ee 1999 Article Index The year in review The following is a listing of all technical articles, features Companies may arrange for reprints by contacting the Wire and news items that appeared in Wire Journal International Association International headquarters at 1570 Boston Post during calendar year 1999. The items are arranged by cate- Road, P.O. Box 578, Guilford, CT 06437-0578, USA. Tel. gories. 203-453-2777; fax 203-453-8384. 1999 WJI cover stories Eaton to sell fastener division, fluid WIRE JOURNAL power unit,” May 1999, p. 65. January: “Compounds & Colorants,” p. 80. int “Reed-Rico enters partnership with Taiwan’s Chun Zu,” May 1999, p. 66 February: “Testing & measuring,” p. 62. “ISANTA officers named for 1999,” March: “Interwire: Wire & Cable Vay 1999, p 66. Manufacturing Week and the WAI’s “Leipold opens U.S. facility in Wind- 69th Annual Convention” (preview), sor, Connecticut,” June 1999, p. 48. p. 67. “Pawtucket earns A2LA accreditation.” April: “ISO 9000: changing for the June 1999, p. 48 new millennium,”p . 70. “IFI elects new officers, board mem- May: “Ferrous wiredrawing equip- bers,” June 1999, p. 48 ment,” p. 68. “FQA concludes decade-long saga,” June: “Wire lubricants: made to order July 1999 p. 68 for wiredrawing,” p. 52. “Highlights of revised Fastener Quality July: “Nonferrous machinery and Act.” July 1999,p . 68 equipment,” p. /02. “Industry pledges sought to help FQA “Harbour Group acquires firms,” Ju/ lobbying efforts,” January 1999, p. 62 August: “Asian Outlook,” p. 74. 1999. p 68. “Lobbying efforts continue over FQA.” September: “Marking equipment,” “Huck Fasteners to merge California February 1999, p. 61. p. 62. plants,” August 1999, p. 46. “Textron enters venture with San October: “Wire-drying systems,” p. 68. “WAFD conference elects officers, Shing,” February 1999, p. 61. honors retirees,” August 1999, p. 46. November: “Wire rod preparation: has “Fairchild Corp. to acquire Kaynar,” acid made a resurgence?” p. 74. “Workshops, guides help industry pre- December: “Insulated wire,” p. 74. February 1999, p 6]. pare for FQ Septe mber 1999. p 52 > “Shanghai show to include fasteners.” “TransTechnology to buy Eaton’s fas- Chapter Corner March 1999, p. 66. tener division,” September 1999, p. 52 “FQA update: report due.” March (See Wire Association International “NFDA updates video training pro- Chapter Corner) 1999. p. 66. gram,” September 1999, p. 55 “Commerce Dept. favors major reduc- Compounds & Colorants tion in FQA scope.” April 1999, p. 66 “Textron to acquire U.K. rivet-maker,” October 1999, p. 62 “Compounds & Colorants,” January “Park-Ohio acquires St. Louis Screw,” “Huck parent to buy U.S. fastenet 1999, p. 80. {pril 1999, p. 68. manufacturer,’ October 1999, p. 62. Fastener Update “FQA update: support exists for alter- “Bowman distribution partnership native bill?” May 1999, p. 64. “Second outing a big success for fas- expands its line of fasteners,’ October tener show,” January 1999, p. 62. Fairchild acquires majority interest in 1999. p 62 French fastener manufacturer,” May “Ignore rumors: NIFSCO is not clos- “ITW completes acquisition of Duo-Fast 1999, p. 65. ing” January 1999, p. 62. Corporation,” October 1999, p. 62. 62 WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL ee 1999 Article Index The year in review The following is a listing of all technical articles, features Companies may arrange for reprints by contacting the Wire and news items that appeared in Wire Journal International Association International headquarters at 1570 Boston Post during calendar year 1999. The items are arranged by cate- Road, P.O. Box 578, Guilford, CT 06437-0578, USA. Tel. gories. 203-453-2777; fax 203-453-8384. 