wiredInUSA March 2018

EDITOR

ArcelorMittal is set to become the largest long steel producer in Brazil following its acquisition of Votorantim Siderurgia, a deal which has been rubber-stamped by CADE, the Brazilian antitrust regulation agency. The deal will boost the company’s crude steel production from 5.4 million tonnes per year to 5.6 million. Full details can be found on page 10. Brazil is also in the news as the country is to be connected to Florida after a deal linking up FiberLight with Angola Cables, 10,556km Monet cable. Angola operates two fiber optic pairs with the Monet cable system, one transmitting data from Fortaleza, and the other carrying traffic to São Paulo. Read the full story on page 12. It is time for companies to join the best and head to Düsseldorf, Germany, for the staging of wire and Tube 2018. More than 70,000 visitors are expected in the city for the biennial staging of the exhibition. You can view details about some of the American companies exhibiting at the show by turning to page 42 in this issue of wiredInUSA. And be sure to stop by Stand 11D26 or EN03 and pick up a free CD copy of wiredInUSA and magazines of sister publications EuroWire and Wire & Cable ASIA during the exhibition, which runs from 16 th to 20 th April.

David Bell Editor

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wiredInUSA - March 2018