maintaining high safety standards in their own operations. Theme sessions later in the day will take another look at the individual approaches of different companies to safety as well as lean and six sigma strategies.

Green Initiatives – The future of the U.S. electrical power supply is the focus when a U.S. Dept. of Energy speaker asks, “Where is the electric grid going?” This talk addresses the critical steps needed to meet the growing demand for reliable electricity by overcoming the challenges of the country’s aging electricity

transmission and distribution system and addressing the vulnerabilities in its energy supply chain. Other presentations throughout the day will address what makes “green” cable, recycling for fuel at a wire facility, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), and mitigating the environmental impact of wire operations.

Other highlights include a keynote address from astronaut Mike Mullane and a roundtable discussion of major capital projects. The traditional paper sessions have been expanded to include “operational presentations,” for discussion of more practical, day-to-day topics than the R&D and technology covered in technical papers. All together, there are 39 operational and technical presentations.

And that total doesn’t include the 27 presentations in the new Global Continuous Casting Forum, a sort of conference within a conference running through all three days of Interwire. The event serves as a super users meeting for copper casting practitioners of all methods of continuous casting. Attendee materials also include a half-dozen additional papers.

In addition to these new features, tried-and-true educational programs return with a day-and-a-half Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing course covering eight topics, an all-day workshop on productivity, five Production Solutions on-floor demonstrations, and the Mordica Memorial Lecture.

All told, there are nearly 100 different topics and opportunities from which attendees can choose to make their visit to Interwire profitable in both a business and educational sense.

Monday, May 2, 2011

A prolific writer, Kazunari Yoshida has won multiple awards from presentations at WAI international technical conferences.

He is shown here displaying his most recent award, given to him at Wire Expo 2010, for winning the WAI’s Horace Pops Medal in the General Division for his paper, “Improvement of drawability of shapememory alloy wire.”

Mordica Lecture 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm “My 35-year research of wiredrawing,” Kazunari Yoshida, Tokai University, Japan.

The 2011 Mordica Memorial Lecture presents a summary of papers written or co-written by the author through his 35-year research of wiredrawing. The main topics are the effect of oxygen content on inner cracks in copper wire; FEM analysis of drawing wire with inclusions; and drawability improvement of shape-memory alloy wire, superconductive wire, and magnesium alloy wire. It also addresses the history and trends in wiredrawing research in Japan. See p. 62.

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Convention: May 2-5 | Exhibits: May 3-5 Georgia World Congress Center Atlanta, Georgia, USA Co-located: WAI’s Global Continuous Casting Forum AWPA’s Wire Rod Supply Chain Conference

The only time and place in the world this year to experience a peer-defined program this vast. Face-to-face dialog. Direct questions and answers. And the support of an international community led by 25 industry pioneers who joined our team to inspire yours. Expert forecasts. Industry intelligence. Staff development. 300 stands.

All organized into three productive days. Look forward to the possibilities.

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Metals & Materials Theme Day Tuesday, May 3, 2011 Opening Session 8:30 am – 10:00 am “The new world of materials science & engineering: nano & bio technology,” by Robert L. Snyder, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.

The two most important events in materials in the past 20 years have been the introduction of surface free energy as a tool for creating new materials and the cracking of the genetic code of the biosphere which opens paths to nanoscale manufacturing. These two events are intertwined at the most fundamental level. This talk will explore their impact on the future with a focus on the production of 1D wires at the nanoscale. The production of wires and circuits at the nanoscale as well as photonic devices, electrical generators, biosensors and developing manufacturing by microbes, will ultimately disrupt our current manufacturing technology.

Robert L. Snyder is Professor and Chair of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at The Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the author of two textbooks, has edited nine technical books and has contributed chapters to nine books and encyclopedias. He holds eight patents and has published 300 papers on materials and materials characterization Robert Snyder which have been cited by other authors more than 2,000 times. He has been named the American Ceramic Society Outstanding Educator and has received the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, the 2002 TMS Award for Materials Leadership, the 2004 Hanawalt Award for X-ray analysis and won the 2008 TMS Educator Award.

Theme Session: Dies 10:30 am – 11:00 am “Preparation and application of nanocrystalline diamond composite coatings wiredrawing dies,” by Zhang Wenhua, Guo Songshou, Shen Hesheng, and Zhang Zhiming, Shanghai Jiaoyou Diamond Coating Co. Ltd., China; and Sun Fanghong, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.

This paper introduces Nanocrystalline Diamond Composite Coatings (NCDC) technology and discusses its various applications. Benefits of using NCDC dies in cable compacting and stranding, as well as some wiredrawing applications are discussed in detail, such as price/performance benefits, raw material savings, green elements, etc.

11:00 am – 11:30 am “Commercial evaluation of TCHP dies,” by John M. Keane, Allomet Corporation, and Roger N. Wright, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA. TCHP is a new advanced material suitable for manufacture into dies with prolonged life. Initial performance studies have found wear resistance seven times that of

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11:30 am – noon “Analysis of influence of some parameters of conical die on properties of drawn carbon steel wire rope,” by Jan W. Pilarczyk, Justyna Adamczyk, and Bogdan Golis, Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland, and Jan Krnac, Zelezarny a Dratowny Bohumin, Czech Republic.

This paper investigates the effect on wire properties and drawing process parameters of replacing the cylindrical bearing part of the die with a conical one that has a small slope angle combined with a variation of its length for different angles of the approach zone. It includes analysis of the reasons for improvement of fatigue resistance and decrease of the residual stresses on the basis of results of numerical simulations and experimental research.

Ferrous Session 1: 10:30 am – 11:00 am “Free nitrogen determination in wire steel,” by Emmanuel De Moor and David K. Matlock, Colorado School of Mines, USA; Peter M. Power and Bhaskar Yalamanchili, Gerdau Ameristeel, USA; Walther Van Raemdonck, NV Bekaert SA, Belgium; and Robert J. Glodowski, East Metals North America LLC, USA. Limiting the amount of free nitrogen in wire steel continues to be of importance to limit strain aging and resulting potential detrimental effects on torsional ductility. Several strategies have been proposed in the past to tie up nitrogen, one of which is alloying with boron. In order to study the effectiveness of proposed alloying and processing methods, determination of the free nitrogen content is crucial. This paper revisits two free nitrogen determination methods and applies them to a reference and boron alloyed steel.

11:00 am – 11:30 am “Effect of boron alloying on the mechanical properties of high carbon wire rods,” by Emmanuel De Moor and David K. Matlock, Colorado School of Mines, USA; Peter M. Power and Bhaskar Yalamanchili, Gerdau Ameristeel, USA; Walther Van Raemdonck, NV Bekaert SA, Belgium; and Robert J. Glodowski, East Metals North America LLC, USA. Boron alloying has been successfully used in low carbon grades to limit nitrogen strain aging effects. Reduced work hardening and improved (torsional) ductility are typically observed. This study evaluates boron alloying effects in

high carbon wire grades. Three compositions were laboratory prepared: a reference 0.80 carbon steel and two boron alloyed steels with a B:N ratio of 1:1 and 2:1 and the same carbon level. This paper presents the mechanical properties of the hot rolled rod.

11:30 am – noon “Role of temperature and stretching force on the effectiveness of the stabilizing treatment of prestressing steel wires,” by José Miguel Atienza, Jesus RuizHervías, Luis Caballero, and Manuel Elices, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain.

The effect of changes in the temperature and the stretching levels of the stress-relieving treatments of prestressing steel wires is discussed. Five industrial treatments, in the range of the commercial stabilizing of prestressing wires, are studied, combining three temperatures and three stretching force levels. After the treatments, mechanical properties have been ascertained by means of tensile tests and residual stresses have been measured by X-ray and neutron diffraction.

Electrical Session 1: 10:30 am – 11:00 am “Effects of contact resistances in multi-strand cables on linear resistance measurements,” by Patrick De Bruyne and Gaël Mauron, AESA SA, Switzlerand.

It is often difficult to overcome errors and instabilities while measuring the linear resistance of multi-strand cables and cords. This paper demonstrates that the main issue stems from inter-wires contact resistances. A new contacting method has been developed that allows mastery of this metrological task.

11:00 am – 11:30 am “Anelastic deformation of insulation in multicore control cables,” by Danijel Djurek, Ivan Krajinovic, and Ivan Djurek, AVAC (Alessandro Volta Applied Ceramics), Croatia.

Out-of-phase electric currents passing in cores of a control cable cause forces between cores, which is transferred to the outer insulation mantle. For small currents, insulation deformation is elastic and phase relations are not affected, while for higher current strengths anelastic deformation is involved, and phase differences between signal harmonics change. Deformation of the cable perimeter was monitored by a precise laser distance meter.

11:30 am – noon “Effective usage of ground thermoplastic materials on cable manufacturing,” by Joseff Paolo R. Santiago and Mohammad Saad, Jeddah Cables Company, Saudi Arabia.

Thermoplastic materials are resins that can be readily soft-

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conventional carbide dies. The most obvious application for TCHP dies is for carbon steel drawing, particularly where wear rates are high and use of diamond dies is problematic. This paper reports recent comparisons of TCHP and carbide wear behavior in drawing fine, highcarbon steel wire on commercial drawing systems.

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ened and reformed by heating and re-hardened by cooling.

These materials are therefore recyclable. Using 70%-80% recycled PVC for bedding and 10% recycled PVC for sheathing / insulation, the authors show how more than $1 million can be saved annually on PVC alone. Savings can also be realized for other plastics such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), polycarbonate (PC), and many more.

Design and development of a Web presence allows wire manufacturers to build applications that track and evaluate sales leads, manage employee recruiting, and use RSS (really simple syndication) feeds to allow for constant information exchange among users. Depending upon the goals of the administration, a properly developed Web site will allow customers and employees a single interface to make their jobs more efficient and allow for more informed decisions.

Noon – 12:30 pm “Adhesion promotion techniques for wire and cable jacketing and connectors using atmospheric plasma technologies,” by Rory A. Wolf, Enercon Industries Corporation, USA. Thermoplastics, thermosets, or fibrous coatings all have low levels of polar functional groups on the surface and have poor adhesion properties, making it difficult to apply other functional layers such as inks, adhesives, and coatings. This paper discusses current atmospheric surface activation systems, appropriate measurements of adhesion, over-treatment effects and surface analysis techniques relative to optimizing the adhesion of inkjet inks, coatings and adhesives to these polymer and fibrous surfaces. Recommendations for improved activation by substrate are discussed.

General Session:

General Session: 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm “A look at the supply side of copper,” by Stephen J. Ruth, Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., USA. This presentation focuses on the supply side of the copper market. It discusses the current supply situation for copper and future sources of copper, both brownfield and greenfield projects.

Operational Presentations: 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm “Twelve years with ISO 9001/AS9100—reflections on benefits, challenges, and the future,” by Michael Weiss, Whitmor/Wirenetics, and Doug and Carole Anton, AEM Consulting Group Inc., USA. The ISO/AS system of Whitmor/Wirenetics has played a key role in that company’s recent success, supporting steady growth and profitability. The company president shares his candid points of view on developing and living with a quality management system. He is joined by the consultant who guided the company through the ISO/AS process to provide a concise look at the methodology used to design, document, implement, maintain, and improve that system.

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm “Developing and leveraging web sites for wire manufacturers,” by Michael Eugene Puckett, Jigsaw Thermal Technology LLC, USA.

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3:00 pm – 3:30 pm “Optimized wire coil batch pickling plant design via computer-aided modeling,” by Wynn H. Kearns, Adam G. Kimura, and Arthur Seibert, CMI Industry Americas Inc., USA. This presentation addresses the main requirements for batch wire coil pickling plant design according to the latest innovation in computer modeling. Models verify design and spacing of key resources in advance of facility layout. These resources include the number of treatment baths, hooks, traveling units, and the loading and unloading systems according to the work flow and site location requirements. Attendees can view examples of recently installed plant layouts and learn the origin of the design behind them.

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm “Reduction of residual stress of drawn wire,” by Kazunari Yoshida and Ryoto Koyama, Tokai University, Japan.

The residual stresses of the wire drawn by muli-stage drawing were measured by slit method and calculated by FEM. It is known that large tensile residual stresses at the surface of drawn wire have negative effects on mechanical properties. This paper examines the effects of implementation of skin pass in the final stage of drawing and tensile straightening of drawn wire on the reduction of the residual stress.

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm “Prediction of temperature distribution during induction heating in manufacturing of wires,” by Nasser Ghariban, Virginia State University, USA. Induction heating is used in pre and post heating of cables, pipes, strips, and wires during various manufacturing processes such as extrusion, galvanizing, and coating processes. Prediction of temperature along the product is highly desired to control the quality and decrease tool wear. This paper provides a theoretical framework to recover distribution of temperature along material at the end of the induction heating process. Faraday’s and BiotSavart laws are used to evaluate the amount of heat generated by estimating the eddy current circulation within the material.

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm “Evaluating decarburization in tool steel rod,” by Roger N. Wright, Rebecca D. Cioffi, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA; and Stephen Mayott, General Dynamics Electric Boat USA. Decarburization is a potential problem in the processing of many steel products, especially where subsequent surface removal is to be minimized. Certainly this is the case for steel redraw stock. In this study, systematic thermal processes have been coupled with detailed micro- and nano-hardness measurements in an effort to develop predictive capability for the extent of decarburization and related oxidation in rod processing. Emphasis has been placed on alloy and tool steels.

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm “Real-time online monitoring of helicopter rescue wire ropes,” by Gabriel Kohn, Ofer Tevet, Yuri Khoptiar, H. Sheinkopf, G. Shemesh, H. Artzi, Robert Sinclair, and Mordechai Melamud, CaSE Technologies Ltd., Israel.

This paper presents an advanced Barkhausen Signal NDT system, which detects flaws and micro-structural changes affecting strength in steel wire rope. This technology enables early detection of flaws long before they become visible. Monitoring is conducted in real time and is

non-contact. In this study, 20 defects of various types were introduced into a new rope. All defects were detected and their effect on strength tested. Some of these defects lowered the strength of the wire rope by 50%.

Nonferrous Session: 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm “Development and validation of a mathematical model of warm drawing process of magnesium alloys in heated dies,” by Andriej Milenin and Piotr Kustra, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland, and Jan-Marten Seitz, Friedrich-Wilhelm Bach, and Dirk Bormann, Institute of Materials Science at the University of Hannover, Germany.

The warm drawing process in heated dies is proposed to increase the workability of Mg alloys. The purpose of this paper is the development and experimental validation of a mathematical model of a warm drawing of wires made of MgCa0.8 and Ax30 alloys and determination of optimal parameters for maximum workability. The first part focuses on development of a numerical model, which is based on an FE solution; the second on experimental upsetting and tensile tests. Flow stress and ductility models were obtained based on these tests. (continued)

Production Solutions May 3-5 Tech takes to the show floor at Interwire when representatives from five companies present half-hour demonstrations at their booths at Interwire 2011.

The first session, dies, will be presented at a die company booth to be identified in the April issue. It will be held on Tuesday, May 3, at 10:30 am, and on Wednesday, May 4, at 2:30 pm.

The second session, roll straightening, will be presented

by Bob Flower and Marcus Paech, Witels Albert USA Ltd., at Booth 711, on Tuesday, May 3, at 11:15 am, and on Thursday, May 5, at 10:30 am. It will include a plan of action for the design and set-up of a straightening process considering specific boundary conditions of the material to be straightened and related processes.

The third session, lubrication, will be presented by Troy Carr and Ralph Noonan, Etna Products, Inc. & EtnaBechem Lubricants, Ltd., at Booth 331, Tuesday, May 3, at 1:30 pm, and on Wednesday, May 4, at 10:30 am. It will identify, track, and adjust the key elements in your nonferrous wire drawing lubricants. Optimization is achieved through routine maintenance and tracking those key elements of the system.

The fourth session, FEP foaming technology, will be presented by Erik Macs, Fine International Corp., at Booth 1723, Tuesday, May 3, at 2:30 pm, and on Wednes-

day, May 4, at 11:15 am. It will discussing the extrusion process and machinery do’s and don’ts for FEP Foam (N2 Injection). This presentation covers the configuration of the main components of a line, the gas injection process, screw design, crosshead requirements, and online line testing.

The fifth sessoon, wire breaks, will be presented by Horace Pops, Horace Pops Consulting91 for Inc., at Booth 1834 (Properzi International Inc.), on Tuesday, May 3, at 3:30 pm, and on Wednesday, May 4, at 3:30 pm. Is it the process or the material? This session provides practical tools for distinguishing between process problems and material issues that can result in wire breaks.

The U.S. Synthetic Wire Die presentation by General Manager Joe Memmot drew a crowd at Wire Expo 2010.

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3:30 pm – 4:00 pm “Research on manufacturing technology and processing of continuously cast aluminum rod,” by Tadeusz Knych, Piotr Uliasz, and Marzena Piwowarska, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland.

The development of aluminum products in the cable industry in recent years has given rise to new technologies for the production of aluminum in the drawing process.

One of the concepts is to develop the production of cast aluminum rods in a continuous manner. Industrial development work in this area is the subject of activity of Upcast Oy. This paper presents the results of laboratory and industrial process and properties of continuous cast aluminum rods (1350).

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm “The development of properties and structure of precipitation-hardened Al-Mg-Si alloy during continuous casting and rolling by the Continuus-Properzi method,” by Tadeusz Knych, Andrzej Mamala, Beata Smyrak, and Piotr Osuch, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland.

Nowadays, commonly used feedstock to produce self-supporting overhead conductors is precipitation-hardened AlMg-Si alloy wire rod, obtained in a continuous casting and rolling line, e.g. Continuus-Properzi. Phase transformations of alloy additions occurs in this process, which affects the alloy properties a variety of ways. This paper discusses the results of an investigation of the development of structure, electrical properties, and hardness of alloy 6101 material from the casting wheel to each rolling stand.

Manufacturing Best Practices Theme Day Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Opening Session/Panel: Safety Roundtable 8:30 am – 10:00 am Join this panel of wire and cable manufacturers and compliance experts as they tackle the challenges of maintaining high safety standards in their own operations. Panelists will discuss their own experiences, talk about what they’ve learned, and field questions from the audience and each other about raising the bar on safety. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A, after which attendees are invited to approach panelists for one-on-one conversation.

Panelists • Rob Gaines, Director of Health & Safety Services, U.S. Compliance Corp., USA. • Nick Johannes, Leggett & Platt, USA. • Kevin Porath, Coleman Cable Inc., USA. • Tim Wampler, VP Manufacturing and Team Leader Communications and Assembly, General Cable, USA.

Keynote Speaker “Dream Big!” by Mike Mullane 10:00 am – 11:00 am

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Panelists • Victor Andrade, Vice President Operations, WireCo WorldGroup.

• Jose Ranc, CEO, CNA Technology, USA. • Art Raymond, President, Tricab Inc., USA.

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Theme Session: Safety

11:00 am – noon Join this panel of wire and cable manufacturers as they discuss the challenges of new plants, re-investing in existing facilities, and other major capital expenditures. Panelists will discuss their own experiences, talk about what they’ve learned, and field questions from the audience and each other about navigating key growth initiatives.

“Zero and Beyond: General Cable’s vision for safety,”

by Tim Wampler, General Cable, USA. 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm This presentation describes the background, results, and conclusions of General Cable’s safety vision of “Zero and Beyond.” It explains the goal of zero accidents in the workplace and the expectation that employees take that safety culture into their personal lives. It describes the company’s record of reducing OSHA recordable accidents, severity, and injury costs.

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Astronaut Mike Mullane excites the audience about their potential for personal and professional success. Using slides and video from a remarkable life, he dispels the assumption that he was a gifted, “super-youth” destined for great things. With stories that are both hilarious and poignant, he tells of his journey from very ordinary beginnings to floating in the cockpit of a space shuttle.

Mullane regales the audience with incredible inside stories of living and working in space. See p. 60.

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2:00 pm – 2:30 pm “The business of safety: a proven template of a worldclass system,” by Ken Vandenberghe, Rea Magnet Wire Company Inc., USA. The ultimate objective of any corporation is to create a culture of continuous improvement that is sustainable for the future, establishing a competitive advantage. A worldclass safety system can be that competitive advantage.

Due to the potential volatility of a poorly established safety system, it is critical that key system components are understood to achieve success. The only way to achieve success that is sustainable is through a systematic methodology and not a flavor-of-the-month approach. The author has developed such a system with proven results in a wide variety of business sectors and models.

Ferrous Session: 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm “Determination of plastic fracture deformation of steel in round specimen,” by Rafael Bueno and David Villegas, University of Seville, Spain.

This study develops a new method for determining the plastic fracture deformation of steel, using for this purpose the simple standardized tensile test on a cylindrical test specimen and evaluating the sectional deformation in the necking after rupture by means of an optical profile projector. This procedure eliminates the disadvantages of the current method employed to determine elongation at fracture (A5d or A10d) , a steel mechanical property required in the structural concrete codes of many countries.

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm “Ductility in reinforcing steel: new parameter and applications,” by Rafael Bueno and David Villegas, University of Seville, Spain.

Definition and quantification of ductility in reinforcing steels by means of a single parameter has not yet been resolved satisfactorily. This study summarizes the models developed to date and puts forward a new ductility parameter, evaluating the necking deformations generated in the uniaxial tensile test by means of plasticity theory. It also develops the measuring procedure and shows experimental results for the practical applications of this parameter in the field of metallurgy, quality control, and numerical methods.

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm “Optimization of spring designs,” by Mark Hayes, Institute of Spring Technology Ltd., UK, and Cedric Chauvin, Schneider Electric, France.

Users of springs increasingly require that designs are optimized. They take for granted that springs will be reliable, but are interested to know the scope for reducing weight, minimizing or maximizing rate, and using cheaper raw

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materials without compromising reliability. This paper illustrates newly developed software for compression, conical, extension, and torsion spring designs, which accomplishes each of the above options and much more.

General Session: 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm “Productivity—how do you measure it?” by Stuart Duff and Mike Philips, Kuwait Petroleum International Lubricants (KPIL), Leeds, U.K. This paper examines the question of how one measures productivity, how to obtain the best performance from lubricant, and the importance of the lubricant in wiredrawing. The simple way to increase productivity of a copper wiredrawing emulsion is to evaluate the process over the life of the product. This evaluation aims to give a broad overall perspective of managing the emulsion as well as practical advice to enable the best performance. The paper discusses how productivity cost savings can be achieved specifically with care and maintenance of wiredrawing emulsions.

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm “Reducing ‘give-away’ through non-contact speed and length measurement,” by Grant Latimer, Proton Products International, UK. This paper presents a technology specifically designed for the non-contact measurement of wire and cable length during production. This technology offers considerable advantages over the established contact techniques. The main advantage of the technique is the reduction of “cable give-away” of 1 to 1.5%, resulting in savings for the average cable manufacturer.

Operational Presentation Theme (Lean/Six Sigma): 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm “Lean in wire & cable: delivering excellent service while reducing working capital and costs,” by Karl Zimmer, General Cable, USA. There are many myths around Lean in wire and cable. The path to savings in throughput improvements and costs reductions within the four walls of a factory is well documented. However, this doesn’t capture the full scope of the opportunity. This presentation reviews General Cable’s journey, lessons learned, and results by applying the lean toolset to improve customer service and reduce working capital via a broader perspective encompassing the total supply chain.

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm “Lean / Six Sigma implementation experience at Leggett & Platt” by Steve Foust, Leggett & Platt, USA

Green Initiatives Theme Day

of fuel to be used in diesel-powered engines. A pilot plant was built for conversion through transesterification, connected with an interesting collection program from local restaurants resulting from a joint effort with county authorities. The resulting fuel is then fed into a system for autogeneration of electricity during peak time in a cable facility.

11:00 am – 11:30 am “Superconductor power cables systems: an efficient and ecological alternative for power transmission,” by Petr Dolgosheev, Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo

Thursday, May 5, 2011 Opening Session/Guest Speakers: Energy 8:00 am – 10:00 am “Where is the electric grid going?” U.S. Dept. of Energy This talk addresses the critical steps needed to meet the growing demand for reliable electricity in the USA by overcoming the challenges of the country’s aging electricity transmission and distribution system and addressing the vulnerabilities in its energy supply chain. Speaker information will be provided in the April issue and/or Show Program.

Electrical Session: 10:30 am – 11:00 am “Recycling of waste vegetable oil from cooking through its conversion to biodiesel,” by Belisario Sánchez and Jose Luis Ferreira, Servicios Condumex – Carso R&D Center, Mexico.

This study deals with the use of waste cooking oil as feedstock for production of biodiesel as an alternative source

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This session will discuss how Leggett & Platt implemented a Lean / Six Sigma program, from training to current status.

Six Sigma is an organized means of problem solving, which uses a variety of tools to make data-based decisions, while maintaining focus on the project goal. Steps taken by Leggett & Platt to maximize the impact of Six Sigma include: 1. choice of training provider, 2. support structure and programs, 3. choosing the right candidates for training, 4. ensuring projects are aligned with strategic goals, and 5. how to measure and maintain the results.

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Condumex (CIDEC), Servicios Condumex – Carso R&D Center, Mexico.

About 14% of electrical energy in Mexico is lost in transfer and distribution lines. Losses measure from 30 to 150 W/m in each phase of a cable line depending on transferred capacity. Superconducting cables allow an increase in efficiency of power transmission to 99.5%, excluding warming up of soil and metal elements. This paper presents preliminary results of tests of a superconducting cable system in an electrical substation.

11:30 am – noon “Solid-state lighting (SSL) applications in commercial buildings for energy savings: a comprehensive approach,” by Rodrigo Ruiz-Palacios, Servicios Condumex – Carso R&D Center, Mexico.

This presentation demonstrates through various examples of commercial building installations the advantages and energy savings achieved by Grupo Condumex with solidstate lighting (SSL) fixtures. By implementing lightemitting diodes (LEDs) into the design of new lighting fixtures, in conjunction with sensors and dimming and lighting controls, energy savings between 25 and 40% can be achieved. Maintenance costs with SSL can decrease up to 70% in typical installations, with life expectancy up to 50,000 hours.

Steel Cord Session: 10:30 am – 11:00 am “Quality evaluation of a single-layer steel cord using the simplified simulation method of the roller straightening process,” by Bae Gi-hyun and Huh Hoon, KAIST (formerly the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology); and Lee Byung-ho and Im Jae-duk, Kiswire Co. Ltd., South Korea.

This paper proposes an evaluation method for product quality using the finite element analysis in the twisting process of a single-layer steel cord. A simplified simulation method is newly developed to reduce remarkably the computing time and cost. From simulations, the steel cord quality is investigated quantitatively during the twisting process. The simulation-based evaluation method developed can provide the specific information of the role of straightening devices to the steel cord quality.

11:00 am – 11:30 am “Simulation-based design guideline for the twisting process of a single-layer steel cord,” by Lee Byung-ho and Im Jae-duk, Kiswipe Co. Ltd.; and Bae Gi-hyun and Huh Moon, KAIST (formerly the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), South Korea.

This paper proposes a design guideline for the twisting process of a single-layer steel cord using the simplified simulation method. To construct a design guideline, a

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design table for simulations was constructed by using the DOE method. The steel cord quality is evaluated numerically by using a simplified simulation method in each design case. Effectiveness of process parameters is also investigated from simulation results. A simulation-based design guideline was constructed from regression analysis.

11:30 am – noon “Defects in small-diameter, ultra high-strength wire for tire cord and saw wire applications,” by Thomas W. Tyl, Tire Wire Technology, LLC, USA. Fine wire defects in saw wire and steel tire cord are generated during two operations: rod manufacture and product conversion. The lowest-risk wire rod is produced by Japanese steelmakers. The highest-risk conversion operations are heat treating and spooling of fine wire on the shipping spool for saw wire and the in-process spool for tire cord. This paper discusses these processing areas and some precautions that can be taken to ameliorate risk.

Nonferrous Session: 10:30 am – 11:00 am “The ‘LEEDing’ edge of sustainable R&D,” by Jason D. Gillen, Encore Wire Corporation, USA. Scientific laboratories have high equipment densities, oversized air handling systems, augmented water consumptions, and a multitude of additional energy-intensive systems necessary for the functioning of these specialized facilities. Consequently, they consistently rank among | the highest energy-consuming structures per square foot.

This paper describes the design criteria, challenges, and methodologies, as well as the cost and benefit analysis of the successful development of a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified Platinum research and development center.

Operational Presentation: 11:00 am – 11:30 pm “The road to being recognized as a Business Environmental Leader,” by Roberta Rocheleau, Champlain Cable Corp., USA. This presentation describes a cable manufacturer’s efforts to improve its operations’ effects on the environment. The journey began with a cross-functional team dedicated to becoming registered to ISO 14001. Teams were assigned to assess modifications which could be made to mitigate environmental impacts. The company had success in reducing water usage, electrical consumption, landfill waste, and hazardous waste generation. Results show positive impacts on the environment, lowered costs, and recent recognition as a business leader.

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Breen Color Concentrates . . . .1601 Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . .250 Bühler GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .740 Butt Welders USA . . . . . . . . . .2148 Bytewise Measurement Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . .1040 Calmec Precision Inc . . . . . . . .2061 Candor Sweden AB . . . . . . . . .1950 Canterbury Engineering/Genca .940 Carris Reels Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .1524 Cary Compounds LLC . . . . . .2111 CEIA USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1801 Central Wire Industries Ltd . . . .363 Chase Coating and Laminating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2012 Chemetall Oakite . . . . . . . . . . .1906 China Electronics Technology Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306A Cimteq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2015 Clifford Welding Systems . . . . .912 Clinton Instrument Co . . . . . . . .901 CJI Group Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .1649 CM Furnaces Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .763 CMEC Int’l Exhibition Ltd 217-405 CN Wire Corp/Er Bakir . . . . . . .240 Coats North America . . . . . . . .2152 Coding Products Inc . . . . . . . . .302 Cogebi Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157 Collins & Jewell . . . . . . . . . . . .970 Comapac Wire Machinery srl .1350 Cometo SNC . . . . . . . . . .412/1358 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . .705 Compomec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254 Condat Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1550 Conductix Delachaux Group . .2156 Conneaut Industries Inc . . . . . . .618 Continuus-Properzi SpA . . . . .1834 Cortinovis Machinery America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1739 Cortinovis Machinery SpA . . .1739 CRU North America Inc . . . . . .454 Dalian Tongda Eqpt Tech Dev. Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2133 Daloo Machinery . . . . . . . . . . .1502 Danyang Steel Wire Plant . . . . .207

Davis-Standard LLC . . . . . . . .1058 DCM Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Dem Costruzioni Speciali srl .1350 Deyang Dongfang Zhouyue Electrotechnical Equipment . . .966 Deyang Hongguang Machine Equipments Co, Ltd . . . . . . . .1069 Deyang Jiechuang Wire and Cable Machinery Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . .114 Die Quip Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .717 Dixie Converting Corp . . . . . .2131 Domeks Makine Ltd Sti . . . . .1340 Dongguan Zhangli Machine Fitting Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Dongjiagang Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Co . . . . .206 Donnelly Reels . . . . . . . . . . . .1950 Dynamex Corp . . . . . . . . . . . .2032 Ebner Furnaces Inc . . . . . . . . .1661 Egyptian Galv. Steel Plant Co . .137 EJP Maschinen GmbH . . . . . .1358 Elektrisola Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350 Enercon Industries . . . . . . . . . .1862 Engineered Machinery Group. 1003 Enkotec Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .1824 ERA Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451 Estane Engineered Polymers/ Lubrizol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301 Esteves Group USA . . . . . . . . . .640 Etna Products Inc . . . . . . . . . . .331 Etna-Beechem Lubricants Ltd . .331 Eurobend SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158 Eurodraw Energy SpA . . . . . . . .424 Eurolls Group Srl . . . . . . . . . .1739 EuroWire Magazine . . . . . . . . .1806 George Evans Corp . . . . . . . . . .135 EVG Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Fabritex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1163 FIB Belgium SA . . . . . . . . . . .1850 Fil-Tec Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .903 Filtertech Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .950 Filtration Systems Products, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1706 Fine International Corp . . . . . .1723 Fisk Alloy Conductors . . . . . . .239 Flymca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .952 Flyro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .952 FMS USA Inc/FMS AG . . . . . .231

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Foerster Instruments Inc . . . . . .235 H. Folke Sandelin AB . . . . . . . .740 Forming Systems Inc . . . . . . . . .243 Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc . . . . .1532 Fortune Machinery . . . . . . . . . .864 Frontier Composites & Castings Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1503 FSP-One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 Fuhr GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . .1170 Fushi Copperweld . . . . . . . . . . .550 Garg Sales Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .457 Gauder & Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .858 Gauder Group Inc . . . . . . . . . . .858 Gavlick Machinery Corp . . . . . .864 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . .1350 Gem Gravure Co Inc . . . . . . . . .806 Genca/Canterbury Engineering .940 GH Induction Atmospheres . . .2116 W. Gillies Technologies . . . . .1932 Gimax SRL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1040 GMP-Slovakia . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 Golden Spot Industry Inc . . . .1803 Guill Tool & Engineering Co .2034 H. Folke Sandelin AB . . . . . . . .740 Hafner & Krullmann GmbH . . .771 V. Hagen & Funke . . . . . . . . . .1040 Hagener Feinstahl . . . . . . . . . . .464 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . .1024 Heacock Metal & Machine Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2136 Heany Industries Inc . . . . . . . . .750 Hearl Heaton . . . . . . . . . . . . .1940 Heatbath Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .715 Hefei Smarter Technology Co .1723 Henkel Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .701 Henrich GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . .712 Heritage Wire Die Inc . . . . . . . .111 HMP Heinrich Muller Maschinenfabrik GmbH . . . .2142 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . .1612 HTC Spring Machinery . . . . . .243 Hudson Color Concentrates . .2132 Huei Shang Industrial Co Ltd (HIS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . .332 H端ttner Maschinenfabrik . . . . .1358 IBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .652 ICE Wire Line Equipment Inc .1063 IDEAL Welding Systems . . . . .912 Ideal-Werk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .912

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INHOL LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 InnoVites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2013 Inosym . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1050 InterWire Products . . . . . . . . . .258 Intras Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1806 Italian Trade Commission . . . .1314 Ito-Sin (Deyang) Wire & Cable Equipment Co Ltd . . . . .849 IWE Spools & Handling GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1358 International Wire Group (IWG) .540 IWG Bare Wire Division . . . . . . .540 IWG High Performance Conductors Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .540 IWMA - International Wire & Machinery Association . . .1808 Jaykase Manufacturing Inc . . . .243 JMS Machinery . . . . . . . . . . .1003 Joe-Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2130 Jouhsen-Bundgens . . . . . . . . . .1602 Josaphat Engenharia de Telecomunicacoes . . . . . . . . . . .145 Kalas Manufacturing . . . . . . . .254 Kalmark Integrated Systems . . .506 NPP KatelElectromechanica LLC . . . . .1820 KEI Industries Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .149 KEIR Manufacturing Inc . . . . . .703 Keystone Steel & Wire Co . . . .263 Kieselstein GmbH . . . . . . . . . .1358 King Steel Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .249 Kinrei of America . . . . . . . . . .1950 Kinrei Machinery Co Ltd (Japan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1950 Ernest Koch GmbH & Co KG . .658 KN Manufacturing Solutions . .115 Kopilowitz Engineering . . . . . .1950 KP America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .352 Albert Krenn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .717 Krollman GmbH & Co KG . . . .658 Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .765 L-S Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233 Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . .1860 LaserLinc Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1064 Leggett & Platt Wire Group . . .440 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340 OM Lesmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .424 Lesmo Machinery America Inc . . . . . . . . . . .412, 424 Lloyd & Bouvier Inc . . . . . . . .1932

J.J. Lowe Associates . . . . . . . .1940 LUKAS Anlagenbau GmbH . . .423 M + E Macchine + Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .658 Macromeric - A div. of Saco Polymers . . . . . . . . . . . .2118 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . . .112 MAGNUM Mfg. LLC . . . . . . . .452 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1916 Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .906 Mapre Belgium SA . . . . . . . . .858 Marubeni Specialty Chemicals Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .569 Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . .740 Mathiasen Machinery Inc . . . .1001 Merritt Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . .1058 Metalloid Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .134 Metavan NV . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 MFL USA Service Corp Frigerio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .724 The MGS Group (MGS-HallNorthampton) . . . . . . . . . . . . .1024 MGS Manufacturing Inc . . . . .1024 Micro Products Co . . . . . . . . . .624 Microdia USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318 Mid-South Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . .142 Morgan-Koch Corp . . . . . . . . . .658 Mossberg Associates Inc . . . . .2124 Mountville Rubber Co . . . . . . . .670 Nation Grinding . . . . . . . . . . . .266 NEPTCO Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .606 Nextrom Oy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432 Niagara Composites Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1556 Niehoff Endex North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .740 Niehoff GmbH & Co KG . . . . .740 NIMSCO LLC/SB2C . . . . . . . .324 NPP Katel-Electromechanica .1820 Northampton Machinery . . . . .1024 NTB Hitech Ceramics . . . . . . .2016 NUMALLIANCE . . . . . . . . . .1032 Officina Meccanica Attrezzature Speciali (OMAS) .243 Officina Meccanica Domaso SpA (OMD) . . . . . . . .243 Ohio Rod Products . . . . . . . . . .146 Oklahoma Steel & Wire . . . . . .450 OMA SRL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1656 OMA USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .1656

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OMCG North America . . . . . .1756 OMCG SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1756 P/A Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . .2050 Pamica Electric Material . . . . . .132 Paramount Die Co . . . . . . . . . . .631 Parkway-Kew Corp . . . . . . . . . .333 Pave Automation Design . . . . .1712 Penn Machinery Co . . . . . . . . . .564 Phifer Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .549 Pinnacle Metals Inc . . . . . . . . . .464 Pioneer Machinery Co Ltd . . .1812 Pittsburg Carbide Die Co . . . . .964 Pittsfield Plastics Eng. Inc . . . .1065 Plas-Ties Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154 Plasmait GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 Plastic Equipment LLC . . . . . .1918 Plymouth Wire Reels . . . . . . . . .705 PolyOne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1901 Polytec Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136 Pourtier - Gauder Group . . . . . .858 Power Sonics LLC/ Magnus Equipment . . . . . . . .2024 Powerbase/Juhua China . . . . . . .569 Precision Die Technologies . . .2011 Premier Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . .2140 Pressure Welding Machines . .1840 PrintSafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1856 Promostar srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1655 Properzi International Inc . . . .1834 Proton Products . . . . . . . . . . . .1050 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . .752 Qinhuangdao Yanda-Guohai Stainless Steel Co Ltd . . . . . . .215 Qual-Fab Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . .1506 Raajratna Stainless Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264 RAD-CON Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .234 Radyne Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1912 Rainbow Rubber & Plastics . .1749 Rautomead Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .1650 Ravni Technologies . . . . . . . . .2060 Reber Systematic GmbH . . . . . .740 Redex SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2160 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 Refractron Technologies Corp . .601 RG Attachments . . . . . . . . . . .2032 RichardsApex Inc . . . . . . . . . .1706 Rizzardi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1328

Rockford Manufacturing Group FELM . . . . . . . . . . . . .2114 Roloil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352 Rosendahl GmbH . . . . . . . . . . .432 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . .1924 S&E Specialty Polymers . . . . . .401 Saco Polymers Inc . . . . . . . . . .2118 Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .551 SAMP SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1328 SAMP USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .1328 SAMPSISTEMI . . . . . . . . . . .1328 Sanxin Wire Die Inc . . . . . . . .2120 Sark USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .558 Sark Wire Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .558 Sarkuyasan AS . . . . . . . . . . . . .558 SAS Testers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 Schlatter Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1512 Schmidt Maschinenbau GmbH .449 Schunk Graphite Tech . . . . . . .1358 Sealeze A Unit of Jason Inc . . .358 Service Thread Mfg. Co . . . . . .303 Setic SAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .858 Shanghai Nanyang Electrical Equipment Co . . . . . . . . . . . .1723 Shanghai SETI Enterprise International Co Ltd . . . . . . .405A Shanghai Shenchen Wire & Cable Equipment Co Ltd . .2018A Shanxi Tianxiang Machinery Co Ltd . . . . . . . .2018B

Shijiazhuang Kingway Metal Products Co Ltd . . . . .305A Sictra Srl/A Div. of Cortinovis Machinery SpA . . . . . . . . . . .1739 SIKORA International Corp . . .512 Simas srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 SIMPACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1812 Sirio Wire Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .658 Sivaco Quebec . . . . . . . . . . . . . .458 Sjogren Industries Inc . . . . . . .1057 Skaltek Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1164 SKET GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712 SmartReels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2017 Smeets SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Sonoco Reels and Spools . . . . .924 Spirka Schnellflechter GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712 SPX Precision Components/ Fenn Division . . . . . . . . . . . . .749 STAKU-Anlagenbau GmbH . .1358 Stamm Feindrahtwerk . . . . . . . .464 Stema/Pedax . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1512 Steuler Anlagenbau . . . . . . . . . .740 Stolberger Inc (dba Wardwell Braiding Co) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712 Stolberger KMB GmbH Sudhir Enterprises . . . . . . . . . .712 Bobbins India . . . . . . . . . . . . .1950 SunWyre Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2059 Sylvin Technologies Inc . . . . . .602 T & T Marketing Inc . . . . . . . . .764 Talladega Machinery & Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

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Taubensee Steel & Wire Co . . . .244 Taymer International Inc . . . . . .506 T. Butler Eng. Ltd (TBE) . . . . .243 Team Meccanica Srl . . . . . . . .1739 Techalloy Welding Products . . .363 Teknikor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1053 Teknor Apex Co . . . . . . . . . . . .312 Tenova Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 Tensor Machinery Ltd . . . . . . .2056 Teurema Mecnica Europea de Maquinaria SL . . . . . . . . .1739 Thermcraft Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Thermoplastics Engineering Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2126 Tianjin Zhaohong Metal Product Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .405B Tips & Dies Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .1918 Tramev Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412 Traxit North America LLC . . . .758 Tri Star Metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .464 Troester GmbH & Co KG . . . .1750 Paul Troester Maschinenfabrik 1750 Tubular Products Co . . . . . . . . .612 Tulsa Power Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 Ultimate Automation Ltd . . . . .564 UMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .864 United Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451 Unitek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 Unitrading (LianYunGang) . .2117B Uniwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 Uniwire International Ltd . . . . .251 UPCAST OY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .958 US Reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553 US Synthetic Wire Die . . . . . .1663 Vandor Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .616 Videojet Technologies Inc . . . .2113 Vitari SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1739 Vollmer America Inc . . . . . . . . .232 Wafios Machinery Corp . . . . . .932 WAI Connection . . . . .Exhibit Floor Watson Machinery . . . . . . . . .1950 WCISA - Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association . . . . . . .1562 Weber & Scher Mfg. Co Inc . .1050 Windak Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1940 Wire & Cable Asia Magazine .1806 Wire & Cable Technology International . . . . . . . . . . . . .1562 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1731

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wire 2012/Messe Düsseldorf North America . . . . . . . . . . . . .902 The Wire Association International, Inc . . .Exhibit Floor WIRE BULLETIN ...Exhibit Floor Wire Forming Technology . . . .1562 Wire Journal Int’l . . .Exhibit Floor Wire Lab Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .706 Wire Machine Systems Inc . . .1358 Wire World Internet . . . . . . . . . .402 WireCo WorldGroup . . . . . . . . .553 WiTechs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .631 Witels Albert USA Ltd . . . . . . .711 Woodburn Diamond Die Inc . .1049 Worth Steel & Machinery Inc . .354 Woywod GmbH/Plasticolor . .1918 WTC (Wire Technology Machinery) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 Wuhan Sunni Electric Wire & Cable Co Ltd . . . . . . . .360 Wyrepak Industries Inc . . . . . . .664 Ya Sih Technology . . . . . . . . .1812 Yangzhou Qunye Electrical Machinery Factory . . . . . . . .211A Yield Management Corp . . . . .1840 Zeus Techno Inc . . . . . . . . . . .1956 Zhejiang Litai Metal Co Ltd . . .217 Zhejiang Rongtai Electric Material Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .306B Zhengzhou Yifang Cable Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .140A Zumbach Electronic AG . . . . .1540 Zumbach Electronics Corp . . .1540

Numerical Exhibitors List 108 . . .Dongguan Zhangli Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fitting Co Ltd 111 . . . . . . . .Heritage Wire Die Inc 112 . . . .Magnetic Technologies Ltd 113 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Uniwest 114 . . . .Deyang Jiechuang Wire and . . . . . . . . .Cable Machinery Co, Ltd 115 . .KN Manufacturing Solutions 117 . . . . . . . . . . . . .DCM Industries 119 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Smeets SA 120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thermcraft Inc 123 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .INHOL LLC

124 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .EVG Inc 125 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CEIA USA 131 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tenova Core 132 . . . . . .Pamica Electric Material 133 . . . . . . .Bytewise Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Systems 134 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Metalloid Corp 135 . . . . . . . . . .George Evans Corp 136 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Polytec Inc 137 . . . . . . . . .Egyptian Galvanized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steel Plant Co 140A . . . . . . . . .Zhengzhou Yifang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cable Co Ltd 142 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mid-South Wire 145 . . . . . . .Josaphat Engenharia de . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Telecomunicacoes 146 . . . . . . . . . .Ohio Rod Products 147 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FSP-One 149 . . . . . . . . . . .KEI Industries Ltd 153 . . . . . . . . . . . .Beneke Wire Co 154 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Plas-Ties Co 157 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cogebi Inc 158 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eurobend SA 206 . . . . . .Dongjiagang Mechanical . . . . . .& Electrical Equipment Co 207 . . . . .Danyang Steel Wire Plant 211A . . . . . . . . . .Yangzhou Qunye . . . . .Electrical Machinery Factory 211B . .Baicheng Fujia Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . .Manuafcture Co Ltd 212 . . . . . . .Talladega Machinery & . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Supply Co 215 . . .Qinhuangdao Yanda Guohai . . . . . . . . . .Stainless Steel Co Ltd 217, 405 CMEC International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Exhibition Ltd 217 . . .Zhejiang Litai Metal Co Ltd 218 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Caballe SA 231 . . . . . .FMS USA Inc/FMS AG 232 . . . . . . . . .Vollmer America Inc 233 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .L-S Industries 234 . . . . . . . . . . . . .RAD-CON Inc 235 . . . . . .Foerster Instruments Inc 239 . . . . . . . .Fisk Alloy Conductors 240 . . . . . . .CN Wire Corp/Er Bakir 243 . . . . . . . . .Forming Systems Inc 243 . . . .Jaykase Manufacturing Inc 243 . . . . . . . .Huei Shang Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Co Ltd (HIS) 243 . . . . . . .HTC Spring Machinery

403 . . . . . . .Bao Zhang Galvanized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iron Wire Co 405A . . .Shanghai SETI Enterprise . . . . . . . . . . . .International Co Ltd 405B . . . . .Tianjin Zhaohong Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Product Co Ltd 406 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Blachford Corp

412 . . . . . . . . . . .Lesmo Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .America Inc 412 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cometo SNC 412 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tramev Srl 423 . . .LUKAS Anlagenbau GmbH 424 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A. Appiani 424 . . . . . . . .Eurodraw Energy SpA

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243 . . . . . . . . . .Officina Meccanica . . . .Attrezzature Speciali (OMAS) 243 . . . . . . . . . .Officina Meccanica . . . . . . . . . . .Domaso SpA (OMD) 243 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SAS Testers 243 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Simas srl 243 . . . . .T. Butler Eng. Ltd (TBE) 244 . . . .Taubensee Steel & Wire Co 249 . . . . . . . . . . . . .King Steel Corp 250 . . . . . . . . . .Brookfield Wire Co 251 . . . . .Uniwire International Ltd 252 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Qual-Fab Inc 254 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Compomec 254 . . . . . . . . .Kalas Manufacturing 258 . . . . . . . . . .InterWire Products 263 . . . .Keystone Steel & Wire Co 264 . . . . . . . . . .Raajratna Stainless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wire Inc 266 . . . . . . . . . . . .Nation Grinding 301 . . . . . . . . . . .Estane Engineered . . . . . . . . . . . . .Polymers/Lubrizol 302 . . . . . . . . .Coding Products Inc 303 . . . . . .Service Thread Mfg. Co 305A . . . . . .Shijiazhuang Kingway . . . . . . . . . .Metal Products Co Ltd 305B . .Anhui Changjiang Jinggong . . . . .Wire & Cable Machinery Co 306A . . . . . . . . . .China Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . .Technology Group 306B . . . .Zhejiang Rongtai Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Material Co Ltd 312 . . . . . . . . . . . .Teknor Apex Co 318 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Microdia USA 324 . . . . . . . .NIMSCO LLC/SB2C 331 . . . . . . . . . . .Etna Products Inc 331 . .Etna-Beechem Lubricants Ltd 332 . . . . . . . . . . .Huestis Industrial 333 . . . . . . . . . .Parkway-Kew Corp 340 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Leoni Wire Inc 350 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elektrisola Inc 351 . . . . .Bekaert Corp/Bekaert NV 352 . . . . . . . . . . . . .KP America Inc 352 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roloil 354 . .Worth Steel & Machinery Inc 358 . . .Sealeze A Unit of Jason Inc 360 . . . .Wuhan Sunni Electric Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .& Cable Co Ltd 363 . . . .Central Wire Industries Ltd 363 . . .Techalloy Welding Products 401 . . . . . .S&E Specialty Polymers 402 . . . . . . . . . .Wire World Internet