1999 WJI cover stories Eaton to sell fastener division, fluid WIRE JOURNAL power unit,” May 1999, p. 65. January: “Compounds & Colorants,” p. 80. int “Reed-Rico enters partnership with Taiwan’s Chun Zu,” May 1999, p. 66 February: “Testing & measuring,” p. 62. “ISANTA officers named for 1999,” March: “Interwire: Wire & Cable Vay 1999, p 66. Manufacturing Week and the WAI’s “Leipold opens U.S. facility in Wind- 69th Annual Convention” (preview), sor, Connecticut,” June 1999, p. 48. p. 67. “Pawtucket earns A2LA accreditation.” April: “ISO 9000: changing for the June 1999, p. 48 new millennium,”p . 70. “IFI elects new officers, board mem- May: “Ferrous wiredrawing equip- bers,” June 1999, p. 48 ment,” p. 68. “FQA concludes decade-long saga,” June: “Wire lubricants: made to order July 1999 p. 68 for wiredrawing,” p. 52. “Highlights of revised Fastener Quality July: “Nonferrous machinery and Act.” July 1999,p . 68 equipment,” p. /02. “Industry pledges sought to help FQA “Harbour Group acquires firms,” Ju/ lobbying efforts,” January 1999, p. 62 August: “Asian Outlook,” p. 74. 1999. p 68. “Lobbying efforts continue over FQA.” September: “Marking equipment,” “Huck Fasteners to merge California February 1999, p. 61. p. 62. plants,” August 1999, p. 46. “Textron enters venture with San October: “Wire-drying systems,” p. 68. “WAFD conference elects officers, Shing,” February 1999, p. 61. honors retirees,” August 1999, p. 46. November: “Wire rod preparation: has “Fairchild Corp. to acquire Kaynar,” acid made a resurgence?” p. 74. “Workshops, guides help industry pre- December: “Insulated wire,” p. 74. February 1999, p 6]. pare for FQ Septe mber 1999. p 52 > “Shanghai show to include fasteners.” “TransTechnology to buy Eaton’s fas- Chapter Corner March 1999, p. 66. tener division,” September 1999, p. 52 “FQA update: report due.” March (See Wire Association International “NFDA updates video training pro- Chapter Corner) 1999. p. 66. gram,” September 1999, p. 55 “Commerce Dept. favors major reduc- Compounds & Colorants tion in FQA scope.” April 1999, p. 66 “Textron to acquire U.K. rivet-maker,” October 1999, p. 62 “Compounds & Colorants,” January “Park-Ohio acquires St. Louis Screw,” “Huck parent to buy U.S. fastenet 1999, p. 80. {pril 1999, p. 68. manufacturer,’ October 1999, p. 62. Fastener Update “FQA update: support exists for alter- “Bowman distribution partnership native bill?” May 1999, p. 64. “Second outing a big success for fas- expands its line of fasteners,’ October tener show,” January 1999, p. 62. Fairchild acquires majority interest in 1999. p 62 French fastener manufacturer,” May “Ignore rumors: NIFSCO is not clos- “ITW completes acquisition of Duo-Fast 1999, p. 65. ing” January 1999, p. 62. Corporation,” October 1999, p. 62. 62 WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL “TransTechnology completes buy of WIRE JOURNAL “Lucent bid succeeds,” October 1999 Eaton division,” October 1999, p. 63. Pp HU “Bossard Group adds IIP, Erni-Bolte “Optical Cable Corporation gets mili- to its list of recent acquisitions,” tary supplier qualification,” October November 1999, p. 56 1999 Pp 60 “DHC, Textron venture to be minority- “Global fiber optic consumption will owned,” November 1999, p. 56. more than triple by 2008,” November 1999 p 54 “Penn to enter direct sales with Dudek acquisition,” November 1999, p. 58 “Corning settles suit against Fibercore Ltd..” November 1999, p. 54 “E/M acquires U.K. coatings maker,” Vovember 1999, p. 58. “KMI to host four fiber optic confer- ences in 2000." December ]999 p. 56 “FQA era begins with a sigh of relief.” December 1999, p 46 Industry News: January “Textron’s VMI contract with Ford a ‘first’ for fastener industry,” December “National-Standard exits some wire 1999,p . 