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Hot on theheels of America sorting its financial woes – or at least reaching agreement on its debt ceiling – Europe’s financial power masters have done the same, sending a wave of relief not only across the continent, but US and Asia. On the day the deal was completed (Thursday, 27th October) stocks, futures and company shares shot in an upwards direction, reaching their highest point in the last three months. In a nutshell (it apparently took 90 meetings over ten hours to arrive at this point!) the European emergency bail-out fund has been quadrupled to €1 trillion ($1.4 trilliion) and half the Greek debt has been written off. Since 2009 the instability of the Euro has sent shockwaves across the globe, with American companies and economy feeling the uncertainty from the lack of faith in the European currency. Let us all hope that this is the start of the end for the doubts and allows companies worldwide to plan and prosper for a brighter 2012. David Bell Editor

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2011 NOVEMBER 6-9 Nov: IWCS Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Conference www.iwcs.org 7-8 Nov: CabWire World 2011 Düsseldorf, Germany Conference www.cabwire-duesseldorf.com 17-19 Nov: Expocentralasia Almaty, Kazakhstan Metal and wire exhibition www.expocentralasia.com 2012 MARCH 6-8 March: AMI Cables Conference Cologne, Germany Conference

MAY 9-10 May: 2012 National Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Exhibition www.expoproductionsinc.com/ wire_home.htm 21-22 May: AWPA Conference 22-23 May: Wire Expo Dallas, Texas, USA Exhibition www.wirenet.org SEPTEMBER 10-12 Sept: International Manufacturing Technology Show McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA Exhibition www.imts.com

OCTOBER 3-5 Oct : Spring World 2012 Chicago, Illinois, USA Exhibition www.wireworld.com/events/

www.amiplastics.com 13-16 March: Cabex Moscow, Russia Conference www.cabex.ru 26-30 March: wire 2012 Düsseldorf, Germany Exhibition www.wire.de

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MAKING THENEWS Washington’s Metro fiber optic network

The expansion of AiNET’s current regional network with a 3-ring, 9,600 fiber-route mile, DWDM fiber optic network will increase bandwidth in the nation’s capital and give commercial and Government users access to a range of mission-critical applications residing in AiNET ® data centers.

users. Areas to be served by the extensive new network include Georgetown, the lower Wisconsin Avenue district, the West End, Foggy Bottom, Dupont Circle,

the K Street corridor, Penn Quarter, and the Central Business District (CBD) – with special focus on high concentrations of federal office buildings, surrounding the Capital, and south of the National Mall. Notably, the network will be completed underground and offer a high degree of diversity from the fiber routes already in place. AiNET ® specializes in design, construction, operations, and technology solutions for Internet data centers and fiber optic networks supporting critical applications.

Construction of the new fiber optic network, intended to span the entire downtown Washington DC area, has already begun. Utilizing the latest DWDM (dense wave division multiplexing) technology, the AiNET network is said to have the potential to bring virtually limitless capacity to many underserved

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“We are more than pleased to welcome John Stanaway to serve as Europe and Asia’s primary contact for all things Mount Joy Wire,” says Ty Krieger, VP of operations. “We know that his contributions will be instrumental in developing newmarkets in our time of growth.” Mount Joy Wire has a newly designed website featuring information on core products, such as spring, brush and oil tempered wire, and with the facility to request quotes or make purchases. 20 years in wire

Fred Krieger and his son Rick founded Mount Joy Wire Corporation through the acquisition of an existing National Standard facility in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. This year, Mount Joy Wire Corporation celebrates 20 years of manufacturing high carbon steel wire by expanding its presence into the European and Asian markets. To further this aim, Mount Joy Wire has brought John D Stanaway into the team as an acting agent overseas. Stanaway has been involved in the wire industry for nearly five decades, and is a past winner of the Unisys/Management Today Service Excellence award.

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Sidera expands its Philadelphia facility

Sidera Networks, a provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, has completed its colocation expansion at North Broad, Philadelphia. The company acquired additional space to accommo- date up to 100 new racks to address growing demands from the market. After the expansion, Sidera Networks’ colocation footprint is nearly 40,000ft 2 . Sidera’s expanded facility is designed to offer carrier-neutral connectivity to more than 25 service providers. Sidera provides secure racks as well as custom cage solutions supported by dual-power feeds, pre-action fire systems, dual-service UPS and AC/DC generator back-up. “401 North Broad is the premier carrier hotel in Philadelphia offering a tremendous opportunity for carriers, IT companies and enterprise businesses that require highly secure colocation combined with access to numerous

network providers for diversity and reliability,” said Kevin Mulqueen, vice president of colocation for Sidera Networks. “Our carrier-neutral facility offers 24x7 access, remote monitoring and managed services. We are proud to say that our facility has experienced 100 percent uptime on all power and cooling since 2003,” Mulqueen added. Leveraging the new facility, customers can get access to service providers, including Sidera’s network solutions that are comprised of Dedicated Internet Access (DIA), Ethernet, SONET, Wavelength and Dark Fiber Services. Sidera Networks recently announced the launch of its E-Connect hub service in several major metropolitan locations. The E-Connect hubs are strategically located in several metropolitan locations including Boston, Chicago, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, Toronto and Washington, DC.

