EuroWire November 2020

Corporate News

International Wire and Machinery Association

Stand: 11 D22

The International Wire and Machinery Association (IWMA) celebrates its 50 th anniversary year at wire Düsseldorf by showing off a bold new look for the new decade. The world’s largest and most influential corporate membership body for the wire and cable industries will sport a new logo, new corporate colours and an entire brand tool kit, among other changes. The IWMA was founded in the UK in 1970 by a group of industry leaders, and today promotes the interests of hundreds of corporate members, from global, billion-dollar industries to micro-companies offering specialist services on a small scale. The IWMA includes one of the world’s oldest wire- making companies as a member – Webster and Horsfall of Birmingham, UK – this year celebrating its 300 th anniversary. Explaining the rebrand as part of a forward-looking strategy, executive manager Andy Lewis said, “Over the past couple of years we have been changing our internal structures to make ourselves more useful and vital to members, and the rebrand is the IWMA pointing

itself at the 2020s and beyond, so we can be a broader, even more involved association.” The rebrand also extends to a redesign of the exhibition stand seen at major wire and cable exhibitions around the world, and the IWMA newsletter, WCN , has also been given a new look. Van Der Zwan commented, “This a major milestone in the life of a body that started very small, with just a handful of industry leaders who saw that wire and cable was an under-represented sector of a growing industry. Today we see just how much the industry has grown in that 50 years, Association chairman Martin

driving modern communication systems, transport infrastructure and the Internet – wire and cable products literally connect both the world and the sum of human knowledge. It’s an extraordinary progression. “The IWMA is right there with the industry, disseminating technical know- ledge, helping members at exhibitions and with international representation, and taking a role in the education of tomorrow’s wire and cable engineers and scientists.” International Wire and Machinery Association www.iwma.org

Kurre expands its locations Kurre Spezialmaschinenbau GmbH, based in Saterland, Germany, opened a new branch office in Graz, Austria, in August. The new Kurre AT GmbH will focus on customer service in Eastern Europe from Poland to Bulgaria, and will act primarily as a sales and service branch.

“We clearly see a growing market in this area,” said Kurre owner Stefan Plaggenborg. “We are also pleased to have gained an absolute expert for our company in Mr Robert Pinter on-site. On one hand, he is considered as an expert in the Eastern European business; on the other, he has many years of experience in the entire cable and wire industry.” Kurre Spezialmaschinenbau GmbH www.kurre.net

▲ ▲ Robert Pinter will be representing Kurre in Southern and Eastern Europe

Erocarb SA

Stand: 10 C60

Erocarb SA, which recently marked its 40 th anniversary, has long experience in the area of extrusion crossheads and tooling for the cable and tube industry, with customers from all over the world.

The extensive product catalogue can be adapted to most extrusion fields, such as insulation, sheathing/jacketing, filling-sheathing, triple-layer CV lines, flat ribbon, irrigation or medical tubes. A new product range is emerging with extrusion crossheads dedicated to LS0H/HFFR products or for high-speed production lines, such as the E8VN11, a new intermediate size crosshead. Visitors to Erocarb’s stand at wire 2020 will be able to discover a new automated bypass module for foam production, as well as the new ESA-03 nitrogen booster with Industry 4.0 features. Erocarb SA www.erocarb.ch

▼ ▼ The new E8VN11 crosshead

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