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South America, quite rightly, features heavily in this issue of wiredInUSA. Not only are we looking forward to the first wire South America, staged in São Paulo, Brazil, from 1 st to 3 rd October, but our main story also features Chile, Brazil and Argentina as themain investors in the telecoms world. Topping the table is Chile, which invested just under $70 per inhabitant in 2011, proving that telecoms and Internet access are massively important to a country’s growth. The full story is on page 9. Brazil has been one of the most prosperous economies during recent years, and recovered very quickly from the recession of 2008. As one of the original BRIC countries, it has defied many of the global financial markets and continued on its steady course since then. This year’s successful staging of football’s Confederations Cup, the World Cup next year, and the Olympic Games in 2016 have all played a part in boosting the infrastructure of this massive country. Wire and cable companies are also looking to benefit from that growth and it is no surprise that the first wire South America looks certain to be a massive success. Find out about the show with our preview on page 42. If you are heading to São Paulo, feel free to stop by Stand 544 and collect your free copy of wiredInUSA or sister publications EuroWire or Wire & Cable ASIA. See you there. David Bell Editor #27 EDITOR

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28 Europe News The latest news from Europe 09 Making the News Industry news from the USA

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34 Industry Trade Association Spotlight on awards, education and events

36 Asia & Africa News The latest news from Asia & Africa

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58 Products, Machines and Technology The latest news from machine industries

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SEPTEMBER 17-19 September: wire SE Asia 2013 Bangkok, Thailand Exhibition www.wire-southeastasia.com OCTOBER 1-3 October: wire South America São Paulo, Brazil Exhibition www.wiresa.com.br

APRIL 7-11 April: wire Düsseldorf 2014 Düsseldorf, Germany Exhibition www.wire.de JUNE 16-18 June: Guangzhou International Guangzhou, China Exhibition www.metalchina-gz.com SEPTEMBER 24-27 September: wire China 2014 Shanghai, China Exhibition www.wirechina.net

NOVEMBER 3-5 November: Cabwire 2013

Milan, Italy Conference www.cabwire.com

OCTOBER 28-30 October: wire India Mumbai, India Exhibition www.wire-india.com

10-13 November: IWCS Charlotte, NC, USA Conference www.iwcs.org

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OPTICAL FIBRES Measurement Instruments In line data collection, display, record and report

Measure & Control Instruments

CIM PC software:

LIS-Glass:

Laser Interferometric Sensor

 Diameter repeatability: ±0.005µm at 50kHz  Diameter uncertainty: ±0.15µm  Defect detection 75kHz , event recording  Ultra fine air line detection, 0.3µm, 400Hz  Fibre position: ±2mm range ±0.1mm , 1kHz  Spinning frequency profile  Fibre no circularity measurement Non Contact Tension Measurement (Drawing force Birefringence principle)

NCTM:

 0-400 grams ±1gram, 1kHz  Measurement field: 4mm Ø ± 1 gr within 10-40°C ambient Coating Monitor 5 axes

CM5:

wiredInUSA - September 2013 LDS-T (Laser Diffraction Sensor for transparent product) www.CERSA-MCI.com  Absolute diameter: ±0.2µm, 400Hz  XY Positions ±0.1mm 1kHz  5 axes Lump & Neck: ±2µm, 3.6MHz sampling  Coating asymmetry: 30Hz  Internal defect detection: 800kHz (Airlines, bubbles, inclusions, delaminations…) AIR (AIRline detector)

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MAKING THENEWS

Chile, Brazil and Argentina head telecoms investment table

According to data from the Ovum and AHCIET’s Observatory, investment in the Latin American telecoms industry grew significantly between 2008 and 2011, as countries acknowledged that growth in the sector can improve the economy. Chile experienced the highest investment in telecoms per capita in the region in 2011 with $69.83 per inhabitant, followed by Brazil ($63.36) and Argentina ($59.94). Countries with the highest absolute investment growth between 2008 and 2011 were Argentina (97 percent), Colombia (40 percent) and Chile (35 percent). “The increased contribution of telecoms to national economies is going some way to closing the digital divide,” said Matthew Howett, a principal analyst at Ovum.

economic growth in the region. Yet, regulators also play a key role in influencing and accelerating development in the sector, and as such, should be undertaking key reforms of the regulatory process.” AHCIET, the Ibero-American association of research centers and telecommunications firms, noted that Chile’s data is remarkable because of its small size relative to other markets in the region. “It is not coincidental that Chile boasts the lowest tax burden and, at the same, the highest investment per capita. There is a clear incentive for companies to invest what they don’t spend on tax on extending coverage and service penetration,” said Pablo Bello, AHCIET’s general secretary.

