WCN Autumn 2013

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Death of Peter Frank Whitelegg

for spring coiling and grinding equipment, and in-house production of wire bending machines and coil winding machines which were exported to over 130 countries worldwide. He supported the Boy Scout movement throughout his life and when he retired in 1987, became deeply involved in the Night Shelter charity. Peter sold the business to his employee of 40 years, and later director, Colin Dawson who is currently president of the IWMA. The Whitelegg company is one of the few companies in the wire machinery business which has exhibited at every European wire exhibition since the very first exhibition of wire machinery in 1967 at Olympia in London, and indeed the first spring machinery exhibitions in Manchester prior to this.

after the Second World War broke out. After serving in the tank corps in North Africa and Sicily, he was injured in Italy during the Monte Casino campaign and was invalided back to England. After the war he joined the family business and helped his father develop the business from purely an import agency into manufacturing and exporting. The principal companies represented by Frank Whitelegg before the war were Wafios Maschinenfabrik and Emil Jaeger. When the situation in Germany had stabilised, the agency for Jaeger was continued and very close ties between the two families developed. The Jaeger family and many of their employees managed to escape from Neustadt/Orla in East Germany and rebuild in the West at Muenster/Westfalen. Whitelegg continued to represent Jaeger for over 50 years.

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Peter Frank Whitelegg, a founder member of the International Wire and Machinery Association, has died at the age of 91. He is survived by his wife Margaret, daughters Sally and Diana, and three grandchildren. Mr Whitelegg was born in Clapham Common, London, in 1922. The family and the business moved to Sutton in Surrey where he was educated at Sutton Grammar School. He joined the family business but joined the Army Ajex & Turner has remained dedicated to serving the wire and cable industry with its wide product range of dies and other tooling. Adapting the latest methods and its continuous efforts toward technological development and expertise has led to Ajex & Turner remaining strong in a fiercely competitive era. The company has gained expertise in making extrusion toolings for all the international brands and adopts Remaining dedicated

Whitelegg – UK Email: info@whitelegg.com Website: www.whitelegg.com

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the latest shrink fitting technology without any joints. The New Delhi-based company is equipped with the latest quality control systems and automatic machines to offer high efficiency products. Ajex also offers the correct geometry of dies, manufactured by Conoptica of Norway with the highest die checking profiler.

Ajex & Turner Wire Dies Co – India Email: sales@ajexturner.com Website: www.ajexturner.com

S S The NG-1 from Ajex & Turner for grinding hardened steel pins

Equipment never installed on the market

Mathiasen Machinery Inc has been awarded an exclusive contract to sell a 2009 Redex 5-stand rolling mill and two Compact RESY filtration systems. The equipment was built in 2009, but was never installed. It is still in its original shipping crates.

“This is a great opportunity for a manufacturer to save time and money to add production capabilities. “This high quality equipment is ready to ship now,” said Mike Mathiasen, co-owner of Mathiasen Machinery Inc.

The rolling mill is rated to produce a cross sectional area of 2 to 125mm 2 with a yearly capacity of 15,000 metric tons.

Mathiasen Machinery Inc – USA Email: mmi@mathiasen-machinery.com www.mathiasen-machinery.com

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