EuroWire January 2022

Corporate News

Transatlantic growth marks 20 years of North American partnership

is the performance of the companies over the last five years. Sikora, founded in 1973 by Harald Sikora, is a manufacturer and supplier of measur- ing and control technology for the wire and cable, tube and hose, and plastics in- dustries, with 15 international subsidiaries and more than 30 regional representative offices. Its measuring and control systems are manufactured exclusively at the head- quarters in Bremen, Germany. Sikora AG www.sikora.net Don DiNuccio, president at Davidon Alloys Inc, commenting on the partnership with AWI, said, “Over the last two decades, we have exhibited at nearly 30 industrial shows together and its UK sales and technical experts have accompanied us on more than 100 customer visits. That personal touch really makes a difference over here.” AlloyWire International www.alloywire.com Davidon Alloys Inc https://davidonindustries.com values of trust, exceptional customer service and reliability.” AWI supports a network of more than 50 handpicked sales teams covering over 60 countries. The company has also developed country-specific websites, which it says havemade amajor difference in generating new enquiries and long- term business partnerships.

The power of transatlantic relationships is helping a British wire manufacturer target £1mn sales in the USA. Alloy Wire International (AWI), which produces wire in 60 different alloys, is on course to hit its seven-figure order target, and sees it as a good way to celebrate its 20-year partnership with Davidon Alloys Inc. The Rhode Island-based company has been AWI’s North American headquarters since a chance encounter at the Interwire Exhibition 2001, and the relationship has generated almost £10mn of sales since then, with wire manufactured in the UK used by more than 1,000 customers in the USA, Canada and Mexico. Davidon Alloys Inc is looking to capitalise on new demand from clients supporting the automotive, aerospace, medical and oil and gas sectors keen to get back to pre Covid-19 levels. Angus Hogarth, R&D director at AlloyWire International, commented, “There has

(from left) Michelle Nichols, Angus Hogarth, Steve Gencarella and TomMander

set significant trends and play a leading role. I am particularly proud that we have improved from 18 th to tenth place. At this point, my very special thanks go to our colleagues in Bremen, as well as in our subsidiaries around the world.” More than 4,000 companies from all industries with annual sales of between ten million and one billion euros were examined by the Munich Strategy Group. The top 100 companies were determined on the basis of their long-termgrowth and earnings power. The basis for the selection always been a close bond between the UK and the US, and this is definitely reflected in the way our two businesses have grown together since our chairman Bill Graham and Davidon president Don DiNuccio met at that event all those years ago. “We knew our quality, flexibility of batch size, two-week lead times and technical expertise would be very attractive over there, but we also knew we needed a presence on the ground that shared our

Sikora moves into top ten Sikora AG is again among the 100 fastest- growing medium-sized companies in Germany, and has improved its rank from 18 to ten, in the study “Top 100 Ranking of Medium-Sized Companies 2021”, conducted by the management consultancy Munich Strategy Group. Sikora is also the only company from Bremen to make the top 100.

Dr Christian Frank, CEO at Sikora, commented, “I am very pleased that we are again among the ‘Top 100’ this year. In the field of innovative measuring, control, inspection and sorting technologies we

The most extensive STEEL CUTTER PROGRAM!

09 – 13.May 202 2 Düsseldorf, Germany Hall 10 / G66

KRENN GmbH & Co. KG | Gutenbergstraße 17 | 86356 Neusäß | Germany Phone: +49 (0)821/20793-0 | Fax: +49 (0)821/20793-30 | E-mail: info@krenn.de

www.krenn.de

16

www.read-eurowire.com

January 2022