EuroWire September 2022

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Successful wire Düsseldorf for Sikora Despite a slight decrease in visitor numbers compared to 2018, Sikora has hailed wire 2022 a great success. “Many customers visited our booth to experience our devices and technologies live,” said Dr Jörg Wissdorf, member of the board at Sikora, who went on to emphasise the importance of personal exchanges, which have been maintained but not replaced by virtual encounters in recent years. “We were able to welcome trade visitors such as customers and partners of the industry at our booth with whom we discussed, negotiated and even concluded concrete projects.” The visitors came mainly from Europe – mostly Germany, followed by Turkey, Italy, France and Poland. “We were also able to inspire some customers from South America and Korea with our equipment for quality control during extrusion,”explained Dr Wissdorf. In addition to the data cable industry, the automotive, installa tion, optical fibre and power cable sectors were strongly repre sented. Interest in the Purity Scanner Advanced inspection and sorting system showed the importance and potential of in-line purity testing of pellets in the cable industry. Also generating attention were technologies for quality control during extrusion that can lead to material savings. “Intelligent systems for continuous measurement and control of product

The Sikora team at wire 2022

parameters help to optimise the extrusion process, enabling manufacturers to produce more efficiently and further reduce the CO 2 footprint,” said Dr Wissdorf. On approximately 190m 2 and two floors, Sikora’s stand presented the company’s future-oriented technologies along with videos that summarised the benefits of the systems in anunderstandable way. The second floor was used as a lounge, where customers could have individual conversations with Sikora experts while enjoying food and drink prepared by a gourmet chef. Sikora AG www.sikora.net

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