EuroWire March 2022

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Record investment for a climate-neutral future

cent, while the Americas region posted gains of 14 per cent, followed by Asia with sales growth of 6 per cent. In Germany, sales were up by 23 per cent. The company created a total of 713 new jobs around the world. The pandemic led Harting to expand digitalisation in its communications and marketing, which enabled it to stay close to customers. The Harting Forum, an events space equipped with camera and stage equipment, saw intensive use for filming, live online seminars, online press conferences and direct digital one-to-one communication with customers. “We’ve optimised our sites, which means we’ve invested in new technologies and automation measures,” said Philip Harting, commenting on the €40mn or so

Despite the challenges posed by the ongoing global pandemic, fragile supply chains and supply bottlenecks, the Harting Technology Group, based in Espelkamp, Germany, generated sales of €869mn, up 14.5 per cent on the previous year. the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and have enjoyed strong growth,” explained Philip Harting, chairman of the board of the technology group. “We’re very happy with the outstanding result and proud of what we’ve achieved over the past few months.” All global regions in which Harting operates performed positively in the 2020-21 business year. Sales in Europe (excluding Germany) were up by 15 per “We’ve successfully overcome

The Harting executive board believes that double-digit sales growth is achievable in the current financial year

invested over the past business year. All of the company’s investments are focused on sustainability and mitigating climate change. “We’re green in what we do, not just in how we think,” said Mr Harting. “For over 30 years now, we’ve been a green company out of a sense of conviction, and base everything we do on this green guiding principle.” Harting Stiftung & Co KG www.harting.com was very gratifying to hear,” said Mr Wright. The CWI location in Rotherham specialises in profiled wire, spring wire, slickline and round wire. Other products are available from the rest of the Central Wire group. CWI president and CEO Paul From commented, “During what was a challenging year for all industries, we are so pleased to see marked success at our United Kingdom facility. Investing in our people and facilities leads to better products for our valuable customers.”

CWI renews quality certification Central Wire Industries (CWI) is a manufacturer of round and shaped wire, strand, cable and wire rope, cable hardware and assemblies, and offers a wide range of speciality alloys in nickel, stainless and red metal. The recertification audit by the British Standards Institute (BSI), which took place during October 2021, renews the facility’s BS EN ISO 9001:2015 certification – an internationally recognised quality management system standard that shows a resilient and sustainable business with strong corporate governance.

The company’s UK facility, located in Rotherham, has been recertified accord- ing to one of the highest international quality standards. “The auditor gave us a ‘clean bill of health’ with no non-conformances raised,” said CWI UK commercial director James Wright. “This was a complete team effort with contributions from everyone on site.”

The auditor noted significant improve- ments since the previous site audit, two years earlier, including improved conditions of the facility and production enhancements toequipment.“The auditor actually stated it was an overwhelmingly harmonious atmosphere, which from a completely independent point of view

Central Wire Industries https://centralwire.com

WireMasters announces partnership with AC Tasarım

ment products and value-added services. ACTasarımAS was established in 2003, and manufactures flexible EMI cable shield- ings (EMI copper braids), polyester braids, meta-aramid braids, Nomex cable sleeves, flat braided copper busbars/earth braids, AA59569 coded copper braids, and EMI cable shielding with metal conduits. WireMasters, Inc www.wiremasters.net AC Tasarım AS https://en.actasarim.com.tr

by ensuring that it can supply everything required in their harnesses, including braid products such as those from AC Tasarım. “We are pleased to add AC Tasarım to WireMasters’ growing list of global suppliers, and look forward to further meeting the needs of our global market together,” said Jimmy Ballard, WireMasters VP global sales. WireMasters supplies wire and cable, con- nectors and accessories, harness manage-

WireMasters is joining forces with AC TasarımofTurkey as a trusteddistributor of EMI/EMC (electromagnetic interference/ electromagnetic compatibility) solutions throughout Turkey, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and around the world. The collaboration will allow WireMasters to offer VG 96936-10:2007-10 and JOSCAR accredited braid products to its global network of customers and partners. It will also allow WireMasters to better serve its customers in aerospace, defence, aviation and a variety of other industries

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