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Wire fault downs F-22

The US air force has released the accident report for an F-22 that crashed in November 2012, during a training flight over Florida. The cause of the accident was found to be a worn, high power, electrical wire that was in contact with a hydraulic line. The charged wire eventually caused a hydraulic leak which the aircraft sensors detected, shutting down the hydraulic system in flight. The pilot attempted to restart the hydraulic system and that led to electrical sparks that ignited the leaked hydraulic fluid.

Before the fire could be extinguished (by the fire suppression system) the flight control systemwas damaged, making the aircraft uncontrollable. The pilot had to eject from the plane. The entire F-22 fleet was inspected for similar electrical wiring situations and to ensure that electrical wires are kept away from hydraulic lines. This was the fifth F-22 fighter lost in an accident; the pilot survived in three of them. Two of the crash losses were during testing.

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Energizing Texas Electric Transmission Texas (ETT) has energized the first of seven 345kV transmission line projects associated with the competitive renewable energy zone (CREZ) initiative in west Texas. The 41.6mile long Riley to Edith Clarke transmission line, and the Edith Clarke switching station, were energized to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid at the end of July. This phase of the ETT CREZ program represents approximately $141.5 million of ETT's estimated total CREZ investment of approximately $1.5 billion. Energizing the Riley to Edith Clarke line completes the first of the seven greenfield 345kV transmissionprojects assigned to ETT as part of the CREZ initiative. The overall CREZ initiative involves eight different transmission service providers, including ETT, constructing 2,400 miles of transmission lines to carry 18,500MW of west Texas wind generation to eastern load centers in ERCOT. All CREZ projects are scheduled for completion by the end of 2013. ETT received the second largest assignment of CREZ projects from the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT).

Watch the Pelican Pelican Wire Company is among recipients of the 2013 “Florida companies to watch” award. Now in its third year, “Florida companies to watch” is presented by GrowFL, at the University of Central Florida, in association with the Edward Lowe foundation. Fifty companies from across Florida will receive their recognition at an awards event on Thursday, 24 th October, at the Hard Rock Live in Orlando, Florida. companies headquartered in Florida. To be eligible, applicants must employ between 6 and 99 full-time equivalent employees and have between $750,000 and $50 million in annual revenue or working capital in place. for demonstrating the intent andcapacity to grow, based on employee or sales growth, exceptional entrepreneurial leadership, sustainable competitive advantage, outstanding corporate culture, inspired community giving and other notable strengths. Pelican Wire was also named “Southwest Florida’s manufacturer of the year” and nominated for “Florida’s manufacturer of the year”. The awards program celebrates privately held second-stage Awardees are selected

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Power to the people – or statues!

Electricity pylons are not the most attractive of features – but designs from a US-based architectural firm could change that. The innovative designs from Choi + Shine show pylons spreading throughout the countryside as human figures in a number of positions, standing and kneeling, and making a number of gestures with their arms. The company has won numerous awards for its design of electricity pylons resembling the human figure. Making only minor alterations to the well-established steel-framed tower design, Choi + Shine has created a series of towers that would become monuments in the landscape. The pylon-figures can be configured to respond to their environment with appropriate gestures. As the carried electrical lines ascend a hill, the pylon-figures change posture, imitating a climbing person. Over long spans, the pylon-figure stretches to gain increased height, crouches for increased strength or strains under the weight of the wires.

In addition, subtle alterations in the hands and head, combined with repositioning of the main body parts in the x, y and z-axis, allow for a variety of expressions. The pylon-figures can be placed in pairs, walking in the same direction or opposite directions, glancing at each other as they pass by or kneeling, head bowed at a town. Despite the large number of possible forms, each pylon-figure is made from the same major assembled parts (torso, forearm, upper leg, hand, etc) and uses a library of pre-assembled joints between these parts to create the pylon-figures’ appearance. This design allows for many variations in form and height while the pylon-figures’ cost is kept low through identical production, simple assembly and construction. The designs have won a number of awards for the company, including the 2010 Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture Design Recognition Award, and plaudits from the media.

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Arista Power Inc has received an order valued at $574,000 for a 166kW solar photovoltaic array from Stan's Harley-Davidson dealership. Stan's Harley-Davidson is a second generation retail and service dealership occupying a 28,000ft 2 facility on the north side of Batavia, New York. The solar system will comprise 600 solar panels mounted on the storefront’s roof. The 166kW system will be tied into the building's existing electrical service and will be interconnected to National Grid's transmission lines. The solar photovoltaic array is projected to generate 100 percent of Stan's current annual consumption of electricity and will provide a payback of just over seven years after taking New York State and Federal incentives into account. Sun shines on Stan's Harley-Davidson

Arista Power expects to install the solar PV array towards the end of 2013. Darryl Horzempa, president and owner of Stan's Harley-Davidson, said: “Now is the time for us to invest into the solar market, especially with all of the tax credits and incentives available for New York businesses. We have focused on reducing our power consumption to a point where this 166kW solar PV system will generate all of our electricity needed on a yearly basis. "Making this investment in solar will fix our energy costs moving forward, and help better plan for future generations in our family business. This solar PV array is one of the center-pieces of our sustainability initiative, along with our environmental outlook and recycling programs."

