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44 Software and Automation Suppliers of software and automation technology discuss their technology. This feature is to be continued on the Internet at wirenet.org

60 Interwire 2007 update This section provides more descriptions of what exhibitors, Interwire and IFE, will be displaying at the I-X Center in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, May 5-10, 2007. Make sure to see p. 62 for a new attraction worth planning to attend.

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126 Effect of high-quality wire rod and micro-alloying on properties of steel wire in PCCP Surya Kumar Singh—Using wire rod free of inclusions and entrapments is a key factor in steel wire production and quality, with further improvements possible from micro-alloying with vanadium.

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130 Enhanced electromagnetic monitoring system for quality improvement of copper rod Masoud Garshasb—An eddy current system using increased sensitivity was shown to offer greater ability to detect flaws as well as the ability to serve as an effective early warning system for manufacturers.

135 The results of tension and compression tests of wire after patenting and drawing Fryderyk Knap and £ukasz Cieslak—Tests showed that surface smoothness is a meaningful factor in determining the fatigue life of drawn wire used for wire rope.

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Cover: It takes more than a flick of the switch to be able to compete in the wire and cable industry. Suppliers of software and automation technology discuss how their technology can help in this feature, which is continued with case studies on-line at www.wirenet.org. See p. 44.

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Coleman Cable to buy Copperfield, Mid-South to open Missouri plant, WRC acquires Wireline Works, Marmon Group sells Cerro Metal Products, and more

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26 Asian Focus Beijing steel giant makes “green” relocation, off shoring jobs may be slowing, and more

30 Fiber Watch Deutsche Telekom fiber project pits nation and EU, and more

32 Fastener Update Second holding of Fastener Fair event set for September 19-20, and more

8 Calendar 26 People 138 Products 142 Media

34 WAI News WAI sends first electronic magazine to international members/subscribers, and more

34 Chapter News Poland Chapter draws 100 plus attendees, Midwest Chapter Golf Tourney date is June 5

143 Classified 143 Career Opportunities 147 Advertisers’ Index

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Publisher Steven J. Fetteroll Editor-in-Chief Mark Marselli

Interwire 2007 Tips

Senior Graphic Designer Bill Branch

As we near the Interwire Trade Exposition, I wanted to highlight several elements of the event in hopes of making your trip simple and the experience both enjoyable and productive. Of course, this issue and your March WJI as well as wirenet.org are your best resources for comprehensive information.

• I-X Center: First and maybe most importantly, please note the show will be held at the International Exposition (I-X) Center in Cleveland. The I-X Center is just minutes from the Cleveland Hopkins Airport, less than 15 miles from downtown Cleveland and about 700 miles north of Atlanta. If you are driving, it is easy to access from Routes 71, 77, 80, and 480, and parking is $7 per day. If you are flying, it is just minutes from the airport.

• IFE Co-location: The International Fastener Exposition (IFE) will be colocated with Interwire and attendees of both events will have access, at no additional charge, to both shows. This gives Interwire attendees access to an additional 100 exhibiting companies with many equipment displays.

• Educational Programs: In addition to the traditional technical program, there will six Production Solutions sessions held throughout the show as well as two general interest presentations. Both are free and open to all. For convenience, nearly all of the educational programs will be held directly on the exhibition floor.

• Wire in Motion Happy Hour: You won’t have to leave the exhibition floor for this new free event on Wednesday, May 9. There will be food, beverages, music, games, raffles and entertainment. (See p. 62 for more details).

This one is worth putting on your schedule.

• Cleveland Hotels. Cleveland has a wide range of hotel properties located near the I-X Center/Airport area as well as many more downtown. Hotel properties are expected to sell out, so make your reservations as soon as possible through wirenet.org or by calling 866-413-5152.

Rather than closing with my photograph, I want to acknowledge the efforts of the Conference Programming Committee, through its chairman, Nick Nickoletopoulos, as its members are responsible for developing the Interwire program.

Director of Sales Robert Xeller

Steve Fetteroll WAI Executive Director

Conference Programming Committee Chairman Nick Nickoletopoulos at the awards ceremony at Wire Expo 2006.

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Advertising Sales Anna Bzowski Director of Marketing Services Janice E. Swindells Circulation Manager Jan Valois Publications Advisory Board Kurt Breischaft - Belden (Chairman) Antonio Ayala - J.J. Lowe, Mexico Ferruccio Bellina -TKT Group/President ACIMAF, Italy Anand Bhagwat - Wire and Cable Services, India Rick Kristensen - Beta LaserMike, USA Malcom Michael - Australasian Wire Association, Australia Don Schollin - Q-S Technologies, USA Ken Scott - UK Ralph Skalleberg - Skaltek USA Dave Stackpole - Nutmeg Wire, USA Giulio Properzi - Continuus Properzi, Italy Robert Wild - Niehoff Endex North America, USA WAI Executive Committee Liaison Dane Armendariz Henkel Surface Technologies Technical Advisors John Drummond - Scotia Group Nate Rosebrooks - Fluid Coating Technology R. M. Shemenski - RMS Consulting, Inc.

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World Calendar April 18-20, 2007: 7th Wire & Cable Expo International Exhibition & Conference New Delhi, India. Contact: Sameer Nair, Intech Trade Fairs Pvt., tel. 91-22- 26861040; fax 91-22-26863716; e-mail intech@bom5.vsnl.net.in; Internet www.intechtradefairs.com.

May 5-10, 2007: Interwire 2007 Cleveland, Ohio, USA. To be held at the International Exposition Center (I-X Center), Interwire incorporates: Interwire Trade Exposition, the technical program and the WAI’s 77th Annual Convention. It addresses both ferrous and nonferrous manufacturing, and electrical/data/voice segments as well as wire forming and related wire and wire products.

For more details, go to www.wirenet.org.

May 5-10, 2007: International Fastener Exposition Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Co-locating with Interwire 2007 at the I-X Center, IFE is put on by the International Fastener Machinery Suppliers Association (IFMSA). Contact: Ray Zirkle, IFMSA, tel. 800-688-1698; fax 203-743-4810; e-mail rzirkle@bsales.com.

May 23-24, 2007: National Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo Hartland, Wisconsin, USA. To be held at the Midwest Airlines Center, Hall A. Contact: Cheryl Luck, Expo Productions Inc., tel. 262-367-5500 or 800-367-552; fax 262367-9956; e-mail cherylluck@sbcglobal.netInternet; Internet www.expoproductionsinc.com./wireshowinfo.htm.

May 28-31, 2007: Wire Russia 2007 Moscow, Russia. To be held at the Expo Centre Krasnya.

Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-7815180; fax 312-781-5188; e-mail mail: info@mdna.com Internet www.mdna.com. See p. xx.

June 10-12, 2007: World Wire & Cable Conference Paris, France. The theme of this conference, to be held at the Paris Rive Gauche Hotel, is creating value and controlling risk in the wire and cable industry. Contact: CRU Events. e-mail cruevents@crugroup.com, Internet www.cruevents.com June 24-28, 2007: JICABLE 2007 Versailles, France. To be held at the Palais des Congres, JICABLE is an international conference and exhibition on LV, MV, HV and EHV (extra high voltage) cables. The event is held every four years. For more details, go to www.jicable.org.

June 25-28, 2007: FASTENER TECH™ ’07 Rosemont, Illinois, USA. To be held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. Contact: www.fastenertech.com and www.mwfa.net.

Visit our stand # 2619 at Interwire 2007 October 16-18, 2007: wire Southeast ASIA 2007 Bangkok, Thailand. To be held at the BITEC Exhibition Centre, this event, formerly known as wire Singapore, is organized by Messe Düsseldorf Asia Pte Ltd. Singapore. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180; fax 312781-5188; e-mail info@mdna.com; Internet www.mdna.com.

October 17, 2007: Non-Ferrous Bangkok Bangkok, Thailand. This seminar on the latest developments in nonferrous wire and tube technology is jointly organized by the Int’l Wire & Machinery Assn./Int’l Tube Assn. during wire Southeast Asia, BITEC exhibition centre. www.iwma.org. (continued)

WIRE ASSOCIATION INT’L EVENTS For more information about these events, contact the WAI, 1570 Boston Post Road, P.O. Box 578, Guilford, CT 064370578, USA. Tel. 203-453-2777; fax 203-453-8384; Internet www.wirenet.org.

May 5-10, 2007: Interwire 2007 Cleveland, Ohio, USA. To be held at the International Exposition Center (I-X Center), Interwire incorporates: Interwire Trade Exposition, the technical program and the WAI’s 77th Annual Convention. It addresses both ferrous and nonferrous manufacturing, and electrical/data/voice segments as well as wire forming and related wire and wire products. For more details, go to www.wirenet.org.

June 5, 2007: Midwest Chapter’s 5th Annual Golf Tournament West Chicago, Illinois, USA. The Midwest Chapter will hold its annual golf tournament at St. Andrews Golf & Country Club. A pdf registration form is available online at the Midwest Chapter webpage at wirenet.org. For more details, contact WAI’s Chip Marsh at tel. 203-453-1748, e-mail cmarsh@wirenet.org.

November 5-7, 2007: Wire 07 Bologna Bolgna, Italy. This technical conference is organized by the Associazione Costruttori Italiani Macchine Per Filo (ACIMAF); The International Wire and Machinery Association (IWMA); Comité Européen de la Tréfilerie (CET); and the WAI. Contact: WAI, tel. 001-203-453-2777, ext. 133; Internet www.wirenet.org.

June 7-11, 2008: Wire Expo 2008 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. To be held at the Pittsburgh Convention Center, this event incorporates: the Wire Expo trade exposition, the technical program and the WAI’s 78th Annual Convention. The event addresses ferrous and nonferrous manufacturing, and electrical, data and voice segments as well as wire forming and related wire and wire products.

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World Calendar (cont’d.)

October 31-November 2, 2007: Kiev Industrial Week 2007 Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine. The Fourth edition of Kiev Industrial Week 2007, which includes Wire Steel Ropes 2007 and Cabling Wiring 2007, will be held at the National Complex Expocenter.

Contact: Olga Krasko, TDS-Expo LLC, tel. 380-44-526-91-84; e-mail olga@welding.kiev.ua; www.weldexpo.com.ua.

October 24-31, 2007: K 2007, the 17th international Trade Fair Plastics and Rubber Düsseldorf, Germany. K 2007 will be held at the Düsseldorf fairgrounds, Halls 1-17. This event for plastic and rubber industries is organized by Messe Düsseldorf GmbH. Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180; e-mail info@mdna.com.

November 5-7, 2007: Wire 07 Bolgna Bolgna, Italy. This technical conference is organized by the Associazione Costruttori Italiani Macchine Per Filo (ACIMAF); The International Wire and Machinery Association (IWMA); Comité Européen de la Tréfilerie (CET); and the WAI. Contact: WAI, tel. 001-203-453-2777, ext. 133; Internet www.wirenet.org.

November 11-14, 2007: 56th IWCS/Focus™ Conference and Symposium Orlando, Florida, USA. Contact: IWCS/Focus, Internet www. iwcs.org; e-mail admin@iwcs.org; tel. 732-389-0990.

March 31-April 4, 2008: wire Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Germany. To be held at the Messe fairgrounds.

Contact: Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180; e-mail info@mdna.com.

June 7-11, 2008: Wire Expo 2008 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. To be held at the Pittsburgh Convention Center, this event incorporates: the Wire Expo trade exposition, the technical program and the WAI’s 78th Annual Convention. The event addresses ferrous and nonferrous manufacturing, and electrical, data and voice segments as well as wire forming and related wire and wire products.

October 15-17, 2008: Spring World 2008 Rosemont, Illinois, USA. To be held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, this event is sponsored by the Chicago Association of Spring Manufacturers (CASMI). Contact: Tom Renk, tel. 847-433-1335; fax 847-433-3769; e-mail info@casmi.org; Internet www.casmi.org. ■

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Industry News Coleman Cable to buy Copperfield for $213 million Coleman Cable, Inc., announced it has agreed to buy Copperfield LLC for $213 million. Copperfield, majority owned by Spell Capital Partners, is one of the largest U.S. private fabricators and insulators of copper electrical wire and cable.

“Management believes that the Coleman Cable-Copperfield combination will result in one of the premier U.S. based manufacturers of electrical and electronic wire and cable products,” a press release said.

Founded in 1990 and based in Bremen, Indiana, Copperfield sells its wire and cable products to industrial distributors and OEMs in sectors that include electrical, recreational vehicle, transportation, appliance and welding cable sectors. It estimated its 2006 revenues at about $520 million.

Copperfield itself had been on an acquisition mode, most recently in 2005, when it bought International Wire Group’s insulated wire plants located in Avilla, Indiana and El Paso, Texas. In 2003, it acquired the assets of two Essex Electric plants in Indiana and in 2000, it bought the Bremen Insulated Wire Division from Industrial Electric Wire and Cable, Inc. Coleman Cable, Inc., notes that it has

more than 1 million sq ft of manufacturing space in its six U.S. facilities. It serves sectors from OEM and consumer to automotive, with brand names including Signal®, Baron®, Seoprene®, Polar Solar®, and Road Power® lines.

The release said that Coleman Cable “anticipates meaningful expense synergies from the realignment of the combined companies’ manufacturing footprint and the expected purchasing opportunities resulting from the combination.”

The transaction is expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2007.

“This transaction represents a unique opportunity to acquire a preeminent industry player and seasoned management team that will significantly enhance Coleman Cable’s position as a leading provider of wire and cable products in numerous niche industrial end markets,” said Coleman Cable CEO Gary Yetman.

Copperfield CEO Richard Carr said that “the entire Copperfield family welcomes the opportunity to join forces with Coleman Cable. Mike Frigo, Copperfield’s COO, and I look forward to continuing our roles with the new company.”

WRCA acquires Canada’s Wireline Works U.S.-based Wire Rope Corporation of America, Inc. (WRCA) reported that it has acquired privately held Wireline Works, a Canadian-based cable supplier, for an undisclosed price.

Founded in 2003, Wireline Works is best known in Canada and the western United States for its single conductor logging cables, a press release said. It noted that the company has seen good growth from demand from the oil and gas exploration markets. “Wireline Works will continue to grow its market presence by expanding in the open hole market this year,” it said.

The release said that the existing Wireline Works management and sales team will remain in place. Bill Roberts and

Rejean Lavoie have both been named as vice presidents of WRCA. Roberts will continue to serve as Sales Manager for Wireline Works and Lavoie will be Vice President of Operations.

Commenting on the transaction, Lavoie said, “Joining a dynamic, progressive organization like WRCA will only strengthen our company and allow us to accelerate our plans for growth.”

Augusto Hoyos, who has managed the manufacturing operations since Wireline Works began, will continue in his role as General Manager of the Calgary facility.

Terry Moffatt, Wireline Works’ founder, has chosen to resign, the release said.

Mid-South setting up wiredrawing operation in Scott City, Missouri Mid-South Wire Co. is in the process of finalizing a new wiredrawing operation in Scott City, Missouri.

The company bought an existing 100,000-sq-ft building on 10 acres, with a rail siding that is located one mile from the SEMO river port, and just off the interstate, company President John T. Johnson said.

Johnson said in a press release that a wire industry veteran, George Jones, is setting up the operation and will be responsible for its day-to-day operation. Company personnel from Nashville have been active in the project, he noted.

Mid-South has bought some new equipment and moved some existing machinery out of Nashville, with the goal to begin drawing wire before the end of April, Johnson said. The facility will have about 25 local employees and the outlook is for creating a total of some 60 new positions within five years, he said.

The company was helped in the project by The Missouri Department of Economic Development, which approved $3 million in tax-exempt bonds to assist Mid-South Wire “in establishing a major manufacturing presence in Southeast Missouri.”

Mid-South converts raw low-carbon steel to wire for a variety of uses, including appliance-making, materialhandling and the automotive industry.

At its website, the family owned company notes that it processes low carbon steel rod, 1008-1018, to manufacture brite basic wire ranging from .080 in.

(14 gauge) to .625 in. (5/8 gauge). The company, which operates its own trucking business, also has a straight and cut department, with cut length wire available from lengths as short as 8 in. to as long as 20 ft.

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Nexans reports US$20 million power cable contract in Vietnam Nexans has been awarded a contract worth approximately US$20 million to supply medium voltage (MV) and low voltage (LV) power cables for Vietnam’s first crude oil refinery, to be located in Dung Quat, south of Da Nang in central Vietnam.

The project, being commissioned by Technip, calls for Nexans to supply approximately 1,400 km of mediumand low-voltage power cables, a press release said. The cables, it noted, will be installed underground to supply power for the contractors involved in the construction of the refinery and then for the refinery itself.

The cables will be manufactured by Nexans plants in Vietnam, Korea and France, with delivery and installation completed by this September, the release said. It added that the Dung Quat project includes both the refinery and the crude oil import facilities.

The release observed that Vietnam has experienced growth rates in recent years similar to those of China, resulting in the rapid development of the country’s energy and telecom infrastructures. Nexans has been active since 2001 in Vietnam, where it notes that it employs 435 people and has three industrial plants dedicated to the telecom/energy infrastructures, industrial, building wire and LAN markets.

Marmon Group sells Cerro Metal Products company to U.K. group U.S.-based Cerro Metal Products Company, a member of The Marmon Group, has been sold to Bolton MKM Group, a U.K. entity described as the U.K.’s largest manufacturer of both extruded and drawn rod, profile and wire in brass, copper and bronze.

Based in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Cerro Metal Products manufactures brass rod, wire and low-melt alloys for the plumbing, hardware, valve and fitting, electronics and other industries. The company notes that it is a major producer of brass wire, produced in sizes from .0625 in..625 in. for round diameters and 3/16 in. to .437 in. for hex diameters.

“The decision was made to alter (Marmon Group’s) investment in the Cerro Metals business,” Woody Petchel, president of industrial sector for Chicago-based Marmon, said in a press release. It noted that a total of 296 people are employed at Cerro Metal Products’ headquarters.

Bolton MKM Chairman Martyn Meade said during a visit to the Bellefonte headquarters that there are no plans to cut any of the 296 jobs at the factory, reported the Centre Daily Times. “As far as we’re concerned it’s a strategic acquisition of a business we’re currently in. We intend to grow the business,” he was quoted as saying.

Cerro Metal Products is not related in any way to Cerro Wire, a separate wire business that remains a part of The Marmon Group.

Tropical Cable opens factory in Ghana to produce aluminum rods A new plant has been established in Tema, Ghana, that will be the first factory in West and Central Africa to produce aluminum rods, reports Graphic Ghana. The Ghana business, Western Rod and Wire Limited, is a subsidiary of Tropical Cable and Conductor Limited (TCCL), a company that uses

aluminum and copper rods to produce electrical and telecom cables.

Western Rod, a Free Zone company, will export the greater part of its products to West Africa and Europe, the report said. The managing director of the company, Tony Oteng-Gyasi, said that at full capacity, the factory will

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employ about a hundred people, and that there are plans for expansion as production grows. “This is the kind of industrial manufacturing ventures we need to give the economy (a) needed boost,” said Oteng-Gyasi, who is also president of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI).

Established in 1997 and ISO 9001: 2000 certified, TCCL makes aluminum and copper overhead line conductors and insulated cables for electrical and telecom purposes. It notes that its products conform to specs such as: British (BS), French (NFC), German (DIN), American (ASTM) and other international standards as well as Ghana Standard GS 38.

Cable system to link Japan and Russia Citing strong demand for better data communications capacity from multinationals expanding into Russia, Japan’s NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) and TransTeleCom (TTC), a Russian backbone telecom operator, have agreed to jointly establish a 500 km high-capacity undersea fiber-optic cable system between the two countries.

The Hokkaido-Sakhalin Cable System (HSCS) will transmit data at up to 640 G/bits per second between Ishikari, Hokkaido in Japan and Nevelsk, Sakhalin in Russia, with the project scheduled for completion by year’s end, an announcement from NTT Com said.

“By connecting the HSCS and TTC’s 50,000 km transcontinental optical route following that of the Siberian railway and now providing a seamless connection between Europe and Asia, the two companies will realize the shortest uninterrupted link from Tokyo and other parts of Asia to Russia and Europe,” the release said.

The new route, the release noted, will also function as a rerouting network for the existing route that connects Japan and Europe via the Indian Ocean, providing extra backup in the event of a disaster like an earthquake.

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Commercial Metals Co. increases its stake in Polish steel mill U.S.-based Commercial Metals Co. (CMC) announced that it has paid $59.5 million for nearly all the remaining shares in CMC’s Polish steel mill, CMC Zawiercie SA, a manufacturer of wire rod

General Cable acquires Chinese cable facility General Cable Corporation has acquired Jiangyin Huaming Specialty Cable Co. Ltd., a Chinese manufacturer of specialty automotive and industrial cable products, based in Jiangsu province.

The new company, General Cable (Jiangyin) Co. Ltd., has annual revenues of approximately $12 million and some 200 employees, a press release said. Over the next three years, General Cable plans to invest additional capital and introduce technology and manufacturing expertise to improve the company’s operations and expand its product portfolio, profitability and revenue base, it said. “Revenue growth is expected to come primarily from the fast growing domestic Chinese market as well as export opportunities to customers in the wider Asia Pacific region,” it said.

“Our Asia Pacific management team has been working diligently to identify the right assets to enter the Chinese market,” said Campbell Whyte, President and Chief Executive Officer, General Cable Asia Pacific. “With this platform and experienced General Cable management resources led

by Xubing Xia, General Cable’s China Country Manager, we expect to expand production capabilities and capacity in the company’s served markets as well as diversify its product offering to include transportation, mining and nuclear generation cables for the Chinese market.”

“This transaction represents a small first step in implementing (our) strategy to capitalize on growth opportunities in Asia,” said General Cable President and CEO Gregory B. Kenny. “Earlier, we established sales offices in China and India to facilitate exports of specialized cables into those countries. We continue to patiently evaluate additional investment opportunities in those countries, as well as globally, aimed at energy and infrastructure cabling and systems.”

and bar, according to a report from Associated Press.

Commercial Metals now holds about 99 percent of CMC Zawiercie’s outstanding shares, the article said, noting that the

Polish Ministry retains a minority stake.

CMC Zawiercie was privatized in 1995 and acquired from Impexmetal SA by CMC in 2003, the article said.

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Superior Essex to buy remainder of Nexans’ magnet wire business Superior Essex announced that it has agreed to purchase the remaining magnet wire operations of Nexans in Canada and China.

The transactions, a press release said, includes Nexans’ 80% equity ownership position in Nexans Tianjin Magnet Wire and Cables Co. and the acquisition of key

operating assets (including inventory and property, plant and equipment) of Nexans’ Simcoe Canada magnet wire business. The combined purchase prices will be about $25 million to $30 million, plus $10 million in debt.

The release said that for the most recent fiscal year, total revenues of the combined

Simcoe and Tianjin operations were approximately $150 million.

“The acquisition of Nexans’ Tianjin, China equity position and of the assets and operations in Canada is directly aligned with our strategic objectives for our global Magnet Wire operations,” Superior Essex CEO Stephen Carter said.

InterWire Group to open South Carolina facility InterWire Products (IWP) plans to open a new facility in Fort Mill, South Carolina to accommodate significant business growth.

The new 30,000-sq-ft facility will service the wire markets in Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, a press release said, adding that, with the existing Georgia warehouse, IWP will now cover the entire southeast.

IWP recently expanded into Michigan with an 80,000-sq-ft facility servicing the Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan markets. With these new locations, IWP now is the largest distributor of fine quality wire, with a total of 430,000 sq ft of warehousing throughout the United States, the release said.

The new IWP South Carolina facility is located at 4217 Pleasant Rd., Fort Mill, SC, 29715, tel. 803-802-0010.

GenTek completes sale of NOMA assets to ECI U.S.-based GenTek Inc. reported that it has completed the sale of certain Noma Wire and Cable assembly business to Electrical Components International Holdings Company of St. Louis, Missouri.

The transaction includes current Noma wire harness facilities in Mexico, Canada, India and the U.S., with the exception of some operations that it plans to sell in separate transactions, the release said. The transaction also does not include the CableTech-Global, formerly known as Noma Cable Tech, which is located in Mineral Wells, Texas.

The deal was for $75 million cash, plus a working capital adjustment, the release said.

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India’s Suprajit Engineering reports venture activity, auto cable order Suprajit Engineering Limited reported on further ventures with other companies and receiving a large auto cable order.

Suprajit Engineering, India’s largest automotive cable manufacturer, will set up a joint venture with China-based Jiang Yin Yuan Feng Communication Equipments to

make cables in China, Indiacar.net reported. The joint venture business will be a subsidiary of the company in China.

The company also reported a long-term logistics and co-operative manufacturing program has been signed with Michang Cables, South Korea, and that its U.K. sub-

sidiary, Gills Cables, and CTP Suprajit Automotive, have received automotive cable export orders worth $7.5 million. It added that construction of a plant in Pantnagar is on schedule, with production this month.

Nexans and AMSC awarded contracts for big wind farm project Nexans and American Superconductor Corporation both have been awarded contracts related to South Australia’s Hallett Wind Farm, which when completed will be Australia’s largest such farm, with the capacity to supply “green” electricity to some 54,000 households.

Nexans has an order from Suzlon Energy Australia, for about US$2.5 million, to supply approximately 135 km of Low Voltage (LV) flexible rubber cables, a press release said. The project’s first cabling section consists of various flexible H07BN4-F and H07RN-F multi or single core cables from 2.5 mm2 up to 240 mm2, which will be installed in the 80m high towers, to transfer power between the turbine generators and the underground collector system, it said.

The cables, which will be manufactured in Nexans’ Bohain factory in northern France, must be able to withstand the 20-25 year life-cycle of the turbines.

AMSC will deliver a D-VAR system rated at 20 megaVARs (MVAR) of reactive compensation to SEA in the second half of 2007 that will be installed at a utility substation connecting AGL Energy’s Hallett Wind Farm to the national power grid.

New location, contact info for Jouhsen-bungdens Jouhsen-bundgens USA, LLC, announced that the company has completed a move from Florida to Georgia, and has new contact information.

Steve Van Duzen said the company is now located at 8465 Bethel Ridge Court, Gainesville, GA 30506. The new contact info is tel. 770-889-0689; mobile/cell 770561-4282; fax 770-205-3298; e-mail address steve@jouhsen.com.

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Good exhibitor base reported for wire Moscow event on May 28-31 innovations concentrated at one venue Exhibit space for wire Russia 2007, and one time. The level attained at the to be held May 28-31 at the ZAO wire 2005 event has already been Expocentr in Moscow, is almost fully reached. Demand for exhibition space booked, with demand up from the has risen once again on the 2005 lev2005 staging, reports Messe els,” it said.

Düsseldorf, the organizers.

Messe Düsseldorf is organizing the A press release said that in addition show with its longterm Russian partto numerous Russian companies, supner, the VNIIKP – All Russian pliers from Germany, the U.S., Italy, Spain, France, Austria and Great Britain will present their products within country group exhibits and representative suppliers from Korea and China have also reserved booth space. The exhibit floor, it noted, will feature: wire manufacturing and finishing machinery; fastener and spring manufacturing machinery; process technology tools; auxiliary process technology materials; materials, special wires and cables; measuring and control technology; test engineering; and specialist areas.

Pressure Welding Machines’ Steve Mepsted The 2005 event, with 240 interdiscusses welding at wire Russia 2005. national exhibitors, drew 12,000 trade visitors, the release said, noting that those numbers are expected to Scientific Research and Development be eclipsed based on response to date.

Cable Institute. It is supported by: the “No other event in Russia presents the International Wire & Machinery market with as many of the industry’s Association (IWMA), the International

New name for Powder Tech International Powder Tech International reports that it has changed its name to Envirotec Consultancy, Ltd., to better reflect the full scope of its capabilities.

The New Zealand-based company supplies technology that enables wiredrawing companies using dry lubricants to recover good lubricant from contaminated die box waste that would otherwise be considered total waste. “Envirotec’s mission is to supply environmentally friendly equipment and services to the wire industry so that profits and quality are maximized while minimizing the detrimental impact on the environment,” said a press release, which also noted that the company has a new website: www.envirotec-inc.com.