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Instead of the traditional NPE dates in late June, NPE2012 will be 1 st to 5 th April, 2012, will start on a Sunday for the first time, and will take place in Orlando, Florida after 40 years in Chicago. “Super Sunday” on 1 st April will offer 14 hours of back-to-back activities, including technical sessions, panel discussions, networking events, an industry golf tournament, and an evening Opening Gala, featuring the Plastics Hall of Fame dinner and induction ceremony, with award presentations to industry icons who have made outstanding contributions to plastics throughout their careers. Attendees can select from a choice of registration packages and fees for the NPE trade show and co-located events and conferences. “We have designed NPE2012 to be a multi- faceted experience, with activities, discoveries, and opportunities enough to satisfy the needs of anyone who works in the plastics industry or has a need to know about plastics,” said Gene Sanders, SPI’s senior vice president of trade shows and conferences. “The scope of our education program alone makes NPE2012 unique among plastics expositions” NPE2012 registration is open

SPI, the Plastics Industry Trade Association has opened registration for the triennial NPE, said to be bigger, better, and markedly different from previous NPEs.

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Enbridge acquires Tonbridge Power

Canada-based Enbridge has completed its acquisition of all outstanding common shares of Tonbridge Power for $20m. As part of the plan of arrangement, the company will also repay about $50m of debt incurred in the development of the Montana-Alberta Tie-Line (MATL) power transmission project being developed by Tonbridge. Enbridge will inject further funding to complete the first 300MW phase of MATL as well as a low cost expansion to 550MW–600MW. The total cost to the company for both phases of MATL is expected to be about $300m. MATL is a 345km power transmission line from Great Falls, Montana, to Lethbridge, Alberta. Tonbridge has also a 200km southern extension of MATL, the Green Line, in early development.

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Making the switch to smoothwall

Featuring a patented microcell dielectric and foam-filled inner conductor, Heliax FXL is a lighter, stronger and more flexible cable that offers lower freight costs and minimal maintenance. Attenuation is lower, so data moves faster and more efficiently across networks, and the system is de- signed for high weather resistance. Competition for subscribers is intense in the rapidly expanding Indian wireless marketplace, raising the stakes for operators as they balance the need for high performance while keeping costs low. The smoothwall Heliax FXL cable recently won the Golden Award for Green Communication Energy-Efficient Technology in China. Compared with traditional all-copper cables it requires less electric power and fuel to manufacture and transport and, with its aluminum outer conductor, it is a less attractive target for the thefts that have been affecting network components made entirely from copper.

India’s third largest wireless operator, Idea Cellular, has chosen CommScope’s smoothwall RF feeder coaxial cable, replacing most of the traditional corrugated copper cabling in its network. In choosing Heliax TM FXL smooth- wall cable, Idea will utilize the coaxial cable in its base station sites in India. The FXL smoothwall cable, already installed in more than 100,000 sites throughout In- dia and in use around the world, is said to deliver a new level of benefits in wireless network per- formance and reliability com- pared to its corrugated copper predecessor Heliax VXL.

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Atkore acquires Razor Wire

Atkore International Inc has reached an agreement to acquire the assets of Razor Wire International, a manufacturing company specializing in razor wire ranging from 18 inches to 60 inches in diameter. The acquisition will strengthen Atkore’s existing barbed tape product portfolio and market presence in the perimeter security market. “This acquisition enhances our leadership position in a market we perform well in today and that we are focused on for the future,” commented John

Williamson, president and CEO of Atkore International. Razor Wire International uses high technology, custom-built, proprietary equipment to maximize production efficiency and minimize cost. As part of the acquisition, Razor Wire International products will transition to the RazorRibbon ® product offering available through Atkore. All production will transfer to Atkore’s Hebron, Ohio facility.

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Solar array is the cat’s whiskers

REC Solar designed and installed the solar array; the solar plant consists of nearly 1,900 solar panels spanning over 70,000ft 2 on the rooftop.The company said the solar array will take advantage of Arizona’s average of 300 days of sunshine annually to produce nearly 12 million kWh of clean, emission free solar electricity over its lifetime. “This production volume offsets over 16 million pounds of greenhouse gases, equivalent to planting more than 40,000 trees,” Hayes said. In addition to installing the Flagstaff solar array, REC partnered with Purina for the 2008 installation of a solar array at the Nestle Purina Denver pet food facility, the nation’s first major pet food plant to pilot a solar energy array.