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Drum named product of the year

Southwire's SIMpull ® WireBarrel™ wire drum has been named “Circuit management system product of the year” by Electrical Construction and Maintenance magazine. A panel of 12 judges – including electrical professionals representing the design/engineering, contracting and facilities/maintenance industries – reviewed and voted on 160 entries in 47 categories. The SIMpull WireBarrel wire drum replaces the wire cart and multiple reels used during run pulls, thus removing the difficulties associated with maneuvering the cart and repeatedly handling heavy reels. The package includes NoLube ® SIMpull THHN ® wire, made available for the first time in circuit-sizedconductors, paralleled

in the barrel package, and is transported easily around the job site by the SIMpull WireBarrel hand truck. This is the fourth time in seven years that a Southwire SIMpull product has received an award. Southwire has won NECA Showstopper awards, tED's Overall Supplier award and several previous honors from EC&M, including the wire and cable product of the year in 2011, which went to the SIMpull Stack™ reel; top product in the tools and accessories category in 2010 for the SIMpull Head ® pre-installed pulling devices; and a product of the year award in 2008 for the SIMpull THHN cable – the industry's first commercial cable product that can be pulled through conduit without external pulling lubricant.

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High customer confi is our proudest mom “ When was the company established? Jean-François Fardeau, principal shareholder of the company (95% of the shares), set up CERSA in the south of France in 1981. CERSA initially concentrated on automation and measurement engineering specific and complex applications for major public andprivate companies in the French aeronautical, armament and nuclear industries.

CERSA-MCI Main activity of company: Manufacturer of measuring and control instruments for optical fibers, fine wires, cables.

Head office: 16-53 Parc Expobat, 13480 Cabries, France Tel: +334 42 02 60 44 Fax: +334 42 02 79 79

In 1989, began dimensional metrology instrument production, mainly for in-line wire and optical fibre diameter measurement. By 1998, our Measurement and Control Instrument (MCI) division had become the most important part of CERSA’s activities and today 99% of our products are exported to all continents. CERSA-MCI is now the brand name for our metrology activities worldwide. Visit our website for more information: www.cersa-mci.com/en/cersa-company

Other sites: CERSA- MCI, Wuhan Co, Ltd Maintenance and Support office, Suite A3, 1109, Lingjiaohu Wanda Plaza, Jianghan District Wuhan, China Email: sale@cersa-mci.com www.cersa-mci.com

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What is the proudest moment for the firm? High customer confidence these last years with many important contracts for the delivery of a full set of high performance optical fiber measurement instruments. Have you got any current projects of note? We actually have several important contracts for optical fiber measurement instruments in Asia at the moment. Any other information you would like to submit? • Optical fiber: A complete line of outstanding performance measurement instruments for a full in-line quality certification • Fine wire: High accuracy diameter measurement and accessories, 1 and 2 axes, high frequency measurement. • Cables and rods: High accuracy diameter measurement, 1 or 3 axes, shape tracking, defect detection ovality…. • Surface Quality Check: Advance: SQM for fine wire, optical fiber surface quality check.

All these products result of the customer demands and close cooperation between industry experts and CERSA-MCI engineers, to improve in line continuous production check and quality certification, to reduce off line check and cost. CERSA-MCI is constantly involved in R&D activities in cooperation with customers in the fiber optic, wires and cables industries. The objective is to extend our product line for these industries in order to meet most of their metrological and production quality control. For the last 20 years, 40% of our labor cost was on advance R&D programs, resulting in several international patents. Inorder tomaintainandextend itsposition on the world market and broaden product awareness, CERSA-MCI is developing an extensive representative network and setting-up local production and maintenance units, to ensure a closer customer service. Beginning in 2013 CERSA set up its Chinese Maintenance and Support office in Wuhan.

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Wire rope acquisition

Delta Rigging and Tools, Inc has acquired Tulsa-based Holloway Wire Rope, a supplier of wire rope and rigging supplies. The acquisition of Holloway Wire Rope expands Delta Rigging & Tools, presence in the Oklahoma oil and gas fields, and broadens its reach into the midwest markets. Holloway Wire Rope has been established for 72 years, and is one of the earliest established wire rope and rigging companies in the United States manufacturing wire rope slings, rigging, and chain products. “We had been looking for a way to expand our footprint deeper into the Oklahoma oil fields and midwest markets for some time,” said Mitch Hausman, president and CEO of Delta Rigging and Tools.

“After a careful review of the Holloway Wire Rope operations, it became clear that taking a well-established business with great customer and vendor relationships was a strong strategic move for us, and the best way to serve our existing and new customers working in the midwest.” Curt Tuggle, owner of Holloway WireRope,willbe joiningtheDelta Rigging & Tools management team and continues as general manager of the TulsaandWichita operations. He said: “We are very pleased that a company with Delta Rigging & Tools’ national stature and reputation for quality and value is acquiring Holloway Wire Rope."