Contact: Tim Babcock, Sales & Marketing Director, Envirotec Americas, Inc., tel. 270-535-9252; fax 270-843-5645; e-mail t.babcock@insightbb.com.

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Wire and Cable Exhibitors Association (IWCEA), the German Wire and Cable Machine Manufacturers Association (VDKM), the Austrian Wire and Cable Machinery Manufacturers Association (VDKM- AWCMA), the International Wire and Cable Exhibitors Association-France (IWCEA-France), the Italian Wire Machinery Manufacturers Association (ACIMAF) and the Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association (WCISA).

The industrial environment is good, the release said. “Russia is a promising market for companies in the wire and cable industry: the need for refurbishment and maintenance is nowhere as urgent as in Russia and the surrounding regions. About 44% of goods imported to Russia are machinery and equipment – and the trend is increasing. International suppliers of wire, cable, springs and fastener technologies have also profited from the innovation potential and the Russia’s economy growth of almost 7%.”

Contact Messe Düsseldorf North America, tel. 312-781-5180; fax 312-781-5188; e-mail info@mdna. com; www.mdna.com or www. wire-russia.com.

DeMar notes change, new name for company Rich Demar reports that his partner, Bill Kerrigan, has left Kerrigan & DeMar, and that his business will continue operations as DeMar Technologies, LLC. Kerrigan has recently joined General Cable Corp. as manufacturing manager, a position he has held at other cable companies, Demar said. “This was an opportunity for Bill to get back into manufacturing, his area of expertise. Bill and I enjoyed working together over the past two years and

remain best of friends.”

Kerrigan & DeMar will now operate as DeMar Technologies LLC. “I will continue to build and service equipment for the wire and cable and various other industries as I have done for the past 14 years. We will continue to develop the company into a more technically driven operation by building state of the art equipment,” he said. For more about Demar Technologies, go to www.demarmachine.com.

Morgan Koch to represent SCOB in U.S., Canada Germany’s SCOB, Paul Schaaf GmbH & Co. KG, has named Morgan-Koch Corporation as its representative in the U.S. and Canada.

A press release said that Morgan-Koch will sell and service SCOB’s product line of tungsten carbide dies, SCOB pressure die holders and inserts, as well as its natur-

al and man made diamond, shaped dies and rollers as well as die reworking, checking and cleaning equipments and supplies.

Morgan-Koch also reported that Darryl Burks has returned to the company as Manager Special Products, under which the SCOB supply falls. He can be contacted at tel. 508-793-1945.

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Zenergy to provide HTS technology for use in wind and hydropower projects Germany’s Zenergy Power plc has entered into an agreement with Converteam Group SAS to provide high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire and coils to the developer of systems for the conversion of electrical energy.

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(USA) and Australian Superconductor (Australia), the release said. Converteam, it said, has been very active in the wind power market.

“The partnership follows a long working association between Converteam and Zenergy and represents a significant opportunity for both companies, who believe offshore wind power to be potentially the largest and most commercially viable market for HTS technology,” the release said. It noted that Converteam is heading a U.K. project to design a high-power (8MW) direct-drive superconducting wind generator, based on Zenergy’s HTS technology.

The HTS generator will be much smaller than conventional generators and weigh three quarters less, resulting in electricity savings of around 25 percent, it said.

The release noted that last October, the European Commission funded the installation of the world’s first HTS hydrogenerator, developed by Zenergy and Converteam, into E.ON Wasserkraft GmbH’s commercial hydro-electric dam in Bavaria, Germany.

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U.S.-based Windings, Inc., is now operating under a new name: REELEX Packaging Solutions, Inc. “As we expand our business outside of our traditional customer base, our new name will make it easier for potential customers to identify us, and what we do,” company President Tom Copp said in a press release, noting that the “REELEX brand name is already widely known in the wire and cable industry.” He added that the new name “ signifies a new energy and determination to provide our existing customers with innovative REELEX packaging solutions in an ever changing and competitive marketplace.”

REELEX is a patented method of winding cable or any cord-like product in such a way as to result in a reel-less, self-supporting coil.

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India’s Hindalco to buy Novelis for US$6 billion Hindalco Industries Ltd., an Indian non-ferrous metals company, announced that its plans to acquire Novelis Inc., a U.S.-based producer of aluminum rolled products, for about $6 billion.

Once the deal passes, Hindalco, based in Mumbai and owned by the Aditya Birla Group, will become the world's largest aluminum rolling company, one of the biggest producers of primary aluminum in Asia, and India's leading copper producer, a press release said. Novelis operates in 11 countries, has almost 12,500 employees and had $8.4 billion in 2005 revenue, the release said.

Birla Copper, Hindalco’s copper division, is located in the coastal town of Dahej in the Bharuch district of Gujarat. It was described as being among the fastest-growing copper businesses in the world. The company's copper product range includes copper cathodes and continuous cast copper rods. .

Beijing-based steel giant Shougang is relocating one of its major units, long blamed for creating excessive amounts of pollution, to the neighboring Hebei province and setting up a new joint venture with Hebei-based Tangshan Iron and Steel Group, named Shougang Jingtang Iron and Steel Corp., China Daily reported.

Beijing Shougang Co., Ltd., founded in 1999, mainly produces steel wire rods, square steel billets, steel plates, chemical products, gas, coke, pig iron and granulating slag.

In 2005, it was reported to have produced about 4.26 million metric tons of iron, 5.16 million metric tons of steel and 3.82 million metric tons of steel products. It also was described as “the capital's worst polluter, with chimneys belching out

Tata Steel unit invests in two mills in Vietnam India's Tata Steel Ltd's wholly-owned unit NatSteel Asia Pte Ltd reports that it has acquired a controlling equity stake in two rolling mills in Haiphong, in Vietnam, for about US$41 million, in a deal expected to close by this June.

Natsteel has acquired SSE Steel Ltd’s bar and wire rod mill, which has 250,000 metric tons annual capacity, and a 70 percent stake in Vinausteel Ltd, which has 180,000 metric tons annual capacity for reinforcing bar. The remainder of Vinausteel's equity is held by Vietnam Steel Corp.

Tata Steel said the acquisition of these two mills “will allow the company to strengthen and expand its presence in Vietnam.” The company through its subsidiary currently operates a 100,000 tonnes p.a. reinforcing bar/wire rod mill in a joint venture with Vietnam Steel Corp. in Thai Nguyen, which is located about 70 km north of Hanoi.

Posco take-over defense calls for acquisitions The Wall Street Journal has reported that South Korea's Posco, the world's third-largest steelmaker by output, is seeking to acquire companies and to make it harder for the company to be the subject of hostile takeover bids.

Posco, described as having a fragmented, foreigndominated share ownership, has been considered a prime target for a hostile takeover, the WSJ article said. Posco Chief Executive Lee Ku Taek said his company was open to approaching foreign steel companies. “We are not avoiding M&As," he said.

"We will aggressively seek companies in other countries if there is a good target with a promise for synergy,” he was quoted as saying in the article." It noted that POSCO’s goal is to raise its annual capacity to 50 mmt of steel by 2010. Its current global production capacity at its plants in Korea and China is 32 mmt, it said.

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thick clouds of smoke.”

Reducing pollution has become a priority as China prepares for the 2008 summer games in Beijing.

According to a Shougang plan submitted to the State Council, the group will build a new base in neighboring Hebei Province, with an expected annual production capacity of eight million tons. The new base covering about 20 square kilometers will be located in Caofeidian, an island 80 km south of Tangshan, a scenic coastal city in Hebei Province.

Shougang was reported to be planning to develop non-steel-making sectors such as real estate and mechanical and electrical industries at the vacated places.

Chinese car makers driven to greater numbers Auto production in China continues to rise, as Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co. reported recently that it has become China's fourth carmaker (after Shanghai Volkswagen, FAW Volkswagen and Shanghai General Motors) to produce 1 million cars, the company’s Beijing office announced in an article by Zinhua.

The report said that Sino-Japanese carmaker, established in 1998, increased its annual output from 10,000 cars in 1999 to 260,000 in 2006.

“Despite being a latecomer to manufacturing in China, Japanese auto giant Honda has increased its market share by leaps and bounds by introducing a series of new models to the country, taking an aggressive pricing approach, and tuning in to the needs of local buyers, said analysts,” the article said.

Guangzhou Honda brought out the Accord in 1999 to fill a gap in the Chinese market for high-end private cars.

In 2003, when the older model was still selling well, Honda pulled it from the production line and introduced a new, relatively inexpensive successor, forcing down the prices of similar vehicles, it said.

The leader in China, Sino-German carmaker Shanghai Volkswagen, established in 1985 as the country’s first joint venture carmaker, produced its 3 millionth car in 2005. FAW Volkswagen, established in 1991, made its 1 millionth car in 2004, while Sino-American Shanghai General Motors took eight years to turn out 1 million cars after being set up in 1997.

China currently has 30 sedan manufacturers, nine of which produce more than 200,000 units a year.

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Offshoring jobs may not be a relentless, unstoppable tide that as companies rushed to offshore everything from manufacturing to assembly to customer service to lowwage countries, there were consequences, he noted.

Jubak observed that more companies are considering whether they are better off keeping jobs at home and another aspect is that the costs of offshoring are rising and the benefits shrinking. The situation is more defined in Europe, where companies are under greater pressure from unions and national governments to preserve jobs at home, he wrote.

Jubak insisted that decisions are now being made more on the economics of operating a global business. There is an undeniable attraction to saving money by sending jobs to low-wage countries, but those benefits, he warned,“disappear when you can't get products to customers on time or when the product doesn't work as expected when it finally does reach the customer.”

Jubak blamed an overstressed global supply system. “The more functions

The last few years have seen countless headlines heralding the exodus of jobs to low-wage countries such as China and India, but there may be a shifting in the tides of offshoring.

Jim Jubak, an MSN business commentator who has written on the topic, recently observed that the reality of offshoring may be changing. He noted that headlines like “3.3 Million U.S. Service Jobs to Go Offshore” or “Near-Term Growth of offshoring Accelerating” are hard to bypass.

However, while the headlines and projections tell one story, the facts and reality of the issue may not quite be the same, Jubak seemed to say. Those headlines reflect the huge increase in jobs sent overseas in the early 2000s years,“but they don't tell us much about what's going on right now.”

Jubak said that there appears to be evidence that there is a deceleration in the rate at which jobs are being shipped abroad. Much of that, he said, is “because of a crisis in global logistics, the systems that get stuff from here to there on time.” The problem is

a company outsources, the harder it is to keep everything coordinated. And when that outsourcing is actually offshoring, the challenge is even greater.

Companies have to keep factories -their own and those of outside suppliers -- at different stages of the production process coordinated and then manage very, shall we say, idiosyncratic transportation systems so that everything arrives at assembly points and then at resellers or retailers on time. And all over distances that can readily exceed thousands of miles.”

Added Jubak,“The outsourcing and offshoring of so many customer-service functions has actually made the process much, much tougher to manage since often critical information from customers that might indicate a problem isn't flowing into the company itself but into a call center staffed by workers who are not only reading from scripts to solve problems but who don't have the knowledge of the local market necessary to see a developing problem in complaints from individual customers.” ■

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Malcolm G. Michael is serving as Director Secretary of the Australasian Wire Industry Association (AWIA). He replaces the late Barry Loudon, who died last year from cancer at age 53. Michael worked for 30 years in the electronic and electrical control equipment industry, starting as a technician and progressing through to National Sales and National Marketing positions in Australia for international companies such as Merlin Gerin and Square D. In 1995, he started own company, M & F Group Pty. Ltd., a sales and service agent for a range of spring making, wire forming, mesh weld-

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Alps Wire Rope Corporation announced two promotions and four new hires. Rick Coughran, who had been covering the West Texas oilfield market since 2002, was named national sales manager. He will support sales of carbon and stainless steel rope sales in the oilfield, mining, industrial, construction, and marine markets.

He has nearly three decades of experience in the marketplace.

David Goodhue, who had been covering the New England territory since 2004, was named elevator rope product manager.

He has decades of elevator market experience. The company also noted the following recent hires. Bill Lee covers the Gulf Coast region. He has several years of experience in this area

and has worked primarily in the wire rope and oilfield supply business in his past positions.

Cliff Nickel covers the South East Region. He has sales and management experience providing industrial insulation products. Bob Johnson covers the Midwest region. He has previously worked in the region, selling other metal and wire products. Statz Croucher works in the Ohio Valley Sales Territory. Statz has worked in the area for some time selling adhesives and plastics to the automotive industry. Based in Glendale Heights, Illinois, USA, Alps Wire Rope Corporation supplies a full line of carbon and stainless steel wire ropes.

Kirk Lesiacsek has been named a field sales representative for Teknor Color Company, responsible for sales of color concentrates in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and parts of Tennessee and Louisiana. He previously worked as a sales representative for Rehrig Pacific Company and at Ameritech. He holds a B.S. degree in communications from Ohio State University. Based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA, Teknor Color Company, a subsidiary of Teknor Apex Company, produces standard and custom colorants for a wide variety of thermoplastic resins. ■

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Obituaries Bobby C. Gentry, a retired Southwire Co. employee who was an expert on industry standards, a holder of numerous patents, a technical paper author and a winner of the WAI’s Mordica Memorial Award, died March 2, at age 69 from cancer.

A resident of Carrolton, Georgia, Gentry began working for Southwire in 1956 and stayed there through his retire-

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Gentry held 14 wire and cable patents, both on his own and with coworkers, and wrote or co-authored several books, including a wiredrawing manual. During his career, he was a member of the UL Industry Advisory Conference on NM and UF cable, SPE, WAI, ASTM Technical, among others, as well as serving as chairman of the Wire and Cable Harmonization Committee of CANENA. He was honored

numerous times by his employer, which awarded him its top honor, the Southwire Distinguished Service Award, as well as its Project of the Year Award, its Technological Achievement Award (three times) and its Engineer of the Year Award.

WAI bestowed its highest award, the Mordica Memorial Award, to Gentry in 1999 for his collective contributions to the industry’s knowledge base.

The WAI member was also a key technical advisor for The Book of Wire & Cable Terms, published by Wire Journal International and Wire Industry in 2003.

Survivors include his wife, Jeannette Causey Gentry.

Bradley S. Schroeder, 46, died February 17, 2007, from complications from cancer.

He was Director of Engineering and Quality for Kalas Manufacturing in Denver, Pennsylvania. Schroeder was a 1983 graduate of Lehigh University, where he earned a B.S. degree in metallurgy and materials engineering. He was first employed as a primary supplier of nuclear propulsion systems to the United States Navy for Babcock & Wilcox Co., where he was a metallurgical quality assurance engineer.

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Fiber Watch Deutsche Telekom fiber project pits nation and EU Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, which is building a nearly US$4 billion fiber optic network that will cover 50 cities, is finding its plans hampered by the European Commission, which has ruled that it must open its network up to competition.

DW-World DE reports that Deutsche Telekom, whose network is already up and running in 10 cities, wants the government to prevent competitors from using its lines for several years to help it bolster revenues. Deutsche Telekom, a third of which is owned by the German state, controls some threequarters of Germany’s 12,900,000 lines.

The article noted that a new German telecommunication law would effec-

tively exempt Deutsche Telekom from competition for a fast internet access network that the company is building.

A representative for the European Commission noted that the law was passed despite “several clear warnings” not to do so.

“In the commission’s view, the German law, as now adopted, jeopardizes the competitive position of Deutsche Telekom’s existing competitors and makes it much harder for new competitors to enter German markets,” one EU executive was cited in the article. It added that the EU also found that German law was contrary to that of the German Internet authority, the Bundesnetzagentur, which has also called on Deutsche Telekom to allow

Internet growth continues to rise in Africa, but the pace remains slow A report by South African research group BMI-TechKnowledge finds that broadband Internet connections in Africa are expected to more than double by 2011, but notes that growth rate is still slow.

The report, Africa’s Emerging Wireless Access and Broadband Markets, projected that the number of broadband connections, both fixed and wireless, is expected to reach over 7 million by 2011 with DSL subscribers making up 3.7 million over the forecast period while mobile cellular technologies and fixed wireless broadband will fight it out for second place.

The Internet is viewed as one of the prime movers for further deployment of fiber optic technology.

According to another article, less than 1 percent of Africans have access to broadband services due to a lack of international connectivity and unwieldy monopolies. “That compares with almost 70 million connections already in European Union countries.

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The gap means broadband services will be inaccessible to all but a few rich and privileged Africans, which is likely to deter needed foreign investment.”

The BMI report says that, while progress is still slow, the African continent is slowly moving to the uptake of broadband services from a business and consumer perspective.

“In North Africa we are seeing a healthy uptake of services with Morocco reporting 350,000 ADSL subscribers and Egypt 150,000 while for the rest of the continent broadband is starting to gain traction,” it said.

Sub-Saharan markets remain restricted due to the current lack of international capacity while the driving force of the uptake of broadband services will be basic internet access and the ability to deliver voice services, the report said.

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rivals to use the network. “With no indication that Berlin intends to back down, the commission could seek an injunction or a fast-track case before the European Court of Justice. Along with Poland, Germany now faces the highest number of EU legal proceedings against it with six pending cases.”

The EU estimated that only 16 percent of the German population has access to broadband Internet access compared with nearly 30 percent in Denmark and The Netherlands. The DW-World DE article cited one analyst as saying that Internet demand in Germany has been weak because access is too expensive, and predicting that the EU would take a “hard line” in the case.

U.S. to aid link to American Samoa The U.S. Interior Department is proposing a $3 million appropriation to help American Samoa to develop an undersea fiber-optic cable link sought

by Gov. Togiola Tulafono.

The Associated Press reported that U.S. officials are backing the project for American Samoa “because it is an important component in the governor’s efforts to develop and diversify the economy.” It said that Tulafono wants to see American Samoa connected to the Southern Cross-owned fiber-optic cable that runs from the U.S. West Coast through Hawaii and Fiji to Australia. American Samoa would hook up in Fiji.

Once the project is done, a call center employing some 200 to 300 people and potentially many more, is expected to be opened in Pago Pago.

Located about 2,300 miles south of Hawaii, American Samoa is a group of six Polynesian islands in the South Pacific and the U.S.’s southern-most territory. It became an unorganized U.S. territory in 1900. ■

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Fastener Update 2nd holding of fastener show set The U.K. organizer of Fastener Fair Stuttgart, to be held September 19-20, reports that 330 plus exhibitors have been confirmed to date for the second staging of the event, which returns to the Messe Stuttgart in Germany.

“I can confidently predict this will be the industry’s main event in 2007,” exhibition organizer Jerry Ramsdale said in a press release. “Not only are there already 132 more exhibitors than there were in 2005, but the show has also grown from one hall to cover three.” The first event attracted 198 exhibitors and 2,000 visitors, it noted.

Ramsdale said that the 2007 event has been designed as an “end to end” show exclusively dedicated to the fastener and fixings industry. “The companies from around the world that

have already signed up demonstrate that every sector of market is very well represented,” he said.

Ramsdale said in the release that he is also confident about the number and quality of visitors likely to attend. Two years ago, 2,000 senior trade buyers from 51 countries visited the show, and that number is expected to double in 2007, he said. “Because we focus on a niche sector, visitors come knowing exactly what they need. They are not simply there to walk the aisles, but to buy.”

Show hours are from 9 am to 5 pm the first day, and 9 am to 4:30 pm the second day. For more details, contact: Jerry Ramsdale, tel. 44-1727-739-150, e-mail jerry@fastfair.net; www. fastenerfair.com.

ISANTA leaders named for 2007 The International Staple, Nail and Tool Association’s (ISANTA) members elected Ed Sutt as chairman of its Board of Directors and re-elected Rebecca Kalis as vice chair for 2007.

Mark Kania was re-elected secretary/ treasurer.

Sutt is the engineering manager of Fastener Technology at Stanley Bostitch; Kalis is president of Tree Island Wire; and Kania is CFO of ISM Acquisition Corporation.

ISANTA, which has 20 member companies, concentrates in the areas of fastening recommendations, product and safety standards, and safety programs for fasteners and fastening tools used in sectors such as construction, housing, furniture, vehicles, pallets and more. ■

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WAI News Digital March WJI sent to members, int’l readers The WAI recently sent a digital version of the March issue of Wire Journal International to all international Association members as well as, via a special one-time offer, to all subscribers outside the U.S. Beginning with the March issue, international WAI members will have access to the digital edition at the time the print version is ready to be mailed, which will provide timely access to members outside the U.S. The goal is not to eliminate the print version, which will continue to be mailed to both WAI members and to subscribers.

The digital edition is able to be downloaded in less than a minute with a DSL connection. No applications or special operating systems are necessary and it provides the ability to click on website and e-mail links for instant

connection. Readers may download a page or the complete issue in PDF format to read or print at a later time.

“We recognize that current airmail delivery to many countries outside the United States is not as fast as we would like it to be,” said WAI Executive Director Steve Fetteroll. “By providing our members access to the digital edition as soon as the magazine is ready to be mailed, we hope to give them nearly instant access to the information while still sending them their own print copy.”

To kick off the new offering, the digital edition of the March issue was sent to all subscribers outside the U.S. Beginning with this issue, the digital edition can be accessed via wirenet.org by members by logging on as they do for The WAI Connection.

A digital March WJI issue was sent to WAI members and subscribers outside the U.S.

Complete list of 2006 technical paper award winners The March WJI ran an incomplete listing of winning technical papers.

Below is the complete list of the winners who were chosen by WAI’s paper rating committees.

The technical papers were chosen from those that were presented in 2006 at Wire Expo 2006 and at the WAI’s International Technical Conference in India. The winners will be honored at the Kickoff Awards Breakfast, to be held at Monday, May 7, at the I-X Center in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Ferrous Division The Allan B. Dove Memorial Award went to Surya Kumar Singh, Tata Steel Wire Division, India, for his paper, “Effect of high-quality wire rod and micro-alloying on properties of steel wire in PCCP.” The Silver Certificate Award in the Ferrous Division went to Surya Kumar Singh and Dinesh Gudadhe, both of Tata Steel Wire Division, and B.P. 34 WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Gautham, Sharad Goyal and Amol Joshi, all of Tata Research Development and Design Centre, for their paper, “Development of a virtual wiredrawing tool for process analysis and optimization.”

Nonferrous Division The Marshall V. Yokelson Memorial Medal Award went to Roger N. Wright, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, for his paper, “Wiredrawing breaks – a review of mechanical perspectives.”

The Silver Certificate Award in the Nonferrous Division, a tie, went to Masoud Garshasb, Phelps Dodge Copper Products, for his paper, “Enhanced electromagnetic monitoring system for quality improvement of copper rod”; and to Tsutomu Yamashita and Kazunari Yoshida, both of Tokai University, for their paper, “Analyses and prevention methods for wire breaks in ultrafine gold wire drawing.”

Electrical Division The Urbain J. H. Malo Medal Award went to Cho Hoon, Jo Hyung-Ho and Lee Kyong-Whoan, all of the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, South Korea, and Kim Byung-Min, Busan National University, South Korea, for their paper, “Optimization of pass schedule for copper-clad steel wire.”

There was no Silver Certificate Award.

General Division The Horace Pops Award went to Donald Sayenga, Cardon Management Group, USA, for his paper, “Wired together.”

The Silver Certificate Award went to Chitra Baid, Kamal Baid, Naveen Baid and Ashok Bagra, all of JLC Electromet Pvt. Ltd., India, for their paper, “Comparison of the effectiveness of mechanical descaling against acid pickling for cleaning of low-carbon steel wire rod – a case study.” ■

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Chapter Corner Poland Conference draws 100 plus attendees to Zakopane The WAI’s Poland Chapter, working with the Institute of Modeling and Automation of Plastic Working Processes of Czestochowa University of Technology, sponsored a successful two-day conference on March 3-4 in Zakopane.

Snow-capped mountains provided a memorable backdrop for the 105 attendees at the conference, which included 25 technical papers, six poster papers, a dozen table tops and two unique social events. The papers were balanced between the ferrous and nonferrous topics and discussions were lively among the diverse audience, which included representatives from eight different universities, various wire manufacturers and select suppliers to the industry.

Zakopane has become a familiar and proven home for conferences involving the Poland Chapter. Shortly after the chapter was formed, it hosted WAI’s 1999 International Technical Conference. It returned to the region for a second conference in 2005.

The 2007 program event had a strong

for his efforts in establishing a strong managing director of the Gliwice Wire technical program. Pilarczyk also sinPlant in 1945. He later returned to varigled out Dr. Sylwia Wiewiorowska, the ous universities, first as a tutor and later chairwoman of the organizing commitas professor, to share his knowledge tee and secretary for the Poland and research in the area of ferrous and Chapter, for coordinating the many details involved in the educational and networking components.

The chapter also took the opportunity to present the second annual From l-r: Jan Pilarczyk, Bob Shemenski (award winner), Tom Moran, Schneider Henryk Dyja, Józef Zasadzinski (award winner) and Bogdan Golis Award to Dr. Robert Shemenski of RMS Consulting nonferrous metals. He finished his and Józef Zasadziński of the University career as the Dean of the Faculty of of Mining and Metallurgy in Krakow.

Metallurgy at the University of Mining Both recipients were on hand to receive and Metallurgy in Krakow. the Poland Chapter’s award, which is For Shemenski, it was clearly a spebestowed upon individuals whose cial day as he was the president of WAI in 1999 when the chapter was formed and the inaugural conference was conducted. In accepting the honor, Shemenski thanked the members of the chapter for their tremendous support of the Association’s technical mission and the cooperative approach to the advancing the field of wiredrawing.

The Award Ceremony, part of an “Integration Evening,” made for a very effective start to the conference start.

Attendees and authors shared songs and were entertained by a troupe of Poland’s famous Slask performers. One Professor Kazunari Yoshida, Tokai University, performing with the Slask troupe. of the highlights was the sing-along segment that included popular songs academic presence as research was careers have displayed long devotion to from Japan, France, America, Germany, shared on a variety of topics ranging the technical development of metals Belgium, Czech Republic, Italy and, of from FEM modeling to the effects of and wiredrawing fields. course, Poland. flaw removal on billets and wire.

Marian Schneider graduated from the The Poland Chapter intends to continPoland Chapter President Jan Pilarczyk University of Mining and Metallurgy in ue building on its ability to combine credited Prof. Zbigniew Muskalski, the Krakow in 1934 and began a career in research and industry, with a similar chairman of the scientific committee, the industry, eventually becoming the conference in 2009.

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Midwest Chapter’s 5th Annual Golf Tourney is June 5 Combine the best of business networking and social fun at the WAI Midwest Chapter’s Fifth Annual Golf Tournament on Friday, June 15, 2007, at the St. Andrews Golf & Country Club in West Chicago, Illinois.

The chapter is looking to continue the momentum of building this event into a calendar must for people in the wire and cable industry in the Midwestern U.S., and invites you to take advantage of all the tournament has to offer.

The scramble format tournament will offer both team and individual prizes, with a $10,000 payout to the golfer who makes a hole-in-one on the designated par 3 hole. Other skill contests include two long drive holes and three closest-to-thepin holes as well as the popular putting contest after the round.

“Each year our tournament has grown, and we are working to really get the number of players up this year.” said chapter

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President Kevin Sopczak of Leggett & Platt Shaped Wire. “One incentive is for us to attract at least 72 golfers, which allows us to begin with a shotgun start and enhance the on- and off-course networking with everyone starting and finishing at about the same time.”

Fees for the event remain the same for golfers at $110, which covers the greens fees, cart, lunch at the Halfway House and the post-tourney reception and awards dinner. Non-golfers are invited to join in for the reception and dinner for only $35.

Sponsorship opportunities are available for companies and provide exposure the day of the event with signage and recognition in the tournament program as well as in the Wire Journal International wrapup article. Exclusive sponsorships are available for the $10,000 hole-in-one and the skill and putting contests for fees ranging from $150 to $250. Corporate

hole sponsorships are also available for $100 each and are non-exclusive.