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424 . . . . . . . . . . .Lesmo Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .America Inc 424 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OM Lesmo 432 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nextrom Oy 432 . . . . . . . . . . .Rosendahl GmbH 432 . . . . . . . . . .Rosendahl Nextrom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Technologies 440 . . .Leggett & Platt Wire Group 449 .Schmidt Maschinenbau GmbH 450 . . . . . .Oklahoma Steel & Wire 451 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ERA Wire Inc 451 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .United Wire 452 . . . . . . . . . .Magnum Mfg. LLC 454 . . . . . .CRU North America Inc 457 . . . . . . . . . . .Garg Sales Co Ltd 458 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sivaco Quebec 464 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tri Star Metals 464 . . . . . . . . . .Pinnacle Metals Inc 464 . . . . . . . . . . .Hagener Feinstahl 464 . . . . . . . .Stamm Feindrahtwerk 506 . . .Kalmark Integrated Systems 506 . . . . . .Taymer International Inc 512 . . .SIKORA International Corp 540 International Wire Group (IWG) 540 . . . . . .IWG Bare Wire Division 540 . . . . . .IWG High Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Conductors Inc 549 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Phifer Wire Inc 550 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AFL 550 . . . . . . . . . . .Fushi Copperweld 551 . . . . . . . .Saint-Gobain Ceramic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Materials 553 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US Reel 553 . . . . . . . . .WireCo WorldGroup 558 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sark USA Inc 558 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sark Wire Corp 558 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sarkuyasan AS 564 . . . . .Ultimate Automation Ltd 564 . . . . . . . . . .Penn Machinery Co 569 . . . . . . . . . .Marubeni Specialty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chemicals Inc 569 . . . . . . .Powerbase/Juhua China 571 . . .Anbao Wire & Mesh Co Ltd 601 . .Refractron Technologies Corp 602 . . . . . .Sylvin Technologies Inc 603 . . . . . . . .AXIS/a Consona ERP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Solution 606 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NEPTCO Inc 612 . . . . . . . . .Tubular Products Co 616 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vandor Corp

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618 . . . . . . .Conneaut Industries Inc 620 . . . . . . . . . .B & H Tool Co Inc 624 . . . . . . . . . .Micro Products Co 631 . . . . . . . . . . .Paramount Die Co 631 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WiTechs 640 . . . . . . . . . .Esteves Group USA 650 . .Bongard Machines USA LLC 652 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IBA Industrial 654 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ace Metal Inc 658 . .Ernest Koch GmbH & Co KG 658 . . . .Friedrich Krollman GmbH 658 . . . . . . . . . . .M + E Macchine + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Engineering 658 . . . . . . . . . .Morgan-Koch Corp 658 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sirio Wire Srl 664 . . . . . . .Wyrepak Industries Inc 666 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bogimac 670 . . . . . . . .Mountville Rubber Co 701 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Henkel Corp 702 . . . . . .Bergandi Machinery Co 703 . . . . . .KEIR Manufacturing Inc 705 . . . . . .Commission Brokers Inc 705 . . . . . . . . .Plymouth Wire Reels 706 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wire Lab Co 711 . . . . . . .Witels Albert USA Ltd 712 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Henrich GmbH 712 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SKET GmbH 712 . .Spirka Schnellflechter GmbH 712 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stolberger Inc . . . . .(dba Wardwell Braiding Co) 712 . . . . . . . . . . .Stolberger KMB . . . . . . . .Maschinenfabrik GmbH 713 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Amacoil Inc 715 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Heatbath Corp 717 . . .Ajex & Turner Wire Dies Co 717 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Die Quip Corp 717 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Albert Krenn 724 . . . . . .MFL USA Service Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frigerio 732 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beta LaserMike 740 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bühler GmbH 740 . . . . . . . .H. Folke Sandelin AB 740 . . . . . . . . . . . .Maschinenfabrik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Niehoff GmbH 740 . . . . . . . . .Niehoff Endex North . . . . . . . . . . .America Inc (NENA) 740 . . . . Niehoff GmbH & Co KG 740 . . . . . .Reber Systematic GmbH 740 . . . . . . . . . .Steuler Anlagenbau 749 . . .SPX Precision Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FENN Division

750 . . . . . . . . .Heany Industries Inc 752 . . . . . . . . .QED Wire Lines Inc 753 . . . . . . .Aztech Lubricants LLC 758 . . . .Traxit North America LLC 763 . . . . . . . . . . . .CM Furnaces Inc 764 . . . . . . . . .T & T Marketing Inc 765 . . .Kyocera Ind.Ceramics Corp 769 . . . . .Baum’s Castorine Co Inc 770 . . . .All Forming Machinery Inc 771 . . .Hafner & Krullmann GmbH 806 . . . . . . . . .Gem Gravure Co Inc 812 . . . . . . . . . . . .American Kuhne 812 . . . . . . . . .AW Machinery LLC 849 . . . . . . . .Ito-Sin (Deyang) Wire . . . . . .& Cable Equipment Co Ltd 850 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Reel-O-Matic 850 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tulsa Power Inc 858 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gauder & Co 858 . . . . . . . . . . .Gauder Group Inc 858 . . . . . . . . . .Mapre Belgium SA 858 . . . . . .Pourtier - Gauder Group 858 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Setic SAS 863 . . .Beijing Holland Trading Co 864 . . . . . . . . . .Fortune Machinery 864 . . . . . .Gavlick Machinery Corp 864 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .UMC 870 . . . . . . . . .Boockmann GmbH/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Slover Group 901 . . . . . . . .Clinton Instrument Co 902 . . .wire 2012/Messe Düsseldorf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .North America 903 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fil-Tec Inc 906 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maillefer SA 912 . . . . .Clifford Welding Systems 912 . . . . .IDEAL Welding Systems 912 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ideal-Werk 924 . . . . .Sonoco Reels and Spools 932 . . . . . .Wafios Machinery Corp 940 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Genca 940 . . . . . .Canterbury Engineering 950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Filtertech Inc 952 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Flymca 952 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Flyro 958 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .UPCAST OY 964 . . . . .Pittsburg Carbide Die Co 966 . . .Deyang Dongfang Zhouyue . . . . . .Electrotechnical Equipment 970 . . . . . . . . . . . .Collins & Jewell 1001 . . . .Mathiasen Machinery Inc 1003 .Engineered Machinery Group

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1003 . . . . . . . . . . . .JMS Machinery 1014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AIM Inc 1024 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hall Industries 1024 . . . . .MGS Manufacturing Inc 1024 . . . . . . . . . . .The MGS Group . . . . . . .(MGS-Hall-Northampton) 1024 . . . . .Northampton Machinery 1032 . . . . . . . . . .NUMALLIANCE 1040 . . . . . .Cable Consultants Corp 1040 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gimax SRL 1040 . . . . . . . . . .V. Hagen & Funke 1049 . .Woodburn Diamond Die Inc 1050 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Inosym 1050 . . . . . . . . . . . .Proton Products 1050 . .Weber & Scher Mfg. Co Inc 1053 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Teknikor 1057 . . . . . . .Sjogren Industries Inc 1058 . . . . . . . .Davis-Standard LLC 1058 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Merritt Davis 1063 .ICE Wire Line Equipment Inc 1064 . . . . . . . . . . . . .LaserLinc Inc 1065 . . . .Pittsfield Plastics Eng. Inc 1069 . .Deyang Hongguang Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . Equipments Co, Ltd 1163 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fabritex Inc 1164 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Skaltek Inc 1170 . . . . . . .Fuhr GmbH & Co KG 1173 . . . . . . . . . . .ASMAG UK Ltd 1314 . . . .Italian Trade Commission 1328 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rizzardi 1328 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SAMP SpA 1328 . . . . . . . . . . . .SAMP USA Inc 1328 . . . . . . . . . . .SAMPSISTEMI 1340 . . . . .Domeks Makine Ltd Sti 1350 .Comapac Wire Machinery srl 1350 .Dem Costruzioni Speciali srl 1350 . . . . . . . .GCR Eurodraw SpA 1358 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cometo SNC 1358 . . . . . .EJP Maschinen GmbH 1358 . . . . .H端ttner Maschinenfabrik 1358 . . . . . . . . . . . . .IWE Spools & . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Handling GmbH 1358 . . . . . . . . . .Kieselstein GmbH 1358 . . . . . . .Schunk Graphite Tech 1358 . .STAKU-Anlagenbau GmbH 1358 . . .Wire Machine Systems Inc 1502 . . . . . . . . . . .Daloo Machinery 1503 . . . . . .Frontier Composites & . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Castings Inc 1506 . . . . . . . .Queins & Co GmbH

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1512 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Schlatter Inc 1512 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stema/Pedax 1524 . . . . . . . . . . . .Carris Reels Inc 1532 . . . . .Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc 1540 . . . . .Zumbach Electronic AG 1540 . . .Zumbach Electronics Corp 1550 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Condat Corp 1556 . .Niagara Composites Ind. Inc 1562 . . . .WCISA - Wire and Cable . . .Industry Suppliers Association 1562 . . . .Wire & Cable Technology .................International 1562 . . . .Wire Forming Technology 1601 . . . .Breen Color Concentrates 1602 . . . . . . . . . .Jouhsen-Bundgens 1612 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ACM-KSM 1612 . . . . . .Bock GmbH & Co KG 1612 . . . . . . . . . . . . .GMP-Slovakia 1612 . . . . . . .Howar Equipment Inc 1612 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Metavan NV 1612 . . . . . . . . . . . .Plasmait GmbH 1612 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .UNITEK 1612 . . . . .WTC (Wire Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Machinery) 1649 . . . . . . . . . . . . .CJI Group Ltd 1650 . . . . . . . . . . . .Rautomead Ltd 1655 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Promostar srl 1656 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OMA SRL 1656 . . . . . . . . . . . .OMA USA Inc 1661 . . . . . . . . .Ebner Furnaces Inc 1663 . . . . . .US Synthetic Wire Die 1706 . . .Filtration Systems Products 1706 . . . . . . . . . .RichardsApex Inc 1712 . . . . .Pave Automation Design 1723 . . . . . .Fine International Corp 1723 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hefei Smarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Technology Co 1723 . . . . . . . . . .Shanghai Nanyang . . . . . . . .Electrical Equipment Co 1731 . . . .Wire & Plastic Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Corporation 1739 . . . . . . .Cortinovis Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .America Inc 1739 . . .Cortinovis Machinery SpA 1739 . . . . . . . . . .Eurolls Group Srl 1739 . . . . . . .Sictra Srl, A Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .of Cortinovis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Machinery SpA 1739 . . . . . . . .Team Meccanica Srl 1739 . . .Teurema Mecnica Europea . . . . . . . . . . . . .de Maquinaria SL

1739 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vitari SpA 1749 . .Rainbow Rubber & Plastics 1750 . . . .Troester GmbH & Co KG 1750 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Paul Troester . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maschinenfabrik 1756 . . . . . .OMCG North America 1756 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OMCG SpA 1801 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cemanco LC 1802 . . . . . . . .Agape Industrial Inc 1803 . . . .Golden Spot Industry Inc 1806 . . . . . . . . .EuroWire Magazine 1806 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Intras Ltd 1806 .Wire & Cable Asia Magazine 1808 . . . .IWMA International Wire . . . . . . .& Machinery Association 1812 . . .Pioneer Machinery Co Ltd 1812 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SIMPACKS 1812 . . . . . . . . .Ya Sih Technology 1820 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NPP Katel. . . . . . . . .Electromechanica LLC 1824 . . . . . . . . . . . .Enkotec Co Inc 1834 . . . . .Continuus-Properzi SpA 1834 . . . .Properzi International Inc 1840 . . . . . . . . .Amaral Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Associates 1840 . .Pressure Welding Machines 1840 . . . . .Yield Management Corp 1850 . . . . . . . . . . .FIB Belgium SA 1856 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PrintSafe 1860 . . . . . . . . . . .Lamnea Bruk AB 1862 . . . . . . . . . .Enercon Industries 1901 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PolyOne 1906 . . . . . . . . . . .Chemetall Oakite 1908 . . . . . . . . . .Bartell Machinery . .Systems LLC/Ceeco Machinery 1912 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Radyne Corp 1916 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MAGPOWR 1918 . . . . . .Plastic Equipment LLC 1918 . .Woywod GmbH/Plasticolor 1918 . . . . . . . . . . . .Tips & Dies Inc 1924 . . . . . . . .Roteq Machinery Inc 1932 . . . . . .W. Gillies Technologies 1932 . . . . . . . .Lloyd & Bouvier Inc 1940 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hearl Heaton 1940 . . . . . . . .J.J. Lowe Associates 1940 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Windak Inc 1949 . . . . . . . . . .Balloffet Die Corp 1950 . . . . . . . . .Candor Sweden AB 1950 . . . . . . . . . . . .Donnelly Reels 1950 . . . . . . . . . .Kinrei of America

2142 . . . . . . .HMP Heinrich Muller . . . . . . . .Maschinenfabrik GmbH 2148 . . . . . . . . . .Butt Welders USA 2152 . . . . . . . .Coats North America 2156 . .Conductix Delachaux Group 2160 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Redex SA

Exhibit Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAI Connection . . . . . . . . . . .The Wire Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . International, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .WIRE BULLETIN . . . . . . .Wire Journal International

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1950 . . . . . . . . . . . .Donnelly Reels 1950 . . . . . . . . . .Kinrei of America 1950 .Kinrei Machinery Co (Japan) 1950 . . . . . .Kopilowitz Engineering 1950 . . . . . . . . . .Sudhir Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobbins India 1950 . . . . . . . . . .Watson Machinery 1956 . . . . . . . . . . .Zeus Techno Inc 2011 . . . . . .Precision Die Tech. Inc 2012 . . . . . . . . . .Chase Coating and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laminating 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .InnoVites 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cimteq 2016 . . . . . . .NTB Hitech Ceramics 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SmartReels 2018A . . .Shanghai Shenchen Wire . . . . . .& Cable Equipment Co Ltd 2018B . . . . . . . . .Shanxi Tianxiang . . . . . . . . . . . . .Machinery Co Ltd 2024 . . . . . . . . .Power Sonics LLC/ . . . . . . . . . . . .Magnus Equipment 2032 . . . . . . . . . . . .Dynamex Corp 2032 . . . . . . . . . . .RG Attachments 2034 .Guill Tool & Engineering Co 2050 . . . . . . . . . . . . .P/A Industries 2051 . . . . . . . . . .Axjo America Inc 2056 . . . . . . .Tensor Machinery Ltd 2059 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SunWyre Inc 2060 . . . . . . . . .Ravni Technologies 2061 . . . . . . . .Calmec Precision Inc 2111 . . . . . .Cary Compounds LLC 2113 . . . .Videojet Technologies Inc 2114 . . . . .Rockford Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Group FELM 2116 . . .GH Induction Atmospheres 2117B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Unitrading . . . . . . . . . . . .(LianYunGang) Ltd 2118 . . . . . .Macromeric, a division . . . . . . . . . . . . .of Saco Polymers 2118 . . . . . . . . . .Saco Polymers Inc 2120 . . . . . . . .Sanxin Wire Die Inc 2124 . . . . .Mossberg Associates Inc 2126 . . . .Thermoplastics Eng. Corp 2130 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joe-Tools 2131 . . . . . .Dixie Converting Corp 2132 . .Hudson Color Concentrates 2133 . . . .Dalian Tongda Equipment . . . .Technology Development Co 2134 . .Besel Basim San Tic Ltd Sti. 2136 Heacock Metal & Machine Co 2140 . . . . . . . . . . .Premier Wire Die

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Exhibits: the return to Atlanta Interwire returns to the Georgia World Congress Center with well over 400 exhibiting companies showcasing machinery, equipment and services. This time, however, the event will be located at a different site in the GWCC. Previously, the event was located in Building B, This time, it will be in Building A. Also, there will not be shuttle buses.

The exhibits will be open from 10 am to 5 pm on Tuesday, May 3, and Wednesday, May 4, and from 10 am to 3 pm on Thursday, May 5. For the most up-to-date info, go to www.wirenet.org, and at the event, look for the Official Program.

A. Appiani Tel. 39-030-938-0253 Fax 39-030-938-2425 www.appiani.reels.it info@appiani.reels.it Italy Booth 424

Exhibiting: A leading manufacturer of reels since 1962, A. Appiani will demonstrate their engineering capabilities by exhibiting a comprehensive selection of structural and corrugated flanged reels for cable, rope and strands; single- and double-flange pressed steel reels; composite reels; solid-flange and double-flange processing reels, machined and dynamically balanced; spools for steel cord and saw-wire applications; and steel pallets. In addition, a complementary line of take-apart reels (hydraulic, mechanic, pneumatic), tilting units, steel baskets and machinery for spool reconditioning is also available. A. Appiani, represented in North America by Lesmo Machinery America, Inc., has a world-wide presence in the manufacture of standard and custom built steel reels according to DIN specifications or to customer requirements.

Personnel: Davide Rebessi, Allan Brown, Harish Panchal Ace Metal Incorporated Tel. 610-623-2204 fax 610-623-2268 acemetalinc.com sales@acemetalinc.com

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USA Booth 654 Exhibiting: Ace Metal will display its full line of metal spools ranging from a 6 in. flange diameter to 12.75 in. flange diameter as well as tire-cord spools, fiber optic spools and saw wire spools.

Our products are used in the ferrous and nonferrous wire industries for both fine wire and stranded wire. They are built for either lightweight single shipping spools or heavy internal spools.

Also, showing our line of tubular wire carriers.

Personnel: Richard Medoff, Gerri Medoff, Charles Zobel.

ACM AB Tel. 46-708-292-715 www.acmab.com stefan@acmab.com Sweden Booth 1612

partments to track the efficiency of products or equipment with its sophisticated database, graphing, trending capabilities and analysis of data. Customers are invited to bring samples to the show so that they may experience the innovative measurement system first-hand.

Special: Working KSM insulation slicing and off-line measuring equipment showcasing the computer based trending and analysis program.

Personnel: Stefan Askenfors, Willy Hauer.

AFL Booth 550 Agape Industrial Inc. Booth 1802 AIM Inc. Tel. 630-458-0008 fax 630-458-0730 www.aimmachines.com cg@aimmachines.com USA Booth 1014

Exhibiting: Tools designed to save insulation compound usage and $$$ by means of 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 de-

Exhibiting: AIM will be presenting the newest innovation in wire bending: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Synchro-Benderâ&#x20AC;?! Upgraded 2D and 3D CNC wire-bending solutions, single and double-bending head machines with Fanuc robotics and complete au-

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New approach, options for Interwire 2011 exhibitors The WAI has turned to electronic technology to offer more options for attendees who want to decide which exhibitors to visit and for exhibitors to offer those potential customers more reasons to visit them. The interactive Expocad floorplan makes it easier for attendees to make a premlinary “virtual visit”of exhibitors by products while Interwire 2011 exhibitors now have four new optional ways to provide potential customers with even more information that will be seen on-line and at kiosks at the trade show.

Just go to www.wirenet.org and click on either “attendee information” or “exhibitor information” and then on the box that says “Interactive floor plan.” The page opens to multiple ways to view the show floor, and is simple to explore.

Each contracted exhibitor appears on the floor plan with its company name, booth number, address and product categories. The four optional elements are: • Co-exhibitors inclusion: up to five coexhibitors can be added to an interactive booth.

• Website link: an exhibitor’s company website can be linked directly into its booth information, allowing visitors immediate access to its on-line site.

• Full exhibitor listing: Includes all of the above, plus a main contact with e-mail address and a company profile.

The images at the right show what the information looks like for the Eurolls Group, one of the first companies to choose the options.

The WAI also offers other ways for exhibitors to get more exposure, including banner ads and sponsorships. For more details and pricing, contact WAI’s sales department at sales@wirenet.org.

tomated systems. Completely automated work cell solutions that take wire from coil, form, weld and systematically arrange finished parts. In all instances, wire can be fed directly from a coil, straightened, bent and cut using a software package that provides flexi-

bility and simplicity in programming.”

Special: New updated Synchro bender technology in the CNC bending arena provides the most flexible and capable automatic bending tool. Along with new software, computer graphics animation ma

kes programming a fun task!

Personnel: Gus Goudis, Ken Gehrke, Tom Christofilis.

Ajex & Turner Wire Dies Co. Tel. 91-11-27427994/995/996 Fax 91-11-27452640, 23940226

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www.ajexturner.com sales@ajexturner.com India Booth 717

Exhibiting: For day-to-day polishing of dies and moulds of hardened steel, carbide and diamond dies or other metal, Ajex has developed unique quality of paste, which can be stored in any temperature and the shelf life is more than 25 years. The micron diamond powder is also very much unique in quality for higher finish. We also make different types of diamond tools since 1986, which was developed by De Beers-UK. The quality of the diamond files, angular pins, ID and OD wheels in diamond and CBN are very much appreciated globally. We also make die checking pins.

All Forming Machinery, Inc. Tel. 702-345-2316 Fax 406-994-0009 www.allforming.com allforming@aol.com USA Booth 770 Exhibiting: All Forming Machinery specializes in all types of new and pre-owned wire and strip forming machinery, offering a complete line of new equipment: CNC spring coilers, CNC wire formers, 2D and 3D CNC wire benders, spring grinders, power payoffs, custom built machines, automation systems for all industries.

Pre-owned customer surplus equipment: fourslides, multislides, CNC wire benders, wire straighteners and cutoffs, spring coilers, CNC wire formers. Also, displaying photos and videos of new and pre-owned equipment.

Special: Specializing in all types of turn-key applications, designing and building automated systems for all types of industries, either stand-alone stations or complete systems.

Personnel: Jim DeCarolis.

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Amacoil, Inc. Tel. 610-485-8300 Fax 610-485-2357 www.amacoil.com amacoil@amacoil.com USA Booth 713

Exhibiting: Amacoil will exhibit Uhing rolling ring traverse winding drives designed for level winding a wide range of materials from hair-thin fiber to heavy-gauge wire, rope and chain. Working models will be featured. Technical personnel will be on hand for discussion and questions.

Also on display: EasyLock shaft clamps, an FA flange sensor system, and a GS guide system for wire takeups. Uhing traverses are rugged, durable and offer variable pitch, automatic reversal and low maintenance.

Personnel: Bob Eisele, Wolfgang Weber.

Amaral Automation Associates Tel. 401-405-0755 fax 401-405-0757 www.amaralautomation.com insidesales@amaralautomation.com USA Booth 1840 Exhibiting: Amaral Automation is the North American Distributor for PWM, manufacturer of cold-pressure welders and dies. Known for their robustness, PWM welders can handle fine wire (.0031 in.) 0.08 mm to rod (1.131 in.)

30.0 mm. Round, profiles, tapes and segments can all be welded with PWM welders. Amaral Automation is also the North American Distributor for Subec AB, manufacturer of guide rollers, straighteners, custom wire handling equipment, ceramics, wheels and sheaves. Amaral Automation is the Northeast sales representative for Bardac Drives, B&H Tool Company, Industrial Indexing Systems (IIS), Maag Automatik, Powertec Motors, RS Powdertech, Rosendahl/Nextrom, Staco Energy, Teknikor, TSM Control Systems, Tulsa Power, W. Gillies Technologies, Yield Management, and

Zumbach Electronics. Amaral Automation supplies crossheads, melt pumps, screen changers, talc machines, turnkey extrusion systems, blending, color feeding and material handling, payoff, take-up, taping and process equipment, contact and ink-jet printers, braiders, broken strand or tape detectors, diameter and wall gauging, surface flaw, lump and neck down detection, length counting, servo systems and power conditioners, AC/DC drives, controls and motors. We also provide expert service technicians, installations, and engineering services. Amaral Automation is the source for all your wire manufacturing needs.

Special: On display, an EP500 rod welder that is PLC controlled for semiautomatic operation. Also, a material blender with a patended auger system.

Personnel: Rick Amaral, Joe Snee, Steve Mepsted, Carole Cole.

American Kuhne, Inc. Booth 812 Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-335-389-3600 Fax 86-335-387-0760 www.anbao.com anbao@anbao.com China Booth 571 Exhibiting: We are specialized exporters of various kinds of wire and mesh products: steel wire, galvanized wire, Galfan wire, PVC-coated wire, stainless steel wire, ultra fine stainless steel wire, wires for cable armoring, ACSR wire and strands, wires for scourers, hook and eye wire, stitching wire, baling wire, spring wire, duct wire, vineyard wire, barbed wire, razor wire, shaped metal wire and bars, metallic mesh, gabion box, conveyor wire belt, knitted mesh and demister and fillings.

Personnel: B.J. Hur. Anhui Changjiang Jinggong Wire & Cable Machinery Co. Tel. 86-564-363-4718 Fax 86-5643634-718 www.ahcjcm.com evelynhu@ahcjcm.com

Asmag UK Ltd. Tel. 44-1388-748459 Fax 44-1388-748459 www.asmaguk.com info@asmaguk.com UK Booth 1173 Exhibiting: Asmag UK will be available to discuss all aspects of wire flattening and shaping, for both ferrous and nonferrous materials. We will also be available to discuss wiredrawing equipment and associated ancillaries, machine refurbishment and the supply of OEM spare parts for all types of wire production equipment.

Special: We are always willing to discuss any special requirements that customers may havefor new projects.

Personnel: David Liddle, Gary Elsbury.

AW Machinery LLC Tel. 973-882-3223 Fax 973-882-3210 www.awmachinery.com awm@awmachinery.com USA Booth 812 Exhibiting: A 60 in. single reel takeup machine; a tension brake machine with tension readout; a medium product dancer for payoff and take-up; a high-speed retractable cooling trough; a dual-reel buncher payoff; banners showing a variety of photos of wire and cable extruders and machines; product brochures, etc.

Special: An American Kuhne 2.5”, 24:1 l/d “cut-away” extruder which provides easy viewing of all the unique features and benefits of the machine's design.

Personnel: Art Watson, Ed Gener, Robert Prunchak, Dave Citron, Doug Johnson, Gerry Knab.

AXIS, a Consona ERP Solution Tel. 800-370-2947 ron.greco@consona.com USA Booth 603

Exhibiting: AXIS is a leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for the metals, wire and cable industries. AXIOM ERP is a comprehensive solution capable of improving the performance of all key aspects of the metals, wire and cable business, including sales, scheduling, production, quality, and financial management.In addition, rhe AXIOM ERP solution has the specialized functionality that metals, wire and cable companies need to address teveryday business challenges.

Personnel: John Kearns.

Axjo America Inc. Tel. 828-322-2292 fax 828-322-1716 www.axjo.s info@axjo.se USA Booth 2051 Exhibiting: Axjo America provides the American cable industry with injection-molded spools, reels and drums.

All products are based on environmentally friendly compounds, are weather resistant and have perfect tolerances.

Visit us at Interwire and www.axjo.se to explore more advantages of Axjo products.

Personnel: Jacob Nilsson, Henrik Petersson.

Aztech Lubricants LLC Tel. 405-310-0034 fax 866-251-0666 www.aztechlube.com janderson@aztechlube.co USA Booth 753 Exhibiting: Aztech Lubricants LLC offers a full line of drawing powders, drawing oils, precoats, borax-free products, cleaners and ship-out oils, all manufactured at our new facility in Wayne, Oklahoma.

Personnel: Jonathan Anderson, Michael Colvin, Jack Hall, Joan Pala, Fredy Quintana, Keith Corvin.

USA Booth 620 Exhibiting: Come see our new spiral deflector for our smallest adjustable center crosshead: the BH25. It reduces the internal volume in the industry’s already smallest crosshead. Insulated fine wire manufacturers love it.

Personnel: Peter Neville.

Baicheng Fujia Mechanical Manufacture Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-436-329-7000 Fax 86-436-323-6183 www.bcfjmm.com sales@xlem.com; oscarliu@xlem.com China Booth 211B Exhibiting: We are specialized CV line manufacturer (35kV CCV line, 132kV CCV line, 500kV CCV line and sheathing lines) that can design CV line projects according to cus-

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WET WIRE? Try Frontiersman Air Wipes Frontiersman Air Wipes dry quietly with minimum compressed air. With replaceable, wear resistant ceramic inserts, the Frontiersman Air Wipes last longer.

We also manufacture ceramic guides and components.

KEIR Manufacturing, Inc. Tel: +1 828.885.8444 U.S.: 800.992.2402 Fax: +1 828.884.7494 USA Email: Sales@KEIRmfg.com

www.KEIRmfg.com Your Specs! Fast, Personal Service and Great Value!

B&H Tool Company Tel. 760-471-8949 fax 760-471-4979 www.bhtool.com pneville@bhtool.com

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China/USA Booth 305B Exhibiting: We’ll show our main products, which include various types of stranding machines, laying-up machines, rod drawing machines and relevant auxiliary equipment.

Personnel: Evelyn Hu.

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Bartell Machinery Systems LLC (See Ceeco Bartell.)

tomers’ workshop state and requirement. Occupying more than 50% of China’s market in recent years and exporting products to many foreign countries.

Personnel: Oscar Liu.

Baum’s Castorine Co., Inc. Tel. 315-336-8154 fax 315-336-3854 www.baumscastorine.com sales@baumscastorine.com USA Booth 769

Balloffet Die Corporation Tel. 915-592-5252 fax 915-592-8585 www.balloffetdie.com France/USA Booth1949 Exhibiting: Balloffet provides wiredrawing dies in natural diamond or PCD, compacting dies, shaped dies for various profiles, diamond-tipped guides and dies for extruding wire or cable, and equipment to repair and service diamond dies and special micro-pierced products.

Personnel: Richard Barthod.

Exhibiting: Baum’s will display and discuss its latest products for the drawing, annealing, stranding, and armoring of both ferrous and nonferrous wire.

Also available are various products for machine lubrication.

Personnel: Paul Berger, Rick Cardinal.

Bao Zhang Galv. Iron Wire Co. Booth 403

Beijing Holland Tech Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-10-68032755 Fax 86-10-68032878 www.bjholland.com webmaster@bjholland.com China Booth 863 Exhibiting: Upward casting machines, copper continuous extrusion machines, enamelling machines, CTC machines, drawing machines, paper taping machines, wire bunching machines, stranding machines, coiling machines, cabling machines, annealing machines.

Personnel: River Qi, Cheng Zhipeng, Yang Zhiguo.

Bekaert Engineering Booth 351 Beneke Wire Company Tel. 502-367-6434 fax 502-363-1837 www.benekewire.com bwc@benekewire.com USA Booth 153

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North America: FMS USA, Inc. 2155 Stonington Avenue • Suite 119 Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 Tel 847 519 4400 Fax 847 519 4401

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World Headquarters: FMS Force Measuring Systems AG Aspstrasse 6 8154 Oberglatt (Switzerland) Phone ++41 44 852 80 80 Fax ++41 44 850 60 06

Bergandi Machinery Co., Inc. Tel. 951-361-8000 fax 951-361-8050 www.bergandi.com info@bergandi.com; sales@bergandi.com USA Booth 702 Exhibiting: Bergandi Machinery has an over 80-year manufacturing history of developing machinery for the wire industry, through innovation, utilization of technology and design. Its latest equipment line includes: chainlink weavers, concertina razor barbed tape, barbed wire, extrusion lines and structural concrete insulated panel fabrication equipment at www.bergandi.com.

Special: We are prepared to help you with purchasing, set-up and getting your wire industry equipment up and running quickly. Support and technical assistance is also available for all our products.

Personnel: Scott Barsotti, Greg Jendreas, William Rodriguez.

Besel Basim San. Tic. Ltd. Sti. Tel. 90-282-681-8540 Fax 90-282-681-8539 www.beselfoil.com info@beselfoil.com Turkey Booth 2134 Exhibiting: Besel Group has been a leading producer and converter of flexible materials for technical applications since 1975. We process 800 tons of films, foils and tapes every month at our site located on 42,000 square meters. With our ISO 9001 certified quality system, experienced and skilled

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Exhibiting: Beneke manufactures round and hex drawn aluminum wire and rod utilizing heat treatable and nonheat treatable aluminum alloys.

Special finishes that improve tooling, formability and efficiencies are available that can decrease or eliminate unacceptable parts or sorting woes. Cold heading, nuts, bolts, screws, solid, semi-tubular and tubular rivets, escomatic wire, screw machine stock, straight lengths, bar stock, fence and carabiners are just a few items for sectors such as automotive, aerospace, marine, apparel, building and construction.

Special: Beneke size range in aluminum wire and rod round in coil: .0625 in. to .875 in. dia. round in s/l: .125 in. to .6875 in. dia. hex in coil:

.177 in. to .625 in. dia. hex in S/L: .1875 in. to .5625 in. dia.

Personnel: J. David Beneke, Kenneth Downs, David Sledge, Michael J. Beneke, Kevin Shartzer, William Turner.

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staff and energetic management team, we try our best to be ideal partners for our customers.

Personnel: Serpil Yilmaz, Alper Toker.

Beta LaserMike Tel. 937-233-9935 Ffax 937-233-7284 www.betalasermike.com jay.luis@betalasermike.com USA Booth 732

Exhibiting: Beta LaserMike exhibits the latest non-contact measurement and control solutions for wire and cable manufacturing. Precision systems include the new CenterScan 2010 eccentricity measurement gauge, LaserSpeed length and speed encoder, AccuScan diameter gauge, BenchMike off-line dimensional measurement system, LN detector lump and neckdown system, spark testers, wire pre-heating systems, CapScan capacitance measurement system, SRL Pro on-line structural return loss prediction system, and DataPro process controller and data management system, to name a few.

Special: Beta LaserMike’s CenterScan 2010 measurement system precisely determines the location of the conductor and insulated wire. It provides eccentricity, diameter, and ovality measurements, as well as detects product flaws. Reliably measures diameters from 0.1 to 10 mm (0.004 to .40 in). Accuracy is +/-0.0005 mm (+/-0.000020 in.).

Personnel: Bob Stockholm, Ethem Erdas, Carl Incao, Stuart Manser, Mike Cooley, Brad Robillard, Victor Muniz, Ken Wright, Jay Luis, Todd Hudson, Gerry Knab, Ted Niezyniecki.

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Blachford Corporation Tel. 815-464-2100 www.blachford.com gwoods@blachford.ca USA Booth 406 Exhibiting: Blachford Corporation is a U.S.-based producer of technically advanced dry and wet lubricants. The Blachford “Chemdraw” trademark has been a consistent and recognizable symbol of value for decades. Blachford is a leader in the research and development of technically advanced dry and wet wire lubricants. We have developed industry leading lubricants and surface active chemicals for the welding wire, spring wire, steel cord and tire bead wire markets.

Personnel: Gary Woods, Dan Howard, Matthew Messner, Art Williams.

Bock Maschinenfabrik GMbH Tel. 49-23-515-2133 www.bock-mf.de sales@bock-mf.de Germany Booth 1612 Exhibiting: Wire pointers and string up equipment from hand-operated to heavy-duty powered units will be on display. Bock manufactures durable precision wire pointers for the aid of die string-ups that are designed to operate easily with no maintenance.

Precise and special hardened alloy pointing rollers are designed for long life without finning of wires. Complete line also includes additional wire feeders and straightening equipment which can aid in setting up wiredrawing machines.

Personnel: Karsten Bock, Chris Hauer. bogimac Tel. 32-2-27242-02 Fax 32-2-27242-01 www.bogimac.com pvbg@bogimac.com Belgium Booth 666

Exhibiting: bogimac manufactures test equipment for dynamic material fatigue testing of wire, cable and rope

materials on bending, compression, tension, torsion and combined loads.

We provide reliable and high-performance test equipment to the mechanical labs of world-class material providers in the cable, wire and rope industry. “Early Warning” functionalities monitor and stop the test to enable observation of initial material degradation. Our dedication goes to “Empower Your Product Innovation and Quality.”

Special: Special mechanical lab equipment for high dynamic fatigue testing of cable, wire and rope; Bend-Rotation “Hunter,” “Stuttgart” and “Universal”; for wire and cord, Bend-over-Sheave “Shoeshine”; for wire, cord and rope, torsion testing of spring wire, Wear “Endless,” “Striker,” and “Slip”; testing of materials and coatings; sample clamp for wire, cord and rope; sample preparation, dynaLyse PC test aquisition, analysis and reporting software.

Personnel: Philippe van Bogaert.

Bongard Machines USA LLC Booth 650 Boockmann GmbH/Slover Group Tel. 49-9708-70460 Fax 49-9708-571 www.boockmann.com info@boockmann.com Germany Booth 870

Exhibiting: Boockmann GmbH’s HELICORD technology for purely mechanical wire and cable surface treatment. Chemical treatments can be eliminated by substituting 360° contact by various types of cord, under tension, with which dry or solvent-supported cleaning, grinding and polishing can be effected. Special impregnated cords can apply lubricants, slip-aids, stripaids, feed-aids, corrosion inhibitors and other additives. Depending on the specific application, the process may consist of one or two separate steps. A

Personnel: Alain Hawaux, JeanBaptiste Patain.

Bow Technology/Gauder Group Tel. 336-856-8176 fax 336-856-8117 www.bowtechnology.com bowtechnology@gaudergroup.com USA Booth 858 Exhibiting: Bow Technology by Gauder Group provides high-technology bows for all brands of rotating machines. The dedicated team performs comparative studies, trials, customization and upgrade of obsolete designs to get a higher level of performance and extended lifetime of the equipment. Its know-how is based on Seticâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 60 years of experience as a rotating machines manufacturer. The result? Bow Technology designs and manufactures bows for all types and brands of machines (more than 500 to date), including specifically customized bows for more than 25 well-known brands, such as Setic, Pourtier and other machine manufacturers.

Brookfield Wire Co. Tel. 508-867-6474 fax 508-867-2579 www.brookfieldwire.com wlussier@brookfieldwire.com USA Booth 250 Exhibiting: Brookfield is a leading manufacturer of fine diameter stainless steel and nickel alloy round and flat wire. Our materials are DFARS-compliant, with one of the largest inventories available in the marketplace. With an active ISO certification system in place, you can be assured of our commitment to meeting your needs and requirements.

Personnel: Wayne Lussier, Leonard Defino.

Breen Color Concentrates Tel. 866-99-breen fax 609-397-2551 www.breencolor.com lparent@breencolor.com USA Booth 1601 Exhibiting: Color concentrates and additives for the wire and cable industry: PVC, PE, EVA, TPE/TPU and FEP/ETFE, Personnel: Tom Taylor, Lori Parent, Dave Campbell, Eric Kalis, Kurt Minnick.

Buhler GmbH/Buhler USA Tel. 49-7231-7755-70 Fax 49-7231-7755-54 www.buehler-wuerz.de www.buhler-usa.com info@buehler-wuerz.de

Germany/USA Booth 740 Exhibiting: Buhler specializes in coldrolling mills for wire and strip. Steel application can be covered as well as nonferrous alloys like magnet wire.

The main focus of our business is strip and wire technology, the precious metal industry, e.g., mints, and various special applications like PV ribbon for the solar industry. Our mills produce flat and rectangular wire as well as profile shapes.

Special: Flat and profile wire mills, wire reduction mills, strip rolling mills, special machinery for FCW wire application, manufacturing of PV ribbon.

Personnel: Stefan Nixdorf, Ralph Buerkle.

Buttwelders USA Inc. Tel. 321-363-4916 fax 321-363-4917 www.buttweldersusa.com sales@buttweldersusa.com USA Booth 2148 Exhibiting: Buttwelders USA will display its new line of welders that range from .010 in. to .625 in. (.25 mm to 16 mm). Our products are used on ferrous and nonferrous wire. Also, displaying reconditioned welders, hand rollpointers, photos of new spoolers and respoolers and custom motorcycle rims. We also have a large inventory of used wire-related machines.

Personnel: Steven Tomko, Paul Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Addario.

Bytewise Measurement Systems Tel. 706-323-5142 fax 706-323-0178 www.bytewise.com

4716 Speedway Dr., Fort Wayne, IN 46825 U.S.A. Phone: 260.482.5001 Fax: 260.482.5977 www.pdtinc.com Email: sales@pdtinc.com

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HELICORD model, NB57, suitable for various types of one- step treatment, will be on display.

Special: A particularly interesting application of a two-step HELICORD treatment is abrasive removal of insoluble drawing lubricant residues such as sodium or calcium stearates, for example preparing wire for plating.

Although not on display at the booth, the basic principle of this is the same as in a one-step treatment.

Personnel: Gerhard Boockmann, Michaela Boockmann, Richard Slover, Vernon Clements.

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dreynolds@bytewise.com USA Booth 133

Exhibiting: Bytewise Measurement Systems will display a new profile measuring system, the Profile360, for monitoring dimensional properties of rectangular and profiled wire, including magnet wire, on-line. Measurements are done at frequencies up to 15 Hz. The Profile360 is commonly employed as a tool for quality control monitoring, process control and continuous improvement.

Special: The Profile360 uses four laser line sensors to digitize a wire profile into 4000 points which are automatically analyzed to extract key parameters such as thickness, width, corner radius, radius tangential fit and crosssectional area. Bring your samples.

Personnel: Dennis Reynolods, Jim Williams, Brad Newman.

CaballĂŠ SA Tel. 34-4601413 www.cmcaballe.es lmorancho@cmcaballe.es Spain Booth 218 Exhibiting: With over 60 years of experience in the design and manufacture of rotating machinery for the production of copper LAN, telecommunication, fiber optics, data, control and power cables as well as steel ropes, C.M. CaballĂŠ provides the cable industry with a wide array of stranding, twinning, bunching and cabling machinery. The firm is constantly developing new, high quality equipment to meet the ever-changing needs of the wire and cable industry.

Special: A new range of rigid stranders and drum twisters allows manufacturing of the following products: sector conductors (Milliken) of copper/aluminum for high and extra-high voltage insulated conductors and aluminum (AAAC, ACSR, etc.) aerial conductors with round or trapezoidal wires.

Personnel: Patrick Carney, Luis Morancho, Alfredo Torres.

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Cable Consultants Corp. (CCC) Tel. 914-834-8865 fax 914-834-8903 www.cableconsultantscorp.com dstein@cableconsultantscorp.com USA Booth 1040 Exhibiting: CCC represents technology from well-known European companies that collectively include the latest solutions for a wide range of wire and cable production. It has seven North American representatives.

Special. The Primary Wire Wipe (PWW) employs a novel principle: The wire to be cleaned passes between two strips of absorbing material which move in opposite directions laterally so that a clean surface is continuously presented to the wire. The PWW is designed to remove all visible dust and excessive oil/lubricant from the wire, thereby considerably improving the quality of the insulation bond, reducing the number of spark faults and increasing preheater sheave life. It is an economical, low-maintenance, environmentally friendly alternative to expensive aqueous or ultrasonic wire cleaning systems. The PWW is suitable for wiping bare, tinned or plated nonferrous wire or strand from 18 to 30 AWG at line speeds compatible with modern extruder lines. Stop by our booth to learn more.

Personnel: David Stein, Fred Hardy, Rita Hardy, Mary Arend.

Calmec Precision Limited Tel. 905-677-7976 Fax 905-677-4766 www.calmec.net paul@mcmropes.com Canada Booth 2061 Exhibiting: Displaying interlock armoring machines, taping machines and all associated ancillary equipment.

Special: Displaying a new and improved interlock armoring process.

Personnel: Marc Fitzner, Paul McMillen, Paula Chute, Brenda McMillen.

Candor Sweden AB Tel. 46-11-21-75 00 www.candorsweden.com info@candorsweden.com Sweden Booth 1950

Exhibiting: For more than 40 years, Candor Sweden AB has supplied highquality and innovative cleaning and plating plants for wire all over the world. Its main products are cleaning of wire after drawing with a Candojet hot-water unit; multi wire cleaning inline with annealing; copper coating plants for welding wires; high-speed, single-wire plating plants; and nickel plating on stainless steel wires. The company has a unique combination of equipment and chemical know-how.

For more than 60 years, it has been a major chemistry supplier to the Scandanavian surface treatment industry.

Personnel: John Lindh, Mitch Jacobsen.

Canterbury Engineering Tel. 800-241-7650 Fax 770-454-9021 canterburyengineering.com janderson@ www.canterburyengineering.com USA Booth 940 Exhibiting: Canterbury Engineering, which has an 80,000 sq-ft manufacturing facility in Atlanta, Georgia, will display specialty extrusion screws. The company designs screws for all plastic extrusion and injection processes. It offers total refurbishing/rebuilding of all screws, barrels, and feed sections.

Displayed will be a 20-ft-high output screw along with various designs and mixing sections. A wide variety of exotic metals are available for special high-temp applications. Four HDTV monitors will show the latest screw rebuilding/manufacturing techniques along with special welding capabilities.

Personnel: Ron Latawiec, Justin Rosenbleeth, Joseph Moses, Mike Zimmerman, Jerry Anderson.

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Exhibiting: The names, Carris Reels and J. Hamelin, have become synonymous with excellence in providing reel solutions for the wire and cable industry. Customers have relied on us as the reel experts, providing creative, cost effective packages that meet their exacting and dynamic requirements. Come meet our friendly, knowledgeable sales team at booth #1524, where our impressive line of products will be on display.

Personnel: Mike Curran, Dave Ferraro, Brian Holden, Jerry Selby, Leann Sexton, Jessica Oberg, Steve Rivers,

Dale Clary, Brian Connell, Alberto Aguilar, Pat Blake, Harold Stotland.

Cary Compounds, LLC Tel. 732-274-2626 Fax 732-274-9003 www.carycompounds.com ccary@carycompounds.com USA Booth 2111 Exhibiting: Cary Compounds is an industry leader in custom compounding, offering a wide array of products including PVC, TPE, CPE and zerohalogen, to serve the communication, building and power cable industries.

Personnel: Charles Cary, Mike Zablotney, John Potter, John Murphy.

Ceeco Bartell Products/ Bartell Machinery Systems LLC Tel. 905-761-2993 fax 315-336-0947 www.ceecobartell.com sean.harrington@ceecobartell.com USA Booth 1908

Exhibiting: Ceeco Bartell will introduce its most recent innovations to its product range: a high-speed, side-loading roll form strander, up to 300 sq mm; a high-speed Orbistrand rigidstrander machine; backtwist highspeed, data cable twinning; highperformance OPGW stranders; and new high-speed strip armoring lines, with 300-sq-mm-wide coil width.

Ceeco Bartell remains a premier world supplier of rotating equipment.

Personnel: John Dudus, Don Pratt.

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USA Booth 125 Exhibiting: CEIA is a leading manufacturer and designer of medium to high-frequency induction heating generators for industrial processes of heat treatment, brazing and soldering on all types of metal parts.

Special: The Power Cube Family is a comprehensive modular line of equipment that can reduce operating costs due to high efficiency and take up less space to maximize usable square footage.

Personnel: Cody Kothera, Alessandro Franci.

Exhibiting: Central Wire manufactures a broad selection of quality wires and bar tailored to specific customer requirements. This includes stainless steel, nickel, copper, brass, bronze, zinc and resistance grades with a variety of coatings, sizes and geometries.

With strategically located facilities (10 locations with addition of rod annealing, pickling and wiredrawing operations in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) service and delivery are always prompt and reliable. Central Wire is a North American leader in stainless steel and nickel alloy wire.

Cemanco LC Tel. 954-970-3099 fax 954-970-3056 www.cemanco.com beliza@cemanco.com USA Booth 1801 Exhibiting: On display will be wire straighteners and guides, spooling traverse systems, drawing cones, rings and capstans in zirconium oxide, pulleys and sheaves in aluminum and steel hard coated with ceramic or tungsten carbide. Also offered are solid ceramic pulleys in standard sizes or custom made as well as sheaves made from a variety of plastic materials. Ceramic eyelets, rods, tubes, bow guides, etc., in aluminum oxide or zirconium oxide; large variety of standard models, custom designs available and welcome.

Special: A precision, dual laser guided, self-adjusting spooling traverse that improves winding quality by avoiding material build-up or gaps at the spool flanges that can result from spool tolerances or bending flanges.

The system is specially suitable for fine wire and also available as a compact, standalone spooler.

Personnel: Rainer Lashofer, Beliza Bermudez, Mark Votypka.

