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INDUSTRY NEWS Strong Exhibit Space Growth for wire 2008 Messe Düsseldorf North America (MDNA), Chicago, IL, USA, reports that wire 2008 continues to grow. With just a few months until showtime, the organizers registered a strong increase in exhibit space reserved by many Eucompanies. The trade fair takes place March 31, 2008 to April 4, 2008 at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany. METAV 2008, International Trade Fair for Manufacturing Technology and Automation, will be held parallel with wire 2008 making Düsseldorf the global meeting place for these industries. wire 2008 will also be held concurrently with Tube 2008, International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair. At wire 2008, large exhibitor participation will come from Asia, the USA, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy and Germany. The main categories covered by machinery, spring production, metal forming and wire and cable. wire 2008 exhibits will be located in Halls 9 to 14, and about 37,000 attendees, with 22,000 from outside of Germany, are expected at the show. Show sponsors expect over 100,000 visitors from all over the world at the Düsseldorf fairgrounds. www.mdna.com / www.wire.de materials such as insulation compounds, and strength members are all products and topics that are of interest to the Symposium audience. Some of the leading-edge topics for 2007 included cable systems, new cable designs, materials, power cables and new applications. Abstracts may be submitted from the industry or academic professionals from any country who are engaged in the wire and cable industry and its related user and supplier industries. Acceptance of abstracts will be based on originality, content, applicability, market interest and clarity. Papers submitted for accepted abstracts will be published in the 57th IWCS Conference Proceedings and will be available in on-line libraries for ease of reference. All authors must present their work at the IWCS Conference, November 9 to 12, 2008, at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, RI, USA. Awards will be presented for the Outstanding Technical Paper, Outstanding Poster Paper and Best Presentation. Abstracts must be submitted through the IWCS, Inc., website (seen below). All abstracts require a title, author(s) names and description of up to 500 words. The deadline for submittal of abstracts is April 15, 2008. www.iwcs.org of origin worldwide, through its global can provide service on a door-to-door basis. Constant updates on the status of shipments can also be provided. Bill Langworthy, Vice President, ROCK-IT Cargo USA, LLC, Inwood, NY, USA, is WCISA exhibitors’ contact for shipping instructions and guidelines as well as quotations. Call Langworthy toll free at +1 800 600 1865, by phone at +1 516 825 7357, fax +1 516 706 7677 or e-mail billL@rockitcargo.com. WCISA has also announced that it has accepted the applications of three new member companies: Cortinovis America, LLC, Bloomsbury, NJ, USA; Madem Reels USA, Inc., Chattanooga, TN, USA; Bayshore Vinyl Compounds Inc., Tennent, NJ, USA; and Delta Ulbrich Precision Metals, Montgomeryville, PA, USA. Cortinovis America USA is part of the Eurolls Group, Attimis (UD), Italy, and represents all the members of the Group in North America. Eurolls Group activities include the Machinery Manufacturing Division, Special Services, Wire Products Division and Customer Care and AfterSales Service Division. The Machinery Manufacturing Division specializes in machinery for the wire industry and includes the following companies. Eurolls–Wire Machinery Division produces special machines such as electro-welded lattice girder lines, motorized rolling lines, wire pointing machines and butt welders. The wire products division also makes rolls and accessories used on all machines produced by the Group. Team Meccanica manufactures drawing machines, revolutionary high speed rolling lines for special materials, steel wire patenting machines, steel cord and twisting equipment, payoffs and take-ups and rewinding equipment. Vitari manufactures straightening machines for steel and nonsteel wires; machines for the manufacture of chains, nails, gabions and mesh nettings for fencings; machines for barbed wire; and additional components for its complete manufacturing program. Cortinovis Machinery makes rotating machines for power cables, telecommunication cables and steel ropes. Teurema produces cold rolling lines, multi-pass dry drawing lines, horizontal and vertical spoolers, static coilers, payoffs and take-up lines for single usage or as a complement to lattice girder machines or welded mesh machines, as 2008 IWCS Conference™ Call For Papers IWCS Conference™, the premier event for presentation of new and original technologies and trends in the wire and cable industry and the industries that it serves, will soon be accepting abstracts for the 2008 Symposium. Presentations of technology and research in design, manufacturing, processing and using wire and cable and wire and cable systems in communications, data, electronics, power, industrial, automotive/aerospace and specialty wire and cable segments are eligible for consideration for the 2008 Symposium. Finished cable, glass and plastic optical fiber, copper-based wire and conductors, harnesses, assemblies and connectivity products as well as cable 10 WCISA Recommends Freight Forwarder; Adds New Members WCISA (Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association), Akron, OH, USA, has again announced the appointment and endorsement of ROCK-IT Cargo Fairs & Exhibitions cial recommended freight forwarder for WCISA exhibiting members and WCISA North American Pavilion exhibitors at wire 2008 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Special WCISA pricing, as agreed with WCISA, will be offered to all WCISA members and North American to exhibitors’ transportation needs and on-site handling requirements. According to WCISA, ROCK-IT can arrange the entire shipping, logistics and on-site handling of shipments originating throughout North America. Should equipment originate at any other point Wire & Cable Technology International/January 2008 http://www.iwcs.org http://www.mdna.com http://www.wire.de

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