“This tournament is a great way to interact informally with your colleagues, customers and guests,” said event chair Bob Sears of North America OMCG. “Each year someone new to the tournament comes up to me and tells me how much they enjoyed the day with others in the industry. There are a lot of people in the wire business in this region of the country who would really enjoy this kind of day out, so go ahead and mark it on your calendar right now and ask a friend to come with you!”

The pdf registration form is available online at the Midwest Chapter webpage at wirenet.org.

For more details, call or e-mail WAI’s Chip Marsh at tel. 203-4531748 or cmarsh@wirenet.org for more information. ■

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Companies in this feature were asked to provide a case study of how their technology helped a customer. To see their responses, go to wirenet.org and click on the cover icon with the moving computer mouse.

Also, many of these companies will be exhibiting at Interwire 2007, where representatives will be available to provide more details.

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spools; schedule production by product characteristics; track and report prodWeb powered uct quality including in-line tests, traceability, and certifications; and set prices based on fluctuating commodities.

AXIOM is especially powerful for manufacturers of custom products who must be able to: quickly develop, quote and produce new products to customer Story continued specifications; effectively manage at wirenet.org. many customized end products for different customers; rapidly and efficiently produce products in both low volume and high; and contain costs and effectively utilize expensive capital ware. Unlike most ERP systems, it is equipment. fundamentally built around the need to AXIOM is used today by more wire manage inventory by reel, providing and cable manufacturers than any other convenient ways to track, lookup, and off-the-shelf enterprise management optimize the use of available lengths. system. Companies like Superior Most ERP systems are based on part Essex, Fisk Alloy Wire, Johnstown Wire Technologies, Northwire, Harbour Industries, RockbestosSurprenant, Copperfield, and many others that rely on AXIOM to help streamline production and business processes every day.

AXIOM is chosen because of the depth of the industry-specific functionality built into A screen shot of AXIOM software provided by AXIS Computer the standard softSystems.

number alone. When you query your inventory by part number you are presented with summary information, e.g.: cable ABCD has 120,000 feet in stock.

The problem is that customers typically order product by quantity and in specific put-ups (lengths). When the customer calls, they say “I need 25,000 feet on 5 reels of 5,000 +/- 10%.”

AXIOM shows exactly what put-ups and master reel lengths you have in stock. If you are in the make-to-order business, AXIOM will automatically pass the sales order put-up information to manufacturing and even plan the material and capacity needed to produce sufficient lengths to take advantage of the higher shipping tolerance allowed by your customer. In the above example, an extra 500 feet per reel can be produced, shipped and billed if you have the controls provided by AXIOM. Also, your customer may only accept specific reel sizes or may expect you to select the appropriate reel based on your product’s dimensions, weight, least cost (of similar reels – wood vs. steel), etc. AXIOM provides you with all this information as well.

Praetor does not require any third party software and our support policies provide either low cost or no cost customization for new modules, system changes and reports.

Reports may be viewed, faxed, emailed, printed, or exported to MS Excel, MS Word, PDF and more. A user friendly SQL Praetor software is offered by Base Ten Consulting, Inc. query generator and report writer is included to allow you Base Ten Consulting, Inc. to prepare custom reporting.

Base Ten Consulting provides a real Praetor allows each user to have their time integrated process manufacturing own language and provides custom system, utilizing inventory control with language terminology overrides for all lot and unit tracking, and a financial screens, reports, and messages. Praetor software solution called Praetor. is implemented quickly and includes a Praetor was created by wire personnel totally customized shop floor bar codfor the wire industry to allow you to ing system for each facility based on control your data with a flexible interspecific reporting needs. face design.

Always expanding, the next general

Why should manufacturers not choose a less-expensive off-the-shelf software solution?

OTS software is easy to install, use and appears economical. Very often, selection of the less expensive OTS software results in problems, confusion and, in fact, increased costs. OTS software usually can not provide information the way your business is run, so you export information to a spreadsheet. Additional limitations require a programmer to adjust your software. Several years later you have something that works. Reviewing your costs, you find that your total development cost was much higher than the software available for your industry. In addition, your software may no longer be supported by a new operating system. Base Ten Consulting, Inc. When it comes to their enterprise-wide business system, wire and cable manufacturers certainly should turn to an off-the-shelf software solution. Today’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions are the result of millions of dollars of development and provide the capabilities companies need to improve productivity and customer responsiveness across every aspect of the business. But, not all packages are created equal. In order to fully realize the benefits of ERP, be sure to choose a software package that is: built from the ground up around the unique needs of wire & cable; backed by people who really know the industry; and proven in use in numerous wire and cable companies. Axis Computer Systems, Inc. Design engineers turn to spreadsheet packages to satisfy their need for quick answers because of growing pressure to respond to client requests for quotations. And why not? Spreadsheets provide complex formulas and tables, and above all flexibility. However, using spreadsheets for cable design has many pitfalls, one being the lack of information reuse. A cable design is the most valuable intellectual property of the company. When the design is captured in a structured system such as CableBuilder the information can be reused for client quotations, for datasheets, for manufacturing instructions, for planning, for catalogues, for web sites and more. Cimteq Ltd.

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release of Praetor is being prepared using Dot Net programming and includes browser based interface capabilities. Current shop floor designs are already available using Dot Net, touch screens, and customizable bar code tagging, and includes smart card security as well.

Praetor ties together all critical systems into one place, which eliminates duplication of work. For example, the shop floor subsystem works together with the order tracking subsystem, and the purchasing and order entry subsystems work closely with the accounting subsystem.

While Praetor has been designed with the wire and cable industry in mind, we realize that no canned software package can be a 100% fit for a company. The package has therefore been designed with customization in mind. Customized changes are achieved through a comprehensive set of system features which can be turned on and off and through a system of customization hooks. This means that your company’s unique way of doing things can oftentimes be preserved.

Furthermore, with our unique way of performing customization, you will never have to worry about system updates interfering with your customized modules. In other systems, you would need to wait for customized updates to be made, but in ours, system updates are made separately from your customized pieces, meaning you get them right away.

Cimteq Ltd. Cimteq Ltd.’s Cable Design software can provide a direct impact to both the costs and revenues of wire and cable

sales departments. CableBuilder closes producers. The use of technology in such a gap and streamlines your quotathis area is paramount in achieving an tion processes by encouraging collaboefficient design process. In-market ration. With the powerful search capasolutions have traditionally been hard bilities in Cable to find, and inBuilder you can house developfind a design ments are not based on the cost effective. attributes of the CableBuilder cable, thus makhas been develing sure that oped in condesigns are reused junction with whenever possicable producing ble. Any change companies from that is made is around the propagated world to specifthroughout the ically meet this design, to safeneed. It allows guard consistency you to take a in the designs and new approach to secure the qualin designing ity of the quotacables that tions. Product results in information can improved probe published to ductivity and customers in difreduced costs. ferent formats.

Design engiCimteq Ltd. offers cable design software.

Datasheets and neers can drawings can be experiment easily generated according to customer with different materials and construcrequirements. tions to find the optimal design.

Cable Builder can store and maintain Design changes are automatically product and process information in a propagated through all relevant central repository. Depending on their designs, encouraging the design engiroles, users have secured access to this neers to continuously improve their information through a web browser. It designs. is open to other systems to allow easy The use of CableBuilder makes your integration with, for example, your engineering team more efficient, and ERP backend. It can read the material allows them to deliver world-class cusand resource information from the tomer service. This means ERP system to be used in the design CableBuilder creates opportunities to and to feed the costing calculation. improve the success of your company Once a design is approved it can be in converting quotations into orders. transferred to the ERP system to create Cable companies traditionally suffer items, routings, BOMs, etc. The prodfrom a gap between the design and

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uct information can also be published to customers in different formats.

Cable Builder allows you to capture the production and design knowledge that resides in your company in a structured way. This ensures that the information is entered and maintained at the right level, reducing the costs of maintenance. Further, it detects obsolete designs and automatically labels the designs with an ‘out-of-date’ indicator. The mass update facilities ensure that consistency in the designs is achieved at the lowest possible costs.

Cable Builder will run on all operating systems that support JAVA and on all the mainstream databases (MS SQLServer, Oracle, MySQL). data M Software + Engineering Understanding an industry is important to data M Software + Engineering’s ability to provide software that can aid the production and rolling of wire, where large quantities of very different shapes can be manufactured in a highly rationalized manner. As with many other metal forming processes, the technology is still primarily based on experience. So in most cases the production of new profile shapes is not only associated with a considerable design effort but also means protracted trials and experiments during start up.

The starting product for shaped wire is very often round or rectangular wire. Proceeding from this geometry, the wire is turned into the required final form in a number of rolling passes. So only the starting and finishing state of the wire is known. Seeing as shaped wires very often have geometries with different radii, calculating the intermediate stages is a complex matter. In addition to the purely geometric aspect, there are other factors that play a by no means negligible role. These include the fact that the material lengthens when it is formed, and can be very difficult to force into the border regions. Large deformations produce local strain hardening, as a result of which the material can become brittle and thus fissured.

The COPRA® Wire Rolling solution for wire rolling pursues three objec-

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tool for in-depth examination of the rolling process to see whether it can shape the wire as desired, and how stress occurs inside the wire and what effect it has. It is also possible to reconstruct the material flux on X, Y and Z axes.

In the COPRA wire rolling module, data M offers commercial FEA software specialized for a nonlinear FEM problem, the process of wire drawing or rolling. The software runs on PCs under the Windows COPRA® software offered by data M Software + operating system. The Engineering. module processes all data for simulation, so tives: • Interactive modeling of the rolling the user need not be an FEA specialist steps based on available experience: to compute a finite element analysis. the designer draws the progressive The software generates the finite elesteps and can put the areas into the ment model fully automatically, and required percentage ratio with the aid the designer only has to start it. of COPRA WR. The finite element calculation lets • Automatic layout of the forming the user see fast whether the wire is steps by specifying the start and end getting formed as wished, or the cross-section. Here it is possible to rollers need to be modified in any specify the degree of deformation and way. the estimated reduction of the crossThe strong displacement on the section. rolling axis is also allowed for, and the • Verification of the design by finite designer can thus also calculate how element simulation. Forming is comfast the individual rollers have to be puted based on roller geometry and driven so that the wire does not bulge the start cross-section. The actual or is drawn excessively. The inner shape to be expected can be verified in stress condition can also be seen after the individual steps and the change in analysis, enabling you to find out how the material examined. the wire will react after cold rolling, The performance spectrum of e.g. whether it becomes brittle or will COPRA wire rolling includes: defintear easily. Also visible is whether the ing the end cross-section by CAD; wire arches or remains straight. composing the finished caliber; defining the start caliber; interactive deterThe Rubicon Group, Ltd. mination of forming steps; automatic In the 1990s, businesses began to calculation of forming steps; rotation realize that computers were less about of cross sections; automatic creation computing and more about communiof rolls; export of roll data; and verification. Technology can improve procation of the design by finite element ductivity for a business, but it can also simulation. help solidify strategic business partProbably the most important aspect nerships between companies. That’s of cold roll forming design is simulawhere The Rubicon Group comes in. tion and verification of the designed It can provide software that make tools. Finite element analysis (FEM) manufacturers more productive, more provides the designer with a powerful

sions. It provides the on-line capability to create and access part master data, parent-component relationships, single- and multi-level bills of material and where-used listings as well as data pertinent to each part’s specific characteristics which are necesSoftware from The Rubicon Group, Ltd., helped simplify joint sary for planning, efforts between Lake Cable and Windy City Wire. scheduling and purchasing. their customers. It does so by addressCost Control. This provides a logical, ing the following components. comprehensive cost build-up system Bill of Material. This component for a company’s manufactured prodprovides the foundation for an integratucts. It includes the cost calculations ed manufacturing system. It provides necessary for accurate manufacturing the current information about all prodand accounting management. It allows ucts and their components to aid in users to create access and report both critical production management decicurrent and standard costs for material,

labor and labor overhead for each part, along with totals for each manufacturing level.

Capacity Planning. This determines work load by time period in each work center for both labor and machines. It provides the required information to identify overload and underload situations. The module provides the capability to create, access and report capacity requirements by time period from both planned and released orders as determined by the Master Production Schedule and Material Requirements Planning.

Inventory Control. This provides inventory management functions necessary for manufacturing that are also part of the distribution software.

Rubicon’s software is fully integrated, with manufacturing and distribution sharing the same files, and where appropriate, the same functions.

Additional distribution facilities, such as Demand Forecasting, Inventory Inquiries, Inventory Usage and

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Inquiries, Inventory Usage and Turnover Reports, etc., are also available.

Master Production Schedule. This gives production planning, purchasing and top management the information needed to plan and control the manufacturing operation. It ties overall business planning and forecasting and can be used to drive detailed material and production requirements in the Material Requirements Planning module.

Production Control. This is where users execute their production plan. It provides for the creation, access, maintenance and reporting of work orders and is central to the control of raw materials and assemblies. It is used to record material activity and back log issues, receipts, etc,

as well as reporting cost variances on finished goods.

Routing. This application organizes information defining how an item is actually manufactured. This information can include the sequence of opera-

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tions on the plant floor, the specific machines and tools used, and detailed instructions on the processes or operations to be performed.

Work in Process. This enables management to monitor the progress of orders as they move through the plant. It continually updates a production order status to reflect changes from work activity and management decisions. It provides the capability to create, access and report work order status throughout the entire production cycle as well as costs associated with actual production and pinpoints variances between planned and actual costs.

The above technology was used

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AUTOMATION FACTS, Inc. FACTS provides end customers with turnkey solutions to integrate the control and information systems requirements for their complete processing lines. In addition to being automation and control experts, we have extensive experience in the wire industry, we are recognized experts in extrusion control, and are very familiar with the overall process, equipment, and products being manufactured in the wire industry.

FACTS’ focus is not to be a general ‘system integrator’ but rather to provide ‘Integrated Systems’ based on our knowledge and expertise in the wire industry. This makes FACTS a uniquely qualified partner for automation, control and information management. It also is able to provide effective service and support on a 24/7 basis.

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EP500 A view of the overall factory information architecture offered by FACTS, Inc.

The FACTS system eliminates the islands of automation typically associated with automation projects by providing a single recipe based system that integrates monitoring and control of all systems and equipment into a single coordinated process control package. This approach facilitates the operator’s job by providing: coordinated control of all process parameters; temperatures; pressures; dimensions—including ID/OD/Wall, concentricity; test parameters (spark and capacitance testing); speeds and speed ratios; bar code support for full product traceability; logic control; material handling system, both raw materials and finished goods; feeder systems; robotic packaging; recipe support - single selection set up for the entire line; trend plots of all process and product parameters; SQC charts; historical data capture and analysis for entire factory; management information/reporting and tracking of all raw materials and finished goods, including full bar code reader and printer support; interface to customer’s MRP or ERP system; and full system security.

Historically, management information systems have been driven from the top down, with suppliers of Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Enterprise Resource Planning

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(ERP) systems adding terminals and forms to capture manufacturing data from the factory floor. This approach is expensive, inefficient, and the data accuracy is generally poor. The additional work load for the operators is also generally unpopular with the factory floor personnel. FACTS recognizes that manufacturers sell their products, not information. The FACTS approach derives the management information as a by-product of the automation product producing equipment.

An overall approach to factory automation requires a vision of what the final full implementation will be.

The FACTS view, as shown in the Overall Factory Information Architecture (see image) is a total factory view that is driven from the factory floor control systems and may be implemented one step at a time. True factory automation will have: coordinated control of each process by a central system; information systems support “designed in” to the process controls so that the management and quality information is a by-product of the automation; the ability to easily incorporate the sensors, drive systems, etc. from a wide variety of manufacturers; be adaptable to the changing requirements of the process and systems technology; and be sustainable, having full support available on an ongoing basis and not dependent on a single individual.

Rockwell Automation Do more, go faster: It seems as though everything we do today is designed to help us do more and go faster than we have in the past. That’s certainly the challenge facing manufacturers, where plant managers are constantly seeking out ways to make their production lines faster and more efficient — resulting in productivity and revenue gains. These challenges extend across many industries, and point toward the inherent need for an integrated production control and information system.

Rockwell offers both automation control and software products for sectors such as the wire and cable industry.

The Allen-Bradley® ControlLogix® Programmable Automation Controller (PAC) from Rockwell Automation brings together the benefits of the Logix Control Platform (a single programming environment, single open network, single common control engine for multiple controller families) to provide high-performance control in an easy-to-use environment. As part of an integrated control and information system, the Rockwell Automation® Integrated Architecture™, the Logix PAC™ not only features multidisciplined control across process and batch, drives, discrete, motion, and safety disciplines, but it also offers open networks encompassing the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP™) networks, EtherNet/IP™,

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floor to the top floor by enabling connectivity with manufacturing execution systems (MES) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.

Specific to the wire and cabling industry, having an integrated control and information system is valuable for managing temperature and flow loop controls; motion and drive capabilities are useful for wind/unwind applications; and motion and discrete capabiliA screenshot of Design & Engineering technology. ties are useful for packaging and material handling applicaDesign & Engineering LLC tions. The net result with the Rockwell Design & Engineering develops Automation Integrated Architecture is automation packages for solving critione solution that meets all plant concal problems.

These total engineered trol and information requirements, solutions are complete with all of the avoiding the costs of purchasing differnecessary automation hardware, softent controllers and software products, ware and engineering to monitor and and integrating and supporting a variprecisely control entire process lines. ety of equipment.

Working with technology from companies such as Wonderware, Applicom, Magelis, Partlow, Barber-Colman, Reliance, Allen-Bradley, Modicom, GE Fanuc, Eurotherm, Siemens, Fincor, Visit our stand # 4006 at Interwire 2007 Zumbach, Beta LaserMike and Parker, Design & Engineering provides system assemblies completely wired and interconnected per a customer’s specific design requirements. All components are mounted and wired to terminal strips in specified enclosures to meet all applicable industry standards.

Its focus is on supplying a total system designed to provide improved productivity, consistent process control, increased product quality, reduced downtime and low maintenance costs.

Offered elements include state-of-theart Programmable Logic Control, Product Line: Human-Machine Interface, • The Watson Machine Co. • Watson/Kinrei •The New England Butt Co. Supervisory Computer, • The Edmands Co. • Peachtree Fiberoptics • Wire Machinery Corporation of Communications, Sensing and America (WMCA) Engineering Drive systems.

Parts Available: Working closely with the customer, • Standard Replacement • Custom Machined Bows, Gears, Bells/Pulleys Design & Engineering identifies the Auxiliary Equipment: Measuring Machines/Counters range of possibilities in automating a Delivery: Next Day on Stocked Items process, then develops a package that Service Technicians: 24 Hours a Day ensures the innovative integration of proven technology into a system that meets the requirements. It commisParts & Service Co. sions the technology, tests it to make Division of Kinrei of America sure it meets the defined quality and Peachtree, New England Butt Co., WMCA and the Edmands Co. performance standards and provides 26 North Center Street, Orange, New Jersey 07050 start-up assistance. It also offers supTel: 973-677-9500 • Fax: 973-673-0907 • E-mail: lschneider@kinreiusa.com port once the system is running. ■

ControlNet™ and DeviceNet™, while also connecting with visualization and information systems.

With an information-enabled design, PACs within the Logix Control Platform feature tight integration with their programming software package RSLogix™ 5000, which recently saw 30 new enhancements debut with the release of version 16 (January 2007).

In addition, through the Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture, the Logix Control Platform showcases compatibility with higher level information systems via the Rockwell Software® FactoryTalk® integrated production and performance software suite, consisting of six production disciplines designed to deliver distinct business benefits. Highlighting seamless integration with the Logix Control Platform, as well as extensive connectivity to third-party and legacy systems, the FactoryTalk software suite also helps customers connect the shop

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CONTACTS

AXIS Computer Systems, Inc. U.S. Tel. 800-370-2947, ext. 2109 www.axiscomp.com Contact: Keith Berg

Design & Engineering U.S. Tel. 973-633-7402 fax 973-305-0290 info@designandengineering.com Contact: Hernando Blanco

Base Ten Consulting Inc. U.S. Tel. 716-204-1128 fax 716-204-1121 www.baseten.com Contact: Byron Ball

FACTS Inc. U.S. Tel. 330-928-2332 www.facts-inc.com Contact: Heidi Hjelmquist

Cimteq Ltd. U.K. Tel. 44-1978-664215 www.cimteq.com Contact: Amanda Shehab

Rockwell Automation/Software U.S. Contact: Carlynn E Snyder cesnyder@ra.rockwell.com

data M Software + Engineering Germany Tel. 49-8024-640-0 fax 49-8024-640-300 www.datam.de Contact: Albert Sedlmaier

Rubicon Group USA Tel. 630-574-7766 fax 630-574-7786 www.rubgrp.com Contact: Michael S. Taylor

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UPDATE: INTERWIRE 2007 This update includes additional booth listings exhibiting companies that will be represented at the I-X Center in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, as well as information on Wire in Motion (see p.

62), a new event that will take place during Interwire, the America’s largest wire and cable event, to be held May 5-10, 2007.

Interwire 2007 will be co-locating

with the International Fasteners Exposition (IFE). IFE exhibitors have an asterisk before their names.

At press time, Interwire was within a dozen small booths from a complete sellout of its floor space while IFE was down to its last six booths. The floor space may be expanded.

The exhibits open up on Monday, May 7, following a 12:30 pm wirecut-

ting ceremony, closing at 5 pm.

Exhibit hours will be from 10 am to 5 pm on Tuesday, May 8, and on Wednesday, May 9, and from 10 am to 3 pm on Thursday, May 10.

An alpha list of exhibitors begin on p. 82, and the Product Directory begins on p. 92. For more information, visit www.wirenet.org and refer to the Official Show Program at the event.

A.E.B. International Tel. 212-752-4647 fax: 212-486-6526 aeb@aebint.com USA Booth 823 Exhibiting: Founded in 1979 by A. Erkan Buyuksoy, A.E.B. Int’l is one of the world’s largest conductor wire and cable manufacturers as well as distributor. It is a one-stop shop, with a factory in Duncan, South Carolina, able to meet immediate requirements as well as the engineering and development of new products. The ISO 9001-2000 certified company has affiliates in Turkey, Germany, France, India, China and Thailand that provide additional engineering support and manufacturing capabilities. Products include single end, multi-wire, various stranded, bunched and bobbin wound products, as well as rope-lay, flexible cables and custom compositions in bare and tinned copper, silver- and nickel-plated copper, cadmium, stainless steel, brass and bronze, Monel/Inconel, copper clad steel, aluminum and other specialty alloys. Specializing in sizes from awg 14 (.0641 in.) to awg 50 (.001 in.), with five sales offices and distribution points across the U.S. Personnel: A. Erkan Buyuksoy.

Exhibiting: Using laser technology, Aeroel S.r.l. manufactures accurate and reliable laser sensors for contact-less diameter gauging for industrial use for a wide range of different products. Due to its non-contact measurement capability, Aeroel’s lasers can be applied in a fast, precise, and efficient manner to a variety of industrial processes. Its quality standards, in addition to conforming to ISO 9001:2000, guarantee a robust and highly reliable product.

Through its emphasis on quality products and efficient services, it is committed to total customer satisfaction.

Personnel: Rudy Gatti.

metal mesh machines is guaranteed.

AGAPE machines have been sold worldwide and are well acclaimed. Its goal is the success of its customers.

Personnel: Peter Lin.

Acme Saw - Tubex Technology Tel. 800-363-2254 fax 905-336-6669 information@acmesaw.com Canada Booth 2229 Exhibiting: Acme Saw, a specialist in tube and wire bending and cutting machinery, will have information about its product ranges.

Personnel: Michel Kannge, Dominik Kannage, Andrea Barosso, Brian Julien.

American & Efird, Inc. Tel. 704-951-2246 fax 704-820-2857 joe.john@amefird.com USA Booth 2608 Exhibiting: American & Efird offers full line of flat, twisted, and plied yarns for use as marker (I.D.), ripcords, binders, and strength members (I.D. yarns). Available in polyester, nylon, para aramids (such as Kevlar® and Technora®), meta aramids (Nomex®), polypropylene and other fibers. It carries a wide range of putups available from braider tubes to 12 lb packages in a variety of finishes and coatings.

Personnel: Joe John, Paul Amaral, Mark Hatton.

Aeroel S.r.l.

Tel. 39-0432-671301 Fax 39-0432-671543 aeroel@aeroel.it Italy Booth 2008

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AGAPE Industry, Inc. Tel. 310-325-9000 fax 310-325-9008 info@agapeindustry.com USA Booth 2910 Exhibiting: AGAPE Industry is a leading company in the metal mesh industry, servicing thousands of satisfied customers, both international and domestic. As the only company that produces metal mesh on its own machines, it has the respective knowledge about the market requirements of metal mesh customers. Therefore a constant further development of the

Atlantic Wire Co. LLC Tel. 800-356-5702 fax 203-488-0740 sales@atlanticwireco.com USA Booth 232 Exhibiting: Information about the company’s range of steel and alloy wire and processed rod.

Personnel: Scott Thayer, Wayne Lambroff, Carl Bowman, Zachary Stone.

Beijing Holland Tech. Co., Ltd. Tel. 86-10-68032755 Fax 86-10-68032878 Internet www.magnetwire.com.cn E-mail webmaster@bjholland.com China Booth 3439 Exhibiting: Beijing Holland supplies a

BMR Group Tel. 260-635-2195 kirk.sabrosky@bmrgroup.net USA Booth 1643 Information: As technology and customer demands continue to raise the bar for high-speed, high-performance machinery, BMR Groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thermal sprayed coatings and laser clad alloys offer the ultimate tool to combat the problems of wear that can bring a critical order to a halt. Its patented guns and unique processes can not only repair damaged surfaces but replace worn surfaces with harder, better wearresistant materials to optimize component performance, extend component life and reduce the cost of replacement parts and downtime. The BMR Group has nearly 30 years of experience, and dozens of satisfied returning wire manufacturing customers, with solutions for repairing and maintaining crackfree critical surfaces on wiredrawing surfaces like capstans and blocks.

BMR can finish all thermal sprayed, welded, clad, solid carbide and ceramic materials to specifications.

Personnel: Kirk Sabrosky, Pat Ripley, Larry Boyd, Mark Boyd, Doug Gregory.

Cimteq Ltd. Tel. 44-1978-664-215 ali.shehab@cimteq.com U.K. Booth 2407C Exhibiting: Cimteq is a specialist in cable design software. Its CableBuilder product helps world class wire and cable companies reduce quotation lead times, enhance manufacturing data accuracy and provide instant design costing. Cable Builder is capable of designing all types of cables: power, telecom, fiber, LAN, specials, instrumentation and more. Other features included: costing, bill-of-materials,

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Personnel: River Qi.

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WIRE IN MOTION - DON’T MISS THIS NEW SOCIAL EVENT WEDNESDAY

BONUS:

Interwire is a venue for business, but the wire and cable industry also knows how to network and enjoy itself, which is reason enough for offering a special “thank you” event for attendees: Wire in Motion.

On Wednesday, May 9, from 3 pm to

HAPPY, HAPPY HOUR The attractions include the M-4 Flight Simulator, which allows attendees to choose from piloting a P-51 Mustang, X-wing fighter and more.

Groups can enjoy a 12-passenger simulator with multiple programs (volcano mine ride to astro canyon cruiser) and for those who prefer life in the fast lane, there is a life size NASCAR race car on a motion base that allows “drivers” to experience the turns, bumping, and crashes.

At 5 pm, the fun will continue during Wire in Motion

Enkotec Company’s Jan Sorige’s 2004 Screaming Eagle Electric Glide Harley-Davidson will have some well-dressed company when it is part of a display of the venerable American motorcycles.

The M-4 Flight Simulator will enable attendees to pivot, spin, twist, roll, plunge dive and soar without leaving the ground.

6 pm, the promenade area of the I-X Center will feature a tribute to wire applications, one channeled from the fast lane. There will be a display of flashy HarleyDavidsons, several simulators for attendees to challenge, a comedian, music by a DJ, refreshments and more to be enjoyed.