48 lines, to enter cored wire,” p. 20 “U.K. trade show for fasteners contin- “Siecor offers training courses,” April “W. Gillies Technologies to represent Imaye Ink Jet.” p. 2) 0 ues to grow,” December 1999, p. 50 1999. p. 62 “AlliedSignal to acquire fastener maker “KMI predicts stronger datacom “Belden acquires German cable manu- MriStar,’ December 1999, p. 52. demand for plastic optical fiber,” facturer,”p . 20 {pril 1999, p. 64 “Cable tied to plan to save Italian land- “Cold Heading inks deal for specialty “Carrierl to use Corning/Siemens mark,” p. 2] fastener maker,” December 1999, p. 52. products in German network,” May ge ommscope adds clad wire produc - 1999. p 62 tion capacity,” p “Allfast closes down former Briles Rivet facility.” December 1999, p 54 “Corning reports settlement in ‘“Geon Company restructures, closes Furukawa suit,” May 1999, p. 62 .) two plants,” p. 2! Ferrous Equipment “Plastic applications to be highlighted “Intervention a hot issue for wire/cable “Ferrous wiredrawing equipment,” at POF World °99.° May 1999, p. 63 industry,” p. 2>2 ie) Vay 1999, p. 68. “Siecor awarded two-year contract “Merger approval closer for Essex- from Williams,” May 1999, p. 63 > Superior deal,” p. 272 FiberWatch “ElectroniCast expands to U.K., notes “unGdreorwsteha psryesdtiecmtse,d” fJourn e fibe1r9 99o,p tipc. 46 “naAtMioPn al,I”nc . p. to 272 b e bought by Tyco Inter- industry trend.” January 1999, p. 60 “LEAF” contracts motivation for “China’s Yangtze expands output of Corning plant opening,” July 1999 fiber optic cable,’ January 1999, p. 61 p 06 “Corning announces investments, files “SpecTran joins industry group.” Ju/) patent infringement case,” February 1999. p. 66 1999. p. 60 “Lucent reports major contract, Thai- “SpecTran signs contract to use Lucent land expansion,” August 1999, p. 44 patents,” February 1999, p. 60. “Corning fiber to be used in record “KMI report predicts steadier pricing European project,” August 1999, p. 44 for fiber optic cable.” February 1999 p. 600. “Lucent bid for SpecTran Corp. draws shareholders’ wrath,” September 1999 “Alcatel announces two undersea cable p 50 contracts.” March 1999. p. 64. “Eurotunnel to use Corning’s fiber,” “Corning notes hallmark sale.’ March September 1999, p. 50 1999. p 64. “Report predicts China will be largest “Corning reports growth in mixed fiber market,” October 1999, p. 60 1998 markets; announces contracts,” April 1999, p. 62. “Siecor announces major plant expan- sion,” October 1999, p. 60 JANUARY 2000 “Decatur Wire Die joins Diamond “MidStates Wire closed, equipment “CDT reports renewal order from Bell Tools Group,” p. 24. sold off,’ p. 17 Canada,” p. 20. “Knill Holding acquires Henrich from “Wiring problems found on Swissair “New U.S. home for Falcon Fine Wire TI Group,” p. 24 Flight 111,” p. 77. is in Rockwall, Texas,”p . 20. “Laclede Steel files for Chapter 11 “Co-Steel to sell U.K. operation to “AWPA votes to oppose Section 201 protection,” p. 24 ASW,” p. 19. petition,”p . 2/. “M.A. Hanna to enter joint venture “Videojet opens Canadian subsidiary,” “Berk-Tek to consolidate UTP manu- with Italian compounder,” p. 24. p. 19. facturing operations in Pennsylvania,” wes “Work begun on new J.W. Harris “U.S. wire rod producers file Section facility,”p . 24. 201 petition seeking import relief,” “Carolina Steel & Wire Corporation “Co-Steel Raritan cuts 75 positions,” p28. acquires Tennessee’s R&B,” pP 22 p. 26. “Industry survey by EPA could lead “Uhing/Witels Albert seminar covers to new regulations for effluent dis- industry processes,” p 24 “Team meccanica line sold to Duo- charges,”p . 23. Fast,” p. 26. “Pave Automation opens N. American “Republic/Siecor awarded Otis con- office,”p . 24 “Bekaert joins medical venture with tract for elevator cables,” p. 26. Humeca,” p. 26. “Scapa Polymerics establishes head- “Meritus lands order from U.S. quarters in North America.” p. 26 company,”p . 