CETC No. 8 Research Institute Tel. 86-554-331-0928 Fax 86-554-331-0652 www.basuo.com.cn sfsimon@vip.sina.com China Booth 306A Exhibiting: China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) No. 8 Research Institute is a nationally owned corporation which was established in 1970 and is the biggest manufacturer of optical cable machines in China. It can supply all types of optical cable machines, such as indoor and outdoor cable, OPGW, ribbon cable and submarine cable machines.

Personnel: Shu Fusheng.

Central Wire Industries Ltd. Tel. 613-267-3752 fax 613-267-2751 www.centralwire.com tdodds@centralwire.com Canada Booth 363

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Chains Power & Machinery Technology Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-216-413-9219 Fax 86-216-413-9269 tchen0714@gmail.com China Booth 2150 Exhibiting: Chains Power & Machinery Technology Co. is a Chinese-based manufacturer that mainly specializes in wire-stranding machinery such as high-speed tubular stranders, frame stranders and planetary stranders. It will introduce quality wire and cable machinery made by its partner manufacturers in China that can fulfill any of your needs.

Personnel: James Chen.

Chase Corporation/Chase Wire & Cable Materials Tel. 781-332-0700 Fax 781-332-0702 www.chasecorp.com

drichardson@chasecorp.com USA Booth 2012 Exhibiting: Wire and cable materials that include a wide range of tape product solutions used extensively in the energy and communications markets to insulate, bind and shield wire and cable assemblies. Wire and cable tapes make a material difference for: energy products (coated textile and strand seal compound), electronics and communication cables, and building wire products. Chase Wire and Cable Materialsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; manufacturing facilities are located in Randolph, MA; Webster, MA; and Taylorsville, NC. Personnel: Adam Chase, Chris Wilson, Brad Gustavesen, Steve Navarette, Doug Herrick.

Chemetall U.S. Cold Forming Group Tel. 800-526-4473/2453 www.chemetallamericas.com jack.mcafee@chemetall.com USA Booth 1906 Exhibiting: Chemetall formulates and manufactures cleaners and descalers, phosphate conversion coatings, reactive and nonreactive lubricants, oxalate coatings, electroless copper and bronze plating and all the necessary chemistry for the ferrous and nonferrous wire industry. Along with the products Chemetall offers full service and laboratory analysis for all customers.

Special: Chemetall will be displaying its new patented electrolytic calcium phosphate chemistry for in-line wire drawing. It contains no heavy metals, generates no sludge and operates at ambient temperature. Draws as well or better than zinc phosphated wire.

Personnel: Jack McAfee, Jr., Edward Davis, Rudy Vey. Chengdu Shuhong Machinery Corp. Ltd. Tel. 86-288-368-6288 Fax 86-288-368-7099 shjxhhc@vip.sina.com China Booth 116 Exhibiting: Specialized in designing and manufacturing Cu/Al (alloy) rod continuous casting and rolling line.

Main products includes 8-46 t/h copper shaft melting furnace, wiredrawing

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machines, stranding equipment, cabling equipment, lead extruders, etc.

This equipment has been exported to more than 20 countries/areas.

Personnel: Hong Zhengguo, Zhao Qiufeng, Liu Hongyu.

China Electronics Tech. Group China Booth 306A Cimteq Ltd. Tel. 44-1978-664-215 Fax 44-1978-667-005 www.cimteq.com amanda.shehab@cimteq.com UK Booth 2015

CJI Group Ltd. Booth 1649 Clifford Welding Systems (See Ideal Welding.)

Clinton Instrument Company Tel. 860-669-7548 fax 860-669-3825 www.clintoninstrument.com support@clintoninstrument.com USA Booth 901 Exhibiting: The Clinton Instrument Company will demonstrate calibration methods for all types of spark test units, using new calibration equipment, currently under development. We invite customer feedback. We will also show the FL-20A cable fault-location unit for finding insulation defects in completed cables and Marldon airwipes for a wide range of wire line speeds.

Personnel: Woody Holland, David Carroll, Kristen Langley.

CM Furnaces Inc. Tel. 973-338-6500 Fax 973-338-1625 www.cmfurnaces.com info@cmfurnaces.com USA Booth 763

Exhibiting: Cimteq will exhibit its popular Cable Design and Cable Quotation software, a very powerful tool that can help your company design cables quickly, quote clients immediately and produce professional-looking drawings, datasheets and catalogues.

CableBuilder is characterized by its flexibility to adapt to all manufacturing environments, which eliminates expensive process re-engineering to improve your business.

Special: The new CableBuilder Enterprise software application allows both single and multi-plant organizations to significantly improve the control of their business, hence their profitability.

CableBuilder Enterprise is designed to support the complex interactions that occur both within manufacturing plants and between manufacturing plants, including the interactions with a centralized design and/or sales organization.

Personnel: Ali Shehab, Amanda Shehab.

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Exhibiting: CM will display its line of continuous-strand annealing furnaces.

They operate in temperatures from 700°C (1292°F) to 1750°C (3182°F).

Wire sizes are from 0.002"-1.00" and strip sizes from 0.100"-12". Typical materials are stainless steel, nickel alloy, titanium, brass, copper, molybdenum and tungsten. Protective atmospheres of hydrogen, nitrogen and argon. Single and multiple tube configurations are offered. CM manufactures both standard and custom units.

Personnel: Jim Neill.

CMEC International Exhibition Co. Tel. 86-108-268-6286 www.cmecexpo.com panbb@mail.cmec.com China Booth 108-2150 Exhibiting: CMEC International Exhibition Co., Ltd., a fully independent subsidiary of China National Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Corporation, is a specialized exhibition company approved by the former Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation to organize domestic and overseas exhibitions. With 50 years experience in exhibition organization and its professional personnel, it has become a well-known and highly regarded player in the exhibition business in China.

Personnel: Bingbing Pan. CN Wire Corporation/Er-Bakır™ Elektrolitik Bakır Mamulleri A Tel. 203-299-1787 Fax 203-299-0469 www.cnwire.com cnwire@cnwire.com USA Booth 240 Exhibiting: Bare, tin and nickel-plated copper wire. Ropes and bobbins.

Personnel: Nazim Kalkanci, Jay Ajro.

Coats North America Tel. 704-329-800 www.coats.com kelly.means@coats.com USA Booth 2152 Exhibiting: Coats NA can provide the ideal product for any hose application, for knitting, spiral, over-braiding or other reinforcement purpose. We can also produce marker yarns for product ID, cable lacing and SAP yarns. Substrates available: polyester nylon rayon PVA, Kevlar, Nomex. All products are available in multi-end put-ups and can be supplied either untreated for knitted and spiral applications, or dipped for braided operations.

Personnel: Kelly Means, Ryan Chappelle, Mike Todhunter, Dave Anthony.

Coding Products/A division of ITW Tel. 800-748-0525 Fax 231-258-6120 www.codingproducts.com rclark@codingproducts.com

Cogebi/Elinar Group Tel. 603-749-6896 Fax 603-749-6958 www.cogebi.com chaisson@cogebi.com USA Booth 157 Exhibiting: Cogebi/Elinar Group is a leader in flame-resistant mica tape technology. Our continued technology development is for wire/cable producers of communications, power, alarm, emergency systems and other more discrete applications. We also offer a testing and design service for our

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USA Booth 302 Exhibiting: Coding Products is a manufacturer of hot-foil tape used for indent printing information on cable jacketing/sheathing. Our hot-foil tape can be used to print information on various grades of PE and other plastics and a special high durability product is available for printing on PVC. Personnel: Rita Clark, Mike Kyro.

customers and the industry in general to help those that require finished designs to pass such tests as IEC 331, BSI6387-W and many more. For advanced appointment scheduling, e-mail chaisson@cogebi.com.

Personnel: Michael Chaisson, Henri Kantor, Jaime Manzano.

Collins & Jewell Booth 970 Comapac (See GCR Eurodraw SpA.) Cometo s.n.c.

Tel. 39-0341-263090 Fax 39-0341-260927 www.cometo.eu info@cometo-italy.com Italy Booth 412/1358

Exhibiting: On display will be an extensive product line of feeders, rotating dies, traversing units, wire straighteners, wire guides and rollers. Cometo wire handling equipment can meet the most critical demand of wire straightening, guiding and feeding requirements. Whether you are considering straighteners, feeders or guiding de-

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vices for production and manufacturing lines, upgrading and modifying equipment, or an advanced wire forming, bending or coiling system requiring the inclusion of wire handling accessories, Cometo has the wire-handling equipment for your specific needs. Cometo products are easily integrated into almost any manufacturing operation and can be tailored to your requirements. Visit us to discuss the advantages and service we bring our customers as we are confident that we may offer you top quality products and service at affordable pricing.

Personnel: Pietro Tocchetti, Sara Rusconi.

Exhibiting: Wiredrawing surface coatings and lubricants and cold-rolling lubricants are the core business of our company. CONDAT’s lubricant and surface technology range covers all metal forming applications and our commercial network services this metal-forming industry worldwide.

After over 150 years of expertise in the lubricant business, CONDAT is continuously improving and upgrading its formulations for better value and in order to match the most advanced environmental regulations.

Personnel: François Chambellant.

Neil Lowdon, Larry Rowan, Bill Dorhmann.

Commission Brokers Inc. Tel. 401-943-3777 fax 401-943-3670 www.commissionbrokers.com marty137@aol.com USA Booth 705 Exhibiting: We will display photos and brochures of currently available second-hand equipment as well as information relating to company appraisals, liquidations and consignment capabilities. With over 41 years of service, Commission Brokers specializes in nonferrous wire and cable machinery; wire harness/assembly/ processing machinery; and braiding machinery, from individual components to complete plants.

Personnel: Martin Kenner, Liz Kenner.

CONDAT Corporation Tel. 734-944-4994 fax 734-944-4995 www.condatcorp.com orderentry@condatcorp.com USA Booth 1550 Exhibiting: CONDAT Corporation is the U.S.based division of CONDAT SA. With extensive production capabilities, the subsidiary offers the flexibility and reactivity to fully serve the North American market. A team of experienced sales engineers can help customers with the wide selection of innovative products and services on offer. CONDAT recommends the best lubricant solutions combining technical and environmental aspects, as well as economic considerations.

Personnel: François Chambellant.

Neil Lowdon, Larry Rowan, Bill Dorhmann.

Compomac (See KN Manufacturing Solutions.)

CONDAT Tel. 33-4-78-07-38-38 Fax 33-4-78-07-38-00 www.condat.fr info@condat.fr France Booth 1550

Conductix Wamplfer Delachaux Group Tel. 33-4794-25088 Fax 33-4794-25005 www.conductix.com peggy.deuscht@conductix.com France Booth 2156 Exhibiting: Conductix (Delachaux) is known worldwide for its bare fiber optic manufacturing equipment; its

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unique copper cable Rollertwist stranding technology and associated equipment (taping units, rotating capstan); and its fiber optic cable lines (microtube, loosetube, SZ stranding, etc).

Conductix (Delachaux) will introduce you to the latest fiber machinery developments: furnace 200 mm, dual winder 2500 m/min, unique PMD/FSU, preform handling units, etc. Conductix (Delachaux) will also introduce the latest copper-stranding developments.

Special: Fiber optic producers: do you face problems with your PMD/FSU system? Conductix (Delachaux) has developed a surprising system that will help you to precisely control the number of twists, producing very, very few twists on the take-up side. Try it and you will never go back to your former system.

Conneaut Industries, Inc. Tel. 800-955-9276 Fax 401-397-2564 www.conneaut.com info@conneaut.com USA Booth 618 Exhibiting: Conneaut Industries is a global supplier of specialty highperformance insulating yarns used in braiding, serving and cabling applications. The fibers include S2glass, E-glass, Kevlar and polyglass. It also produces ignition wire (conductive) rovings/substrates for the automotive industry. A wide variety of hi-grade yarns and packaging will be on exhibit.

Conneaut, an ISO 9001: 2000 certified company, produces a full line-up of polyglass insulating materials used in magnet wire applications as well as aramid materials for fiber optics products.

Continuus-Properzi SpA (See Properzi International.)

Cortinovis Machinery SpA Eurolls Group Tel. 39-035-313-211 Fax 39-035-312-523 www.cortinovismachinery.com cortinovis@ cortinovismachinery.com Italy Booth 1739 Exhibiting: Cortinovis has long expe-

CRU North America Inc Tel. 240-582-7005 fax 240-582-7008 www.crugroup.com Florence.Kauffman@crugroup.com USA/UK Booth 454 Exhibiting: CRU is an independent consultancy, business analysis provider focusing on the mining, metals, cables, fertilizers and chemicals sectors. Through CRU|Analysis,

CRU|Strategies and CRU|Price Risk Management, we provide global analysis and market outlooks on the commodity metals and wire and cable sectors providing c-level strategic consultancy services and active decisionsupport with commodity metals price-risk.

Personnel: Florence Kauffman, Irv Adler.

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Cortinovis Machinery America, Inc./Eurolls Group Tel. 908-479-9818 Fax 908-479-1644 www.cortinovisamerica.com cortinovis@cortinovisamerica.com USA Booth 1739

Exhibiting: Highly skilled technical and commercial personnel will be on hand to discuss your project requirements. Companies represented will include: Cortinovis Machinery, Eurolls SpA, Vitari, Eurolls de Mexico, Teurema, Sictra, Team Meccanica and Corbellini.

Special Equipment: The Eurolls Group specializes in: stranding, wiredrawing (ferrous and nonferrous), cold rolling lines, lattice lines, straight and cut machines, hanger machines, nail making and cold heading.

Personnel: Anthony DeRosa, Steven Nichols.

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rience in the manufacture of equipment for such industries as utility cables, power and telecommunication cables, including optical fibers cables (stranders for OPGW) and for the development of many processes for steel rope and cable manufacturing. It is supported by an international after-sales and service department with experienced and skilled technical staff. Now, it also includes Sictra, which has more than 30 years of experience in designing and manufacturing of complete lines to drawing nonferrous wires and trolley wires.

Special: Cortinovis offers innovative solutions to improve customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production requirements for bunching, stranding, laying-up, armoring, screening lines. Development and installation of complete lines for the manufacture of Milliken and trapezoidal cables and highly regarded Sictra drawing lines (see Sictraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s booth description). Its technology is supported by an international service department with the assistance of skilled technical staff.

Personnel: Bussola Federico, Andrea Camparada, Anthony DeRosa, Steven Nichols.

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Dalian Tongda Equipment Technology Development Co. (See Tonga.)

Daloo Tel. 86-519-854-80553 Fax 86-519-854-83557 www.daloo-machines.com sales@daloo-machines.com China Booth 1502

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Exhibiting: Successfully launched by the Gauder Group in 2008, Daloo, a wire and cable machinery manufacturer based in China, forges itself an international reputation for the delivery of low-cost equipment based on European experience. Daloo offers a superb quality-price ratio machinery for extrusion lines, screening/armoring lines, rigid stranding lines. The range includes rigid-cage stranders, taping lines, rewinding lines, payoffs and take-ups as well as pulling caterpillars.

Personnel: Philippe Letout.

Danyang Steel Wire Plant Tel. 86-511-864-76332 www.dyeast.com.cn xgalloys@gmail.com China Booth 207 Exhibiting: Danyang Steel Wire Plant manufactures heating wire, resistance wire and strip, strand wire and heating elements. The heating resistance of its iron-chrome-aluminum (Fe-Cr-Al) series resistance wires and strips grows as the increment of the composition of chrome and aluminum. They have superior anti-oxidization, anti-sulfur and anti-cementite properties and offer small density, high surface load, high resistivity, high-service temperature, and a long life-span at a low price. It also produces various types of alloy wires of extension and compensating cables for thermocouples.

Personnel: Zhu Jianliang, Wang Yujun.

Personnel: Perry Chattler, Rafael Herrera, Mike Tran.

DEM Wire Rolling Technology Tel. 39-0432-655393 Fax 39-0432-655484 www.demgroup.com info@demgroup.com

Italy Booth 1350 Exhibiting: DEM Wire Rolling Technology, a leader in the design and production of profile wire rolling, flat wire rolling, construction wire rolling, plain wire rolling and welding wire rolling machinery, will be exhibiting a special compact coiler in partnership with

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DCM Industries, Inc. Tel. 510-670-7200 fax 510-670-7212 www.dcmindustries.com dcmsales@dcmindustries.com USA Booth 117

Exhibiting: DCM will feature the new model 3S-XLD LAN cable measuring system for final quality testing of Cat. 5e, Cat. 6 and Cat. 7 cables. Features include testing up to 1 GHz, NEXT, Insertion Loss, Alien Crosstalk, TCL/TCTL and more. DCM also provides testing solutions for coaxial cables and multi-pair telecom cables, including fully integrated network analyzer based systems as well as bench-top testing solutions.

Special: The new DCM 3S-XLD provides a unique, first-of-its-kind solidstate switching platform for testing LAN cables quickly and accurately.

We have been helping our customers grow their business for over 100 years

We have been manufacturing wire and tube drawing fluids for over 100 years. Every day, in every corner of the globe, machines are running with our products. Whatever type of non-ferrous material, products like Priamus, Wirol and Aludra guarantee the quality of the finished product whilst helping our customers achieve the highest levels of productivity.

Contact us at info@Roloil.com or come to see us at Interwire 2011 - Booth 352 Germ-Allcard is a Roloil brand.

Email: info@Roloil.com www@Roloil.com KP America, Inc, 275 Madison Avenue, Suite 1407, New York, NY 10016.

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Davis-Standard, LLC Tel. 860-599-1010 Fax 860-599-6258 www.davis-standard.com info@davis-standard.com USA Booth 1058 Exhibiting: Davis-Standard produces high-speed wire and cable extrusion systems for datacom, construction/ building, automotive, optical fiber, high temperature and specialty wire processing applications including gas injection systems. Under brands including Merritt Extrusion and Davis Electric, systems are available with Clipper automatic or semi-automatic payoffs, spoolers or single reel payoffs, take-ups and accumulator systems, customized feedscrews and controls.

Personnel: John Zachow, Larry Fitgerald, Scott Coope, John Doherty.

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GCR Eurodraw and Comapac, along with other auxiliary machines such as microrolling and cold rolling cassettes for smooth and reinforcing wire.

Special: DEM has delivered a unique high-speed reinforcing wire cold rolling line in bars capable of working at up to 8 m/sec., with bar lengths from 2 to 12 m. Extensive literature on the range of DEM products will be available at the GCR-DEM Group booth.

Deyang Dongfang Zhuoyue Electrotechnical Equipment Tel. 86-838-2820216 Fax 86-838-2825077 www.dofazy.com dofazy@163.com China Booth 966 Exhibiting: We manufacture copper rod continuous casting and rolling line series; aluminum and alloy rod continuous casting and rolling line series; a tubular stranding machine series (conveyor idler or big bearing supporting); a rigid-frame stranding machine series; a cage-stranding machine series; a cross-stranding machine; copper rod breakdown machines; a straight-line aluminum and alloy rod breakdown machine series; and a continuous lead extruding line series, etc.

Personnel: Jiang Xiaoyang, Jiang Xiaoping.

Deyang Honguang Machine Equipments Co., Ltd. Booth 1069 Die Quip Corp.

Tel. 412-833-1662 fax 412-835-6474 www.diequip.com diequip@diequip.com USA Booth 717 Exhibiting: Die Quip will display one of its exciting new line of Die Saver machines for working carbide dies.

The line consists of three models capable of grinding or polishing dies in manual, semi-automatic or automatic cycles to meet every die shop requirements. The company’s extensive line of hand and powered cutters for wire will be on display along with Krenn’s new KTC line of hard wire and chain cutters.

Personnel: Tom Maxwell, Scott Maxwell, Albert Krenn.

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Dixie Converting Corporation Tel. 770-832-1431 fax 770-834-0412 www.dixieconverting.com sales@dixieconverting.com USA Booth 2131

Exhibiting: Dixie Converting Corporation will showcase its paper cable wrap and fillers at the Interwire trade exposition. These products are constructed of high-performance extensible kraft paper, providing exceptional tensile and tear strength during the manufacturing process of NM-B (nonmetallic sheathed cable) and portable or flexible cords. It also provides contractual slitting services of non-woven materials for cable wrap, tape and binder applications produced to customer specifications.

Personnel: Chris Dixon, Frank Chapman, Ricky Greathouse, Mary Nell Harding, Tim Dixon.

Domeks Makine Limited Tel. 90-216-364-39-04 Fax 90-216-364-39-13 domeksmakine.com info@domeksmakine.com Turkey Booth 1340 Exhibiting: Domeks will exhibit a new type of automatic double head coiling/spooling line for single and multicores cables. Quadromatik 400 is developed for high-speed coiling and spooling for building wire. Avalaible cable sizes from 3 mm OD up to 12 mm, available coil size 230 mm OD up to 400 and available spool size 160 mm OD up to 350 mm. The line also has an automatic palletizer. The line speed is up to 500 meters/minute.

Personnel: Dogan Ozbaran, Huseyin Ozturk, Orhan Ozbaran.

Dongguan Zhangli Machine Fittings Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-769-854-15700 Fax 86-769-870-94490 www.dgzhangli.com.cn zlf@changan.net China Booth 108 Exhibiting: Zhangli is a thermal

spraying facility whose main products are tower pulleys, drawing cones and steel rings for wiredrawing machines, aluminum pulleys for enamelling machines with ceramic or tungsten carbide coating.

Personnel: Moly Yuen.

Dongjiagang Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Co. Ltd. Tel. 86-838-230-5777 Fax 86-838-220-8658 www.ebp.cn dongjiagang@yahoo.com.cn China Booth 206 Exhibiting: Continuous casting and rolling process for nonferrous rods, drawing process for nonferrous wires, stranding technology, lead extruding technology.

Personnel: Zhuang Jia, Zhuang Yuan.

Donnelly Reels Tel. 973-677-9500 www.kinreiusa.com mjacobsen@kinreiusa.com USA Booth 1950 Exhibiting: Donnelly Reels is a wire and cable supplier of high quality ABS plastic processing and shipping reels manufactured to exacting specifications by Sudhir Enterprise of India.

Donnelly also supplies a complete line of steel reels fabricated in China to exacting specifications. Short runs and special constructions are a specialty.

Personnel: Stephen Hess, Mitch Jacobsen, Rod Donnelly.

Messe Düsseldorf North America (See wire 2012/Messe Düsseldorf North America.

Dynamex Corporation Tel. 310-329-0399 fax 310-329-0159 www.dynamexcorp.com sales@dynamexcorp.com USA Booth 2032

Exhibiting: High-speed single-twist

Personnel: Ben Bravin, Tony Hernandez, Angel Hernandez.

Egyptian Galvanized Steel Plant Co. Booth 137

Ebner Furnaces, Inc. Ebner Industrieofenbau GmBH Tel. 330-335-1600 www.ebner.cc office@ebnerfurnaces.com USA/Germany Booth 1661 Exhibiting: Ebner, a world leader in the design and manufacture of batch annealing equipment, is at your disposal to discuss your annealing requirements. With over 1,000 systems installed in the wire industry alone, is it not time to visit us (Booth 1661) and find out how our proven technology can benefit you?

Special: HICON, our trade name for highly regarded industry high convection system, has become a synonym for the highest throughput and efficiency heat-treating equipment. It uses a variety of atmospheres up to 100% hydrogen.

Personnel: Kim Swisher.

EJP Maschinen Tel. 260-483-9269 (USA) Fax 260-484-0515 (USA) www.wire-machine.com sales@wire-machine.com Germany/USA Booth 1358 Exhibiting: Based in Germany and represented in North America by Wire Machine Systems, EJP Maschinen will exhibit a state-of-the-art two-roll straightener for cold finished bar that provides industry-leading superb straightness quality. It offers highly innovative drawing technology for all ferrous and nonferrous cold finished bar applications, which include: combined drawing systems, shot-blasting, straighteners, payoffs, hydraulic impact shears and bundling and packaging systems. EJP’s processing and handling equipment are designed to maintain superior straightness and surface finish for your product. It offers bar-

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cablers and bunchers. Driven reel payoffs with shaft-type multi position or shaftless single position. Multi-position neutralizing payoff. Patented autosplicing tape-payoff for uninterrupted longitudinal taping at the extruder.

On-the-fly unattended splicing at full line-speed enables continuous taping.

It operates with AL/PE, PE, mylar, kraft, tissue, water-swellable, etc. New models now available for 3 in. wide tape and wider. Tape payoff for in-line taping with cablers for one or two simultaneous tapes. Optimized tape delivery to the cable “Dial-In-Angle” device eliminates trial-and-error.

Special: Single-twist buncher/cabler DIN 1250 or 48 in. New heavy duty 36 in. single-twist buncher runs 2/0 CU or AL. Upgrade kits for older Dynamex cablers to eliminate original mechanical variator drive. Auto-splicing universal tape-payoff for high-speed taping at the extruder runs flat and traversed pads. Neutralizing payoff with driven reels for constant tension.

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peeling systems that produce to the highest level of bar surface finish available on the market today.

Personnel: Terry Paraskavas, Bo Knueppel, Jay Griffith.

Elektrisola, Inc. Tel. 603-796-2114 fax 603-796-2119 www.elektrisola.com sales@elektrisola-usa.com USA Booth 350

Exhibiting: Elektrisola (est. 1948) specializes in close-tolerance engineered wire products. With eight plants world wide and centrally located sales offices, Elektrisola manufactures unique wire products from 23 through 60 AWG. It supplies: conductors; copper (ETP/OF), aluminum, CCA, brass, stainless steel, beryllium copper, cadmium copper, XHTW (green copper alloy) plating: silver, nickel, tin (electroplated) constructions: single end, bunched, stranded form: round and flat coatings: Thin film or extruded packaging: All standard spools/bobbins.

Personnel: Steven D. Schor, Jerry Jacyno, Jake French.

Enercon Industries Corporation Tel. 262-255-6070 Fax 262-255-7784 www.enerconind.com/treating info@enerconind.com USA Booth 1862

Exhibiting: Enercon will demonstrate in-line surface treating capabilities for increased adhesion for wire and cable applications. Atmospheric plasma sys-

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tems activate surfaces and increase surface energy levels to promote bonding of aqueous inks, coatings and adhesives to provide excellent abrasion and smudge resistance. Treatment is effective on a wide variety of polymer materials used in the wire and cable industry and enable “green” process advancements and reduced production costs when compared to existing manufacturing technologies.

Special: Enercon’s Rory Wolf will present a technical paper at Interwire that details the treatment effectiveness of air plasma, chemical plasma and flame plasma treatments for specific wire and cable materials.

Personnel: Jessica Toellner.

Engineered Machinery Group, Inc. Macbee Engineering Tel. 909-476-9776, ext. 21 Fax 909-476-6634 www.emc-wire.com jstevens@emc-wire.com USA Booth 1003 Exhibiting: A display of various photos and literature of products for all types of wire/tube drawing as well as auxiliary equipment.

Personnel: Jerry Scott, Jonathan Stevens.

Enkotec Company, Inc. Tel. 440-349-2800 Fax 440-349-3575 www.enkotec.com enkotec@enkotec.com USA Booth 1824 Exhibiting: Enkotec will be exhibiting its TA01 thread-rolling machine, which is designed for making screw shank or annular profiles on nails with a production speed of up to 2,500 nails per minute. The TA01 machine comes equipped with a cooling system and a connection to exhaust ventilation.

Enkotec personnel will also be available to provide updated information on all of Enkotec’s nail machinery.

Personnel: Jan Sorige, Gabriel Hernandez.

ERA Wire Inc. Tel. 203-933-0480 Fax 203-933-0732 www.erawire.com

info@erawire.com USA Booth 451 Exhibiting: ERA wire has been providing quality straight-cut wire and torsion-straightened wire to coil since 1988, processing all alloys, including stainless, spring temper and titanium.

It recently expanded its capabilities by adding a larger straighten-and-cut machine to process wire diameters through .750 in., as well as nonferrous through 1.00 in. diameter. The company’s extensive inventory of used/ rebuilt wire straightening and cutting machines and replacement parts/tooling, is backed by a combined 50+ years experience to service customer needs. Serving aerospace, medical and automotive industries, the focus is on quality, reliability, affordability and quick turn-around.

Personnel: Richard Rae Sr., Richard Rae Jr. Estane Eng. Polymers/Lubrizol (See Lubrizol Corporation.)

Esteves Group Tel. 260-728-9272 fax 260-728-9751 www.estevesgroup.com gkantz@estevesgroup.us.com USA Booth 640 Exhibiting: Diamond and carbide wire dies of all types. Specialized shaped wire dies, extrusion tooling. refurbishing equipment. Die room equipment and supplies. Die and extrusion tool cleaning equipment.

Special: With Drawing Die Wizard, you can create, customize and print your wire die profiles the easy way!

Custom engineered trapezoidal drawing dies.

Personnel: Gary Kantz, Monica Lepper, Mark Watson, Mike Schoolcraft, Alejandro Altamirano, Alex Casanovas.

Etna Products, Inc. Etna-Bechem Ltd. Tel. 440-543-9845 Fax 440-543-1789 www.etna.com rnoonan@etna.com USA Booth 331 Exhibiting: Etna Products will display its Masterdraw lubricants for alu-

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minum, stainless steel and wet lubricants for steel wire and bar along with cold heading lubricants and a variety of corrosion inhibitors and rust preventatives. Etna-Bechem will display its Unopol copper wire drawing lubricants for rod, intermediate and fine wire.

Special emphasis on the new synthetic for fine wire, Unopol S-643-U and the new universal lubricant, U-634-U, for rod intermediate and fine wire.

Personnel: Ralph Noonan, Troy Carr.

Eurobend S.A. Tel. 30-2108-077775 Fax 30-2106-206567 www.eurobend.com eurobend@otenet.gr Greece Booth 158

Exhibiting: Eurobend will exhibit the latest “G-STAR F Series” of 3-D wire benders. These are equipped with a combination of features, such as an infinitely rotating bending head; an adjustable patented anti-twist system that guarantees flat shapes regardless of wire quality, bending direction, etc.

Also, a straightening unit with especially even straightening force distribution due to power transmission to all straightening rollers; fast and accurate wire diameter changes via a carefully designed pre-setting system; and modem communication for immediate technical support.

Special: Our latest breakthrough in the wire-bending machinery, is the “G-MULTI” series of multi line wire bending equipment. It includes twoand three-dimensional wire bending machines, which are designed to meet a vast range of applications within the wire industry, working from one to six lines simultaneously, reaching feeding speeds up to 1640 ft/min (500 m/min).

Personnel: Stephen Kavvadas, Don Bisplinghoff.

Eurodraw Energy OM Lesmo Group

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Tel. 39-039-62840 Fax 39-039-606-4634 www.omlesmo.com omlesmo@omlesmo.com Italy Booth 424

shaped/profiled wires, multipass cold drawing/rolling wire production lines for low-medium-high carbon wires, welding wires, stainless steel, PC strand, PC wire, complete take-up and payoff systems, reinforcement stretching lines, high speed straightening and cutting lines and lattice girder production lines.

Personnel: Elisabetta Gironda, Guido Ricci.

Exhibiting: Eurodraw Energy, a manufacturer of nonferrous wiredrawing machinery, is a fully integrated wire mill supplier from rod break-down machines and various types of multi-wire drawing machines to fine and ultra-fine wire drawing machines. This also includes bunching and stranding machines from its parent company, OM Lesmo, known for their high quality and cost efficient machines for the production of copper and aluminum electrical conductors (on display will be a MTO-CL). Eurodraw also offers a selection of payoffs, down coilers and spoolers for nonferrous products.

Shown is the very popular double automatic payoff (Model DPO-ALUWS.450) for aluminum and alloy rod in coils for up to 9.5 mm in rod diameter and up to 3400 kg coils/7500 lb.

These payoffs are suitable for singlewire and two-wire rod breakdown lines allowing continuous drawing operation without having to stop for coil change.

Personnel: Edwin Pasterk, Giovanni Cecchini, Carlo Pampaluna, Harish Panchal.

EuroWire/Intras Publications Tel. 44-1926-334137 Fax 44-1926-314755 www.read-eurowire.com UK Booth 1806 Exhibiting: EuroWire, an international magazine for the wire and cable industries, is published in six languages; English, German, Russian, Italian, French and Spanish. It is distributed to a closely controlled global circulation of wire and cable technologists. Each issue covers new technological innovations in the production and processing of wire, cable, fiber optics, springs and fasteners as well as new manufacturing machinery and equipment advances, worldwide trade show reports, and indepth technical articles on topical subjects involved with the production of materials, equipment and products.

Full information and subscription service details can be found on the website – www.read-eurowire.com. Free copies of the March 2011 issue will be available in both print and CD formats Personnel: David Bell, Jason Smith, Doug Zirkle.

The Eurolls Group/Eurolls SpA Tel. 39-0432-796-511 Fax 39-0432-796-501 www.eurolls.com info@eurolls.com Italy Booth 1739

The George Evans Corp.

Tel. 800-733-5872 www.george-evans.com dave.evans@george-evans.com USA Booth 135 Exhibiting: Exhibiting the full line of TOROIDAL® shipping and process reels made from steel or aluminum.

Reels made to NEMA, WECO, Aluminum Association and other specifications. Custom reel manufacturer with in-house laser and CNC fabrication capabilities. Maker of large structural reels and bolted reels that

Exhibiting: The Eurolls Group is a world leader in the production of rolls for wire, cassettes for cold rolling of ferrous and nonferrous round,

EVG Tel. 212-697-0770 fax 646-227-4165 www.evg.com 303@evg-usa.com USA Booth 124 Exhibiting: EVG is a leading supplier of wire mesh welding plants and concrete rebar processing equipment. In addition, EVG manufactures and supplies equipment for production of truss girders, wire drawing and cold rolling lines and wire straightening and cutting machines. EVG will exhibit its multistrand wire straightening and cutting machine model RA-XE, which uses hyperbolic roller straighteners for flexible and highly productive operation.

Personnel: Klaus Ritter, Fred Bresani, Donald Salmon.

for wire production, and they comply with the most demanding international standards, in particular regarding the quality of the treated products and security of the equipment. FIB also masters direct-heating gas solutions that

are specific to the control of the atmosphere,which makes the process usable in areas other than a customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s core business. FIBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission is to be the heating solution provider for furnace constructors of other sectors.

Fabritex Inc. Tel. 706-376-6584 fax 706-376-1434 www.fabritex.com sales@fabritex.com USA Booth 1163 Exhibiting: We will be showing wire carriers, stem packs and accessories, and will be discussing Just-in-Time inventory solutions and cost savings.

Personnel: Dan Trier, Lee Adams.

Fastener Engineers Tel. 815-624-2500 fax 815-624-7254 www.rmgfelm.com rmgfelm@rmgfelm.com USA Booth 2114 Exhibiting: See Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc. (RMG) for exhibit description.

Personnel: Kirk Prosser.

FIB Belgium sa Tel. 32-2332-1717 fax 32-2376-3711 www.fib.be info@fib.be Belgium Booth 1850 Exhibiting: FIB designs complete solutions for thermal treatment of metallic wires. Its processes are optimized for energy and environmental concerns

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can be taken apart. Reels made to customer design, so bring blueprints to the booth for an evaluation.

Personnel: Dave Evans

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Personnel: Philippe Mulpas, Jocelyne Mayeur.

Fil-Tec, Inc. Tel. 301-824-6166 www.fil-tec.com rhernandez@fil-tec.com USA Booth 903 Exhibiting: Exhibiting yarns with performance coatings such as: water swellable, non-wicking, FR, as well as uncoated yarns. Aramid, polyester, nylon, fiberglass yarns. Ripcords, binders, filler yarns for power, data, communications, security cables.

Personnel: Bill Chase, Freddie Groce, Walter Green.

Filtertech, Inc. Tel. 315-682-8815 fax 315-682-8825 www.filtertech.com info@filtertech.com USA Booth 950 Exhibiting: For over 40 years, Filtertech has serviced the wire industry by providing filtration and waste disposal systems for every facet of the process from emulsion disposal, annealing, deionized water make-up as well as ferrous wiredrawing. When it comes to dedicated service and a record of continuous technology advancements in filtration, Filtertech has everything a customer needs.

Personnel: Tom Horn, Joe Scalise, Ken Thompson, Fred Camarena.

Filtration Systems Products, Inc. Booth 1706 Fine International Corporation Tel. 732-933-0040 fax 732-933-4005 www.fineinternational.net finesales@gmail.com USA Booth 1723 Exhibiting: Fine International Corporation is a worldwide supplier of wire and cable machinery. Fine provides extruders, take-ups and payoffs, preheaters, water troughs, capstand, dancers/accumulators, gas injection systems, respoolers, braiders, tapings and bonding machines, planetary, rigid, tubular, skip and SZ stranders, single and double twist cablers and drum twisters. Enclosed office space will allow for quiet project discussion and a

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slide presentation highlighting Fineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s complete manufacturing capabilities will be provided in the outside waiting and seating area.

Special: On display, will be: 1) a fine wire braider; 2) a maypole style braider; 3) a dual vertical fine wire taper; 4) a vertical mica taper; 5) a 1250 mm cantilevered takeup and dancer; and 6) stranding and cabling machinery models.

Personnel: Erik Macs, Lee Wu, Bruce Ceres.

Fisk Alloy Conductors, Inc. Tel. 973-427-7550 fax 973-427-4585 www.fiskalloy.com sales@fiskalloy.com USA Booth 239 Exhibiting: Fisk Alloy Conductors develops and engineers copper alloy wire into conductors to meet specific performance requirements. Wire and cable made from cadmium free Percon, a family of RoHS compliant alloy conductors, can be found in computers, automotive, aerospace and transportation equipment, communications, industrial controls, appliances and many other electronic and electrical products where both mechanical and electrical properties are required.

Personnel: Edward Bouffier, Glenn Davidson.

Flymca & Flyro Tel. 34-94255-9855 Fax 34-94255-9865 www.flymca.com flymca@flymca.com Spain Booth 952 Exhibiting: Flymca is a well-known and experienced Spanish rotating machinery manufacturer building topclass equipment for the wire and cable industry. It supplies tubular, skip, rigid and planetary stranders as well as bow cablers, drum-twisting lines and all ancillary equipment used in complete lines for production of electrical cables and steel ropes. We also build complete lines for production of CTC transposed cables. Our sister company, Flyro, is involved in used machinery and also works in the same professional spirit.

Personnel: Roberto Verez.

FMS USA, Inc. Tel. 847-519-4400 fax 847-519-4401 fms-technology.com fmsusa@fms-technology.com USA Booth 231 Exhibiting: FMS will display its full product line of tension measurement and control products for the wire and cable industry. Specific products include: tension sensors (load cells), tension sensor amplifiers, tension controllers (closed loop), and BUS systems (EtherNet/IP, Profibus, DeviceNet, CAN-open, etc.). It will demonstrate its NEW RTMX2 lowpower, compact wireless communication system that provides transmitted tension values from rotating process machinery to stationary controls for either tension measurement or real-time closed loop tension control.

Foerster Instruments Inc. Tel. 412-788-8976 fax 412-788-8984 www.foerstergroup.com sales@foerstergroup.com USA Booth 235 Exhibiting: Foerster Instruments Inc., a world leader in eddy-current test equipment, provides the best technology, quality and most comprehensive product range for non-destructive testing of metals, fine wires and tubes in the industry. Together, with Foerster Systems, we design and manufacture custom material handling systems to meet your application specifications.

Stop by (Booth #235) to see our CIRCOGRAPH and DEFECTOMAT series of instruments. Let Foerster provide the solution to your nondestructive testing needs.

Personnel: Al Gentile Tom Watterson.

Forming Systems, Inc. (FSI) Tel. 269-679-3557 fax 269-679-3567 www.formingsystemsinc.com info@formingsystemsinc.com USA Booth 243 Exhibiting: Wire-forming, springmaking and ring making equipment specialists, FSI offers the latest in global technologies. FSI will provide information on JK programmable tabletop bending machines; TBE Multibend automated wire forming and process machines; OMAS 3D wire

HENRICH Wire-Drawing Technology worldwide in performance Experience and know-how, developed for decades, certify HENRICH Maschinenfabrik among leading suppliers of international cable- and wire industry. More than 3.000 Wire-Drawing units are well established worldwide. HENRICH product range covers entire drawinglines and single-action machines for conductor cable, installationand special cable, telecommunication cable, trolley- and enamelled wire.

The production range is completed by cooling- and cleaning devices for drawing- and cooling solution, drawing tools and pay-off devices.

The complete program is available at www.henrich.net HENRICH designs, manufactures, supplies and installs custommade and on demand.

Go, count on us!

Henrich Maschinenfabrik GmbH P.O.B. 1362, 35745 Herborn, Germany Phone: +49 (0) 2772 506-0 Fax: +49 (0) 2772 506-196 E-Mail: henrich-gmbh@henrich.net, Internet: www.henrich.net

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Innovative technology and tailor-made design have always been the dominant features of our products for the cable and wire rope industry.

A typical example is our new generation of heavy duty tapers and yarn binders designed to set high standards for an essential increase in productivity of your production line.

Stolberger KMB-Maschinenfabrik GmbH Hasencleverstr. 39 52222 Stolberg - Germany Phone Fax E-Mail Internet

+49 (0) 2402 86558-0 +49 (0) 2402 86558-129 info@stolberger.com www.stolberger.com

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forming, ring making and high speed forming machines; HTC spring making machines; HSI ovens, furnaces, payoffs and part collectors; SAS spring testing and vision inspection systems; and OMD spring-grinding machines. equipment ranges up to 16 mm.

Special: JK Servo controlled programmable tabletop bending machine. TBE twin head wire forming technology for complex 3D wire forms. OMAS welded ring production systems, HTC CNC spring machines up to 16vmm.

Personnel: Tim Weber, Dan Bagwell.

Fort Wayne Wire Die, Inc. Tel. 260-747-1681 Fax 260-747-4269 www.fwwd.com sales@fwwd.com USA Booth 1532 Exhibiting: Fort Wayne Wire Die’s complete product line will be on display, which includes single crystal diamond, Poly-Di™ polycrystalline and Dual-Draw™ wire drawing dies. Also featured will be shaped profile dies, extrusion tips and dies with certified .0002” I.D. to O.D. concentricity, tungsten carbide round hole and shaped profile dies, Poly-Strand™ compacting, bunching and stranding dies, enameling dies, Di-Pro™ diamond powder and compound, and miscellaneous wear parts for the wire, cable and tube industries.

Personnel: John Downey, John Dabbelt, Tino Corral, Alan Sidney, Darin Nicol.

Fortune Machinery Booth 864 Frontier Composites & Castings Inc. Tel. 905-685-3633 fax 905-685-3482 www.frontiercomposites.com jwh@frontiercomposites.com Canada Booth 1503 Exhibiting: Composite wire winding bows, flyer bows. Materials are carbon fiber and fiberglass in an epoxy matrix with Kevlar used where desirable.

Bows can be fully outfitted and balanced or blank. A wide selection of hardware is available.

Personnel: James W. Howe, Erwin C. Kish.

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FSP-one, Inc./FSP-one, SAS Tel. 508-695-2822 Fax 508-695-4404 thermocompact.com jguzik@fsp-one.com USA/France Booth 147 Exhibiting: FSP-one is a worldwide specialty wire manufacturer headquartered in France with additional production capability in Vietnam. Products include silver- and nickel-plated copper and copper alloys used in the telecommunications, electronic, medical and aircraft markets. New innovations in high strength alloys such as Green6 are utilized in high technology markets and qualified by the aircraft industry.

A special silver- and nickel-plated copper-clad aluminum has been developed by FSP-one and used in Airbus programs.

Personnel: Christian Blanc, Patrice Peillon, John Guzik.

FUHR GmbH & Co. KG Tel. 49-5234-84980 Fax 49-5234-849850 www.fuhr-wire.com info@fuhr-wire.com Germany Booth 1170

Exhibiting: Having kicked off the year 2011 with an all-time record sales, ensuring full delivery books until mid-2012, FUHR again participates in the upcoming edition of Interwire, showcasing its broad portfolio of wire rolling machines at its booth. Along with a number of new projects for Chinese, Japanese and Korean customers, FUHR also received a major order from a large U.S. American manufacturer for the production of flat, rectangular and special profiles made of stainless steels, as well as from its European branch for processing copper wire into PV ribbon profiles. The recent development in the field of copper wire (i.e., PV ribbon and magnet wire),

stainless steel wire (e.g. filter screens) and high-carbon steel wire (e.g. piston rings, flexible pipe armoring) rolling machines gives a good impression of the future of the wire processing industry. All recently contracted major projects evolved around the energy sector; be it the offshore, solar, wind or automotive industry, they may be considered the future sources of sustainable energy supply.

Personnel: Eberhard Kemper, Sebastian Koenig.

Fushi Copperweld Inc. Tel. 931-433-7177 Fax 931-433-0470 www.fushicopperweld.com info@fushicopperweld.com or aylor@fushicopperweld.com USA Booth 550 Exhibiting: Copperweld® copper-clad steel and copper-clad aluminum wire, busbar, stranded, bunched and singleend conductors, including fine wire.

Personnel: Thomas Horton, Anthony Hale, Chris Belado, Chris Moorer, Roger Spurlock.

Garg Inox Ltd. Tel. 91-5169-326000 vdugar@gargwire.com India Booth 457 Exhibiting: Manufacturers and exporters of: 1) stainless steel wire and bars; 2) zinc wire; 3) CCA wire; 4) aluminum alloys; 5) welding consumables; and 6) galvanized wire.

Gauder Group, Inc. (GGI) Tel. 336-856-8176 Fax 336-856-8117 www.gaudergroup.com ggi@gaudergroup.com USA Booth 858 Exhibiting: Gauder Group, Inc., covers the North American market with its group products such as high-quality Pourtier and Setic machines (bunchers, stranders, cablers, etc.) made in Europe with the highest standards in design and manufacturing. With over 1,000 machines sold since 1992, the American presence of the group helps strengthen its well-established position worldwide. GGI offers aftersales and spare parts services including high

Gavlick Machinery Corporation Tel. 860-589-2900 Fax 860-589-0863 www.gavlick.com sales@gavlick.com USA Booth 864

Exhibiting: Established in 1957, Gavlick Machinery is a used machinery supplier for the international ferrous and nonferrous industry. It offers appraisals, liquidations and buying and selling of single machines to complete plants in the following categories: bar, rod and wire processing; wiredrawing; multi-pass; bullblocks; wire flattening mills; stranders; cablers; straighten and cut; fence; nails; rope; spring coiling; shape and flat; weaving; welded mesh.

Personnel: Mark Haba.

GCR Eurodraw SpA Tel. 39-02-939631 Fax 39-02-93540452 www.gcrgroup.com gcr@gcrgroup.com Italy Booth 1350

in the photovoltaic industry. It includes all the know-how and experience that GCR Eurodraw has developed in the last 40 years of deep involvement in the tire cord industry.

Personnel: Lorenzo Facchinelli, Don Young.

Gem Gravure Company, Inc. Tel. 781-878-0456 Fax 781-871-2753 www.gemgravure.com sales@gemgravure.com USA Booth 806

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Exhibiting: GCR Eurodraw, in partnership with DEM and Comapac, will be exhibiting a specific spooler for profiled wire, as well as other wire rod preparation equipment. GCR is specialized in the design and construction of wiredrawing lines, plating lines and stranding equipment, while Comapac is the welding wire equipment branch of the group. DEM is specialized in wire rolling equipment, cold rolling lines, profiled wire equipment and rolling cassettes.

Special: Unique wet wire drawing machine for the production of saw wire used for the slicing of silicium wafer

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technology bows and accessories for all brands of rotating machines.

Personnel: Christian Pavailler, Jean-Baptiste Patain, Alain Hawaux.

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displayed along with our vast line of screws and barrels.

Special: Our engineering team will be on hand for the entire show. No matter what you need, our team can make it happen.

Personnel: Jim Scott, Jasmin Shehovic, Jimena Homrighaus, Joe Chapin, Antonio Ayala, Michael Maduro.

Exhibiting: Gem Gravure is pleased to present a combination of ink jet and contact printing equipment and inks.

Featured will be both dye-based and opaque alphaJET evo ink-jet printers from KBA-Metronic. The alphaJET tempo high-speed printer will also be presented. GEM continues to supply the finest in striping and contact printing equipment. We will be featuring GEM VOC-exempt and low-VOC eco-friendly fluids for all printing technologies.

Special: alphaJET printers are industry leaders in print quality and reduced solvent consumption. An internal solvent recovery system reduces make-up consumption 2 ml/hour (room temperature conditions, MEK ink). GEM continues to expand a line of eco friendly inks. Inks are available in multiple colors in VOC-exempt or low-VOC formulations.