Cleveland’s own South East Harley Davidson will be displaying six Harley-Davidsons, including the company’s V-Rod Drag bike, as well as two flat screens presenting info on the legacy line of Harley-Davidsons. The display is courtesy of franchise owner and general manager Jeff Meyers. Also on display will be a 2004 Screaming Eagle Electric Glide that is the pride and joy of Enkotec Company’s Jan Sorige.

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Happy, Happy Hour. The event will include some laughs, courtesy of comedian Mike Veneman, who has performed in corporate and college venues for 18 years, and is known for his clean and downright funny observations about life and relationships. He has appeared at HBO’s Comic Relief, Showtime’s Comedy Club, Evening At The Improv, A&E’s Comedy On The Road, Comedy Central and Standup Spotlight - Rosie O’Donnell.

Attendees will also be able to take a ride on the world’s largest indoor Ferris Wheel, which will be spinning.

The event is free to Interwire and IFE attendees and exhibitors.

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Comedian Mike Veneman will be presenting his unique perspective on life.

CN Wire Corporation Tel. 203-299-1787 Fax 203-299-0469 sales@cnwire.com USA Booth 1032 Exhibiting: A wholly owned subsidiary of Turkey’s Er-Bakir, CN Wire distributes copper wire rod, bare copper wire, tin coated/stranded copper wire, bare/tin coated multiwire and bare/tin coated bunched wire.

Personnel: William Harold, Jay Ajro, Nazim Kalkanci, Halil Goker.

Conductix Delachaux Tel. 33-4-79-42-50-88 Fax 33-4-79-42-50-05 www.conductix.com cablecom@delachaux.fr France Booth 3826

Exhibiting: The Delachaux Conductix Division, recently renamed Conductix Delachaux Group, proposes a wide range of machinery for the production of bare silica fiber (draw tower, prooftesters, dual take-ups, fiber coloring units, etc.), fiber optic cables (loose tube, microtube, SZ stranders, etc.) and copper cable (Rollertwist stranding unit, take-ups, taping heads, etc.). Just stop by the company’s booth.

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routing, quotations, central datastore, datasheets, works instructions, 2D and 3D drawings, spreadsheet integration and ERP integration.

Personnel: Ali Shehab, Amanda Shehab.

Copperweld Bimetallics, LLC Tel. 888-350-2523 Fax 931-433-0419 bmoorer@copperweld.com USA Booth 1032 Exhibiting: Copperweld is the world’s largest producer of bimetallic wire.

Bimetallic wire provides a proven alternative to solid copper wire for the telecommunications, electronic, electrical distribution, power cable, automotive and magnet wire industries. Stop by the Copperweld booth and see how its bimetallic wire can work for cus-

tomers and save them money.

Personnel: Joe Longever, Anthony Hale, Barry Moorer, Alan Gibson, Chris Belado.

Cortinovis Machinery S.p.A./ Cortinovis America, LLC Tel. 908-236-0400 Fax 908-236-0403 cortinovis@cortinovisamerica.com Italy/USA Booth 2032 Exhibiting: Cortinovis Machinery, newly acquired and a part of the Eurolls Group, will have expert personnel to discuss the complete range of Cortinovis’s innovative machines for the wire, rope, power and telecommu-

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nication industry as well as traditional machines. These include: the patented MONOBITORSION for laying up insulated cables and strands up to 61 wires; the CONOTORSION, which is suitable for laying up insulated conductors and/or for armoring up to 48 wires; the back twist free tubular strander for manufacturing sensitive multilayer cables without twisting the core; rigid stranders for making strand and screening/ armoring (individual and tandem); and double-twist bunchers/ stranders from 630-2000 mm for bare conductor and insulated cables.

Personnel: Giovanni Cecchini Manara, Anthony DeRosa, Raul Pascoareli.

Exhibiting: Complete range of cold finishing machinery for bar production of finished diameter range 5 mm (0.2”) to 300 mm (11.8 mm). Peeling-drawing-straightening-chamfering-cut to length-NDT testing-conditioning.

Personnel: Kristiaan van Teutem data M Software GmbH Tel. 49-8024-6400 Fax 49-8024- 640300 datam@datam.de Germany Booth 2407B Information: Software for the roll tool design and finite element verification of the wire rolling process. COPRA® Wire Rolling solution pursues three objectives: interac-

Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche SpA /Division of: Danieli Centro Maskin (Cold Finishing Equipment) Tel. 39-0432-598819 Fax 39-0432-598082 k.vanteutem@danieli.it Italy Booth 2902

tive modeling of rolling steps based on available experience, where the designer draws the progressive steps and can put the areas into the required percentage ratio with the aid of COPRA® WR; automatic layout of forming steps by specifying the start and end crosssection so it is possible to specify the degree of deformation and the estimated reduction of the cross-section; and design verification by finite element simulation. Forming is computed based on roller geometry and the start crosssection. The actual shape to be expected can be verified in the individual steps and the change in the material examined.

Personnel: Stefan Ruess; Albert Sedlmaier.

Davis-Standard, LLC Tel. 860-599-1010 Fax 860-599-6258 info@davis-standard.com USA Booth 3400 Exhibiting: Davis-Standard will exhibit a 2.5-in. 24:1 Davis-Standard

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A body in motion stays in motion.

And for Interwire 2007—the largest and longest running wire and cable marketplace in the Americas—a surge of activity surrounds its strategic move to the I-X Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, May 5-10, 2007 to access a new industry hub.

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Everything at Interwire 2007 is designed to move you forward in your industry and accelerate your career. Exhibits. New business forums.

New contacts. Tech talk. Hot topics.

Everything revolves around the current best practices in the global wire and cable industry.

We’ve added a new format as well as the colocation of the International Fastener Exposition to keep things moving.

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Nothing stands still. Why should you?

Join the momentum that has thousands moving in the direction of Cleveland for Interwire 2007.

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Interwire 2007 is the only place in the Americas to meet with the most influential industry professionals in the world who travel from more than 50 countries to participate.

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I attend Interwire because it is the most efficient way to find answers to technical questions, learn about industry trends and meet with colleagues, customers, and suppliers. Interwire is truly the most important industry show in the Americas.

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Super Blue air-cooled extruder, MESA III process control system and 1.5-in.

24:1 High Temperature MX Series Merritt extruder. Also, a Clipper model PA-24 dual reel parallel axis take-up, a Davis Electric 72-in. shaftless payoff and a 48-in. CatTrak linear capstan.

Davis-Standard supplies the Clipper, Davis Electric and Merritt Extruder brands for high speed wire and cable extrusion systems as well as components for datacom, construction/building, optical fiber, automotive, power cable, high temperature and specialty wire applications. All wire and cable extrusion systems are available with either fully automatic or semi-automatic take-ups or single reel payoff and take-ups utilizing accumulator systems.

Personnel: John Zachow, Sandy Guthrie, Scott Coope, Larry Fitzgerald, Steve Vannais, John Doherty, Chris Johnston.

Delisi Srl Tel. 39-0882-331121/2 Fax 3908-82333632 delisi@delisisrl.com Italy Booth 3204 Exhibiting: Founded in 1955, Delisi Srl’s core business is the production of automatic straightening and cutting machines for producing smooth and ribbed wires.

Domeks Makine Limited Sirketi Tel. 90-2163-643904 Fax 90-2163-643913 info@domeksmakine.com Turkey Booths 2238,2438 Exhibiting: An automatic spool and coil packing line, the “Doublematik 400,” is a capable packing system for processing multi-core cables coil or spool with line capacity of two to three coils or spools per minute. Also, a PVC compounding machine for cable grade PVC compound and a 1400 mm take-up and payoff.

Personnel: Huseyin Ozturk, Orhan Ozbaran.

EBNER Furnaces, Inc. Tel. 330-335-1600 Fax 330-335-1605 sales@ebnerfurnaces.com USA/Germany Booth: 2911

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Exhibiting: EBNER, a world leading supplier of annealing furnaces for ferrous and nonferrous rod and wire, looks forward to discussing how its technology can benefit manufacturers.

Its highly engineered high convection systems use up to 100% hydrogen atmosphere to promote a clean product with tight, reproducible mechanical properties at the lowest operating cost.

Local, in-house manufacturing guarantee best workmanship and short delivery. EBNER also supplies replacement retorts and muffles.

Personnel: Kim Swisher, Peter Andexlinger.

Envirotec Consultancy Ltd. Tel. 270-535-9252 fax 270-843-5645 www.envirotec-inc.com t.babcock@insightbb.com USA Booth 4227 Exhibiting: Envirotec Consultancy Ltd. will display recovery and conditioning of dry draw lubricants from wiredrawing operations.

Personnel: Tim Babcock, Roy Warner.

EUROALPHA SRL Tel. 39-0424-472084 Fax 39-0424-72780 parise@euroalpha.it Italy Booth 2802 Exhibiting: Euroalpha is a relatively new highly innovative company that specializes in wiredrawing equipment for copper, aluminum and aluminum alloy. With over 15 years of industrial experience, combined with innovative engineering, EUROALPHA guarantees results. Its mission is to share its extensive market experience and knowledge while working directly with customers to build precision machinery and plants to satisfy any production need.

Its equipment range includes a rod breakdown line, single and double wire, with slip control, tandem and compact; an intermediate machine, sin-

gle and twin wire; a multiwire system (4 to 48 wire); an annealer for multiwire and road breakdown; a payoff, manual and automatic; a static and dynamic spooler, manual, semi- and fully automatic; and more. From ideas to final product, EUROALPHA offers quality products and service that will be the best choice for a company’s needs.

Personnel: Massimo Parise, Giuseppe Arami.

EUROLLS Group www.eurolls.com Italy Booth 2032 Exhibiting: The EUROLLS Group is comprised of the following companies in the wire machinery field: Cortinovis Machinery SpA/CortinovisAmerica LLC, Eurolls SpA, Team Meccanica SpA, Vitari SpA and Teurema S.L. See individual company listings.

Eurolls S.p.A. Tel. 39-04-32796511 Fax 39-04-32796501 info@eurolls.com Italy/USA Booth 2032 Exhibiting: Eurolls S.p.A., the cornerstone of the Eurolls Group, has taken a strong leadership position within the wire and cable market. Its vast experience has enabled Eurolls to become a single point of reference for projects from concept development, design, production, to final implementation. Its commitment goes beyond the supply of a project, extending to a support structure designed to provide timely and reliable after-sales service and technical assistance. Customers can turn to it with confidence for answers to the many technological and production issues that wire manufacturers are confronted with every day. The range of products offered by Eurolls S.p.A. is the result of the experience gained from the production of rolls utilized by industry leaders in our innovative cold rolling cassettes. In addition, in the last several years, Eurolls has proposed complete plants for the production of electro-welded lattice girders, which are recognized in the market for their speed and efficiency. Its commitment to continuous improvement and technical innovation has taken Eurolls beyond the limits of conventional

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knowledge. It is constantly developing innovative solutions and applying them to various products. One example of this is the idea of cold rolling in wet multi-pass systems.

Personnel: Elisabetta Gironda, Guido Ricci, Steven Nichols.

CSP Evotech Tel. 64-92-704-210 neilsp@fcsw.co.nz New Zealand Booth 3241

Fastener & Fixing Europe Magazine Tel. 44-1727-739-150 Fax 44-1727-831-033 jamie@fastfair.net U.K. Booth 319 Exhibiting: Fastener & Fixing Europe Magazine is a principal publication for the European fastening market. Its comprehensive coverage and perspective on the global fastener industry makes it a “must read” for everyone involved in the fastener and fixing market. The magazine has a print readership of 22,000, and a free digital version is downloadable at www.fastenerfair.com.

Personnel: Jamie Mitchell Jerry Ramsdale. *First Header Die Booth 600

Exhibiting: With “New Thinking” formed by parent-company Fletcher Steel Ltd., CSP Evolution Technology (CSP EvoTech) is a dynamic R&D business focused on industrial process technologies for use in the hot dip and wire galvanizing arena. Its large team of chemists and engineers has developed several new technologies, such as electromagnetic wire wiping units and electrolytic iron removal equipment. These innovations are leading edge and offer significant environmental and economic benefits over more traditional methodologies.

Personnel: Neil Spencer, Mike Seager, George Lundy.

The George Evans Corporation Tel. 309-757-8300 fax 309-757-8333 dave.evans@george-evans.com USA Booth 1832 Exhibiting: Since 1939, The George Evans Corporation has provided the wire and cable industry with durable, cost-effective, and fully recyclable steel fluted reels. These are manufactured under its trademarked name as Toroidal steel reels. The company’s experience, versatility and the modern technology available in its facility allows The George Evans Corporation to design and build metal reels to meet all customer packaging needs.

Personnel: David Evans, Reid Odean, Bob Campbell.

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*Greenslade & Company, Inc. Booth 600 *Greenslade Fastener Services Tel. 815-398-4073 fax 815-398-4107 john@greensladefs.com USA Booth 600 Exhibiting: Greenslade Fastener Services will be exhibiting with their manufacturers: First Header Die; Greenslade & Company, Inc; Mayes & Warwick LTD; Thomason Machine Works.

Personnel: John Bergstrom, Chad Hageman, Peter Lawrence, Shawn Whitfield, Trevor Graves, Larry McLaughlin, Jim Thomason, Mike Thomason.

Häfner & Krullmann GmbH Tel. 49-5208-7004-0 Fax 49-5208-7004-155 info@hafner-spools.com Germany Booth 1444 Exhibiting: Häfner & Krullmann has been manufacturing plastic spools for over 50 years. Choose from a product range of more than 1,400 different spools in the range of 40mm up to 1000mm . The company will display a selection of its wide production program e.g. spools produced according to DIN-standards, tape reels, processing reels. The personnel will be happy to find companies the most suitable spools for their requirements.

Heacock Metal and Machine Co. Tel. 800-262-5859 fax 256-245-4654 scott@heacockmetal.com USA Booth 3338 Exhibiting: Heacock Metal and Machine manufactures and repairs a variety of wear parts specifically for the wire Industry: blocks, capstans, cones, sheaves, descalers, guide rolls, etc. It has a full service machine shop for replacement parts and uses the latest technology available to solve problems and save companies money.

Personnel: Steve Bonner, Scott Collins.

Hitachi America, Ltd. Tel. 914-631-0600 fax 914-631-3672 michelle.cio@hal.hitachi.com USA Booth 3633 Exhibiting: Hitachi America will feature the new PXR-H450W high speed continuous ink jet printer capable of printing at speeds in excess of 1200 feet per minute. With its unique 10.4” touch screen user interface display, message changes are quick and easy.

The PXR Series printer offers exceptionally low operating cost and high reliability to ensure optimum productivity. * I-TECH International Corp.

Tel. 973-248-0099 fax 973-248-0950 info@itechcorp.us USA Booth 216 Exhibiting: The ORT Italia threadrolling machine, Model RUL-T1, which is designed for high speed, easy set-up, fast changeovers and easy maintenance, for rods up to 1/2 dia. and a production speed of 120 ppm.

Fully equipped, the system can include an uncoiler unit, straightener and cutting unit. It has an automatic tool registration system as well as the ability to adjust the working speed by means of an electronic inverter. The machine is controlled by a Siemens PLC. The high speed thread rolling is done by planetary dies. Spindle rotation is carried out by a mechanical system or via brushless motors. An easy set-up and perfect phasing of the threads is achieved through the rotation of the spindle head.

Personnel: Jon D. Celio, Riccardo D’Ambrosio.

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Exhibiting: Invimec specializes in cold rolling and forming mills solutions for small and medium productions. Its product range includes rolling mills for wires and strips, wire flattening and shaping mills, tandem mills, custom rolling mills for small economic productions. Each model has a modular design to customize the machine to the customer requests. The working range covers from 15 mm to 0.5 mm; the standard output wire can be flat, square or round, other shapes can be developed on request. Materials: copper, aluminum, brass, precious metals, special and exotic alloys as well as steel and stainless steel for special applications.

Personnel: Mario Ghezzo, Roberto Ghezzo Italian Trade Commission Tel. 312-670-4360 fax 312-670-5147 www.italtrade.com/usa chicago@chicago.ice.it USA/Italy Booth 3206 Information: The Italian Trade Commission is a government agency entrusted with promoting trade, business opportunities and industrial cooperation between Italian and foreign companies. Headquartered in Rome, where it is known as Istituto nazionale per il Commercio Estero (ICE), it operates through 100 branch offices in over 80 countries. The ITC also provides assistance to foreign companies interested in sourcing machinery and equipment from Italy.

Personnel: Patrick Capriati.

JJI Technologies Tel. 877-554-3277 fax 810-765-5441 www.jji-technologies.com dancass-jji@comcast.net USA Booth 4209 Exhibiting: JJI Technologies is a leader in environmentally friendly advanced materials, developing innovative non-halogen recyclable materials that are currently being de-specified and or regulated out of the world-wide marketplace. Its products, based on emerging technology, contribute to consumer safety while being environmentally friendly. Its GREEN flame retardant product line consists of: polypropylene plastic resins; polypropylene insulated and jacketed wire and cable; non-halogen flame retardants; and flame retarded coatings.

Its non-halogen products contain no heavy metals or phthalates and meet or exceed the RoHS, WEEE requirements as well as the E-Waste challenge for federal and state policy developments in electronics recycling. It creates competitive advantages for customers by delivering excellent physical properties, economics and reducing overall weight for end user products. JJI materials can withstand extremely cold (– 53ºF) and hot (3000ºF) temperatures, with no corrosive gases and low smoke density.

Personnel: Daniel Cass, Jose Reyes, Kara Opritza.

Koner SpA/TKT Group Tel. 39-0254-56396 Fax 39-0254-545832 tkt@tktgroup.it Italy Booth 3106 Exhibiting: Koner, a leader in wiredrawing dies, is committed to a policy of research and innovation in regards to process and die technology and in constantly working with customers to provide them with complete solutions.

Products include: tungsten carbide nibs for wiredrawing; tungsten carbide drawing dies; pressure dies; tungsten carbide wire guides, bushes, 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.

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Magnetic Technologies Ltd. Tel. 508-987-3303 Fax 508-987-2875 sales@magnetictech.com USA Booth 3715 Exhibiting: Magnetic Technologies manufactures permanent magnet brakes, clutches, and couplings. Torque range from .0026 to 140 in. lb. It also manufactures a line of wire and cable accessories, including: FastLocks, drive plates, cones and more. Typical applications include payoffs and retrofits for cablers, stranders and twisters.

Magnetic Technologies can save manufacturers money.

of stainless steel and special applications; and equipment such as sanding belt descalers, mechanical descalers, the Deblaster TR 1 (single wheel shot blaster), rotating pressure die boxes, borax coating and drying equipment and high-tech die reconditioning equipment.

Personnel: Luigi Vago.

Phifer Incorporated Tel. 800-633-5955 terry.white@phifer.com USA Booth 336

Manidhari Stainless Wire Pvt Ltd. Tel. 91-40-23191761 Fax 91-40-23195734 manidhari@mtnl.net.in India Booth 638 Exhibiting: Manidhari Stainless Wire manufactures and exports stainless steel wire for springs, fasteners and general engineering applications and welding fillers.

Personnel: Bharat Kanugo. *Mayes & Warwick Ltd Booth 600 * ORT Italia www.ortitalia.com Italy Booth 215 Exhibiting: See I-TECH International Corp.

Pan Chemicals S.p.A. Tel. 39-0359-77488 Fax 39-0359-77288 info@panchemical.com Italy Booth 2904 Exhibiting: Pan Chemicals supplies special drawing lubricants and coatings for ferrous-nonferrous and stainless steel wire and equipment for the wire industry. Products include: dry-drawing lubricants for low-carbon steel wire, plating quality wire, welding wire, CHQ, high-carbon steel wire, drawing after galvanizing and high alloyed steel; wet drawing lubricants including soluble lubricants, neat oils and greases; surface treatment products such as phosphate coatings, non-reactive precoatings and precoatings for stainless steel; auxiliary products for degreasing, surface treatment, pickling

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Exhibiting: With over 50 years of wiredrawing experience, Phifer has exceptionally diverse wiredrawing capability and product offerings. It manufactures aluminum wire products from numerous alloys and diameters to satisfy thousands of customers from all over the world.

Personnel: Terry White, Cedric Patton.

Powder Tech International Tel. 270-535-9252 Fax 270-843-5645 www.envirotec-inc.com t.babcock@insightbb.com USA Booth 4227 Exhibiting: Powder Tech International will show and discuss lubricant recovery and conditioning for dry draw operations.

Personnel: Tim Babcock, Roy Warner.

PS Costruzioni Meccaniche SRL Tel. 39-0396-898763 Fax 39-0396-898769 ps@pscostruzioni.com Italy Booth 3013

Exhibiting: Since 1960, PS Costruzioni Meccaniche, a world-wide company, has manufactured cable packaging, rewinding lines, payoffs, take-ups and such units as accumulators, dancers, thermoshrinking tunnels, labeling machines, strapping machines, pallet units and more. It has two main product ranges: coil winding lines and spool winding lines, both of which come fully automatic (for high production) and semi-automatic (for low production and/or various changes of wire type). Models include model PS 60 MB/MBN (cable from 1-6.3 mm, production one spool/coil 100 meters long per minute; model PS 80 MB/MBN (cable from 1-7 mm, production 1.5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2 spools/coils, 100 m long per minute; and PS 85 MB/MBN (cable from 4-5 mm, production 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1.5 spools/coils, 100 m long per minute).

Personnel: Franco Parma.

Radcliff Wire, Inc. Tel. 860-583-1304 fax 860-583-6553 skirkpatrick@radcliffwire.com USA Booth 432 Exhibiting: Radcliff Wire, a world leader in the manufacturing of quality precision shaped wire, specializes in the sales of beryllium copper wire, brass wire, phosphor bronze wire, nickel-silver wire, copper wire, stainless steel wire, carbon steel wire and nickel alloy wire. For more than 45 years, it has serviced the spring industry. Today, it provides wire to sectors that include military hardware, aerospace, electronics, medical, telecom, automotive, computer hardware and consumer products.

Personnel: Charlie Radcliff, Scott Kirkpatrick, Ted Dickens, Laura Hass, David Moushey, Gary Majchrzak, Tom Molesky.

REELEX Packaging Solutions, Inc. (RPS)/(Formerly Windings, Inc.) Tel. 845-878-7878 fax 845-878-7884 sales@reelex.com USA Booth 2213

Exhibiting: With 30 years of wire packaging experience under its previous name of Windings, Inc., REELEX Packaging Solutions (REELEX) provides customers with unique, user friendly and ecological solutions for wire packaging needs. REELEX will display its complete line of REELEX packaging systems and machinery via video screen and catalogues. REELEX offers coiling machines, automated boxing systems, low tension accumulators, motorized payoffs and more to a wide range of wire, cable and fiber optic products. An industry standard for decades, REELEX continues to increase market acceptance as the preferred package of end users and manu-

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facturers alike. Recent improvements in machinery and packaging will be emphasized at the booth, including miniature REELEX coils and extremely low cost packaging options.

Personnel: Tom Copp, Taylor Richey, Carolyn Edwards, Tim Copp, Carol Swanson.

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REDEX S.A. Tel. 33-2-8-94-42-00 Fax 33-2-38-94-42-99 info@redex.

France Booth 1436 Exhibiting: REDEX designs and manufactures a performing range of cold flattening rolling mills dedicated to the production of rectangular and shaped copper, aluminum and steel wire for magnet wire, construction and automotive industries. The company also offers high-speed traversing lines designed for high-speed recoiling operations.

Rishikesh Electromatic Pvt. Ltd. Tel. 91-22-28701442 Fax 91-22-28986087 sales@wireknitting.com India Booth 241 Exhibiting: Rishikesh Electromatic is a producer of wire knitting machines for mesh pads, mist eliminators, filters, catalyst converters, EMI/RFI shielding products, knitted metals, compressed metals, knitted mesh etc.

Personnel: Vijay Parekh, Parth Parekh, Sanjiv Sawardekar, Bhairavi Parekh.

Sjogren Industries Tel. 508-987-3206 fax 508 987 1965 sales@sjogren.com USA Booth 3738 Exhibiting: Sjogren Industries has been providing high quality machinery, tooling and accessories to the wire and cable industry for more than 75 years.

Its product line includes wire straighteners, wedge grips, tensile testing jaws, wire guides, and magnetic brakes and clutches to be used in a variety of ferrous and nonferrous applications.

Personnel: Carl Sjogren, James McCleery, Jim Jolda, Dave Soderberg, Cheryl Siemienkiewicz.

Steuler Anlagenbau GmbH & Co. KG

Tel. 49-2624-3-302 Fax 49-2624-13-300

service@steuler.de Germany Booth 3423 Exhibiting: Steuler, a leader in electroplating technology, offers technology for both ferrous and nonferrous wire and cable. Its equipment is available for all types of electroplating, designed to meet customer specification. The wire division is responsible for the supply of equipment for electroplating of round and shaped wire as well as strip. The coatings are silver, nickel, tin, lead, zinc and copper.

Wires of different diameters can be plated in the same plant. Typical applications include nickel and copper on stainless steel, tin and nickel on steel or copper alloys, silver on copper alloys, zinc on steel (staple wire) and brass on steel (tire cord). At Interwire, Steuler will present its newest electrolytic calcium phosphating technology that offers heavy metal-free and sludge-free operation at room temperature at similar or even higher line speeds compared to traditional zinc phosphating.

Personnel: Guenter Kutting, Joerg Kurth, Myriam Klein .

Tecnosider Srl Tel. 39-0254-56396 Fax 39-0254-545832 tkt@tktgroup.it Italy Booth 3106

Telecommunications Optimal processing & rigorous control.

Complete manufacturing solutions for all your voice, data and coax needs.

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Serving the wire & cable and tube & pipe industries from locations in Switzerland, Finland, Russia and China.

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Exhibiting: Tecnosider, which has been operating for many years in the steel wiredrawing industry, has extensive knowledge of the market that allows them to serve in an advisory capacity in the production world, finding practical solutions based on actual experience. It designs and constructs auxiliary machinery and devices with a product range that includes: Dekofil mechanical descalers; Galvatek galvanizing devices; KR-KD wire straighteners; TE-TS-TV pulling-in dogs; Dekofil 2000 equipment for fast and effective wire cleaning, and more.

Personnel: Ferruccio Bellina.

Team Meccanica S.p.A. Tel. 39-02-92272100 Fax 39-02-9940023 salesoffice@teammeccanica.it Italy/USA Booth 2032 Exhibiting: Team Meccanica, part of the Eurolls Group, offers a complete range of machines, integrated technology, know how, and engineering from rod to final products. The scope of machines include complete lines for manufacturing steel cords, CO2 welding wire, low relaxation P.C. strand, low relaxation P.C. wire and Hi-Bond, Stainless steel wire, flux cord welding wire, bead wire and wire ropes.

Personnel: Giampaolo Adiletta.

Tecnovo Srl/TKT Group Tel. 39-02-5456396 Fax 39-02-5455832 tkt@tktgroup.it USA Booth 3106 Exhibiting: Tecnovo has been producing lubricants and chemical products for the wire manufacturing and metal

working industry since 1945.

Constructive and continuous co-operation with customers has always been one of its most important company policies. Tecnovo provides full and prompt technical assistance from start to finish:selection of the most suitable product and through testing on the customer’s plant by expert specialist technicians. Tecnovo will research and develop special lubricants and products to customer requirements and specification.

Personnel: Ferruccio Bellina.

1996 by Eurolls, S.p.A. offers customers innovative solutions required to compete in this global economy.

Products include cold rolling lines for the production of small diameter smooth and ribbed wire, cold rolling, straightening and cutting lines, multipass cold rolling lines for the production of small diameter wires equipped with Eurolls micro-cassettes, and three or four pass cold rolling lines equipped with Eurolls cassettes for the production of smooth and ribbed wire.

Personnel: Jorge Camacho.

Teknodiam Srl 2900 Tel. 39-0254-56396 Fax 39-0254-545832 tkt@tktgroup.it Italy Booth 3106 Exhibiting: Teknodiam produces: drawing dies, shaped dies, wire extrusion nipples and die component parts in natural diamond and mono or PCD. With its extremely high level of specialization, Teknodiam is able to produce dies with even the most complex of profiles. Customers are provided with a reliable and prompt reconditioning service for worn dies. The drawing angles and the length of the cylindrical parts are ground to the exact measurements requested, maintaining correct die geometry.

