EoW May 2009

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New Indian agency for Uhing A sales partnership contract for a second Uhing agency in India, LMI India (P) Ltd, came into effect on 1 st January 2009. “The Indian market is developing very fast,” explained Uhing’s head of marketing, Wolfgang Weber. Following a recommendation, Weber met Mohan Pandit – owner of LMI India (P) Ltd – at the Wire & Cable Fair at Mumbai in November 2008. A seller of product identification solutions and non-contact measuring systems the company, headquartered in New Delhi, has made its mark in the wire and cable as well as the process industries. The new partner is familiar with German business culture, having been a sales partner for another German company for some years, and will act as an agent for both German companies since the product portfolios complement each other. “In addition to all these advantages, our new Indian business partner convinced us with his high expertise and enormous proactivity,” points out Weber. LMI India has offices in Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur and Surat, ensuring that LMI India employees and existing and future customers will always be within easy travelling distance. Member organisations renewing in 2009 will receive two year’s membership for the cost of one year, regardless of renewal date. Similarly, organisations applying to join the IWMA in any month during 2009 will be given two years’ membership for the price of one year. International Wire & Machinery Association – UK Fax : +44 1926 314755 Email : info@iwma.org Website : www.iwma.org Two-for-one This year the International Wire & Machinery Association celebrates its 40 th anniversary. To mark the occasion its executive board is making a special offer to all existing and new applicant members.

Celebrating 25 years of pressure

These energy efficient machines provide a reliable permanent weld stronger than the parent material, helping to reduce material wastage and cut costs.

Developing a cold welder to join large rod sections, and a die to bond very fine wire are just two of the milestones in the history of British company PWM, which celebrates 25 years of service to the international wire and cable industry in May 2009. PWM, which designs and manufactures high performance cold pressure welding equipment and dies, has been at the forefront of cold weld technology since 1984. The PWM range includes machines for a wide variety of applications, from hand held manually operated welders for joining fine copper/aluminium wire from 0.08mm diameter, up to large, heavy- duty electro/pneumatic and electro/ hydraulically powered rod welders, with capacities of up to 30mm in diameter. The company is thought to have pioneered the process of cold welding very large rod sections with the intro- duction of its first rod welder in 1985. The electro/pneumatic EP500, developed to meet industry demand for a machine that could accommodate copper rod up to 12.5mm in diameter and aluminium to 15mm, is still in production today and is one of PWM’s best sellers. At the other end of the scale, on-going research and development has enabled PWM to develop dies capable of joining wire as fine as 0.08mm in diameter. Recent product innovations include the P1000, an extremely compact, yet powerful rod welder, and an automatic version of its best-selling portable HP100 air-hydraulic model.

An early machine from PWM ▲ ▲

Looking to the future, PWM’s managing director, Steve Mepsted, said: “Despite the challenging market, we enjoyed record sales growth last year. Cold welding continues to provide a consistent, reliable and cost effective method of welding non-ferrous materials and we are confident that we will be able to meet the changing needs of our global wire and cable industry customers in the years to come.” PressureWelding Machines – UK Fax : +44 1233 820847

Email : pwm@btinternet.com Website : www.pwmltd.co.uk

LMI India (P) Ltd – India Fax : +91 11 2536 5995 Email : info@lmiindia.com Website : www.lmiindia.com

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EuroWire – May 2009