Nestle Purina PetCare has inaugurated

a 427kW private solar array at its Flagstaff pet food manufacturing facility in northern Arizona, US.

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DuPont Kevlar plant

Jersey Strand extends the team

Superior appointments

Superior Essex Inc has named Justin F Deedy Jr for the new position of chief operating officer. Mr Deedy has been with the company for over 30 years, serving in multiple executive positions including EVP, business and corporate development and president Superior Essex communications. In his COO role, Mr Deedy will have responsibility for the four operating divisions Deedy’s appointment, Tim Waldner has been named president Superior Essex communications and EVP Superior Essex Inc. Mr Waldner has been with Superior Essex for 12 years and most recently held the position of senior vice president, marketing and product development. of Superior Essex Inc. Concurrent with Mr

Founder and president of Jersey Strand and Cabling, Al Pratt, has appointed Richard Filandro in the role of director of worldwide sales. A mathematician, software engineer and sales professional, Richard holds a bachelor and career as a high school mathematics teacher he moved to a career in business, initially as a software engineer working on graphics manipulation and word processing. Al Pratt said: “Richard brings new perspective here at JSC. His math and science background, coupled with our computer driven manufacturing approach, make a powerful combination”. a masters degree. After a successful

DuPont has dedicated a $500 million expansion of a South Carolina plant to boost the company’s production of Kevlar, a fiber used in products from bulletproof vests to fiber optic cable. The company said the new plant, about 30 miles from Charleston, combined with a recent $50 million expansion of a plant in Richmond, Virginia, will increase production by about 25 percent. Over the next two years the company plans other improvements to increase Kevlar productivity by a total of 40 percent.

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Quaker Chemical Corporation has acquired GW Smith & Sons, a leading manufacturer and supplier of die cast lubricants. The acquired business has net sales of approximately $14 million. GW Smith’s proprietary formulations of die cast lubricants, metalworking lubricants, and machining fluids are sold through direct sales, distributors, and agents in the US and internationally. GW Smith will operate as a standalone subsidiary of Quaker. Included in the transaction are GW Smith’s commercial operations and a manufacturing operation located in Dayton, lubricant provider Quaker becomes die casting

Ohio. Michael F Barry, chairman, CEO and president, commented, “GW Smith is an excellent strategic fit for Quaker as it is complementary to our existing business. “Since its founding over 70 years ago, GW Smith has earned a reputation as a high quality die cast lubricant and metalworking fluid supplier. Many of our customers have die casting and related operations. We are excited at the prospect of offering GW Smith’s complementary product line to our existing customers, both in the US and globally, as well as offering our metalworking prod- ucts to GW Smith’s customers.”

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New Middle East joint venture

PolyOne Corporation has formed an agreement with EA Juffali & Brothers Company Limited to form a joint venture that will enable PolyOne to ex- pand its color, additives and inks business into the Middle East. The new joint venture will be 51 percent owned by PolyOne and is to be based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. “I am pleased to

D Newlin, chairman, president and chief executive officer of PolyOne. “Juffali brings local expertise and years of running successful businesses in the region, while PolyOne is providing the formulating technology and material science to market new, innovative solutions.” The joint venture will be investing in a new manufacturing facility focused on the production of specialty color concentrates with the potential for expansion into other product lines in future phases.

The initial investment is expected to be approximately $14 million and will take place over the next nine to twelve months with local production forecast for late 2012. The agreement follows PolyOne’s announcement that it will acquire ColorMatrix Group, a global producer of additives, liquid colorants and fluoropolymers.

announce our new agreement, which strengthens our

relationship with a key business partner to drive profitable growth in the Middle East,” said Stephen

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Vicini has completed the first phase of the Los Cocos wind farm, with a total generation capability of 77MW. The wind farm has 14 wind turbines and will generate enough power to meet around three percent of the power requirements of the Dominican Republic, supplying around 90,000 families. The wind power generation project will be jointly-developed and managed by the Energy Consortium of Punta Cana and EGE Haina.

Wind farm project in Caribbean

The second phase will have 19 more windmills at the location to bring the total number of wind turbine installations to 33. Each turbine is designed to generate 1.8MW. On completion of all the planned phases, the wind farm will generate enough power to supply around 10 percent of the country’s power requirement. The Energy and Industry Fund of Vicini, a privately held assets management company, has made major investment in the project and has also encouraged local community participation in the project to promote regional and local economic development.

