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Wire & Cable ASIA – November/December 2012
www.read-wca.comCreating links is important. And who knows it better than a
web portal? Expowire.net, known as wiredrawing.net, can
announce the onset of various collaborations.
One of the most significant ones to be established is with
ACIMAF, the Italian wire machinery manufacturers’
association, founded in 1987 to promote the image of Italian
technology in the field of machines and products for wire and
cable manufacturing.
ACIMAF now has its own online showcase on Expowire.net,
which already hosted many ACIMAF members.
This partnership is in line with the portal’s intent to cooperate
with all the international trade associations of the wire, cable,
fasteners and metal working field.
Companies on Expowire.net can also now get a ten per cent
discount on both the shell scheme and space only option at
the Wire & Cable Expo in Tianjin, China, from 25
th
-27
th
June
2013.
Expowire.net is also involved in the organisation of Made in
Steel 2013, the event that gathers producers, distributors,
users and the whole world that lives “off” and “for” steel.
The conference and exhibition will take place in Milan, Italy,
from 3
rd
-5
th
April 2013. Members of Expowire.net are entitled to
a special five per cent discount on the exhibition fees.
But Expowire.net is working not only on building partnerships
and offering further advantages to its members. The site,
already translated into English, German, French, Spanish and
Italian, will soon be available in Russian and Chinese.
Expowire.net – Italy
Website
:
www.expowire.netThe wire and cable
industry goes digital
Investment pays
for UK company
UK manufacturer JDR Cables has been selected by WindMW
GmbH to supply subsea cables for the Meerwind Sud/Ost
Offshore Wind Farm. The project, based 13 miles north of the
island of Heligoland, will use 80 wind turbines to generate
288MW of electricity.
Andrew Norman, CEO of JDR, said: “This is JDR’s first wind
energy project in Germany and we are very pleased to have
been selected by WindMW as a partner for this very important
project. Our investment of £30 million in our manufacturing
facilities in Hartlepool has created over 130 additional skilled
jobs in the UK and we believe the opportunity to participate in
the Meerwind offshore wind farm is just the beginning of a
significant period of growth for JDR and the offshore wind
industry.”
JDR Cables – UK
Website
:
www.jdrcables.com