26. “Meseha forms new consulting compa- “Innovative ideas and more presented ny,”p . 26. at Interwire Exhibitors workshop,” “Southwire Company’s HTS power mec Mw cable passes design criteria test,” p. 28 updat e “Charles D. Scott Distinguished Career \ “HTS contract a first for U.S. utility Award recipients for 1999 announced,” industry,”p . 28. p. 30. “Insteel Industries acquires interest in “Northwestern may face further lay- Structural Reinforcement Products,” offs,” p. 30. p. 3229. “Indiana Steel & Wire out of chapter “Camden reports that legal action 11,” p. 30. ~ 180 9000: resolved,” p. 3>2> “Windings announces representative in CHANGING FOR THE WEW MILLENNIUM India,”p . 32. “fGaecnileirtayl, ”p C.a b3l4e opens new training “Delphi forms joint venture with “Newline Color Inc. names representa- Daesung,” p. 32. tive,”p . 34 Rautomead expands R&D facilities,” “GENCA Corporation restructuring 24> Pp wane “Management change and new officers was a multi-company logistical announced for WCISA,” p. 28. “Southwire Company commissions challenge,” p. 36 SCR systems in China and in U.S.,.” “CAB International takes over for “Wire Tokyo 99: organizers say that p. 34. CAB,”p . 28. the focus in Japan should be on the “Morgan gets order to upgrade future,” p. 38. “Kurt Orban Partners opens two Moroccan mill,” p. 34. offices,” p. 28. “New location for Outokumpu WTT “M.A. Hanna finalizes Italian joint AB.”p . 38. Industry News: February venture,” p. 34. Industry News: April “Pirelli Cables agrees to buy Australian “NFPA revisions completed for 1999 cable division” p. /6. National Electric Code,” p. 36. “Macwhyte consolidation closes Kenosha plant,” p. 20. “Wyrepak Industries acquires U.K.’s “Unitek relocates to office in Watkins,”p . /6. Hamden,”p . 36. “GBC International opens new facility in Georgia,” p. 20 “GENCA Corporation acquires Draw- Industry News: March baugh,” p. /6. “Furon may sell its Dekoron business,” “Thomas & Betts to acquire AFC p. 20. “Clariant division opens second Cana- Cable Systems,” p. 20. dian facility,”p . /6. “Ispat International to acquire Usinor units,”p . 20. 64 WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL “Carolina Steel & Wire acquires “Southwire Company to sell off part of “Final dumping margin rates reported Northeast Steel,” p. 2/ business,” p. 23 > by U.S. Commerce Department,”p . 34 “Wheeler purchases United Wire Tech- “Williamsport completes extruder “N.V. Bekaert S.A. starts filter system nologies,”p . 2/. upgrade project,” p. 23 > company,” p. 34 “General Chemical to acquire NOMA “Nextrom enters cable design software Industries,”p . 2/. agreement with Vertex Systems,” p. 36 “Beta LaserMike opens new U.K “Reference Guide info now updated facility,” p. 2727 quarterly on WAI web site,” p. 36 “Owl Wire and Cable joins The Mar- “Road to metric-only markings for mon Group,” p. 2o2e.) Europe has many more miles (km) to 20,”p . 38 “New name and address for Lubewell Limited,” p. 22. “NSW wire plant sold; union contract “Carlisle Companies to supply settled,”p . 38 Boeing,” p. 22 “Intertek forms strategic alliance with cabling product manufacturers,” p. 40 “New officers are named for WCISA,” p. ae “Breakdown line shown at Frigeco open house,” p. 40 “Berk-Tek closes Montreal plant, will expand operations in Pennsylvania,” industry News: June p. 24. 7. ontinuus-Properzi acquires three “Corning makes further acquisitions Redaelli Meccanica operations,” p from BICC,” p. 24. “Top Superior TeleCom executive “United Copper’s U.S. facility a Mexi- “Talladega and Cable & Wire Tech resigns; other changes announced by can first,” p. 24 enter agreement,” p. /6 company,” p. 24 “National-Standard sells U.K. opera- “Mossberg Reel buys Universal Reel “Baker acquires facility for composite tion to management group,” p. 24 yn 16 reels,” p. 24 “Northampton Machinery Company “GEMA moves to new facility, names new rep,” p. /7 “Lors Machinery, Inc., to represent acquired by investor group,”p . 