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EuroWire – May 2007 27
english corporate news
Candor Sweden AB
expands its business
in USA
Candor Sweden AB, provider of surface
treatment equipment for the wire industry,
has announced that it will be represented
in the USA, Canada, Central and South
America by Bulk Chemicals Inc, USA.
Candor Sweden supplies both single and
multi-strand systems for ferrous and non-
ferrous materials, and has provided more
than 300 plants for different applications
of surface treatment of wire to more than
25 countries worldwide.
Applications covered by the company’s
range include:
l Plating – for electrolytic plating of brass,
copper, chromium, nickel, silver, tin and
zinc on ferrous and non-ferrous wire
l Cleaning – single and multi-strand
cleaning systems with bipolar electrolytic
degreasing and ultrasonic cleaning, or a
combination of both technologies
l Pickling – single and multi-strand
pickling lines using hydrochloric
or sulphuric acid in line with hot
dip galvanising, phosphating and
electroplating
l Phosphating – single and multi-strand
phosphating plants
l Candojet HW – patented high speed
hot water cleaning system for high wire
speeds
l Copperjet – high speed copper coating
unit for CO2 welding wire using the
company’s own product – the Inhibitor E1
l Bead wire – high speed bronze coating
for the automotive industry
Bulk Chemicals has a wide programme
of chemicals and lubricants for the
wire industry. Its range of products
incorporates new polymer and traditional
zinc phosphates, zinc phosphate
replacements, drawing soaps and pre-
coats for carbon and stainless steel wire.
Candor Sweden AB – Sweden
Fax: +46 1112 6312
Email :
Website:
Bulk Chemicals, Inc – USA
Fax: +1 610 926 6125
Email :
Website:
Leading the way
The Pervouralsky New Pipe Works
(PNTZ), of Russia, has placed an order
with SMS Demag, Germany, as the
leader of an international consortium
for the supply of a turnkey electric
steelworks with two continuous
casting plants.
The new steelworks will produce the
starting material for the existing tube
rolling mills of the ChTPZ group and
will produce 1.1 million tons of steel
annually.
The product mix comprises carbon
steels, above all for the manufacture
of pipes for the oil and natural gas
industry.
SMS Demag’s supply scope for the
new steelworks incorporates a scrap
yard, a 120 ton electric arc furnace
with modern Arccess® technology,
a 120 ton ladle furnace and a
VD vacuum tank degasser.
SMS Demag AG – Germany
Fax : +49 211 881 4386
Email:
Website :