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Wire & Cable ASIA – November/December 2008 9
Wire machinery
supplied into Jiangsu
Deyang Jiechuang Wire & Cable
Machinery Company (JCDOFAMA),
specialists in non-ferrous metal wire
production lines, recently announced
that an aluminium breakdown machine
with continuous annealer, for com-
pound conductive wire, supplied to
Jiangsu East Far Cable Company has
finished its test run and is in use.
The machine can produce round
aluminium wire and two types of
aluminium profile wire.
In May of this year, JCDOFAMA
sold another type of profile wire
drawing machine to Jiangsu Zhongtian
Technology Company; this is already in
use and a second machine ordered.
This model has redesigned transmission
and lubricant systems, adopting a
multi-motor transmission. It is mainly
used for producing aluminium profile
wires and round wires.
This model can also be used for
manufacturing compound conductive
wire and compressed conductive wire.
It is compact, highly automated and
designed for easy operation.
Deyang Jiechuang Wire & Cable
Machinery Co Ltd – China
Fax: +86 838 2800877
Email:
WAI’s support from US Department of Commerce
The Wire Association International (WAI), Inc has announced that Interwire has been
selected to participate in the US Department of Commerce (DOC) 2009 International
Buyer Program (IBP).
Offered through the International Trade Administration, the US Commercial Service
IBP programme offers export counselling to exhibitors as well as assistance to
international buyers to help meet their purchasing and representation objectives. The
programme is committed to promoting exports by attracting international buyers to
leading US trade events and helping them connect with US exhibitors before, during
and after the show.
Interwire, the largest wire and cable industry event in the Americas, ranks among
Tradeshow Week’s top 200 largest tradeshows in the US; it runs from 25th to 30th April
2009, at the I-X Center in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Wire Association International – USA
Fax: +1 203 453 8384
Website :
Sikora’s 500th celebration
Sikora AG has produced the 500th X-Ray 8000 in Bremen. The jubilee measuring
system of the X-Ray 8000 NXT series, for permanent quality control in CV-lines,
was delivered to a customer in Russia at the end of August.
On the occasion of the jubilee, all Sikora employees and families met for an
open-air summer party at the Sikora premises in Bremen on 11th July, where
activities with musical and culinary accompaniment and attractions such as a
bouncy castle and a Rodeo simulator contributed to the successful event.
“We are not only celebrating the 500th X-Ray 8000, but the extremely positive
business development of our company at mid-year 2008. I am proud that our
measuring device has proved reliable in production lines for high voltage cables
for 15 years,” said Harry Prunk, chairman of Sikora AG.
Sikora AG – Germany Fax: +49 421 48900 90
Email: Website:
Madem Group has announced several
developments for the next six months.
In Brazil, Madem SA has completed a
new plywood plant representing a
US$8,000,000 investment. The plant,
located in southern Brazil will produce
70 containers per month of plywood
reels flanges.
All machinery was custom developed
for Madem and the special plywood
will be in the market by October 2008.
Madem SA has three plants in Brazil,
800 employees, 30,000 acres of
renewable pine forests, two sawmills
and one recycling operation.
In the United States, Madem Reels
USA Inc in Chattanooga is launching
a second shift as well as opening
its first warehouse and recycling
centre in West Virginia. Another ten
warehouses will be opened by 2010.
Madem already services customers
from the Chattanooga plant.
In the Middle East, Madem Gulf WLL,
located in Kingdom of Bahrain, has
nearly completed a new plant where
production is expected to begin by
January 2009. Madem is anticipating
another new plant project for Middle
East region in 2010.
In Spain, Euromadem Spain SL
launched a second shift in September
2008 at its Calaf, Barcelona
plant. Already selling in Spain and
Portugal, Euromadem is set to
penetrate markets in France, Belgium,
Switzerland and Germany.
In Eastern Europe, Madem Romania
SRL is anticipating the launch of a
production operation projected to
start up in December 2008.
Madem is ISO 9000 and ISO 14.000
compliant in Brazil and will begin ISO
implementation in Spain and USA in
January 2009.
“Madem has invested US$45,000,000
in the last five years in new plants,
software, quality systems, machinery
and warehouses.
“With our new plants in Bahrain and
Romania, Madem will be processing
30,000m3 of lumber per month (750
trucks of lumber/month) and sell our
products to over 150 customers in
more than 40 countries,” said Leandro
Mazzoccato, Madem group sales
director.
Madem Reels – Brazil
Fax: +55 54 3462 5900
Email:
Website:
Global expansion plans for Madem