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Wire infrastructure deployment

The semiconductor group Entropic, and Prime Electronics & Satellitics, a manufacturer of advanced digital satellite communication and wireless consumer electronic products, have deployed a single-cable wire infrastructure, based on Entropic's channel stacking switch (CSS). Prime's LNB with the Entropic EN5288 CSS technology allows DBS operators to support a single satellite, four tuners, and multiplex over-the-air (OTA) terrestrial

signals through a single cable. DBS service providers can thus deliver HD programming and services to multiple rooms in the home from one satellite dish with plug-and-play STB installation. The EN5288 is Entropic's third-generation analog CSS silicon solution. The EN5288 is a two-input, two-user channel output CSS service for DBS television applications, and works in an input frequency range of 950MHz to 2,150MHz.

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Bringing Christmas to July

Aspart ofAllied’s 25 th anniversary celebrations the company, with the help of customers, raised $9,148.06 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation during its Christmas in July Charity Week. Charity Week is tradition for Allied Wire & Cable. Each December, one week is designated as Charity Week, during which a percentage of all sales is donated to non-profit organizations chosen by Allied employees and customers. The event is usually reserved for the holiday season, but because Allied is in the middle of a full year of 25 th anniversary celebrations, the company decided to incorporate an additional Charity Week event. From 15 th to 19 th July, a portion of all new orders set to ship by 1 st September went to a donation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation,

acharitywhichgrants thewishes of children with life-threatening illnesses. Allied Wire & Cable has a long history with the Make-A-Wish Foundation and, thanks to charitable events over the years, has been able to help fund wishes for trips to Disney World, a trip to baseball camp, a trip to Florida to meet the Philadelphia Phillies at spring training, a wish to have a new computer, and a wish to have a therapy pool installed, among many others. On 31 st July, representatives from Make-A-Wish Philadelphia and Susquehanna Valley, Dennis Heron, president and CEO, and Karen Traten, director of partnerships and communications, visited Allied Wire & Cable headquarters for the official check presentation.

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Superconductor fine-tuning

Typical applications for superconducting wires include underground transmission cables, transformers and large-scale motors and generators, but these applications require wires to operate under differing temperatures and magnetic fields. A team led by Amit Goyal, of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has demonstrated that superconducting wires can be tuned to match different operating conditions by introducing small amounts of non-superconducting material to influence how the overall material behaves. Manipulating these nanoscale “imperfections” allows researchers to exert control over the forces that regulate the wires' superconducting performance. The team's findings have been published in Nature Publishing Group's “Scientific Reports”. "Not only can we introduce these nanocolumn defects within the superconductor, and get enhanced

performance, but we can optimize the performance for different application regimes by modifying the defect spacing and density," Goyal said. The paper reports aminimumengineering critical current density at all applied magnetic field orientations of 43.7KA/ cm 2 , more than twice the performance level needed for most applications. This metric assumes the presence of a 50 micron copper stabilizer layer. Generatingdefects inthesuperconductor is accomplished through a self-assembly process, which enables researchers to design a material that automatically develops the desired nanoscale microstructure during growth. The mechanism behind the process adds very little to the production cost: "When you're making the wires, you can dial-in the properties because the defects self-assemble," Goyal said. He hopes the private sector will incorporate the team's findings to improve upon existing products and generate new applications.

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Wire rope gives bridge a lift

The Jacques Chaban-Delmas Bridge, a new vertical lift bridge crossing the Garonne River, is the largest lift bridge in Europe. A central span of 117m, weighing 2,600 tons, rises to a height of 53m to allow passenger liners and ships to pass underneath.

Operation of the lift span is achieved via high strength wire ropes passing over sheaves that connect the lift span to the counterweights. A wire rope winch drive operating system with electric motor and flux vector regenerative drives haul in and

The lift span has a symmetric cross section and carries four traffic lanes - two monorail tracks and two outboard sidewalk/bikeways. Four independent pylon towers – one at each corner of the lift span – will allow a counterweight (a quarter of the total lift span weight) to travel vertically inside each pylon.

pay out the counterweights, thereby raising and lowering the lift span. WireCo WorldGroup’s wire rope facility in Kirkel-Limbach, Germany, produced over 4,600m (nearly three miles) of CASAR Turboplast ropes to complete the project, which will handle 43,000 vehicles a day and reduce traffic congestion in the Bordeaux region.

