EuroWire July 2016

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Strengthening North American market MFL Group has consolidated its sales and service network in North america. MFL has significantly increased the products portfolio of its non-ferrous division, which specialises in wire drawing, stranding and extrusion equipment. In addition to the Frigeco brand, the acquisition of cM caballé Sa has allowed the group to incorporate the long-standing OM Lesmo, caballé and Eurodraw Energy brands. Frigeco USa has engaged the services of technical Marketing Systems (tMS) based in Granby, connecticut, USa, and aItMac Inc based in Ontario, canada. tMS will handle specific accounts as a technical sales, service and spare parts representative for the North american market. aItMac Inc will serve as a spare parts distributor for customers with existing OM Lesmo and Eurodraw Energy products. In addition to coordinating the sales activity of the representatives, Frigeco USa will work directly with key accounts and multinationals that have traditionally been MFL customers. “Our goal is to integrate OM Lesmo and caballé rotating equipment and the Eurodraw Energy wire drawing lines into the products portfolio we currently offer in North america,” said anthony DeRosa, general manager. “Frigeco USa and its representatives will provide customers value-added solutions in all three production chain segments: wire drawing, cabling and extrusion. Our utmost goal is to fulfil your business needs to ensure maximum efficiency and profitability. “We are pleased to have technical Marketing Systems and aItMac on board our commercial organisation. their extensive experience in the wire and cable markets will enhance our sales and service footprint and reinforce our commitment to the North american market.” Frigeco USA Inc – USA Website : www.mflgroup.com Free monthly webinars the IWcS International cable & connectivity Symposium has launched a free monthly webinar series of peer-reviewed presentations on technologies and trends in wire, cable and connectivity for the communications, data, electronics, power, industrial, automotive and aerospace industries. Held on the third Friday of every month at 10.30am Eastern USa time, the webinars run for 45 minutes and include an interactive question-and-answer period. a webinar recording is available on www.iwcs.org in the Webinar archive about two weeks after each live presentation. Launched in November 2015, the month following the IWcS 2015 Symposium, the IWcS Webinar Series presents technical topics of interest to those in the industry. an example of a popular recent topic from March is Development of a totally Dry aerial Dielectric Self Support cable Family, which was presented by tim Goddard of OFS. IWCS – USA Website : www.iwcs.org

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