WCA November 2014

Industry news

Conference insight into cable marking features

Wiedenbach Apparatebau, a supplier of cable and wire marking equipment, organised the first Cable & Wire Marking Conference (CWMC) in a hotel on the shores of Lake Constance, Germany. A total of 70 professionals, including cable manufacturers and harness makers from 15 countries including China and South Korea, took part in the conference. Speakers from cable manufacturing and processing equipment manufacturers like Rosendahl, Medek & Schörner, Gebauer & Griller and Komax, from the cable marking equipment manufacturers Domino Laser and Wiedenbach, from polymer suppliers PolyOne and Grafe Color Batch, from ink suppliers Domino Printing Sciences and Wiedenbach, and from quality testing and surface treatment equipment suppliers DVS and Arcotec held 12 lectures on different aspects concerning cable marking. The conference participants received Queins Machines strip down used equipment and build it again, with worn parts such as bearings, belts, brakes and pneumatic and/or hydraulic components being completely renewed. This is in addition to new electrical wiring and new electrical controls, for which Queins uses the latest technology, including energy efficient digital drivers and modern PLC controls. Further services used during upgrading include the installation of longer screws/barrels on extruders, modification of stranding lines composition as well as a mixture of lines with new and pre-owned components, in order to guarantee highest output at reasonable costs. Queins Machines GmbH – Germany Website : www.queins.com Rebuilding and upgrading of wire and cable making machines

❍ Delegates of the Cable & Wire Marking Conference in one of the 12 lectures

At the close of 2013, GKD had a total of 653 employees including 23 trainees worldwide (up from 645 in 2012), of which 402 members of staff and 22 trainees were employed at the company headquarters in Düren. “It was our characteristic agility that enabled us to successfully weather the increased volatility of the market last year. Our long-term business strategy of continually rolling out new or improved products faster than the competition and thus reinforcing our strong market position worldwide has proven itself once again,” said GKD director Dr Stephan Kufferath. Especially in Europe, GKD succeeded in enlarging the market shares of all of its business units as against the competition. The main reason for this was the strong focus on product innovations and new fields of application in the sectors of automotive manufacturing, water filtration, corrugated board production and architectural systems solutions. Gebr Kufferath AG – Germany Website : www.gkd.de The CWMC is thematically so far unique on the market and complements conferences organised by professional associations of the wire and cable branch, its suppliers and market research organisations. Wiedenbach Apparatebau GmbH – Germany Website : www.wiedenbach.com

FOR the fourth successive year, Gebr Kufferath AG, Düren has increased its turnover, with 2013 figures showing €69.8m turnover – a rise of 1.3 per cent over 2012. The first quarter 2013 saw the scheduled completion of the substantial investment programme started in 2012. The producer of woven mesh-based media and systems solutions had put another €3.8m into furthering the introduction of the latest fabrication technology and the expansion of production capacity at the parent works in Düren. In 2013, Gebr Kufferath AG – with seven production facilities, numerous offices and worldwide agents – recorded substantial growth in Europe. However, this was to some extent balanced out by delays in acceptance in the USA and in Asia. All of GKD’s business units – Solid Weave (industrial mesh), Weave In Motion (process belt solutions) and Creative Weave (architectural mesh) – contributed to the overall positive results through individual market successes with new products. information about global trends and the likely effects on the wire and cable business, cable marking requirements, the state-of-the-art marking techniques, optical effects of cable codings, properties of insulation polymers and the modifiability by additives, interactions between cable surfaces and marking media as well as economic efficiency and quality control.

Increase in turnover for GKD

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