EuroWire May 2023

Editor ....................................................................................... David Bell

Golden celebrations at testing and measuring specialist Celebrations are in order for measuring technology specialist Sikora. The company, based in Bremen, Germany, is celebrating its 50 th anniversary this year, and our main story on page 8 highlights significant timelines through the company’s history. Harald Sikora formed the company in November 1973 and since then there has been a pattern of continued growth, moving from the cables industry to the hose, pipe and tube market, the glass fibre market and the plastics industry. In 2000, the company launched its first subsidiary, in the USA, and this was followed by China and Italy. The company’s growth continued and led, in 2019, to the opening of a new four-storey building for production, R&D and other employees to have spacious and creative working environments. Anticipation is also building for the staging of Interwire 2023, from 9 to 11 May, at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Turning to page 54 will provide a brief highlight of the keynote speeches, Industry 4.0 sessions, workforce sessions, extrusion/polymer sessions, industry outlook, technical sessions, Mordica lecture, and production solution demonstrations, including a speech by Dr Mary Ellen Weber, astronaut, executive, aviator and scientist. Dr Weber will talk about the experience of space flight, and will then give a second presentation: A new era of space travel: Commercial space, NASA, tourism, the Moon and Mars.

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The exhibition is also highlighted, with some of the exhibiting companies detailing their products, right through to page 72. Our popular ‘Focus On’ feature turns its attention to Italy, starting on page 46. This covers industry highlights from several Italian companies promoting their production methods and technological advantages.

David Bell Editor

Front cover courtesy of Sikora AG showing their X-RAY 6000 PURE For more details please call:

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The new X-RAY 6000 PURE • 360° measurement of the total wall thickness, inside and outside diameter, eccentricity and ovality of single-layer cables • “One Button Operation” – no calibration, no material parameters • Clear visualization of product parameters and data logging • Automatic control of wall thickness to the minimum value

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