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FastWeb, one of Italy’s largest broadband providers, is deploying the country’s first 100 Gigabit per second (100G) per channel optical fiber network between Milan and Rome. Using Nokia Siemens Networks’ technology, the network will be capable of simultaneously transmitting up to 40 wavelengths of light, each carrying data at 100G. This will allow a total data transfer speed of up to 4 Terabits per second. The new 100G link will be operational in the last quarter of 2011. Its deployment will ensure an improved experience for people using the connection, with greater bandwidth and lower latency, or delay, in data transmission. (A 2008 report by TABB Group showed that a lower latency advantage of 1 millisecond (ms) is equivalent to more than $100 million in financial transaction revenue per year for NYSE Euronext trading partners.) First 100G optical network for Italy

“The transition to a 100G channel optical transport network will enable us to fulfill the demands of our existing users as well as attract new subscribers by offering differentiated services,” said Mario Mella, chief technology officer, FastWeb. Nokia Siemens Networks’ dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) solution comprises the hiT 7300 optical network platform and its network management system for planning and automation. The hiT 7300 platform will ensure cost savings by either adopting no dispersion compensation (DCM-free) techniques on new fiber or simply by utilizing the operator’s installed DWDM network infrastructure. The latter option enables operators to benefit from higher capacity without the costly and time-consuming fiber measurement required by conventional systems.

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Green power for Portugal

A recent report by market research company CRU is suggesting that replacement of copper with other materials may reduce demand for the metal by about 500,000 metric tons this year. Use of plastic for tube production, aluminum for high-voltage energy cables and fiber optics for communications cabling is driving substitution, CRU’s non-ferrous metals group manager Paul Robinson said, estimating that aluminum may replace about 250,000 tons of copper. Copper more than tripled in two years through 2010 on the London Metal Exchange, exceeding aluminum’s 60 percent climb. Concern that copper supply would fall short of demand helped prices to reach a record high of $10,190 a ton in February 2011, discouraging consumption of the metal. Lost copper demand “constrains longer-term growth rates,” Mr Robinson said. “As copper loses these sectors, it also loses any growth potential in the future.” Replacing copper may reduce usage by 500,000 tons

Enel Green Power Espana has begun operation on the 12MW Alto do Marco wind farm in Portugal. The wind power plant comprises six 2MW turbines for a total installed capacity of 12MW. The new wind plant will generate approximately 32 million kWh, enough to meet the needs of around 12,000 households, as well as avoiding the emission of around 24,000 metric tons of CO 2 , per year. Enel Green Power claims the company’s total installed capacity in Portugal now exceeds 191MW, of which 155 MW are generated from wind. Enel Green Power Espana is a subsidiary of Enel Green Power, a developer of energy generation from renewable sources.

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Good news for Greece

CTC Marine laying down deals

The cable-laying firm CTC Marine has secured orders worth over £20 million from the UK and overseas markets. The Darlington UK-based company has won work on a renewable energy venture in Germany, projects in Korea and Australia and a sub-sea scheme in Aberdeen. Most recently, it has also won an order from SBM France to install and bury cables off the coast of West Africa. CTC has teamed up with Teesside manufacturer JDR Cables to carry out the work involved in the SBM contract. JDR has made the power cable at its Hartlepool site and CTC has been commissioned to transport it to the Anguille oil field near West Africa. CTC said the work would not create new jobs on Teesside, but will safeguard existing roles at the company. The firm is now eyeing further work from the growing renewable energy market.

Photovoltaic system integrator Phoenix Solar is constructing a 1.1MWp solar power plant in Central Macedonia, Greece. Phoenix Solar’s Greece subsidiary Phoenix Solar EPE has secured an EPC contract for the solar facility from US-based Sol Power, Production and Trading Electricity. Phoenix Solar has agreed to deliver modules, inverters and components as well as design and construct the solar park in Kolindros. Construction work began in September and grid connection was scheduled before the end of October. The power plant consists of nearly 5,600 crystalline solar modules that will deliver around 1,400MWh of environmentally compatible electricity annually. The electricity generated by the solar modules is enough to power 450 average Greek households and avoid about 1,600 tons of CO 2 emissions a year. Phoenix Solar in Greece general manager Christos Protogeropoulos said the financing by Cypriot investors, together with German expertise, are the ideal preconditions for new green investments in Greece. “The country is currently searching for foreign investors to help overcome the difficult economic situation,” he added.

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IWCS Charlotte North Carolina USA 6 th - 9 th November 2011 IWCS celebrates its 60 th anniversary show when it lands in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 6 th -9 th November. More than 100 companies will be in attendance at the Charlotte Convention Center, one of the leading events in the wire and cable calendar. To help everyone get into the party mood there will be a cocktail reception on Monday evening, 7 th November, from 6.30- 8pm. The event is being hosted in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, adjacent to the Charlotte Convention Center, where many cars are on display and there will be the chance to take a ride in a race simulator.