Personnel: Ferruccio Bellina.

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Teurema Europea De Maquinaria, S.L. Tel. 39-943-341919 Fax 39-943-518807 teurema@teurema.com Spain/USA Booth 2032 Exhibiting: Teurema, established in

Unitek North America, Inc. Phone: 203-230-5947 Fax 203-230-9864 tsiedlarz@unitek-na.com USA/Austria Booth 2413 Exhibiting: Unitek will present fixed center crossheads, function of color

CONNECT WITH A WORLD OF WIRE & CABLE SOLUTIONS. RELY . ON THE LEADER. Headquartered in Northeast Ohio, no one provides the breadth of polymer solutions for the global wire & cable industry as PolyOne.

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TKT Group Tel. 39-02-545-6396 Fax 39-02-545-5832 tktgroup@tin.it Italy Booth 3106 Exhibiting: The TKT Group will display the products of Tecnovo®, Koner®, Tecnosider® and Teknodiam, which include powder, oils, liquids, pastes, greases and compounds for dry and wet wire drawing, tungsten carbide wiredrawing dies (for ferrous products) and wiredrawing tools. Also, wire cleaning machinery, machinery/equipment for grinding tungsten dies and mechanical descaling equipment. See individual entries.

Personnel: Ferrucio Bellina.

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Personnel: Tom Siedlarz; Roland Mallinger.

UPCAST OY Tel. 358-207-577400 Fax 358-207577401 sales@upcast.com Finland Booth 2735

Exhibiting: The Upward Continuous Casting (UPCAST®) system was originally innovated and developed by Outokumpu in the late 60s for the production of oxygen-free (OF) copper and copper alloys wire rod. More than 160 UPCAST® units have since been delivered worldwide, establishing it as a leading production method. Under the UPCAST OY name, it will exhibit its full range of single- and double-furnace casting lines. New UPCAST developments include: maximum output increased from 7,500 tpa to 12,000 tpa capacity for a single furnace system and from 30,000 tpa to 40,000 tpa capacity for a double furnace system; a new Omega-type inductor that doubles the previously available power range while markedly decreasing specific power consumption; a transistor converter type stepless power control sys-

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tem that reduces specific power consumption while increasing inductor lifetime and eliminating harmonic resonance effects; and more. Collectively, UPCAST system operators will see a marked improvement in process costefficiency and reliability as well as in the quality of the produced wire rod.

Personnel: Timo Kuusisto, Juan Carlos Bodington.

Vitari SpA Tel. 39-035-528900 Fax 39-035-528.999 vitari@vitari.com Italy/USA Booth 2032 Exhibiting: Vitari, part of the Eurolls Group, offers a complete range of automatic wire straightening and cutting-off machines and chamfering machines. The company offers also automatic bending and welding machines for the manufacture of chains. In addition, their scope includes high speed nail making machines, chain link fencing and hexagonal wire mesh, barbed wire and dress-hangers making machines, plus all ancillary equipment.

Personnel: Mario Vitari, Vittorio Mion, Jose Guadalajara Roseta.

WDT S.r.l.

Tel. 39-02-96451186 Fax 39-02-96458503 info@wdt.it Italy Booth 2806 Exhibiting: Founded in 2003 by Giuseppe Fittipaldi, who has specialized in developing wire drawing equip-

ment technology since 1980, the company has the technical knowledge to suggest productive solutions and to meet the global market requirements for special drawing machines for producing ferrous, nonferrous and alloy mixed special wires. Its technology is essential, easy to run and comes with a guarantee of high performance.

Personnel: Mr Fittipaldi, Mr. Melideo, Mr Ghizzi.

Windak, Inc./Division of Windak AB Tel. 828-322-2292 info@windakusa.com USA/Sweden Booth 3829

Exhibiting: Windak will display and demonstrate a high speed spooling line SW6. Automatic line functions and options include: high speed spooling, carton erection, insertion of spools into cartons and palletizing. Windak offers a full range of spooling, reeling, and coiling solutions. Spools/reels/coils from 6” to 50” in OD and weights to 4,500 lbs (2,000 kg). Line speeds to 2,500 fpm (800 mpm) with outputs of up to 4 1/2 spools per minute. Typical applications include: building wire, LAN cables, coaxial cable, cords, and other flexible cables and tubes.

Personnel: Dan Shelander, Kevin Shea, Amie McManaman, Staffan Edstrom, Mark Dew, James McKinney, Magnus Carlbelg.

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A Appiani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2204 Ace American Wire Die Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3632 Ace Metal Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1930 ACIMAF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3206 ACM AB - KSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 *Acme Saw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2229 Action Energy LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2443 Advanced Plastics Reclaiming LLC . . . . . . . . . . .1644 AEB International Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .823 Aeroel Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3006 AFA Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3417 Agape Industry Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2910 AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3800 All Forming Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1242 Alloy Engineering Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3132 Amacoil Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3709 *AMBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412 American & Efird Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2608 American Electronic Components Inc . . . . . . . . . .1236 *American Fastener Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218 American Wire Producers Association . . . . . . . . . .337

*An Chen Fa Machinery Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1015 Anbao Wire & Mesh Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434 *Anderson Controls Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .812 *Arken Manufacturing Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510 Asahi Sunac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1004 ASB Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2444 Atlantic Wire LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232 *Automation Devices Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Automation Kinetics Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2732 AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3038 AXIS Computer Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3008 Aztech Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1941 B & H Tool Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4207 Baker Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2118 Balloffet Die Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3235 *Barbarotto International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .512 Bartell Machinery Systems LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2029 Base Ten Consulting/Software Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .841 Baum's Castorine Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2742 BCS Industries LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .834 Beijing CEW International Fair Co Ltd . . . . . . . . .1432

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Beijing Holland Trading Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3439 Bekaert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333 Beneke Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .736 Bergandi Machinery Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3135 Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3413 Blachford Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2435 *BM Rebuilders Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505 BMR Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1643 Bongard Drummond Trading LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . .1826 Bonko Inc/Machine Technology & Control . . . . . .2813 Boockmann GmbH/The Slover Group . . . . . . . . .1038 Rolf Bock Maschinenfabrik GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . .2232 Bow Shing Metal Manufacturing Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .4239 Boxy SpA/Boxy Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3604 Breen Color Concentrates Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4205 Brookfield Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1041 Bulk Chemicals Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .941 Buonforte Machinery Works LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . .2738 Caballe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3806 Cable & Tubing Solutions Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2200 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008

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Calmec /MCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2043 *Can-Eng Furnaces Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404 Candor Sweden AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .941 Canterbury Engineering Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2018 Carpenter Technology Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .541 Carris Reels Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2818 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3717 Central Wire Group/Techalloy Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . .832 CeramTec AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3717 CERSA-MCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3436 Cheng I LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1441 Chengdu Centran Industrial Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3436 Chhaperia International Company . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 Chi Ning Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1442 *Ching Chan Machinery Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1000 *Chun Zu Machinery Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .818 Cimteq Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2407C Citma Minmetals Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 Clifford Welding Systems (Pty) Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .1623 Clinton Instrument Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2715 CM Furnaces Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2603 CN Wire Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1232 Coats North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3444 Cogne Specialty Steel USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .641 *Cold Header Machine Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .615 Cometo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2204

Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2605 CommScope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2429 *Computer Insights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 Condat Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1933 Confederaton of Indian Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3142 Conneaut Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2604 Conoptica A/S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3629 Continuus-Properzi SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3600 CoorsTek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2600 Copperweld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1032 Core Furnace Systems Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .741 Cortinovis Machinery SpA/Cortinovis America . . .2032 *Creative Carbide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .715 Crown Technology Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3537 CRU North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2618 Custom Machining & Fabrication . . . . . . . . . . . . .1242 D & S Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .933 *Dah-Lian Machine Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Dalian Konform Technical Company Ltd . . . . . . . .2141 Danieli & C SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2902 data M Software Engineering GmbH . . . . . . . . .2407B Davis Wire Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1032 Davis-Standard LLC/Davis Electric . . . . . . . . . . . .3400 Delachaux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3826 Delisi Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3204 Design & Engineering LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4034

Die Quip Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2113 Dipti Wire Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4236 DISA Industrie AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1635 Domeks Makine Ltd Sti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2238, 2438 Dongguan Baofeng Metal Industry Co . . . . . . . . 4239 Donnelly Reels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4006 *Drawing Technology Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220 Dynamex Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3713 Easen Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .738 Eastern Wire Mfg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3741 E-Beam Services Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2041 Ebner Furnaces Inc/Ebner Industrieofenbau . . . .2911 ECD Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .932 EconoReel Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3844 Eddytech Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134 EJP Machinen HGmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2635 *E L P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .609 Emmerre srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2204 Engineered Control Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2443 Engineered Machinery Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2700 Enkotec Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4000 ERA Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .836 Erocarb SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4211 ESTEVES-DWD USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3200 ETL/Intertek Testing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1937

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Etna- Bechem Lubricants Ltd/Etna Products . . .3110 Euroalpha s r l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2802 Eurobend SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4011 Eurodraw Energy Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2204 EUROLLS Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2032 Eurolls SpA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2032 Eurowire-Intras Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2407A George Evans Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1832 EVG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1438 Evotech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3241 Exel Fil SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1336 Fabritex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2142 Facts Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1037 Fasten Group Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329 *Fastener Equipment Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1004 *Fastener & Fixing Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319 Fastener Technology International . . . . . . . . . . . . .3010 *Fastener World Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .916 *Feng-pei, Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Fenn Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1437 *FH Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*618, 1429 FIB Le Four Industriel Belge SA . . . . . . . . . . . . .3836 Fiber-Line Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1837 Fil-Tec Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4206 Filtertech Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2613 *FIN Fastener Industry News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .605

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Fine International Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2400 * First Header Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .600 Fisk Alloy Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .429 FLYMCA SL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3437 FMS Force AG/FMS USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3732 Foerster Instruments Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342 The Foreign Trade Corp of the Haidian . . . . . . . . . .236 *Formatec GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1014 Forming Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4023 Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3818 FORTUNE Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1633 Frey Group LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4224 OM Frigerio/Mario Frigerio SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 Frontier Composites & Castings Inc . . . . . . . . . . .3733 FSP-One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .632 Karl Fuhr GmbH & Co Kg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2241 *Fu Wei Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1000 T Fukase & Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1835 Galvacor Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238 Garg Sales Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .634 Gauder & Co SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 Gavle Trad AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2045 Gavlick Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2719 GBC Technologies Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3013 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3000 GE- Plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1435

Gem Gravure Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2218 *GEM International Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .815 GEMCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2443 Genca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2018 *General Inspection LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215 Gibbs Wire & Steel Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .332 W Gillies Technologies LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2413 Gimax Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Global Signal Inc USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1237 Global Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223 GMP - Slovakia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 *Goessling USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Rudolf Grauer AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3405 *Greenslade & Company, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .600 *Greenslade Fastener Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .600 GSG GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4031 Guill Tool & Engineering Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2209 Hafner & Krullmann GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1444 Vom Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3223 Hangzhou Sanp Machinery Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .2042 *Hariton Machinery Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1212 Heacock Metal & Machine Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .3338 Heany Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2720 Hearl Heaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2838 Heatbath Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1932

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Heberlein Metall-Handel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3623 Hefei Smarter Technology Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1432 The Heico Wire Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .623 Henrich GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2815 Heritage Wire Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1830 *Heritage Tooling Services Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318 *Heroslam SAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705 Hezel GmbH & Co KG Gebruder . . . . . . . . . . . . .3405 High Performance Conductors Inc IWG . . . . . . . .1223 Hilgeland-Nutap GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3405 The Hilliard Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1841 Hitachi America Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3633 Houghton International Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2908 Howar Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 HSI/Forming Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4023 HTC/Forming Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4023 Huanghua Zhonglian Hardware Products Co . . .4234 Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1823 Huettner Maschineenfabrik GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . .2232 *Hydro Carbide, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408 *Hydropulsor Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415 Hyradix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1641 I-Tech International Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215 ICE Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2115 IDEAL Welding Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1623 Ideal-Werk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1623 *IFMSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219 Imaje USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2615

Industrial Heating Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2641 *Impax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .602 *Industrial Fasteners Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506 Industrial Steel & Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1337 InfoSight Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Inosym Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3417 Integer Research Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3141 International Wire & Cable Symposium Inc . . . . .3010 Intertek Testing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1937 InterWire Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436 *Intools Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1209 Intras Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2407A Invimec Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2906 Iowa Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .534 Italian Trade Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3206 *I-Tech Int Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316 IWE Spools & Handling GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2232 IWG High Performance Conductors Inc . . . . . . . .1223 IWMA International Wire & Machinery Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2407 *J&J Carbide Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1000 Jaykase Manufacturing/FSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4023 *Jerhen Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .418 *Jern Yao Enterprises Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1000 Jiangyin Kangrui Stainless Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234 JJI Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4209 JN Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3609 *Johnstown Wire Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .604

Kalmark Integrated Systems Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3536 Kamatics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2738 KEI Industries Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 Keystone Steel & Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732 *Kinefac Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 King Steel Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338 *Kingsyear Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Kingway Metal Products Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1142 *Kingwin Precision Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Kinrei of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4006 KMK GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3717 Ernst Koch GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4031 Koner SpA/TKT Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2900 *Konfu Enterprises Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .816 Alfred Krenn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2113 Friedr Krollmann GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4031 Kuhar Metallizing Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2718 Kurt Orban Partners LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433 Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2626 Lamnea Bruk AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2132 *L & W Fasteners Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .915 LaserLinc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3617 Laurel Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2709 Leggett & Platt Wire Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1023 Leibinger Inkjet Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1637 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1229 Lesmo Machinery America Inc//OM Lesmo . . . . .2204 Lindlar Surface Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1241

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Mesh Machines Jaeger, T/S, 1987 G5/102 EVG, T/S Vitari Barbed Wire Machines Tainan Cheng Descalers CNC-Benders Drawing Deadblocks

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Lloyd & Bouvier Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2413 Loos & Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .937 Lors Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1638 L-S Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3438 M + E Macchine + Engineering SpA . . . . . . . . . . .4031 M E P SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2804 M&M Metal Wire Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4042 MacDermid Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1833 Mack-Brooks Publishing Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4216 Magnetic Technologies Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3715 Magnus Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3811 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2602 Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2200 Mang Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3432 Manidhari Stainless Wire Pvt Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . .638 *Manufacturing Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .702 Mapre Belgium SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 Mathiasen Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3720 *Mayes & Warwick Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .600 *Mectron Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 *Mega Link Enterprises Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1000 Menam Stainless Wire Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .837 *EW Menn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1004 Merritt Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3400 *Metal Forming Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .606 Metavan N V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823

MFL USA Service Corp - Frigerio . . . . . . . . . . . . .3229 MGS Manufacturing - The MGS Group . . . . . . . .3223 Micro Products Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2432 Microdia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3429 Mikrotek Machines Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1935 Mittal Canada/Mittal Canada Lachine Inc . . . . . . . .729 Montgomery Wire Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223 Montorfano SAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3207 Morgan-Koch Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4031 Mossberg Reel LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3604 *Nakashimada Engineering Works . . . . . . . . . . . . .618 *National Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 *National Roll Thread Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1014 National Strand Products Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1032 Negeu Wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223 NEPTCO Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3108 Nevatia Steel & Alloys Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .936 Nextrom Oy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2418 Niagara Composites Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .2632 Niehoff Endex North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .3423 North American Spring Tool Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2611 Northampton Machinery Co - The MGS Group . .3223 Northeast Steel Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232 Norwalk Innovation Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4204 NOVA-S a s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3719

Noveon Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1433

NUMALLIANCE/NUMAMERICA . . . . . . . . . . .2000 *O & K American Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .610 Oklahoma Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .534 OMA srl/OMA USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2138 OMAS Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2800 OMCG North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2037 OMD Officina Meccanica Domaso SpA . . . . . . . .4023 *ORT Italia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315 *OSG Tap & Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1008 Osborne Technical Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1018 P & R Specialty Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2610 Pan Chemicals SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2904 Paramount Die Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3623 Parkway-Kew Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2729 Pave Automation Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 *PTG Precision Tool Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800 Phifer Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336 Pioneer Machinery Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4034 Pittsfield Plastics Eng Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2441 *PLAN-E-Tech Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .515 Plasmait GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 Plasticolor/Woywod GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2413 Plastore Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4231 Plymouth Wire Reels & Dies Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2605 Polyone Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1632 Ets Pourtier Pere & Fils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209

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Envirotech Consultancy Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4227 Power Sonics LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3811, 612 Precision Die Technologies Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2706 Precision Payoff Systems, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2841 Precision Tool Group (PTG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800 Premier Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3744 Pressure Welding Machines Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1823 PrintSafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3232

Process Control Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3613 Process Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2810 Properzi International Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3600 Proton Products Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3417 PS Costruzioni Meccaniche Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3013 *Push-Up Tools Udyog Pvt Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1938 Qual-Fab Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2442

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*Quality Rebuilding Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .818 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005 Raajratna Metal Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .733 Radcliff Wire Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432 Rad-Con Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2629 Radyne Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2808 Rainbow Rubber & Plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4225 Rautomead Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1136 Redex SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1436 *Reed Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .808 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2135 Reel Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4219 *Reg-Ellen Machine Tool Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400 RichardsApex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3626 Rishhikesh Electromatic Pvt Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241 Rizzardi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2023 *Rockford Manufacturing Group FELM . . . . . . . . .1018 *Rockform Tooling & Machining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408 Rolf Schlicht GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3341 Roots-Tech Preheaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2413 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . .2418 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2829 *RTM Products, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .704 Saarsteel Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .532 *Sacma Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .804 *Sakamura Machine Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1212 *Carlo Salvi SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405 SAMP SpA/SAMP USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2023 *Sanmei Works Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1000 Sanxin Wire Die, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4043 *San Yung Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1000 Sarkuysan SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423 SAS-Spring Analysis Systems Inc/FSI . . . . . . . . .4023 Schlatter Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2423 Schunk Graphite Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2232 *Scientific Forming Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .700 SCOB Paul Schaaf GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4029 Sealeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3736 Seaway Yarns Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1443 Setic SAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 Shanghai JinShen International Co Ltd . . . . . . . . .938 Shanghai Wangxan Optic Fiber Co. . . . . . . . . . . .1432 Shanghai Yingong Wire Products Equipment . . . .126 Shenzhen Woer Heat-Shrinkable Material Co . . .1432 Shivalik Wires Private Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 Shuster-Mettler Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2710 Sictra Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3013 SIKORA AG/SIKORA International Corp . . . . . . .3814 Simas Srl/Forming Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4023 Simpacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4034 Singleton Reels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2243 Sivaco Wire Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1032 Sjogren Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3738 Skaltek Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1423 SKET Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH . . . . . . . . . . .1629 *SMART Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .618 SNTN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3238

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SOMA AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4037 Sonoco Crellin Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2118 South African Wire Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4014 South Fence Machinery Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3636 Spartech Polycom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4229 Spring Analysis Systems, Inc/FSI . . . . . . . . . . . . .4023 Steeger USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3638 Steelmatic Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 Steintex Walter vom Stein OHG . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3423 *Sterling Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1008 Steuler Anlagenbau GmbH & Co. KG . . . . . . . . . 3423 Stoelting Cleaning Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3442 Stolberger KMB-Maschinenfabrik GmbH . . . . . . .2815 August Strecker GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . . . . .3405 Subec AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3717 Summit City Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4220 Sweed Recycling Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2638 Sylvin Technologies Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2044 T & T Marketing Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2702 TAK Enterprises Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2832 Talladega Machinery & Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2626 *Talleres Saspi SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204 Taubensee Steel & Wire Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .636 Taymer Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3619

TBE- T Butler Engineering Ltd/FSI . . . . . . . . . . . .4023 Team Meccanica Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2032 Technical Marketing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3432 Tecna SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1638 Tecnovo Srl/TKT Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3106 Tecnosider Srl/TKT Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3106 Teknodiam Srl/TKT Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3106 Teknor Apex Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3409 Tensor Machinery Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3823 Teurema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2032 Thermoplastics Engineering Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .2242 *Thomason Machine Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .600 *3View.Com Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1000 Tian Jin Yong Ze Metal Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237 Tianjin Mei Jia Hua Trade Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3041 *Ticho Industries Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1016 Timco Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2704 TKT Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3106 Traxit North America LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2129 Troester GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2835 *Truform Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1000 Tubular Products Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4214 Tulsa Power LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3834 Ultimation Machines Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2407D

*Unimatic Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1012 United Wire Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1036 Unitek North America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2413 *Universal Punch Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .912 Uniwire International Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .829 Upcast Oy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2735 Urbano Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1835 US Synthetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4215 *USA Carbide Tooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508 Vandor Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4219 *Videx Machine Eng Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212 Villacero Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 Vitari SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2032 Vollmer America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3615 Wafios AG/Wafios Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . .3405 Wardwell Braiding Machine Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4018 Warner Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2811 Watson Parts & Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4006 WDT Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2806 Weber & Scher Mfg Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3417 Welding Wire Machineries Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3229 Whitelegg Machines Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4023 William McCaskie Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4224 Windak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3829 Windings Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2213 Wire & Cable Industry Suppliers Association . . . .3010

Wire & Cable Asia Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2407 Wire & Cable India 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3142 Wire & Cable Technology International . . . . . . . . .3010 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2223 wire 2007/wire Southeast Asia - MDNA . . . . . . . .3742 wire 2008/wire China - MDNA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3742 Wire Association Int’l/Wire Journal Int’l . . . .show floor Wire Forming Technology International . . . . . . . . .3010 Wire Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4216 Wire Lab Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2623 Wire Machine Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2232 Wire World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1642 Witels Albert USA Ltd/Witels Albert GmbH . . . . .3710 Woodburn Diamond Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2619 Worth Steel & Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .934 Woywod Kunststoffmaschinen GmbH . . . . . . . . . .2413 WRCA Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1338 *Wrentham Tool Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .709 Wyrepak Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2713 Wyre Wynd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318 Xin Ya America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138 Ya Sih Technology Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4034 Yield Management Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3539 YMD Engineering LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3641 YR Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1142 Zapp USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1029 Zhejiang Minmetals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1138 Zhongchen Cable Materials Group . . . . . . . . . . .3441 Zumbach Electronics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2013

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EXHIBITOR PRODUCT DIRECTORY (AS OF MARCH 18) Air Wipes Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Candor Sweden AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .941 Davis-Standard, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3400 Euroalpha s r l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2802 T Fukase & Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1835 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3000 v Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3223 Heany Ind Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2720 Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1823 Le Four Industriel Belge SA FIB . . . . . . . .3836 Merritt Davis Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3400 MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3223 Northampton Machinery Co . . . . . . . . . . .3223 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1938 Urbano Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1835 Aluminum and Al Alloys A.E.B. International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .823 Beneke Wire Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .736 Global Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336 SARK-USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423 Shanghai Wangxun Optic Fiber Co . . . . .1432 Zhongchen Cable Materials Group . . . . . .3441 Aluminum Wire Mfg Beneke Wire Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .736 Engineered Machinery/Macbee . . . . . . . . .2700 FSP-one, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .632 Global Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005 Foreign Trade Corp/Haidian District . . . . . .236 Annealing Atmospheres Core Furnace Systems Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .741 EBNER Furnaces, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2911 Euroalpha s r l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2802 Fabritex Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2142 Le Four Industriel Belge SA FIB . . . . . . .3836 HyRadix, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1641 RAD-CON Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2629 Annealing Equipment Buhler USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3741 Core Furnace Systems Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . 741 Engineered Machinery/MACBEE . . . . . 2700 Euroalpha s r l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2802 EuroDraw Energy SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2204 HOWAR Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 Le Four Industriel Belge SA . . . . . . . . . . .3836 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . .2204 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .3720 Niehoff Endex North America Inc . . . . . .3423

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Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1938 RAD-CON Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2629 Radyne Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2808 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2023 Talladega Machinery & Supply . . . . . . . .2626 Wire and Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . .2223

Bolt and Nut Making Machinery AMBA (Aachener Maschinenbau) . . . . . . .412 Chun Zu Machinery Industry Co . . . . . . . . .818 Manufacturing Solutions, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .702 Quality Rebuilding Corporation . . . . . . . . . .818 WAFIOS Machinery Corporation . . . . . . .3405

Assembly Systems Barbarotto International Machinery . . . . . . .512 Foerster Instruments, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342 Sealeze A Unit of Jason, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .3736

Bolt Makers AMBA (Aachener Maschinenbau) . . . . . . .412 Barbarotto International Machinery . . . . . . .512 Sacma Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . . . .804 Foreign Trade Corp/Haidian District . . . . . .236 Power Sonics/Magnus Eqt . . . . . . . . .3811, 612 Shivalik Wires Private Limited . . . . . . . . . .137

Associations American Wire Producers Association . . . .337 Confederation of Indian Industry . . . . . . . .3142 Industrial Fasteners Institute (IFI) . . . . . . . .506 International Wire & Machinery Association (IWMA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2407 South African Wire Association . . . . . . . . .4014 Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association (WCISA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3010 Wire Association International . . . . . . . . .Floor Automation Equipment Acme Saw/Tubex Technology . . . . . . . . . .2229 AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3800 Automation Devices, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Core Furnace Systems Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .741 Design & Engineering LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .4034 Engineered Controls System Inc . . . . . . . .2443 Euroalpha s r l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2802 FACTS, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1037 Foerster Instruments, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3223 Ideal Welding/Clifford Welding . . . . . . . . .1623 MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3223 Northampton Machinery Co . . . . . . . . . . .3223 OMCG North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2037 Pave Automation Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 PS Costruzioni Meccaniche Srl . . . . . . . . .3013 Sealeze A Unit of Jason, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .3736 Simple Packaging Solutions . . . . . . . . . . .4034 TBE - T Butler Eng Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4023 Windak, Inc/Windak AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3829 Wire World Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1642 Ya Sih Technology Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .4034 Belts Rainbow Rubber & Plastics . . . . . . . . . . . .4225 Blank and Part Feeders Automation Devices, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Cometo snc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2204 Manufacturing Solutions, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .702

Braiders Niehoff Endex North America . . . . . . . . . .3423 Wardwell Braiding Machine Co . . . . . . . .4018 Braiding and Weaving Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2605 Easen Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .738 Fine International Corporation . . . . . . . . . .2400 Gavlick Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . .2719 The Hilliard Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1841 Nevatia Steel & Alloys Pvt Ltd . . . . . . . . . .936 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336 Rishikesh Electromatic Pvt Ltd . . . . . . . . . .231 Steeger USA, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3638 Wire World Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1642 Yield Management Corporation . . . . . . . .3539 Brakes and Clutches The Hilliard Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1841 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2602 Sjogren Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3738 Warner Electric/Wichita Clutch . . . . . . . . .2811 Bunchers - Bows Buonforte Machinery Works LLC . . . . . .2738 Frontier Composites and Castings . . . . . .3733 Gauder Group Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . .2204 MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3223 Niagara Composites Industries Inc . . . . . .2632 Northampton Machinery Co . . . . . . . . . . .3223 OM Lesmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2204 Pourtier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 Setic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 Bunchers - Machinery Buonforte Machinery Works LLC . . . . . .2738 Caballe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3806 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2605 Dynamex Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3713

Cable Accessories Easen Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .738 Erocarb SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4211 Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1823 Sealeze A Unit of Jason, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .3736 Shenzhen Woer Heat-Shrinkable Mat . . . .1432 Shi Jiazhuang Kingway Metal Prod . . . . .1142

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Gauder Group Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . .2204 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2413 MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3223 Niehoff Endex North America Inc . . . . . .3423 Northampton Machinery Co . . . . . . . . . . .3223 OM Lesmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2204 Pourtier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2829 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2023 Setic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 SKET GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1629 Talladega Machinery & Supply . . . . . . . .2626 Thermoplastics Engineering Corp . . . . . . .2242 Wire and Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . .2223

Capstans BMR Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1643 Heacock Metal and Machine Co, Inc . . . 3338 Parkway-Kew Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .2729 Chain Making Machinery

AGAPE Industry, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2910 Fortune Machinery Company, Inc . . . . . . .1633 Gavlick Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . .2719 Vitari Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2032 WAFIOS Machinery Corporation . . . . . . .3405

Envirotec Consultancy Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . .4227 Gem Gravure Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2218 Heany Ind Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2720 JJI Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4209 MacDermid Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . .1833 Pan Chemicals S.p.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2904 Parkway-Kew Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .2729 Power Sonics/Magnus Eqp . . . . . . . .3811, 612 Traxit North America, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .2129 Wire Industry/wwwequip4wirecom . . . . .4216

Chemicals and Coatings ASB Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2444 Aztech Lubricants LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1941 Acme Saw/Tubex Technology . . . . . . . . . .2229 BMR Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1643 Condat Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1933 Condat SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1933 Crown Technology, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3537 CSP Evotech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3241

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• (4) Bar Tie Wire Spooling Machines; 3- 3-1/2 lbs.; 16 ga.

