EuroWire November 2014

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Trafco buys Cortinovis Sictra ▲ ▲ A Trafco drum twister line

monotorsion/conotorsion wire armouring, screening and laying up machine, mono-bitorsion strander • Cable production range for ferrous/ non-ferrous materials: Bow type laying up and stranding machine, tubular strander, planetary machine • Extrusion lines: Double and triple coextrusion, triple coextrusion for medium tension, vertical and horizontal extruders • Accessories: Automatic coiling lines, rewinding lines, drawing dies laboratory, and a complete range of spare parts, drawing dies and accessories. Trafco Srl – Italy Website : www.trafcomachinery.com Cortinovis Sictra – Italy Website : www.cortinovismachinery.com

for the production of wire, cable and rope. The range of products will include: • Wire drawing lines: Complete twin rod breakdown line, controlled slip rod breakdown line, evolutionary multi-wire drawing line for plain and tinned copper wires, twin intermediate wire drawing line, intermediate single wire drawing line, drawing line for trolley wire • Accessories: Spoolers, down coilers • Cable production range for ferrous materials: Double twist strander for the steel industry, PC wire line, PC strand line, steel ropes machinery • Cable production range for non-ferrous materials: Central tube strander, double twist bunching, stranding and laying up machines, drum twister, rigid stranding machine, rigid cage screening machine,

Trafco has recently completed the purchase of Cortinovis Sictra. The new company’s head office, as well as cable machine production workshop and assembly hall, will be based in northern Italy. long experience in refurbishment of used machines and its trade activities, as well as the review and improvement of clients’ machinery. With both companies being in the copper sector and with experience in rolling processes, drawing of non-ferrous materials and processes for cable production, the merger will allow the new company an advantage in terms of technology, the design and construction of all types of machines and installations The deal maintains Trafco’s

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