Personnel: David Gemelli, Paul Gemelli, Mark Kristoff, Roland Saucier, Derek Olson, Cliff Schult, Robert Henderson, Ralph Snell, Al Bavosi, Ramona Krogman.

GENCA Tel. 800-237-5448 fax 727-531-5700 www.genca.com sales@genca.com USA Booth 940 Exhibiting: A complete line of crossheads capable of single or duallayer extrusion for the entire wire and cable industry. In addition to tooling and breaker plates, the exhibit will include color changer components. All crossheads (both fixed and adjustable) are for thermoplastic and thermo-set materials. The patented BAT (Ball Adjustable Tip) and loose tube and tight buffer fixed center crossheads will be

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Germ Allcard (See KP America, Inc.) GH Induction Atmospheres Tel. 585-368-2120 fax 585-368-2123 www.inductionatmospheres.com info@inductionatmospheres.com USA Booth 2116 Exhibiting: At GH Induction Atmospheres, we custom design and build turn-key machines based on your part and process requirements. Designed for lean, continuous flow manufacturing, our machines will bring advanced heating technology directly to your factory floor or work cell.

Special: The production of optical fiber conductors and cables requires continous heat for preheating, polymerization and sealing of the insulator, annealing, covering, etc. Because of its compact footprint and precision temperature control, induction heating equipment positioned in-line is the ideal solution for these processes.

W. Gillies Technologies, LLC Tel. 508-852-2502 fax 508-852-6453 www.wgillies.com sales@wgillies.com USA Booth 1932 Exhibiting: Specializing in industrial marking and printing equipment for the insulated wire and cable industry, Gillies supplies contact and offset printers, ink jet guidance, measurement and positioning systems, engraved print wheels, indent and embossing wheels, guide rollers and guide roller assemblies.

Personnel: Mark Spencer,Bill Karsok.

Gimax Srl Tel. 39-0444 -51790 Fax 39-0444-536071 www.gimaxgroup.com

sales@gimaxgroup.com Italy Booth 1040 Exhibiting: Gimax will display fully automatic and semi-automatic respooling machinery as well as its highspeed, drum-packing line. Two fully automatic respoolers, one for 33 lb and 60 lb spools of flux cored wire, and the other for 1 lb spools of aluminum wire.

The two semi-automatic respoolers include one for standard 33 lb spools, and the other for sub-arc wire in coils.

The high-speed drum packer will be running at 6000 ft/min with steel wire.

Personnel: Gianni Marangoni, Enrico Romagnolo, Fred Hardy.

Glory Mica Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-573-836-79950 Fax 86-573-831-98277 www.glorymica.com enozheng@hotmail.com China Booth 306B Exhibiting: We are a professional manufacturer of mica products in China, including mica cable tape, mica sheet and mica parts.

Personnel: Eno Zheng, Friday Tang.

GMP-Slovakia S.r.o Tel. 39-030-995-3351 www.gmp-slovakia.com sales@gmp-slovakia.com Slovakia Booth 1612

Exhibiting: Steel reels and reel handling equipment of the largest array will be showcased. The line-up 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 the patented EASYKOIL PLUS to lift the coil on the reel. Handling equipment: reel tilters, reel and coil lifters. See p. 207.

Special: EASYKOIL PLUS take-apart

Golden Spot Industry Inc. Booth 1803 Guill Tool & Engineering Tel. 401-828-7600 fax 401-823-5310 www.guill.com bconley@guill.com USA Booth 2034 Exhibiting: Guill Tool & Engineering Company, a leading manufacturer of extrusion tooling, will demonstrate its complete line of extrusion crossheads.

We will feature our innovative line of C.V. crossheads, which are available in both single and multi layer. Additional designs on display will include our low-volume, fixed-center crossheads for fiber optic and circuit size wires, as well as our FlexiSpiral design. The FlexiSpiral design offers a unique package of features that includes our multi-port spiral flow deflector, patented Feather Touch concentricity adjustment, and our SealRight System that eliminates leaking.

Personnel: Bill Conley, Mark Mulone, Steve Chemel, Tom Maltais.

Häfner & Krullmann GmbH Tel. 49-5208-7004-0 Fax 49-5208-7004-155 hafner-spools.com info@hafner-spools.com Germany Booth 771 Exhibiting: Häfner & Krullmann has been manufacturing plastic spools for over 50 years. Customers can chose from a product range of more than 1400 different spools in the range of 40 mm up to 1000 mm. The company will display a selection of its wide production program, including spools produced according to DIN-standards, tape reels, processing reels, and the new cable reel system DEMOPAC®.

Personnel will help find customers the most suitable spools.

Personnel: Jan Häfner, Andreas Kunze. v. Hagen & Funke GmbH Tel. 49-232-47633

Fax 49-232-477380 www.vhf-cablemachines.com sales@vhf-cable-machines.com Germany Booth 1040 Exhibiting: v. Hagen & Funke manufactures high-performance machines for the cable, wire and plastic indus-

tries. It offers a comprehensive range of cable production machines that includes single units as well as complete production lines.

Personnel: Christoph Roweda, Fred Hardy, David Stein.

Visit our stand # 703 at Interwire 2011

KEIR - BackBone™

Flyer Bow

Features: • Improved Bow Strength (No Holes) • Wire is Out of the Air Stream • Bow Shaped like a Wing for Improved Aerodynamics and Low Cw Factor • Wear Strip eliminated and replaced by Wear Bushings with Windows for easy Inspection and Dust Cleaning • Wear Bushings can be Changed while Bow is Mounted on the Rotor

Advantages: • Higher TPM - Maintaining Wire Quality • Reduced Elongation @ higher TPM • Reduced Bow Breakage • Increased Life on Wear Surfaces Reducing Downtimes and Maintenance • Easy Assembly and Change Out of Wear Bushings • Wire Breaks are Contained Within The Bow - Extending Bow Life

US Patent #6,233,513 #5,809,703 and Other PatentsPending

KEIR Manufacturing, Inc. Phone Phone USA Fax E-mail: Website:

+1.828.885.8444 800.992.2404 +1.828.884.7494 Sales@KEIRmfg.com www.BackBoneBows.com www.KEIRmfg.com

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reel to create wire coil and also to lift coil without additional equipment.

Personnel: Luca Ruggenenti, Federica Gatti, Chris Hauer.

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Hagener Feinstahl Booth 464 Hall Industries (See The MGS Group.)

Heacock Metal and Machine Tel. 800-262-5859 fax 256-245-4654 www.heacockmetal.com scott@heacockmetal.com USA Booth 2136 Exhibiting: Hardsurfacing for: draw blocks, capstans, rings, pulleys, stepcones, rollers, guides. Machine replacement parts manufactured by CNC machining. Other capabilities include grinding and superfinishing. Hard-surfacing by means of robotic plasma spray, HVOF, wire metallizing, and welding. We offer a variety of pulleys and rollers manufactured from high wear plastics, steel, aluminum, and carbide.

Personnel: Scott Collins, Steve Bonner.

Heany Industries, Inc. Tel. 585-889-2700 Fax 585-889-2708 cliffr@heany.com USA Booth 750

Exhibiting: Heany Industries manufactures high-purity alumina and zirconia guides, bushings, pulleys, etc.. for the wire and cable industry to extend the life of machinery components. We also provide thermal spray coated pulleys and other parts to improve wear and corrosion resistance. Heany also offers thermally insulating ceramics and coatings.

Personnel: Cliff Rabidoux, Scott Zolnier, Kathie Carl.

Hearl Heaton/Pentre Group Tel. 44-1942-266391 Fax 44-1942-609299

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info@hearlheaton.co.uk UK Booth 1940 Exhibiting: Hearl Heaton and the Pentre Group manufacture a comprehensive range of high-speed steel and plastic ABS process reels; plywood, cardboard reels; wholly molded plastic spools; and steel and wooden shipping reels and drums, and will be at the show to discuss your requirements.

Personnel: Craig Currie, Mickael Seymour, Alan Rogers.

Heatbath Corporation Tel. 413-452-2000 Fax 413-543-2378 www.heatbath.com info@heatbath.com USA Booth 715 Exhibiting: Heatbath Corporation formulates and manufactures custom cleaning and coating chemistries for the ferrous wire industry. Our product lines include acid pickling additives, alkaline cleaners and descalers, phosphate conversion coatings, immersion copper coatings, oxalate coatings for stainless steel and both reactive and non-reactive lubricants. Heatbath offers a complete line of specialized products backed by expert service.

Personnel: Dennis Breton, Cheryl Hickman, Ed Boruki.

Henkel Corporation Tel. 866-332-7024 Fax 248-588-0486 www.henkelna.com/metals adhesives.inquiries@us.henkel.com USA Booth 701 Exhibiting: Henkel is a total solutions provider to the wire industry, bringing value each step of the way. Look to Henkel for innovative technologies, including surface treatments, industrial cleaners, lubricants and pickling inhibitors. Backed by equipment and world class customer support, Henkel has you covered.

Henrich GmbH Tel. 49-2772-506-0â&#x20AC;¨ Fax 49-2772-506-196R www.henrich.net henrich-gmbh@henrich.netâ&#x20AC;¨ Germany Booth 712

Exhibiting: Experience and knowhow developed over decades certify Henrich as being among the leading suppliers of the international wire and cable industry. More than 3,000 wiredrawing units are well established worldwide. Its product range covers entire drawing lines and single-action machines for conductor cables, installation and special cables, telecommunication cable, trolley and enamelled wire. The production range is completed by cooling and cleaning devices for drawing, and cooling solutions, drawing tools and payoff devices.

Heritage Wire Die, Inc. Tel. 260-728-9300 fax 260-728-9303 heritagewiredie@yahoo.com USA Booth 111 Exhibiting: Wiredrawing dies: natural diamond, single crystal synthetic diamond, PCD and tungsten carbide. Also consulting, conversation and answers to any and all die questions/problems.

Personnel: Chris Hoffman, Jon Fuhrman, Otto Fuhrman.

H. Folke Sandelin AB (HFSAB) Tel. 46-141-203630 Fax 46-141-203639 www.hfsab.com hfsab@hfsab.com Sweden Booth 740 Exhibiting: Continuous lead extrusion equipment and know-how for troublefree lead sheathing of cables providing a perfect moisture barrier. The latest design lead extruder is horizontal, floor standing, easy to install and maintain, fully automatic, extremely reliable with its state-of-the-art control system.

Die blocks are available to cover a range of 6 mm to 225 mm, and melting pots for 10, 18 and 35 tonne capacities.

Second-hand fully refurbished lead extruders to very high standards. We provide a full and extensive after sales

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service, fully trained and experienced technician support and spare parts.

Special: The Cable Repair and Recovery System, CRRS, which has the possibility of removing individual layers, such as the outer jacket, lead sheath or triple-layer XLPE insulation, without causing any damage to the subsequent layer below.

Personnel: David Smith.

HMP GmbH/HMP Asia Tel. 49-7231-3199-224 Fax 49-7231-3199-11 Tel. 66-02-634-4120 Fax 66 -02-634-4122 www.hmp.com s.rettig@hmp.com Germany/Thailand Booth 2142

Exhibiting: HMP provides net shape forming machinery for wire/cable and automotive industry. HMP has sucessfully entered the market for high-end rolling mills in 2009 after its takeover of staff and technology of a former leading manufacturer in Germany.

HMP has thereby extended the technology in rotary swaging/axial forming into hot and cold rolling. HMP will display a variety of product samples manufactured on our rolling mills, rotary swaging machines and axial forming presses.

Special: HMP has developed new integrated process technologies for manufacturing PV ribbon, covering highspeed rolling, inline annealing, tin plating and automatic rewinding. Product properties are in the range of yield strength 50-70 MPa, covering the demand for supersoft material. Rolling and annealing speeds up to 600-800 m/min available.

Personnel: Elmar Pischel, Stefan Rettig.

Howar Equipment, Inc. Tel. 905-265-8912 fax 905-265-8834 www.howarequipment.com sales@howarequipment.com Canada Booth 1612

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gauges, parts washers, and spring testers.

Personnel: Tim Weber, Dan Bagwell.

Exhibiting: A showcase of manufacturing accessories: steel reels, spools, carriers and reel handling equipment; a mechanical wire descaler; rotating die holders; scrap wire coilers; plasma wire surface and heat treatment for wire and strip; a PV ribbon wire; concentric taping lines; single twist strander payoffs, take-ups and tension control equipment; extrusion crossheads; automatic color change systems; and offline cable cross-section measurement systems. HOWAR has over 40 years of industry experience, with in-depth understanding of wire industry machinery, processes and solutions.

Special: Precision multi-layer wire taping equipment and a mechanical descaler.

Personnel: Willy Hauer, Chris Hauer, Andrew Stromer, Luca Ruggenenti, Federica Gatti, Stefan Askenfors, Bernd Klein, Martin Fischer, Nicola Spessato, Aldo Zanirato, Karsten Bock, Francis Vanhaelewijn, Igor Rogelj.

HSI - Huei Shang Industrial Co. c/o Forming Systems Inc. Tel. 269-679-3557 Fax 269-679-3567 www.formingsystemsinc.com info@formingsystemsinc.com Taiwan/USA Booth 243

Exhibiting: HSI is a leading supplier of production support equipment including conveyor ovens, box ovens, spiral ovens, payoff reels for spools or coils, part collectors, length checking

HTC Spring Machinery c/o Forming Systems Inc. Tel. 269-679-3557 fax 269-679-3567 www.formingsystemsinc.com info@formingsystemsinc.com USA Booth 243

Exhibiting: HTC is a leading producer of high performance precision spring making machines. HTC will provide information regarding their complete line of CNC programmable spring machine with coiler sizes from 1 mm to 16 mm and formers up to 6 mm. Additionally HTC offers 2D and 3D CNC wire forming machines. Bring your samples or drawings by for evaluation.

Personnel: Tim Weber, Dan Bagwell.

Hudson Color Concentrates Tel. 978-537-3538 Fax 978-537-4224 www.hudsoncolor.com dboudreau@hudsoncolor.com USA Booth 2132 Exhibiting: Hudson Color is a plastic industry leader in quality and service by providing custom color matches in wire and cable for virtually any color or effect, additives, and compounds.

We offer stock Munsell color line for PVC and PE. Our wide range of manufacturing equipment and production technology give us the edge for quick production runs for large and small orders. We provide on-site troubleshooting and technical support assistance with experienced and knowledgeable staff.

Personnel: David Boudreau, Jeremy Sabo, Richard Dixon, Bill Monahan, Gregg Tata.

Huettner Maschinenfabrik Tel. 260-483-9269 (USA) Fax 260-484-0515 (USA) www.wire-machine.com sales@wire-machine.com

Germany/USA Booth 1358 Exhibiting: Based in Germany and represented in North America by Wire Machine Systems, Inc., Huettner will exhibit a barrel coiler suitable for insulated or bare wire that can be utilized either off-line for re-packaging or online with an extruder. Huettner has a complete line of coiling and packaging equipment, and rolling mills.

Personnel: Matthias Huettner, Bo Knueppel, Jay Griffith.

IBA Industrial Tel. 32-10-475-892 www.iba-industrial.com industrial.eu@iba-group.com Belguim Booth 652 Exhibiting: IBA supplies electron beam accelerators particularly well fit for crosslinking wires in applications such as automotive, solar and railway.

IBA has more than 250 accelerators in-

stalled worldwide and a support organization divided over three continents.

I.C.E Wire Line Equipment, Inc. Tel. 514-388-2020 fax 514-388-5835 www.icewireline.com icegroup@bellnet.ca Canada Booth 1063 Exhibiting: I.C.E. supplies steel wire processing equipment.

Special: Fluidized bed annealing furnace; acid-wave, wire-pickling system; immersion burner; galvanizing furnace, and more.

Personnel: Kristina Vassilounis, Tapan Ghosh, Alex Vassilounis.

Ideal Welding Systems L.P./Clifford Welding Systems, Ideal-Werk Tel. 815-874-4349 www.idealweld.com scott@idealweld.com USA Booth 912

Visit our stand # 640 at Interwire 2011

The best die selection

This classic presentation of a high-quality product is the way Esteves Group considers each piece of its wide range of high precision wire dies. 100 years of experience and a team of trusted and technically skilled people guarantee that each piece is produced using the highest quality speciďŹ cations.

Esteves Group - The best selection of high qualitiy wire dies www.estevesgroup.com

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Huestis Industrial Tel. 401-253-5500 fax 401-253-7350 huestisindustrial.com hfancher@huestis.com USA Booth 332 Exhibiting: Air wipers, cold pressure welders, cable jacket strippers, takeups, payoffs, accumulators, dancers, custom machinery.

Special: New generation of ceramic air wipers. Upcoming new technology in cable jacket strippers. Latest release of shaftless take-ups and payoffs. Custom designed/fabricated machinery.

Personnel: Howard Fancher, Stephen Bettencourt, Richard Douleh, Jaden Cheng.

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Fax 31-3560-33235 www.inhol.com office@inhol.com Netherlands Booth 123

Exhibiting: Ideal Welding Systems will be demonstrating its model GAM116 quick set-up mesh welder, equipped with medium frequency welding. Although there are similarities to the machine shown at the last Interwire show, this year we will be debuting some additional features to further reduce setup times and improve setup accuracy. Our latest mesh welders also support the latest in drive and motor technology that are more energy-efficient, helping reduce our carbon footprint while saving our customers money. Come visit us to learn about this machine and our other equipment, including high-speed, offcoil mesh welders; butt welders for cable and wire; ferrous and nonferrous metals; a fencing mesh welder; CNC jig welders; grating welders; integrated rolling, straightening and cutting machines; and fully automated custom production lines.

Special: In an effort to save energy and therefore operating costs for our customers, Ideal is offering our “Green Line” of automated resistance welders to our customers. These machines use Medium Frequency Direct Current (MFDC) welding technology, which is up to 35% more energy efficient compared to traditional resistance welding technologies. The “Green Line” also incorporates the latest energy efficient motors and drives from Siemens offering up to 10% in energy conservation, compared to conventional drive systems. This is achieved by pushing energy back into your electrical network, during motor breaking, rather then wastefully putting it into the atmosphere in the form of heat.

Personnel: Scott Liebenberg, Clive White, Iain Ambler.

Inhol BV/ PTL Compounds Tel. 31-3560-33234

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Exhibiting: Inhol BV is an ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified company. Our key activity is innovative compound development for markets like solar/ photovoltaic, aerospace, defence, shipboard, marine, off shore, rapid transit (rolling stock) and other industries.

Today the focus is on irradiation cross linkable compounds. Future developments will include moisture cross linkable compounds. PTL-brand compounds are made in Europe and U.S. Inhol also supplies equipment and technology to the heat-shrinkable products industry.

Special: TVAB abrasion testing apparatus to meet ISO 6722-1 and LV 112.

The PTL-brand hot set (hot creep) oven with an optic laser and (optional) air flow regulation. Inhol supplies equipment and technology to the heatshrinkable products industry and coordinates turnkey projects for complete manufacturing plants.

InnoVites BV Tel. 31-885-000-150 www.innovites.com agroothedde@innovites.com The Netherlands Booth 2013 Exhibiting: InnoVites delivers readymade software solutions for the wire and cable industry. Customers use the software to integrate and streamline their business processes. CRM, cable design, sales, cable production, scheduling, accounting, etc: all in one integrated business solution, exclusive for the wire and cable industry. The specific requirements of the industry are addressed: length (tolerance) management in sales, inventory, production and planning. Risk management (copper), cutting management, etc., etc.

Visit our booth for a demonstration.

Special: InnoVites for cable is the ERP software, based on Microsoft Dynamics AX, specific for the wire and cable industry. Visit our booth to see how our software can help streamline your business processes, drive down your working capital, make your production more efficient and drive down costs.

Personnel: Herman van der Weerd.

Inosym Reels Tel. 64-21353634 fax 64-33416668 inosym.com inosym@inosym.com New Zealand Booth 1050 Exhibiting: Inosym, worldwide suppliers of steel and plastic reels, will return to Interwire with a display of reels that includes new break-down plastic shipping reels. Inosym welcomes existing and new customers to come and discuss their reel requirements for 2011 and meet the Inosym team, so stop by our stand.

Personnel: Philip Young.

International Wire Group (IWG) Bare Wire Division Tel 315-245-2000 www.iwgcopper.com tom.rosen@iwghpc.com USA Booth 540

Exhibiting: IWG’s Bare Wire Division is a leading U.S. manufacturer of bare copper and tin-plated copper wire products used to transmit digital, video and audio signals or conduct electricity, and sold to a diverse customer base of insulated wire manufacturers and various industrial OEMs. It offers an extensive scope of products and the quality of its copper wire products is exceptional.

Personnel: Vince Donaldson, Lenny Argentine, Phil Denison.

International Wire Group (IWG) High Performance Conductors

Exhibiting: High performance and high-temperature conductor applications: silver and nickel plated-copper and high-strength copper alloy conductors. Also, Tensile Flex® alloy, environmentally friendly RoHS-compliant HPC 80EF® and HPC 35EF®, CS 95®, CT 37 and 162 cadmium. Light weight/tight tolerance constructions.

New stainless steel, medical wire and thermocouple alloys. Available in single-end, bobbin-wound, flat wire, stranded, and rope-lay constructions.

Also, tinsel wire and micro diameter, hybrid, polymide, thermoplastics and fluoropolymers for medical tubing.

Tinsel wire.

Personnel: Thomas Rosen, Marty Dew, Pascal Ferracci, Jose Gallegos.

International Wire & Machinery Association (IWMA) Tel. 44-1926-834680 Fax 44-1926-314755 www.iwma.org info@iwma.org UK Booth 1808 Exhibiting: One of the world’s largest and most influential corporate membership associations for the wire and cable industry, the IWMA is a not-forprofit organization totally committed to benefiting its members. In November 2011, the IWMA will be organizing the CabWire World Conference in Düsseldorf, Germany. Full details will be available at the IWMA booth.

Personnel: Phillip Knight, John Stanaway, Colin Dawson.

Interwire Products Tel. 914-273-6633 fax 914-273-6848

www.interwiregroup.com info@interwiregroup.com USA Booth 258 Exhibiting: Interwire products distributes specialty spring wire, both round and shaped including music wire, bezinal music wire, galvanized music wire, oil tempered, chrome silicon, phosphor bronze, brass, beryllium copper, SS302, SS316, 17-7, Inconel, Monel, nickel, Nitinol, titanium, aluminum and, recently added, other medical grade wires. It also offers straight-andcut wire.

Intras Ltd. (See entries for EuroWire and Wire & Cable Asia Magazine.)

Italian Trade Commission Booth 1314 Ito-Sin (Deyang) Wire & Cable Equipment Co. Ltd. Tel. 86-838-260-1060

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Tel. 864-472-9022 Fax 864-472-3381 www.internationalwiregroup.com tom.rosen@iwghpc.com USA Booth 540

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Fax 86-838-260-1065 www.ito-sin.cn xsl@ito-sin.cn China Booth 849 Exhibiting: Information on a lead extruder, an upcasting line for copper rod, a continuous casting and rolling mill for copper or aluminum rod; a breakdown machine with continuous annealer for copper wire and aluminum wire; a compact take-up device for copper wire or aluminum wire; and a series of stranding/cabling machines.

IWE Spools & Handling Tel. 260-483-9269 (USA) Fax 260-484-0515 (USA) www.wire-machine.com sales@wire-machine.com Germany/USA Booth 1358 Exhibiting: Based in Germany and represented in North America by Wire Machine Systems, Inc., IWE will exhibit a full line of metal reels/spools for all wire and cable applications. It supplies superior quality reels for bunching, stranding, drawing, annealing, cabling, and extrusion application. It offers reel sizes up to 3200 mm diameter in standard size or customized to customer specific needs. IWE also supplies reel/spool handling equipment to lift or lift-and-tilt reels.

Personnel: Bo Knueppel, Jay Griffith.

Jaykase Manufacturing, Inc. c/o Forming Systems, Inc. Tel. 269-679-3557 www.formingsystemsinc.com info@formingsystemsinc.com USA Booth 243 Exhibiting: Jaykase will be exhibiting the JK series of programmable tabletop benders with capacity up to .625 in.

(16 mm) wire diameter. The unique JK bending machines offer fast set-ups, multiple-bend angle capability and progressive changeable home position.

Also, clockwise or counter-clockwise bend direction, programmable bend speed and programmable torque settings are standard. Jaykase makes prototypes, sampling and short runs a breeze. Stop by for a demonstration.

Personnel: Tim Weber, Dan Bagwell.

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Jiangsu Qunye Electrical Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-514-873-81010 Fax 86-514-873-73456 www.qunyeglobe.com www.qunye.com.cn qunye@qunye.com.cn qunye@qunyeglobe.com China Booth 211A Exhibiting: Jiangsu is a manufacturer of specialized metal and plastic spools.

It makes all kinds of spools according to standards or customer requirements, including designs, providing good quality and service. Products are sold to the domestic market and exported to many foreign countries.

Personnel: Wang Qiuxiang.

JMS Machinery (See Engineered Machinery Group.)

Joe Tools, Inc. Tel. 770-832-7866 fax 770-832-7868 www.joe-tools.com sales@joe-tools.com USA Booth 2130 Exhibiting: From extrusion crossheads and in-line heads to tips, dies, screws, barrels, breaker plates, flanges and clamps, JoeTools is your complete design and manufacturing resource for all extrusion tooling, providing a full line of innovative and highly productive extrusion products for the wire and cable industry.

Special: Joe Toolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s switcher crosshead provides extreme efficiency because of its ability to continuously run two consecutive colors without stopping the production process. Simply shift the color layer switch valve to transpose the inner and outer layers and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ready to begin the next production run!

Personnel: Joe Dixon, Ron Neuman, Jim Williams, Andrew Depue, Niki Bensley.

Josaphat Engenharia de Telecmunicacoes Booth 145 Jouhsen Bundgens Machinery Tel. 770-889-0689 fax 770-205-3298 www.jouhsen,com info@jouhsen.com USA/Germany Booth 1602 Exhibiting: High Precision and Output

Wire and Tube Working Machines.

Straighten and Cutoff, Cold Forming, End Working and Turning machines.

Specializing in fine wire and tubing from 0.5mm to 12mm in diameter with tight tolerance requirements at high output speeds.

Personnel: Steve Van Duzen, Alan Klimpl, Bert Bosserhoff, Peter Renz.

Kalas Manufacturing Tel. 717-336-5575 fax 717-336-4248 www.kalaswire.com www.kalaswire.com/contact USA Booth 254 Exhibiting: For over a half century, Kalas has been a leading supplier of wire and cable, bare copper and engineered cable assemblies to a range of OEMs and markets. As a full-service manufacturer, we support our customers not only with quality materials, but also comprehensive engineering support, product design and manufacturing consultation. Our competitive advantage comes from drawing our own bare and tin copper, and our flexibility to meet the unique needs of each customer.

Personnel: David Kurtz.

Kalmark Integrated Systems, Ltd. Tel. 519-759-5898 fax 519-759-4157 sales@kalmarkltd.com Canada Booth 506 Exhibiting: Kalmark provides engineered solutions for strip armoring of cable, casing and flexible conduits. The company will display equipment related to continuous interlock armoring of typical cables for AC90, MC, TECK and both round and flat down well pump cables.

Personnel: Louis Kalmar, Anna Kalmar.

KEI Industries, Ltd. Tel. 91-1493-223780 Fax 91-1493-225077 www.kei-ind.com sswsales@kei-ind.com India Booth 149.

KEIR Manufacturing, Inc. Tel. 828-885-8444 fax 828-884-7494 www.keirmfg.com sales@keirmfg.com USA Booth 703

Exhibiting: KEIR, a North Carolinabased manufacturer of technical ceramics and other engineered products, serves the worldwide wire and cable industry with high purity ceramic guides, the Frontiersman line of air wipes, and state-of-the-art composite flyer bows and specialty pulleys acquired from Kamatics in 2010. KEIRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission is to engineer value and differentiation by partnering with each customer to generate solutions applying advanced materials to solve challenges of improving productivity.

Personnel: Mike Walters, David Watkins, Susan Moore.

Keystone Steel & Wire Co. Tel. 309-697-7132 fax 309-697-7487 www.keystonesteel.com martinmr@keystonesteel.com USA Booth 263 Exhibiting: Keystone Steel & Wire is an integrated producer of hot rolled wire rod, coiled rebar, direct drawn, galvanized, and annealed wire.

Personnel: Richard Webb, Todd Mowbray, Mark Martin, Bill Clapham, John Meier, Arthur Sandoval.

Kieselstein Group GmbH Tel. 260-483-9269 (USA) Fax 260-484-0515 (USA) www.wire-machine.com sales@wire-machine.com

Germany/USA Booth 1358 Exhibiting: Based in Germany and represented in North America by Wire Machine Systems, Inc., Kieselstein Group will exhibit a complete new drawing line suitable for drawing ferrous wire from 4.8 to 15 mm that can be utilized as a stripper block for coils or layer-by-layer spooling for reel-less package. Also, a new innovative concept in drawing soap application that provides for superior lubrication properties and reduces soap consumption and costs, and a reverse die shaving head for a superior wire surface finish that is free of surface-defects. The company offers a complete full-line of innovative equipment for all wire drawing and wire handling applications. As the successor of Herborn & Breitenbach, Kieseslstein can provide all service and spare parts for the machines that are in service in the market.

Personnel: Jens Kieselstein, Bo Knueppel, Jay Griffith.

King Steel Corp.

Booth 249 Kinrei of America (KOA) Kinrei Machinery Company, Ltd. (Japan) Tel. 973-677-9500 Fax 973-673-0907 www.kinreiusa.com mjacobsen@kinreiusa.com USA/Japan Booth 1950 Exhibiting: KOA is a supplier of twisting equipment (bunchers, stranders and cablers) to the wire and cable industry that is manufactured by Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kinrei Machinery Company Ltd. We will display a Kinrei 12-bay, ultra-fine wire, hi-speed tubular strander, model TU5-12.

Special: Bunching, stranding, payoffs, rewinders, take-ups, electro plating equipment, steel reels and plastic reels.

Personnel: Mitch Jacobsen, Steve Hess, Sudhir Gianchandani, Vijay Dajaj, John Lindth.

Kinrei Machinery Company, Ltd./Kinrei of America (KOA) Tel. 973-677-9500 fax 973-673-0907 www.kinreiusa.com mjacobsen@kinreiusa.com USA/Japan Booth 1950

Exhibiting: Kinrei Machinery Company, Ltd. (KMC) began manufacturing machinery for the wire and cable industry in 1947. KMC has supplied more than 3,000 complete wire-twisting lines worldwide, for products from 9-wire unilay constructions to Cat. cables to Litz wire. More than 1,800 Kinrei lines in North America are serviced through KOA, which at Interwire will display a complete line of ABS plastic wire processing reels made in India as well as steel reels fabricated in China.

Its New Jersey facility aupplies spare parts and service support for Watson, NE Butt, Edmands, Wire Machinery Corp. of America as well as all Kinrei equipment. KOA also represents: Candor Sweden AB, electro plating and cleaning equipment; Kopilowitz Engineering, Ltd., payoffs, take-ups and rewinders; and Donnelly Reels, ABS plastic processing and shipping reels made by Sudhir Enterprises of India and steel reels made in China. KOA offers complete rebuilding and overhaul services of all Kinrei equipment. It is the North Safety Products/Distributor for all North (Div. of Honeywell and Sperian) safety products.

Special: On display will be a Kinrei ultra-fine wire, 12-bay tubular strander model TU5-12, capable of producing 19-wire constructions, utilizing single wires as fine as AWG 56.

Personnel: Mitch Jacobsen, Steve Hess, Sudhir Gianchandani, Vijay Dajaj, John Lindth.

KN Manufacturing Solutions & Compomec Tel. 404 202 9655 kari.nieminen@knmsol.com USA Booth 115 Exhibiting: KN Manufacturing Solutions serves wire and cable customers in two ways. First, it offers, through its representation, fiber optic production lines; line components; taping equipment etc. from leading manufacturers such as Maillefer (Booth 906) and Compomec. Second, it provides with technical services, such as equipment and process enhancements; control and measurements system upgrades and specialty equipment development.

Personnel: Kari Nieminen.

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Exhibiting: KEI industries, a leading India manufacturer of stainless steel wire and cable, will display its wide range of stainless steel wires.

Special: KEI will bring the latest quality stainless steel wires in fine sizes and spring quality.

Personnel: Krishan Kaiwala,Raj Gaurav Kiniya.

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Ernest Koch GmbH & Co. KG Tel. 49-2372-985-500 Fax 49-2372-985-167 ww.koch-ihmert.de sales@koch-ihmert.de Germany Booth 658

Exhibiting: The Koch manufacturing program for for ferrous wire machinery includes dry-drawing machines, single-block drawing machines, deadblock coilers and spoolers, reinforcement concrete lines and auxiliary machinery.

Personnel: Jochen Koch.

Koner SpA Tel. 39-0254-56396 Fax 39-0254-55832 www.tktgroup.it tkt@tktgroup.it Italy Booth: Italian Pavilion Exhibiting: Koner, a leader in wire drawing dies, is committed to a policy of research and innovation in regards to process and die technology, constantly working with customers to provide them with complete solutions. Products include: tungsten carbide dies and nibs; pressure dies, tungsten carbide wire guides, bushings, rings and dies; machinery and equipment for grinding tungsten carbide dies; and know-how for the manufacture and reconditioning of drawing dies.

Personnel: Ferruccio Bellina.

Kopilowitz Engineering (See Kinrei of America.)

KP America, Inc. Roloil/Germ Allcard Tel. 212-880-3737 Fax 646-478-9478 www.roloil.com info@roloil.com USA Booth 352

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Exhibiting: We have been helping customers grow their business for more than 100 years. Our high performance wire drawing oils are designed to increase productivity by maximizing wire quality and with a zero tolerance on breakages. We continue to increase our investment in people, R&D and technical know-how. Our philosophy is to listen to our customers, so that we continue to be the product and solution providers for emulsion control, maintenance and best practices Personnel: David Benjamin, Stuart Duff, Gert Larsen.

Albert Krenn (See Die Quip Corp.)

Friedr. Krollmann GmbH Tel. 49-2352-9559-0 Fax 49-2352-50822 www.krollmann.de info@krollmann.de Germany Booth 658 Exhibiting: Krollmann GmbH is a leading manufacturer of pointing machines and handling equipment, offering all types and sizes for wire, bars, rods, profiles and tubes. The production program covers roll pointing machines, threading and pointing machines, point milling machines, swaging machines, hydraulic tubepointing-presses, scrap bundling machines and special purpose machines.

Krollmann is able to deliver complete equipment and solutions to customer’s requests.

Personnel: Oliver Funke.

Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corporation Tel. 828-698-4135 fax 828-692-1663 don.costa@kyocera.com USA Booth 765 Exhibiting: Wire rings, cones and capstans as well as pulley inserts and various components.

Personnel: John Fairchild , Jack Johnson, Frank Roginski, Patrick Wood.

L-S Industries, Inc. (L-SI) Tel. 865-579-629 fax 865-577-2193 www.l-si.com info@l-si.com USA Booth 233

Exhibiting: L-SI will focus this year’s booth on our protective export wrap, EXPORTGUARD. This weather-resistant, impact-protective wrap can be applied in between the flanges of wooden or metal reels. A heavyweight version is available that can be stapled to the rolling edge of the flanges (similar to wood lagging) to give additional deflective properties to the final package. We cut these products to fit your reel dimensions.

The majority of these products come in rolled form, however we can sheet them to the exact length if desired to make packaging your reels more efficient. We offer other light-duty and protective reel wraps as well as additional reel packaging products such as drum liners, flange protectors, and printed placards for metal reels.

Personnel: Chris Creasman, Don Ledford.

Lämneå Bruk AB Tel. 46-122-232-00 Fax 46-122-232-99 www.lamnea.se E-mail: info@lamnea.se Sweden Booth 1860 Exhibiting: Lämneå Bruk AB specializes in the design and manufacture of machines for the ferrous and stainless steel wire industry, and is a reliable supplier of payoffs, mechanical de-scaling equipment, drawing machines and take-up units. One of our expertise areas is the solid welding wire industry, for which we supply a complete product program, including machines for flux core wire. Visit us at Interwire.

Personnel: Jonas Hagstedt, Stefan Petersson, Peter Holm.

For decades, HPC’s Tensile Flex® (Alloy 135) has been recognized as the defining alloy for critical Aerospace applications. It’s track record for performance is yet to be matched.

Performance is our highest priority. Our innovative solutions, quality products, short lead times fulfill your most demanding needs.

And, for applications that require heavy metal free conductors, we offer HPC 80-EF and HPC 35-EF, our environmentally friendly alloys that out perform all others.

When it comes to expertly engineered products, consistent performance and reliable service--rely on us, High Performance Conductors.

INMAN, SC 864.472.9022 TRENTON, GA 706.657.7541 PUURS, BELGIUM 32.3.860.9191

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LaserLinc, Inc. Tel. 937-318-2440 fax 937-318-2445 www.laserlinc.com info@laserlinc.com USA Booth 1064 Exhibiting: LaserLinc is a preeminent manufacturer of highly accurate and highly-adaptable non-contact laser and ultrasonic systems for OD, ID, wall thickness, eccentricity, and concentricity for wire, cable, and fiber industries.

Total Vuâ&#x201E;˘ software provides inprocess tolerance checking, trending, SPC, control, data logging, and many other features. High-speed three-axis laser gauging for OD, ovality, and flaw detection, plus FFT and SRL helps reduce scrap, increase production efficiency, and improve quality. Please stop by our booth and see!

Special: In addition to our display of LaserLinc gauges and TLAser400â&#x201E;˘ micrometer interface card (which enables you to harness your old gauges to PC processing), and demonstration of our FFT/SRL capabilities, LaserLinc is introducing an intelligent gauge-interface for standalone operation or communication with PLCs. Personnel: Dan Dixon, Jeff Kohler, Earl Seagrave, Jim Beard, Tom Shoup, Bill Anderson.

Leggett & Platt Wire Group Tel. 417-358-8131 leggettwiregroup.com dan.gutos@leggett.com USA Booth 440 Exhibiting: Leggett & Platt is a leading North American producer of drawn steel wire. Five plants annually produce more than 700,000 tons of steel wire, half of which is used internally, with external customers consuming the balance. Leggett has two major plants that supply our internal needs for welded steel tubing.

Other customers also buy tubing from these operations. Other operations produce specialty wire products, including rolled, flattened and shaped wire; proprietary bale ties; and components for automatic baling.

Personnel: Lucretia Burt, Bill Avise, Dan Gutos, Joe Downes.

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Leoni Wire, Inc. Tel. 413-593-6618 fax 888-562-9473 leoniwire.com scottw@leoniwire.com USA Booth 340 Exhibiting: Leoni Wire, a fine wire manufacturer, supplies stranded conductors, solid conductors, braider bobbins, ropes, braided constructions and copper alloys that are available in standard and heavy silver-, nickeland tin-plated copper. The markets we service are aerospace and defense, high speed data, industrial cable, communications cable, copper flexibles, wind power, solar, etc. We have made all our products in an ISO-certified facility in Chicopee, Massachusetts, since 1990.

Personnel: Scott Wordsworth, Andy Zinner, Alex Boekholt, Neville Crabbe.

OM Lesmo OM Lesmo Group Tel. 39-039-62840 Fax 39-039-606 4634 www.omlesmo.com omlesmo@omlesmo.com Italy Booth 424

Exhibiting: A new single-twist machine which has an innovative design and incorporates the best features learned from their small machines (400 mm to 1000 mm) and those of their larger machines (1250 mm to 2000 mm). The MTO-CT is equipped with pintles that allow use of bobbins with different arbor diameters and an open-type, carbon-fiber flyer arm that allows higher speeds.

One of the salient points of this machine is elimination of slip rings.

This reduces the maintenance and parts replacements on the electrical components. Also on display will be information about rotating equipment up to 2.5 meters as well as various

wiredrawing equipment, including aluminum wiredrawing machines.

Personnel: Edwin Pasterk, Giovanni Cecchini, Harish Panchal, Carlo Pampaluna, Jean L. Hardy.

Lesmo Machinery America, Inc. OM Lesmo Group Tel. 905-761-6165 Fax 905-761-6168 www.lesmoamerica.com sales@lesmoamerica.com Canada Booth 412/424

Exhibiting: Lesmo Machinery America (LMA) will present the efficient manufacturing capabilities from leading manufacturers who drive their businesses by being at the leading edge of technology. The integration of OM Lesmo and Eurodraw Energy allows LMA to be a full range supplier of wire and cable making machinery from rod breakdown to bunching/ stranding and cabling along with various auxiliary products such as steel reels, wire straightening, guiding and feeding equipment and wire cutting and shearing tools. With offices in Toronto, Canada, and Hooksett, New Hampshire, LMA backs its commitment to the industry with full service and spare parts facility assuring customers of the best possible after-sales care. It will display a new MTO-CT single-twist machine from OM Lesmo. Also, a comprehensive selection of A. Appiani steel reels, a full range of Cometo wire straightening, guiding and feeding equipment and a Tramev exhibit of portable hand-held cutting tools for shearing, cutting-off, bending and straightening of wire, cable, rod, bar, strip, strand, metal banding, bolts and nuts.

Personnel: Edwin Pasterk, Harish Panchal, Allan Brown, Gordon Infanti.

Exhibiting: See Rockford Manufacturing Group listing.

Exhibiting: Promoting our extensive portfolio of resins and compounds for wire and cable products. We offer halogen, non-halogen, flame retardants, low-smoke and many other attributes thermoplastic polyurethanes are known for.

Personnel: Chris Boyher, Chetan Makadia.

Lukas Anlagenbau GmbH Tel. 49-9651-930-0 Fax 49-9651-930-299 www.lukas-anlagenbau.de lukas.voh@lukas-anlagenbau.de .Germany Booth 423 Exhibiting: A vertical taping line that consists of a take-up, payoff and vertical taping unit as well as an infrared

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Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc. Tel. 978-365-5700 Fax 978-365-9700 www.lloydbouvier.com sales@lloydbouvier.com USA Booth 1932 Exhibiting: Lloyd & Bouvier provides rebuilt, used, and new equipment to the wire and cable industry, from simple payoffs to complete extrusion lines. Each new or rebuilt machine or system is designed to the customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s specific requirement and tested in-house before shipment to ensure conformance. Complete rebuilding services for Wardwell 16and 24 carrier braiders are also available, with an extensive inventory of quality used parts on hand at all times. An on-site electronics department and modern machine shop provide our customers with the latest technology for all their wire and cable equipment needs. Stop by our booth to see a digital display of new and rebuilt equipment, and to discuss your specific or unique requirements with the equipment experts.

Personnel: Brian Bouvier, Mike McKee, Carter Lloyd.

J.J. Lowe Associates Booth 1940 The Lubrizol Corporation Tel. 216-447-5000 www.estane.com estane@estane.com USA Booth 301

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Lewis Machine Tel. 815-624-2500 Fax 815-624-7254 www.rmgfelm.com rmgfelm@rmgfelm.com USA Booth 2114

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sintering oven. Machine is suitable for taping wires with, e.g., PTFE. Stan machinery and customized solutions are provided are provided.

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Personnel: Josef Lang, Karin Solomon, Patrick Carney.

M+E Macchine + Engineering Srl Tel. 39-0341-806000 Fax 39-0341-806002 www.meitaly.it info@meitaly.it Italy Booth 658

Exhibiting: M+E specializes in the design and manufacture 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 ultra-fine wire, saw wire, steel cord, spring wire, rope wire, staple and clips wire) for steel and stainless steel wire complete with horizontal or vertical axis spoolers.

Personnel: Angelo Colombo, Marco Fusoni.

Macromeric (See Saco Polymers.)

Magnetic Technologies, Ltd. Tel. 508-987-3303 fax 508-987-2875 www.magnetictech.com

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sales@magnetictech.com USA Booth 112

Exhibiting: Since 1984 we have been designing and manufacturing high quality permanent magnet brakes, clutches and couplings. These include: permanent magnet hysteresis brakes and eddy current devices, and the accessories required for mounting our product in your system. Our products are used to improve the performance of wire payoff and take-up systems. We offer constant tension and constant torque hysteresis devices plus variable torque eddy current devices.

Special: One new product (see p. 208) is a high-torque pancake brake to replace rope pulleys in larger cablers.

Also, magnetic brake flyer payoffs.

Personnel: Howard Schwerdlin.

Magnum Manufacturing, LLC Tel. 877-681-3198 fax 205-681-7868 www.magnumbolts.com steve7597@bellsouth.net USA Booth 452 Exhibiting: We will dispay cold headed products we produce and will discuss how customers can realize significant savings compared to traditional manufacturing of the same products.

Personnel: Steve Goodwin, Bill Richardson.

MAGPOWR Tension Division of Maxcess Tel. 405-755-1600 fax 405-755-8425 www.magpowr.com magpowr@maxcessintl.com USA Booth 1916 Exhibiting: Come see tension controls that make a big difference in your output, including CYGNUS control and the versatile and easy â&#x20AC;&#x153;VERSATECâ&#x20AC;? with gain compensation to help you run your rolls to the core. MAGPOWR will display a sample of the largest selection of permanent magnet, magnetic particle and pneumatic brakes and clutches including the original line of PERMATORK and SOFSTEP brakes and clutches. Talk with the tension ex-

perts at our booth.

Personnel: Chris Harper, Tom Varner.

Maillefer S.A. Tel. 41-21-694-41-11 Fax 41-21-691-21-43 www.mailleferextrusion.com info@maillefer.net Switzerland Booth 906

Exhibiting: Extrusion systems for energy cable, fiber optic cable, telecom cable and tube manufacturing systems.

Maillefer offers world leading and superior technology for EHV, HV, MV and LV power cable production, including catenary and vertical line layouts. Specialized solutions for FTTH fiber optic cable production. Leading telecom and coax cable solutions using performant ExtrucellTM foaming for PE and FEP compounds.

Special: FTTH cable production with use of compression caterpillar for optimal control of excess fiber length.

Personnel: Jon Williams Manuel Felder.

Magnus Equipment (See Power Sonics/Magnus Equipment.

Mapre Belgium SA Booth 858 Marubeni Specialty Chemicals, Inc./Juhua Tel. 813-972-5959 fax 800-640-1616 www.marubeni.com schaefer-r@marubeni-usa.com USA Booth 569 Exhibiting: Juhua is a leading producers of Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP) copolymer. Marubeni is proud to represent them and we will be discussing product information, as well as pricing and forecast going forward.

Personnel: Lily Jiang, Frank Yu, Rosalie Schaefer John Macdonald, Sean Macdonald.

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The best connection for the Wire and Cable Industry LEONI has been drawing copper wire for centuries. Now after 20 years of manufacturing in the US we have one of the most comprehensive programs of conductor material for the cable industry, with world-wide availability. Bare, tin, silver and nickel-plated copper wires and stranded conductors with excellent extrusion properties as well as copper flexibles for electric and electronic components.

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Mathiasen Machinery, Inc. Tel. 860-873-1423 Fax 860-873-8866 www.mathiasen-machinery.com mmi@mathiasen-machinery.com USA Booth 1001 Exhibiting: Mathiasen Machinery buys and sells used wire and cable machinery internationally. It has interests in locating individual machines, complete lines or entire plants.

Consignments, warehousing, appraisals and liquidation services are also offered. The company has buyers seeking all types of good quality used wire and cable machinery. Serving the domestic and international ferrous and nonferrous wire machinery markets, it will display photos of a wide variety of second-hand machinery.

Personnel: Mark Mathiasen, Mike Mathiasen.

Merritt Davis Corporation (See Davis Standard Corp.)

Metalloid Corporation Tel. 800-686-3201 Fax 260-356-3201 www.metalloidcorp.com r.strapple@metalloidcorp.com USA Booth 134

Exhibiting: Metalloid Corporation is a manufacturer of environmentally friendly wire-drawing lubricants. Our “green chemistry” offers bio-stable alternatives to petroleum-based lubricants, powder soaps and greases. Our lubricant alternatives are formulated with American made, renewable resources that eliminate hazardous ingredients while providing the ultimate in lubricity. Our strategy focuses on combining problem solving skills with new concepts that meet the needs of the market and address environmental concerns. Visit Booth 134 to find out how you can eliminate messy powder soaps from your plant. See p. 207.

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Personnel: Richard Strapple, Terry Wiedemann, Judy Schad.

Metavan N.V. Tel. 32-56-359047 www.metavan.com info@metavan.com Belgium Booth 1612

Exhibiting: Steel reels from 12 in. to 49. in (305 to 1250 mm) to the highest quality and consistency will be showcased at the HOWAR Equipment booth. Metavan’s philosophy is to offer a specialized product mix of pressed steel reels using highly advanced machinery in order to offer only the highest quality reels and spools for stranding, bunching, and cabling.