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Exhibitors AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. - 116 AKSH Technologies Ltd. – 118 AlphaGary Corp. - 213
 Amaral Automation - 114
 American & Efird, Inc. (A&E) - 206 Arkema Inc. – 500 ASI/Silica Machinery, LLC - 204
 Aurum Chemicals Corporation - 106
 AW Machinery LLC - 117
 BASF – Elastollan TPU – 225
 Beta LaserMike - 300
 Borealis Compounds Inc. - 305
 Cable Components Group - 413 Cable Consultants Corp. – 404
 Carris Reels - 312 Cary Compounds, LLC - 221
 CERSA-MCI - 201


Maillefer Extrusion - 220 MGS Manufacturing Inc. - 208 Miltec UV - 408 Monson Companies Inc. – 515 Nabaltec AG - 202
 NEPTCO - 100 Nye Lubricants – 503 OFS - 104 OptEM Engineering, Inc. - 207 Optogear – 519 Otech Corp – 124 PE fiberoptics Ltd – 609 Photon Kinetics - 507 Pittsfield Plastics Eng. Inc. – 224


Plumettaz Inc. – 606 Printsafe, Inc. - 304 Prysmian Group – 320 R.E. Carroll Inc. - 321 Reelex Packaging Solutions – 504 Rio Tinto Minerals - 518
 Roblon A/S - 209 Rosendahl Nextrom Technologies - 406 S&E Specialty Polymers – 420 Saco Polymers – 614


Changzhou Hengfeng Copper Co., Ltd. – 123 Chengdu Centran Industrial Co., Ltd. - 203
 Chromatics Inc. - 120 Coats North America – 505 Commission Brokers, Inc. - 212 Conductix Wampfler – Delachaux Group – 223 Daikin America, Inc. - 506 DeWal Industries, Inc. - 200 Dow Electrical & Communication - 107 DSM Desotech, Inc. - 101 Durr Marketing Associates – 618
 Electrolock – 605 Emirates Conversion Ind. (Senaat) LLC - 419
 EuroWire Magazine - 604 Fiber-Line, Inc. - 119 Fil-Tec, Inc. – 612 Gem Gravure Company, Inc. - 110
 George Evans Corporation – 600
 Gotex S.A. – 222
 Guill Tool & Engineering Co, Inc. - 302
 Hoowaki LLC – 607 Huber Engineered Materials – 125 Inhol BV - 517
 Integer Research - 126 International Wire & Cable Symposium, Inc. – 602 j-fiber GmbH - 405 Keir Manufacturing, Inc. – 216 Kolon Industries, Inc. - 418 Kuraray America - 122
 Lantor BV - 513 LaserLinc, Inc. - 307 Lubrizol Estane ® Engineered Polymers – 620 Conneaut Industries, Inc. - 214
 CRU North America, Inc. - 400 Fusion UV Systems, Inc. - 105 Gauder Group, Inc. – 621


Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. - 219 Shanghai Wangxun New Material Co., Ltd. – 520 Shenzhen Delifeng Trading Co., Ltd. – 402

Sikora International Corp. - 318 Solvay Specialty Polymers – 608 SSCP USA - 205

Stewart Group, The - 319 T & T Marketing, Inc. - 301 Technical Marketing - 509 Teijin Aramid USA, Inc. - 407 Teknor Apex Co. - 412 Tekstilna Tovarna Okroglica - 112 Tensor Machinery, Ltd. - 309 Thermoplastics Engineering Corp – 601 UNC Charlotte – Lee College of Engineering – 616 Unigel (UK) Ltd. - 403
 Unitape Limited - 401 Web Industries – 502 Weber & Scher Mfg. Co., Inc. – 501 Windak Inc. – 508 Wire World Internet – 324 Wire & Cable ASIA Magazine - 604 Wire & Cable Technology Int’l & WCISA ® - 619 Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp. - 306 Wire Association International, The - 218 WiredIn USA Magazine - 604 Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Co., Ltd. – 521
 Zumbach Electronics Corp. - 113

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AFA Industries

Beta LaserMike

AFA Industries, part of Weber & Scher Mfg, is a worldwide supplier of equipment and technology to the wire and cable industry. Information and literature covering the complete portfolio of products offered in the Weber & Scher/ AFA Industries production program will be available at IWCS. The range includes metal tape handling and ultrasonic splicing equipment; binding equipment; Kevlar serving equipment; cable core pressure filling and flooding equipment for optical fiber and copper telephone cables; metal tape overlap seam bonding systems and concentric and eccentric taping heads presentations covering the Inductoweld and Gatweld continuous seam welded sheathing systems for power and optical fiber cables will also be on display. The Inducto weld system uses high frequency induction welding technology, while the Gatweld system uses a TIG (GTAW) welding process. Corrugating systems are available to impart either a helical or annular corrugation in the welded metal sheath of power cables and RF coaxial cables in tandem with the welding operation. and cable payoffs/take-ups. Detailed information and video

