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Wuhan Iron & Steel (Wugang), in
central China’s Hubei province, has
launched a pilot production of wire rod
for making sawing wire, a
high-specification wire rod that China
has previously needed to import.
Sawing wire is used for cutting silicon
wafers for solar cells.
With demand likely to grow for mother
rod for sawing wire, and in view of its
high profitability, a number of Chinese
mills have started to develop
high-spec wire rod, including Qingdao
Iron & Steel (Qinggang) in eastern
China’s Shandong province and Xingtai
Iron & Steel in northern China’s Hebei
province, Steel Business Briefing
advises.
SBB was informed that Wugang’s first
sample batch was below 100 tonnes,
and was to be delivered to some major,
but un-named, sawing wire makers for
trial use.
“We hope commercial production
could be launched as early as
possible. On pricing, our product
should be more competitive than
imported materials, which would help
domestic users bring down their
purchasing costs,” a company source
said.
SBB has reported that Qinggang is
cooperating with Henan Hengxing
Science and Technology Co, a wire
maker in central China, to test its trial
production of wire rod, but an industry
source suggests that the test lot has
yet to meet Hengxing’s standards.
Wuhan Iron & Steel – China
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Wugang produces test
batch for sawing wire
Cords Cable Industries has
successfully commissioned a cable
manufacturing facility at Kaharani,
Rajasthan.
This new facility, moved from the
original site at Pathredi, covers an
area of 68,360m2 and the
approximate capacity of the
company now stands at 65,000km
cable.
Cords Cable Industries – India
Fax: +91 112 695 1196
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Cable manufacturing
facility in Rajasthan