Using automatic machinery, all reels are able to be produced to the strictest standards at valuable costs. All products are then powder coated in any RAL color.

Personnel: Francis Vanhaelewijn, Chris Hauer.

MFL Group/MFL USA Service Corp./Frigerio Tel. 39-0341-358-1 Fax 39-0341-368385 www.mflgroup.com info@cabmach.com Italy Booth 724 Exhibiting: Available to discuss and offer information about tubular, planetary and rigid stranders, Double-twist bunchers.

Special: Presentation of our new Buncher DTA for rope and the new PM200 Planetary Closer.

Personnel: Massimo Gori, Marco Dell’Oro. MGS Manufacturing Inc. (See The MGS Group.)

The MGS Group Tel. 315-337-4502 fax 315-337-3350 www.themgsgroup.com jzampogna@mgshall.com

USA Booth 1024 Exhibiting: The MGS Group (MGS Manufacturing, Hall Industries and Northampton Machinery Co.) is an international supplier of automation and technology solutions for product handling and twisting systems customized to optimize your application with comprehensive design and engineering capabilities, personalized service and ruggedly built systems for decades of reliable, consistent service. Exhibiting machinery, videos and photos of Northampton single, double and triple twist machines. MGS and Hall Design payoffs, take-ups, dancers, accumulators, capstans, air wipes, swage tools, fully automated packaging systems with robotic handling.

Personnel: Jim Zampogna, John Sandle, Tom McComiskey, Jim Russo, Bob Sandore, Jim Green.

Micro Products Company Tel. 630-787-9350 Fax 630-787-9360 www.micro-weld.com info@micro-weld.com USA Booth 624

Exhibiting: Micro Products Company, a leading manufacturer of electric resistance welders since 1928, will be displaying selected Micro-Weld butt welders for welding stranded and solid conductors. Over 50 models are offered for both ferrous and nonferrous applications for a wide range of wire diameters for continuous processing of wire, rod or cable. Also available are ceramic fusion welders that weld within ceramic sleeves for containment and perfect welds without burrs on stranded conductors. Micro Products has been increasing its global presence.

In 2010, the company took part in WAI’s technical conference in Monterrey, Mexico, and displayed its welding

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equipment at wire and cable trade shows in Shanghai and Mumbai, and it will display welders at wire Russia 2011 (May 23-26). Micro-Weld, whose butt welders are in use in over 30 countries, has representatives in many countries, including China, India, Turkey, Middle East, Mexico/Latin America and Brazil.

Total customer support is available worldwide.

Special: Customized butt welding for unique applications. Our ceramic sleeve butt welders for copper or aluminum stranded conductors lock filaments inside a ceramic sleeve for a strong, clean weld, with no burrs.

Personnel: William Banks, Bill Keiler, Ed Harrington, Hamond Dayal.

Microdia SA/Microdia USA Tel. 401-295-0808 Fax 401-294-4844 www.microdia.ch dfstecker@microdiausa.com Switzerland/USA Booth 318

Exhibiting: Microdia offers new technology for ecological compounds, LZSH, EPR, CPR, etc., to reduce stress,mechanical friction, high pressure and overheating of these materials. The new ECOMEX Series satisfies those requirements with several essential improvements: 1. Remastered head design 2. Computer calculated extra deep flow channels 3. Improved tip and die design 4. High tech antifouling coatings 5. Advanced fluid circulation heat/cooling exchanger ECOMEX DL heads are well adapted to the extrusion of double layer heavy duty cables for wind and photovoltage cells farms.

Special: Microdia crossheads for

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Greenâ&#x20AC;? wire and cable. We will be exhibiting a family of crossheads specially engineered to increase the production speed of polymers alloys thanks to perfectly calculated flow path from the head entry to the die exit.

Personnel: Alban Adams, Jean Daniel Steiner.

Mid South Wire Company Tel. 800-714-7800 Fax 615-256-5836 www.midsouthwire.com kdavis@midsouthwire.com USA Booth 142 Exhibiting: Mid South Wire, a privately owned wire manufacturer, operates out of its plant in Nashville, Tennessee, where it produces bright wire from .080 in. through .625 in., and galvanized wire from .080 in. through .250 in.

Personnel: John T. Johnson, Jr., Stan Fossick, Ken Davis.

Morgan-Koch Corp.

Tel. 508-793-1945 Fax 508-793-2163 www.morgan-koch.com straussrl@morgan-koch.com USA Booth 658

Exhibiting: Offering complete ferrous wire processing solutions. Personnel from Morgan-Koch, Koch and other machinery manufacturers represented

by Morgan-Koch will be available to discuss your equipment needs. Offerings include: wiredrawing and cold rolling lines from Ernst Koch GmbH & Co. KG; steel strand and wire rope production equipment from SKET Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH; rod, wire and tube pointing and handling equipment from Friedr. Krollmann GmbH & Co. KG; take-up and payoff frames for multi-strand processing lines and wet drawing machinery from M+E Macchine+Engineering Srl; and wire clean-

ing, pickling, coating and drying equipment from Sirio Wire Srl. Personnel: Jochen Koch, Bob Strauss, Karsten Krauskopf.

Mossberg Associates, Inc. Tel. 401-334-2255 Fax 401-334-3541 www.mossberg-reel.com info@mossberg-reel.com USA Booth 2124 Exhibiting: Mossberg Associates will present information on metal in-process (stamped, welded and fully machined) and shipping (lightweight, corrugated and large structural) reels, featuring products manufactured by Boxy SpA of Italy. Special equipment will include take-apart reels, reel tilters and coil and reel lifters. We invite you to stop by our booth with your specifications and discuss your present and future needs.

Personnel: John Henschel, Rene Mayer.

Mountville Rubber Company Tel. 800-448-8492 Fax 706-298-2994 www.mountvillerubber.com mcoffing@mountvillerubber.com USA Booth 670

Exhibiting: Mountville Rubber is currently reviewing vendors with plans to install an automated pre-weight system in its dedicated color mixing facility.

Special: Mountville Rubber has installed a new Skinner 268L tangential mixer in its dedicated color mixing facility. With this addition, we have increased our annual capacity from 55 million pounds to 100 million pounds.

Personnel: Michael Coffing, Bud Paulk, John Smith.

NEPTCO, Inc. Tel. 401-722-5500 Fax 401-722-6378 www.neptco.com

Exhibiting: Since its founding in 1953, NEPTCO has engineered materials for commercial, industrial and military applications, including advanced polymeric coatings, and laminates of films, foils, fibers, composites, papers, non-wovens and customer-formulated adhesives. NEPTCO offers contract manufacturing and product design services, and has the in-house ability to provide product coating, lamination, extrusion, printing, slitting and weaving at its ISO 9001:2008-certified

plants.

Personnel: Philip Shows, Rick Copp, Pete Mikucki, Paul McLaughlin.

Nextrom Oy (See Rosendahl Nextrom Technolgies.)

Niagara Composites Industries Inc. Booth 1556 Niehoff Endex North America, Inc. Niehoff Gruppe Tel. 856-467-4884 fax 856-467-0584 www.niehoff-usa.com sales@niehoffendex.com

USA Booth 740 Exhibiting: Niehoff Gruppe & Niehoff Endex will present an MMH50 fine multiwire line, a D631 double-twist buncher with automatic traverse and an EDP801 multiwire payoff, a BMV16 high speed braider, and Niehoff’s spare parts and support concept. All machines are driven by energy-efficient AC motors, meet the current safety regulations of the machinery directive and feature new and optimized machine design. Niehoff’s partner companies (like Steuler, HFSAB & Bühler-Würz) will also be present at the booth.

Special: MMH50.8.F35 + RM121 fine multiwire line, D631, a double-twist buncher with NBAT Niehoff automatic traverse system, EDP801, a multiwire payoff and BMV16 high speed braiding machine. Also, Niehoff’s spare parts and support concept Personnel: Robert Wild, Edmond Torbey, Donald Neville, Jose Agusil,

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NEW MACHINES, shortly available Ref. no. 12-6038 QUEINS, high speed bow strander for 7 wires, type QSS 1+6/630, max 1400 rpm, new machine Ref. no. 12-5651 QUEINS, bow twister for stranding insulated conductors, type QRL 1+3 or 1+4 or 1+5/1600 (63“), reel ø 1600 mm (63“), new machine Ref. no. 32-7573 QUEINS, extrusion line for XLPE, 3-layer crosshead, extruders 65/25D, 150/25D, 90/25D, new machine Ref. no. 61-7557 QUEINS, rod drawing machine for Al and Al alloys, 13 dies, inlet ø 12 - 9,5 mm (0,47 - 0,37“), outlet ø 1,7 - 4,5 mm (0,06 - 0,18“), double spooler, new Ref. no. 61-7630 QUEINS, rod drawing machine for CU, 13 dies, inlet ø 8 mm (0,31“), outlet ø 1,2 - 4 mm (0,04 - 0,15“), annealer, double spooler, new machine Ref. no. 80-7593 QUEINS, horizontal annealer for copper rod drawing machine, wire range ø 1,35 – 4,0 mm (0,053 - 0,16“) Ref. no. 82-7591 QUEINS, automatic dual spooler for rod drawing machines, bobbin sizes 630 and 800 mm flange diameter (25 - 31“)

Pre-owned machines Ref. no. 61-7619 HENRICH, copper rod drawing machine model 30R13, 13 dies, inlet 8,0 mm, finished ø 1,4 mm, continuous annealer, dual spooler for bobbins 630 mm ø, plus bundle packer / static coiler for bobbins 1250 mm ø Ref. no. 66-7600 NIEHOFF, 8-wire drawing line, type MMH 101, 21 dies, inlet 1,5 mm ø, finishing size 0,2 – 0,30 mm, continuous annealer R 160, automatic static coiler for 630 mm bobbins Further medium and fine wire drawing machines as well as drawing lines for copper alloys and flat wire.

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Lisa Lent, Rolf Wurmbach, Bernd Lohmueller, Heinz Rockenhaeuser.

NIMSCO LLC/SB2C (See SB2C/NIMSCO LLC.) Northampton Machinery Tel. 44-1604-782230 Fax 44-1604-782220 (See The MGS Group.)

NTB Hitech Ceramics Tel. 91-2135-309201-02 Fax 91-2135-309200 www.ntbindia.com ceramics@ntbindia.com India Booth 2016 Exhibiting: NTB supplies ceramic step cone pulleys, multi-wire drawing pulleys, ceramic guides and guide pulleys (aluminum/plastic-flanged), ceramic guides for air wipes and pig tails, ceramic-coated pulleys, solid ceramic pulleys for super fine wire, carbon fiber bows, ceramic guides for bows, tungsten carbide and pulleys, ceramic nozzles for butt welding, zirconia and alumina and zirconia-toughened alumina (ZTA) ceramics for wiredrawing.

Personnel: Kamal Kacholia, Ajay Malpani, Palepu Raja.

NUMAMERICA/NUMALLIANCE Tel. 847-439-4500 Fax 847-439-4575 www.numalliance.com info@numalliance.com France/USA Booth 1032 Exhibiting: NUMALLIANCE, formerly Latour/Robomac and Macsoft, will proudly display two new wire and tube bending machine releases. Combining, quality, reliability, speed and flexibility, NUMALLIANCEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wire and tube solutions go from standard equipment to fully integrated and customized working cells. It has a worldwide footprint in the automotive, lawn and garden, furniture and point of purchase industries. NUMALLIANCE has been supplying CNC solution in North America for the past 20 years.

Special: The updated/upgraded version of the 7-servo axis feed and form wire bender, the FTX10 with Touch and Form Interface. Brand new line of equipment from cut-to-length or coiled

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wire and tube: the ROBOMAC 2108.

Personnel: David Galas, John Griffin, Gael Carpentier.

Ohio Rod Products Tel. 812-689-6565 Fax 812-689-6635 www.ohiorod.com info@ohiorod.com USA Booth 146

Exhibiting: Ohio Rod Products manufactures reel bolts and supplies reel hardware components for the North American reel market.

Personnel: Ryan Detmer, Kent Carter, Tim Busching.

OM Frigerio Srl (OMF) Tel. 39-031-658-254 www.howarequipment.com sales@howarequipment.com Italy/Canada Booth 1612 Exhibiting: OMF wiredrawing accessories that improve drawing production parameters are available in a vast array of rotating die holders that feature special lubrication boxes and cooling mechanisms to increase die life by reducing friction and temperatures thus increasing drawing output. OMF provides a line of in-line mechanical descalers which incorporate special wire brushing heads to descale and clean wire prior to entering the drawing machine. Scrap wire coilers finish off the product line in order to bundle and recycle scrap wire.

Special: Wire descaler with a subsequent wire brushing unit that is able to descale and clean steel wire up to .625 in. (14 mm).

Personnel: Chris Hauer.

Oklahoma Steel and Wire Tel. 800-654-4164 fax 580-795-7422 www.okbrandwire.com sales@oklahomasteel.com Booth 450 Exhibiting: Oklahoma Steel and Wire and Iowa Steel and Wire offer a complete line in both agricultural and industrial wire products. Providing products that meet or exceed industry standards, devising new industry products, or improving the functionality of existing products, they make products that can be depended on.

Ask for the OK Brand.

OMA USA, Inc./OMA Srl Tel. 330-470-0195 Fax 330-470-0197 www.omabraid.com oma@omabraid.com USA Booth 1656 Exhibiting: OMA will display an electronically controlled, enclosed 24-carrier braider complete with take-up for reels up to 40 in. The machine is suitable for wire, flat wire, textile and special fibers reinforcement and is the most versatile set-up in the industry.

Personnel will be available to discuss any braiding, spiraling or bobbin winding needs.

Special: OMA is happy to discuss our latest innovations, including high capacity wire spiraling units, four station automatic bobbin winders, braiders for special applications, customized hose building machines and any other equipment that may be of interest.

Personnel: Antonio Villa, David Tietze.

OMAS/Forming Systems, Inc. Tel. 269-679-3557 Fax 269-679-3567 www.formingsystemsinc.com info@formingsystemsinc.com USA Booth 243 Exhibiting: OMAS will provide information regarding their complete line of wire-related production machines include ring coilers, welded ring machines, 3-D CNC wire-forming machines, and high-speed wire and strip forming multi-slide machines. Visit us for evaluation of your project.

Personnel: Tim Weber, Dan Bagwell.

Speed with Precision Quality & Superior Service.

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OMCG SpA/North America OMCG Tel. 203-576-6948 Fax 203-576-0239 www.omcg.com omcg@omcg.com bswire@flash.net Italy/USA Booth 1756

Exhibiting: OMCG will exhibit their CNC wire forming machines for wire and strip. Featuring simple tooling and three-to-six bend radii capability plus generation for rings and large radii.

Wire sizes can range from 1 mm to 23 mm. Machines have off-site diagnostic modems. Programming is very easy using a standard Windows-based PC and the EZ program that writes the part program to make the part, draws the part on-screen, simulates the forming on-screen prior to production and estimates the time to complete production.

Just design the part on CAD and download the DXF file and the EZ program will convert it and you can make the part. Another program method allows the part coordinates to be entered as the length, bend angle and orientation of angle of the part, then the program creates the bending program that controls the machine production. For high production, OMCG manufactures a line of CNC slide-forming machine along with their mechanical slide-forming machines that will allow some parts to be produced at 300 parts per minute.

Special: Tube forming from coil, CNC wire forming using a single-head or multiple-head bend units. Assembly of wire to strip or wire to wire.

Personnel: Bob Sears, Frank Arena.

OMD Officina Meccanica Domaso SpA/Forming Systems Inc. Tel. 269-679-3557 Fax 269-679-3567 www.formingsystemsinc.com info@formingsystemsinc.com USA Booth 243

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layers for a variety of fire-resistant cable or other special high-temperature insulation materials.

Personnel: Robbin Wang.

Paramount Die Company Tel. 410-272-4600 fax 410-272-6559 www.paradie.com sales@paradie.com USA Booth 631

Exhibiting: OMD, a leading world supplier, will provide details about its spring grinding technology. Equipment includes precision down-feed programmable spring grinders, large programmable wet spring grinding machines for wire diameters up to 100 mm (4 in.). If quality and performance is critical, OMD is the spring grinding equipment you need.

Personnel: Tim Weber, Dan Bagwell.

P/A Industries Tel. 860-243-8306 fax 860-242-4870 www.pa.com j.palmer@pa.com USA Booth 2050 Exhibiting: Manufacturers of pneumatic and electronic servo feeding, straightening, cutting, payoff and rewinding of wire and flat stock material.

Personnel: Don Frank, Mark Beiner, Edward Morris, Joseph Palmer.

Pamica Electric Material (Hubei) Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-715-4337388 Fax 86-715-4354338 www.pamica.com.cn sales@pamica.com.cn China Booth 132 Exhibiting: Pamica fire-resistance mica tape is an electrical and thermal insulation material in spools or pads. It consists of high-quality phlogopite, synthetic or calcined mica paper that is bonded to electrical grade glass cloth or PE film as supporting reinforcement, impregnated with specially selected high-temperature organic silicon resin. It is mainly used as insulating

Exhibiting: Paramount Die will exhibit a full line of wiredrawing dies and related equipment. Featured products include our TR series of carbide drawing inserts, our new â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tâ&#x20AC;? series inserts for PC wire, ParaLoc pressure and non-pressure holders, PCD dies, and ParaLoc accessories. Visit our booth and let our staff help bring your company into the 21st century.

Special: Paramount Die Company, together with WiTechs, will display a complete in-line descaling and coating system that can handle diameters up to 14 mm. This system is successfully being used in high-carbon, low-carbon, stainless and other industries.

Personnel: Richard Sarver, Al Kozlowski, Ron Garceau, Scott Gipson, Marc Heberlein, Antonio Garza.

Parkway-Kew Corp. (PKC) Tel. 732-398-2100 fax 732-398-2101 www.parkwaykew.com sales@parkwaykew.com USA Booth 333 Exhibiting: Custom coatings for extreme wear applications including: capstans, draw rings, pulleys, stepcones, deflector wheel, tuner and guide rolls. Capabilities include: manufacturing, CNC machining, grinding, polishing, hard-surfacing, plasma spray, metallizing, welding, and shaft, roll and journal restoration. Ceramic impregnated UHMW (HWGP) for economic, wear and corrosion resistant pulley and sheave applications. Manufacture and re-contouring solid tungsten carbide for forming, feeding and descaling roll applications.

Special: Re-designing of stepcones, and pulleys to accept solid tungsten

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Wire & Cable Materials

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A history of quality and innovation Since 1946 Chase has been the Wire & Cable industry’s reliable source for tapes and moisture block sealants.

A proven resource, we are continually looking ahead to exceed the needs of our customers and deliver the products that today’s marketplace demands.

Contact us to learn how Chase Corporation can take you into the future.

Visit our stand # 2012 at Interwire 2011 Chase Corporation Global Operations Center 295 University Avenue, Westwood, MA 02090 (781) 332-0700 | Fax (781) 332-0701 | Toll Free (800) 323-4182 www.chasecorp.com ISO 9001: 2008 Registered

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carbide insert rings for extreme wear applications.

Personnel: Mark Patrizzia, Robert Galperin, Gene Klein, Sr. Pave Automation Design Tel. 44-1733-342519 Fax 44-1733-563500 pave@enterprise.net www.pavewire.com UK Booth 1712 Exhibiting: Pave Automation Design is not only a leading manufacturer, but probably the original innovator of computer controlled bending machinery for the international wire/tube and heating element forming industries. Our stateof-the-art, user-friendly and highly competitive single- and twin-head wire forming centers are being used by an international list of clients to manufacture a wide variety of products in a highly diverse range of industries.

Phifer, Incorporated Tel. 205-345-2120 fax 205-391-0799 www.phifer.com info@phifer.com USA Booth 549

Exhibiting: Aluminum round wire of various alloys .0045 to .4375 in. (.11 mm to 11.1 mm) for coaxial cable shielding, shipboard cable armoring, hose braiding, weaving, medical devices, industrial knitting, cold headed fasteners, wire forms, staples, packaging clips, etc.

Special: New precision winding capabilities for aluminum thermal spray and metallizing applications.

Personnel: Terry White, Cedric Patton.

Pinnacle Metals, Inc. (See Tri Star Metals, LLC.) Pioneer Machinery Co. Ltd. Tel. 973-285-3211 fax 866-892-8724 www.pioneermachinery.us sales@pioneermachinery.us

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USA Booth 1812

Exhibiting: Pioneer Machinery is a leading supplier of complete factory automation to the wire and cable industry, and has developed one of the most advanced dual spoolers. It has a closed-loop control traverse, completely automated, and 0 to 100% torque speed control that includes 1000:1 vector duty motors. It offers high-speed continuous spooling for extrusion lines, with automatic reel changes controlled by PLC. Automatic reel load/unload. Automatic carrying in/out is done by a handy under-plate system.

Special: Pioneer has already delivered three of the new advanced bunchers to the market. Pioneer also manufactures: extrusion lines, telephone and power cable lines, wiredrawing machines, copper/aluminum rod breakdown machines, basket down coilers, pointing and stringing machines, 7 bobbin double-twist bunchers, 7-19 bobbin tubular, rigid and planetary machines, eccentric and concentric tapping machines, capstans, single and dual takeups, payoffs, and vertical and horizontal accumulators.

Personnel: Hernando Blanco, Jerry Huang.

Pittsburgh Carbide Die Co. Tel. 412-384-5785 fax 412-384-6347 www.pittsburghcarbide.com rahlin@pittsburghcarbide.com USA Booth 964 Exhibiting: Pittsburgh Carbide Die has been manufacturing quality nail tooling since 1952. We will be displaying various gripper dies, cutting tools, heading punches and other items used in the production of nails.

Personnel: Robert Ahlin, Matthew Ahlin.

Pittsfield Plastics Engineering, Inc. Tel. 413-442-0067 fax 413-445-7849

www.pittsplas.com nick@pittsplas.com USA Booth 1065 Exhibiting: We are a plastic injection molding company offering many different spools and reels in a variety of sizes for all your needs. We also offer bobbins, dye tubes, take-up tubes, and cones for the textile industry.

Personnel: Nick Roth, Tom Walker, Sam Parris.

Plas-Ties Co. Tel. 714-542-4487 fax 714-972-2978 www.plasties.com info@plasties.com USA Booth 154 Exhibiting: Achieve higher production goals with Tie-Matic HD twist-tying machines manufactured exclusively by Plas-Ties. Tie-Matics bundle wire and cables faster than hand-tying, while eliminating repetitive motion injuries.

Choose from several portable and industrial models. Plas-Ties also offers a complete line of cable ties of various sizes, colors and tensile strengths.

Personnel: Cecilia Nguyen.

Plasmait GmbH Tel. 43-3182-52475-1 www.plasmait.com info@plasmait.com Austria Booth 1612

Exhibiting: Plasmait will be exhibiting the latest technology in plasma surface treatment for the wire, cable, tube and strip industry that will transform the economics of in-line wire processing. The plasma system provides advantages by allowing annealing and cleaning processes to be conducted in-line for wiredrawing of stainless steel, carbon steel and copper wires at process speeds. Our solutions are built around a plasma treatment process that

GEM Technical Support Manager, Roland ‘Rocketman’ Saucier

Astronaut Mike Mullane

112 School Street, P.O. Box 1158 • West Hanover, MA 02339 USA Phone: 781.878.0456 • Fax: 781.871.2753 www.gemgravure.com • Email: sales@gemgravure.com

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offers great advances in wire production efficiency, wire surface quality and process ecology. It is designed for applications with demanding mechanical and surface requirements. Plasma treatment is conducted in controlled atmosphere to ensure distinct surface cleanliness and uncompromised surface quality.

Personnel: Igor Rogelj, Willy Hauer.

Plastic Equip, LLC Tel. 203-672-5933 fax 203-404-9943 www.plasticolor.de tsiedlarz@sbcglobal.net USA Booth 1918 Exhibiting: Plastic Equip LLC, the U.S. market representatives for PLASTICOLOR products, will be joined by Woywod GmbH. Showcased will be the new PLASTICOLOR 2500 auger feeder with improved output capacity as well as completely new designed material flow and the latest technology in respect to sealing. Also to be shown, a PLASTICOLOR color change system that represents a typical layout for the cable extrusion industry. Fixed center crossheads for single layer and multi-layer extrusion in high temp and low temp designs, manufactured by Tips & Dies Inc. in Rome, NY. Representatives from all companies will be available for detailed discussions. Latest technologies with historical results will be discussed by these companies.

For more details, stop by the booth.

Personnel: Tom Siedlarz, Poul Hansen, Jim Milliman, Brenda Milliman, Larry Derrick, Peter Scribner.

Plymouth Wire Reels and Dies, Inc. Tel. 508-791-3456 fax 508-754-4281 plymouthwire.com plymouthwire@verizon.net USA Booth 705 Exhibiting: Plymouth Wire Reels and Dies will display pictures of spools and reels.

Personnel: Guy Gallant. Mirek Swiderski.

PolyOne Tel. 440-930-1000 www.polyone.com info@polyone.com USA Booth 1901

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Exhibiting: PolyOne is a total polymer solutions provider for the wire and cable industry. With the ability to meet diverse global regulatory and product specifications, we draw on a wide range of polymers, colorants and services to find the optimum solutions for your need. Whether your need is for vinyl, color concentrates, contract compounding, crosslinked polyethylene, halogen-free or other specialty compounds, PolyOne has the polymer products and services to meet your requirements.

Personnel: Jennifer Prugh, Sam Redick, Daren Tuel.

Polytec, Inc. Tel. 949-943-3033 fax 949-679-0463 www.polytec.com info@polytec.com USA Booth 136 Exhibiting: Visit Polytec, a world leader in laser based, noncontact length and speed measurement systems.

Learn about the latest solutions for accurate and repeatable length measurements in the wire and cable industry.

The LSV1000 and LSV300 systems are specifically designed to be cost effective solutions that provide long term accuracy, reliability and repeatability with no maintenance and no calibration. Replace your contact wheels with the LSV noncontact laser length systems and measure cable length with confidence. The result is reduced maintenance, higher yield and increased profits!

Personnel: Peter Nawfel.

Pourtier/Gauder Group Tel. 33-1-64-21-84-00 Fax 33-1-64-26-61-10 www.gaudergroup.com pourtier@gaudergroup.com France Booth 858

Exhibiting: Pourtier, part of the

Gauder Group, develops comprehensive solutions to produce high quality Milliken conductor for high voltage and extra-high voltage power cable (AC) and conductors for DC cables (round compacted and trapezoidal wires).

Personnel: Christian Pavailler, JeanBaptiste Patin, Alain Hawaux.

Power Sonics/Magnus Equipment Tel. 440-942-8590 fax 440-942-8488 www.powersonics.com info@powersonics.com USA Booth 2024

Exhibiting: Suppliers of industrial aqueous and VOC-compliant cleaning systems for continuous product such as wire, strip, rod, cable and bar stock.

Additionally, cleaning systems for continuous, individual part production processes such as fasteners, formed wire, stamped, cold-headed and machined products. It also supplies tanks for die cleaning and other maintenance operations. These technologies can be used for virtually any cleaning application for wire and wire products.

Special: See the redesigned radial inline cleaning system (SRT) for wire, rod, strip cleaning and the Mini TunnelSonics (MTS) designed for continuous production, high volume, small part cleaning.

Personnel: Scott Miller, Frank Koontz, Scott Callahan, Pete Breeden.

Powerbase/Juhua China Booth 569 Precision Die Technologies Tel. 260-482-5001 fax 260-482-5977 www.pdtinc.com crystals@pdtinc.com/ johnf@pdtinc.com USA Booth 2011

Exhibiting: PDT specializes in new, used, and re-cut services for natural di-

Premier Wire Die Tel. 401-721-0721 fax 401-721-0742 www.premierwiredie.com info@premierwiredie.com USA Booth 2140 Exhibiting: Premier Wire Die will display polycrystalline diamond dies, sin-

gle crystal synthetic diamond dies and natural diamond dies. Also, dies for stranding and bunching.

Personnel: Vincent Griffin, Josh Young.

Pressure Welding Machines (PWM) Tel. 44-1233-820847 Fax 44-1233-820591 www.pwmltd.co.uk pwm@btinternet.com UK Booth 1840 Exhibiting: PWM will showcase its best-selling M101 and HP100 portable cold welders, EP500 rod welder, and a selection of manual machines. The PWM range will be featured by Amaral Automation Associates, exclusive distributor of PWM cold welding equipment, spares and dies in US and Canada. PWM manufactures manual and powered models, with capacities up to .984 in. (25 mm) copper and

1.181 in. (30 mm) aluminum. Dies are hand-made in PWMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workshops to standard or custom designs.

Special: Demonstrations of cold pressure welding.

Personnel: Steve Mepsted, Joe Snee.

PrintSafe, Inc. Tel. 858-748-8600 fax 858-748-8640 www.printsafe.com info@printsafe.com USA Booth 1856 Exhibiting: PrintSafe presents the new Domino-Wiedenbach W series of ink jet and laser cable markers. These exciting new systems finally provide the true operating reliability, coupled with full online marking inspection. Uptime, with the lowest rejection level, is the design forte of this platform.

PrintSafe also presents the new Medek & Schoerner line of hot-foil, band marking and gravure markers for the

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amond, polycrystalline, and monocrystalline wire drawing dies. We also provide shaped, stranding, compression, tubing, and split dies as well as specialty and prototype tooling. Services include our die lease program, other manufacturing support systems, as well our inventory managment program both on and off site. We partner with our customers as a team to help them accomplish the reduction of man hours, workload, and cost.

Personnel: John Freiburger, Terry Van Daele, Rhonda Deroche, Crystal Seibert, Nathalie Garces, Joe Geisler.

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highest speed and image contact marking.

Personnel: Tom Hittle, Clinton Jones, Jason Milligan, Anthony Ferrara.

Promostar Srl Tel. 39-0432-975752 Fax 39-0432-986117 www.promostar.it info@promostar.it Italy Booth 1655 Exhibiting: Promostar is able to offer complete solutions for the realization of complete production lines, turnkey plants, machine equipment and accessories for the production of concrete reinforcing wire (cold rolling, straightening and cutting, stretching process etc., with cassettes or dies), thin steel wire (wire drawing process), lattice girder and electro-welded mesh lines for different industrial application.

Properzi International, Inc. Tel. 443-212-4320 fax 866-905-4320 www.properzi.com g.marcantoni@properzi.us USA/Italy Booth 1834 Exhibiting: In the mid-1940s, Italy’s Continuus-Properzi invented the methodology and process of continuously casting nonferrous rod. Today, Continuus-Properzi is a global leader of CCR lines for nonferrous wire rod production, offering a complete product line including all the necessary elements from furnaces to casting equipment, to rolling equipment and dual wire rod coilers. The Properzi organization provides unparalleled continuous casting and rolling technology for the production of aluminum and copper wire rod on a global basis, the latter being produced from either copper cathodes or 100% low-quality copper scrap to yield top-quality copper rod. The product line also encompasses machinery for the production of nonferrous ingots using the traditional wheel and belt or the new track and belt system.

Special. The product line is complemented by the offerings of the Wire Machinery Division, which include machinery for complete PC wire and PC strand plants and the “Megalogos" machine for high-carbon steel wire-

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drawing applications that benefit from the large, ergonomic, horizontal capstans having a diameter of 1,270 mm.

A wide selection of technical literature will be at our booth, so stop by or go to www.properzi.com for more details, Personnel: Giuseppe Marcantoni, Giulio Properzi, Carmelo Brocato, Dimitri Cordublas, Vladimir Djukic, Paola D’Oria.

Proton Products International, Ltd. Tel. 44-1494-670-606 www.protonproducts.com g.latimer@protonproducts.com UK Booth 1050 Exhibiting: A full line up of laser diameter gauges and diameter control systems. A three-axis lump and neck detector, a pre-heater, capacitance gauge and the non contact, laser doppler speed and length gauge. Stop by our Booth and see all our products in action. If you are looking for the best quality, performance, technical support and value for investment, talk to the Proton Products team.

Special: New release: a non-contact speed and length gauge with forward, reverse and zero speed detection. The highest specification laser doppler technology, now measures in either direction and starts and ends measuring right down to zero. See the SLR3060 in action at the booth.

Personnel: Grant Latimer, Greg Scher, Greg Goss.

Q.E.D.Wire Lines, Inc. Tel. 450-458-1200 fax 450-458-0200 ww.qedwire.com sales@qedwire.com Canada Booth 752 Exhibiting: We would like to discuss our heat-treating equipment furnaces, high-turbulance multi-stage pickling baths, the latest in ceramic lines, galvanizing and Galfan furnaces and, of course, our well-proven coat weight applications with or without automatic coat weight control. We build production lines using the latest state-of-theart technology, including the best controls for safety and environmental standards.

Special: Our new multi-proportional control fluidbed furnaces; high-turbu-

lance, ultra-efficient pickling lines; and the latest in galvanizing coat weight control systems.

Personnel: Gord Murray, Mike Crowle, Matt Certosini, Bill Crowle.

Qinhuangdao Yanda-Guohai Stainless Steel Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-335-850-0555 Fax 86-335-850-1152 www.yandaguohai.com renaliu@yandaguohai.com China Booth 215 Exhibiting: A manufacturer of stainless steel wire and knitted wire mesh, our wires are available for weaving, braiding and welding, etc. The most common alloy is 300 and 200 series.

Our wire mesh can be used in the automobile and electronics industries. Our annual capacity is more than 6000 tons, most of which is exported to overseas countries.

Personnel: Rena Liu. Qual-Fab, Inc. Tel. 440 327-5000 fax 440327-5599 www.qual-fab.net sales@qual-fab.net USA Booth 252 Exhibiting: Qual-Fab specializes in the manufacture of quality high nickel alloy and stainless fabricaions for a variety of high temperature and corrosive applications. With over 30 years of experience, Qual-Fab ensures dependable, cost efficient, high-quality products and attention to each individual customer specification.

Personnel: Jim Yutzy.

Queins & Co. GmbH Tel. 49-2472-8080 fax 49-2472-3014 www.queins.com info@queins.com Germany Booth 1506 Exhibiting: Queins & Co., a successful business for 36 years, will exhibit a number of large sized pictures of delivered machines to the rope and cable industry. Further information will also be supplied about the range of different delivered lines for special applications, such as power transmission, CTC conductors, steel rope applications and other fields.

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Gabriela Queins, Bruno Hützen, Eneyda Ameijeiras.

Raajratna Metal Industries Ltd. Booth 349 RAD-CON, Inc. Tel. 440-871-5720 fax 216-221-1135 www.rad-con.com chris.messina@rad-con.com USA Booth 234

Exhibiting: RAD-CON specializes in 100% hydrogen bell-type annealing equipment, with the expertise to design, manufacture and set-up anneal facilities anywhere in the world. RADCON has specific expertise in spheroidized annealing and cold heading quality (CHQ) wire production for the fastener and bearing industries. Based in the U.S. since 1966, RAD-CON has operated on a global basis, helping industries increase BAF capacities of high quality annealed wire and wire rod. RAD-CON’s experience encompasses ferrous and nonferrous applications in a variety of industries.

Personnel: Chris Messina.

Radyne Corporation Tel. 414-481-8360 fax 414-481-8303 www.radyne.com sales@radyne.com USA Booth 1912 Exhibiting: The clean, integrated, safe induction heating technology for AL, CU, steel in single or multiple strand wire heating systems with changes in coil and feed configurations are used for many different wire heating applications,including bright annealing in atmosphere, hardening and/or tempering, cladding, relaxation, drying, preheating, brassing, coating, Clapton wrap, and heating prior to extrusion.

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uous induction heat treatment.

Special: Bright annealing in-line capabilities. No muffle or oven is required, removing this expensive to run and maintain device from the production of the wire. Our equipment can be put inline with the surface reduction equipment used for creating the bright surface, thus creating a total inline process.

Personnel: Jan Leisner, Jim Erwin, Jim Parker.

Rainbow Rubber & Plastics, Inc. Tel. 610-685-2800 fax 610-685-7574 www.rainbowbelts.com sales@rainbowbelts.com USA Booth 1749 Exhibiting: Caterpuller, capstans and haul-off belts from Rainbow Rubber & Plastics have been developed in conjunction with the world’s leading machine manufacturers and wire and cable manufacturers. They will eliminate short belt life, cover separation, tracking and other belt problems. We guarantee it!

Personnel: Mark Mackimm, Bill Barnard, Karen Fox, Steve Fornoff.

Rautomead Limited Tel. 44-1382-622341 Fax 44-1382-622941 www.rautomead.com sales@rautomead.com UK Booth 1650

Exhibiting: RS upwards vertical casting machines for oxygen-free copper and copper alloy rod, 3,000 - 30,000 TPA. Cast rod from 0.315 in. to 1.18 in. diameter for production of superfine wire, trolley wire, transformer strip and data communication cable.

Personnel: Jay Taylor, Scott Tocher.

Ravni Technologies Tel. 33-0-4-77-50-57-80 Fax 33-0-4-77-90-58-65

www.ravni.com France Booth 2060

Exhibiting: Ravni Technologies will show its wide range of machines for the wire and tube industries, especially wire and tube straightening and cutting machines. Wire diameters covered range from 1 mm up to 18 mm and tube diameters from 1 mm to 45 mm.

The production program is completed with several types of chamfering machines Mr. Ravni will also take this opportunity to meet potential agents who can promote products in America, the goal being to establish a long cooperation.

REDEX Tel. 33-2389-44200 Fax 33-2389-44299 www.wire-rolling-mills.com info@redex.fr France Booth 2160 Exhibiting: REDEX is a world leading manufacturer offering a complete range of high-precision, high-productivity stand rolling mills (3 or 5 twohigh mils) for the production of rectangular magnet wire, flat and shaped wires (stainless steel, brass, steel and copper). The range includes synchronised payoff and traversing take-up spooler.

Personnel: Francis Puyol.

Reel-O-Matic, Inc. Tel. 405-672-0000 Fax 405-672-7200 www.reelomatic.com sales@reelomatic.com USA Booth 850 Exhibiting: Reel-O-Matic, Inc., and Tulsa Power, Inc., with a combined total of almost 100 years of manufacturing, are leading wire and cable handling equipment manufacturers. Both companies design and build a wide range of material handling equipment.

Refractron Technologies Corp.

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RG Attachments Booth 2032

Rizzardi (See SAMP.)

RichardsApex, Inc. Tel. 215-487-1100 Fax 215-487-3090 www.richardsapex.com raincorders@richardsapex.com USA Booth 1706 Exhibiting: 108 years in the wire industry and still going strong. Technical and sales personnel from all three RichardsApex worldwide offices as well as many of our partner representatives from around the world will be at Interwire to talk about the latest in lubrication for the wiredrawing and continuous cast rolling markets. We are contributing to the Continuous Casting Forum, along with many of our industry companions, and truly believe this will be an industry first. Stop by and let us know how we can make a difference at your facility.

Personnel: Sales and technical staff.

Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc. (RMG) Tel. 815-624-2500 Fax 815-624-7254 www.rmgfelm.com rmgfelm@rmgfelm.com USA Booth 2114

Exhibiting: Rockford Manufacturing Group, Fastener Engineers and Lewis Machine are innovative leaders in the wire industry. Our integrated in-line wire processing solutions are the epitome of Lean Manufacturing. Cus-

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This includes: payoffs, take-ups, cabling lines, accumulators, linear measurers, caterpullers, coilers, rewind/test lines, twinner/quadders, concentric and eccentric taping lines, spiral striping machines and control upgrades and many specialty items.

Special: Reel-O-Matic is demonstrating its STU Series shaftless spooling equipment with its exclusive powered mobility feature and a pendant-controlled power traverse. The Model STU4 is provided with a dual-speed control drive system to provide torque when paralleling from multiple reels simultaneously, and high speed when spooling cable from one reel. The company has also introduced the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cat-Walk,â&#x20AC;? (see p. 206) its new selfcontained shaftless payoff and take-up cable processing system.

Personnel: Terry Simmons, Rick Campbell.

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tomers quickly realize reduced inventory, improved productivity, greater flexibility and most importantly, reduced total cost. Lewis Machine straightening and cutting equipment is celebrating its 100 year anniversary.

RMG is proud of this accomplishment and we are searching for the oldest Lewis Machine still used in production today. If you believe you have this machine, please stop by our booth as we’d love to hear from you. Tooling, service and support, RMG is the only OEM for Fastener Engineers, Lewis Machine and G.C. Patterson equipment and your best source for tooling, spare parts and technical service requirements. Companies are encouraged to contact us with any questions at rmgfelm@rmgfelm.com.

Personnel: Kirk Prosse.

Roloil (See KP America.)

Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH Tel. 43-3113-5100-0 Fax 43-3113-5100-59 www.rosendahlaustria.com office@rosendahlaustria.com Austria Booth 432

crosshead series for cables with a core diameter from 0.001 to 4.3 in., and a high-performance Roex extruder.

Personnel: Robert Pinter, Hans Jäkel.

Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies Tel. 828-464-2543 Fax 828-464-5314 www.nextrom.com info@nextrom.com USA Booth 432

Exhibiting: New developments in optical fiber and fiber optic cable manufacturing: break-through technology to produce dry optical fiber loose tube cables while maintaining low post-shrinkage characteristics.

Special: For fiber manufacturing, Nextrom presents further achievements in the productivity of the draw process for single-mode fiber production, further improvements to previously introduced vad perform manufacturing, special fiber production and high speed post draw UV-coating technology.

Personnel: Harri Turunen, Alain Giraud.

Roteq Machinery Inc. Tel. 905-660-8800 fax 905-660-8898 www.roteqmachinery.com dave.alexander@roteqmachinery.com Canada Booth 1924

Exhibiting: Rosendahl and Nextrom are global suppliers of high-end cable and fiber manufacturing systems offering first class products and turnkey solutions in the fields of extrusion, SZ stranding, optical fiber, metal tape forming, welding and corrugation.

Rosendahl and Nextrom combine state-of-the art technology with best of services and can look back on a successful history in its fields of business.

Special: At Interwire 2011, we will present our latest advancements and technology highlights for producing energy, coax, fiber optic and telecom cables, including our new and enlarged

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Exhibiting: Continuous evaluation of the product and the process leads to better manufacturing solutions. Auditing those changes leads to the potential for further enhancements. This endless cycle of events keeps the installed equipment productive. Roteq’s presen-

tation details many of the changes using rotating equipment with emphasis on rotating equipment used for stranding, cabling and the strip armouring process. Specific features include flat and round submersible pump cable production; single-twist stranding as a competitive alternative to the traditional rigid strander up to 61 wire strand constructions or 1000 KCM and an analysis of cabling options for different conductor section including double-twist, bow, single-twist and drum/universal stranders and cablers.

Personnel: Dave Alexander, Andy Blackmore, June Hamel, Martin Boyne, Mike Marshall, Paul White.

S&E Specialty Polymers Tel. 978-537-8261, ext.173 Fax 978-537-5310 www.sespoly.com mchase@sespoly.com USA Booth 401 Exhibiting: S&E Specialty Polymers will be highlighting special plastic compound brands designed for wire and cable applications. We will discuss how we can specially design compounds for particular customer needs using the extensive experience of our R&D personnel and our state-of-the-art laboratory facilities. S&E Specialty Polymers’ sister company, Toner Plastics, will discuss their extrusion capabilities for the wire and cable industry.

Personnel: Steve Graham, Duane Shooltz, Ilia Charlat, Mike Chase, Robin Burton, Jim Miller.

Saco Polymers/Macromeric Division Tel. 920-803-0778 Fax 920-803-0779 www.sacopolymers.com sales@sacopolymers.com USA Booth 2118 Exhibiting: Saco Polymers is a North American leader in moisture crosslinkable polyolefin technology with its complete line of PexidanR moisturecure, low-voltage wire insulations.

Specialty products, including lowsmoke zero-halogen compounds, CPE compounds, thermoplastic urethanes and antistatic and conductive compounds compliment this offering. The

Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials Booth 551 SAMP USA, Inc./SAMPSISTEMI Tel. 301-223-8584 Fax 301-223-8542 www.sampinc.com info@sampinc.com USA Booth 1328

Exhibiting: The display will include a double-twist buncher, including electrics tailored specifically for our U.S. customer base, which will be in full operation with a dynamic payoff.

Also on display will be a static portal payoff/take-up for use in high voltage extrusion and rewind applications.

SAMP USA, Inc. is equipped to manage machinery upgrades and complete rebuilds via their knowledgeable service and spare parts department.

Personnel: Marco Gerardo, David Graff, Sandy Scroggs, Tim Walter.

Sanxin Wire Die, Inc. Tel. 434-906-2340 Fax 434-220-0475 www.sanxinamerica.com admin@sanxinamerica.com USA Booth 2120 Exhibiting: Very high quality Sanxin PCD and diamond and monodie dies 0.001 in. to 1.18 in. dia. Also, nano dies (diamond-coated tungsten carbide, 0.05 in. to 1.97 in. dia). A full range is available at very attractive prices.

Special: Nanocrystalline diamond composites applied to compacting, stranding and drawing dies. These provide better quality finish and better electrical properties of drawn conductors. Compacting nano dies also save large amounts of raw material in cable compacting operations. Less friction also means reduced energy costs in your plant.

Personnel: Doug Thornton, Lee Thornton, Wang Jiantuo, Zhang Fan. SARKUYSAN A.S. SARK WIRE CORP. Tel. 518-453-4199 Fax 518-453-4166 www.sarkuysan.com marketing@sark-usa.com USA Booth 558 Exhibiting: Manufacturer of high

quality copper conductors in bunched, multiwire, rope and single end form as bare, tin-plated and nickel-plated qualities. Products are in full compliance with ASTM stardards and can be produced per customer specs. ISO 9001 certified state of the art production locations worldwide including Albany, NY, U.S. and Turkey with distribution locations in the U.S., Europe and worldwide.

Personnel: Tolga Isik, Brigit Finley, Ahmet Kabaktepe.

SAS Testers, Inc. c/o Forming Systems Inc. Tel. 269-679-3557 fax 269-679-3567 www.spring-testers.com info@formingsystemsinc.com USA Booth 243

Exhibiting: SAS Testers, Inc. will provide information regarding its complete line of spring testing equipment including compression, tension, torsion, and fatigue testing machines.

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WANTED TO PURCHASE – KINREI BUNCHERS AND CABLERS Kinrei of America wishes to purchase used Kinrei Bunchers and Cablers in good condition. We will quickly provide a quotation on any of our equipment and we feel we can offer the best pricing in the industry.

Please feel free to contact Mitch Jacobsen at mjacobsen@kinreiusa.com or 973Ͳ 494Ͳ6143.

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Macromeric division of Saco Polymers is a materials technology leader in the design, development and manufacture of specialty, proprietary and toll compounds, using a wide variety of polymers, polymer alloys and functional additives.

Personnel: Dean Jenne, Stephen Wooden, Steven Houpert, Roger Blumer.

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SAS also offers digital imaging machines for fast dimensional measurement of wire formed products.

Personnel: Tim Weber, Dan Bagwell.

SB2C/NIMSCO LLC Tel. 5633910400 fax: 563391040 info@nimsco.com USA Booth 324 Exhibiting: SB2C is a machinery manufacturer offering a wide selection of forming and specialty equipment.

We offer solutions for high-, mid- and low-production requirements.

Personnel: Jerry Ashdown, Gerald Jacques, Christophe Burioni.

Schlatter North America Tel. 815-874-9471 fax 815-874-8585 www.schlattergroup.com sales@schlattergroup.com USA Booth 1513

Exhibiting: The Schlatter group is a world leader in plant manufacturing for resistance welding systems. With longstanding expertise in industrial engineering, the company group listed in Switzerland provides production systems offering high performance and quality. The MG930 is an industrial mesh welding system for the competitive production of dimensionally accurate mesh in small, medium and large batch sizes. Schlatter modules and components optimized for short setup times allow you to change quickly between various production orders.

Special: MeshStudio is a 3D drawing program for visualising welded meshes. It has been developed for operators of mesh welding systems and standardizes the exchange of mesh data between customer, manufacturer and Schlatter welding system. The program

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comes with a wide range of extra functions and is available to customers in three versions.

Personnel: Ronnie L. Meiers, Felix Mueller, Hans Bruegger, Greg Rayson, Roger Widmer.

France Booth 858

Schmidt Maschinenbau GmbH Booth 449 Schunk Graphite Technology/ Wire Machine Systems, Inc. Tel. 260-483-9269 fax 260-484-0515 www.wire-machine.com sales@wire-machine.com Germany/USA Booth 1358 Exhibiting: Based in Germany and represented in North America by Wire Machine Systems, Inc., Schunk Graphite Technology will exhibit a wide array of industry-leading quality carbon brushes and brush holders for all wire processing applications.

