EuroWire November 2014

Trafco’s purchase of Cortinovis Sictra is our main story in this issue, with the new company being based in northern Italy. With both companies operating in the copper sector, the deal enhances the advantages in terms of technology, and the design and construction of machines for producing wire, cable and rope. The full story can be found on page 10. Mittal Corp’s expansion plans go unhindered as it has set up a new technology plant at Pithampur, India, with the entire plant and machinery being provided by Danieli Morgardshammar in Italy. Read all about this on page 15. And there has been a change in the Spectris family of companies with NDC Infrared Engineering and Beta LaserMike merging to create NDC Technologies. The move, described as “the best strategic move for both NDC Integrated Engineering and Beta LaserMike”, will see the new company headquartered in Irwindale, California, USA. See page 22 for the full details. November also brings with it the IWCS technical symposium. Our coverage of this three-day event, in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, including its conference and table-top exhibition, starts on page 46. This year there will also be a welcome extended to the new yet-to-be-named chief executive and a farewell to the current post-holder, John Barteld. Mr Barteld’s rst conference was in 2005 and since then IWCS has gone from strength to strength. Everyone at EuroWire would like to wish him health and happiness on his retirement from the role and industry on 31 st December. Buy out, expansion, merger and farewell

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