WCA November 2023

Technology News

Tooling for the wire and cable industry Ajex & Turner Wire Technologies, India, in collaboration with Turner & Stott, UK, has been engaged in manufacturing wire drawing/TW/compacting dies and other tooling for the wire and cable industry since 1962. The company makes special tooling for copper, aluminium, stainless steel, brass, nickel and welding wire, and all types of ferrous and non-ferrous metal. Tooling is made using PCD, natural diamond, VNT nano, tungsten carbide or hardened steel, as per the customer’s requirements. Ajex & Turner carries out ongoing research and development, and has many quality control instruments to check die geometry and other profiles. VNT (vitrified nano technology) is a recent development. Wire drawing dies, compacting, bunching, stranding, TW, sector and groove dies are available immediately for delivery to customers. The company’s key products are wire drawing dies – PCD, diamond, VNT nano or carbide; as well as extrusion tools, in-house die polishing machines, sector shapes, trapezoidal shapes, rollers, die-polishing accessories, diamond powder/ paste, diamond files, angular pins, wooden pins, cylindrical pins, air wipers and spiral brushes. The global industrial cables market is expected to witness significant growth owing to high capital spending and investments in industries worldwide. Raw material prices

In-house tungsten carbide die polishing and re-grinding machine

coupled with rapid industrialisation are expected to drive market growth. Several developing economies have witnessed rapid infrastructure development, which has further spurred market growth. Increasing energy demand and utilisation in emerging markets such as Asia Pacific is also projected to fuel market growth. The expansion in the power sector and the revamping of power transmission lines has provided impetus to the growth of the industry. Telecom-related initiatives along with a rising number of data centres have been a driver of growth in the optical fibre cable segment. The demand in these various segments, in addition to rising investment, is expected to be conducive for the growth of dies and tools for wire and cable, and Ajex & Turner is accordingly expanding its production facility with fully automatic machines. Ajex & Turner Wire Technologies (P) Ltd www.ajexturner.com

Landing at an exhibition near you…

ARRIVALs

SteelFab 8th-11th January 2024 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

AMI Cables 5th-7th March 2024 Düsseldorf, Germany

Stand: Press Stand

Stand: TBC

Global Industrie 25th-28th March 2024 Paris, France

wire Düsseldorf 15th-19th April 2024 Düsseldorf, Germany

Stand: Press Stand

Stand: TBC

MACH 15th-19th April 2024 Birmingham, UK

Fabtech Canada 11th-13th June Toronto, Canada

Stand: 6-565

Stand: TBC

sALEs

Linda Li China, Taiwan & Hong Kong Email: linda@intras.co.uk Tel: +44 1926 834685

Jason Smith Rest of World Email: jason@intras.co.uk Tel: +44 1926 834684

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