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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2007
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Treatment of Wire
Recently an experienced mining industry executive remarked that the
cost of aluminium is really the cost of electricity, with which smelters turn
alumina into aluminium. Similarly, the cost of wire is really the cost of
treatment, whereby a product is turned into a commodity.
Descaling, pickling, and the like create the enhanced value with which the
plant recoups its outlay for materials, and then some.
That ‘and then some’ is the zone in which profit is reckoned, and in today’s
hyper-competitive market its margins can be uncomfortably narrow. How
critical is an acid bath? If the customer is to take delivery of an order that –
in addition to meeting all standards and specifications – is clean, smooth,
sound, and certifiably free of defects, the answer is: very.
Consistently high productivity is achievable only because the treatments
here are state-of-the-art processes of repeatable excellence.
Kieselstein – helping increase productivity
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