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LaserLinc has appointed Steve Crooks as southwest regional sales representative. He will manage sales in the southwest United States, includingArizona, southern California, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico. He is based in Tucson, where he has lived and worked for over 25 years. Most recently, he worked in the capital equipment medical manufacturing industry and has national and international

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distribution experience, working with leading suppliers such as St Jude Medical, Medtronices, Covidien, Boston Scientific, Kimberly Clark, and Abbott Labs. Aside from his professional life, Mr Crooks is a member of the board of directors for “Tee Up For Tots”, a pediatric cancer research and family support organization based in Tucson, and has been involved with numerous charities and youth sports organizations.

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$822m cable buy-out

Madeco, Chile’s biggest maker of copper wire, increased 25 percent in Santiago. Madeco’s cable unit, which represents about 65 percent of the parent company’s sales, generated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization equal to 10.6 percent of revenue, compared with a margin of 6 percent at Nexans. The higher margins can be explained by strong demand and fewer competitors, said Nexans chief executive, Gerard Hauser. Hauser added that Nexans will now target North America and Asia, notably Japan and China, where it is studying two purchases. The company may look at acquisitions “of significant size”.

Nexans SA has agreed to pay $822 million for Madeco SA’s cable business. Madeco will receive a 9 percent stake in the company. Nexans, which purchased Olex Cables in 2006, has doubled its Asia-Pacific revenue with boosted sales of higher-margin high-voltage cables as power producers in the area seek to meet increasing electricity demand. “The deal fills a hole, as Nexans lacked a significant presence in fast-growing Latin America,” said Kepler analyst Pierre Boucheny. “But the transaction isn’t cheap. Nexans is betting it can improve Madeco’s profitability.” Nexans shares fell 4.8 percent, but the stock has changed very little during 2013 compared with its closest competitor, Prysmian SpA, whose shares have gained 25 percent since its initial share sale in May.

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The world’s second-largest offshore wind farm, situated off England’s Suffolk coast, was officially opened in early August. UK energy and business minister, Michael Fallon opened the 500MWGreater Gabbard wind farm, a 50-50 joint partnership between SSE and RWE Innogy, which has been operational since September 2012. Greater Gabbard has been a pioneering project for the UK offshore wind industry. Capable of generating enough energy to power 530,000 homes per year, for many years it was the largest wind farm under development worldwide, andwas the first to be sited over 12 miles offshore. It continues to be the furthest from shore and, in depths of up to 34 meters, is in the deepest water of any commercial UK offshore wind asset. Official opening of world’s second largest wind farm

Ikea to purchase fully assembled wind farm

Mainstream Renewable Power has closed adeal to sell the 7.65MWCarrickeenyWind Farm to furniture retailer Ikea. The project is expected to be operational in early 2014, at which time Ikea will complete the purchase. The Ikea Group has plans to invest £1.5bn in wind energy and solar programs as part of group’s sustainability strategy to generate as much energy as it consumes by 2020. This acquisition will increase to 137 the number of wind turbines that the Ikea Group has committed to owning and operating. Commenting on the deal, Mainstream Renewable Power's chief executive, Eddie O'Connor said: "Partnering with corporations who want to own wind and solar plants is a very exciting and growing part of Mainstream’s global business. We are being approached by a growing number of energy-intensive corporations in the retail, IT and mining sectors who want to invest in our large portfolio of wind and solar plant being developed across four continents.”

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Siemens Metals Technologies has installed a continuous bloom caster at Chinese steel producer Changzhou Zhongtian Iron & Steel (Zenith Steel). The plant has an annual production capacity of around 1.3 million metric tons of blooms. Zenith Steel produces a wide range of end products, including steel pipes, bearing and spring steels, and a range of structural steels. Zenith Steel is privately owned and runs an integrated iron and steel works in Changzhou, Jiangsu province. The company's steel works has three BOF (LD) converters with a production capacity of 10 million metric tons of steel per year. The five-strand casting plant built by Siemens is designed to produce round blooms with diameters ranging from 360 to 600 millimeters. It can cast structural steels, high-carbon, alloyed and low-alloyed steels, as well as pipe steel grades, at a speed of up to 0.8 meters a minute. The continuous casting plant has a machine radius of 14 meters and a metallurgical length of 32 meters. Caster goes on stream at Zenith

German cable and wire maker Leoni AG has recorded a raised sales forecast, following higher than anticipated demand from the car industry. The company is predicting that 2013 sales will reach approximately €3.8 billion, compared with an earlier forecast of €3.7 billion. Leoni is benefitting from the expansion of the car industry in China and the US, while sales in Europe are “significantly” down, it said. “Growth in sales of wiring systems, cable harnesses and automotive cables more than compensated for weak business involving industrial wire and cable products,” a company statement said, adding: “The wire and cable solutions unit’s new orders in the first half rose 3 percent to €840 million.” In other sectors, Leoni scaled down capacity at a plant in Stolberg, Germany, after cable projects for the petrochemical industry in Iran were canceled following international trade sanctions; shifted a production line to Mexico from Morocco; and reduced output of household appliance cables in China. Car industry shows increased wire demand