Brushes for all copper wire annealers, bunchers and stranders, motors, tachogenerators and sliding applications where electricity is transmitted.

Personnel: Stede George, Bo Knueppel, Jay Griffith.

Sealeze A Unit of Jason, Inc. Tel. 804-275-1675 Fax 804-271-3428 USA Booth 358 Exhibiting: We are a leader in providing brush solutions for a broad range of industrial applications. We manufacture strip brush in the most sizes, filament types and materials. And, our extensive forming capabilities enable us to provide custom-formed shapes to meet specific application requirements.

All of our strip brush products are manufactured in the USA in our Richmond, VA, factory. Located in the MidAtlantic region, we are near major transportation routes, both North/South and East/West.

Service Thread Mfg. Co. Booth 303 Setic/Gauder Group Tel. 33-4-77 -23-25-55 Fax 33-4-77-71-10-85 www.gaudergroup.com setic@gaudergroup.com

Exhibiting: Setic, part of the Gauder Group, offers complete solutions to produce high quality LAN cables with enhanced performances in one step or two steps according to the required product mix as well as double-twist bunchers/stranders for PC and automotive industry.

Personnel: Christian Pavailler, JeanBaptiste Patain, Alain Hawaux.

Shanghai Seti Enterprise International Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-215-976-7801 Fax 86-216-886-9089 www.shanghaiseti.en.alibaba.com rxing@shanghaiseti.com.cn China Booth 405A Exhibiting: We produce round or flat stitching wire and sell soft annealed galvanized wire with high quality and service.

Personnel: Romain Xing.

Shanghai Shenchen Wire & Cable Equipment Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-216-519-9437/38 Fax 86-216-519-9430 schsc8@yahoo.com.cn China Booth: 2018A Exhibiting: The cold pressure welding is a process to joint metals and alloys by exerting pressures, with no need for electricity, heat, filler and flux. Under the action of a concentrated pressure load, the surface areas of the two contact surfaces to be jointed will expand, and as the surface area expands, the protective film that hinders welding on the original surface will rupture. Furthermore, the load caused by an external force will make the clean metallic matrixes exposed contact closely to result in new binding between atoms, and as the external force is exerted continuously a welding operation can

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Cold rolling, straightening and cutting lines

Direct Synchro Drive line equipped with cassettes

Tubular strander for copper, aluminium or steel wires

Chain link fence making machines with electronic speed variation

Controlled slip rod breakdown machine for shape trapezoidal wires

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be accomplished.

Personnel: Su Xuwen, Han Songchao, Zhong Jianqiang.

Shanxi Tianxiang Machinery Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-359-765-0158 Fax 86-359-765-0288 www.pxq.cn Txjx7650158@163.com China Booth 2018B Exhibiting: Our GP series polished shaft rolling ring drive is used in Hshaped wheel take-up machines for arranging wires repeatedly. Our JSZ twisting machine is used for bunching all kinds of number of strands and all wire diamters. Our CJ coiling machine is used for coiling and tying all kinds of finished wire products.

Personnel: Yang Tianxiang.

Shijiazhuang Kingway Metal Products Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-31187-088438 Fax 86-31187-836445 www.wirenettingchina.com jrain@263.net; z_jrain@163.com China Booth 305A Exhibiting: Kingway, a professional wire/wire mesh producer in China, supplies galvanized wire, black wire, stitching wire, nylon-coated wire, staple wire, PVC wire, welded mesh, garden mesh, and hex and chainlink mesh.

Personnel: Zhao Jinbiao; Du Jianxin.

Sictra/A division of Cortinovis Machinery SpA/Eurolls Group Tel. 39-035-313-211 Fax 39-035-312-523 www.sictra.it info@sictra.com Italy Booth 1739

Exhibiting: Sictra specializes in the design and manufacture of wiredrawing machinery for nonferrous wire, copper, aluminium and alloys, with continuous technology and design innovation and more than 30 years of market experience. The company has merged with Cortinovis Machinery, a part of the Eurolls Group, which is

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active in both the steel and nonferrous stranding machinery business.

Special: Production program: rod breakdown and multiwire machines, intermediate fine-wire drawing lines, spoolers, coilers and complete production lines to draw “Trolley” grooved contact wire.

Personnel: Bussola Federico, Andrea Camparada, Anthony DeRosa, Steven Nichols.

system brings a complete understanding of the extrusion temperature profile without influences from shear or thermal heat dissipation seen with standard thermocouples.

Personnel: Jeff Swinchatt, Sue Lynch, Jhonathan Ruiz, Molly Hardegree, Vince McCaffrey, Holger Lieder.

SIKORA International Corporation Tel. 770-486-1233 fax 770-486-1201 www.sikora-usa.com sales@sikora-usa.com USA Booth 512 Exhibiting: SIKORA’s theme for IW 2011 is material consumption and scrap reduction. Our expertise in XRAY technology and inductive optical techniques gives customers the most reliable solutions for wall thickness and diameter measurement and control applications. Working with X-RAYs for 18 years and inductive optical systems for 38 years, SIKORA is most experienced and focused on wall and diameter measurements. IW 2011 will illustrate the company’s latest technologies. Highlights will include the power cable industry standard X-RAY 8000 NXT series, the latest non-contact technology for measurement of the temperature of extruded material temperatures. SIKORA R&D delivers the latest technology for diameter measurements with the LASER SERIES 6000, featuring 2500 measurements (not scans)/second. The range of XRAY 6000 systems for a variety of applications will be on display.

Special: SIKORA introduces the LENGTH 6000 device! This system provides 0.05% accuracy measuring cable products where vibration and smooth or irregular surfaces are simply part of the application. The dual camera diffraction image analysis technique looks at the product fingerprint, characterizes it and tracks its transition time between image sensors. Also, the ULTRATEMP 6000 for the measurement of extrudate melt flow temperatures. Using ultrasonics to determine the temperature in a flow channel between the extruder and crosshead, this

Simpacks Tel. 973-402 4098 fax 866-892-8724 www.simpacks.com sales@simpacks.com USA Booth 1812 Exhibiting: Simpacks dual head automatic coiler can coil or wind telephone and building wire cables; both round and flat, as well as computer cables with diameters from 1 mm/0.04 inch to 8 mm/0.3 inch. This coiler is capable of producing six to eight coils per minute. Simpacks’ new single-head automatic coiler can coil or wind telephone and building wire cables, both round and flat. Short lengths (2 m/5 m/10 m/15 m/25 m/50 m/100 m) at six to 10 coils per minute. ID = 50 mm.

Special: Simpacks coilers can process round or flat cable; solid or stranded cable; telephone cable, battery cable, armored cable, annealed steel wire and special cable. Our new automatic coiler + strap + coil holder is available for all your packaging solutions. Controls can be chosen by customers such as Allen Bradley, Siemens, Telemecanique, Mitsubishi, Omron and more.

Personnel: Hernando Blanco, John Garb.

Simas Srl (See Forming Systems, Inc.)

Sinoleader Industries Group Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-216-487-9030/1 Fax 86-215-425-9031 www.sinoleader.com info@sinoleader.com China Booth 2117A Exhibiting: We are the professional supplier of various cable and plastic equipments and other related materials, including a Cu/AL rod continuous casting line, drawing machine, twister, laying-up, metal tube corrugating machine, lead extruder, sheathing line, etc.

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We also supply customers high-quality galvanized steel wire, galvanized steel tape, AL steel composite tape and CCA/CCS. Sirio Wire srl Tel. 39-036257-3197 Fax 39-036257-6138 www.siriowire.com info@siriowire.it Italy Booth 658 Exhibiting: A provider of superior technology, know-how and services, Sirio Wire designs, builds and installs equipment for the chemical and electrochemical treatment of the wire. It will display pictures and film of its technology for: fumeless HCl pickling and fluxing baths; electrochemical pickling baths; ultrasonic and electrolytic cleaning lines for aluminum, stainless steel, oil tempered wires, etc.; bronze coating lines for beadwire; phosphating baths; nickel and copper coating lines for stainless and steel wire; electro-galvanizing lines for steel wire; coating baths; electrically heated dryers; and tanks, scrubbers and fume exhausts.

Personnel: Thierry Heynen.

Sivaco Quebec Booth 458 Sjogren Industries, Inc. Tel. 508-987-3206 fax 508-987-1965 www.sjogren.com sales@sjogren.com USA Booth 1057 Exhibiting: Sjogren Industries manufactures tools and equipment for the handling, preparation and testing of wire and/or rod, including: modular roll straighteners and replacement grooved rolls; wedge grips, assemblies and replacement parts for wiredrawing machines; magnetic-tensioning brakes and clutches for payoff or windup applications; roller guides for guiding wire in process lines; machines for twist-testing and wrap-testing of wire; machines for off-line pointing and die stringing of wet draw wire machines; and replacement jaws and inserts for tensile-testing machines.

Personnel: James Jolda, Carl Sjogren.

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Skaltek, Inc. Tel. 770 449-6464 fax 770 449-4263 www.skaltek.com info@skaltek.com SWEDEN/USA Booth 1164 Exhibiting: Skaltek Inc,. located only 20 minutes from the Georgia World Congress Center, will have a booth at the show and also display equipment at its Norcross manufacturing facility. At our facility, we will demonstrate several production lines and you will have an opportunity to meet our full team.

We will provide a shuttle service.

Special: Skaltek is introducing the newest generation coilers, a result of almost 40 years of engineering. We will also introduce the newest generation UX26, with automated laying techniques. We will display new electrical standards, with both pure Siemens and pure Allen Bradley solutions.

SKET Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH Tel. 49-3914-0558-0 Fax 49-3914-0558-15 www.sketvmb.de sichert@sketvmb Germany Booth 712 Exhibiting: We will be showing posters of our latest developments and be prepared to discuss: cable and steel wire rope making machinery such as central stranders, tubular stranders, planetary closers and bunchers; auxiliary equipment such as take-ups, payoffs, haul-offs, etc.; and our latest developments: heavy and large machinery for manufacturing ropes and cables for off-shore applications.

Personnel: Georg Godau, Michael Mรถsken.

SmartReels Tel. 717-336-2842 fax 717-336-0505 rpwitwer@kalaswire.com USA Booth 2017 Exhibiting: From over a half century in the wire and cable industry comes Smart Reel, an innovative and integrated product system that offers our customers a competitive advantage and considerable cost savings. As a full-service manufacturer, we will work with you to create a program with the products and services that meet your needs.

Special: A revolutionary alternative to wooden reels saves time, space and money. Patented design adapts to any machinery for optimal flexibility. Simple and easy to collapse and disassemble for superior ease of use. It reduces costs associated with reel waste and freight, and the impact to the environment for a responsible product. Experience the benefits of SmartReel.

Personnel: Richard Witwer, Finn Livingston, David Witwer.

SMEETS S.A. Tel. 32-2377-1140 fax 32-2377-2407 www.smeets1921.com smeets@smeets1921.be Belgium Booth 119

Exhibiting: SMEETS S.A. (since 1921) is the sole agent in North & South America for Loypos, a highquality manufacturer of semiconductive woven tapes for HV and EHV cable. We also supply our waterblocking yarn and export to more than 40 countries. Our customers are in: EHV/HV and MV cable, mining cable, offshore cable and optical fiber cable.

Personnel: Paul Couvreur.

Sonoco Reels and Spools Tel. 800-633-3962 ffax 256-751-5101 www.sonoco.com wcrsales@sonoco.com USA Booth 924 Exhibiting: A wide selection of wire and cable reels and spools. Offering an extensive line of wood, steel, plastic, plywood, polyfiber composite and combinations of materials, Sonoco Reels and Spools is your best-allaround supplier for service, selection, size and performance in transport packaging, utility and process reels.

Spirka Schnellflechter GmbH Tel. 49-30-549918-46 Fax 49-30-549918-45 www.spirka-schnellflechter.com hbaumbach@ spirka-schnellflechter.com Germany Booth 712 Exhibiting: SSB will exhibit a 16C braider especially configured to braid flat ribbon wire with precise tension control. It also includes a motorized capstan for electronic pitch control, integrated payoff and take-up. In addition, SSB offers a variety of medium and high-tension braiding machines, spiraling units, reel payoffs and takeups.

Personnel: Harald Baumbach, John Tomaz.

Ferguson, Robert Kozlowski, Colin Welsh.

SPX Precision Components Fenn Division Tel. 860-594-4300 fax 860-667-4667 www.spxprecision.com precision.fenn@spx.com USA Booth 749 Exhibiting: Established over 100 years ago, the Fenn Division is a global supplier of metal forming machinery.

Our product line is used in both the ferrous and nonferrous industries and includes rolling mills, wire flattening and shaping lines, power and nondriven turks heads, single and double capstans, drawbenches, swaging machines, and TorinÂŽ CNC camless spring coilers. Recently completed projects include wire flattening lines used to produce PV strip used in the manufacture of solar panels.

Personnel: Steve Bedard, Nelson

Staku Surface Treatment Tel. 260-483-9269 (USA) Fax 260-484-0515 (USA) www.wire-machine.com sales@wire-machine.com Germany/USA Booth 1358 Exhibiting: Based in Germany and represented in North America by Wire Machine Systems, Inc., Staku will exhibit a model from its line of Esystems that offer state-of-the-art surface cleaning, pickeling and coating. Stakuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s line includes E-clean, E-phos, E-copp, E-bead and E-galv models that provide for superior cleaning and coating and pickeling while significantly reducing your day-to-day operating costs.

Personnel: Joerg Gerhard, Bo Knueppel, Jay Griffith.

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Special: Fabrication of special transport packaging including steel skids and other protective packaging.

Personnel: Jim Printz, Allen Bishop, Wendy Williams, Brooke Stonesifer, Jay Swetenburg, Christine Lovett, Dean West, David Gluth, Mike Tucker.

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Stema/Pedax Booth 1512 Steuler Anlagenbau Booth 740 Stolberger KMB GmbH Tel. 49-2402-86558-0 Fax 49-2402-86558-3 www.stolberger.com info@stolberger.com Germany Booth 712

Exhibiting: For almost 60 years, the name Stolberger has stood for “tailormade” in the cable machinery business. Behind this name there is a wide range of production machinery for all branches of cable and steel rope technology. The six decades of know-how and the experience of our staff are a strong foundation and decisive basis for the reliability of the whole Stolberger production program.

Sudhir Enterprises/ Donnelly Reels/Kinrei of America Tel. 973-677-9500 fax 973-673-0907 www.kinreiusa.com mjacobsen@kinreiusa.com USA/India Booth 1950 Exhibiting: Sudhir Enterprise exports its high quality, high-performance reels to the U.S. through Donnelly Reels, based out of Wayne, New Jersey. It will display ABS composite reels, Plastic JUMBO Reels®, super tough reels and reels for magnet and stainless steel wire. Their latest development, the Plastic JUMBO Reels, is a greener option for manufacturers of Cu conductors to ship their produce and switch from the wooden reels presently used to a greener option.

Personnel: Sudhir Gianchandani, Vijay Dajaj, SunWyre, Inc. Tel. 904-620-9507 fax 904-928-9640 www.sunwyre.com galvsud@comcast.net USA Booth 2059 Exhibiting: Magneto-Hydro-Dynamic

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(MHD) galvanizing technology for steel rod and tube. SunWyre’s proprietary MHD galvanizing is an ecofriendly process for continuous galvanizing of steel rod and tube. This process offers significant advantages over traditional galvanizing such as lower energy, raw material, and labor costs. By eliminating hazardous chemicals found in traditional galvanizing, i.e., acid, flux and rinse, SunWyre’s MHD galvanizing process is ecofriendly! There are no hazardous chemicals or by-products.

Special: Magneto-Hydro-Dynamic (MHD) is the academic discipline or science which studies the dynamics of electrically conducting fluids. In the case of galvanizing, molten zinc or galfan, are applied to steel rod or tube in a continuous process and controlled using MHD technology.

Personnel: Victor Dorsten, Patrick Weister, Dale Proctor.

Sylvin Technologies, Inc. Tel. 717-336-2823 fax 717-336-0547 www.sylvin.com chris.oconnell@sylvin.com USA Booth 602 Exhibiting: Sylvin Technologies is a leading manufacturer of custom flexible vinyl and vinyl alloy compounds for electrical wire and cable insulation and jacketing applications. Sylvin offers a complete line of injection molding grade materials for wire harness, power cord and electrical connector applications. All Sylvin materials are RoHS compliant and numerous grades are UL and Canadian UL listed. Sylvin has expert technical staff as well as a modern laboratory, which ensures exact material requirements are produced in our ISO 9001 certified facility.

Personnel: Chris O’Connell, Doug Eby. T&T Marketing, Inc. Tel. 973-426-0453 fax 973-426-0457 www.ttmarketinginc.com info@ttmarketinginc.com USA Booth 764 Exhibiting: T&T Marketing staff will be ready to discuss the wide range of quality compounds, dispersions, and

concentrates that it can offer cable manufacturers.

Personnel: Tom Jordan, Henry Harris, Tony Dolce, Craig Shell, Jim Kamas, Barbara Latta, John Accorsi, Ken Strandberg, Roger Hoogendoorn, Amy Theobald, Paul Lorigan.

Talladega Machinery & Supply Co., Inc./Wire Division Tel. 256-480-5124 fax 256-761-9867 www.tmsco.com wire@tmsco.com USA Booth 212 Exhibiting: TMS offers wire machinery rebuilding and totally rebuilt wire drawing machinery, including multiwire machinery rebuilds. We service wire machinery problems and provide spare parts for many brands, and on all types of wire-working machines, including armoring and extruding operations. TMS also supplies ceramic pullblocks and wire guides. We offer on-site, in-plant consultations, machinery rebuilds and repairs.

Personnel: Gerry Runyan, Greg Daniels.

Taubensee Steel & Wire Company Tel. 847-459-5101 fax 847-459-5187 www.taubensee.com info@taubensee.com USA Booth 244 Exhibiting: Taubensee Steel & Wire celebrates its 65th year of operation in 2011. Our facility in Wheeling, Illinois, produces low and medium carbon, plating quality, bright basic, industrial quality wire and bar products in coil and straightened and cut. Special packaging and tolerances are available. Our facility in Henderson, Kentucky, produces hard-drawn spring wire Class III, low-carbon plating quality, bright basic and industrial quality wire. For music wire and Class III applications, please inquire.

Personnel: David Westerbeck, Kristina Mikkelson, Ed Parcell, Bill Smith, Phil Rizzo, Brett Sarver.

Taymer International, Inc. Tel. 905-479-2614 fax 905-479-2636 www.taymer.com info@taymer.com

Exhibiting: Taymer will display the hot-foil cable printer with several upgrades: safety interlock guarding, mechanical tape accumulator to improve the safety and productivity of the machine. Print verification system and the surface inspection system: The Print View 1400 will automatically verify the print quality. The Surface Inspector SI3100 detects surface defects 360 degrees around your cable surface and also provides dimensional measurements. Both systems ensure products remain at the highest possible quality.

Special: Taymer’s cable surface inspection system for the wire and cable industry is designed to pick up defects less than 1 mm. With a multiple-camera set-up and advanced vision software, defects such as jacket holes, bulges, and surface blemishes will be detected. This will prevent defective products from reaching your customers and allow you to pinpoint the root cause of defects.

Personnel: Samuel Kwok, Craig Girdwood.

TBE T. Butler Engineering Ltd. c/o Forming Systems, Inc. Tel. 269-679-3557 fax 269-679-3567 www.formingsystemsinc.com info@formingsystemsinc.com USA Booth 243

Exhibiting: TBE will provide information regarding its new Multibend series of twin-head programmable wire forming machines. TBE’s new twinhead technology provides automated, simplified, high-speed forming of complex wire forms requiring minimal tooling. Machines are available up to 16 mm wire diameter. Bring your samples or drawings for evaluation.

Special: TBE specializes in wire forms for automotive seating applications, trim wires, listing wires, brake springs, consumer products, medical wire forms, construction components and many other applications.

Personnel: Tim Weber, Dan Bagwell.

www.tktgroup.it tkt@tktgroup.it Italy Booth: Italian Pavilion Exhibiting: Tecnosider has many years of experience in the steel wiredrawing industry and its extensive knowledge of the market allows the company to be present in an advisory capacity in the production world, enabling them to find practical solutions based on actual experience. Tecnosider designs and constructs auxiliary machinery and devices.

Personnel: Ferruccio Bellina.

Techalloy Welding Products Booth 363

Tecnovo Srl Tel. 39-0254-56396 Fax 39-0254-55832 www.tktgroup.it tkt@tktgroup.it Italy Booth: Italian Pavilion Exhibiting: A new line of dry drawing lubricants that are borax-free with no dust. Tecnovo provides full and prompt technical assistance from start to finish, including selection of the most suitable products and testing of the customer’s plant by expert specialist technicians. Tecnovo will research and develop special lubricants and products to meet customer requirements/specifications. Efficient quality control means that performance and reliability is always guaranteed.

Personnel: Ferruccio Bellina.

Tecnosider Srl Tel. 39-0254-56396 Fax 39-0254-55832

Teknikor Tel. 508-678-3977 fax 508-675-9280 www.teknikor.com

Team Meccanica Srl Tel. 908-479-9818 fax 908-479-1644 cortinovis@cortinovisamerica.com www.teammeccanica.it Italy/USA Booth 1709 Exhibiting: Part of the Eurolls Group, Team Meccanica is a leader in manufacturing drawing machines, revolutionary high speed rolling lines for special materials, steel wire patenting machines, together with steel cord and twisting equipment and all connected auxiliary installations.

Personnel: Anthony DeRosa.

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peter.paindiris@teknikor.com USA Booth 1053 Exhibiting: Teknikor provides integrated plant and facility management services including electrical and mechanical engineering and contracting, automation and controls, electrical testing and maintenance (fire safety) and energy management solutions to a regional, national and global client roster.

Personnel: Peter Paindiris, Craig DiSano, Ken Potvin, Phil Pelletier.

Teknor Apex Company Vinyl Division Tel. 401-725-8000 fax 401-729-0166 www.teknorapex.com wirecable@teknorapex.com USA Booth 312 Exhibiting: Teknor Apex Company, a supplier of custom thermoplastic compounds to the wire and cable industry, offers a full range of RoHS and REACH compliant, UL recognized extrusion and molding compounds. Materials include Apex速 flexible and semi-rigid PVC, FireguardR plenum PVC, Flexalloy速 UHMW PVC elastomers, Halguard速 halogen-free flame retardant compounds and conductive compounds as well as specialty blends.

The company is the sole North American distributor of COIM Laripur TPU for the wire and cable market.

Personnel: Mike Patel, Rod Fischer, Norm Gourley, Richard Barbrick, Sue Booth.

Tenova Core Tel. 412-262-2240 www.tenovacore.com info@tenovacore.com USA Booth 131 Exhibiting: Tenova Core designs and supplies a wide range of heat treating, reheating and specialty furnaces for ferrous and nonferrous materials.

Booth personnel will be available to discuss our high quality heat treating furnaces for wire including the innovative STC速 (Short Time Cycle) furnace.

Tenova Core also provides atmosphere generators, process control systems and a complete range of technical services to help you achieve optimal product quality and efficiency from your existing equipment.

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Personnel: Thomas Zamanski.

Tensor Machinery, Ltd. Tel. 514-636-3121 fax 514-636-3288 sales@tensorfiber.com USA Booth 2056 Exhibiting: Tensor is a manufacturer of equipment for fiber optic and copper cables. From UV coloring lines to complete jacket line systems, we can provide a wide variety of equipment needed to manufacture your cables. We will have literature and videos of our equipment on display and be available to discuss any equipment needs you may have.

Personnel: George Kepes, Ken Luterbach, Ellis Weatherford.

Teurema Tecnica Europea de Maquinaria SL/EUROLLS Group Tel. 34-943-341-919 Fax 34-943-518-807 www.teurema.com teurema@teurema.com Spain Booth 1739 Exhibiting: Teurema designs, manufactures and supplies equipment used in the production of ferrous wire. Over the last 40 years, it has supplied coldrolling lines for ribbed and smooth wire, horizontal and vertical spoolers, static coilers and payoffs all over the world for use in welded mesh and wire for the construction industry.

Personnel: Harald Heskes.

Thermcraft, Inc. Tel. 336-784-4800 Fax 336-784-0634 www.thermcraftinc.com info@thermcraftinc.com USA Booth 120 Exhibiting: Heat treating equipment, heating elements, insulation materials, furnaces, ovens, controls.

Special: Liquid quench fluidized bed technology.

Thermoplastics Engineering Corp.

Tel. 978-537-8135 Fax 978-537-5484 www.thermoplasticseng.com timd@thermoplasticseng.com USA Booth 2126 Exhibiting: Custom cable and wire machinery: extruders, cablers, take-

ups, payoffs, accumulators/dancers.

Personnel: Ernest Landry, Tim Dacey, Patrick Wilkins.

Tianjin Zhaohong Metal Product Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-228-862-9928 Fax 86-228-862-9928 www.cn-galvanizedwire.com www.cn-wire.cn zhaoshuntj@yahoo.com.cn China Booth 405B Exhibiting: Thick zinc coating; pure zinc coating made by ceramic zinc bath; uniform tensile strength; and best quality with reasonable price.

Personnel: Vicky Hu, Jim Ma. Tips & Dies, Inc. Tel. 315-337-4161 fax 315- 337-4164 sales@tipsanddies.com USA Booth 1918 Exhibiting: Tips & Dies will show its line of fixed-center crossheads for single- and dual-layer extrusion in high-temperature and low-temperature designs. Its fine adjustment crossheads and peripheral equipment is used in wire and cable, fiber optic, medical tubing and profile applications. Detailed information can be obtained from booth personnel, or by contacting the company directly. Tips & Dies is also represented by Plastic Equip, LLC, Tom Siedlarz, in the New England area.

Personnel: Jim Milliman, Brenda Milliman, Peter Scribner, Larry Derrick.

Toner Plastics (See S & S Specialty Polymers.)

Tongda (Dalian) Equipment Technology Development Co. Tel. 86-411-668-81733 Fax 86-411-668-81719 www.td-dl.com.cn wangyukai6027@sina.com China Booth 2133 Exhibiting: Technology to produce copper-clad aluminum (CCA), copperclad steel (CCS) and copper-clad aluminum magnesium (CCAM) wire. The production line includes TD-ZSSX series intelligent bimetallic wire clad-welding production lines used in the production of bimetallic

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wire and the TD-ZLSX series of integrated continuous wiredrawing production lines used in the drawing of bimetallic wire and solid wire as well as newly emerging bimetallic wire production innovations in the domestic field, including plenty of independent technology patents.

Special: A new bimetallic wire (CCA, CCS and CCAM) type manufacturing technological process includes: semifinished wire production; wire production for a variety of sizes; wire cleaning and inspection; annealing; butt welding and plating; finished wire polishing and inspection; and spooling and packaging.

Personnel: Yukai Wang, Pijia Liu, Lun Qiu, Likun Yan, Qi Wang.

Tramev srl Tel. 39-031-658-511 www.tramev.com

info@tramev.com Italy Booth 412

Exhibiting: Tramev is a world renowned producer of portable hand held cutting tools for shearing, cuttingoff, bending and straightening of wire, cable, rebar, rod, bar, strip, strand, metal banding, bolts and nuts.

Tramevâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cable division has provided some of the largest manufacturers of power cables in the world with this range of portable cutting tools. Our shears can cut cable up to diameters of 150 mm, even 170 mm. The wire division tooling can cut, bend and straighten wire and rod up to 50 mm in diameter. Visit our display for easy solutions to problems occurring in the

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production and manufacturing of wire, rod and cable products.

Personnel: Allan Brown, Cristian Saraceno.

Traxit North America, LLC Tel. 901-366-8525 fax 901-366-8414 www.traxitna.com info@traxitna.com USA/Germany Booth 758 Exhibiting: Traxit North America is part of Germanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Traxit International GmbH, a leading lubricant supplier for the wire drawing and rolling industry.

Traxit North America offers a wide range of calcium- and sodium-based lubricants for all wiredrawing applications. The products are locally manufactured or imported from Germany.

Special: 0% borax from Traxit. Traxit offers a full range of dry drawing lubricant products completely free of borax and all boron compounds. These innovative and superior products, which are better than traditional boron-containing products, offer: longer die life, higher drawing speeds, reduced wire breaks, reduced drawing temperatures and less moisture pick up.

Personnel: Hubertus Damm, Richard Lankshear, David Pawloski.

Tri Star Metals, LLC Tel. 630-462-7600 Fax 630-462-8225 www.tristarmetals.com kpayton@tristarmetals.com USA Booth 464 Exhibiting: Manufacturer of stainless steel and nickel alloy wire and bar, and supplier of stainless steel and nickel alloy wire and bar, aluminum bar.

Special: TriStar has installed a new eight-head Morgan Koch high-speed draw line. Its overhauled annealing l ine has helped doubled capacity and throughput, and the company is further bolstered by the addition of a new East Coast sales and stocking location.

Personnel: Kurt Payton, Jay Mandel, Nick Pigott, Stefan Haupt, Brian Moran, Lou Arcuri, Matt Brandal.

Troester GmbH & Co. KG Tel. 49-5118-704-0

Exhibiting: Troester KG is a worldleading supplier of machines and complete lines for the cable manufacturing and rubber processing industry, comprising CV lines for XLPE and rubber cables, silane lines, sheathing and insulation lines. It will present a variety of information and new developments in the field of continuous vulcanisation lines for XLPE and rubber cables (CCV and VCV lines), conductor postheating in the CV-tube splice box, sag control TRISAG for CCV lines and the TWINROT system for production of high voltage cables on CCV lines. Troester welcomes visitors to learn more about “Excellence in Extrusion” and to discuss their latest requirements.

Personnel: Thomas Lerch.

Tubular Products Company Tel. 800-9646074 Fax 205-856-1398 mbrown@tubularproducts.com USA Booth 612 Exhibiting: Wire carriers, top hats, stems and racks—the names are endless! Tubular Products Company has been a leader in the wire carrier industry for 37 years. We look forward to talking with you about our abilities to meet short lead times as well as inventorying your needs. The sky is the limit with our capabilities and we look forward to the opportunity to talk with you.

Personnel: Matt Brown, Howard Boyd, Reid Fernambucq.

Fax 918-584-3421 www.tulsapower.com sales@tulsapower.com USA Booth 850 Exhibiting: Tulsa Power, Inc., and Reel-O-Matic, with a combined total of almost 100 years of manufacturing experience, are leading wire and cabling handling equipment manufacturers. Both companies design and build a wide range of material handling equipment. This includes: payoffs, take-ups, cabling lines, accumulators, linear measurers, caterpullers, coilers, rewind/test lines, twinner/quadders, concentric and eccentric taping lines, spiral striping machines and control upgrades and many specialty items.

Special: Tulsa Power’s traversing reel take-ups and payoffs are some of the most advanced on the market today.

The units traverse the entire reel in front of the material line, creating an optimum layer wound package. Also, Overhead beam, fixed frames and cantilevered shaft style units.

Personnel: Mike Spence, Jim Miller.

Ultimate Automation, Ltd. Tel. 44-1403-754136 Fax 44-1403-754558 www.ultimat.com martin@ultimat.com UK Booth 564 Exhibiting: Ultimation will be exhibiting its latest version of the UMW series of machines. On display will be an Ultimat UMW-100 model incorporating automatic butt welding. Covering a

wire range of 3.00 to 10.00 mm (.120 in. to .395 in.), this model is ideally suited for the manufacture of refrigerator shelves, oven racks and a variety of complex wire forms. Options available include secondary bend heads, press tools, drilling, threading and chamfering stations. The ULTIMAT models can be configured to form flat, shaped and round wire, making them the ultimate wire forming machine for the POP and white goods industries.

Personnel: Tim Busby, John Manning, Martin Smith.

UMC Booth 864 United Wire Co., Inc. Tel. 800-840-9481 fax 203-752-1762 www.unitedwirecompany.com bob@unitedwirecompany.com USA Booth 451 Exhibiting: Manufacturers of flat, square, and shaped wire in stainless steels, carbon steels, copper alloys, nickel alloys, and aluminum.

Personnel: Bob Swanson, David Hitchcock, Bryan Hitchcock.

Unitek Crossheads Howar Equipment, Inc. Tel. 43-332-551014 www.unitek.at office@unitek.at Austria/Canada Booth 1612

Tulsa Power, Inc. Tel. 918-584-1000

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Fax 49-5118-64028 www.troester.de info@troester.de Germany Booth 1750

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Exhibiting: Unitek will be exhibiting its high precision/high concentricity fixed center single and multi-layer crossheads for thermoplastic and fluoro-polymer thermoplastic materials. Unitek manufactures a complete line of fixed center crossheads capable of producing up to 120 mm (4.75 in.) over-insulation cable diameters. By-passes/bleed ports are also available. Unitek is also a leader in automatic color change technology, which allows production lines to change colors within 50-100 feet while at full line speed. It will also display a new double die note for crossheads. See p. 206.

Personnel: Bernd Klein, Martin Fische, Andrew Stromer, Chris Hauer.

Exhibiting: Exclusive supplier of original UPCAST® technology offering a wide range of both single- and doublefurnace continuous casting lines with easy variation of output and product mix together with unique upgradability. Total absence of harmful emissions results in a small environmental footprint further reduced by new energy saving GREENerCAST features. UPCAST, best known for the production of Cu-OF rod, has recently been applied also to the casting of thin-walled Cu-DHP tube.

US Reel Booth 553 US Synthetic Wire Die Tel. 801-235-9001 fax 801-751-0062 usswiredie.com jmemmott@usswiredie.com USA Booth 1663

Unitrading (LianYunGang), Ltd. Booth 2117B Uniwest Booth 113 Uniwire Tel. 212-688-1565 fax 212-688-2311 www.uniwire.com egarcia@uniwire.com USA Booth 251 Exhibiting: Uniwire is an international steel marketing and trading company specializing in wire, wire rod, billet, LME billet futures, ERW and seamless pipe and wire products. Uniwire represents the Cape Gate Group along with other world class producers. Offices located in New York, London, Johannesburg and Beijing, with representative offices in Argentina and Canada.

Personnel: Daniel Deutsch, Jonathan Tulkoff.

UPCAST OY Tel. 358-207-577400 Fax 358-207-577401 www.upcast.com sales@upcast.com Finland Booth 958

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Exhibiting: Our objective is to help you become more competitive by providing reliable, long-lasting PCD dies.

Each die is made at our plant in Orem, Utah, using a unique PCD material pressed with our proprietary diamond presses. Dies sized from .004 to .385 in. diameters are available that use standard PCD blank sizes (D6 through D30). A subsidiary of US Synthetic, a leading producer of PCD for oil and gas drilling inserts, US Synthetic Wire Die builds upon a 33-year reputation for product innovation, customization, “dock-to-stock” quality, and on-time delivery.

Personnel: Joe Memmott, Todd Mick.

Vandor Corporation/Reel Options Tel. 800-428-6991 fax 765-966-7677 www.reeloptions.com sales@reeloptions.com USA Booth 616

Exhibiting: Reel Options, by Vandor Corporation, is a manufacturer and supplier of plastic, corrugated fiberboard, chipboard and plywood reels and flanges. Industry applications include wire, communications cable, tube and hose, rope, boxed reels, electrical connectors and fiber optics. Our manufacturing capabilities include plastic injection molding, CNC plywood cutting, plastic extruded cores, precision core cutting and precision die cutting. Our assembly capabilities include gluing, stapling, bolting and spin welding. We also custom design reels to customer specifications.

Special: All plastic utility spools utilizing spin welding technology for assembly. Creates a strong, lightweight and economical reel. Eliminates need for glue, staples or bolts.

Personnel: Mark Elder, Gerald Davis, Gary Cox, Adrienne Cowen, Rick Brown.

Videojet Technologies, Inc. Tel. 630-860-7300 fax 800-582-1342 www.videojet.com info@videojet.com USA Booth 2113 Exhibiting: Videojet is a world-leading manufacturer of coding and marking systems, fluids, and accessories for the product identification industry.

Videojet printers apply high-quality alphanumeric codes, logos and graphics to nearly any surface at virtually any line speed, angle, or location on a product or package. We provide a complete line of industrial coders and supplies able to produce reliable codes at today’s production line speeds.

Special: On display will be Videojet’s latest pigmented ink jet printer for applying bright colored codes to darker colored and hard to mark surfaces.

Vitari SpA/Eurolls Group Tel. 39-035-528-900 Fax 39-035-528-999 www.vitari.com vitari@vitari.com Italy Booth 1739

Vollmer America, Inc. Tel. 860-824-5157 fax 860-824-0682 www.vollmeramerica.com dick@vollmeramerica.com USA Booth 232 Exhibiting: Manufacturer of measur-

ing, testing, and statisical data collection equipment for the wire industry.

Ability to measure thickness and width under extreme enviromental conditions. SPC and FFT analysis of collected data is possible with Vollmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s VGraph SPC system. VRECOS, Vollmer's electronic chart recorder is also a popular Vollmer product. The VPIe-PLC is a feedback control system for control of rolling mill screwdowns.

Special: Introducing our latest technolog: the VTS (Virtual Tough Screen).

Used in conjunction with digital probes, the VTS system can monitor up to four measuring gauges, each with multiple axis.

Personnel: Dick Pechie, Al Gayheart.

Wafios Machinery Corporation Tel. 203-871-2071 www.wafios.us traceym@wafios.us

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Exhibiting: CNC coiling and bending machine, Model BM 30, with freely programmable electronic control, for the production of two and three-dimensional bent components. Resistance welder models SE 1 for nonferrous cables 1/0 NV and 1BNV for steel wire, cold welder models KSC 400 and KSCZ. Personnel: Donald Fisher, Al Clement, Michael Rief, Raymond Brunet, Robert Flower, Sigrun Mobus.

Stolberger, Inc. DBA Wardwell Braiding Co.

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Exhibiting: Since 1925, Vitari has been manufacturing high quality wire processing machinery. The Vitari brand is synonymous with quality and excellence in engineering. The machinery range covers wire straightening machines for both industrial wire as well as reinforcing wire for the construction industry. Traditionally, though Vitari is renowned world-wide for its chain bending-welding machines, it also offers nail and cold header machines for the fastener industry, chain link fencing, hexagonal mesh, barbed wire, dress-hanger making machines.

Personnel: Vittorio Mion, Mario Vitari.

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Tel. 401-724-8800 fax 401-723-2690 www.wardwell.com sales@wardwell.com USA Booth 712 Exhibiting: Wardwell is the industry standard for braiding equipment. At Interwire, we will exhibit a 24-carrier Speedmaster, a 2-spindle semi-automatic winder and a 12-position static payoff. Additionally, Wardwell manufactures the Rapid Braider model in 16- and 24-carrier sizes, Speedmaster 150 with 16 carriers, Maypole machines ranging in size from 8 carriers to 144 for wire and textile. Wardwell also offers three- and four-position winders and a variety of payoffs and windups.

Personnel: John Tomaz, Harald Baumbach.

Watson Machinery (See Kinrei.)

Weber & Scher Mfg. Co., Inc. AFA Industries Tel. 908-236-8484 fax 908-236-7001 www.webscher.com webscher@webscher.com USA Booth 1050 Exhibiting: Weber & Scher, now in its 96th year of operation, will display equipment from its production range, which includes cable filling and smooth/corrugated metal tape shielding/armouring systems, cable payoff and take-up systems, cable accumulation systems, concentric and eccentric taping heads and binder heads, caterpillar capstans, as well as continuous seam welded metal tape sheathing and corrugating systems for producing CATV cables, RF coaxial cables, optical fiber cables and power cables.

Personnel: J. William Scher, Gregory Scher, Dean Zhang.

Windak, Inc. Tel. 828-322-2292 Fax 828-322-1716 www.windakusa.com info@windakusa.com USA/Sweden Booth 1940 Exhibiting: Windak, Inc., will display the new AR24-D automatic reeler.

Also, the company’s latest information about spooling, coiling, payoff and

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take-ups solutions. Windak offers a complete range of automatic spooling and coiling solutions for spools/reels/ coils from 6 in. to 50 in. and weights to 4,500 lb (2,000 kg) and a full range of portal style payoffs and take-ups for reels up to 60 tons.

Personnel: Dan Shelander, Urban Bollo, Staffan Edstrom, James McKinney. wire 2012/Messe Düsseldorf North America Tel. 312-781-5180 fax 312-781-5188 www.mdna.com jkesselring@mdna.com USA Booth 902 Exhibiting: Exhibitor and visitor information for Messe Düsseldorf’s worldwide program of international wire and cable trade shows, including wire 2012 in Germany, wire China 2012 in Shanghai, wire Southeast Asia 2011 in Bangkok, wire Russia 2011 in Moscow and Wire & Cable India 2011 in Mumbai.

Personnel: Friedrich Kehrer, Anne Meerboth-Maltz, Justin Kesselring.

Wire & Cable ASIA Magazine Tel. 44-1926-334137 Fax 44-1926-314755 www.read-wca.com UK Booth 1806 Exhibiting: Wire & Cable ASIA is a leading English/Chinese trade magazine for the wire and cable industries covering China and North & Southeast Asia. Published 6 times per year, all issues are produced in both English and Chinese (simplified Mandarin) in the same edition. Every issue contains corporate news, new technological developments in machinery and equipment for the production and processing of wires, cables and fiber optics, details of international wire and cable trade fairs and in-depth technical articles by world renowned authors and industry specialists. It available in both print and digital formats and copies of the printed magazines and CD versions will be freely available from our booth.

Personnel: David Bell, Jason Smith, Doug Zirkle.

Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association® (WCISA®) Tel. 330-824-2122 fax 330-864-5298 www.wcisaonline.org info@wcisaonline.org USA Booth 1562 Exhibiting: WCISA® is a nonprofit corporate membership association with approximately 100 North American suppliers of machinery, materials and accessories used for making all types of wire and cable. Its mission is to promote its members’ products and services by providing members with representation, networking/social opportunities and services at wire and cable trade events and conferences throughout the world.

Personnel: Mike McNulty.

Wire & Cable Technology Int’l Tel. 330-864-2122 fax 330-864-5298 www.wiretech.com mcnulty@wiretech.com USA Booth 1562 Exhibiting: WCTI is a magazine for manufacturers, processors, distributors and users of all types of wire and cable.

Bimonthly print and digital editions are offered as is the OVERVIEW business newsletter and an Annual Buyers Guide. Subscribers are located in more than 100 countries.

Personnel: Chip Lippincott, Tom Hutchinson, Michael McNulty.

Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp.

Tel. 860-583-4646 fax 860-589-5707 www.wireandplastic.com info@wireandplastic.com USA Booth 1731

Exhibiting: Wire & Plastic Machinery is a global equipment supplier offering high quality solutions for wire, cable, and optical fiber manufacturing. It will feature an interactive presentation of its 20,000+ machine inventory and will display several examples of recondi-

Wire Association International Tel. 203-453-2777 fax 203-453-8384 www.wirenet.org sales@wirenet.org USA GWCC Level 3 Exhibiting: Organizers of Interwire, The Wire Association International (WAI), Inc., founded in 1930, is a worldwide technical society for wire

and cable industry professionals that is governed by volunteers from around the world. WAI promotes, collects, and disseminates technical, manufacturing, and general business information to the ferrous, nonferrous, electrical, fiber optic, and fastener segments of the wire and cable industry.

Personnel: Janice Swindells, Marc Murray, Livia Jacobs, Adrienne Simpson, Nicole Szymaszek, Bob Xeller, Anna Bzowski.

Wire Forming Technology Int’l Tel. 330-824-2122 Fax 330-864-5298 www.wireformingtech.com mcnulty@wireformingtech.com USA Booth 1562 Exhibiting: Technical magazine for manufacturers and users of springs, wire formed parts, wire mesh and rebar products.

Personnel: Chip Lippincott, Tom Hutchinson, Mike McNulty.

Wire Lab Company Tel. 216-362-0800 fax 216-433-0007 www.wirelab.com e-mail@wirelab.com USA Booth 70 Exhibiting: Comprehensive line of wire rod mechanical descaling systems from basic reverse bend air jet combinations to aggressive wire brush descalers with automatic brush pressure control. Clamp-on lubricant applicators and double die pressure die holders.

Personnel: Robert Fulop, Al Luikart.

Wire Machine Sytems (WMS) Tel. 260-483-9269 fax 260-484-0515 wire-machine.com sales@wire-machine.com USA Booth 1358 Exhibiting: WMS is a leading supplier of equipment and supplies to the wire and cable industry. It will exhibit state-of-the-art surface treatment and coating systems, a barrel coiler for bare

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tioned equipment. Since 1981, Wire & Plastic has assisted clients by providing secondhand or rebuilt machinery for wire drawing, stranding, bunching, cabling, braiding, extrusion and other cable making needs. Experienced sales and engineering personnel will be available to assist with any equipment needs. Web-enabled workstations will also be provided for access to a live product search with detailed photographs and specifications.

Personnel: Rick Narang, Rahul Sachdev, Greg Malcervelli, Denis Godin, Rishi Narang, David Forber.

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and insulated wire, cold-finished bar processing lines, peeling and shaving, shot-blasting, wiredrawing, straighteners, straighten-and-cut machines, steel reels and reel handling equipment and, buncher bows for all machines as well as a wide range of spare parts for European made equipment.

Special: Wire shaving via a reverse-die process to provide the optimal surface quality required in today’s stringent high-quality industries. We will also display a new concept in dry-drawing soap application which will significantly reduce your operating costs.

Personnel: Bo Knueppel, Jay Griffith.

Wire Technology Machinery (WTM) Tel. 39-049-870-5566 www.wtmachinery.com info@wtmachinery.com Italy Booth 1612

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

Special: A high-precision, multi-layer taping line with camera-controlled pitch/lay feedback and automatic adjustment system.

Personnel: Aldo Zanirato, Willy Hauer.

Wire World Internet Tel. 519-754-0998 Fax 519-759-8190 www.wireworld.com info@wireworld.com Canada Booth 402

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Exhibiting: A premier online directory for the wire and cable industry. Wire World is a global resource for the wire and cable industry, serving over 147 countries worldwide. Access to company listings, daily news, events, resources and industry updates. With over 18,000 users and thousands of visitors daily, www.wireworld.com is where you can search for wire and cable industry information.

Personnel: Paul Douwes, Jaqueline Douwes.

lapsible spools, rotating die boxes and an in-line wet cleaning system.

Special: WiTechs, together with Paramount Die, will display a complete inline descaling and coating system. This in-line system can handle diameters up to 14 mm. This system is successfully being used in high carbon, low carbon, stainless and other industries. Visit our booth to see this equipment.

Personnel: Marc Heberlein, Lothar Koeppen, Ron Garceau, Scott Gipson, Al Kozlowski, Richard Sarver.

WireCo WorldGroup Tel. 816-270-4700 Fax 816-270-4707 www.wireworld.com info@wirecoworldgroup.com USA Booth 553 Exhibiting: WireCo WorldGroup is a world leader in manufacturing, engineering and distributing wire, wire rope, wire rope assemblies, electromechanical cable, high-tensile synthetic rope products and Camesa high-tensile, high-carbon steel wire.

Camesa wire is used across a broad spectrum of applications, including appliance, automotive, power transmission, construction, aircraft cable, spring wire, and bronzed wire for tire bead.

Our engineers, technicians and operators take great pride in producing the most consistent wire on the market.

Personnel: Miguel Gomez Larry Schiffler.

Witels Albert USA, Ltd. Tel. 410-228-8383 Fax 410-228-1813 www.witels-albert-usa.com info@witels-albert-usa.com USA Booth 711 Exhibiting: Witels Albert USA will be presenting both new and field-proven solutions from its range of straightener, roll, guide, feed and pre-former products. Using “Superior ideas and products for tomorrow’s demands” as its motto, the company will turn the spotlight onto engineering solutions for straightening applications and the new category of in-line wire diagnosis. The show gives visitors the opportunity to learn more about the latest ideas from the world of wire, tube, rope, and cable production.

Special: Witels Albert will present the AS 1-20 PO straightener, which holds a hydraulic adjustable straightening roller with position display. This system can be used with the AS FX nonadjustable module to custom build a straightening system with customer designed fixed roll or adjustable roll quantity.

Personnel: Bob Flower, Marcus Paech.

WiTechs GmbH Tel. 49-2372-556390-402 Fax 49-2372-556390-429 www.witechs.de sales@witechs.de Germany Booth 631

Exhibiting: WiTechs GmbH supplies rod processing and rod handling equipment. Feature products are our mechanical descaling via sanding, in-line coating systems, vertical and horizontal payoffs, mechanical descaling via bending rolls, brush descaling, rod straightening and feeding devices, col-

Woodburn Diamond Die, Inc. Tel. 260-632-4217 Fax 260-632-4388 woodburndd.com tsieger@woodburndd.com USA Booth 1049 Exhibiting: Woodburn Diamond Die will display single crystal, polycrystalline diamond dies and carbide dies.

