WCA July 2019

Industry news

INTERNATIONAL lubricant manufacturers Metalube and H L Blachford Ltd have announced a North American partnership. The two companies exhibited together at Interwire this year. The partnership will initially focus on selling Metalube’s non-ferrous copper and aluminium wire drawing lubricants across the United States, Canada and Mexico. Mike Cundari, president of H L Blachford, said: “This is a very exciting time for us. We have been working to develop our relationship with Metalube for some years now and we are delighted with the exceptional quality of the non-ferrous lubricants they produce. We look forward to a long and fruitful joint venture.” Blachford is a privately owned company, founded in 1921, with production facilities in Canada, the United States, and the UK. Its ferrous and non-ferrous wire drawing products are sold under the trade name Chemdraw ® . Douglas Hunt, commercial director of Metalube, added: “This partnership is also excellent news for Metalube. Blachford has a highly established presence in North America and like us is a privately owned family business with a similar ethos. “They have superb relationships with all of the key non-ferrous wire drawing producers in the region and we are highly confident that our products will be very Metalube partners with Blachford

New die technologies Paramount Die manufactures quality wire drawing dies and has developed innovative wire drawing systems for decades. This market position will be reinforced with new products in large/ bar/shaped dies, shaving dies and holder product segments. The company has worked in the large die market for a number of years but is now fully engaged in this segment. Paramount claims to have perfected the art of shaving wire with its new wire shaving dies. Available in both insert and cased options, coated and uncoated and with a wide array of geometries, these shaving dies can be tailored to achieve any shaving requirement. Paramount recently released its new ParaLoc S, which is a smaller pressure system for use in die boxes that have historically been too small to fit a pressure and draw die. Paramount Die Company – USA Website : www.paradie.com

well received here.” Metalube Ltd – UK

H L Blachford Ltd – USA Website : www.blachford.com

Website : www.metalube.co.uk

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