WCA November 2007

Industry news

New offices for QED

Freight dates for IWMA members

The IWMA and ITA have confirmed that Schenker in the UK has been appointed the official freight forwarder for the UK and associations’ group of exhibitors at wire/Tube Düsseldorf, Germany, in March 2008. The association will also be using Schenker for Fabtech 2007 in Chicago, Tube India 2008 in Delhi, Tube Russia 2008 in Moscow and wire/Tube China 2008 in Shanghai.

QED Wire Lines Inc has relocated to a new central office, located between its Eastern and Western offices, at 5261 Route Harwood, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Québec, Canada. The company has also announced the appointment of Carla Kerkhoven, whose duties will include handling the accounting, office management and spare parts contracts. The company’s latest contracts include its first venture into the Chinese market with Baoan International, a FastHeat™ Fluidbed furnace for a customer in Turkey, two new galvanising lines for South East Asia, and a HighTurbulence ® pickling system sold to Iowa Steel & Wire, USA. QED’s latest FastHeat™ Fluidbed furnace uses precision flow valves and the company’s Production Proportional Algorithm PLC control to provide both austenitising and annealing heat treatment. The system gives tight control of fluidising rates and increased furnace efficiency. QED is also supplying its CWC automatic coating weight control system to a North American company. This technology accurately and consistently controls coatings on multiple wires in high speed process lines. Using an innovative sensor, computer interface and flow control valves with precision nitrogen wiping nozzles, the system promises improved quality, higher production and savings on zinc, aluminium or Galfan ® .

Contact details for the UK office are:

Schenker Ltd – UK Fairs and Exhibitions Services,

Unit 6, West Mayne Industrial Park, Bramston Way Southfields Industrial Estate, Laindon, Essex SS15 6TP, United Kingdom. Fax : +44 1268 416 490 Email : craig.yiasoumi@schenker.com Website : www.schenker.co.uk

IWMA – UK Fax : +44 1926 314755 Email : info@iwma.org Website : www.iwma.org

QED Wire Lines Inc – Canada Email : qed@qedwire.com

Fax : +1 450 451 6465

Website : www.qedwire.com

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