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wire 2020 automotive applications. Manfisa has also extended its product range for filler materials for GMAW/MIG and GTAW/TIG welding processes. In 2016 it launched a product line containing alloys 4043, 5183, 5356, 5554 and 5754, with approvals from TÜV and DB. Other approvals and registrations for ship classification and pressure vessels will follow soon or will be launched on demand. Deliveries of all materials are automatically supplied with a certificate according to EN 10204-3.1, and Manfisa is certified according to ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004. Manufacturas Irular SA www.manfisa.com • • • •

SpA and HL Blachford Ltd from the USA. Bellini now distributes the entire Metalube range of Lubricants across Italy, and Metalube India distributes Bellini’s metal cutting lubricants throughout India. The partnership between Blachford and Metalube focuses on selling Metalube’s non-ferrous copper and aluminium wire drawing lubricants across the USA, Canada and Mexico. Metalube has continued to invest back into the business with the introduction of mixing vessels and more energy-efficient production technology in the Irlam plant; the plant itself has grown by more than 50 per cent, with expansion into new premises next door and the purchase of a new manufacturing site nearby.

KMS embossing metre marker FMS hot foil sequential metre marker (new design) RS high-performance ring marker Eco Laser marking system (laser class I) for cables The LED device, the supervision systems, the new-design hot foil sequential metre marker and the Eco Laser are all being presented at wire Düsseldorf for the first time. In addition to its new developments, Medek & Schörner can rely on a wide and stable product range of cable marking machines and optical fibre solutions. Medek & Schörner GmbH www.medek.at With its new stand design, Melos will showcase compound solutions for many applications to trade visitors from around the world. Access to fibre optics is a hot topic: fast network expansion, efficient urban planning, big data and digitalisation. Melos also aims to set a new industry standard for sustainability. Trade fair visitors will be able to find out more about the company’s range of cable compounds. Inhol BV will also be present at the event as a Melos subsidiary. Inhol specialises in specific cable compound solutions, eg for the automotive industry. Cooperation partner PTL BV will present its portfolio in the fields of heat-shrink technology and test equipment for the heat-shrink and cable industry. Melos GmbH www.melos-gmbh.com Metalube’s business was built around the production of lubricants for drawing non-ferrous wire and tubes. Its Lubricool, Alumol and Tubol products, along with OCG, a range of protective greases for overhead line conductors, are still a key part of the portfolio. More recent additions include wire rope lubricants and chain oils. The company states that it has recently enjoyed 20 per cent growth, partly attributable to strategic partnerships with Italian industrial fluid specialist Bellini Melos GmbH Stand: 12 E03 Metalube Ltd Stand: 11 G21

Medek & Schörner GmbH Austrian Pavilion – 10 C52-01

Medek & Schörner is constantly aware of new requirements in the cable and wire industry, and rapidly converts them into production concepts, enabling further development.

Recently recruited business develop- ment manager Adrian Day will be present at the show to meet Metalube customers. Metalube Ltd www.metalube.co.uk ❍ Metalube specialises in lubricants

The MGS Group Stand: 09 E06-02

The MGS Group, consisting of MGS Manufacturing, Hall Industries and Northampton Machinery Co, is an international supplier of automation and technology solutions for product handling and twisting systems, customised to optimise the application. Photo and video presentations at wire will highlight its fully automatic dual take-up systems – FAT616 and FAT820 – with a robot handling system for depalletising and palletising, various dual-reel take-ups from fibre to 1,000mcm cable, Northampton single- and double-twist wire bunching machines, and the triple-twist twinner, along with the latest design in slip ring brushes and holders. The standard product range includes payoffs, take-ups, rewinders, dancers, accumulators, capstans, length coun- ters, air wipes, swage tools, electric

The company will be exhibiting and demonstrating the following machines at wire Düsseldorf: • Optical fibre colouring/ribbon/ micromodule coating device with LED curing • Intelligent camera supervision systems with logging and alerting (Industry 4.0-ready interfaces) • KS gravure printer ❍ The FMS 5 hot foil metre marker will be on display

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