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The Kremlin. Red Square. St Basil’s Cathedral. We
are obviously talking about Moscow as wire Russia
prepares to welcome the wire and cable industries
in May.
Thousands of visitors are expected at the ZAO
Expocentr from 12
th
to 15
th
May, and our coverage
in this issue starts on page 60 where you can nd
some of the exhibiting companies attending.
Excitement is also gathering for wire Southeast
Asia in Bangok, Thailand, and wire South America
in São Paulo, Brazil. Organisers Messe Dűsseldorf
look forward to the exhibitions on pages 18 and
24, respectively.
Rosendahl and Nextrom have opened a new
technology centre in Austria, which they claim is
the world’s fastest secondary coating line. Catch
up on the details on page 27.
On the jobs front, Swiss company X-Compound,
a member of the Troester group, has appointed a
new chief executive. The full story is on page 21.
And remaining on the careers front, Wesco
Distribution has trebled its headcount with the
opening of its third office in the UK. Turn to page
30 for the story.
New is also a theme in our technology section,
with Italian manufacturer Samp producing a new
double-twist bunchingmachine. All the details are
on page 46.
Helukabel has also added two new motor
connection cables to its Topflex product family.
Turn to page 51 for the full story.
It was also good to catch up with old friends at the
recent Interwire exposition in Atlanta, Georgia,
USA. A big thank you to everyone who stopped by
our stand to say hello.
David Bell
Editor
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