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Wire & Cable ASIA – July/August 2010 10
Keir Manufacturing Inc has completed the acquisition of the wire products
business unit of Kamatics Corporation, a Kaman company. All wire products
production will be relocated from Bloomfield, CT to the Keir Manufacturing facility
and headquarters in Brevard, NC. The purchase includes all assets and
intellectual property of Kamatics wire products business only.
Kamatics has designed and produced composite flyer bows for twenty years,
introducing composite flyer bows in 1990 and later combining aerospace proven
materials with triaxial braiding, to produce superior strength and durability in a
lightweight structure. In 2005 Kamatics introduced the BackBone ® flyer bow
design to the industry.
Keir is a US-based manufacturer of engineered technical ceramic products. Keir’s
products for the worldwide wire and cable industry include high purity ceramic
guides, and the Frontiersman line of air wipes.
David Watkins, president of Keir Manufacturing, is very optimistic about the
acquisition and business outlook in general. “The Kamatics composite flyer bow
acquisition combines two highly regarded manufacturers with brand name
recognition into one company…and greatly broadens our state-of-the-art
technical product offering.”
Keir Manufacturing Inc – USA Fax: +1 828 884 7494
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Kamatics acquisition is confirmed
British company Pressure Welding Machines (PWM), which designs and
manufactures high performance cold pressure welding equipment and dies for
the world market, reported excellent visitor traffic and sales at wire 2010.
Steve Mepsted, managing director of PWM, said: “Visitor traffic was much better
and more consistent than we had anticipated and the quality was excellent.
We noted a marked increase in the number of visitors from India, Iran and Turkey.
Our large EP500 and P1500 rod welders attracted a high level of enquiries from
manufacturers looking for a reliable, energy efficient method of welding large
copper and aluminium rod sections.
“We sold the EP500 rod welder at the exhibition to a Brazilian wire and cable
company, and have received orders for two more machines from Turkey.
The P1500 machine was purchased by Solidal, a leading Portuguese producer
of aluminium cables and conductors.
“Our versatile portable models, especially the M101 and HP100, also proved
popular with buyers. The show generated a substantial number of positive sales
leads which we are now following up.”
Pressure Welding Machines – UK Fax: +44 1233 820591
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Sales success at wire 2010
Pave Automation, which designs and manufactures high performance wire
forming machines, found that wire 2010 exceeded expectations.
“The stand was busy throughout the show, and the fair proved an excellent
opportunity to meet clients and make new contacts,” said Pave’s managing
director, Tony Perna.
“We had a lot of visitors from Europe and the Baltic states, as well as from India,
who were looking to acquire reliable, high output, low cost wire forming units for
a variety of applications. The event provided an ideal platform to showcase our
innovative user-friendly touch screen technology which reduces downtime and
operator training costs, and we obtained some solid leads and requests for trial
runs of our competitively-priced machines.”
Pave Automation Ltd – UK Fax: +44 1733 563500
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Solid leads from this year’s show