EoW March 2007

corporate news

Ideally placed to meet your needs It’s been an important and successful year for Boxy, of Remedello, Italy. From its plants Brescia and Slovakia, Boxy produces reels for copper cables, welding wire and metal cores for tyres. With a turnover in 2005 of €7.9 million – up €1.6 million from 2004 – a further leap to €11.5million is expected for 2006. The company also has two chief executives with the addition of Stefano Sorlini, who joins Mario Ferrari in the boardroom. With 40 employees and the technical office in Remedello, a staff of 90 in Slovakia and a sales office and after-sales service at their subsidiary Mossberg Reel for the US market, Boxy has also started improvements at its Brescia headquarters, renovating the machines and developing further the automation side of the business. This €1million investment is aimed at the core business of reel production and the increase in production of lifting units, tilting units and accessories. Since forming in 1969, Boxy quickly established themselves on the international market. The production cycle is regulated via CAD-CAM procedures which control the parameters of process and quality. The main models produced are : BTE : machined and electronically balanced for speeds up to 50m/s for wire and multi-wire

NA : with double wall flanges, machined and electronically balanced for speeds up to 50m/sec.

BST : in pressed steel, for strands and cables

BMP and BAL : in large dimension for cables and ropes

BFP : with reinforced double wall flanges, machined and balanced for steel wire drawing and annealing Among the main models presented by Boxy the take–apart reel ‘Koiler’ has a high demand in the market. The mechanism of this model allows the lower flange of the reel to be unfastened and the drum to be closed automatically, hooking and lifting with the right accessories, without having to unscrew or unfasten except for the safety device.

Boxy SpA – Italy Fax : +39 030 957 244 Email : boxy@boxy.com Website : www.boxy.com

At a glance . . .

The websites for Davis-Standard’s converting systems and extrusion systems business groups have a new look and improved features for 2007. The newly launched sites have been redesigned to enable easier navigation and provide more specific equipment information, including additional graphics and photos. They can be viewed at www.bc-egan.com and www.davis- standard.com

Allied’s new site A faster and more convenient service is being offered for customers in the Midwestern and Western states after the opening of a stocking facility for Allied Wire and Cable in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, USA. The extra stocking room frees up space for more products at the international headquarters in Pennsylvania and other Allied offices. All locations, including Wisconsin, have added 1283, 1284 Extra Flexible MTW/ TEW (Bare Copper) to their inventory. The Flex MTW, which is used for a wide variety of applications, meets UL requirements and will be stocked in large reels. “Everyone at Allied Wire and Cable is thrilled about the new developments,” said Hans Nelson, manager of the Wisconsin branch. “At Allied, we believe the customer comes first and we strive to always make that evident. The stocking facility and new product line help us offer the best possible service to every customer.”

First two-stand aluminium cold rolling mill for China CSWA Cold Rolling Co Ltd (Southwest Aluminium), China, which belongs to the Chinalco Group, has placed an order with SMS Demag, Germany, for the supply of a two-stand cold rolling mill for aluminium and aluminium alloys. The ceremony for the signing of the contract took place in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing which underlines the significance of this new plant for China. The two-stand cold rolling mill constitutes the core of an investment package by means of which CSWA intends to increase its cold rolling capacity to more than half a million tons per year. The new mill will produce tin-can strip, panelling and litho material for the printing industry. The cold strip can be rolled up to a width of 1,800mm and a maximum final thickness of 0.15mm. The new rolling mill is equipped with ultra-modern actuators and technological control systems. Both standard are designed with the CVC6 plus® technology. Such a multi-stand mill is particularly sophisticated in terms of technology because of the temperature sensitivity of the rolling oil used for the cold rolling of aluminium. The mill stands as well as all core components are manufactured in SMS Demag’s workshop in Germany.

Commissioning is scheduled for the spring of 2009.

AlliedWire & Cable – USA Fax : 800 615 WIRE (9473) Email : info@awcwire.com Website : www.awcwire.com

SMS Demag – Germany Email : info@sms-group.com

Fax : +49 211 881 4386

Website : www.sms-group.com

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EuroWire – March 2007