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Boockmann GmbH/Slover Group . . . . . . .1038 Candor Sweden AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .941 Galvacor Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3000 Heatbath Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1932 MacDermid Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . .1833 Pan Chemicals S.p.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2904 Process Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2810 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1938 RichardsApex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3626 Cold Forming Machinery/tooling AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3800 All Forming Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .1242 Barbarotto International Machinery . . . . . . .512 Chun Zu Machinery Industry Co . . . . . . . . .818 Enkotec Company, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4000 Forming Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4023 Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1823 NUMALLIANCE/NUMAMERICA . . . .2000 Phifer Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336 Sealeze A Unit of Jason, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .3736 Shenzhen Woer Heat-Shrinkable Mat . . . .1432 Shi Jiazhuang Kingway Metal Prod . . . . .1142 Cold Headers AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3800 AMBA (Aachener Maschinenbau) . . . . . . .412 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3717 Chun Zu Machinery Industry Co . . . . . . . . .818 NUMALLIANCE/NUMAMERICA . . . .2000 OMCG North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2037 Quality Rebuilding Corporation . . . . . . . . . .818 Sacma Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . . . .804 WAFIOS Machinery Corporation . . . . . . .3405 Cold Pressure Welding August Strecker GmbH & Co Kg . . . . . . .3405 T Fukase & Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1835 Urbano Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1835 WAFIOS Machinery Corporation . . . . . . .3405 Wire Industry/wwwequip4wirecom . . . . .4216 Compounds, Thermoplastic Domeks Makine Limited . . . . . . . . .2238, 2438 JJI Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4209 PolyOne Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1632 Setic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 Sylvin Technologies, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2044 T & T Marketing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2702 Teknor Apex Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3409 Teknor Color Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3409 Zhongchen Cable Materials Group . . . . . .3441 Compounds, Thermoset PolyOne Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1632 T & T Marketing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2702 Teknor Apex Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3409 Zhongchen Cable Materials Group . . . . . .3441 Computer Hardware/Software AXIS Computer Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . . .3008 Base Ten Consulting/Software Inc . . . . . . . .841 Cimteq Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2407C Data M Software GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . .2407B Metal Forming Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .606 Proton Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3417

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Scientific Forming Tech Corp . . . . . . . . . . .700 Witels Albert USA, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3710 Continuous Casting Machinery and Auxiliary Equipment Beijing Holland Tech. Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . 3439 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .3720 Properzi International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3600 UPCAST OY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2735 Wire World Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1642 Copper and Copper Alloys A.E.B. International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .823 CN Wire Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1232 Copperweld Bimetallics, LLC . . . . . . . . .1032 Euroalpha s r l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2802 FSP-one, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .632 Global Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1229 MacDermid Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . .1833 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2602 Radcliff Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432 SARK-USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423 Sarkuysan AS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423 UPCAST OY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2735 Zhongchen Cable Materials Group . . . . . .3441 Copper Wire Processing A.E.B. International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .823 AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3038 Beijing Holland Tech. Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . 3439 Boockmann GmbH/Slover Group . . . . . . .1038 Central Wire/Tech Alloy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .832 CN Wire Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1232 Euroalpha s r l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2802 IWG/High Perf Conductors . . . . . . . . . . . .1223 Leoni Wire Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1229 MacDermid Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . .1833 Power Sonics/Magnus Eqp . . . . . . . .3811, 612 Radcliff Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2023 Crossheads and Extrusion Tooling ACM AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 Balloffet Die Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3235 Davis-Standard, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3400 Erocarb SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4211 Fine International Corporation . . . . . . . . . .2400 GENCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2018 Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1823 Microdia, Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3429 Pressure Welding Machiness . . . . . . . . . . .1823 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . . . .2418 Troester GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . . . . .2835 Unitek North America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 2413 Crosslinking Equipment E-BEAM Services, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2041 Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2200 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . . . .2418 Descaling, Cleaning and Plating Equipment Boockmann GmbH/Slover Group . . . . . . .1038 Candor Sweden AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .941 Cheng I LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1441

DISA Industrie AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1635 Drawing Technology, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220 ECD Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .932 EVG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148 Fabritex Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2142 Fortune Machinery Company, Inc . . . . . . .1633 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3000 Heacock Metal and Machine Co, Inc . . . 3338 HOWAR Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 OM Frigerio Mario & C Srl . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 Ernst Koch /Morgan Koch . . . . . . . . . . . . .4031 MacDermid Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . .1833 Pan Chemicals S.p.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2904 Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1938 Rockford Manufacturing Group . . . . . . . .1018 Sealeze, A Unit of Jason, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .3736 Tecnosider Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3106 WDT S.r.l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2806 Wire Lab Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2623 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2232 WTHK - GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3623 Die Grinding and Finishing Equipment Canterbury Engineering Company . . . . . .2018 Conoptica AS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3629 Die Quip Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2113 Heritage Wire Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1830 Koner SpA/TKT Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3106 Mikrotek Machines Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1935 OSG Tap & Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1008 Pan Chemicals S.p.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2904 Sanxin Wire Die, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4043 Dies and Die Compounds Ace American Wire Die Co . . . . . . . . . . . .3632 Balloffet Die Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3235 Davis-Standard, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3400 ESTEVES-DWD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3200 Fort Wayne Wire Die, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3818 GENCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2018 Heritage Wire Die Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1830 Mikrotek Machines Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1935 OM Frigerio Mario & C Srl . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 Hall Ind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3223 Ideal Welding/Clifford Welding . . . . . . . . .1623 Koner SpA/TKT Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3106 Pan Chemicals S.p.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2904 Paramount Die Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3623 Precision Die Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . .2706 Sanxin Wire Die, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4043 SCOB Paul Schaaf GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . .4029 Sterling Die, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1008 Summit City Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4220 Teknodiam Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3106 US Synthetic Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4215 Wire Industry/wwwequip4wirecom . . . . .4216 Wire World Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1642 Woodburn Diamond Die, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .2619 Distribution / Warehouses Baker Division/Sonoco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2118 Carris Reels, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2818 Gibbs Wire & Steel Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .332 Witels Albert USA, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3710

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Drawing Machines and Auxiliary Equipment Barbarotto International Machinery . . . . . . .512 Beijing Holland Tech. Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . 3439 Boockmann GmbH/ Slover Group . . . . . .1038 Cheng I LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1441 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2605 Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche . . . . 2902 Drawing Technology, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220 Engineered Machinery/Macbee . . . . . . . . .2700 Euroalpha s r l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2802 EuroDraw Energy SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2204 Fenn Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1437 Fortune Machinery Company, Inc . . . . . . .1633 Ernst Koch /Morgan Koch . . . . . . . . . . . . .4031

Mario Frigerio SpA/MFL USA . . . . . . . . .3229 .

Gauder Group Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 Gavlick Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . .2719 GBC Technologies, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3013 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3000 Hefei Smarter Technology Co, Ltd . . . . . .1432 The Hilliard Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1841 HOWAR Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . .2204 M+E Macchine+Engineering Srl . . . . . . . .4031 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .3720 Niehoff Endex North America Inc . . . . . .3423 NOVA-S as . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3719 OM Frigerio Mario & C Srl . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 Plasmait Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 Pourtier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 Properzi International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3600

Rockford Manufacturing Group . . . . . . . .1018 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2023 Schlatter Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2423 Setic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 Talladega Machinery & Supply . . . . . . . . .2626 Team Meccanica SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2032 Urbano Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1835 WDT S.r.l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2806 Wire and Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . .2223 Witels Albert USA, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3710 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . .934 WTHK - GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3623 Drilling, Cutting, Grinding and Secondary Operations Acme Saw/Tubex Technology . . . . . . . . . .2229 BMR Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1643

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Drives and Controls Action Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2443 AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3038 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3717 Cortinovis America, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2032 Davis-Standard, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3400 Design & Engineering LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .4034 Engineered Controls System Inc . . . . . . . .2443 FACTS, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1037 FMS AG/FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3732 Gemco Electrical and Mech Cont . . . . . . .2443 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2602 Merritt Davis Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3400 Tulsa Power LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3834 Warner Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2811 Witels Albert USA, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3710 Electric Utilities Action Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2443 Electrical Wire and Cable Mfg A.E.B. International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .823 AFA Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3417 FSP-one, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .632 JI Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4209 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005

SARK-USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423 Sealeze A Unit of Jason, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .3736 Stolberger GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2815 Foreign Trade Corp/Haidian District . . . . . .236 Weber & Scher Mfg Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . .3417

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Manufacturing Solutions, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .702 Parkway-Kew Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .2729 WAFIOS Machinery Corporation . . . . . . .3405

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Filtertech, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2613 Extruders and Auxiliary Equipment ACM AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3038 Beijing Holland Tech. Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . 3439 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2605 Davis-Standard, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3400 Design & Engineering LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .4034 Erocarb SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4211 FACTS, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1037 Fine International Corporation . . . . . . . . . .2400 Gauder Group Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2413 Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2200 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .3720 Merritt Davis Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3400 Microdia, Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3429 NOVA-S as . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3719 Plastore, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4231 Process Control Corporation . . . . . . . . . . .3613 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . . . .2418

SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2023 Thermoplastics Engineering Corp . . . . . . .2242 Troester GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . . . . .2835 Videx Machine Engineering Ltd . . . . . . . . .212 Wire and Plastic Machinery Corp . . . . . . .2223 Wire Industry/wwwequip4wirecom . . . . .4216 Extrusion Accessories ACM AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 Balloffet Die Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3235 Beijing Holland Tech. Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . 3439 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Canterbury Engineering Company . . . . . .2018 Davis-Standard, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3400 Erocarb SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4211 FACTS, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1037 GENCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2018 v Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Hefei Smarter Technology Co, Ltd . . . . . .1432

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Bartell Machinery Systems LLC . . . . . . . .2029 BMR Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1643 Barbarotto International Machinery . . . . . . .512 Bongard Drummond Trading LLC . . . . . .1826 Buonforte Machinery Works LLC . . . . . .2738 Chun Zu Machinery Industry Co . . . . . . . . .818 Cortinovis America, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2032 Davis-Standard, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3400 Design & Engineering LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .4034 Drawing Technology, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220 Engineered Machinery/Macbee . . . . . . . . .2700 FACTS, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1037 Fenn Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1437 Gauder Group Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 Greenslade Fastener Services . . . . . . . . . . . 600 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3223 v Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Kuhar Metallizing Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .2718 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2413 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2602 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .3720 Merritt Davis Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3400 MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3223 Northampton Machinery Co . . . . . . . . . . .3223 NOVA-S as . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3719 Parkway-Kew Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .2729 Properzi International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3600 Quality Rebuilding Corporation . . . . . . . . . .818 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005

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MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2602 Process Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2810 Proton Products International Ltd . . . . . . .3417 QED Wire Lines Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1938 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2023 SIKORA International Corp . . . . . . . . . . . .3814 Tensor Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3823 Yield Management Corporation . . . . . . . .3539 Zumbach Electronics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .2013 Protective Atmospheres Core Furnace Systems Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .741 HyRadix, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1641 Publications/On-line media Eurowire Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2407 Fastener & Fixing Europe Magazine . . . . .319 Fastener Technology International . . . . . .3010 Industrial Heating Magazine . . . . . . . . . . .2641 Wire & Cable Asia Magazine . . . . . . . . . .2407 Wire & Cable Technology Int’l . . . . . . . . .3010 Wire Journal International . . . . . . . . . . . . .Floor Wire Forming Technology Int’l . . . . . . . . .3010 Wire Industry/wwwequip4wirecom . . . . .4216 Wire World Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1642 Pulleys Buonforte Machinery Works LLC . . . . . .2738 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3717 FMS AG/FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3732 GBC Technologies, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3013 Heany Ind Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2720 Kuhar Metallizing Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .2718 Parkway-Kew Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .2729 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2232 Wyrepak Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2713 Reclamation Equipment Advanced Plastics Reclaiming LLC . . . . .1644 Crown Technology, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3537 Davis-Standard, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3400 Filtertech, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2613 v Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Merritt Davis Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3400 Sealeze A Unit of Jason, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .3736 Shenzhen Woer Heat-Shrinkable Mat . . . .1432 Shi Jiazhuang Kingway Metal Prod . . . . .1142 Reels, Spools, Drums and Bobbins AAppiani SrL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2204 Ace Metal Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1930 Baker Division/Sonoco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2118 Boxy SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3604 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Carris Reels, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2818 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2605 EconoReel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3844 George Evans Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1832 v Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 GMP-Slovakai Sro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 GÄVLE TRÅD AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2045 Häfner & Krullmann GmbH . . . . . . . . . . .1444 Hearl Heaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2838 HOWAR Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 Inosym Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3417 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . .2204 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2602

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Rolling Mills and Auxiliary Equipment Beijing Holland Tech. Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . 3439 Buhler USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3741 Data M Software GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . .2407B Engineered Machinery/Macbee . . . . . . . . .2700 Eurolls Machinery Division SpA . . . . . . .2032 EVG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148 Fenn Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1437 Fortune Machinery Company, Inc . . . . . . .1633 Invimec Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2906 Karl Fuhr GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . . . .2241 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .3720 Properzi International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3600 REDEX S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1436 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2232 Screw Making Machinery Chun Zu Machinery Industry Co . . . . . . . . .818 Quality Rebuilding Corporation . . . . . . . . . .818 Shivalik Wires Private Limited . . . . . . . . . .137 WAFIOS Machinery Corporation . . . . . . .3405 Secondary Operations Machines Chun Zu Machinery Industry Co . . . . . . . . .818 InterWire Products Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436 Manufacturing Solutions, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .702 Tensor Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3823 Videx Machine Engineering Ltd . . . . . . . . .212 Sensors Aeroel S.r.l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 CERSA-MCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3436 Conoptica AS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3629 FACTS, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1037 FMS AG/FMS USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3732 LaserLinc, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3617 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2602 Proton Products International Ltd . . . . . . .3417 SIKORA International Corp . . . . . . . . . . . .3814 Warner Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2811 Zumbach Electronics Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . .2013 Shaping Machinery Fenn Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1437 Gavlick Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . .2719 Invimec Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2906 MAGPOWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2602 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2829 Specialty Fiber and Services American & Efird, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2608 Seaway Yarns Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1443 Spoolers and Respoolers AFA Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3417 Amacoil, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3709 AW Machinery LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3038 BMR Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1643 Buonforte Machinery Works LLC . . . . . .2738 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3717 Cheng I LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1441 Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2605 Conductix Delachaux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3826 Domeks Makine Limited . . . . . . . . .2238, 2438 Engineered Machinery/Macbee . . . . . . . . .2700

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Gauder Group Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3000 Gimax Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 v Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Hall Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3223 Huestis Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1823 Ideal Welding/Clifford Welding . . . . . . . . .1623 Ernst Koch /Morgan Koch . . . . . . . . . . . . .4031 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . .2204 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2413 M+E Macchine+Engineering Srl . . . . . . . .4031 MGS Manufacturing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3223 Niehoff Endex North America Inc . . . . . .3423 Northampton Machinery Co . . . . . . . . . . .3223 Pourtier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 PS Costruzioni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3013 Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2135 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . . . .2418 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2829 SAMP USA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2023 Setic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 Stolberger GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2815 Talladega Machinery & Supply . . . . . . . . .2626 Thermoplastics Engineering Corp . . . . . . .2242 Troester GmbH & Co KG . . . . . . . . . . . . .2835 Tulsa Power LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3834

Spring Making Machinery All Forming Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .1242 Fenn Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1437 FH Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .618, 1429 Forming Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4023 HTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4023 InterWire Products Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436 NOVA-S as . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3719 TBE - T Butler Eng Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4023 Shuster-Mettler Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2710 WAFIOS Machinery Corporation . . . . . . .3405 Spring Testing Equipment Forming Systems, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4023 HSI/Spring Analysis Systems, Inc . . . . . . .4023

Stainless Steel Wire Mfg A.E.B. International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .823 Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh . . . . .434 Beijing Holland Tech. Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . 3439 Carpenter Technology Corp . . . . . . . . .541-542 Central Wire/Tech Alloy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .832 D & S Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .933 ECD Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .932 Foreign Trade Corp/Haidian District . . . . . .236

Garg Sales Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .634 Gibbs Wire & Steel Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .332 Jiangyin Kangrui Stainless Steel Prd . . . . . .234 KEI Industries Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 Loos & Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .937 Manidhari Stainless Wire Pvt. Ltd. . . . . . . .638 Nevatia Steel & Alloys Pvt Ltd . . . . . . . . . .936 Power Sonics/Magnus Eqp . . . . . . . .3811, 612 Raajratna Metal Industries Limited . . . . . . .733 Radcliff Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432 Shanghai Great Concord Ind Corp . . . . . . .938 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1036 Steel, Rod, Bar and Bare Wire Anbao (Qinhuangdao) Wire & Mesh . . . . .434 Atlantic Wire Co LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232 Beijing Holland Tech. Co, Ltd . . . . . . . . . 3439 Bow Shing Metal Mfg Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .4239 Carpenter Technology Corp . . . . . . . . .541-542

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D & S Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .933 Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche . . . . 2902 Envirotec Consultancy Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . .4227 Foreign Trade Corp/Haidian District . . . . . .236 Galvacor Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238 Garg Sales Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .634 Keystone Steel & Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732 King Steel Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338 Leggett & Platt Wire Group . . . . . . . . . . . .1023 Mittal Canada Lachine Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .729 Nevatia Steel & Alloys Pvt Ltd . . . . . . . . . .936 Shivalik Wires Private Limited . . . . . . . . . .137 Taubensee Steel and Wire Company . . . . . .636 United Wire Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1036 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . .934 Zhongchen Cable Materials Group . . . . . .3441 Stepcones BMR Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1643 Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3717 Kuhar Metallizing Co, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .2718 Parkway-Kew Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . .2729 Talladega Machinery & Supply . . . . . . . .2626 Timco Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2704 Wire Machine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2232 Straightening and Cutoff Machinery and Equipment/Services AIM Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3800

All Forming Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .1242 AMBA (Aachener Maschinenbau) . . . . . . .412 Cometo snc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2204 Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche . . . . 2902 Delisi Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3204 ERA Wire, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .836 Fenn Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1437 FH Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .618, 1429 Fortune Machinery Company, Inc . . . . . . .1633 Gavlick Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . .2719 GÄVLE TRÅD AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2045 Manufacturing Solutions, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .702 Mathiasen Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .3720 OMCG North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2037 Pave Automation Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 .

Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2135 Rockford Manufacturing Group . . . . . . . .1018 Schlatter Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2423 Shuster-Mettler Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2710 Tecnosider Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3106 Ultimation Machines Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .2407D WAFIOS Machinery Corporation . . . . . . .3405 Witels Albert USA, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3710 Worth Steel and Machinery, Inc . . . . . . . . . .934 Stranders and Auxiliary Equipment Bartell Machinery Systems LLC . . . . . . . .2029 Buonforte Machinery Works LLC . . . . . .2738 Caballe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3806 Cable Consultants Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008

Commission Brokers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2605 Conductix Delachaux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3826 Cortinovis America, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2032 Dynamex Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3713 Euroalpha s r l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2802 Fine International Corporation . . . . . . . . . .2400 FLYMCA SL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3437 Fortune Machinery Company, Inc . . . . . . .1633 Mario Frigerio SpA/MFL USA . . . . . . . . .3229 .

Gauder Group Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 Gavlick Machinery Corporation . . . . . . . .2719 GCR Eurodraw SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3000 v Hagen & Funke GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 HOWAR Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2823 Lesmo Machinery America, Inc . . . . . . . .2204 Lloyd & Bouvier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2413 Niagara Composites Industries Inc . . . . . .2632 Niehoff Endex North America Inc . . . . . .3423 OM Lesmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2204 Pourtier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 Properzi International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3600 Queins & Co GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies . . . . . . .2418 Roteq Machinery Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2829 Setic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3209 SKET GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1629 S N T N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3238 Stolberger GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2815 Talladega Machinery & Supply . . . . . . . .2626 Tensor Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3823

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Keir Manufacturing, Inc.

1-800-992-2402

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Effect of high-quality wire rod and micro-alloying on properties of steel wire in PCCP

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Using wire rod free of inclusions and entrapments is a key factor in steel wire production and quality, with further improvements possible from micro-alloying with vanadium.

By Surya Kumar Singh

Various concrete structures, e.g. build-

ings, bridges, dams, pressure vessels, railway sleepers, PCCP pipes, etc., are made of prestressed concrete in which prestressing steel wires are placed in a permanent state of tension to compensate for the inadequate tensile strength of the concrete. By prestressing the steel reinforcement, the concrete is placed under compression, which helps prevent tensile cracking from occurring. Unlike the reinforced concrete structure--where stresses arise from the dead weight of concrete and the service loading and where an individual reinforcing bar is not structurally critical--loss of a single wire or a few wires in a prestressed concrete system can have important implications on the life of the structure.

The durability of the steel reinforcement in prestressed concrete is generally found good under normal conditions as specified in BS code of practice CP-

115, but the application of concrete structure in critical environmental conditions enhances corrosion of steel.

The prestressing steel wires conforming to BS: 5896 has pearlitic structure and contain carbon in the range 0.660.93% with 0.2% Proof Stress in the range 1400-1600 MPa. The prestressing steel wires with pearlitic microstructure have been found with good performance record in service but are prone to brittle service failures, especially when exposed to highly aggressive environmental conditions1,2. The sudden breakage of prestressed steel wires is caused by cracking due to Hydrogen Embrittlement Stress Cracking (HESC). The failure of wires embedded in concrete that is exposed to de-icing salt and to marine environments has been associated with hydrogen embrittlement1,3,4.

Manufacture of prestressing steel wire

Fig. 1. Microstructure of 13.5 mm wire rod.

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The material used for the manufacture of prestressing steel wire is high carbon steel (C<1.0 %). Normally these wires are made from the following chemistry (weight %): C (0.81/0.85), Mn (0.60/0.70), Si (0.15/0.25), S (0.03 max.), P (0.030 max.), Cr (0.15-0.30).

Quality of steel and wire rod. High quality steel and hot rolled wire rods are essential for the superior performance during the wiredrawing operation and service life of the wire.

The steel is made through basic oxygen or electric arc furnace route. The

steel is treated in a Ladle Refining Furnace (LRF) to make clean steel. The lower level of inclusions is desired to enhance the properties of steel. The nitrogen content should be limited to 50 ppm max. since it affects the dynamic strain aging (DSA) property of the wire.

The billets are produced through continuous casting route with the use of an electromagnetic stirrer to minimize the central segregation of C with homogenous steel. Appropriate precautions are taken to avoid the surface and subsurface defects and entrapments of slag, etc., in the billets. A protected stream casting is essential for good quality steel billets. The finished chemistry of a steel heat should be in a narrow band; particularly for carbon and manganese, that should be within a five point range.

The wire rod mill should have an atmosphere-controlled walking beam billet reheating furnace to minimize the decarburization and uniform temperature across the billet length and width, resulting in mechanical properties that are within a narrow band. The rolling mill should have low temperature finished rolling, below 900째C, combined with a higher cooling rate at a Stelmor conveyor length. During wire rod rolling, the strand #3 temperature, finish pass rolling temperature, laying head temperature (LHT) and Stelmor cooling rate are adjusted according to the wire rod sizes to achieve the desired microstructure and strength. The objective of the controlled wire rod rolling parameters is to ensure a fine pearlitic

structure in the finished wire rod. It is a standard practice to achieve approximately 7% maximum resolved pearlite (x 500 magnification) in wire rod diameter sizes 12 mm and above. See Fig.1.

Normally it is difficult to achieve this level of resolved pearlite in a higher diameter wire rod but it is achieved by wire rod mills with advance features.

The wire rods with such microstructure can be drawn to finish sizes without lead patenting, which is not an environmental friendly process.

Wire rod mills should have a reducing size mill (RSM) for wire rod shape control and to restrict the rod-ovality to 0.10 mm max. Wire rod with higher ovality, i.e. 0.2 mm and above, are not good for appropriate practices during wiredrawing. The wire rod should be free from surface defects such as scratches, laps, seams and a high level of decarburization as well as from internal defects such as voids, cracks, slag and any other entrapment. The presence of these defects leads to breakages during the wiredrawing operation. The presence of heavy inclusions and slag entrapments, etc., in wire rod leads to weak weld joints and a higher number of wire breakages during drawing.

The required strength and ductility of wire rod depends on the form and size of grain structure, which are achieved by varying the chemical composition, heat treatment and cold drawing. Steels with different carbon content and alloying elements can exist in different forms. At a carbon content about 0.82%, the cooling austenite (a mixture of molten alloy and solid solution of carbon) changes into a micro laminar structure called “pearlite” at about 700°C. Ferrite is a soft phase and cementite is hard and brittle, hence pearlite combines the ductility of ferrite and strength of cementite5.

Very rapid cooling of austenite results in the formation of martensite, a supersaturated solid solution of carbon in iron. This phase has a fine structure and is very strong and hard but brittle. The internal stresses are caused by drastic cooling that may damage the steel, particularly in the case of larger diameters.

This can be prevented by addition of alloying elements Cr, Mn or V, which lower the hardening temperature and critical cooling rate of the steel. These elements may have other effects, e.g.,

Mn strengthens the ferrite matrix. Sulphur, phosphorus and silicon are among the most harmful elements and are restricted by British Standard Code: BS5896-1980.

Natural aging of wire rod with high carbon contents, such as prestressing steel wire, is a common phenomenon.

The aging period, which is longer for larger wire rod diameters (about 12 days for 12 mm wire rod), helps to achieve the higher reduction area (RA) >30% suitable for wiredrawing without wire breakages. The nitrogen content of steel should be low (< 50 ppm), which affects significantly the aging and mechanical properties such as torsion.

The author has been able to reduce the aging period of wire rod significantly by use of a micro-alloying element in a high carbon steel. Reducing the aging period is desirable for wire mills with a wire rod mill in their vicinity as it helps them reduce inventory.

Wiredrawing Wire rod should be transported to a wire mill in a safe condition to avoid surface damage. The wire rod is cleaned by pickling. After pickling the surface a pre-treatment is done with phosphating and borax to provide a good rod

At the time this apper was written, Surya Kumar Singh was head of wire technology at Tata Steel Wire Division, Mumbai, India, where he was involved in the product design and process development activities of steel wire for applications such as prestressing steel wire and strand, bead wire, wire for power transmission lines, galvanized wire, cable armor wire, spring wire, welding electrodes and spoke wire. He now is Director (Technology & Business Development) for Caparo Steel Products, U.K. He previously served as assistant divisional manager (R&D), assistant divisional manager (cold rolling mill) and manager of process control (Flat Products Technology Group). He joined the R&D Division of Tata Steel in 1987. He has over 19 years of experience in commercial production of

surface for wiredrawing, which is done with calcium- and sodium-based lubricants. A wiredrawing machine should have wire cooling at each pass with a higher drum diameter since the drawn wire temperature affects the dynamic strain aging.

Due to the higher ovality of wire rod, a low reduction (approximately 10%) is used in the first drawing pass, which is against the optimum wiredrawing practice. A higher reduction, around 23%, in the first pass ensures formation of a good lubricating film on the surface, which is desirable for subsequent wiredrawing passes. Ideally a taper drafting of the die schedule is desired to minimize the strain nonuniformity in the wire matrix and low finish wire exit temperature to have optimum mechanical properties of the wires. The finish pass reduction should be around 12%.

The finished drawn wire should not have any surface defects since it badly affects the corrosion behavior during the service exposure.

PCCP pipe manufacturing A Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe is manufactured from a thin mild steel cylinder embedded in a concrete core, wrapped with high-strength prestressing

Singh reinforcing bar, wire rods, steel wire, structural steels, and coated steel products. He has a PhD degree from the materials department of the Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, London, U.K. He has published 35 technical papers in various journals and international conference proceedings. This paper, which was presented at WAI’s International Technical Conference, New Delhi, India, October 2006, won the Allan B. DoveMemorial Award for best ferrous paper.

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steel wire. The casting of concrete around the inner and outer surfaces of the steel cylinder is done at same time by use of a specially designed pouring mould. The curing of the concrete is carefully controlled to assure the structural quality, bonding and strength.

The high-carbon prestressing steel wire is wrapped under controlled tension around the concrete core to put the wall of concrete under compression.