Beta LaserMike will be demonstrating a comprehensive range of non-contact measurement systems, including the patent pending LayScan measurement system for accurate and consistent on-line measurement of the lay length of twisted pairs used in telecommunication cables. Providing high-data rate capabilities, LayScan precisely determines the variations in lay length within each lay. Systematic lay variations, typically caused by twinning and cabling operations, can be readily observed and measured. A data acquisition system collects and processes the lay length data, and reports the measurement results. Beta LaserMike will also exhibit its latest CenterScan 2010 system. CenterScan 2010 provides on-line, high-speed eccentricity measurement of wire and cable insulation over a solid or stranded core without touching the product. Highly sensitive magnetic and optical technology precisely determines the location of the conductor and insulated wire. This information is instantly processed to provide eccentricity, diameter, and ovality measurements, and can be used to detect product flaws.

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Cable Consultants Corporation

technology that can be applied to cables up to

30mm, with or without tapes - have been installed, as well as concentric

Cable Consultants Corporation (CCC) will be exhibiting its Primary wire wipe unit, together with literature detailing its full range of cable making machines. CCC represents several European companies (including Vom Hagen & Funke, Nexans, Gimax Group and Dunst GmbH) who combined manufacture the complete range of cabling and extrusion lines for the wire and cable industry. Commission Brokers Commission Brokers will display photos and brochures of currently available used equipment, as well as information about the company’s appraisal, liquidation and consignment capabilities. Commission Brokers specializes in non-ferrous wire and cable equipment, wire harness/ assembly/processing equipment, and braiding machinery, from individual components to complete plants. Conductix Wampfler For over 40 years, Conductix Wampfler (Delachaux Group) has been providing equipment to the fiber and cable markets. An estimated 50 million kilometers of bare silica fiber is produced each year on Conductix Wampfler equipment. Over 100 complete fiber optic draw tower drawing lines and more than 300 proof testers are in use worldwide. For copper cable production, over 60 Rollertwist stranders - a unilay stranding

and longitudinal taping units, traditional cable equipment such as payoffs and take-ups, caterpillar, dual flyers, rotating capstans and accumulators. Also available is a range of high-speed PLC-controlled fiber optic cable produc- tion equipment, including SZ stranding lines; microtube and loose tube lines with good EFL control; and individual items such as automatic spool change dual take-ups and fiber payoffs. DeWal Industries DeWal will be presenting skived PTFE, used primarily because of its high temperature resistance, critical dielectric strength and extremely low friction. Virgin or conductive, DeWAL skived PTFE can be specified as thin as 0.013mm, as used in aerospace, power and high-flex cable applications. DeWal will also display its unsintered PTFE, used primarily as insulation and outer jacketing for wire and cable at temperatures up to 246°C. DeWal manufactures unsintered PTFE from 0.038mm to 0.508mm, with a density of 1.5g/cc.

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Fillers can be added. DeWal’s RoHS-compliant films and tapes will also be present, including low density films (as low as 0.4g/cc) used to wrap primary wires in high flex cable. Other films in this group are for coaxial cable applications where low signal loss is required. Laminated fluoropolymer films with dissimilar materials, often elastomers or melt processable fluoropolymers, are also available. Gem Gravure

Gotex SA has been serving the worldwide cable industry with custom fiber solutions since 1947. From its European manufacturing facility the company supplies flexible strength members, central strength elements, binder yarns, ripcords, water blocking yarns, woven glass tapes (for protection against rodents), aramid woven tapes (for ballistic protection of ADSS cables) and mica tapes for fire protection.

The alphaJET evo from KBA-Metronic and Gem Gravure Co Inc is designed to meet the printing needs of the wire and cable industry. The alphaJET evo benefits from Ethernet, USB and RS232 interfaces for smooth integration into new or existing production processes. The unit has an IP65-rated stainless steel housing, to withstand challenging environmental conditions, and a solvent recovery unit, for dramatically lower solvent usage. The 10.4” TFT color display is designed to lead the operator simply and intuitively via a Windows CE-based operating system. A tough touch panel tilts, can be positioned to suit the operator’s requirements, and is completely removable. The alphaJET evo prints TrueType fonts without loss of speed. Logos and graphics can be created with a PC graphics program and transferred as a bitmap to the ink jet printer. It operates with the full range of GEM ink jet fluids.