Our product line includes dies for drawing, stranding, bunching, enamel-

Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc. Tel. 708-388-6300 fax 708-388-6467 www.worthsteel.com rbender@worthsteel.com USA Booth 354 Exhibiting: Worth Steel and Machinery is a steel wire and CFQ bar supplier located in the Chicago area.

Worth supplies low carbon wire in bright basic, galvanized, and annealed.

Worth also stocks CFQ rods to produce bar in 12L14, 1018, and 1215. Other CFQ bar alloys are also available.

Worth can offer diameters up to .750 in. but will expand to 1in. by year’s end. Used wire fabricating equipment is also available. Updated equipment

lists will be on hand.

Personnel: Bill Bender, Jim DeGrado, Bob Bender, Ike Baya, Joe Micklin.

Wuhan Sunni Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd. Booth 360

Woywod GmbH & Co. Tel. 49-89-85-48-00 Fax 49-89-85-41-33-6 woywod@plasticolo.de Germany/USA Booth 1918 Exhibiting: Woywod GmbH, represented in the U.S. by Plastic Equip, LLC, will exhibit its new PLASTICOLOR 2500 auger feeder with improved output capacity, as well as well as completely new designed material flow and latest sealing technology.

Also, PLASTICOLOR color change system and throughput measurement system will be on display.

Personnel: Poul Hansen, Tom Siedlarz.

Wyrepak Industries, Inc. Tel. 860-632-5477 Fax 860-632-5775 www.wyrepakind.com wyrepakdave@yahoo.com USA Booth 664 Exhibiting: Wyrepak will display its rotating cap and brush assembly, which remains one of the most efficient and safe methods to control wire payoff at speeds up to 3000 feet per minute.

When additional wire tension is needed, our line of tension capstans can provide an easy and economical method. Please come and see our full line of guide pulleys, with root diameters from .6 in. to 20 in.

Personnel: Ray Browne, Dave Monighetti.

WTC Booth 1612

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Tailor-made to your particular requirements, our high-precision rolling mills process all kinds of material into every possible shape.

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ing, extruding and guides. Also provided will be information on ultrasonic die reconditioning equipment and die profile software.

Personnel: John Rumpz, Bill Schwehn, Terry Sieger.

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Ya Sih Technology Co., Ltd. Tel. 886-2-2680-5933 Fax 886-2-2680-4926 sales@yasih.com.tw Taiwan Booth 1812 Exhibiting: Ya Sih Technology is a manufacturer and supplier of packaging machines to the world’s cable factories. It offers high-performance technology, such as coiling and binding machine sand dual head coilers, that can improve a company’s cable packaging processes.

Yangzhou Qunye Electrical Machinery Factory Booth 211A Yield Management Corp.

Tel. 413-283-7773 Fax 413-283-7778 www.yieldmanagementcorp.com bbrown@yieldmanagementcorp.com USA Booth 1840 Exhibiting: Wire break detection systems for tubular stranders, rigid frame and planetary cablers. Tape break detection for concentric taping heads.

Braiding eqipment and replacement parts for Wardwell rotary braiders.

Personnel: Robert Brown.

Zeus Techno, Inc. Tel. 82-53-585-7128 Fax 82-53-585-7180 www.zeus-techno.com seanbaek76@zeus-techno.com South Korea Booth 1956

Exhibiting: A bolt-thread rolling machine. This technology enabled us to manufacture threaded bolt with high speed in the planetary system. The improvement in die life is designed to control overheat protection through an internal oil circulation system where coolant oil is circulated into each die block for long-term use and safety.

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Special: High productivity, up to 1500 pcs per minute; thread Length: up to 3 in. (76 mm); 36-in. vibratory feeder bowl; fine cam drive feeding; 15-hp motor for main spindle drive; high efficiency die-cooling system for long tool life; and fast setup and easy maintenance.

Zhejiang Litai Metal Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-578-295-5031 Fax 86-578-295-5021 www.zjltmetal.com trade@zjltmetal.com China Booth 217 Exhibiting: Zhejiang Litai Metal Co., which commits itself to first-class manufacture of oil-tempered spring steel wire, stainless steel wire and stainless steel round bars, has ISO 9001:2000 and ISO/TS 16949:2009 certificates. All products have been exported to many countries since 2008, with reasonable price and high quality.

Personnel: Susan Shu. Zhejiang Rongtai Electric Material Co., Ltd. Booth 306B Zhengzhou Yifang Cable Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-371678-37547 Fax 86-371678-37545 www.yifangcable.cn www.yifangcable.com danny@yifangcable.com China Booth 140A Exhibiting: Voltage up to 35KV XLPE and PVC insulation power cable, control cable; 10KV insulated overhead cable or abc cables, PVC insulation wires and flexible cord; rubber insulated wires and cables, AAC or AAAC ACSR GS wire; XLPE and PVC insulation flame-retardant mining power cables, instrument cables and more.

Personnel: Danny Cui. Zumbach Electronics Corp.

Zumbach Electronic AG Tel. 914-241-7080 Fax 914-241-7096 www.zumbach.com sales@zumbach.com USA/Switzerland Booth 1540

Exhibiting: Zumbach’s broad range of measurement and control systems for wire insulating and jacketing, wire drawing and rod mill applications. Extensive range of proven measurement solutions and latest technological advancements will be demonstrated: ODAC® laser diameter scanners; WALLMASTER® ultrasonic wall thickness measurement and control system; ODEX® laser/magnetic noncontact concentricity gauge; CAPAC measurement system for foamed/solid insulated datacom and coax applications; FFT/SRL Software for Structural Return Loss Analysis; Zumbach/WST preheaters and Autac temperature sensors; PROFILEMASTER®.

Special: New technology to be displayed includes Zumbach’s SIMAC®; a modern surface inspection system for extruded products like pipe, cable and hose, where machine vision technology is used consistently. The PROFILEMASTER system will provide an accurate and economical solution to measuring dimensions or even the complete cross-section of profile shaped products (such as figure 8 cable) that must be continuously measured and monitored in the manufacturing process. Also, the compact, heavy-duty SPEEL 3000, designed for applications requiring very high accu racy even at very high velocities. It is available for a measuring distance of 300 mm (11.81 in). Considering the length measurement, it reaches an accuracy of 0.05% or better. See p. 207.

Personnel: Sven Naegeli, Keith Donahue, Kevin Weaver, Tim Moore, Ryan Cahill, Carolyn Edwards.

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Exhibitors Product Directory

Air Wipes Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . 1040 Clinton Instrument Company . . .901 Davis-Standard, LLC . . . . . . . .1058 FIB Belgium sa . . . . . . . . . . . . .1850 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . .2034 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1024 v Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . . .1040 Heany Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . .750 Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . .332 ICE Wire Line Equipment Inc .1063 Keir Manufacturing, Inc . . . . . . .703 MGS Manufacturing Inc . . . . . .1024 NTB Hitech Ceramics . . . . . . . .2016 Sirio Wire Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .658

Aluminum and Al Alloys Besel Basim San Tic Ltd Sti . .2134 B端hler GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .740 Chains Power & Machinery Technology Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . 2150 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . .549 Sinoleader Industries Group . .2117a Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . 464 Zhengzhou Yifang Cable Co . . 140A

Aluminum Wire Mfg. Beneke Wire Company . . . . . . . .153 B端hler GmbH/Buhler USA . . . . .740 Cortinovis Machinery SpA . . . .1739 Elektrisola, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350 IWG/High Performance Conductors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .540 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . .549 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .451 Unitrading (Lianyungang)Ltd 2117B Zhengzhou Yifang Cable Co . .140A

Annealing Atmospheres Deyang Dongfang Zhouyue Electrotechnical Equipment . . .966 GH Induction Atmospheres . . . . 211 Tenova Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Thermcraft, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Annealing Equipment Beijing Holland Tech Co, Ltd . . 863 Chengdu Shuhong Machinery

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Corp Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 CM Furnaces Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 763 Deyang Jiechuang Wire and Cable Machinery Co, Ltd . . . . .114 Dongjiagang Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Co . . . . 206 Ebner Furnaces, Inc . . . . . . . . 1661 Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003 Eurodraw Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 424 FIB Belgium sa . . . . . . . . . . . . .1850 Henrich GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . 712 HMP GmbH/HMP Asia . . . . . .2142 ICE Wire Line Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 1063 Ito-Sin (Ddeyang) Wire and Cable Equipment Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . .849 OM Lesmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . .1001 Niehoff Endex North America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .740 NTB Hitech Ceramics . . . . . . 2016 Pioneer Machinery Co Ltd . . . .1812 Plasmait GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . 1612 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . .752 Queins & Co. GmbH . . . . . . . 1506 RAD-CON, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . 1912 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 1328 Sictra/ a division of Cortinovis Machinery SpA . . . . . . . . . . .1739 Tenova Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Thermcraft, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Assembly Systems GH Induction Atmospheres . . .2116 Leggett & Platt Wire Group . . . .440 OMAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

Associations International Wire & Machinery Association (IWMA). . . . . . . .1808 WCISA速 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1562 The Wire Association International, Inc (WAI) . .Sh. floor

Automation Equipment A Appiani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1014 All Forming Machinery, Inc . . . 770 Asmag UK Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .1173 Bergandi Machinery Co Inc . . . .702 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732 bogimac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .666 Bytewise Measurement Systems 133 Cimteq Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2015 GH Induction Atmospheres . . .2116 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1024 Ideal Welding Systems LP . . . . .912 Jouhsen bundgens Machinery .. 1602 Northampton Machinery . . . . . .1024 OMCG SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1756 P/A Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2050 Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH . . .432

Belting for Machinery Kieselstein Group GmbH . . . . .1358 Rainbow Rubber & Plastics, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1749

Blank and Part Feeders Cometo s.n.c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412

Bolt and Nut Making Machinery Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . .1001 SB2C/NIMSCO LLC . . . . . . . . .324

Bolt Mfg. Magnum Manufacturing, LLC . .452 Ohio Rod Products . . . . . . . . . . .146

P/A Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2050

Braiding and Weaving Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .571 Bergandi Machinery Co Inc . . . .702 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . .705 Fine International Corporation .1723 KEI Industries Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .149 Niehoff Endex North America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .740 OMA USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1656 Shijiazhuang Kingway Metal Products Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .305A Spirka Schnellflechter GmbH . . .712 Stolberger Inc DBA Wardwell Braiding Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712

Bunchers - Bows Bow Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . .858 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1801 Frontier Composites and Castings Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1503 Gauder Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .858

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Bunchers - Machinery Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218 Ceeco Bartell Products . . . . . . .1908 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . .705 Cortinovis Machinery America/ Cortinovis Machinery SpA . . .1739 Dynamex Corporation . . . . . . . .2032 Fine International Corporation .1723 Flymca & Flyro . . . . . . . . . . . . . .952 Gauder Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .858 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . .1350 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1024 Kinrei of America/Kinrei Machinery

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Shanghai Shenchen Wire and Cable Equipment Co, Ltd . . . . . . . .2018A Sikora International Corp . . . . . .512 Taymer International Inc . . . . . . .506 TBE T. Butler Engineering, Ltd .243 Teknikor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1053 Windak Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1940 Yield Management Corp . . . . . .1840

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Co, Ltd (Japan) . . . . . . . . . . . .1950 OM Lesmo/Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .412/424 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . .1932 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . . . .112 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . .1001 MFL Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .724 MGS Manufacturing Inc . . . . . .1024 Niehoff Endex North America . . 740 Northampton Machinery . . . . . .1024 Pioneer Machinery Co Ltd . . . .1812 Queins & Co. GmbH . . . . . . . . .1506 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . .1924 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .1328 Setic/Gauder Group . . . . . . . . . . .858 Shanxi Tianxiang Machinery Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2018B SKET GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712 Stolberger KMB GmbH . . . . . . .712 Thermoplastics Engineering Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2126 Wire & Plastic MachineryCorp. 1731

Cable Accessories Beijing Holland Tech Co., Ltd. . .863 Cable Consultants Corp. . . . . . .1040 v Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . . .1040 Kalas Manufacturing . . . . . . . . .2017 Shanghai Seti Enterprise Int’l .405A Sonoco Reels and Spools . . . . . 924

Cable Jacket Strippers H Folke Sandelin AB (HFSAB) .740 Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . .332

Chain Making Machinery Cortinovis Machinery America .1739 Gavlick Machinery Corporation .864 Vitari SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1739

Chemicals and Coatings Aztech Lubricants LLC . . . . . . . .753 Blachford Corporation . . . . . . . .406 Chemetall U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1906 Condat/Condat Corporation . . .1550 Etna Products, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .331 Gem Gravure Company Inc . . . .806 Heatbath Corporation . . . . . . . . .715 Henkel Corporation . . . . . . . . . . .701 ICE Wire Line Equipment Inc .1063 Marubeni Specialty Chemicals, Inc/Juhua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .569 Metalloid Corporation . . . . . . . . .134 Parkway-Kew Corp (PKC) . . . . .333 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . .752 RichardsApex, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .1706 Traxit North America, LLC . . . .758

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Cleaning and Plating Chemicals/Systems Aztech Lubricants LLC . . . . . . . .753 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . .1040 Candor Sweden AB . . . . . . . . . .1950 Chemetall US . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1906 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . .1350 Gimax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1040 Heatbath Corporation . . . . . . . . .715 ICE Wire Line Equipment Inc .1063 Power Sonics/Magnus Eqpt . . .2024 QED Wire Lines, Inc . . . . . . . . . .752 RichardsApex, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .1706 Sirio Wire Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .658 Staku Surface Treatment . . . . . .1358 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . .1358

Cold Forming Machinery Asmag UK Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .1173 Cometo snc . . . . . . . . . . . .412, 1358 Dalian Tongda Eqpt Technology Development Co . . . . . . . . . . .2133 DEM Wire Rolling Technology 1350 Deyang Dongfang Zhuoyue Electrotechnical Equipment . . .966 EUROLLS SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . .1739 FUHR GmbH & Co KG . . . . . .1170 HMP Asia/HMP GmbH . . . . . .2142 Jouhsen bundgens Machinery .. 1602 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . .1001 OMAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 OMCG SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1756 SB2C/NIMSCO LLC . . . . . . . . .324 SPX Precision Components . . . .749 Staku Surface Treatment . . . . . .1358 Teurema/EUROLLS Group . . .1739 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . .1358

Cold Headers AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1014 Cortinovis Machinery America .1739 Jouhsen-Bundgens . . . . . . . . . .1602 Magnum Manufacturing, LLC . .452 NUMALLIANCE . . . . . . . . . . .1032 OMAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 Pittsburgh Carbide Die Co . . . . .964 SB2C/NIMSCO LLC . . . . . . . . .324 Vitari SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1739

Cold Pressure Welding Amaral Automation Associates .1840 Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . .332 PWM (Pressure Welding Machines) Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .1840 Shanghai Shenchen Wire and Cable Equipment Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . .2018A

Compounds, Thermoplastic Domeks Makine Limited . . . . .1340 Hudson Color Concentrates . . .2132 Inhol BV/PTL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 The Lubrizol Corporation . . . . . .301 Marubeni Specialty Chemicals, Inc/Juhua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .569 PolyOne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1901 S&E Specialty Plastics & Toner Plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401 Saco Polymers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2118 Sylvin Technologies, Inc . . . . . . .602 T&T Marketing Inc . . . . . . . . . . .764

Compounds, Thermoset Inhol BV/ PTL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 Mountville Rubber Company . . .670 Saco Polymers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2118 T&T Marketing Inc . . . . . . . . . . .764

Computer Hardware/Software AXIS, a Consona ERP Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .603 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732 Bytewise Measurement Systems 133 Cimteq Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2015 InnoVites BV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2013 Sikora International Corp . . . . . .512 Tenova Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Continuous Casting Machinery and Auxiliary Equipment Beijing Holland Tech Co, Ltd . . .863 Chengdu Shuhong Machinery Corp Ltd . . . . . . . . .116 Continuus Properzi . . . . . . . . . .1834 Deyang Dongfang Zhuoyue Electrotechnical Equipment . . .966 Deyang Hongguang Machine Equipments Co, Ltd . . . . . . . .1069 Deyang Jiechuang Wire and Cable Machinery Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . .114 Dongjiagang Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Co Ltd . .206 Ito-Sin (Ddeyang) Wire and Cable Equipment Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . .849 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . .1001 Properzi International, Inc . . . . .1834 Rautomead Limited . . . . . . . . . .1650 Sinoleader Industries Group . .2117a UPCAST Oy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .958

Copper and Copper Alloys Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . .250 Bühler GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .740 CN Wire Corporation . . . . . . . . .240

Copper Wire Processing Asmag UK Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .1173 Beijing Holland Tech Co, Ltd . . .863 B端hler GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .740 Central Wire Industries Ltd . . . . .363 Chemetall US . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1906 CN Wire Corporation . . . . . . . . .240

Cortinovis Machinery America .1739 Dalian Tongda Eqpt Technology Development Co . . . . . . . . . . .2133 DEM Wire Rolling Technology 1350 Deyang Dongfang Zhouyue Electrotechnical Equipment . . .966 Deyang Hongguang Machine Equipments Co, Ltd . . . . . . . .1069 Elektrisola, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350 ERA Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451 FUHR GmbH & Co KG . . . . . .1170 Fushi Copperweld . . . . . . . . . . . .550 UHR GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . .1170 International Wire Group (IWG) 540 IWG/Bare Wire Division . . . . . . .540 IWG/High Performance Conductors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .540 Kalas Manufacturing . . . . . . . . .2017 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340 Power Sonics/Magnus Eqpt . . .2024 Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . .1912 Sarkuysan AS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .558 Schunk Graphite Technology .. 1358 SPX Precision Components . . . .749

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Crossheads and Extrusion Tooling B&H Tool Company . . . . . . . . . .620 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . .1040 Canterbury Engineering . . . . . . .940 Davis-Standard, LLC . . . . . . . .1058 Esteves Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .640 GENCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .940 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . .2034 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . .1612 JoeTools Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2130 Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .906 Mapre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .858 Microdia SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318 Plastic Equip, LLC . . . . . . . . . .1918 Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH . . .432 Tips & Dies, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .1918 Troester GmbH & Co. KG . . . .1750 Unitek Crossheads . . . . . . . . . . .1612

Crosslinking Equipment Baicheng Fujia Mechanical Manufacture Co, Ltd . . . . . . .211B IBA Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .652 Inhol BV/PTL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

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Dalian Tongda Eqpt Technology Development Co . . . . . . . . . . .2133 Danyang Steel Wire Plant . . . . .207 Elektrisola, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350 Fisk Alloy Conductors, Inc . . . . .239 Fushi Copperweld . . . . . . . . . . . .550 FSP-one, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 International Wire Group (IWG) 540 IWG/Bare Wire Division . . . . . . .540 IWG/High Performance Conductors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .540 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340 Sarkuysan AS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .558 T&T Marketing Inc . . . . . . . . . . .764 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .451 Unitrading (Lianyungang) Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2117B

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Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .906

Descaling, Cleaning and Pickling Equipment Bergandi Machinery Co Inc . . . .702 Candor Sweden AB . . . . . . . . .1950 EJP Maschinen . . . . . . . . . . . . .1358 EUROLLS SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . .1739 OM Frigerio Srl. . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . .1350 Gimax Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1040 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . .1612 ICE Wire Line Equipment Inc .1063 Kieselstein Group GmbH . . . . .1358 Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . .1860 Paramount Die Company . . . . . .631 Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 Power Sonics/Magnus Eqpt . . .2024 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . .752 Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc (RMG) . . . . . . . . . .2114 Sealeze, a unit. of Jason Inc . . . .358 Sirio Wire Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .658 Staku Surface Treatment . . . . . .1358 Tecnosider Srl . . . . .Italian Pavillion Wire Lab Company . . . . . . . . . . .706 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . .1358 WiTechs GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .631

Die Grinding and Finishing Equipment Ajex & Turner Wire Dies Co . . .717 Die Quip Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .717 Gavlick Machinery Corporation .864 Heritage Wire Die Inc . . . . . . . . .111 Koner SpA . . . . . . . .Italian Pavillion Paramount Die Company . . . . . .631 Premier Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . .2140 Woodburn Diamond Die, Inc . .1049

Dies and Die Compounds Ajex & Turner Wire Dies Co . . .717 Balloffet Die Corp . . . . . . . . . . .1949 Davis-Standard, LLC . . . . . . . .1058 Die Quip Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .717 Esteves Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .640 Fort Wayne Wire Die, Inc . . . . .1532 GENCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .940 Heritage Wire Die Inc . . . . . . . . .111 Koner SpA . . . . . . . .Italian Pavillion Mossberg Associates, Inc . . . . .2124 NTB Hitech Ceramics . . . . . . . .2016 Paramount Die Company . . . . . .631 Pittsburgh Carbide Die Co . . . . .964 Plymouth Wire Reels and Dies Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705 Precision Die Technologies . . . .2011 194 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Premier Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . .2140 Sanxin Wire Die, Inc . . . . . . . . .2120 Shanghai Shenchen Wire and Cable Equipment Co, Ltd . . . . . . . .2018A Tecnosider Srl . . . . .Italian Pavillion US Synthetic Wire Die . . . . . . .1663 Vandor Corporation . . . . . . . . . .616 Woodburn Diamond Die, In. . . .1049

Drawing Machines and Auxiliary Equipment Anhui Changjiang Jinggong Wire & Cable Machinery Co . . . . .305B Asmag UK Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .1173 Beijing Holland Tech Co, Ltd . . .863 Bergandi Machinery Co Inc . . . .702 Bock Maschinenfabrik GmbH .1612 Buttwelders USA Inc . . . . . . . .2148 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . .1040 Chengdu Shuhong Machinery Corp Ltd . . . . . . . . .116 Cometo snc . . . . . . . . . . . .412, 1358 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . .705 Cortinovis Machinery America/ Cortinovis Machinery SpA . . . .1739 Dalian Tongda Eqpt Technology Development Co . . . . . . . . . . .2133 Deyang Dongfang Zhuoyue Electrotechnical Equipment . . .966 Deyang Hongguang Machine Equipments Co, Ltd . . . . . . . .1069 Deyang Jiechuang Wire and Cable Machinery Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . .114 Dongjiagang Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Co Ltd . .206 EJP Maschinen . . . . . . . . . . . . .1358 Engineered Machinery Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1003 Eurodraw Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . .424 EUROLLS SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . .1739 EVG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Fine International Corporation .1723 Flymca & Flyro . . . . . . . . . . . . . .952 Gauder Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .858 Gavlick Machinery Corporation .864 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . .1350 Henrich GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712 HMP Asia/HMP GmbH . . . . . .2142 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . .1612 Ideal Welding Systems LP . . . . .912 Ito-Sin (Ddeyang) Wire and Cable Equipment Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . .849 Kieselstein Group GmbH . . . . .1358 Ernst Koch GmbH & Co KG . . .658 Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . 1860 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . 412/424

Lukas Anlagenbau GmbH . . . . . .423 M+E Macchine+Engineering Srl 658 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . .1001 Morgan-Koch Corporation . . . . .658 Niehoff Endex North America . .740 NTB Hitech Ceramics . . . . . . . .2016 OM Frigerio Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 OM Lesmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .424 Pioneer Machinery Co Ltd . . . .1812 Plasmait GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 Promostar Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1655 Properzi International, Inc . . . . .1834 Queins & Co. GmbH . . . . . . . . .1506 Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc (RMG) . . . . . . . . . .2114 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .1328 Schunk Graphite Technology . .1358 Sictra/a division of Cortinovis Machinery SpA . . . . . . . . . . .1739 Sinoleader Industries Group . .2117a Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp .731 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . .1358 WiTechs GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .631 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc .354

Drilling, Cutting, Grinding and Secondary Operations Buttwelders USA Inc . . . . . . . .2148 Die Quip Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .717 EJP Maschinen . . . . . . . . . . . . .1358 Jouhsen-Bundgens . . . . . . . . . .1602 Parkway-Kew Corp. (PKC) . . . .333

Drives and Controls Amaral Automation Associates .1840 Davis-Standard, LLC . . . . . . . .1058 Engineered Machinery Group, (EMG) Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1003 FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 Kieselstein Group GmbH . . . . .1358 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . . . .112 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1916 Witels Albert USA, Ltd . . . . . . . .711

Electrical Wire and Cable Mfg. Beijing Holland Tech Co, Ltd . . .863 Bühler GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .740 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . .1040 Deyang Dongfang Zhuoyue Electrotechnical Equipment . . .966 Marubeni Specialty Chemicals, Inc/Juhua . . . . . . . .569 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . .1506 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 Sarkuysan AS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .558 Shanghai Seti Enterprise Int’l .405A SKET GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712

Environmental Services/ Plant Maintenance Filtertech, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .950 Microdia SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318 Schunk Graphite Technology . .1358

Extruders and Auxiliary Equipment Amaral Automation Associates .1840 AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . . 812 B&H Tool Company . . . . . . . . . .620 Baicheng Fujia Mechanical Manufacture Co, Ltd . . . . . . .211B Beijing Holland Tech Co, Ltd . . .863 Bergandi Machinery Co Inc . . . .702 Bytewise Measurement Systems 133 Chengdu Shuhong Machinery Corp Ltd . . . . . . . . .116 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . .705 Davis-Standard, LLC . . . . . . . .1058 Deyang Dongfang Zhuoyue Electrotechnical Equipment . . .966 Deyang Jiechuang Wire and Cable Machinery Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . .114 Fine International Corporation .1723 Flymca & Flyro . . . . . . . . . . . . . .952 Gauder Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .858 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . .2034 H Folke Sandelin AB (HFSAB) .740 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1024 Hüttner Maschinenfabrik . . . . .1358 Ito-Sin (Deyang) Wire and Cable Equipment Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . .849 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . .1932 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1916 Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .906 Microdia SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318 Northampton Machinery . . . . . .1024 Pioneer Machinery Co Ltd . . . .1812 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . .1506 Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH . . .432 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .1328 Thermoplastics Engineering Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2126 Troester GmbH & Co. KG . . . .1750 Unitek Crossheads . . . . . . . . . . .1612 Vandor Corporation . . . . . . . . . . .616 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1731

Extrusion Accessories ACM AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732

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Tulsa Power Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .451 Windak Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1940 Zhengzhou Yifang Cable Co . .140A

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Bytewise Measurement Systems 133 Davis-Standard, LLC . . . . . . . .1058 Dynamex Corporation . . . . . . . .2032 Esteves Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .640 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . .2034 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1024 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . .1612 Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . .332 MGS Manufacturing Inc . . . . . .1024 Microdia SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318 Northampton Machinery . . . . . .1024 Plastic Equip, LLC . . . . . . . . . .1918 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .1328 Sikora International Corporation 512 Unitek Crossheads . . . . . . . . . . .1612 Woywod, GmbH & Co . . . . . . .1918

Fabrication & Bending Machinery All Forming Machinery, Inc . . . .770 Bergandi Machinery Co Inc . . . .702 Cometo snc . . . . . . . . . . . . .412/1358 Eurobend SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 EVG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Forming Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . .243 Jaykase Manufacturing . . . . . . . .243 NUMALLIANCE . . . . . . . . . . .1032 OMAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 P/A Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2050 TBE T. Butler Engineering, Ltd. .243 Tramev Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412

Fastener Wire Mfg. Beneke Wire Company . . . . . . . .153 Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . .250 Danyang Steel Wire Plant . . . . .207 KEI Industries Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .149 Leggett & Platt Wire Group . . . .440 P/A Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2050 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . .549 Pittsburgh Carbide Die Co . . . . .964 Shanghai Seti Enterprise Int’l .405A Shijiazhuang Kingway Metal Products Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .305A Tianjin Zhaohong Metal Product Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .405B Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . .464 Unitrading (Lianyungang) . . .2117B Zhejiang Litai Metal Co, Ltd . . . 217

Fasteners Mfg. CEIA USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Jouhsen bundgens Machinery .. 1602 Leggett & Platt Wire Group . . . .440 Ohio Rod Products . . . . . . . . . . .146 P/A Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2050 Shanghai Seti Enterprise Int’l .405A

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Shijiazhuang Kingway Metal Products Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .305A

Fiber Manufacturing Equipment Compomec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Conductix Wamplfer/ Delachaux Group . . . . . . . . . . .2156 EUROLLS SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . .1739 Fine International Corporation .1723 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1024 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432 Skaltek Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1164 Tulsa Power Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1731

Fiber Optic Cable Mfg. B&H Tool Company . . . . . . . . . .620 Conductix Wamplfer/ Delachaux Group . . . . . . . . . . .2156 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH . . .432 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432 Simpacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1812 Sinoleader Industries Group . .2117a SKET GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712

Fiber Optic Comp./Machinery Amaral Automation Associates .1840 AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . .812 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732 Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218 CETC No. 8 Research Institute 306A Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . .705 Compomec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Conductix Wamplfer/ Delachaux Group . . . . . . . . . . .2156 Davis-Standard, LLC . . . . . . . .1058 Dynamex Corporation . . . . . . . .2032 Fine International Corporation .1723 Gauder Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .858 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1024 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . .1932 Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .906 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . .1001 MGS Manufacturing Inc . . . . . .1024 Microdia SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . .1924 Setic/Gauder Group . . . . . . . . . . .858 Sikora International Corporation 512 T&T Marketing Inc . . . . . . . . . . .764 Tensor Machinery Ltd . . . . . . . .2056

Tulsa Power Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 Weber & Scher Mfg. Co, Inc . .1050

Fiber Optics and Related Products Ace Metal Incorporated . . . . . . . .654 Microdia SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318 Smeets SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Vandor Corporation . . . . . . . . . . .616

Filtration and Cooling Systems AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . . .812 Chengdu Shuhong Machinery Corp Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Filtertech, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .950

Fine Wire Mfg. Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .571 B&H Tool Company . . . . . . . . . .620 Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . .250 Central Wire Industries Ltd . . . . .363 Danyang Steel Wire Plant . . . . .207 Elektrisola, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350 Fushi Copperweld . . . . . . . . . . . .550 IWG/High Performance Conductors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .540 KEI Industries Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .149 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340 NTB Hitech Ceramics . . . . . . . .2016 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . .549 Sarkuysan AS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .558 Shanghai Seti Enterprise Int’l .405A Shijiazhuang Kingway Metal Products Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .305A Sinoleader Industries Group . .2117a Taubensee Steel & Wire Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244 Tianjin Zhaohong Metal Product Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .405B Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . 464 Unitrading(Lianyungang)Ltd 2117B Zhengzhou Yifang Cable Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140A

Forming Tools and Dies All Forming Machinery, Inc . . . .770 Cometo snc . . . . . . . . . . . . .412/1358 Compomec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 DEM Wire Rolling Technology 1350 EUROLLS SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . .1739 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . .2034 OMCG SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1756 Pittsburgh Carbide Die Co . . . . .964 SB2C/NIMSCO LLC . . . . . . . . .324 WiTechs GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .631

All Forming Machinery, Inc . . . .770 Chengdu Shuhong Machinery Corp Ltd . . . . . . . . .116 CM Furnaces Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .763 Conductix Wamplfer/ Delachaux Group . . . . . . . . . . .2156 Deyang Dongfang Zhuoyue Electrotechnical Equipment . . .966 Ebner Furnaces, Inc . . . . . . . . . .1661 FIB Belgium sa . . . . . . . . . . . . .1850 Forming Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . .243 GH Induction Atmospheres . . .2116 HSI Huei Shang Industrial Co . .243 ICE Wire Line Equipment Inc .1063 Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 Properzi International, Inc . . . . .1834 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . . 752 RAD-CON, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234 Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . .1912 Tenova Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 Thermcraft, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Hand Tools Die Quip Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .717 Tramev srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412

Header Tools and Dies Pittsburgh Carbide Die Co . . . . .964

Heat Treating Atmospheres GH Induction Atmospheres . . .2116 Thermcraft, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Heat Treating Equipment and Services CEIA USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Dongguan Zhangli Machine Fittings Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 GH Induction Atmospheres . . .2116 ICE Wire Line Equipment Inc .1063 Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . . 752 RAD-CON, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234 Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . .1912

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Thermcraft, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Hot Forming Machinery CEIA USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 GH Induction Atmospheres . . .2116 Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . .1912

Insulated Wire Mfg. B&H Tool Company . . . . . . . . . .620 Elektrisola, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH . . .432 Sinoleader Industries Group . .2117a Tulsa Power Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 Zhengzhou Yifang Cable Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140A

Insulation Materials Besel Basim San Tic Ltd Sti . . .2134 Cogebi/Elinar Group . . . . . . . . .157 Glory Mica Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . .306B Mountville Rubber Company . . .670 Pamica Electric Material

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(Hubei) Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 Saco Polymers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2118 T&T Marketing Inc . . . . . . . . . . .764 Thermcraft, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Lubricants Aztech Lubricants LLC . . . . . . . .753 Baum's Castorine Co, Inc . . . . . .769 Blachford Corporation . . . . . . . .406 Chemetall U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1906 Condat/Condat Corporation . . .1550 Etna Products, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .331 Heatbath Corporation . . . . . . . . .715 Henkel Corporation . . . . . . . . . . .701 KP America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .352 Metalloid Corporation . . . . . . . . .134 RichardsApex, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .1706 Tecnovo Srl . . . . . . .Italian Pavillion Traxit North America, LLC . . . .758

Machine Rebuilding/Upgrading AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . . .812 Bergandi Machinery Co, Inc . . . .702 Ceeco Bartell Products . . . . . . .1908 Davis-Standard, LLC . . . . . . . .1058 Dynamex Corporation . . . . . . . .2032 EJP Maschinen . . . . . . . . . . . . .1358 Engineered Machinery Group (EMG), Inc . . . . . . . . . .1003 ERA WireInc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451 EUROLLS SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . .1739 Gauder Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .858 H Folke Sandelin AB (HFSAB) .740 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1024 Ideal Welding Systems LP . . . . .912 Kieselstein Group GmbH . . . . .1358 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . .1932 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . . . .112 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1916 MGS Manufacturing Inc . . . . . .1024 Morgan-Koch Corporation . . . . .658 Niehoff Endex North America . .740 Northampton Machinery . . . . . .1024 P/A Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2050 Pourtier/Gauder Group . . . . . . . .858 Queins & Co. GmbH . . . . . . . . .1506 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc (RMG) . . . . . . . . . .2114 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . .1924 SB2C/NIMSCO LLC . . . . . . . . .324 Schlatter North America . . . . . .1513 Schunk Graphite Technology .. 1358 Setic/Gauder Group . . . . . . . . . . .858 Skaltek Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1164 SPX Precision Components . . . .749 Stolberger KMB GmbH . . . . . . .712

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Talladega Machinery & Supply Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212 Teknikor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1053 Thermcraft, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Tulsa Power Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 Yield Management Corp . . . . . .1840

Marking and Coding Equipment Amaral Automation Associates .1840 Bytewise Measurement Systems 133 Coding Products . . . . . . . . . . . . .302 Gem Gravure Company Inc . . . .806 W. Gillies Technologies LLC . .1932 Plas-Ties, Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154 PrintSafe Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1856 Taymer International Inc . . . . . . .506 Videojet Technologies Inc . . . . .2113

Material Handling and Storage A Appiani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412 Amaral Automation Associates .1840 Cometo snc . . . . . . . . . . . . .412/1358 Foerster Instruments Inc . . . . . . . 235 Gimax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1040 v. Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . . .1040 IWE Spools & Handling . . . . . .1358 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .412/424 P/A Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2050 Rainbow Rubber & Plastics . . .1749 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 Sonoco Reels and Spools . . . . . .924 Tulsa Power Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 WelPro Industrial Limited . . . .140B

Measuring and Testing Equipment ACM AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 Amaral Automation Associates .1840 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732 bogimac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .666 Calmec Precision Limited . . . . .2061 Cimteq Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2015 Clinton Instrument Company . . .901 DCM Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . .117 Die Quip Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .717 FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 Foerster Instruments Inc . . . . . . . 235 Forming Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . .243 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . .1612 HSI Huei Shang Industrial Co . .243 LaserLinc, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1064 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1916 Proton Products International .1050 RAD-CON, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 SAS Testers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 Sikora International Corporation 512

Sinoleader Industries Group . .2117a Sjogren Industries Inc . . . . . . . . 1057 Taymer International Inc . . . . . . .506 Tulsa Power Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 Vollmer America Inc . . . . . . . . . .232 Witels Albert USA, Ltd. . . . . . . .711 Zumbach Electronics Corp . . . .1540

Media EuroWire/Intras Ltd . . . . . . . . . .1806 Wire & Cable Technology Int’l .1562 Wire Forming Technology Int’l .1562 Wire Journal International . . . .Sh fl Wire World Internet . . . . . . . . . . .402

Nail Making Machinery Cortinovis Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1739 Gavlick Machinery Corporation .864 Jouhsen bundgens Machinery .. 1602 Pittsburgh Carbide Die Co. . . . . .964 Vitari SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1739

Nickel and Nickel Alloys B&H Tool Company . . . . . . . . . 620 Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . .250 Bühler GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .740 Central Wire Industries Ltd. . . . .363 CN Wire Corporation . . . . . . . . .240 Danyang Steel Wire Plant . . . . .207 Elektrisola, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350 Fisk Alloy Conductors, Inc . . . . .239 FSP-one, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 International Wire Group . . . . . .540 IWH/High Performance Conductors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340 Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . 464 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .451

Nonferrous Wire Mfg. Beneke Wire Company . . . . . . . .153 Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . .250 Elektrisola, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350 Fisk Alloy Conductors, Inc . . . . .239 FSP-one, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 International Wire Group . . . . . .540 IWG/High Performance Conductors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .540 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . .549 Sarkuysan AS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .558 United Wire Co., Inc . . . . . . . . . .451 Zhejiang Litai Metal Co, Ltd . . . 217

Optical Fiber Coatings Microdia SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

Ovens Ebner Furnaces, Inc . . . . . . . . . .1661 Forming Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . .243 GH Induction Atmospheres . . .2116 HSI Huei Shang Industrial Co . .243 Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . .752 Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . .1912 Thermcraft, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Packaging Equipment Domeks Makine Limited . . . . .1340 EJP Maschinen . . . . . . . . . . . . .1358 Gimax/Gimax Group . . . . . . . .1040 Hüttner Maschinenfabrik . . . . .1358 IWE Spools & Handling . . . . . .1358 Kieselstein Group GmbH . . . . .1358 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . .1001 MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . .1024 Niehoff Endex North America . .740 Plas-Ties, Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154 Shanxi Tianxiang Machinery Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2018B Simpacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1812 Tubular Products Company . . . . 612 Vandor Corporation . . . . . . . . . . .616 WelPro Industrial Limited . . . .140B Windak Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1940

Pallets A Appiani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412 GMP-Slovakia S.r.o . . . . . . . . . .1612 Mossberg Associates, Inc . . . . .2124 Sonoco Reels and Spools . . . . . .924 WelPro Industrial Limited . . . .140B

Parts Washers Forming Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . .243 HSI Huei Shang Industrial Co . .243 Power Sonics/Magnus Eqpt . . .2024 WelPro Industrial Limited . . . .140B

Payoff Reels A Appiani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412 All Forming Machinery, Inc . . . .770 Cable Consultants Corp. . . . . . .1040 Engineered Machinery Group (EMG) ,Inc . . . . . . . . . .1003 ERA Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451 Fabritex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1163 Forming Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . .243 Gimax Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1040 GMP-Slovakia Sro . . . . . . . . . .1612 v. Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . . .1040 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . .1612

HSI Huei Shang Industrial Co . .243 Inosym Reels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1050 IWE Spools & Handling . . . . . .1358 Kinrei of America . . . . . . . . . . .1950 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1916 Metavan N.V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 MFL Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .724 P/A Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2050 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc (RMG) . . . . . . . . . .2114 SB2C/NIMSCO LLC . . . . . . . . .324 Skaltek Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1164 Sonoco Reels and Spools . . . . . .924 Tubular Products Company . . . .612 Tulsa Power Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 Vandor Corporation . . . . . . . . . . .616 WiTechs GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .631

Plating Equipment Candor Sweden AB . . . . . . . . .1950 Kinrei of America . . . . . . . . . . .1950 Niehoff Endex North America . .740 Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . .752 Sirio Wire Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .658 Staku Surface Treatment . . . . . .1358

Tenova Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 Vollmer America Inc . . . . . . . . . .232 Woywod, GmbH & Co . . . . . . .1918 Yield Management Corp . . . . . .1840 Zumbach Electronics Corp. . . .1540

Protective Atmospheres GH Induction Atmospheres . . .2116 RAD-CON, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234 Thermcraft, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Pulleys Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1801 Dongguan Zhangli Machine Fittings Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Dynamex Corporation . . . . . . . .2032 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . .2034 Heacock Metal and Machine . .2136 Heany Ind Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .750 KEIR Manufacturing, Inc . . . . . .703 Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .765 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1916 NTB Hitech Ceramics . . . . . . . .2016 Parkway-Kew Corp. (PKC) . . . .333

Pollution Control Equipment Candor Sweden AB . . . . . . . . .1950 Chengdu Shuhong Machinery Corp Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Filtertech, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .950

Power Cable/Distribution Mfg. SKET GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712 Zhengzhou Yifang Cable Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140A

Power Cable/Transmission Mfg. Sinoleader Industries Group . .2117a Zhengzhou Yifang Cable Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140A

Process Control Equipment Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732 Bytewise Measurement Systems 133 FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . .2034 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . .1612 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1916 Plastic Equip, LLC . . . . . . . . . .1918 Proton Products International 1050 RAD-CON, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234 Rosendahl GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . .432 Sikora International Corporation 512 Teknikor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1053

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Rosendahl GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . .432

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Wyrepak Industries, Inc . . . . . . . .664

Reclamation Equipment Filtertech, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .950

Reels, Spools, Drums and Bobbins A Appiani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412 Ace Metal Incorporated . . . . . . . .654 Axjo America Inc . . . . . . . . . . .2051 Beijing Holland Tech Co., Ltd. . .863 Carris Reels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1524 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . .705 Donnelly Reels . . . . . . . . . . . . .1950 Ebner Furnaces, Inc . . . . . . . . . .1661 George Evans Corp . . . . . . . . . . .135 Gimax Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1040 GMP-Slovakia S.r.o . . . . . . . . . .1612 Hafner & Krullmann GmbH . . . .771 Hearl Heaton/Pentre Group . . .1940 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . .1612 Inosym Reels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1050 IWE Spools & Handling . . . . . .1358 Jiangsu Qunye Electrical Co . .211A Kalas Manufacturing . . . . . . . . .2017 Kinrei of America . . . . . . . . . . .1950 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 412/424 Metavan N.V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 Mossberg Associates, Inc . . . . .2124 Pittsfield Plastics Engineering .1065 Plymouth Wire Reels and Dies Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705 SmartReel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2017 Sonoco Reels and Spools . . . . . .924 US Reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553 Tubular Products Company . . . . .612 Vandor Corp/Reel Options . . . . .616 WelPro Industrial Limited . . . .140B Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . .1358

Roller Guides Amaral Automation Associates .1840 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1801 Cometo snc . . . . . . . . . . . . .412/1358 Dongguan Zhangli Machine Fittings Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Heacock Metal and Machine . .2136 Heany Ind Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .750 KEIR Manufacturing, Inc . . . . . .703 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .412/424 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1916 NTB Hitech Ceramics . . . . . . . .2016 Parkway-Kew Corp (PKC) . . . . .333 Sjogren Industries Inc . . . . . . . . 1057 Witels Albert USA, Ltd . . . . . . . .711 Wyrepak Industries, Inc . . . . . . .664

200 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Rolling Mills and Auxiliary Equipment Asmag UK Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .1173 Beijing Holland Tech Co., Ltd. . .863 B端hler GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .740 Chengdu Shuhong Machinery Corp Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Cortinovis Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1739 Davis-Standard, LLC . . . . . . . .1058 DEM Wire Rolling Technology 1350 Deyang Dongfang Zhuoyue Electrotechnical Equipment . . .966 Deyang Hongguang Machine Equipments Co, Ltd . . . . . . . .1069 Deyang Jiechuang Wire and Cable Machinery Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . .114 Dongjiagang Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Co Ltd . .206 EUROLLS SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . .1739 Gavlick Machinery Corporation .864 HMP Asia/HMP GmbH . . . . . .2142 H端ttner Maschinenfabrik . . . . .1358 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1916 Niehoff Endex North America . .740 Properzi International, Inc . . . . .1834 REDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2160 SPX Precision Components . . . .749 Teurema/EUROLLS Group . . .1739 Weber & Scher Mfg. Co., Inc . .1050

Secondary Operations Machines Buttwelders USA INC . . . . . . .2148 Chains Power & Machinery Technology Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . .2150 Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . .332 Jouhsen bundgens Machinery .. 1602 SB2C/NIMSCO LLC . . . . . . . . .324

Sensors Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732 Bytewise Measurement Systems 133 FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1916 Proton Products International 1050 Sikora International Corporation 512 Zumbach Electronics Corp. . . .1540

Shaping Machinery Asmag UK Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .1173 DEM Wire Rolling Technology 1350 H端ttner Maschinenfabrik1358SPX Precision Components . . . . . . . . .749

Specialty Fiber and Services EUROLLS SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . .1739

Spoolers and Respoolers AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . . .812 Buttwelders USA Inc . . . . . . . .2148 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1801 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . .705 DEM Wire Rolling Technology 1350 Domeks Makine limited . . . . . .1340 Engineered Machinery Group (EMG) ,Inc . . . . . . . . .1003 Eurodraw Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . .424 Fine International Corporation .1723 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . .1350 Gimax/Gimax Group . . . . . . . .1040 v. Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . . .1040 Kieselstein Group GmbH . . . . .1358 Kinrei of America . . . . . . . . . . .1950 Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . 1860 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . .1932 Lukas Anlagenbau GmbH . . . . . .423 MFL Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .724 MGS Manufacturing Inc . . . . . .1024 Niehoff Endex North America . .740 Northampton Machinery . . . . . .1024 OMA USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1656 Promostar Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1655 Properzi International, Inc . . . . .1834 Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH . . .432 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . .1924 Spirka Schnellflechter GmbH . . .712 SPX Precision Components . . . .749 Taymer International Inc . . . . . . .506 Thermoplastics Engineering Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2126 Troester GmbH & Co. KG . . . .1750 Weber & Scher Mfg. Co., Inc . .1050 Windak Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1940 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . .1358 Wyrepak Industries, Inc . . . . . . . .664

Spring Making Machinery AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1014 All Forming Machinery, Inc . . . .770 Forming Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . .243 HSI Huei Shang Industrial Co . .243 HTC Spring Machinery . . . . . . .243 NUMALLIANCE . . . . . . . . . . .1032 OMD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 SB2C/NIMSCO LLC . . . . . . . . .324 SPX Precision Components . . . .749 TBE T Butler Engineering, Ltd .243

Spring Testing Equipment bogimac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .666 Forming Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . .243 HSI/Huei Shang Industrial Co. . .243 SAS Testers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .571 Bekaert Corp/Bekaert NV . . . . . .351 Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . .250 B端hler GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .740 Central Wire Industries Ltd. . . . .363 Danyang Steel Wire Plant . . . . .207 IWG/High Performance Conductors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .540 KEI Industries Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Qinhuangdao Yanda-Guohai Stainless Steel Co, Ltd . . . . . . .215 Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . 464 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .451

Steel, Rod, Bar and Bare Wire Bekaert Corp/Bekaert NV . . . . . .351 Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . .250 Danyang Steel Wire Plant . . . . .207 Dongguan Zhangli Machine Fittings Co, Ltd` . . . . . . . . . . . .108 ERA Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451 Keystone Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . 263 Leggett & Platt Wire Group . . . .440 Mid South Wire Company . . . . .142 Promostar Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1655 Taubensee Steel & Wire Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244 Tianjin Zhaohong Metal Product Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .405B Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . 464 United Wire Co., Inc . . . . . . . . . .451 Uniwire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251 WireCo WorldGroup . . . . . . . . . .553 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc .354 Zhengzhou Yifang Cable Co . .140A

Stepcones

DEM Wire Rolling Technology 1350 EJP Maschinen . . . . . . . . . . . . .1358 EUROLLS SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . .1739 Ideal Welding Systems L.P. . . . . .912 Jouhsen bundgens Machinery .1602 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .412/424 OMAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 P/A Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2050 Promostar Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1655 Ravni Technologies . . . . . . . . . .2060 Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc (RMG) . . . . . . . . . .2114 SB2C/NIMSCO LLC . . . . . . . . .324 Shanxi Tianxiang Machinery Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2018B Tramev srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412 Ultimate Automation Ltd . . . . . .564 Vitari SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1739 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . .1358 Witels Albert USA, Ltd. . . . . . . .711 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc .354

