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EuroWire – May 2009 11
english corporate news
For nearly 60 years, the International
Wire and Cable Symposium has
executed an annual symposium and
conference where industry experts have
presented the latest technologies in the
wire and cable industry. In recent years,
IWCS has expanded the programme
to include vital information on the
economy and on wire and cable market
conditions. In this latter topic area,
CRU Group of London, UK has provided
current, critical information for industry
decision-makers and presented this data
to the IWCS audience.
In 2009, CRU data and speakers will
be a featured component of the IWCS
plenary session, offering current market
information to the IWCS attendees.
IWCS – USA
Fax: +1 732 389 0991
Website :
CRU – UK
Email:
Website :
IWCS and CRU
to work closer
BLM SpA of Cantù, Italy, a leading
manufacturer of tube bending and
end forming machines and systems,
has purchased Officina Meccanica
Montorfano Sas.
The takeover of Montorfano, effective
from 13th January 2009, allows BLM
to complement its technology in
the tube-bending field with highly
productive machines for the bending of
wire, small diameter bar and tube, strip/
profiles, and armoured heating elements.
For more than forty years Montorfano
has specialised in the manufacture of
multi-head machines for wire bending, its
first patent for this type of machine being
granted in 1965 and its first three-axis
CNC machine introduced in 1979.
Today the company offers a range of
eighteen standard machines capable
of bending wire and bar from 1mm to
33mm diameter. These machines are
widely used in the automotive and
construction industries, and in the
production of household appliances,
indoor and outdoor furnishings,
bathroom accessories, and equipment
for shops and stores.
BLM Group UK Ltd – UK
Fax: +44 1525 402 312
Email:
Website:
BLMMontorfano – Italy
Fax: +39 031 716598
Email:
Website:
Montorfano joins the BLM Group
Wire-bending on a Montorfano machine ▲ ▲