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David Fawcett

New group CEO for Europe

The Bossard Group has opened a headquarters and fastener distribution center in South Korea to help further its customer base in Asia. The new facility in Cheonan City near Seoul, South Korea, was completed in just eight months. Spanning an area of over 11,000m 2 the new construction offers space for over 100 workstations, while the distribution center has capacity for over 1,200 tons. David Dean, CEO of the Bossard Group, said: “Our successful business development in South Korea has necessitated an increase in capacity. In doing so, we have also created the ideal prerequisites for being able to serve our customers better and quicker.” New fastener HQ in South Korea

Miyachi Europe has appointed David Fawcett as group CEO and president, America & Europe. He will be responsible for overseeing operations and providing strategic direction to both Miyachi Unitek Corporation (MUC) and Miyachi Europe Corporation (MEC). Mr Fawcett has served as president and CEO of MUC since 2012, and was previously the chief operating officer of MEC. In his new role, Mr Fawcett will focus on sales and profitability growth. Mr Fawcett has a strong record in the Miyachi organization. He first worked with Miyachi as a manager at ACAL, a UK-based distributor formerly known as Townsend Coates, where he distributed products from MUC, MEC, and Miyachi to industry clients for six years, before rising through the ranks eventually to president and CEO of MUC. Miyachi Europe is a leading supplier of laser and resistance welding systems and laser marking products.

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Steel rope results

Fasteners joint venture

The Turkish steel wire and rope producer Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayii Inc has announced its financial results for the first half of 2013. In the second quarter, Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayii posted a net profit of $103,796, compared to a net profit of $1.05 million in the same quarter of 2012. The sales revenues of the company increased to $17.25 million, a year-on-year increase of just over 10 percent. However, the company has registered a net loss of $93,251 for the first half of the year, with sales revenues of $31.45 million, down 3.2 percent year-on-year. During this period, Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayii produced 27,589 tonnes of steel products, a 2.65 percent year-on-year increase. In the period under review, Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayii's steel rope output totaled 5,221 tonnes; galvanized wire production amounted to 884 tonnes, up 19.8 percent; spring wire output increased by 8.7 percent to 3,901 tonnes; while bead wire production decreased by 38.5 percent to 2,939 tonnes. Pre-stressed wire strand production increased, but the company reported zero production of single strand rope.

Following growth in demand for RotaBolt technology throughout South East Asia, and in particular from Taiwan, RotaBolt, in a joint venture with distributors Coretech, will open a new production facility in Taipei. The venture is 70 percent RotaBolt owned, and 30 percent Coretech, and the new plant will begin production in the late summer. “The take-up of our measurement technology has been dramatic,” said Rod Corbett, managing director of RotaBolt. “In the petrochemical sector, word has begun to spread about our successes in achieving leak-free operations – the potential for us is substantial. In time, this new facility will enable us to realize that potential.”

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Innovations driving worldwide wire and cable

The conference – priced at just € 150 for members – will also have tabletop exhibits on display for the duration of the day and there will be the opportunity to attend a gala dinner at the nearby Palazzo Clerici, originally the home of the rich and influential noble family of Milan Clerici. The following day, Tuesday, 5 th November, there will be the opportunity to visit local factories for a guided tour of the facilities. The ferrous tour will be to Ori Martin factory located in Brescia and the non-ferrous tour to Alenia Aermacchi. Transportation will be provided for each tour and more information can be found on the “Plant Tour” page at www.cabwire.com with details of cost and how to book.

Leading companies from around the world will converge on Milan, Italy, for the CabWire World Conference in November, co-organized by the International Wire and Machinery Association. speakers and

The theme at this year’s conference on Monday, 4 th November, is “Innovations driving worldwide wire and cable markets” and features a panel of both ferrous and non-ferrous expert speakers, presenting papers on the latest technological developments within the industry. Keynote speaker for the conference is Philip Radbourne, of highly acclaimed Integer Research, who will give his “Review of the European Wire and Cable Sector”. This will be followed by speakers from Italy, China, Japan, Turkey, Sweden, Germany and Finland.

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conference sessions, refreshments and lunch and a ticket to the gala dinner. For non-members it is €175 . You can also take advantage of the excellent sponsorship and table top exhibit opportunities by visiting www.cabwire.com The conference has been jointly organized by the IWMA, Associazione Costruttori Italiani Mecchine per Filo (ACIMAF), Comité Européen, de la Tréfilerie (CET), the International Wire & Cable Exhibitors Association (IWCEA) and the Wire Association International (WAI).