Stranders and Auxiliary Equipment AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . . .812 Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218 Cable Consultants Corp. . . . . . .1040 Ceeco Bartell Products . . . . . . .1908 Chains Power & Machinery Technology Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . .2150 Chengdu Shuhong Machinery Corp Ltd . . . . . . . . .116 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . .705 Conductix Wamplfer/ Delachaux Group . . . . . . . . . . .2156 Cortinovis Machinery America .1739 Cortinovis Machinery SpA . . . .1739 Daloo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1502 Deyang Dongfang Zhuoyue

Electrotechnical Equipment . . .966 Dongjiagang Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Co Ltd . .206 Dynamex Corporation . . . . . . . .2032 Fine International Corporation .1723 Flymca & Flyro . . . . . . . . . . . . . .952 Gauder Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .858 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . .1350 v. Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . . .1040 Kinrei of America . . . . . . . . . . .1950 OM Lesmo/Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .412/424 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . .1932 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . . . .112 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . .1001 MFL Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .724 Niehoff Endex North America . .740 Pourtier/Gauder Group . . . . . . . .858 Properzi International, Inc . . . . .1834 Queins & Co. GmbH . . . . . . . . .1506 Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH . . .432 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . .1924 Setic/Gauder Group . . . . . . . . . . .858 Stolberger KMB GmbH . . . . . . .712 Tensor Machinery Ltd . . . . . . . .2056 Weber & Scher Mfg. Co., Inc . .1050 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1731 WTM -Wire Technology Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 Yield Management Corp . . . . . .1840

Systems and System Design AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . . .812 Cable Consultants Corp. . . . . . .1040 Dynamex Corporation . . . . . . . .2032 InnoVites BV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2013 Power Sonics/Magnus Eqpt . . .2024 RAD-CON, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1801 Heacock Metal and Machine . .2136 Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .765 NTB Hitech Ceramics . . . . . . . .2016 Parkway-Kew Corp. (PKC) . . . .333 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . .1358

Straightening and Cutoff Machinery and Equipment All Forming Machinery, Inc . . . .770 Amaral Automation Associates .1840 Asmag UK Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .1173 Beijing Holland Tech Co., Ltd. . .863 Buttwelders USA Inc . . . . . . . .2148 Cometo snc . . . . . . . . . . . . .412/1358 Cortinovis Machinery America .1739

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Takeups and Payoffs Amacoil, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .713 Amaral Automation Associates .1840 Asmag UK Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .1173 AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . . .812 Baicheng Fujia Mechanical Manufacture Co, Ltd . . . . . . .211B Bergandi Machinery Co. Inc . . . .702 B端hler GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .740 Buttwelders USA Inc . . . . . . . .2148 Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218 Cable Consultants Corp. . . . . . .1040 Calmec Precision Limited . . . . .2061 Ceeco Bartell Products . . . . . . .1908 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1801 Chains Power & Machinery Technology Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . .2150 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . .705 Compomec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Conductix Wamplfer/ Delachaux Group . . . . . . . . . . .2156 Cortinovis Machinery America .1739 Cortinovis Machinery SpA . . . .1739 Daloo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1502 Davis-Standard, LLC . . . . . . . .1058 DEM Wire Rolling Technology 1350 Deyang Dongfang Zhuoyue Electrotechnical Equipment . . .966 Domeks Makine Limited . . . . .1340 Dynamex Corporation . . . . . . . .2032 Engineered Machinery Group (EMG), Inc . . . . . . . . . .1003 Eurodraw energy . . . . . . . . . . . . .424 EUROLLS SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . .1739 EVG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Fabritex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1163 Fine International Corporation .1723 Flymca & Flyro . . . . . . . . . . . . . .952 FUHR GmbH & Co KG . . . . . .1170 Gauder Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .858 Gavlick Machinery Corporation .864 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . .1350 Gimax/Gimax Group . . . . . . . .1040 GMP Slovakia Sro . . . . . . . . . . .1612 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . .2034 v Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . . .1040 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1024 Henrich Maschinenfabrik GmbH 712 HMP Asia/HMP GmbH . . . . . .2142 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . .1612 Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . .332 Ito-Sin (Ddeyang) Wire and Cable Equipment Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . .849 Kieselstein Group GmbH . . . . .1358 Kinrei of America . . . . . . . . . . .1950 Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . 1860 OM Lesmo/Lesmo Machinery 202 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .412/424 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . .1932 Lukas Anlagenbau GmbH . . . . . .423 M+E Macchine+Engineering Srl 658 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . . . .112 MGS Manufacturing Inc . . . . . .1024 Northampton Machinery . . . . . .1024 OMA USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .1656 Pioneer Machinery Co Ltd . . . .1812 Pourtier/Gauder Group . . . . . . . .858 Properzi International, Inc . . . . .1834 Queins & Co. GmbH . . . . . . . . .1506 Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . .1912 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc (RMG) . . . . . . . . . .2114 Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH . . .432 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . .1924 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .1328 Setic/Gauder Group . . . . . . . . . . .858 Shanxi Tianxiang Machinery Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2018B Sictra/a division of Cortinovis Machinery SpA . . . . . . . . . . .1739 Simpacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1812 SKET GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712 Spirka Schnellflechter GmbH . . .712 SPX Precision Components . . . .749 Stolberger Inc. DBA Wardwell Braiding Co . . . . . . . 712 Stolberger KMB GmbH . . . . . . .712 Taymer International Inc . . . . . . .506 Thermoplastics Engineering Corporation (TEC) . . . . . . . . .2126 Troester GmbH & Co. KG . . . .1750 Tulsa Power Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 Ultimate Automation Ltd . . . . . .564 Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc .. 1050 Windak Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1940 Wire Machine Sytems . . . . . . . .1358 Weber & Scher Mfg. Co., Inc . .1050 Wardwell Braiding Co. /Stolberger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712 WiTechs GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .631 WTM -Wire Technology Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 Wyrepak Industries, Inc . . . . . . . .664

Tape - Machinery Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218 Calmec Precision Limited . . . . .2061 Compomec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Conneaut Industries Inc . . . . . . . .618 Cortinovis Machinery SpA . . . .1739 Daloo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1502 Dynamex Corporation . . . . . . . .2032 Fine International Corporation .1723

Gauder Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .858 Gimax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1040 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . .1612 KN Manufacturing Solutions . . .115 OM Lesmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .424 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . .1932 Lukas Anlagenbau GmbH . . . . . .423 Northampton Machinery . . . . . .1024 Pourtier/Gauder Group . . . . . . . .858 Queins & Co. GmbH . . . . . . . . .1506 RG Attachments Ltd . . . . . . . . .2032 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . .1924 Setic/Gauder Group . . . . . . . . . . .858 Spirka Schnellflechter GmbH . . .712 Stolberger KMB- GmbH . . . . . . .712 Tensor Machinery Ltd . . . . . . . .2056 Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc . . .1050 WTM Wire Technology Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612

Tape - Materials Besel Basim San Tic Ltd Sti . . .2134 Cogebi/Elinar Group . . . . . . . . .157 Danyang Steel Wire Plant . . . . .207 NEPTCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .606 Pamica Electric Material (Hubei) Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 Smeets SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 T&T Marketing Inc, . . . . . . . . . .764

Testing Services bogimac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .666 Cogebi/Elinar Group . . . . . . . . .157 DCM Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . .117

Testing, Measuring and Inspection ACM AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732 bogimac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .666 Bytewise Measurement Systems 133 Clinton Instrument Company . . .901 DCM Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . .117 FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 Foerster Instruments Inc . . . . . . . 235 Josaphat Engenharia de Telecmunicacoesc . . . . . . . . . . 145 LaserLinc, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1064 MGS Manufacturing Inc . . . . . .1024 Proton Products International 1050 SAS Testers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 Sikora International Corporation 512 Taymer International Inc . . . . . . .506 Vollmer America Inc . . . . . . . . . .232 Yield Management Corp . . . . . .1840 Zumbach Electronics Corp. . . .1540

AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1014 Dongjiagang Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Co Ltd . .206 Enkotec Company, Inc . . . . . . .1824 OMCG s.p.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1756 Zeus Techno Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .1956

Training Buttwelders USA INC . . . . . . .2148 Esteves Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .640 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . .2034 InnoVites BV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2013

Tubular Wire Carriers Ace Metal Incorporated . . . . . . . .654 Fabritex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1163 GMP Slovakia Sro . . . . . . . . . . .1612

Turntables AIM inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1014 Bergandi Machinery Co. Inc . . . .702 EJP Maschinen . . . . . . . . . . . . .1358 Engineered Machinery Group, (EMG) Inc . . . . . . . . . . .1003 EVG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Kieselstein Group GmbH . . . . .1358 OMCG SpA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1756 Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc (RMG) . . . . . . . . . .2114

Used Equipment and Machinery All Forming Machinery, Inc . . . .770 Buttwelders USA Inc . . . . . . . .2148 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . .705 EJP Maschinen . . . . . . . . . . . . .1358 ERA Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451 Flymca & Flyro . . . . . . . . . . . . . .952 Fortune Machinery . . . . . . . . . . .864 Gauder Group, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .858 Gavlick Machinery Corporation .864 Guill Tool & Engineering . . . . .2034 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1024 Ideal Welding Systems L.P. . . . . .912 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . .1001 Northampton Machinery . . . . . .1024 Queins & Co. GmbH . . . . . . . . .1506 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 Talladega Machinery & Supply Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212 Thermcraft, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Tulsa Power Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1731 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc .354

Warm Forming Machines GH Induction Atmospheres . . .2116 HMP Asia/HMP GmbH . . . . . .2142 Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . .1912

Welders: Butt, Resistance, CNC jig, etc.

AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1014 Buttwelders USA Inc . . . . . . . .2148 Eurobend SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158 EVG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Gavlick Machinery Corporation .864 Ideal Welding Systems L.P. . . . . .912 Micro Products Company . . . . . .624 OMAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 Schlatter North America ......1512 T Butler Engineering (TBE) . . .243 Tensor Machinery Ltd . . . . . . . .2056 Ultimate Automation Ltd . . . . . .564 WAFIOS Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .932 Weber & Scher Mfg. Co, Inc . .1050 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc .354

Wire Bending, Forming Machines AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1014 All Forming Machinery, Inc . . . .770 Bergandi Machinery Co. Inc . . . .702 ERA Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451 Eurobend SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158 EVG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Forming Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . .243 Gavlick Machinery Corporation .864 HTC Spring Machinery . . . . . . .243 Jaykase Manufacturing . . . . . . . .243 NUMALLIANCE . . . . . . . . . . .1032 OMAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 OMCG SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1756 OMD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 Pave Automation Design . . . . . .1712 SB2C/NIMSCO LLC . . . . . . . . .324 Schlatter North America . . . . . .1512 Shanxi Tianxiang Machinery Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2018B TBE T. Butler Engineering, Ltd .243 Ultimate Automation Ltd . . . . . .564 WAFIOS Machinery Corp . . . . .932 Weber & Scher Mfg. Co, Inc . .1050 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc .354

Wire Grippers Bock GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 bogimac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .666 Pittsburgh Carbide Die Co . . . . .964 Sjogren Industries Inc . . . . . . . . 1057

Wire Mfg./Building Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .571 B&H Tool Company . . . . . . . . . .620 Dixie Converting Corporation .2131 Garg Inox Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457 Keystone Steel & Wire . . . . . . . .263 Oklahoma Steel & Wire . . . . . . .450 Shanghai Seti Enterprise Int’l .405A Shijiazhuang Kingway Metal Products Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .305A Taubensee Steel & Wire Co . . . .244 Tianjin Zhaohong Metal Product Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .405B Zhejiang Litai Metal Co, Ltd . . .217 Zhengzhou Yifang Cable Co . .140A

Wire Mfg./Cold-Heading Quality Bekaert Corp/Bekaert NV . . . . . .351 Beneke Wire Company . . . . . . . .153 Central Wire Industries Ltd. . . . .363 Garg Inox Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457 KEI Industries Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .149 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . .549 RAD-CON, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234 Shanghai Seti Enterprise Int’l .405A Shijiazhuang Kingway Metal Products Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .305A Taubensee Steel & Wire Co . . . .244 Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . 464 Unitrading (Lianyungang) . . .2117B WireCo WorldGroup . . . . . . . . . .553 Zhejiang Litai Metal Co, Ltd . . .217

Wire Mfg./Communication (Voice/Data) Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .571 B&H Tool Company . . . . . . . . . .620 Elektrisola, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350 FSP-one, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 Garg Inox Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457 IWH/High Performance Conductors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .540 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340 Sarkuysan AS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .558 Sinoleader Industries Group . .2117a Tianjin Zhaohong Metal Product Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .405B

Wire Mfg./Computer B&H Tool Company . . . . . . . . . .620 Elektrisola, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340 Sarkuysan AS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .558 Zhejiang Litai Metal Co, Ltd . . . 217

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Wire Mfg./Construction Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . .250 Central Wire Industries Ltd. . . . .363 Garg Inox Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457 KEI Industries Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .149 Keystone Steel & Wire . . . . . . . .263 Oklahoma Steel & Wire . . . . . . .450 Shanghai Seti Enterprise Int’l .405A Shijiazhuang Kingway Metal Products Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .305A Taubensee Steel & Wire Co . . . .244 Tianjin Zhaohong Metal Product Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .405B Zhejiang Litai Metal Co, Ltd . . . 217 Zhengzhou Yifang Cable Co . .140A

Wire Mfg./Electrical Equipment Danyang Steel Wire Plant . . . . .207 Deyang Hongguang Machine Equipments Co, Ltd . . . . . . . .1069 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340 Lukas Anlagenbau GmbH . . . . . .423 Marubeni Specialty Chemicals, Inc/Juhua . . . . . . . .569 Sarkuysan AS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .558 Sinoleader Industries Group . .2117a

Wire Mfg./Electronic Components Danyang Steel Wire Plant . . . . .207 FSP-one, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 Shijiazhuang Kingway Metal Products Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .305A

Wire Mfg./Magnet Bühler GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .740 Elektrisola, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350 FUHR GmbH & Co KG . . . . . .1170 Sarkuysan AS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .558 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .451 Unitrading (Lianyungang) . . .2117B

Wire Mfg./Packaging Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .571 Dixie Converting Corporation .2131 Garg Inox Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457 Gimax Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1040 Keystone Steel & Wire . . . . . . . .263 L-S Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .203 Leggett & Platt Wire Group . . . .440 Plas-Ties, Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154 Shijiazhuang Kingway Metal Products Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .305A Tianjin Zhaohong Metal Product Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .405B WelPro Industrial Limited . . . .140B Windak Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1940 204 | WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Ya Sih Technology Co, Ltd . . . .1812 Zhejiang Litai Metal Co, Ltd . . . 217

Wire Mfg./Power Generation/ Trans./Dist.

Maillefer SA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .906

Wire Mfg./Rope/Sling Central Wire Industries Ltd. . . . .363 Danyang Steel Wire Plant . . . . .207 KEI Industries Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .149 Shanghai Seti Enterprise Int’l .405A Shijiazhuang Kingway Metal Products Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .305A SKET GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712 SPX Precision Components . . . .749 Tianjin Zhaohong Metal Product Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .405B WireCo WorldGroup . . . . . . . . . .553 Zhejiang Litai Metal Co, Ltd . . 217

Wire Mfg./Transportation/ Automotive/Vehicular Bekaert Corp/Bekaert NV . . . . . .351 Beneke Wire Company . . . . . . . .153 Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . .250 FUHR GmbH & Co KG . . . . . .1170 KEI Industries Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .149 Keystone Steel & Wire . . . . . . . .263 Sarkuysan AS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .558 Taubensee Steel & Wire Co . . . .244 Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . 464 United Wire Co., Inc . . . . . . . . . .451 WireCo WorldGroup . . . . . . . . . .553

Wire Mfg./Wire Formed Products Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .571 Asmag UK Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .1173 Bekaert Corp/Bekaert NV . . . . . .351 Beneke Wire Company . . . . . . . .153 Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . .250 Central Wire Industries Ltd. . . . .363 CN Wire Corporation . . . . . . . . .240 ERA Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451 Forming Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . .243 FUHR GmbH & Co KG . . . . . .1170 Garg Inox Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457 HSI Huei Shang Industrial Co . .243 KEI Industries Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .149 Keystone Steel & Wire . . . . . . . .263 Leggett & Platt Wire Group . . . .440 Marubeni Specialty Chemicals, Inc/Juhua . . . . . . . .569 Oklahoma Steel & Wire . . . . . . .450 OMAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 Qinhuangdao Yanda-Guohai

Stainless Steel Co, Ltd . . . . . . .215 Schlatter North America . . . . . .1512 SPX Precision Components . . . .749 Tri Star Metals, LLC . . . . . . . . . 464 Ultimate Automation Ltd . . . . . .564 Zhejiang Litai Metal Co, Ltd . . . 217

Wire Straighteners/Cut-off Equipment All Forming Machinery, Inc . . . .770 Asmag UK Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .1173 BOCK GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612 bogimac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .666 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1801 Cometo snc . . . . . . . . . . . .412, 1358 Cortinovis Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1739 DEM Wire Rolling Technology 1350 Engineered Machinery Group . .1003 ERA Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451 Eurobend SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158 EVG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Gavlick Machinery Corporation .864 Ideal Welding Systems LP . . . . .912 Jouhsen bundgens Machinery .. 1602 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .412/424 NUMALLIANCE . . . . . . . . . . .1032 OMAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 OMCG SpA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1756 P/A Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2050 Promostar Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1655 Ravni Technologies . . . . . . . . . .1358 Rockford Manufacturing Group Inc (RMG) . . . . . . . . . .2114 Schlatter North America . . . . . .1513 Sjogren Industries Inc . . . . . . . . 1057 Tecnosider Srl . . . . .Italian Pavillion Tramev srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412 Ultimate Automation Ltd . . . . . .564 Witels Albert USA, Ltd. . . . . . . .711 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc .354

Yarns, Threads and Textiles Coats North America . . . . . . . . .2152 Conneaut Industries Inc . . . . . . . .618 Fil-Tec, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .903 Pittsfield Plastics Engineering, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .1065 Shanghai Seti Enterprise Int’l .405A Shanxi Tianxiang Machinery Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2018B Smeets SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

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PRODUCTS & MEDIA PROD DUCTS PFTE cables serve multiple markets U.S.-based W.L. Gore & Associates (Gore) reports that it has continued to enhance its range of engineered PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) technology for use in flat and round cables for demanding uses in semiconductor manufacturing, aerospace and industrial applications.

A press release said that Gore’s customized materials and unique cable designs have resulted in products that minimize particulation and outgassing while maximizing longevity, a combination of qualities not found in any other cable technology. The low coefficient of friction and excellent tear resistance of Gore’s expanded PTFE composite jacket material enable its high flex cables to maintain excellent signal integrity, it said. It added that the flexible material allows the flat cables to be stacked on top of each other without needing dividers and shelves, reducing the overall size and weight of the cable system.

Unlike flat cables with jackets made of extruded materials such as silicone and polyurethane, GORE® High Flex Flat Cables’ extremely low coefficient of friction does not create particles, a crucial advantage in cleanroom environments, it said.

“Gore’s High Flex Flat Cables ensure electrical and mechanical integrity in demanding environments, valued in applications where high-flex cycles, high-temperature resistance, or clean manufacturing and operation are required,” said Flat Cable Business Leader Brian Tallman.

“We are also continuing to invest in fluoropolymer technology and cable development to increase dielectric strength and performance while reducing cable size and weight.”

Contact: W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., www.gore.com/electronics.

Handling system is a ‘cat walk’ Available for talks during Interwire at Booth 850, U.S.based Reel-O-Matic, Inc., a supplier of reel and cable handling machinery, has introduced a heavy-duty, selfcontained shaftless payoff and take-up cable processing system nicknamed the “Cat-Walk,” since both the payoff and take-up units are united on one integrated platform.

A press release said that the unit has a wireless radio remote control (cable free) to respool material from any vantage point, up to several hundred feet away. The model FMPT4/FMP8, shown, is powered by an AC vector

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variable-speed, torque-controlled drive system for increased respooling speeds from 0-115 RPMs, it said, noting that the shaftless unit is designed to handle reel diameters up to 60 in. that weigh up to 4,000 lb and that its FMP8 shaftless payout system is engineered to support reels up to 60 in. that weigh up to 8,000 lb. The FMP8, it said, includes a hydraulically powered payoff and rewind assist benefit that feeds and rewinds cable to and from the FMPT4. A potentiometer-controlled electromagnetic brake provides adjustable back tension during the spooling operation and prevents the supply reel from overspinning when the take-up drive slows down or stops, it said.

A dual front-mounted joystick controls the hydraulically activated pintle arms on both the payout and take-up units during loading and unloading operations, the release said.

The “Cat-Walk” series is available in models which handle greater weight capacities and reel dimensions.

Contact: Reel-O-Matic, tel. 800-221-7335, www.reelomatic.com.

Extrusion crosshead employs a double die nut for more flexibility Able to be seen first-hand during Interwire at Booth 1612, a double die nut for crossheads from Austrianbased Unitek, represented in the U.S. and Canada by Howar Equipment, Inc., reflects continued efforts by the company to develop and improve its crosshead technology.

A press release said that by listening to customers discuss their challenges, Unitek developed a double die nut that allows customers to change the tooling without ever having to remove any heaters or thermocouples. Prior to this design, the heater had to be removed in order to spin the die nut off, it noted, adding that this improvement not only speeds up tooling changes, it actually increases the life of the heaters.

The design enables tooling changes to be made by following four easy steps: open up/un-screw the die nut at exit of crosshead; extrude the die from die holder; push out the extrusion tip/wire guide; and replace with new tooling and re-attach the die nut, the

‘Green’ solutions are the focus of lubricant company at Interwire At Booth 134 at Interwire, Metalloid Corp. will showcase solutions that address the need for new and improved lubricant technology for the wiredrawing market to deal with the vital global issues related to the environment.

The company notes that its “green chemistry” offers alternatives to petroleum-based lubricants, powder soaps and greases, using lubricant alternatives formulated with American-made, renewable resources that eliminate hazardous ingredients while providing the ultimate in lubricity.

“They are bio-stable, environmentally friendly, safer to use and offer new solutions to current manufacturing concerns.

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Our strategy focuses on combining problem solving skills with new concepts that meet the needs of the market and address environmental concerns,” said Rick Strapple, vice president of sales & marketing.

Contact: Metalloid Corp., tel. 800-686-3201, www.metalloidcorp.com.

Measuring systems, the choice of a steel giant, offer top performance U.S.-based Zumbach Electronics Corporation reports that its STEELMASTER diameter/profile measuring systems have been improved to be even more effective for use in rod mills. It noted that at Booth 1540 at Interwire, company representatives will be ready to discuss the technology.

A press release said that the gauges, which can be equipped with ODAC® high-speed laser scanners (in six axes), can deliver a total of 6000 calibrated measurements per second, The systems, which come with the latest hardware

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PVC & Convolute Tubing Extrusion Lines plus Cable Support Equipment Payoffs, Extruders, Capstans, Barrel Packers, Twisters, Braiders, Talc Applicator, Reels, Dual Take-up, Cablers, Machine Shop Equipment

LIVE and WEBCAST AUCTION Auction Date: April 6, 2011, 10:00AM CDT Auction Site: 3318 N. Panam Expy, San Antonio, Texas 78219 Assets are located in San Antonio, Texas & Worcester, MA Inspection: San Antonio, TX April 5, 2011, 9:30am - 4pm, CDT April 6, Day of sale, from 8:30am CDT; or by Appointment Worcester, MA: by Appointment Only Assets include: • MERRITT DAVIS 1.5", 2", 2.5", 3" PVC Extrusion Lines (5) • MERRITT DAVIS 3/4, 1", 1.5" Striping Extruders (8) • MAPRE 25mm 24:1 Striping Extruder • MERRITT DAVIS Mist Capstans and Water Trough (5) • BONGARD TW51S Barrel Packers (4) • MALERAS MEKANISKAS Barrel Packer • DAVIS STANDARD, STERLING 2.5" Convolute Tubing Lines (4)

• CORMA Pullers (3) • JOHN BROWN Granulator • CLIPPER 30" Dual Reel Take-up • NORTHAMPTON B560 D.T. Twisters (2) • WATSON KINREI NB560 D.T. Twisters (2) • TEC, WEBSTER 24" D.T. Twisters (4) • WARBRICK Talc Applicator • WARDWELL 16-Carrier Braiders (27) • EDMANDS Neutralizer Payoff, Oscillator, Tape Head

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release said. The double die nut is available for new Unitek crossheads as well most existing Unitek crossheads, it said.

Contact: Howar Equipment Inc., tel. 905-265-8912, sales@howarequipment.com, www.howarequipment.com.

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and software concepts, can be fully networked over ethernet with a manufacturer’s material flow and Q.C. control system. The gauges, it noted, are extremely compact and require next to no maintenance.

The company said that it further optimized the algorithm of its EPM (Enhanced Profile Measurement) software to display a true and accurate real time cross section of hot long products during the rolling process. Also, a, Calibrated Single Scan (CSS) technology is available that can identify each scan, which is calibrated individually at the rate of 1,000 scans for each measurement axis (six axis systems feature a total scan rate of 6,000/s).

The release said that those features led to South Korea steel giant POSCO ordering 10 STEELMASTER diameter/profile measuring systems that will partially replace existing gauges or complete unequipped locations in the finishing sections of their #1, #2 and #3 rod mills Contact; Zumbach Electronics Corp., tel. 914-2417080, sales@zumbach.com.

Large pancake brakes can offer signficant advantages for cablers To be displayed at Interwire at Booth 112, a new pancake brake from U.S.-based Magnetic Technologies offers practical advantages for cable producers.

A press release said that the new brake is designed to be a drop-in replacement for spindle and rope brake assemblies that are common to many cablers. The pancake brake is designed to offer constant torque adjustable up to 90 lbin. in every bay, resulting in improved product quality and productivity. Further, it said, the magnetic brake assembly is impervious to oils and dust as well as to changes due to temperature and humidity that can cause slippage on rope type brake designs. The new magnetic torque brake, it noted, uses no electricity, and because it is magnetic, it has no wearing parts.

The pancake brake and magnetic brake flyer payoffs will be on display from Magnetic Technologies, which supplies brakes that are infinitely adjustable to give extremely accurate tension control and come in numerous sizes to fit customers’ spools and reels.

Contact: Howard Schwerdlin, Magnetic Technologies, Inc., 508-987-3303, hschwerdlin@magnetictech.com.

Cable filler helps meet zero-halogen, flame retardency requirements U.S.-based Web Industries Inc. reports that it has made a breakthrough in the wire and cable industry, with a new line of Zero Halogen/Flame Retardant (ZHFR) SUPERBULK® cable fillers.

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A press release said that the innovative component material is intended for use in next-generation cables for power, energy, control, datacom and telecom industries. It said that the cable fillers are an alternative to legacy materials that are more expensive and not as effective, especially for the very exacting requirements of highly specialized markets such as: environmental compliance and construction (LEED, REACH, RoHS); military and defense; shipboard; aerospace; mass transit; and energy.

ZHFR SUPERBULK can be used alone or in combination with other materials and is designed to help meet increased standards for flame retardancy, elimination of halogens, low smoke density, low acid gas, and low fuel, the release said.

“Unlike legacy cable designs which may contain halogens, Web’s ZHFR SUPERBULK® cable fillers use innovative polypropylene chemistries based on intumescent char formers and low-smoke synergists that allow the polypropylene yarns to help isolate fuel sources when burned. These new polypropylene yarns and tapes are safer, lighter, stronger, more water resistant, and less expensive than alternative filler materials used in traditional cable designs.”

Contact: Web Industries Inc., tel. 508-898-2988, www.webindustries.com.

Larger, sturdier fabricated steel reels to be on display at Interwire Europe’s GMP-Slovakia, represented in the U.S. and Canada by Howar Equipment, Inc., reports that it has expanded its fabricated steel reels program to meet growing demand for larger and sturdier steel reels, which will be on display at Interwire in Booth 1612, where representatives will be available for talks.

A press release said that strong demand, such as for high-voltage and mining cables, resulted in GMP and HOWAR supplying a greater amount of structural steel and corrugated flange reels to the market. As of late, it said, larger cabling and jacketing equipment has also started to be installed, calling for larger reel requirements by the cable manufacturers. GMP’s SD structural steel reels, which are manufactured to heavier duty requirements, using tubular steel members in conjunction with

THHN cable has a self-lubricating polymer for lower fiction co-efficient U.S.-based Cerro Wire LLC, a Marmon Wire & Cable/Berkshire Hathaway company, is offering a thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) cable jacketed with a self-lubricating polymer that it said provides an improved, lower co-efficient of friction.

SLiPWire™ reduces the time, labor and cost for installation, eliminates the materials and labor needed for lubricating the wire, and avoids messy clean-up activities, said a press release that cited independent testing confirming that the product is equivalent to, or better than, competing prod-

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ucts in the copper building wire industry.

It said that Intertek Testing Services compared SLiPWire with competing pre-lubricated THHN products, and verified that the methodology and setup for the test was very well designed to replicate a typical installation and that SLiPWire™ is every bit the equal if not better than other contenders in the industry.

Contact: Dale Crawford, Cerro Wire LLC, Tel. 256-7732522, dcrawford@cerrowire.com, www.cerrowire.com.

Silver-clad copper wire presents a cost-effective choice to solid silver U.S.-based Anomet reports that it offers a high-quality, silver-clad copper wire replacement for solid-silver wire in electronic switches and connectors that require high conductivity and low-contact resistance.

A press release said that the company’s silver-clad copper wire is metallurgically bonded to an OFHC copper core with 99.99% pure silver cladding, or silver alloy, from 5 to 60%

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steel plate to form a rigid flange construction, can meet customer requirements for larger units, including recent deliveries for flange diameters of 2500 mm, 3250 mm, 3650 mm and 4500 mm.

GMP’s CD line of corrugated flange design reels, are manufactured using a steel plate that is formed into flutes which provide a stiff yet lightweight construction of the flanges.

The reels are available from 1220 mm to 3500 mm for various process and shipping applications.

Contact: Howar Equipment Inc., tel. 905-265-8912, sales@howarequipment.com, www.howarequipment.com.

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by weight or by volume. Providing electronics designers with a functionally equivalent alternative to solid-silver wire at a significantly lower cost, this clad wire has a smooth, consistent surface finish, it said. The product, it said, is formable and solderable, available in sizes from 0.002 in. to 0.125 in., and as ribbon up to 1 in. wide, depending upon cladding thickness. The firm also produces a full range of other precious metal-clad wire products incorporating various core materials.

Contact: Anomet Products, Inc., tel. 508- 842-3069, dlambert@anometproducts.com, www.anometproducts.com.

Cut-to-length, wire-feed system excels for use in high-cycle applications A new wire cut-to-length straightener system from U.S.based Force Control Industries is designed for high-cycle wire cutoff applications.

A press release said that the package includes a two-plane wire straightener, tool-steel-hardened feed wheels, feed gears, separately actuated cut cutoff, wire guides, a Posidyne oil shear clutch brake with pneumatic control valve, an accumulator, pressure regulators, and gauges, motor and gear reducer, all mounted on a steel baseplate. The system, it said, is capable of running 14 gauge wire at a velocity of 91.6 in./sec with +/- .13 in. accuracy, at 96 cpm (24 in. length, 50% dwell). Packages are also available for larger size wire, making this system ideal for cut-to-length straightened wire for wire racks, cages, crates and even concrete reinforcing wire, it said.

The release said that the Posidyne clutch brake is capable of very high cycle rates, long maintenance-free life, and consistent accuracy.

Oil shear technology, it said, is the reason that Force Control brakes and clutch-brakes are virtually maintenance-free, not needing adjustments or disc replacements, lasting up to 10 times longer than standard dry-friction brakes.

Contact: Force Control Industries, tel. 513-868-0900, www.forcecontrol.com, e-mail sales@forcecontrol.com.

MEDIA Report: AOC market to see shipments of nearly 30 million units by 2015 A report from U.S.-based Information Gatekeepers Inc. projects that active optical cables are expected to ship at a level of nearly 30 million units by 2015.

In “2011 Active Optical Cables Market Report,” published

by Information Gatekeepers Inc., revenue forecasts for the

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AOC market are projected to reach levels in excess of $1 billion by 2015, for a cumulative value of over $3.6 billion for the entire 2011-2015 timeframe covered in the report, a press release said. The report, it noted, answers a number of questions about the market, including AOC breakouts by bus interface type, platform categories, application segments, cable speeds and line speeds as well as coverage of PCI Express and Light Peak in AOC form.

The release said that the report, which is more than 290 pages with 190 charts and related data tables, also includes analysis of the key factors surrounding and driving this developing market. The table of contents can be seen at the company’s website.

Contact: Dr. Hui Pan, Information Gatekeepers Inc., tel.

617-782-5033, hpan@igigroup.com, www.igigroup.com.

Book provides concepts and strategies for lean and service environments A book from Productivity Press, “Demystifying the application of Lean methods, Lean Office and Service Simplified: The Definitive How-To Guide,” goes beyond the basic tools to detail the key concepts of Lean as they apply to office and service environments.

A press release said that author Drew Locher, managing director for Change Management Associates, addresses value stream management, followed by chapters on standard work, flow, level pull and visual management. The book covers essential Lean tools, including 5S and mistake-proofing. It breaks down Lean concepts into their elementary components, describes them in a nonmanufacturing context, and supplies readers with specific how-to methodologies.

Providing detailed examples throughout, the text illustrates the functions found in most service organizations, as well as the administrative areas of manufacturing companies.

Locher, who has more than two decades of practical experience, provides implementation strategies on a function-byfunction and department-by-department basis. He examines the most common obstacles that readers are likely to encounter and supplies strategies to address those obstacles.

The text includes a toolbox of helpful forms, charts, checklists, templates, and worksheets to help kick-start your Lean implementation efforts.

Contact: Productivity Press, www.productivitypress.com. ■

WIRE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS seeking positions are entitled to free “Position Wanted” classified ads. Limit: one ad per issue, three ads per year. This benefit is not transferable to nonmembers or to companies.

CLASSIFIED AD RATES: • $1.30 per word for WJI and on-line classifieds at wirenet.org (20-word minimum). • Blind box numbers, add $25. • Boldface headlines, add $6 per line (up to 18 characters per line). Specify category.

BLIND BOX INFO: Responses to Blind Box ads should be addressed to: Wire Journal International, Box number (as it

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES DESIGN ENGINEER. Manufacturer of equipment for wire & cable industry in Southeastern New England seeks a skilled design engineer to design and develop components for existing equipment and to meet customer requests.

The ideal candidate would have 5-10 years experience designing production equipment for the processing of fine wire and is familiar with mechanisms involving pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical and mechanical technologies. Other duties include support of manufacturing processes and coordinating completion of design projects with Tool Room and Purchasing. Send resumes to dresumes2011@gmail.com.

INSPECTOR/PURCHASER. Manufacturer of wire processing machinery in Southeastern New England seeks a skilled individual to inspect a variety of machine assemblies, manufactured, subcontracted, and purchased parts and to assist with the buying process.

The ideal candidate would have a minimum of 5 years in quality control of parts and machinery, proficient use of calibrated micrometers, verniers, depth gages, height gages, height blocks, hardness testers, comparators and other types of measuring and inspection equipment.

Send resumes to dresumes2011@gmail.com.

EXTRUDER OPERATOR WANTED. Experienced in 28 awg thru 12 awg copper wire. Operator will extrude single conductors, send to braider and or cabler, then back to extruder for jack-

appears in print or on-line), P.O. Box 578, Guilford, CT 06437-0578 USA. PAYMENT POLICY: All ads must be pre-paid.

DEADLINES: Copy is due a full month in advance, i.e., it must be received by March 1 for publication in the April issue. Classifieds booked on-line, run for at least one-month on-line, from the date of booking. Wire Journal International “Print classifieds” booked on-line as an “add-on” to an “online classified” booking will run in the next available issue.

eting using compounds such as PVC, TPE, Polyurethane and Polypropylene.

Person needs to be willing to cross train in busy shop environment. Excellent work environment plus Health Care benefit Pkge, 401k, vacations and paid holidays. Send resume to: Autac Inc., 25 Thompson Road, Branford, CT, 06405, OR send an e-mail to: sales@autacusa.com.

TWO IDENTICAL POSITIONS OPEN: CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT (CI) ENGINEER. PRIMARY FUNCTION: This position, which is available at two separate locations (Chester, New York and Weyburn SA, Canada), consists of managing the continuous improvement process in the manufacturing operation.

The CI Engineer is responsible for the

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

FOR SALE 1 - HALL 500’ Vertical Accumulator, 1997 1 - NEW ENGLAND BUTT 24-Carrier Model CB-1 Cable Braider 7 - WARDWELL 12-Carrier Braiders 1 - OMA 24-Carrier Braider, Type 24/1 104 w/Payoff and Take-up 2 - OMA 24-Carrier Braiders, Type 24+24/140TCH/EORIZ, 1996 w/Capstans 1 - SPIRKA 24-Carrier Braider, Model 24N4, 1990 1 - SPIRKA 16-Carrier Braider, 500mm Take-up and Payoff 1 - NEB 12-C #2 Braider, Long Legs, Motor 2 - NEB Model C62-2 12-Wire 8” Vertical Planetary Cablers, 1987 1 - VITECK 24” Horizontal Belt Wrap Capstan, Model CBW24 1 - DAVIS STANDARD 3.5” 24:1 L/D Extruder, Model 350HII 1 - DAVIS STANDARD 2.5” 24:1 L/D Nylon Extruder, Model 250SII 1 - D/S 2.5” 24:1 L/D Hi-Temp Extrusion Line 1 - D/S 2” 30:1 L/D Hi-Temp Extrusion Line

1 - SPHEREX 18” Dual Reel Take-up, completely refurbished 1 - CLIPPER Model SP16 Dual Spooler 1 - HALL Dual Spooler/Coiler w/36” Powered Payoff and Dancer 1 - AFA 60” Traversing Reel Take-up, Model MDTU6.24-60 2 - WATSON/AFA 84” Rewind Lines, 6,600lb cap.

1 - REEL-O-MATIC Model PRR1 Rim Drive Powered Reel Roller 1 - REEL-O-MATIC Model RD-5 Rim Drive Takeup w/Coiling Head 1 - TEC Model 24STC Hi-Speed Twisters, rated 1300rpm w/2-Wire Payoff 1 - TEC Model DTC630 D.T. Twister 1 - FINE Preheater, Model IP4000-180-1 1 - TENSOR Dual Binder Head 1 - SCHLEUNIGER EcoStrip 9300 Cut & Strip Machine 200 - HEARL HEATON 22” x 13.25” OAW” x 11” x 2.25”, Plastic 200 - CYBERLAN 24.75” x 15” OAW” x 9.75” x 2.25”, Plastic

Contact: Martin Kenner

COMMISSION BROKERS, INC. P.O. Box 8456 • Cranston, RI 02920-0456 • Tel. (401) 943-3777 • Fax: (401) 943-3670 WEB: www.commissionbrokers.com • E-MAIL: marty137@aol.com

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• Three to five years of experience in managing a continuous improvement program • Must have good verbal and written communication skills • Organizational skills are essential

coordination of all team and individually based initiatives, as well as the promotional and planning aspect.

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: Reports to the Plant Manager.

STAFF: Works with and coordinates manufacturing activities with all other managers and support groups.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: a) Develop an annual Continuous Improvement strategic plan that identifies the primary areas contributing to waste in the form of scrap or productivity loss, and the means that will be used to reduce the loss. b) Propose and coordinate the implementation of continuous improvement teams to achieve the objectives established in the strategic plan. c) Implements, monitors, and reviews information and progress of various scrap and waste continuous improvement projects, and procedures throughout the manufacturing operation to achieve the established goals. d) Provide and / or coordinate the necessary training in acceptable problem solving techniques to increase the likelihood of continuous improvement team successes. e) Monitor the continuous improvement teams’ progress to assure successful completion of the team’s charter. f) Coordinate the obtainment of resources required by the improvement teams to facilitate successful completion of their objectives. g) Oversee the waste reporting activities a\to assure an accurate assessment

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Please e-mail the requested information to: WAI’s Cindy Kirmss at ckirmss@wirenet.org.

For more details, you can call her at 203-453-2777, ext. 116.

of the losses in material and labor is obtained. h) Provide routine updates on the progress against the strategic plan to other members of management, including proposed corrective action for any deviations from the plan. i) Provide monthly reports to Nexans corporate office on the progress of the continuous improvement process at respective location. j) Coordinate the development of reporting tools as required to aid in identifying the root causes of waste. k) Actively work with all members of the manufacturing management team to develop sound problem identification and resolution skills and an atmosphere of continuous improvement.

REQUIREMENTS: • Bachelor’s Degree • Training in the continuous improvement process discipline • Strong statistics training and understanding required • Experience with Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles desirable.

E-mail resumes to (New York position) Stephanie Ward, Human Resource Supervisor, Nexans Energy USA, Inc., at Stephanie.Ward@ nexans.com, or by fax to 845-4691440; and to (Canada position) Wayne Popowich, Nexans Weyburn, at Wayne.popowich@nexans.com, or by fax to 306-842-4788.

NORTH AMERICAN MARKET REP NEDED. German manufacturer of wire equipment seeks independent representative for the North America Market. SKET Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH of Magdeburg, Germany is looking for an experienced organization to promote and support its products in North America’s wire &cable market.

The ideal candidate is thoroughly familiar with the market for ACSR conductors, OPGW and submarine, umbilical cables and is experienced with twisters and stranders. SKET produces Cage type, Central, Rigid and Tubular Stranders, Drum Twister and Double Twist Bunching machines. Previous experience or cooperation with German manufacturers would be beneficial.

Interested parties should contact John Tomaz at Stolberger Inc. d/b/a Wardwell Braiding Co. Tel. 401-7248800; E-mail: jtomaz@wardwell.com

POSITION WANTED A CHEMICAL PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGIST with a Master’s degree in experimental science and with experience in lubricant sales in the W&C market in Mexico, Central and South America desires a full time position with an international company. For additional information, please send an e-mail to Antonio Ayala Jr. at antonioayalas@gmail.com.

DISTRIBUTORS/AGENTS DISTRIBUTORS & AGENTS. Sanxin Wire Die, Inc. seeks U.S. Distributors and Agents for its full range of Diamond Wire Drawing Dies. Complete range of very high quality PCD dies, Natural Diamond and Monodie dies and an exclusive range of very exciting Nano Dies for the Cable Industry that practically sell themselves. Full Factory Service is available. Strong Sanxin support for all sales.

Attractive margins and commissions.

Please phone Doug Thornton at either tel. 434-906-2340 or by e-mail at admin@sanxinamerica.com.

S A L E S AG E N T S WA N T E D .

DS Hai, LLC is a new and growing diamond die maker with locations in the United States and Korea. We can supply high quality Diamond and PCD dies at very competitive prices. A few of our specialities are dies for high performance bunching (silver/nickel etc.), dies for hard drawing material, and dies

that combine Carbide coating with PCD which can be very efficient on a long order for big cables.

DS Hai services wire manufacturers in the United States as well as Internationally. We also provide very competitive recutting services. We are looking for sales agents both domestic and international to assist in our growth. Attractive commissions. Please contact Simon at tel. 860 574-4771 or tel. 860-884-1270, or by e-mail at Simon@dshaidies.com.

PERSONNEL SERVICES “LET OUR SUCCESS BE YOUR SUCCESS” Wire Resources is the foremost recruiting firm in the Wire & Cable Industry. Since 1967 we have partnered with industry manufacturers to secure the services of thousands of key individual contributors and managers

MACHINERY T W O C O I L I N G M AC H I N E S WITH RACKS FOR SALE. (2) ReelO-Matic Maxi Penthouse Wire Coiling Machines w/Level Wind-Works with 14/2NMB to 750MCM CU-and Reel Racks. New 2006, Cost $70K. Hardly Used, will Sell for $35K. Call 239-6418000.

WWW.URBANOASSOCIATES. COM. For New (Hakusan Heat Pressure Welders, Ferrous & NonFerrous; Marldon Rolling Ring Traverses) & Used Wire & Cable Equipment (buttwelders, coldwelders, color-o-meters and pointers). Tel: 727863-4700 or by e-mail, please send to urbassoc@verizon.net MACHINERY FOR DIES. Used Ultrasonic And Wire Recut/Polisher machines for sale, Good condition and attractive prices! New machines are also available. Please Contact Simon (860) 574-4771 or (860) 884-1270, Simon@dshaidies.co.

DIES APOLLO DIA-CARB COMPANY. Buy & sell new/used Natural and PCD DIAMOND DIES. Fair prices and excellent lead times. Contact Paulette, Owner-Sales, by telephone at 1-508226-1508 or by e-mail at apollodie@ wmconnect.com.

SANCLIFF SHAPED WIRE DIES. All sizes and shapes R2 to R12. Highest Quality, Shortest Lead Times, Lowest Cost and Superior Customer Service.

60+ years of quality products and service to the wire industry. Contact Bill Drumm at 1-800-332-0747, or E-Mail at sales@sancliff.com.

MOLONEY DIE COMPANY. Low prices on all sizes of new, used and recut carbide dies. We also recut tapered nibs. Fast turn-around.

Quality service since 1985. Tel. 904388-3654.

MEDIA FERROUS WIRE HANDBOOK. This comprehensive hard-cover book is a definitive industry resource for ferrous wire written by WAI members and edited by former WAI President Robert M. Shemenski, this 1,168 page hard-cover book was published in 2008. It is a modern-day reference tool for those working directly in the steel wire or manufacturing, engineering, or operations sectors of the industry. The 36 chapters cover a broad range of topics, including equipment types, processes and specialty applications of steel wire manufacturing. It cover continuous casting; controlled rod cooling; rod defects; pickling and coating; descaling; deformation in cold drawing; wiredrawing theory, machinery, and finishing equipment; lubrication; heat treatment; stress relief; annealing; oil tempering; patenting; corrosion; galvanizing; statistical process control; bridge rope and strand; and nails, barbed wire, mechanical springs.

Appendices and a complete index are included in the handbook. List Price is $235, $195 for WAI members. ■

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WIRE & CABLE PROCESS ENGINEER. T & T Marketing Inc. seeks a skilled process engineer to assist our customers in optimizing their extrusion conditions in the use of the compounds we supply. The ideal candidate would have 20 years experience processing polyolefins and PVC. Other duties include process support to compound manufacturing, quality assurance support, HSE support, material inspection and testing. Please respond by e-mail to Paul Lorigan at plorigan@ttmarketinginc.com.

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Ace Metal Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Gauder Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Amaral Automation Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Anbao Wire & Mesh Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Gem Gravure Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Beneke Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

W Gillies Technologies LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

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

Gimax Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .insert, between pages 16-17

Bongard Trading GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

GoIndustry/DoveBid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Caballe SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

v Hagen & Funke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Carris Reels Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Hearl Heaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Ceeco/Bartell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Henrich GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Howar Equipment Inc/Bock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Chase Coating & Laminating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Howar Equipment Inc/GMP Slovakia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Cimteq Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Howar Equipment Inc/Metavan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Howar Equipment Inc/Pasmait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Conneaut Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Howar Equipment Inc/Unitek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Domeks Makine Ltd Sti . . . .Floor plan, between pp. 96-97

Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133, 191

The Dow Chemical Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Ideal-Werk/IdealWelding Systems PL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Enkotec Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

The Interwire Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Esteves Group USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Innovites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Eurolls SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

IWG High Performance Conductors Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

George Evans Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Joe-Tools Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Fabritex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Keir Manufacturing Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109, 135

Filtertech Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Kinrei of America LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Flymca & Flyro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Kos Wire Inc/KOS America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

FMS USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

KP America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Frontier Composites & Castings Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Fuhr GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Lesmo Machinery America Inc/OM Lesmo . . . . . . . . . . .179

T Fukase & Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Lesmo Machinery America Inc/A. Appiani . . . . . . . . . . .129

Fushi Copperweld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Lesmo Machinery America Inc/Cometo . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

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Lesmo Machinery America Inc/Tramev . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Pressure Welding Machines Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Lloyd & Bouvier Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Locton Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109, 199

Rainbow Rubber & Plastics Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Floor plan, between pp. 96-97, 33

The Lubrizol Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Messe Dusseldorf Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Micro Products Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Mountville Rubber Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 Niehoff GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 NIMSCO LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177 NUMALLIANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Paramount Die Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 Pittsfield Plastics Eng Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 PolyOne Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185 Precision Die Technologies Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Reel-O-Matic Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 RichardsApex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Rockford Manufacturing Group FELM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 SAMP USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Sanxin Wire Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Sealeze A Unit of Jason Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 SIKORA AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Sjogren Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 SKET Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

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ADVERTISER . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PAGE Sonoco Reels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 SPX Precision Components FENN Division . . . . . . . . . .101

WIRE ASSOCIATION INT’L ADS WAI Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36-37 Interwire 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164-165

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United Wire Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 Upcast OY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 US Synthetic Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215 Wire Lab Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Witels Albert USA Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207 Woodburn Diamond Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122, 175 Wyrepak Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193 Zumbach Electronics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cover 4

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