WCA November 2023

Industry News

The opening ceremony for the new facility

Second US manufacturing plant for Madem-Moorecraft Madem-Moorecraft has held the

innovative machinery, and brings pride to the Madem-Moorecraft team and Madem Group worldwide. It all has been designed to deliver unparalleled wooden and plywood reel experience to the North American cable industry.” manufactures wooden and plywood reels, supplying more than 200 cable industries in over 45 countries, including 42 cable manufacturing plants in the USA. The group has manufacturing and distribution facilities in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, USA, Spain and Bahrain. Madem Group www.mademreels.com The Madem Group

in 2024 will provide an additional 50 per cent capacity increase. The total investment will exceed $14mn, and more than 100 jobs will be created. “We are very happy with the growth of our production in the United States and we appreciate the partnership with our customers,” said Gino Francesco Mazzoccato, president of Madem Group. “We will continue to strive towards excellence in our products and services.” Marcos Conde Ramalho, president of Madem-Moorecraft Reels USA, added, “Our most advanced industrial engineering project has just started materialising in Denton, Texas. This manufacturing system is made up with

opening ceremony for its new facility in Denton, Texas, USA, where employees welcomed customers, suppliers and shareholders. Also in attendance were city officials including Mayor Gerard Hudspeth; Cole Frazier, from the local chamber of commerce; Joe Holland, Denton County district judge; Brian Beck, Denton City Council; and Jeff Coulter, representing Michael Burgess, with the US Congress. The completed first phase of the new Denton plant increases Madem Moorecraft’s total production capacity by 50 per cent (150 truck loads of kits/ month). The completion of phase two

Convincing premiere for wire Middle East Africa in Cairo

from the industries and to discover the latest machinery, equipment, products and services from the metal and steel industry and the wire, cable, tube, foundry and metallurgy sectors. Another edition of the trade fairs will be held in the first half of 2025, again in Cairo. Messe Düsseldorf GmbH www.wire-mea.com www.messe-duesseldorf.de

these growth markets. 383 exhibitors from 19 countries took the opportunity to show their products and services. In addition to local companies, exhibitors from the UK, France, Austria, Belgium, Turkey, Spain, Switzerland, Morocco, the USA and Germany, among others, were in attendance. More than 7,000 professionals (around ten per cent international) travelled to Cairo over the three days to network and find out about trends and innovations

Messe Düsseldorf’s four new foreign satellite exhibitions took place in Cairo, Egypt, from 2 to 4 September. wire and Tube Middle East Africa, together with GIFA and METEC Middle East Africa, were presented for the first time at the Egyptian trade fair Metal & Steel Egypt at the Egypt International Exhibition Center in Cairo. The regions of Egypt, the Middle East and North Africa offered many first-time exhibitors the opportunity to invest in

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