WCA March 2025

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Meeting the growing needs of data centres

Booth 1449

Heavy-duty rigid stranding lines, such as the RFS, are designed for high-quality power cables, including extra-high voltage (EHV) cables. These lines can strand up to 163 wires and are suitable for various conductor types, including aluminium conductor steel reinforced (ACSR), all aluminium alloy conductors (AAAC) and trapezoidal wires. machines are designed to be ergonomic and eco-friendly, with reduced energy consumption and technologies to minimise the carbon footprint. The company continuously invests in green solutions to ensure that products meet strict environmental standards. To better serve customers, the company has opened new offices in Winston Salem, USA, strengthening its US presence. The C2S service centre is dedicated to providing fast and efficient support, ensuring quality service and increased responsiveness to meet customer needs. Setic Pourtier sas www.setic-pourtier.com Setic Pourtier rotating deployment, reliable residential and business connectivity • Ribbon cable processing – With increasing demand for high-density fibre networks, Rosendahl Nextrom’s ribbon cable production lines are claimed to enable manufacturers to produce cables that maximise fibre counts while optimising installation and splicing efficiency In the mobility sector, Rosendahl offers a PEEK extrusion line for hairpin wire, along with solutions for busbar insulation and high-precision automotive cables. The company’s current highlights in the energy sector include high-speed insulation for low voltage; an alternative to XLPE for medium-voltage; and flexible metal shielding for high-voltage cables, suitable for both subsea and land applications. ensuring Booth 1439 require solutions efficient and scalable for last-mile fibre

this growing demand with state-of-the art machines for the manufacturing of Cat 6a to 8 cables, essential to cable modern data centres in terms of speed and performance.” The low- and medium-voltage cable market is projected to grow significantly, driven by rising demand for energy and its integration in the grid network, infrastructure development and surging construction projects, including data centres. Benjamin Grasset, area sales manager, said, “Our wide range of large double twist machines (up to 1,250 MCM/630mm² and reel diameter up to

Setic Pourtier designs and manufactures rotating machines for non-ferrous cable, offering a wide range of twisting/ stranding solutions to cable makers. For 35 years, the company’s US branch has been building knowledge, experience and ability to serve the wire and cable industry in the US market. The company will welcome visitors to its booth (1449) during Interwire 2025 for face-to-face meetings. Area sales manager Sebastien Farge said, “Rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI), continuous increase in data volume, and electricity demand, architecture of data centre… Setic Pourtier is ready to meet

2,600mm) is offering significant advantages such as tripling productivity, halving energy consumption and reducing manual labour by two-thirds compared to traditional methods. These machines can produce several LV/MV cable sections with the same single input wire dimension, making them highly efficient and cost effective.”

2,000mm large double twist strander

Raising the bar in datacom and telecom technology

• Speciality fibre production – The growing demand for hollow-core fibres (HCF) and other speciality fibres requires advanced preform manufacturing, fibre drawing, coating technologies and proof-testing for bend-sensitive fibres • Premise cable manufacturing – AI data centres rely on low-loss, high-bandwidth fibre optic cables, driving the need for advanced cable production lines designed for high performance indoor and interconnect applications • Drop cable production – As FTTx networks expand, manufacturers

At Interwire 2025, Rosendahl Nextrom will showcase manufacturing tech- nologies for cable and optical fibre. The company provides a complete range of manufacturing solutions from preform to fibre, covering all production stages for fibre-optic cables and offering insulation and sheathing solutions for all kinds of metal communication cables. Show highlights will include high temperature foaming extrusion lines for Twinax cables – an insulation solution that enables fast data transmission and low latency, critical for data centres. AI-driven data centres are the primary growth driver for fibre optics and fibre-optic cable in the USA, while FTTx remains a steady demand source. This shift is increasing the need for high-performance speciality fibres and advanced cable manufacturing solutions. Rosendahl Nextrom’s portfolio for fibre optics includes:

Rosendahl Nextrom GmbH www.rosendahlnextrom.com

Nextrom RST 300 ribbon strander

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