Hoowaki LLC

Extrusion dies from Hoowaki LLC use micro- structured surfaces to lower friction on wire and cable polymer jackets, so providing easier installation. Standard extrusion dies are modified with the low friction surface and the micro-features then transfer to the product during the normal extrusion process, requiring few or no adjustments to the process and no adjustments to the material. Hoowaki’s

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technique requires minimal modification to existing manufacturing processes, without introducing any new materials, and is cost-effective for high volume production. Hoowaki custom designs the micro-features according to material and application. The company’s design process takes material shrinkage and drawdown into account to provide features that give the optimal geometry on the final product. The company has demonstrated up to 20% reduction in dry sliding, and up to 80% reduction in lubricated sliding, significantly boosting the surface capabilities of standard polymers. Low-friction surfaces have already been applied to polypropylene, polyethylene, nylon, silicones and fluoropolymers using this process. Hoowaki’s surfaces can also be used to increase extruder productivity, and to reduce drag between the die surface and the polymer without changing the process parameters. The surfaces allow polymers to flow smoothly.

electron beam (RDX 2125-PV- solar-UV) and the

duo system, with an insulation compound and a jacketing compound, can be cured in CV lines (PX 21169-1 and PX 21169-2). PTL mud resistant compound RDX 20606 was developed to perform in the harshest off-shore environments, designed to withstand drilling fluid muds and to meet the requirements of NEK 606, IEC 61892-4 and IEC 60092-359 SHF2. Halogen free CV- and irradiation crosslinkable compounds have been introduced for IRM 902/ASTM #2 oil resistant cables for applications at elevated temperatures, and a new halogenated, irradiation crosslinkable compound for 90C cables, applied in dry or wet conditions for 600V power and control cables, is designed to meet UL, RHH, RHW, RHW-2, SIS, USE, USE-2, XHHW and XHHW-2. Inhol BV also offers a hot set test oven, for fast measurement of hot-creep according to EN 60811-2-1, and complete production lines and compounds for the heat-shrinkable products industry. Integer Research Integer Research is a specialist provider of research, data, analysis and consultancy services, serving several industrial sectors including wire and cable. Integer has worked with wire and cable in- dustry data across the globe for many years, for both its consultancy services and across its published industry reports, essential read- ing for producers, suppliers and equipment manufacturers. Data varies from global tracking of import, exports and production for all wire and cable

Inhol BV

The Inhol range of compounds serves many industry sectors. For the solar industry, Inhol offers proven compounds to meet the European standard TUV 2Pfg 1169. These compounds can be crosslinked by

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and improve quality. The UltraGauge+™ ultrasonic wall thickness measurement system uses hardened stainless steel fixtures, designed to withstand harsh wire and cable manufacturing environments, and UltraLock™ auto setup provides automatic configuration.

products in every country to regional studies covering specific products, or to regional cable markets such as Brazil, China, India and North America. Integer Research’s latest report, Wire & Cable Regional Study: North America will be available at IWCS. Keir Manufacturing, Inc Keir Manufacturing, Inc is a US-based manufacturer of engineered technical ceramic and composite products serving a variety of industries. Since its inception in 1983, Keir has developed proprietary forming and machining methods for production of a wide variety of parts. In March 2010, Keir acquired Kamatics Wire Products (including all assets and intellectual property), relocating all Wire Products production to the Keir facility and headquarters in North Carolina, USA. Kamatics designed, produced, and developed composite flyer bows for over twenty years, combining aerospace proven materials with triaxial braiding to produce superior strength and durability in a lightweight structure. For the global wire and cable industry, Keir’s products include high-purity 99.8% alumina ceramic guides, the Frontiersman™ line of air wipes,and composite flyer bows including the BackBone™ bow. LaserLinc LaserLinc’s non-contact laser and ultrasonic systems measure OD, ID, wall, eccentricity, and concentricity for the wire, cable, and fiber industries. High-speed three-axis laser gauging for ovality and flaw detection, plus features such as FFT and SRL prediction, help reduce scrap, increase production efficiency,

Gauges operate via PC-based Total Vu™ software. Total Vu provides a complete audit trail of the process, including flaw reporting, SPC charts, and Excel-based user-designed reports, and offers real-time analysis, with run and trend charts, graphical cross-section display, and measurements in configurable, easy-to-read panels. Other features include in-process tolerance checking, feedback control, and recipes. Laser gauges measure diameters from 0.035mm (0.0014”) to 120mm (4.7”), and feature compact models and the highest measurement rates available. With the UltraGauge+ wall thickness can be measured at up to eight positions with up to 2,000 measurements per second. LaserLinc micrometers and the UltraGauge+ digital signal processor have a four-year warranty, parts and labor, and LaserLinc will provide a temporary replacement while a micrometer is undergoing repairs.

