EoW March 2007

corporate news

500 th reel take-up and still going strong for Davis-Standard America’s Davis-Standard’s wire and cable business group achieved a significant milestone with the sale of its 500 th dual reel take-up. The ‘Clipper’ style machine was sold to American Bare Conductor and will be used for processing THHN building wire.

Davis-Standard LLC – USA Fax : +1 860 599 6258

Email : info@davis-standard.com Website : www.davis-standard.com

Second casting machine for jewellery manufacturer The Rautomead RVS III Continuous Casting Machine shown in tilt position for total draining ▲

UK-based continuous casting technology specialists, Rautomead Limited, of Dundee, has supplied a second RVS III continuous casting machine to leading Russian jewellery manufacturer, Adamas. These machines are used for casting gold and silver rod and strip for jewellery manufacture. The first machine was supplied to Adamas in 2002. Rated at 15kw, the RVS III machine can be used to cast strip of up to 75mm wide or rod of up to 12mm diameter. Output capacity is a nominal 30kg/hour in fine silver. The naturally reducing effect of Rautomead’s graphite containment system contributes significantly to the avoidance of gas inclusions and to the highest surface quality in the cast strip. This graphite furnace technology has been used by leading precious metals producers across the USA, UK, Korea and Taiwan for many years. Order books booming at SMS Group Order books have been booming at the SMS Group in Düsseldorf, Germany, in the past year – to the tune of €3.2billion. This increase is mostly due to vigorous global performance in the steel industry, where investment is booming. Yet the order makers served by the SMS Group, such as the hardening and forging industry, the non-ferrous metal producing industry and the plastics processing industry, have also developed well. And it was the first time in years that the orders from Germany, at some 13% of overall order intake, indicated a modest recovery on the domestic market. Rautomead Limited – UK Fax : +44 1382 622941 Email : sales@rautomead.com Website : www.rautomead.com

SMS Group – Germany Fax : +49 211 881 774127 Email : info@sms-group.com

Website : www.sms-group.com

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EuroWire – March 2007