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Wire & Cable ASIA – May/June 2009 9
Madem Reels’ 60th anniversary
Madem SA, founded in 1949, started with 25 employees in an area of 800m2 in
the city of Bento Goncalves, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
The company’s first products were wooden barrels for wine and food. In 1970
Madem launched an exporting operation, and two years later underwent a major
product diversification – the manufacture of the first wooden cable reels that
would ultimately turn the company into what is believed to be the largest
wooden cable reel manufacturer in the world.
Today, Madem has 800 employees worldwide and 110,000m2 of indoor
manufacturing space. It owns 12,000 hectares (30,000 acres) of pine forests,
two lumber mills, a plywood plant, and many state-of-the-art automated reel
manufacturing lines. Madem is one of Brazil’s largest forestry groups, with
manufacturing operations in the USA, Spain, Romania, and Bahrain. Madem
produces approximately 500 containers of unassembled wooden reels per
month, and supplies more than 200 customers in 40 countries.
Madem Reels – Brazil Fax: +55 54 3462 5900
Email: Website:
Cable marking website
Medek & Schörner, suppliers of cable marking machines and optical fibre
coating lines, has completed an update of its website to offer a clear means of
accessing detailed information about the company and its product portfolio.
The newly revamped website is designed to make it faster and easier for users
to find the information they need. The site now features email links to the
members of staff responsible for the respective product groups and sales areas.
Users will also find a section devoted to news and events, with information
about the latest developments as well as events at which Medek & Schörner will
be represented and where the company’s product range will be on show.
The links section leads to useful information about suppliers of consumables,
such as marking inks and hot embossing foils.
Information on the website is available in English, French, German, Italian and
Russian, and there are plans to add Spanish in the near future.
Medek & Schörner – Austria Fax: +43 1982 7296
Email: Website:
BLM Group acquires wire-bending company
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 18 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 402312
Email: Website:
BLM Montorfano – Italy Website:
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