The conference itself will take place at the Palazzo Turati in Milan. For interested delegates, the organizers of CabWire have negotiated a special delegate rate of only €199 per night for a superior room including breakfast at the Rosa Grand, a stunning five star luxury hotel surrounded by Milan’s iconic sights and attractions, 
and within only a 15-minute walk of the both the Cabwire conference and gala dinner venues. The cost for the conference, for members, is just €150 which includes access to all

Cab Wire Wor ld Conference 2013 4 - 5 N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 3 Palazzo Turati Milan, I taly Innovations driving worldwide wire and cable markets

The 6 th biennial world conference at the Palazzo Turati in Milan, Italy, on the 4 th November 2013.

This year’s theme will be “ Innovations driving worldwide wire and cable markets ” and will feature a panel of both ferrous and non-ferrous expert speakers, presenting papers on the latest technological developments within the industry.

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New fiber production plant

its Brazil branch. According to company directors, the estimated investment will be $5m within the period from 2013 to 2016. “Valle del Cauca will benefit from the technology transfer processes to be developed by Furukawa Electric, which is the third largest producer in the world in this field. Some of the employees contracted for the plant in Colombia will be trained in Brazil for a period of six months to later also train local personnel,” said the president of Proexport, María Claudia Lacouture.

Furukawa Electric Group is to construct an optic fiber cables production plant in Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Pre-operational activities were expected to begin during August, and for the plant to be in production in February 2014. The plant will be the first of its kind in the region, but will be the third Furukawa telecommunications plant in South America. Furukawa has been selling structured cabling in Colombia for five years. Thedirect foreign investmentprojecthasbeen analyzed since 2011 by Proexport and Invest Pacific, together with the Furukawa through

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Subsea to South East Asia

Lihua Q2 results

Trident Subsea Cable has unveiled its plans for a link between Perth and Singapore via a 4,600km subsea cable passing through Onslow, in the Pilbara, and Jakarta in Indonesia. It also outlines the construction of a subsea cable around the North West shelf and an onshore connection between Perth and Port Hedland. The project is expected to provide a major boost to Western Australia’s telecommunications connectivity. Trident says it will allow the state government, as well as Western Australia’s mining, oil and gas sectors, to use the infrastructure, and will provide a data center co-location in the state. State commerce minister Michael Mischin hailed the private sector initiative as making a vital contribution to the telecommunications infrastructure of Western Australia, and facilitating the operations of multinational corporations in the region.

Lihua International Inc, the Chinese developer, designer, and manufacturer of alternatives to pure copper products, including refined copper products, copper wire and copper clad aluminum wire, has announced financial results for the second quarter, ended 30 th June 2013. Mr Jianhua Zhu, Lihua's founder, chairman and CEO, commented on the report: “We continued to experience solid demand from our customers in the second quarter, which resulted in a year-over-year increase of more than 37 percent in overall sales volume. We are actively working to leverage untapped sales opportunities in our primary end markets and are excited by the prospects of further diversifying our customer base and better positioning Lihua for long-term, sustainable growth. “Overall, we are very pleased to have completed the second quarter with revenue of $246 million and net income of $16 million, each of which represent meaningful improvements over a year ago."

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Asia Pacific appointment

Fiber optic collaboration

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited has appointed Mr Ivan Hsia as the company's new chief financial officer. Mr Hsia will replace Mr Frank Tseng, who is steppingdown fromhis position for personal reasons. The company has valued the significant contributions made by Mr Tseng during his tenure and notes that Mr Tseng will assist the company during a transition period. Mr Hsia joined the company in 2011, serving initiallyasseniormanagerofAPWC’s internal audit group, later being appointed deputy CFO. As deputy CFO, Mr Hsia has taken the lead on the company’s conversion from US GAAP to IFRS, performed various CFO functions, and reported to Mr Frank Tseng and Mr Chun-Tang Yuan, CEO of APWC, on special projects assigned to him. Mr Hsia holds a Master’s degree in business administration in accounting from TamKang University, Taiwan. “On behalf of our board of directors and management team, we want to sincerely thank Frank Tseng for his years of service as our CFO,” said Chun-Tang Yuan, CEO of APWC.

Main One and Phase3 Telecoms have concluded plans to expand their combinedfiber opticnetwork tocorporate and public institutions across Nigeria. Communications manager of Phase3 Telecoms, Mrs Morayo Nwabufo, recently stated that besides the recent deployment of broadband access facilities to institutions in Oyo state, the two organizations plan to expand their connectivity to other parts of the country. Mrs Nwabufo said that fiber optic broadband helps small businesses expand and thrive and it will help to create more jobs while helping to boost the nation's economy as a whole. She added that a planned awareness creation event aims at providing a better approach to business growth in the South West. Phase3 Telecom, Nwabufo explained, has also commenced the deployment of model network to enable high-speed connectivity in the Nigerian real estate market as an off-shoot of its upgraded fiber-based wireless telecommunication infrastructure.