The concrete has an excellent performance in compression while the high carbon prestressing steel wire is excellent in tension. By varying the spacing between the wire wraps, the compression placed in the cylinder and concrete core can be matched to the expected water pressure during service of the PCCP. Prestressing the concrete wall of the pressure pipe is the key to its high performance and timeless reliability.

The concrete is coated with a layer of a rich cement mortar to protect it from the climatic conditions and corrosion of steel wires. The cement mortar reacts with the prestressing steel wire and forms a passive layer that protects it from corrosion. The interior concrete core within the prestressed steel cylinder is permanently held in compression, providing it superior strength and smooth flow characteristics.

Corrosion behavior of steel wire The durability of reinforcement in prestressed concrete is excellent under normal conditions as specified in BS code of practice CP-115 but the application of a high stress level (about 70% of U.T.S.) affects the corrosion behavior of steel. One of the earliest reports of failure of prestressing steels was made

by Nicol, who gave the details of failure

of pressure pipes carrying water from a dam6. After six months, the wires at the circumference were found to have corroded and fractured in places where the pipes had been in contact with the soil, or where there was low concrete cover.

These failures were attributed to the differential embedding conditions of the steel, which was found around the core of the pipe and subsequently covered with concrete of different composition.

Various examples of embrittlement of wires caused by hydrogen sulphide have been reported by Spare7, McGlasson & Greathouse7 and Thayer9. A comprehensive survey of corrosion and corrosion protection of prestressed tendons, published by Szilard, concludes that for the protection of wire, the concrete and grouting quality are the most important.

The reports suggest that there are three principal mechanisms by which prestressing wires can undergo corrosion leading to fracture: * by the action of aggressive agents, particularly nitrates, leading to Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) * by the action of chloride reducing the cross-section of wire by pitting; and * by the action of hydrogen sulphide causing hydrogen embrittlement of the steel wire.

Treadway reported the failures of wires in chloride environment in laboratory and during field exposure. No evidence of SCC was found. Tensile tests produced ordinary ductile fracture, and where corrosion had taken place, the fracture was initiated at a pit or an area of wire showing severe corrosion.

One serious failure due to SCC of wires in prestressed concrete pipes was reported in Belgium, Holland and France in 1951. In the mid sixties, cracking of underground post tensioned

rods in a concrete floating bridge over seawater occurred within two months because of the marine environment.

One serious failure reported from the U.S.was the Hood Canal Bridge, Washington, where initial failures of wires in post-tensioned wires occurred about 18 months after the bridge was opened in 1966. A few years later a serious failure took place when wires broke. The failure was attributed to pitting and stress corrosion.

Failures in France and one in Brazil have been linked to hydrogen induced stress corrosion (HISC), which caused wire fracture in one U.K. bridge where cracks developed from initial corrosion pitting and caused fracture of the wire when they reached a critical size. Stress corrosion was also found responsible in the failure of cold drawn wires in Richmond Reservoir in California. Pitting followed by hydrogen embrittlement (HE) was found in a sewage sludge digestion tank in New York in 1961.

The failure of a portion of the Berlin Congress Hall roof was attributed to corrosion induced hydrogen embrittlement of post-tensioned wires10. Schupack and Saurez conducted a survey of corrosion of prestressing steel in USA from 1976-81. Fifty responders to the questionnaire indicated wire corrosion.

Ten of them reported brittle fracture of one or more wires.

Hydrogen embrittlement in prestressing steel wires. Electrochemical reactions take place when the steel wire comes in contact with electrolyte present in the concrete pores. When electrochemical potential of the pit surface drops below the reversible hydrogen potential, the water dissociates at the anode site inside the pit to form protons (H+). These protons migrate to cathodic sites where they become discharged to H atoms, after being adsorbed to the steel surface.

H+ad + e- 速 Had

Table 1. Cyclic Polarisation Tests on Wires in Sat. Ca(OH)2 + 2% NaCl Solution.

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Eq. (1)

H ad d e n o t e s a t o m i c h y d r o g e n adsorbed to steel. The Volmer Reaction, shown in Eq. (1), takes place at microcathodes inside the pit and it is more vigorous at the base of the pit where the electrical potential is most negative.

The Had has two subsequent available reaction paths as:

Had + Had ® H2

Eq. (2)

or Had ® Hdif

the pearlite in comparison to the plain high carbon steel.

Experimental work and research

Eq.(3)

Where Hdif denotes diffused hydrogen in the steel. The interaction of Hdif with the stressed steel lattice can lead to embrittlement since it accumulates at the voids and forms H2 gas molecule.

When the concentration of H2 reaches a critical level of 10 6-7 atmospheric pressure it causes embrittlement of the wire.

Effect of cold drawing. Bhatt and Lloyd measured the amount of hydrogen in a high carbon steel during their research and found that hydrogen absorption increased with the degree of cold work. It is understood that plastic deformations, while increasing the hardness and strength of the steel, also gives rise to crystalline imperfections in the steel lattice with an increase in hydrogen trapping.

Hydrogen embrittlement characterization with FIP Test. An endurance test was designed by the Federation Internationale de la Precontrainte (FIP) to characterize the prestressing steel wire against Hydrogen Embrittlement Stress Cracking (HESC). De Bondt developed an experimental method for testing stress corrosion resistance of wires under axial load, using the stress level of 80% U.T.S. in NH4SCN and nitrate solution. In NH 4 SCN solution (FIP test), it gave small variation in time to failure. The life of wires increased with a lower temperature and decreased with a higher applied stress level. He recommended the temperature of NH4SCN solution to be kept at 50°C. It is assumed that wires failing above 20 hours will perform satisfactory in service life.

Effect of micro-alloying on wires. The micro-alloying of steel is done for prestressing steel wires to enhance the tensile strength. Vanadium is an excellent micro-alloying element for this purpose as it forms vanadium carbide in the steel matrix, enhances the ultimate tensile strength and achieves grain refinement. It has been observed by the author during his research on prestressing steel that vanadium-alloyed wire has quite uniform lamellar spacing in

The prestressing steel specimens of plain carbon steel and micro-alloyed wires were collected from the various sources to study the electrochemical behavior of the wires in different concrete pore simulated environment and in the FIP test. The details of electrochemical study will be published in future publications.

The wires were straightened in a unique way to avoid any changes in the steel characteristics. The samples were suitably polished and cleaned before conducting the tests in different environments.

Pitting corrosion evaluations. The pitting corrosion was evaluation by a Cyclic Polarization test in a saturated Ca(OH) 2 + 2% NaCl solution. The vanadium-alloyed wire was found to have a minimum corrosion rate of 0.24/0.39 mpy (mills per year) in comparison to other wires specimens11. This corrosion rate is negligible with approximately 400 mV SCE higher pitting potential in comparison to plain carbon steel wire. The cleaned surface of the V micro-alloyed wire specimens were found without any sign of pitting.

FIP test on wires. The vanadiumalloyed wire specimens did not fail during the prolonged FIP test, which was more than 200 hours, much greater than the typical user requirements of 75 hours12. The plain carbon wire specimens failed below 75 hours. It is obvious that the atomic hydrogen evolved during the tests must have diffused into the specimens but may not have reached the critical concentration level to initiate crack leading to failure in the vanadium alloyed wire specimens. This means the pressure exerted by the hydrogen gas inside the steel was not sufficient to rupture the Vanadiumalloyed wire even after a fairly long duration of testing. It was an exciting finding during this study.

inclusions and entrapments significantly improves the productivity of a wire plant. Micro-alloying with vanadium further improves the strength, pitting corrosion behavior and resistance to hydrogen embrittlement stress cracking.

References 1. CUR Report No. 49, Netherlands Committee for Concrete Research on Reinforcing and Prestressing Steel, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands, 1971.

2. Novokshchenov, “Salt Penetration and Corrosion in Prestressed Concrete Members,” Pub. No. FHWA-RD-88-269, McLean, VA, FHWA,1989, p. 212.

3. M.O. Speidel and P.M. Fourt, “Stress Corrosion Cracking and Hydrogen Embrittlement in Industrial Circumstances,” Proce. 5th Int’l Conf., Houston, TX, NACE 5, 1977, pp. 57-60.

4. Novokshchenov, Concrete International:Design and Construction 11, September 1989, pp. 60-68.

5. F. Sawko, Developments in Prestressed Concrete, Applied Science Publisher, Ltd., London, 1978, p. 73.

6. A. Nicol, Review Mater Const. Trav.

Publ., October 1952.

7. G.T. Spare, Wire and Wire Prod., 1954, 28, 1421, 1492.

8. P.L.M cG las s on and W. D. Greathouse, Corrosion 1958, 1, 517, t.

9. V.R.Thayer, Eng. News Rec., March 29, 1962, p. 8.

10. B.Isecke, MP, 21, 1982, p. 36.

11. Surya Kumar Singh, “Corrosion Studies on Prestressing Steel Wires,” PhD Thesis, Imperial College, University of London, 2000, pp. 108-110. ■

Conclusions Clean steel and high quality of wire rods are significant factors on the strength of finished wires that are drawn at high speeds. Steel that is free from

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Enhanced electromagnetic monitoring system for quality improvement of copper rod An eddy current system using increased sensitivity was shown to offer greater ability to detect flaws as well as the ability to serve as an effective early warning system for manufacturers.

By Masoud Garshasb his study seeks to increase the effecT tiveness of the eddy system by considering the nature of material defects and the statistical relationships of the resulting eddy current anomalies. Eddy current defect detection uses an induction coil with an alternating current input in the close vicinity of copper rod to generate a magnetic field that interacts with the copper rod. See Fig. 1. The interaction of the induced magnetic field and the copper rod generates an eddy current that produces a magnetic field in the test material. Flaws in copper rod, among other materials, provide resistance to the eddy current and disturb its flow in the electric field. This reduces the eddy current, which increases the reactance of the test coils. Ultimately, the sequence, using electronic means and

signal processing methods such as voltage modulation and filtration, produces an eddy signal. Theoretical and procedural details for electromagnetic defect detection systems are given elsewhere1-4.

The size and nature of material defects that may influence an eddy current cover a wide spectrum5,6. See Fig. 2. Copper atoms, in their solid crystalline state, have a well-defined geometric arrangement known as a face-centered cubic unit cell.

Solid copper is made of many of these cells stacked up in 3D space, like a stack of cubical boxes. However, in reality, copper never maintains a perfect buildup of ordered crystalline unit cells. There are always varieties of defects, including missing or displaced lines or segments of

Fig. 1. Operational principals of electromagnetic defect detection system1.

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atoms, often called dislocations7. Grain boundaries, a form of material flaws made up of zones of dislocations, have a significant affect on the mechanical and physical properties of copper. Other types of larger defects (such as internal material discontinuities, non homogenities, surface scratches, inclusions and flakes) are often present in various degrees in copper rod.

See Fig. 2. Copper rod and wire defects can stem from a broad spectrum of sizes and types and not a single event as some may expect from a zero-defect indication from an eddy current system.

Results and discussion The eddy current defect detection operational parameters are often set in order to

Fig. 2. Spectrum of defect types in copper rod.

Fig. 3. Amplification characteristic for defect detection in an eddy system.

Fig. 4. Traditional (A) vs. ideal (B) eddy score frequency distribution charts.

make a distinction between bad vs. good, go vs. no-go, pass vs. fail. Consequently, it becomes a necessity to set the parameters such that a large amount of products exhibits low defect counts, including zero scores. The alternative is to reject some potentially acceptable products due to self-imposed rules regarding selection of eddy parameters. Despite the dominance of such procedure, there is no methodical approach to justify a given setting of the equipment. One of the traditional procedures is to select the sensitivity and threshold settings to reject an arbitrary percent of the product, based on historical operational and quality data. At this point, the proper level of sensitivity and threshold level need to be selected to produce the eddy score for manufacturing and quality studies. The utilized eddy current sensitivity is measured in decibels, dB, which is related to signal level in a logarithmic relation. Fig. 3 illustrates the logarithmic relations between the sensitivity setting of an eddy system, dB, and the resulting output amplification. The graph indicates that initial increase of dB, such as 30 to 40, does not correspond to an increase in sensitivity. However there is a significantly high rate of increase for dB levels such as values over 50 dB. Fig. 4A, a histogram of the eddy score using a traditional setting, shows a significant number of entities falling within the zero groups, followed by products falling in the classes with higher scores. Considering the continuum nature of defects, one would expect to have a statistical population closer to a normal distribution.

The traditional sensitivity and threshold selection for eddy system may end up being an arbitrary setting. However, one would suspect that in Fig. 4A, some significant amount of information is lost or

hidden in the zero score group as indicated by statistically significant distortion and skewness of the population of eddy scores. To reconcile the defect continuum in copper rod and wire (see Fig. 2) with a frequency distribution of eddy scores, an inspection of the basic statistical parameters is made. Fig. 5 provides mathematical definition for a model for normal distribution of the eddy score in Fig. 4b. The distribution is based on only two variables, mean and standard deviation, as the other components of a basic normal distribution formula are constants. In an eddy system setting, the mean, μ, is adjusted by the dB and threshold adjustment. The standard distribution, δ, is related to the plant/location characteristics such as electromagnetic noise, device or rod/wire vibration and other environmental parameters.

Statistical results A study was conducted to simulate the deviation from the ideal condition shown

Dr. Masoud Garshasb is manager of quality and technical services at Phelps Dodge Copper Products, Miami, Arizona, USA. He previously worked with Alcoa and Hazelett. He earned his doctoral degree from Syracuse University, where his work involved metallurgy and failure analysis of electrical conductors’ projects for the Office of Naval Research. He has authored numerous technical pre-

in Fig. 4B to the traditional setting in Fig. 4A. Starting with a normal distribution, as expected from the nature of the copper rod defect spectrum, it would be possible to truncate the low end of the frequency distribution, given in Figs. 4B or 5, by a given amount and staking up the entities on top of the zero group. In practice that would be equivalent to reducing the sensitivity by reducing the dB setting and hence having more coils with a reading of zero, as shown with the shaded area of Fig. 5. A numerical model was developed to simulate lowering the sensitivity of the eddy system via lowering the dB setting in a series of steps.

A group of 1,000 samples was generated using a number random generator module in Minitab software9. A frequency distribution was generated from a population of 1,000, with a mean of 10, standard deviation of 3, Fig. 4B. Then a total of six other population tiers of samples was generated such that in each new

Garshasb sentations in the field of metal processing. This paper, which was presented at Wire Association International’s 76 Annual Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, May 2006, won the Silver Certificate Award in the nonferrous division.

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group, the mean was reduced by 20%.

The means for the following groups were 8, 6, 4, 2, 1, and 0.38, shown in Table 1.

The reduction in standard deviation is a numerical consequence of shifting the mean, thus making a tighter population, as the minimum value of each population remained as zero. The other statistical parameter of interest is skewness, which is a measure of distortion and deviation from population normality. As the mean of population was shifted toward smaller numbers, skewness has increased, indicating deviation from normality. Fig. 4A illustrates the distribution of the 6th tier, where mean was 0.38 with a standard deviation of 1. The 4th tier is an intermediate level between ideal and traditional settings showing a relatively high level of accumulation on the zero class, Fig. 6. As seen in the histograms of different tiers, the accumulation of truncated entities piles up only on the zero groups and were not distributed equally. Any rod or wire operation can collect its typical eddy score and plot a histogram to assess its status with respect to retained versus missing information.

Implementation of such a study begins with a period of trial and error to develop the optimum condition for a given state of manufacturing. During this period, the expected eddy scores might be in a transition state that may confuse the involved parties. Hence a well-organized communication channel is needed. This initial period requires a well-managed teamwork between the manufacturing, engineering and quality team members. Following

Fig. 5. Mathematical description of normal distribution. The shaded area shows the truncated part of the distribution. Îź is the sensitivity setting of the eddy system and Ď&#x192; is plant/environment specific.

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each stage, a close team consultation must assess the results of a given stage and plan for the next study period.

Following a few sets of trial and error and data collection, it became obvious that the nature of the population is not normal distribution but inherently shifted toward the lower values. Hence, it was skewed, even though the mean and the minimum values of the eddy score were reasonably away from zero. Fig. 6 shows a modified frequency distribution for an enhanced eddy setting with a mean of 16 and standard deviation of 20. The standard deviation is relatively high because the population has a long tail toward the relatively high score values. The relatively high background noise at lower values is a major factor for the skewed distribution.

Fig. 8 shows a skewed distribution.

Larger versus smaller defects, selected by the setting of the threshold, show two different types of material properties. For example, it is stated that the small defects show the inherent internal material defects within the copper rod, and the larger defects show the gross surface defects, such as slivers and flakes. A statistical study was made to inspect the relation between small and large defects. At lower sensitivity levels, lower settings of dB, where the large defect channels mostly show zero scores and the small defects are given by a range of numbers, the test indicates that there is no correlation between one channel and the other. Since there is no correlation between the two sets of scores, the large and the small, then they are probably showing two different types of material characteristics. The study shows that because a significant amount of information, in the form of statistical variance, was missing in the process of assigning zero to a large group of scores, there would not be any correlation. Statistically, a correlation may exist when two variables are operating together. Utilizing the enhanced sensitivity setting, a

correlation study was made between the large and small eddy score for a typical set of operational data. It was shown that there is a strong correlation between large and small defects. See Fig. 9. The correlation coefficient was 82%. The small amount of observed variance was probably due to the fact that the more sensitive channel, small defects, had a higher level of noise, which caused deviation from a perfect correlation. Here, the correlation is so high that one can reliably make a curve-fitting equation to predict the value of one type of defect from the other. For Fig. 9, the line equation is Small = 11 + 1.4 Large, which also indicates that if the large eddy was zero, there would be 11 of the smaller eddy counts. The different channels correlate with each other, which indicates that they are not showing two different types of copper defects: one simply is a magnification of the other.

Manufacturing results Initially, an experimental stage of enhanced eddy system was set as an exploratory period to let team members react without any particular instruction.

This period was a success as the team was receiving advance warning and rushed to solve the problems, often earlier than they would have been noticed. Table 2 shows where an operator, by monitoring the online eddy score, made the proper adjustment to the amount of soot on a caster wheel before having a problem.

The enhanced eddy study ignited the spirit of continuous improvement as the operators felt obliged to make every attempt to fine tune the system, similar to the case shown in Table 2. As a result, the collection of small efforts made process improvements to where the histogram started shifting toward zero during the study. See Fig. 7. Despite the accumulation of the eddy score in the zero columns of the histogram, the enhance sensitivity level provides some details associated

Table 1. Simulated stages of reducing sensitivity (dB) of an eddy system. Each tier has about 20% lower sensitivity.

Fig. 6. Frequency distribution of 4th tier of the simulated stages of the eddy system sensitivity reduction.

Fig. 7. A typical frequency distribution of the large eddy scores of the enhanced eddy setting.

Fig. 8 Mathematical description of skewness and skewed distribution.

with oxygen variations, as shown in Fig. 10. The eddy score clearly shows that a lower amount of oxygen, well within the ASTM B 49 specification, is associated with an increase in defect counts. It is so clearly distinguishable that one can look at the histogram and point at the segment of the frequency distribution that represents the low oxygen content incident.

The method was shown to apply to many new areas of rod manufacturing.

See Fig. 11. Fig. 12 compares the molten metal temperature at the caster entrance to resulting defects in copper rod. Using common statistical tools, one may conclude that there is no relationship. However, the data show an interesting relation between the rod defect density and the molten metal temperature. It indicates that caster temperatures up to 2038ยบF have little contribution to defects in a system.

However, at temperatures above 2038ยบF, the variance or dispersion of the data started to increase. Fig. 12 indicates that at above 2060ยบF, the overall values of defects and their variance increase signifi-

Fig. 9. Correlation between large and small eddy scores for a typical segment.

cantly, showing that other processes got activated within the solidification process.

Therefore it is possible to see welldefined regimes of defect formation resulting from the molten metal temperature. The eddy score frequency distribution, Fig. 12B, also presents the pattern of eddy vs molten metal temperature.

Conclusion A system was developed to maximize the eddy technology by enhancing the sensitivity of the electromagnetic defect detection unit. Statistical characteristics of the eddy scores were used effectively to define and improve defect signal detection and acquire additional manufacturing and quality information. The study concluded that the enhanced sensitivity of the eddy current unit provided a tool for process improvement as an aid in manufacturing. The system makes it possible to detect process deviations such as remelt, rolling defects and bar quality. The enhanced system is also an early warning device that can help detect manufacturing

anomalies sooner. As a scientific and metallurgical tool, the new electromagnetic device setting can establish a quantitative and mathematical relation between the defects present in the rod and the manufacturing parameters.

The eddy current defect detection concept is an underutilized and underestimated technology. The method potentially can offer a far more advanced level of defect detection than is now used. Absence of more aggressive attempts to further explore the potentials of this methodology is probably resulted from tendency to stay with the traditional view and convenience.

Acknowledgments The author gratefully acknowledges Kevin Carpenter for initiation of the project, providing technical advice and direct involvement in the project. The author is thankful to the exceptional technical assistance of Pat Hyde and gratefully appreciates John Quinn for offering motivation and support during the course of the study. Dan Gaona provided valuable manAPRIL 2007 133

Table 2. Initial manufacturing result for enhanced sensitivity eddy system.

Shaded area denotes lack of optimum soot application on caster.

Fig. 10. Frequency distribution of enhanced eddy data showing the influence of rod oxygen content on defect distribution.

Fig. 11. Manufacturing cases utilizing advanced warning benefits of the enhanced eddy.

ufacturing advice with his great knowledge and expertise. Technical advice of John Markanich from Foerster Instruments is highly appreciated.

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2. American Society for Nondestructive Testing, “Eddy Current Method” in ASNT

Fig. 12. Caster entrance melt temperature influence on copper rod defects: A) Eddy score vs Melt temperature; B) Rod defect histogram.

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The results of tension and compression tests of wire after patenting and drawing Tests showed that surface smoothness is a meaningful factor in determining the fatigue life of drawn wire used for wire rope.

By Fryderyk Knap and £ukasz Cieslak

Fatigue tests of wire rope are done to estimate the remaining useful life of a rope that has been placed under a load for a given time. These fatigue tests are usually done on rotary bending equipment. The value of the maximal bending stresses in peripheral layers are determined from the below equation: Eq. (1)

Fig. 1. Woehler curves for 2.1 mm steel wires with tensile strengths: 1–Rm = 1570 MPa; 2-Rm = 1770 MPa; and 3–Rm = 1970 MPa.

where: d = wire diameter f = arrow of deflection l = length of sample E = Young’s modulus Fatigue test results are often presented as a Woehler curve in the coordinate system of σ - logN. With this curve it is possible to isolate the range of restricted

and unrestricted durability. The restricted range depends on the number of cycles necessary to cause fatigue while the unrestricted range does not depend on that parameter. Fig. 1 shows the Woehler curves for wires with different tensile strength (Rm)1.

Tests made by different authors show that the unrestricted fatigue durability of drawing wires is about 0.2÷0.3 of the material strength (Rm) while con-

Fig. 2. Tension (1) and compression (2) curves for tested wires: a) d = 5.0 mm; b) d = 4.4 mm; c) d = 3.3 mm; d) d = 2.9 mm.

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struction steels have unrestricted fatigue durability of about 0.5 R m (tensile strength). The question is why the fatigue durability of patented and drawn carbon wires is so low in comparison to wire strength.

Structural tests show that fatigue can cause a range of conditions, including: incubation of slip, occurring of clear slip marks, initial evolution of line and shear bands, full evolution and coagulation of segmented lines, evolution of shear bands bundles, evolution of critical shear bands and evolution of micro cracks, coagulation of micro cracks.

It is possible that the steel wire rope undergoing fatigue tests will shows signs of plastic strains, evolution of micro porosity and coagulation of micro porosity to the point where it fractures.

After analyzing the structural examination of materials that have been fatigued, it appears that determination of strength in a tension test is not enough to estimate the usefulness of wire for rope. A tension test must be done in such a way that it can determine the value of stresses when the first plastic strain will occur. It is important to use straight wire for testing. This can be very difficult but it is necessary to get correct test results.

Tension tests of 2.74 mm wire made from C76 steel have shown that first plastic strain occurs by stresses of 120 MPa value. It is very small strain (ε1 = 0.0002 %) but also stresses are small (about 7% of tensile strength Rm).

Wires in rope are subjected to a complex state of stresses in which there are normal and shear stresses. These include: residual stresses, tension stresses from working load, stresses from winding of rope on the drum, stresses connected with touch joints between individual wires and touch joints between wires and drum. Denotation of residual stresses in wire in rope is until now not a solvable problem as only residual stresses in wire after deformation can be determined. It is also difficult to estimate the stresses on the touch joints of rope wires with a drum because of the shape of the wire surface during such contact. It is expected that an essential part in the full exertion of material are the compressed stresses that are connected with the touch joints between wires and drum.

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Wire tests The starting material for testing was 5.6 mm C76 steel rod that was drawn in a laboratory. The reductions were made as follow: 5.6 mm ⇒ 5.0 mm ⇒ 4.4 mm ⇒ 3.36 mm ⇒ 2.95 mm. Comparison tests were made on the produced wire, which was stress relieved in laboratory.

The samples for the compression test were 5 mm long. Plastic strain was achieved after the measurement of the length and elastic strain from Hook’s law. The sum of plastic and elastic strain was the full strain.

The samples for the tension test were 200 mm long. Plastic and elastic strains were assigned from machinery which made diagrams. See Fig. 2.

Tests show that resistance of material against load was lower in the compression test while there was much higher resistance in the tension. This probably was connected with the different strain in radial direction during compression and tension. Positive radial strain could violate continuity of internal structure during compression. It could make decreasing of resistance during this test.

The lower differences of stresses were for samples of wire that was drawn to 5.0 mm after the first reduction. In sam-

ples that followed further reductions, the differences between the stresses in compression and tension test were much higher. Samples that had gone through five reductions and by strain of 1% yield stress during compression test had just 30% of the same stress during tension.

Fig. 3 shows the influence of axial stresses during compression and tension on value of plastic strain. These results show that plastic strain is much higher during compression than during tension.

Surface influence of wire fatigue The state of the geometrical structure of the surface has an important influence on fatigue durability (strength).

Wire that has a smooth surface demonstrate higher fatigue strength in comparison to wire that has a rough surface.

The actual state of a surface’s geometrical condition depends on the starting material condition and the length of time that the resulting product has been in use. During the life of a rope it is possible that its surface will be smoothed or roughed.

To achieve the different surface condition, wires to be tested after drawing process were polished by abrasive paper with grain rates of 40, 100, 400, 800,

Knap

Fryderyk Knap is a professor of plastic working in the faculty of Materials Processing Technology and Applied Physics at Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland. He is the author or co-author of more than 90 papers ranging in topics from wiredrawing and sheet forming to residual stresses in drawn wire. At the time this paper was written, £ukasz Cieslak was a lecturer of plastic working in the faculty of Materials Pro-

Cieslak

cessing Technology and Applied Physics at Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland. He earned his PhD degree in 2004. He is the author or co-author of more than 25 papers ranging in topics from wiredrawing to residual stresses in drawn wire. He has since moved to the private industry. This paper was presented at WAI’s International technical Conference, New Delhi, India, October 2006.

Fig. 3. The influence of stresses on strain during tension (lower curve) and compression (upper curve) of 3.36 wire.

Fig. 4. Influence of surface geometry parameters on number of cycles during rotary bending test, parameter Ra, parameter Rv.

1200 and 2000. The wire was rotated while the abrasive paper was kept immobile and pressed against the surface of the wire. The surface was measured for roughness parameters to create estimates for the following parameter: Ra, Rv, S, Rpm, Rq, Rt, RzISO, Sm, Rp, Rsk and RzDJN. After the samples were prepared, fatigue resistance was tested by rotary bending done with maximal stresses of 900 MPa. These tests show the important influence of the surface geometrical

condition of a wire on fatigue strength.

Wire with polished surface with Ra parameter of 0.2 μm was found to have a fatigue strength about four times higher than that of wire with Ra parameter of 1-2 μm. See Fig. 4.

Conclusions A tension test of drawn wire showed that plastic strain occurred by relative small stresses that are less than 10% of wire strength (Rm). Drawn wires in a

compression test were found to have a much lower value of yield stresses than those in tension test.

