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Wire wonder in Brazil! Trade fair organizers Grupo CIPA (Brazil) and Messe Düsseldorf (Germany) have jointly organized the premiere staging of WiCAB, International Wire and Cable Fair, from 4 th -6 th October at the Imigrantes Exposicoes exhibition centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The event will be held concurrently with TUBOTECH 2011, 6 th International Trade Fair for Pipes, Valves, Fittings and Components. For WiCAB and TUBOTECH 2011, 380 exhibitors from 21 countries have already registered to take part and booked 247,500 square feet of exhibit space. Foreign exhibitors will come from countries such as Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Italy, Korea, Slovakia, Spain and the US. The events will also feature official country group exhibits from Austria and Italy. The ongoing boom in Brazil’s construction, automotive and household electronics industries increases the demand for steel considerably. While the local industry previously covered more than 90% of the demand, a strong Brazilian currency, coupled with excess capacity on the global market, has increased the share of imports to 28% in 2010. In addition, the infrastructure expansion and rising capital goods investments provide strong impulses for the metal industry, which grew by 30% in 2010 and is expected to increase further in 2011. WiCAB and TUBOTECH 2011 will offer visitors from Brazil and neighboring nations an excellent information platform while providing international exhibitors with a gateway to the important South American market. Visitors will also benefit from additional

synergies by the concurrently held trade fairs Metaltech (metal working), Expovalvulas (valves), Expobombas (pumps) and Petrotech (oil and gas) as well as Termotech (thermo technology), Feigás (gas) and Febraman (material handling). Messe Düsseldorf North America – USA Tel: +1 312 781 5180 Fax: +1 312 781 5188 Email: info@mdna.com Website: www.mdna.com Medek & Schörner GmbH Medek & Schörner will be presenting the following state-of-the-art cable marking machines at WiCAB in São Paulo, Brazil. Cable Marking Machines • High quality gravure printers (LAN cables, control cables, etc) for speeds up to 1200m/min • Embossing meter markers/hot foil sequential meter markers (power cables, telecommunication cables, optical fiber cables, etc) • High performance ring markers for marking telephone wires, switchboard wires, automotive cables, LAN cables • Video system for monitoring the print quality of fast-running cable printing machines, e.g. allowing real-time inspection for bad quality and/or missing prints • Laser Marking System for Cables Optical Fiber Coating Systems Top speed optical fiber processing systems: • Optical fiber colour coding up to 3000m/ min • Ring marking of optical fibers • Tight buffering up to 1300m/min • Fiber ribbon production with excellent

Queins & Co GmbH Queins & Co GmbH, Germany, have upgraded its FLR type rigid strander, one of the most versatile and sophisticated rigid stranders on the market. These machines are designed to produce copper and aluminum as well as aluminum alloy conductors, and can be equipped with compacting heads to manufacture round conductors, straight and pre-twisted sector conductors. New bobbin brake system Newly designed pneumatically actuated calliper brakes per bobbin, for constant tension from full to empty bobbins, also for thin wire diameters, noiseless operation and maintenance free. With the practical semi-automatic side loading system (alternatively also ‘top-loading’) the loading procedure guarantees the minimum possible down time of the line. The new 2500 mm double disc capstan reaches 200 kN pulling force and the renewed design of the portal type pay-off and take-up handle reels with a weight of up to 20 tons and 2500mm. Heavier designs are available on request. Preformers can be installed behind the cages for easier operation with aluminum alloy wires. Queins & Co GmbH – Germany Fax: +49 247 280 80 Email: info@queins.com Website: www.queins.com

ribbon planarity and for speeds up to 1000m/min

• CFU Production of compact fiber units • Copper wire insulation with UV varnishes (enamelled wire) • Manufacture of dimension-sensitive precision micro flexible flat cables (FFC) using UV resins As the only company operating in this market segment, Medek & Schörner covers virtually the entire spectrum of machines for marking cables and coding optical fibers, in particular for power, telecom and data cables. Medek & Schörner GmbH – Austria Fax: +43 1 982 7296 Email: m+s@medek.at Website: www.medek.at Smeets S.A. Since 1921 Smeets SA has been the sole agent in North and South-America for Loypos, a high quality manufacturer of semi-conductive woven tapes for EHV and HV cables, submarine cables and mining cables. Smeets also supply : • Soft waterblocking yarns • Flame retardant glass tapes • Bitumen tapes • Stainless steel tubes with optical fibers • Polyester film Smeets exports to 45 countries on five continents to customers in EHV/HV, MV cable, mining cable, offshore cable,

OFC and OPGW cable. Smeets S.A. – Belgium Fax: +32 023 772 407

Email: smeets@smeets1921.be Website: www.smeets1921.be

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