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Nawaz Sharif

New cable for New Zealand

Pakistan to connect with China

Hawaiki has signed an agreement with Northland Inc, to bring a new $350m submarine cable to the Whangarei, New Zealand, area. Hawaiki commits to bring its cable ashore in the region and to provide the necessary infrastructure. The cable is expected to be operational within two years, and will become the second fiber optic cable network to link New Zealand with the rest of the world. The submarine system will carry data between Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and the west coast of the United States. Northlandwill aid both the landing and the funding of the cable, including sourcing local investors and promoting funding through the Northland regional council’s investment and growth reserve. Hawaiki's CEO, Rémi Galasso, said the system, which has a design life of 25 years, will be based on 100Gbps wavelength technology and deliver over 20Tbps of design capacity – equivalent to around 468 DVDs a second, and it is hoped that as well as accelerating the development of a potentially lucrative data center industry in the country, it will also ultimately lead to cheaper Internet access.

Pakistan will lay alternative optic fiber international backbone through China on the route of the Karakoram Highway. The 820km project will cost $44 million and is planned to reduce Pakistan’s dependence on the undersea cables SEA-ME-WE 3 and 4 and IMEWE. It will also provide communication security and boost telecom revenues. The agreement between China and Pakistanwas signedduring the recent visit of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to China. The fiber will be laid between Rawalpindi and Khunjarab and will be completed in two years. Chinese telecom firm Huawei has been given the contract. Observers of the telecom sector consider that Pakistan’s dependence on existing arrangements is not only a risk but also entails security concerns. Voice/data and Internet trafficcanbemonitoredand easily disrupted. To offset such a threat, this project will forge a link between Pakistan and the Trans-Asia Europe (TAE) cable in China, which would enable both Pakistan and China to have alternative routes for international telecom traffic.

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Napoleon Nazareno

Rod production shows slight increase

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT) has laid at least 5,000km of fiber optic cable to support the rollout of high-speed data services on its fixed and mobile networks. In a statement, PLDT said the expansion of its fiber optic network is accelerating the deployment of its FTTH service, as well as its Smart Communications Inc unit’s mobile data service, Long Term Evolution (LTE). “If we include our international fiber optic links and leased facilities, the PLDT Group now has more than 71,000 kilometers of fiber assets,” said Napoleon Nazareno, PLDT president and chief executive. By the end of 2012, PLDT had over 54,000 kilometers of fiber optic cable in its domestic fiber optic network. That figure was increased to over 60,000 by mid-2013. In addition, PLDT has almost 7,200 kilometers of international submarine fiber optic cable and over 4,000 kilometers of domestic submarine fiber cable. PLDT Technology Group head Rolando Pena said the FTTH service had already reached two million homes by the end of June. Philippines’ 5,000km fiber rollout

A recent survey of 21 major Chinese domestic wire rod producers, carried out by Shanghai Metals Market, revealed that the average operating rate was up to 77.23 percent during July, with raw material inventories down to 14.44 percent of production. The rate in July was the highest monthly average this year, but was chiefly due to a single company in the survey restarting production on a previously suspended production line. This company aside, the average operating rate for July was 75.7 percent, the same level as June. Most consumption of wire rod during July was by electricwireandcablemanufacturers, with consumers of enameled wire, automotive and electronic wire beginning a seasonal low demand period. With copper prices depressed by over-supply, Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) will hold a conference in Ningbo on 5 th and 6 th September to provide insight into copper price trends.

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wire South America 2013 The first-ever wire South America – International Wire and Cable Fair – will be staged at the Exposições Imigrantes exhibition center in São Paulo from 1 st to 3 rd October 2013. The inaugural edition of the trade fair for wire and cable production and finishing will take place in parallel with TUBOTECH – 7 th International Trade Fair for Pipes, Valves, Fittings and Components. Exhibitors at wire South America and TUBOTECH will present their new products on a total floor space of 13,000m 2 . Some 150 exhibitors will showcase their innovations from the wire and cable manufacturing and finishing, process engineering tools and auxiliary components, and measurement, control and test engineering sectors. wire South America will feature group ventures from the United States, Italy, Austria (“Expo Austria”) and China . Support for wire South America is provided by IWMA – the International Wire & Machinery Association, WCISA – the Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association, and ACIMAF – the Italian Wire Machinery Manufacturers Association. The conditions in the run-up to the wire South America and TUBOTECH events in São Paulo are promising: According to a report by GTAI (Germany Trade and Invest ), the strength of Brazil’s construction, automotive and consumer electronics sectors is causing a sharp rise in the demand for wire and cable products. Infrastructure expansion, the boom in the construction industry , increasing investment in capital goods and favorable market conditions in the consumer goods industry are all generating strong momentum . Both exhibitions will benefit from the experience Messe Düsseldorf has gained from years of organizing globally leading trade fairs wire worldwide. wire South America and TUBOTECH bring excellent sources of information to visitors from Brazil and surrounding nations right to their own continent, and they are an ideal platform for international exhibitors interested in gaining visibility in the important and interesting market of the future that is South America.

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