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The models were engineered to provide easy maintenance and exceptionally low ownership costs, the release said. Many items are maintenance free, and serviceable items can be replaced easily and inexpensively by the user with simple hand tools.

Contact: Universal Laser Systems, Inc., tel. 480-483-1214, www.ulsinc.com.

New line offers high fiber count in small diameter cables U.S.-based Hitachi Cable Manchester (HCM) has introduced its NanoCore™ Line of fiber optic cables that includes three new constructions of plenum-rated gel-free loose tube fiber optic cables.

The three constructions include a 4 to 24 fiber optic strand zip cord, a single jacket construction that can accommodate from 2 to 12 strands and a more robust dual-jacket construction capable of accommodating up to 72 strands. Where more than twelve strands are present, they are separated by a colored binder into 12-strand bundles.

Designed to work with MT, MTP/MPO and other small form function connectors, the NanoCore line of cables offers higher fiber strand counts in smaller diameter cables, a press release said. The cables, which have a UL rating of OFNP, are so easy to terminate cables and can be installed in plenum environments and therefore, virtually anywhere in a building, it said.

Whether a conduit or an inner duct is used, the smaller cable diameter allows the use of smaller diameter conduit or inner duct, thus saving the owner money, the release said. Available fiber sizes are 8.3 micron singlemode and 62.5 and 50micron multimode and including optical fiber for 10 G/bit Ethernet applications are available. HCM uses only Corning optical fiber in all its standard constructions, it said.

Contact: Hitachi Cable Manchester, www.hcm.Hitiachi.com

Cabling technology presents professional connectivity solution for residential systems U.S.-based CommScope, Inc. announced that it has introduced a new professional connectivity solution to the residential market with the addition of its Uniprise® Residential Network Solutions portfolio.

CommScope’s Residential Network Solution supports a fully incorporated applications environment for current and emerging communication and video entertainment, a press release said. Data, voice and video signals converge in the residen-

tial cabling distribution center and are then distributed to the individual room outlets, allowing cable, satellite, PCs, printers and fax machines to work in concert using a single sophisticated system, it said.

The cabling distribution center is designed to support both basic and enhanced systems. The basic system is pre-designed for voice and data applications, while the enhanced system provides flexibility for removing modules and allows plug-and-

play simplicity for both copper and fiber applications, the release said.

The multi-media system supports Cat 5e, Cat 6 and fiber connectivity while meeting EIA/TIA 60 CEBus and the TIA/EIA 570B Residential Wiring Standard, the release said. The fiber-based system accepts all connector types-SC, ST and LC-and is easily upgradeable.

Contact: CommScope, Inc., Interent www.commscope.com.

Printer repair service offers experience, low-cost help for repairs and maintenance U.S.-based Shamrock Engineering reports that it is able to perform repairs, service and more for most popular printers (Videojet, Domino and Marsh) at a substantially lower rate than those charged by OEM representatives.

In a press release, the company notes that not only does it charge lower hourly rates, it offers service agreements and training agreements, 24-hour guaranteed response

time; 24-hour tech support; and inks and solvents at significant discounts over OEM. The principal of Shamrock Engineering, Kevin O’Connell, was co-manager for service for both Domino and Marsh authorized distributors beginning in 1998, the release said. As a technician adviser, he solved field issues with customers and service personnel, it said, noting that he is a factory qualified Videojet field service tech-

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nician. In addition to holding a mechanical Engineering Technician certificate, he offers engineering consulting and fabrication services, it said.

Contact: Kevin O’Connell, Shamrock Engineering, tel. 620230-0260; e-mail kevin-oconnell@ sbcglobal.net. ■

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Media Standard covers shielded power cable The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) announced that it has published ICEA S-93-639/NEMA WC 74, a standard that covers 5-46KV shielded power cable for use in the transmission and distribution of electric energy.

A press release said that the standards apply to materials, constructions, and testing of 5,000 volt to 46,000 volt shielded crosslinked polyethylene, and ethylene propylene rubber insulated wires and cables, which are used for the transmission and distribution of electrical energy for

normal conditions of installation and service, either indoors, outdoors, aerial, underground, or submarine. ICEA S-93639/NEMA WC 74 replaces NEMA WC 74-2000/ICEA S-93-639.

A free copy of the standards’ title page, table of contents, and scope are available at NEMA’s website. An electronic copy may be downloaded or a hard copy may be purchased at the website or by contacting IHS at tel. 800-854-7179 (in U.S.) or tel. 303-397-7956.

Contact: NEMA, www.nema.org.

Video shows welding performance capabilities A video from U.S.-based Sonobond Ultrasonics presents the unique performance advantages of Sonobond’s new ultrasonic wire splicer and digital metal spot welder.

The four-minute video shows the unique performance advantages of Sonobond’s ultrasonic wire splicer (SpliceRite™) and digital metal spot welder (SonoWeld®). It can be viewed in both English and Spanish versions at the company website, www.sonobondultrasonics.com, a press release said. The SonoWeld digital spot welder was described as a multi-functional

device incorporating capabilities never before combined in a single welder. It was said to be ideal for spot and wire-to-terminal welds, it can precision weld up to 10 stranded wires in a single pulse.

The SpliceRite ultrasonic wire welder handles wire-to-wire applications without the need to clip, solder, crimp or dip, the release said. It added that it is the only welder that creates high-strength, high-conductivity wire connections even when wires are tin-coated or oxidized.

Contact: Sonobond Ultrasonics, www. www.sonobondultrasonics.com.

Product catalog presents company’s line for 2007 U.S.-based Anixter Inc., a supplier of electrical and electronic wire and cable and fasteners and other small parts to OEMs, announced that it has released its 2007 Communications Products catalog.

The company’s Communications Products catalog has been redesigned for 2007, with more than 1,100 pages and over 15,000 part numbers for just about any communication need, a press release said.

The easy-to-use reference tool highlights the latest copper and fiber network cabling systems being deployed in the marketplace from industry leading manufacturers, it said. It also features all of the ancillary structured cabling accessories required to

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support these systems such as racks, cabinets, cable management and power management products, tools and test equipment.

The catalog includes 10 Gigabit Ethernet data cabling systems, IP Surveillance, Wireless, Power over Ethernet, and Access Control systems as well as a new IP Security section and an updated glossary of current industry terms and acronyms. It also includes the Anixter Standards Reference Guide, which highlights networking industry standards developed by the TIA/EIA, IEEE and ISO organizations.

Contact: Anixter International, www.anixter.com.

Website provides more info, features include a ‘build your product’ section U.S.-based Guill Tool & Engineering Co., Inc., has updated its website, expanding and enhancing it with new features that make it even more use for customers.

The new site, www.guill.com, provides a complete range of information about Guill’s products, capabilities and history, as well as press releases and articles covering new products and developments at the company, a press release said. It cited the new “Build Your Product” as added value, presenting an interactive resource for customers. The goal is to make it easier for Guill’s customers to contact the company, request product information, get estimates (quotes) and troubleshooting assistance, along with referencing available resources, charts, tables, and information on product care and cleaning, it said.

The Products segment provides details on the broad categories of products the company manufactures, including crossheads, in-line heads, rotary heads, tooling, heaters and accessories, as well as details on its various product series and on its quick color and material changeover capabilities; the Engineering Resources portion offers calculators, charts and tables, engineering capacities, as well as troubleshooting and R&D capabilities; and the Defense section discusses Guill’s work in providing components for that sector, it said.

“All told, the new Guill website offers a much more complete and organized access to all of the company’s products and capabilities,” said Steve Blanche, National Sales Manager.

Contact: Guill Tool & Engineering Co., Inc., www.guill.com. ■

WJI Classified Ad Information Wire Journal International classified advertising is the most cost-effective way to get your sales message out through WJI’s circulation of more than 15,000. Your ad will also appear on wirenet.org and wcexpo.com, adding thousands of viewers.

WIRE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS seeking employment positions are entitled to FREE “Position Wanted” classified ads. Limit: one ad per issue, maximum three ads per year. This WAI membership benefit is not transferable to nonmembers or to companies.

CLASSIFIED AD RATES: • $1.25 per word for Wire Journal International and on-line classifieds at wirenet.org and wcexpo.com (20 word minimum). • Blind box numbers, add $10. • Boldface headlines, add $5 per line (up to 18 characters per line). Be sure to specify category.

BLIND BOX INFO: Blind box numbers assure the confidentiality of the advertiser in both the WJI and the on-line publication. Responses are mailed out within two business days after

REPRESENTATION NEED REPRESENTATION? Highly experienced sales representative looking for principals to represent in Mexico, Central and South America. If your products deserve someone with more than 20 years of wire and cable industry experience as well as extensive contacts throughout these unique and growing markets, send an e-mail to antonioayala@yahoo.com.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES CABLE SALES MANAGER. Teldor Wires & Cables, Ltd., (www.teldor.com) a highly respected manufacturer offering a wide range of copper and fiber-optic cables with an international reputation for high quality and specialization is searching for an experienced marketing development and sales professional. Teldor will increase its US market share in the area of Industrial Ethernet and high-end data cables to assembly houses and system integrators. The ideal candidate will have intimate knowledge of the US cable market and the networking connections necessary to reach new customers.

Qualified candidates should email their CV to Mr. Elisha Ben Nachum: elishabn@ eldor.com.

SUPERVISOR. Plastic Extrusion Company is looking for a manufacturing Supervisor for our Pawcatuck, CT facility. The candidate will be responsible for

receipt. Responses to Blind Box ads should be addressed to: Wire Journal International, Box number (as it appears in print or on-line), P.O. Box 578, Guilford, CT 06437-0578 USA. PAYMENT POLICY: No agency commissions or cash discounts allowed. Ads are billed upon publication, or on secure cyber-cash sites on-line.

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 “on-line classified” booking will run in the next available issue of the WJI. USE OF THE WIRE JOURNAL CLASSIFIED ORDER BLANK located on the reverse side. Please type all copy submitted. Fax copies are acceptable; our fax number is 203-4538384. Telephone orders will not be accepted.

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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 - NEB 12-Head 18” Planetary Cabler

1 - 30” Core Neutralizer Payoff

1 - WATSON 36” Rotating Cabler Line

1 - CORTINOVIS 72-Wire 16” Rigid Strander

1 - SYNCRO FX-13 Rod Breakdown Drawing Line, Copper

1 - NEB 18-Head 22” Rigid Strander

1 - VAUGHN 10-Die Rod Breakdown Drawing Line, Aluminum 1 - ENTWISTLE 4.5” 24:1 L/D PVC Extruder

1 - CLIPPER Model PS50 Parallel Axis Dual Reel Take-up 1 - ENTWISTLE 36” Dual Reel Take-up, Model THE 24/36

1 - D/S 3.5” 24:1 L/D Jacket Extrusion Line

1 - DAVIS STANDARD 30” Dual Reel Take-up

1 - D/S 3.5” 36:1 L/D Nitrogen Gas Extrusion Line

1 - SYNCRO DFH Spooler, 30” Reel w/ENDEX Dancer

1 - D/S 2.5” 30:1 L/D Nitrogen Gas Extrusion Line

1 - DAVIS ELECTRIC Model CRS30 Rewinder

1 - DAVIS STANDARD 2.5” 24:1 L/D Nylon Extruder

1 - VIDEOJET Model 37e InkJet Printer, new 2000

1 - D/S 2” 30:1 L/D Hi-Temp Extrusion Line 1 - D/S 2” 20:1 L/D / 1.25” 30:1 L/D Extrusion Line 6 - BARTELL 60”, 72” Payoffs and Take-ups

1 - E.J.R. Triple Head Taper, Model 200-2HT

1 - ADVANTAGE Chiller, Model MK-25AM41HBX, 9/98 100 - 760mm x 410mm ID x 400mm x 127mm Steel Reels

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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production supervision, training, manpower utilization, scrap reduction and inventory control. A strong Plastic Extrusion and Wire, Cable, or Fiber Optic background is desirable. Salary is based on the candidate’s experience.

Apply via fax 860-599-5461 or call 860599-5877. WJI07.

DUNHILL PROFESSIONAL

we provide a wealth of information. Our services are performed in absolute confidence. Contact: WIRE RESOURCES, INC. 522 E. Putnam Ave, Greenwich, CT 06830, tel: 203-622-3000 or 800394-WIRE, email: wri@wireresources. com, Internet www.wireresources.com.

PRODUCTION MANAGER. Western PA wire drawing facility is searching for a Production Manager experienced in drawing and rolling round, flat and shaped wire. Please send resume, including salary requirements to: WJI, Box 4-1, Guilford, CT 06437-0578. USA.

SEARCH OF GREENWOOD. Serving the Wire and Cable Industry since 1978. Phone: 864-366-5555; e-mail dunhill@ wctel.net. Contact: Hal Freese.

“LET OUR SUCCESS BE YOUR SUCCESS.” Wire Resources is the foremost recruiting firm in the Wire & Cable Industry. For 30 plus years our clients have secured the services of thousands of key individual contributors, managers and executives. For corporations we provide recruitment, outplacement, and salary assessment functions. For the job seeker exploring new opportunities,

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DIES APOLLO DIA-CARB COMPANY. Buy & sell new/used Natural & PCD DIAMOND DIES. Fair prices & excellent lead times. Contact Paulette, OwnerSales, by telephone at 1-508-2261508 or by e-mail at apollodie@ wmconnect.com.

CARBIDE SPECIALISTS, INC. offers excellent quality, price and delivery on all your carbide wire die needs (R2-R12). Yes, you can have all three! Give us an opportunity to prove it. For personal attention to your specific requirements, contact Ray Northern at 440-951-4027 or fax 440-9549094.

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. 904-388-3654.

Serving the non-ferrous and ferrous industries since 1983

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MACHINERY

MACHINERY

MACHINERY

AJAX #5 (1") AND AJAX #4 (3/4") Wire draw/straighten/cut off machines complete with uncoilers, shot blasters, tooling, 1978/1979. Contact Westway Machinery Ltd., tel. 905-803-9999, fax 905-803-9109.

MACHINERY. (2) Lamnea Bruk wire drawing lines. Dry Double deck bull blocks. Wet drawing machines 11 dies 1000 Spoolers Years 1996 & 1994 speed 5000 fpm with controls. Still being manufactured. Financing available. Call : J-M or M-A Perron, #450-447-5000, ext: 23.

AC motor and drive, 1950 FPM. Morgan 7C, 16" Blocks, 22" finish, 75 H.P. AC motor and drive, 1500 FPM. Morgan 6B, 22" finish, 100 HP DC and drive.

Dead Block Morgan, Dead Block Vaughn. Financing available. Call: J-M or M-A Perron, #450-447-5000, ext: 23.

WWW.URBANOASSOCIATES.COM . For New & Used Wire & Cable Equipment. Tel. 727-863-4700; fax 727-8634711; or by e-mail at urbassoc@ verizon.net.

HANGER PLANT CAPACITY 1250 BOXES/WEEK. (3) Liberty hanger machines with hopper; (2) Chin Yn Chang Hanger machines converted to American twist with hopper; (2) Electric hanger oven white & gold; (1) Phosphate dipping system (1) Chin Yn Chang Capped hanger machine. Financing available. Call: J-M or M-A Perron #450-447-5000 ext: 23.

EXTRUDER. Davis Standard Thermatik II 2 1/2", 24:1, w/Screw. Guill Crosshead Flange heater kit, Price: $40,000. Pre-Owned - Used 2 months.

Financing available. Financing available. Call: J-M or M-A Perron, #450447-5000, ext: 23.

MACHINERY. 7/8 HRS Vaughn w/Mounted Dead Block, 35 HP each block, Speed 3500 FPM. Morgan 4BW, 125 HP DC Motoro with controls 26: Block. Morgan 5B, 22" finish, 100 H.P.

Work Where The Biggest Traffic Jam Is A Deer Crossing Here’s your chance to work at a place that’s an engineer’s dream and a nature lover’s paradise. Northwire is looking for design, manufacturing and quality engineers to join our team in Osceola, Wisconsin…on the banks of the scenic St. Croix River.

Northwire produces high-quality custom wire and cable products. The key to our success is meeting customer needs through problem-solving, solution-oriented engineering. This is how we keep growing when other companies are laying people off.

GALVANIZING LINE. (A) Annealing Furnace Fluid Bed ICE, 24 Strands Gas 34 Feet Length. (B) Take-ups V-Groove Kosch Design NAKO made in Canada.

(6X 16"/22") (12X22"/26") Variable Speed Siemens Controls. (C) Pre-owned used 6 months. Financing available.

Call: J-M or M-A Perron, #450-4475000, ext: 23. ■

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Advertisersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Index/Key Contacts ADVERTISER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PAGE

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

ACE Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Richard Medoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 610-623-2204

Cemanco LC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82, 102 Rainer Lashofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 954-970-3099

AIM, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C4 Zoe Borys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 630- 458-0008

Cimteq Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Ali Shehab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 44-1978664 215

Alloy Wire International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Angus Hogarth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 44-1384-566775

Clinton Instrument Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 860-669-7548

Amacoil, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C3 Bob Eisele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 800-252-2645

Commission Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 Martin Kenner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ph. 401-943-3777

Anbao Wire & Mesh Co. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 BJ Hur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 86-335-389-3600

CommScope Bimetals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C2 Paul Bedder, Bob Calliham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 704-883-8015

Axis Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 Joanna Hoiberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 508-481-9600

Conneaut Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 John Santos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 800-955-YARN

Beneke Wire Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Michael Beneke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 502-367-6434

Copperweld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Anthony Hale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 931-433-0465

Bergandi Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 951-361-8000

Die Quip Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Tom Maxwell, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 412-833-1662

Beta LaserMike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Rick Kristensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 937-233-9935

DISA Industrie AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 41-52631-1717

Bomco Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Patricia M. O'Neill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 978-283-2800 ext.1218

Dyneon LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Marc Normandin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 603-774-5709

Bongard Drummond Trading LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 John Drummond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 260-625-6275

ESTEVES-DWD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Steve Marcum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 260-728-9272

Caballe/Technical Marketing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Patrick Carney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 860-844-8646

Eurolls SpA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 39-0432-796-511

Cable Consultants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Fred Hardy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 704-375-9313

The George Evans Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 David Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ph. 309-757-8300

Candor Sweden AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 John Lindh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 46-1121-7500

CSP Evotech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Mike Seager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 64-9276-1849

Carris Reels, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 David Ferraro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 802-773-9111

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Kamatics Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Doug Voge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 860-769-3259

Fisk Alloy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Eric Fisk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 973-427-7550

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FORTUNE Machinery Company, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Bill Fortune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 203-367-5150

Kinrei of America/Watson Parts & Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Steve Hess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 973-677-9500

Karl Fuhr GmbH & Co., Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Volker Gerth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 49-5234-84980

Kiswire Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 An G. Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 82-2316-6122

T Fukase & Co. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Naoto Fukase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 81-43-276-0630

Lamnea Bruk USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Les Betzel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 717- 229-8755

Gavlick Machinery Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Sue Pare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ph. 860-589-2900

Leibinger Numbering LP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 203-853-0222

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Lloyd & Bouvier Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Brian Bouvier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 978-365-5700

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W. Gillies Technologies LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Mark Spencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 508-852-2502

Maillefer SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Andy Gosselin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 41-21-694-4111

Gimax Srl/Cable Consultants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-18 Enrico Romagnolo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 39-0444-551790

Mathiasen Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144 Mark Mathiasen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 860-873-1423

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Micro Products Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Bill Keiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 630-787-9350

The Hilliard Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Mike Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 607-733-7121

Miyazaki Iron Works Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 81-724-27-7345

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Niehoff Endex North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Robert Wild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 856-467-4884

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Northwire Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 800-468-1516

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Huestis Machine Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Joe Snee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ph. 800-972-9222

Paramount Die Company Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Richard Sarver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 410-272-4600

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Pittsfield Plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Peter Olsta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 413-442-0067

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PolyOne Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 440-930-1000 or 866-PolyOne

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Power Sonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Robert Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 800-959-0693

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PS Costruzioni Meccaniche Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Silvia Meroni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 39-039-689-8763

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Reel-O-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Brian Rich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 405-672-0000

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Reelex Packaging Solutions Inc./Windings, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Carolyn Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 845-878-7878

Talladega Machinery & Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Bob Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ph. 256-480-5124

Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies (RNT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Michael Kos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 828-464-2543

Teknor Apex Co./Vinyl Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Mike Patel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800-554-9892

Sanxin Wire Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Doug Thornton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ph. 434-906-2340

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CBR897 SUMITOMO 60” fork style single twist CBR798 48”capstan.

Entwistle single twist rotating takeup, CABLERS cabler, dual w/conc. unit oscillating plate, binder, 25 CBR759 22”binder, 37W 1+6+12+18 NEBconc rigid strander, CBR899 (3) NORTHAMPTON SLB800 double twist pair 16” payoff.

(1989), 250 RPM max, 3” - 18” lay dual capstan. bunchers, Yr. 1995-1998. range, 1” OD max, 6000 LB max, 30 HP DC cradle CBR807 (4) 760mm SAMP, Model Yr. of CBR741/CBR743 36” Cook S.BM760D, twist bunchers, drive, 15 HP AC reel(3) drive.

BH-36, Yr. Mfg. 1972, 14” conc. taper, also (1) BHCBR800 48” Northampton (NMC) D. Twist strander 30, BH24, Yr. 1978.

AWG 2.05mm, Finish 28 AWG 0.10mm, 29capstan, dies, 5000 (bow(3) type), Uhing traverse, S/L cradle, dual (2) CBR716/CBR722 (9) 760 mm Samp D.T. bunchers, FPM, conc. MGH529A. binders.

WRD770 SAMP MT25.2 wire drawer, w/annealer, (2) BM760-D, Yr. Mfg. 1997/92 REWINDERS 630mm TE65-M spoolers, Mfg.BH-48 1987/1989.

CBR718/CBR719 (2) 48”Yr. Cook S.T. cablers RWD377 (2) 1.6m Skaltek cut to 17 length with rod WRD769 NIEHOFF M40 drawer die, lines with GBC with conc.

Taper, multipass payoff.

A164K payoff, U16T takeup, L100 cutter counter, drawer 5 die, VG-30 annealer (1997), Samp 800mm CBR708 60” Ceeco footage 1+6 planetary cabler. Dual 24” dancer accumulator, spooler (1993) 5/16”-22 AWG.counter. (1 - w/SC4 ECC taper, 72” Cat, 96” portal trav. takeup. accumulator).

WRD786 SYNCRO FX-13 Rod Breakdown Line for CBR720 2.2m Pourtier drum (5) 1.8m RWD376L-R, 40”w/FX-13 Viteck rewind linetwisting S/Lline takeup, S/L Copper, Drawer, Fwith Annealer, Bekaert rotating payoffs, rot. Cat, driven payoff, dancer, Betatapers, sparkerbinder. & counter.

36” Coiler.

WIRE DRAWING WRD787 COILERSCOOK Rod Breakdown Line for Aluminum, L-R, w/Cook DH4+8 Drawer, Endex Annealer, Syncro WRD677/WRD678 (2) Samp 14D.E. wire, die, CLR157 (1) Reelex D1000 dual with 36”31 driven 36” Coiler. with annealers, (2) TE/65-M 630 mm MLS/5T.14 payoff, Hall accum, footage counter, controls, 24” dual spoolers.

(1997/1993). rewinder, 1990’s.

INSULATING/JACKETING LINES WRD689 Cook DH 5+8 13 die Hall roddriven machine, CLR158 Reelex w/40” EXPL217 3 1/2” D1000 D.STDdual Therm.

III Line.

R L. payoff, 30” Clipaccum, footage counter, 24” dual300 rewinder, 1990’s. per payoff, tensioner, Zumbach preheater, Laser-

Mfg. 1997. (10) 1993-1995.

CLR156 (3) (2) SAMP Reelex TRB-3 D1000 (MS200) coilerlines withwith WRD779 RC15 ceramics, RA5, 300 KVAdual annealer, 30”controls, spooler, dancer/accum. annealer, TE42 spooler, 40 DC Eurotherm drive.

Mfg 1980’s.

CLR154 (2) S500VZ-01 (1) LH, RH, single w/ MSC1221 (2)Reelex NIEHOFF tin1electroplaters WRD690 Syncro F13 13 die, 350 HP drive, controls, dancer. w/Bongard ST/650, 26” drop coilers (Yr. 1994/1996).

RA5, 300 KVA annealer, 30” spooler, 30”1drop HI TEMP EXTRUDERS (YR 1998): EXP740 1/2” CLR155 (2) Reelex D500, (1) RH, single w/controls, coiler. 30:1, (2) EXP742 45mm NEXTROM 30:1.

D.STD. dancer.

WRD691 (4) Syncro C13desiccant inter. Dwg. Machine, PLA535 CONAIR DHD-30 dryers (new) & BRAIDERS ceramics, 100 HP DC, C3 DHD4, annealer, 30” spooler.

Model SC-30, CD30, DHD6, CD200.

BRD303 (10)Wardwell 16Carrier Rebuilt, Model H, on TUBULAR STRANDER wire, mot 30” x 16” frames. (still in crates) TBR143 30” Stolberger 12+ wire tubular stranBRD302 16 Carrier, on wire, motorder, dual(41) cap,Wardwell 84” Bartell takeup. mike Conair 18” D.Std. capstan, Gem ized,SA4010, Model G/H, 30” loader, or 24C braider frames.

TBR145/TBR146 630mm 1+6 1+12PA SUPER MCH printer,(2) 7’ vert. dancer, 30”(2) Clipper BRD305 Wardwell 24 Carrier cable.

30 takeup,Ceeco Tulsa drumpacker.

630mm tubular stranders, encircling DANCERS/ACCUMULATORS EXPL253 3spin 1/2”safe D.STD. 24: 1 Therm II, (2) Skaltek bearing, cradles.

1.2m payoffs, Hall payoff accum, (2) 40”dancers.

Hall S/L Take DAN187 (6) Reelex motorized AC300 MISCELLANEOUS up.

ViteckSciences accum.

DAN184 (16) Hall dancers 10’ +/Unit Yr. Mfg. 1990, Energy Irradiation EXPL230 6” D.STD. 24:1 Therm II Jacketing line, nitrogen generator.

WIRE DRAWING LINE (1987), 40” MGS/Hall belt caterpuller, (2) 60” Bartell WRD71710Nextrom 12 wire multiwire drawer w/annealtakeups, ton chiller, Zumbach CAPAC, Beta laserer, (2)footage 630/800mm spoolers, stemTDV payoff, HP mike, counter, trough,12 Viteck 240100 4 22” DC drawer, 50 HP annealer.

(1995).

Enter 12 AWG vert 16’ accumulator.

2.05mm, Finish 38 AWG 0.10mm, 29 dies, 5000 FPM, EXPL229 4 1/2” D.STD. 24:1 Thermatic III, 1997, MGH529A. Jacketing Line, 40” Hall belt caterpuller, Viteck TDV 400 4 22” vert. accum, Machine (2) 60” Bartell footage WRD718 (20) Syncro AG-16takeups, Wire Drawing counter, Videojet, 20 ton chiller, trough, fusion UV cure Machine, 5000-FPM, Syncro Annealer/spooler, WST oven, hopper dryer, (2) Skaltek A12PS payoffs. annealing controls

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Wind up with an Amacoil/Uhing assembly for perfect pitch every time Pitch is adjustable (10:1) without requiring gear changes or adjusting motor speed. A single Amacoil/Uhing assembly may be used for winding many different diameter materials. Automatic reversal of the traverse is mechanically controlled – without clutches, cams or gears. No electronics or programming needed.

FEATURES • Zero backlash.

• Automatically synchronizes pitch with take-up reel rotational speed.

• Traverse drives with up to 800 lbs. axial thrust.

• Smooth, unthreaded shaft won't clog or jam – no bellows assembly needed.

• One inexpensive, unidirectional motor drives both the traverse and take-up reel.

• Free movement lever – no need to "jog" system on and off to position linear drive.

• Options and accessories for every winding situation.

• Light, medium and heavy-duty systems.

For Brochure or CD-ROM Call toll free 800-252-2645

email: amacoil@amacoil.com

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