WCA November 2023

Industry News

Transfer of responsibilities at Redies Germany With effect from October, Redies Deutschland GmbH managing director Ulrich Kiwus has appointed Ferdinand Kiessling as his successor. Aachen, Germany, followed by a third site in Vamberk, Czech Republic, in 2007. Redies Deutschland GmbH

six countries complemented the line-up with national pavilions. wire Southeast Asia showcased machin ery and equipment for wire production, wire processing and wire finishing, ac cessories, measuring, control and testing technology, as well as new and further developed special wires and cables. Ma chines and technologies from the fields of tube manufacturing, tube processing and tube finishing completed the range. 7,400 trade fair visitors, around 30 per cent of them international, went to Bangkok to find out about industry now serves international customers, with production centred on drawing tools with natural diamond or synthetic mono- and poly-crystalline diamond (PCD) for round wire, profiles and tubes of all ductile materials. Its profile also includes technological development and fabrication of special machinery for three Redies production sites and upon customer request, including the production of ultrasound generators and oscillating systems. Mr Kiwus also developed the Mant® PCD brand. Mr Kiessling will lead the team in Aachen, beginning in October. He joined Redies in 2008 during his studies at RWTH Aachen University, so has

More than 400 exhibitors from 30 countries presented their technological highlights at regional trade fairs for the wire, cable and raw industries: wire and Tube Southeast Asia, which took place for the second time together with GIFA Southeast Asia and METEC Southeast Asia at BITEC in Bangkok, Thailand, in September. wire and Tube Southeast Asia are regarded in Thailand as leading regional information and trade platforms for their industries. More than 80 per cent of the 245 exhibiting companies were international. Joint participation from Mr Kiwus has been an entrepreneur in Europe’s wire industry since the 1980s, and founded Ulrich Kiwus Diamanttechnik (diamond technology), a producer of diamond wire dies. Shortly after, he co-founded Leyer & Kiwus Ultraschall- und Lasertechnik (ultrasound and laser technology) with Ralph Leyer, to focus on advancing the technology of the tooling machines needed to produce diamond wire dies. In the early 2000s he became share- holder of Redies Srl in Guissano near Milan, Italy. In order to be closer to wire and cable producers in central Europe, in 2004 he founded a new Redies site in

been part of a significant portion of the growth and structuring of the site. He became a full-time engineer in maintenance, and later head of tech development. Like Mr Kiwus, he comes from an academic background in the field of metallurgy and materials science. Redies Deutschland GmbH www.redies.com Ferdinand Kiessling (left) and Ulrich Kiwus

Metal trade fair quartet together for second time in Thailand

trends at all four trade fairs and to expand their business relationships. The visitors were manufacturers, buyers and suppliers from the wire, cable, tube, foundry and metallurgy industries, as well as from the automotive, oil and gas, construction, energy, building and electrical sectors. From 17 to 19 September 2025, wire and Tube Southeast Asia will again join forces with GIFA and METEC Southeast Asia in Bangkok. Messe Düsseldorf GmbH www.wire-southeastasia.com

Re-launch of award-winning sustainable polymers, compounds and masterbatches

“As a company that participates in many plastic recycling initiatives and sustain able activities, we are keenly focused on our mission of people and our planet being at the centre of our purpose,” said Michael Roberts, chief innovation officer, Teknor Apex. “Building on this heritage Terraloy platform is a critical step on our path to accelerating the implementation of circular solutions in a way that pro motes confidence, transparency, accessi bility and consistency.” Teknor Apex www.teknorapex.com

In 2015, Teknor Apex received two awards for the Terraloy technology: the Innovation in Bioplastics Award from plastics industry trade association SPI; and the Bioproduct Innovation of the Year Award from Ohio State University’s OBIC Bioproducts Innovation Center. The same year, the United Nations created the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to promote a global partnership to improve health and education, reduce inequality and stimulate economic growth – all while addressing climate change and working to preserve the environment.

In response to market demands for sustainable compounds, Teknor Apex is relaunching its Terraloy® brand in a dedicated effort to build a portfolio of products to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing industry. The portfolio will include polymers, additives and fillers covering a wide range of sustainable attributes such as recycled, bio-derived and bio- degradable content. As the portfolio evolves, it will include products with verifiable carbon footprint and LCA data.

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