WCN Spring 2009

L & P Wire International (LPWI) is delight- ed to announce its presence at Interwire 2009 in Cleveland, Ohio in April 2009. Sales director of LPWI, John Stanaway, will be joining colleagues from the Leggett & Platt Wire Group on the corpo- rate booth for the duration of the show and will be delighted to welcome custom- ers and industry friends both old and new. Leggett & Platt is a leading producer of drawn steel wire with 8 plants strategically located in the United States. The company specialises in wire transformation, utilis- ing heat treatment and metallic coatings throughout the carbon range. L & P to exhibit at Interwire

Heavy duty capstan Queins & Co GmbH has developed a new heavy duty rotating caterpillar capstan, to be used in armouring drum-twister lines for large cable diameters with thick and stiff armouring wires. Used machinery worldwide Since its establishment in 1987, Hasemann Maschinen has specialised in the world- wide purchase and supply of highest quality used machinery for the processing and treatment of steel and non-ferrous products such as semi-finished bright steel bars, tubes and wires. Customers appreciate the company’s expertise, and the ready availability of used machinery at attractively low cost. single/ multiple drawing machines, bull blocks, combined drawing machines, chain drawing benches, pre-straighteners, 2-roll and 3-roll straightening and polishing machines, section straighteners, 6-roll tube straighteners, straightening and cutting machines, bar peelers, centreless grinding machines and mesh welding machines. Hasemann Maschinen will have its own stand at wire Russia 2009. Hasemann Maschinen – Germany Fax : +49 2131 792620 Email : info@hasemann-maschinen.de Website : www. hasemann-maschinen.de Hasemann’s delivery programme includes pointers, swagers,

Key wire transformation processes are annealing, galvanising, metallising, and oil tempering. LPWI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Leggett & Platt Incorporated, a diversi- fied, Fortune 500 listed corporation. Using L&P’s global network of offices and production facilities, LPWI is able to source and supply most grades of steel wire for a multitude of applications. L & PWire International – UK Fax : +44 1636 672245 Email : john.stanaway@leggetteurope.com Website : www.lpwire.com

WCN increases its readership with the new E-Zine

IWMA member organisations value highly the promotional and communication medium provided by WCN, the Association’s newsletter. All members can submit editorials about their organisations (not adverts) for free publication to target the wire and cable industry worldwide. In hard copy form WCN is read by nearly ten thousand people around the globe. Members’ articles are also posted as individual news items on the IWMA website www.iwma.org. Now, the IWMA has an ‘E-Zine’ or electronic version of WCN and many more industry people worldwide can receive it. WCNwill continue tobemailedout in its hard copy formand tobewidelydistributed at all major wire exhibitions supported and attended by the IWMA as well as at its technical conferences. A number of members have told us that they prefer the hard copy to add to their archive libraries but the IWMA believes that the E-Zine will prove its worth in communicating to areas with unreliable postal services as well as extending the readership worldwide in a very cost-effective way. If your company is a member of the IWMA please take advantage of this totally free promotional benefit and email us your press release, ideally around 250–300 words, with supporting photos to: info@iwma.org The next edition of WCN will be distributed at the Metaltech exhibition in Brazil, wire Southeast Asia 2009 in Bangkok and the Istanbul Cable & Wire 09 technical conference in Turkey. Communicate important messages to the global market • Attract interest from the important South American, Asia Pacific, • European/Middle East markets Publicise new developments, contracts won and personnel changes • Stay ahead of the competition • If marketing and public relations is not your responsibility please make sure that the relevant department or person is aware of this great communications opportunity. Not an IWMA member organisation? To take advantage of this major IWMA membership benefit and many others please apply to join today (see pages 13–16 for full details and an application form).

The machine produces a pull of up to 6,000kg, with contact length between pulling belts of 5,200mm. Queins & Co GmbH – Germany Fax : +49 2472 3014 Email : info@queins.com Website : www.queins.com The new capstan from Queins ▲ ▲

Please make sure that editorials are submitted in time for the next WCN. The deadline is 22 nd May 2009

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WIRE & CABLE NEWS • Issue N° 40 – Spring 2009 • www.iwma.org