WCA May 2018

New buildings, new group members and new staff feature heavily in the latest issue of Wire & Cable ASIA . As a sign of faith in the future, Hangzhou XZB Tech Co Ltd has ordered a bell-type annealing plant for wire rod at its new works in Huzhou, China, from Tenova LOI Thermoprocess and its Chinese subsidiary, Tenova LOI Thermoprocess (Tianjin) Co Ltd. The new annealing plant, scheduled to start production in late autumn this year, includes delivery of a furnace plant with three annealing bases, each with an average charge weight of around 48 tons of wire rod. The full story can be found on page 9. On-the-spot service features heavily in the formation of Sket Cable Machines Asia Corporation Ltd by parent company Sket Verseilmaschinenbau, of Germany. The company is added to an impressive list of businesses across the group, and will hold spare parts and, where necessary, the ability of local manufacture and installation of components. Turn to page 15. The leading corporate association for the wire, cable and wire product industries – the International Wire and Machinery Association – has a new chairman in the form of Martin Van Der Zwan. Growth is on the agenda in the Asian markets

Mr Van Der Zwan, with more than 40 years’ experience in the industry, has taken over the role for the next three years from previous chairman Amanda Shehab. Full story on page 22.

David Bell Editor

When and where

3-5 October: wire South America – trade exhibition – São Paulo, Brazil Organisers : Messe Düsseldorf GmbH Fax : +49 211 4560 668 Email : info@ wire-south-america.com Website : www.wire-south-america. com

26–29 September: wire China –

6–8 June: International Metal and Metallurgy Exhibition – trade exhibition – Guangzhou, China Organisers : Julang Exhibition Co Ltd Fax : +86 203 862 0781 Email : julang@julang.com.cn Website : www.julang.com.cn

16–17 May: Wire Expo – exhibition – Nashville, Tennessee, USA Organisers : Wire Association International Fax : +1 203 453 8384 Email : sales@wirenet.org Website : www.wirenet.org

trade exhibition – Shanghai, China Organisers : SECRI and Messe Düsseldorf (Shanghai) Co Ltd Fax : +86 216 169 8301 Email : shanghai@mdc.com.cn Website : www.wirechina.net

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Wire & Cable ASIA – May/June 2018

Photo credit: bigstockphoto.com “ShangXiaJiu in Guangzhou, China” • Photographer Jimmy Yan