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Nabaltec AG Nabaltec AG manufactures, develops and distributes highly specialized products based on aluminum hydroxide (ATH) and aluminum oxide, as well as other raw materials, through its Functional Fillers and Technical Ceramics divisions.

Nye Lubricants Inc Nye Lubricants formulates, manufactures, markets and sells synthetic lubricants, thermal coupling compounds and index-matching optical gels. Nye provides lubricant solutions for a range of industries and applications including automotive, aerospace, and appliance wiring harness connectors, as well as supplying curing and thixotropic optical gels for fiber optic mechanical splices and LED applications. Nye services US customers through its regional engineering offices, with representation throughout Europe, South America, Asia, South Africa, Australia and India. OptEM Engineering OptEM Cable Designer is a CAE tool for designing and simulating the performance of copper cables. Hierarchical-design modeling is used where existing design elements are defined as building blocks (instances) in constructing higher level designs. Objects in the cross-section are tagged with object properties such as core material (conductor or dielectric), plating and object name. Each design instance has a unique position, rotation and lay length, which provide realistic twisting parameters for individual pairs, bundles, and cables.

The company´s product range includes halogen-free flame retardant fillers and eco-friendly additives for the plastics industry. Flame retardant fillers are used in cables for use in tunnels, airports, high-rise buildings and electronic devices, while additives replace stabilizers containing heavy metals in PVC processing. Nabaltec also produces base materials for use in technical ceramics, the refractory industry and catalysis. Unlike halogenated flame retardant fillers, the products manufactured by the company´s Functional Fillers division contain no hazardous substances and do not require separate disposal. Rather, in the event of fire, the company´s flame retardant fillers decrease the development of fumes hazardous to human health and the environment.

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The EM field analysis generates accurate ASCII reports for LRCG parameters, and plots S-parameter data for RL, IL, NEXT, FEXT, ELFEXT, PS-NEXT and PS-FEXT. The Pair Advisor module calculates conductor and insulate diameters that fulfill a selected standard using assigned design properties for a shielded or unshielded pair, while the Lay Length Advisor module calculates lay lengths of a four-pair cable based on assigned design properties and ratios between NEXT resonance frequency and maximum frequency for diagonal and side-by-side pairs.

Optogear’s team has decades of experience of building optical equipment. A strong machine building tradition is matched with solid scientific back-up, resulting in new high-performance equipment and new processes. Optogear endeavors to individually tailor equipment to resolve each customer’s individual production problems.

Proton Products International

Optogear

Proton Products International provides measurement and control solutions to the wire and cable industry. The company’s leading products include non-contact speed and length measurement with bi-directional and true-zero speed recognition. The latest super fast range of diameter gauges can measure items at up to 10,000 times per axis, per second. Three-axis lump and neck detectors - for enhanced circumference quality control - preheaters, spark testers and capacitance gauges complete Proton’s portfolio. Proton will display the SLR3060 bi-directional speed and length gauge; the LN3030 lump and neck detector; InteliSENS diameter gauge and NEXiS control system.

Optogear has launched a product portfolio aimed at both specialty fiber and telecom fiber manufacturing segments. Through ongoing collaboration with leading research groups and advanced technology companies, Optogear is able to offer short lead times from research findings to commer- cial production.

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Reelex Packaging Solutions

Roblon

Roblon develops and manufactures high-tech industrial fibers such as glass and aramid strength members, binder yarns and ripcords (standard and water-blocking) used in fiber optic cables and is ISO 9001 and 14001 certified. Roblon produces a range of composite One example is an extra-adhesive version that transmits the force of the strength members to the jacketing material, making it ideal for short-span aerial cables. Roblon has also developed a formulation particularly suitable for direct buried cables or for cables placed in extreme environments such as sewer systems. glass strength members and offers specialized hotmelt formulations.

Alongside examples of the Reelex “I” and Reelex II ® coils in corrugated box packaging, a new type of Reelex package will debut at IWCS. This next-generation Reelex package is said to offer a slimmer profile, greater payout performance, a more environmentally-friend- ly waste profile and lower material costs than current Reelex and other packaging options. The second packaging system on display is a new concept aimed at shorter (500 feet and under) lengths of cable, and is designed to provide a cost-effective, user-friendly packaging solution for a wide range of products never before packed in Reelex. Reelex ® is a patented method of winding any flexible filamentary material into a precision-wound figure-eight coil. This coil dispenses from the inside-out without twists, tangles, snags or overruns and may be placed into a wide range of containers from cardboard boxes to shrink film to environmentally-sustainable packaging.

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