26 Schmelzmetall, expands product lines,” “AMSTED Industries to sell Macwhyte “Nextrom consolidates as expectations p. 26. division to Wire Rope Corporation,” dim,” p. 17 “Glenro opens office in western U.S..” p 26 “Hanna forms new unit to expand p. 26. “Berk-Tek cable used in new UtiliCorp focus on wire and cable industry,” “Uhing names new representative,” network,”p . 26 p.l p. 26. “Two ITC decisions send one case to “Dry silane process the draw at Mapre President, nix margins for another,” “SCOB celebrates 70th; looks to workshop,” p 26 p 18 expand market,” p. 28. “BICC Brand-Rex awarded naval “Davis Wire and Acerocentro enter “Northwestern Steel and Wire reaches contract; announces alliance with marketing agreements,” p. /9 tentative pact with union,” p. 30. Siemon,”p . 28 “Camden terminates distributor agree- “Ebner Furnaces announces two sepa- “BICC shareholders okay sale to Gen- ment,” p. 30. rate contracts for its bell annealers,” eral Cable,” p. 19 p 28 “AIW acquires Canada’s BN Custom “DynaMotive Technologies reports “WPI*/Sarasota chosen for cable con- Cables,”p . 20 orders from U.S. and Venezuela,” p. 32 tract,” p. 28. “Locker subsidiary acquires Biwater “These trade shows have a ‘slippery slope’ factor,” p. 32. “DynaMotive Technologies reports unit,”p . 20 Italian sale,” p. 28 “WRCA completes Macwhyte pur- Industry News: May “Aumann reports contract for 20 enam- chase,” p. 20 “General Cable Corporation to acquire eling ovens,” p. 30 “Volex acquires Belden power cord BICC’s energy cable business,” p. 22. divison,” p. 2o1m i “CAB International S.A. and Redaelli “Advanced Polymer acquired by Ferro Meccanica enter joint venture,” p. 32 > Corp.,” p. 2r2y. “Nedstaal B.V. invests in vacuum- (continued) degassing unit,” p. 32 JANUARY 2000 65 “Alloy Engineering expands product “Copperweld sale a strong possibility, “Former EPA target is now aiming for line,” p. 2/. p. 14. agency,” p. 2/. “Southwire buys rights to Verticast “General Cable announces a new “Pirelli awarded Tunisian contract,” product line; reports on two SCR name, an alliance and a turnaround for p. 21. start-ups,” p. 272. a plant,” p. /5. “Davis-Standard acquires Germany’s “SAMP U.S.A. to open satellite KU-KA-MA,”p . 21. office,” p. 15. “Tulsa Power commissions taping line “Riyadh Cable to use BaanCable soft- in Russia,”p . 2727. ware,” p. 16. “BHP to close U.S. copper opera- “Italian court ruling favors Continuus- tions,” p. 2°2°., Properzi,” p. 16. “Beta LaserMike opens German “Superior Essex identity established; office,” p. 22 magnet wire plant prep completed,” “Charter Steel to build new plant in p. 16. midwest, expand Saukville site,” p “U.S. Baird opens rebuilding division,” “BIlCCGeneral updates deal; purchases p. 19. SpecTran interest in General Photon- “Jersey Strand & Cable moves to new ics,” p 23. site,” p. 19. “AFC Cable Systems opens midwest “Camden Extrusion files suit against operation,”p . 24 GEMA,.”p . 19. “Kurt Orban opens New York office,” “Carpenter Technology announces reorganization, new president,” p. /9. “Ivaco considers IPEX sale as part of “Zumbach acquires KJM,” p. 22. ‘mission’ to reduce long-term debt,” “SKET reports growth, more products, p. 20. Tees expanded workforce and new loca- “Southwire Co. changes eliminate 258 <a tion,” p. 23. positions,” p. 20. S . equipment “Videojet Systems purchases other half “AFC Cable resolves litigation with of Japanese operation,” p. 293?. Alflex,” p. 22. “LOI Thermprocess GmbH awarded “Cemanco to represent Germany’s furnace contract from Saarstahl,” p. 24. CeramTec,”p . 22. “Dyneon expands global presence,” “Germany’s Henrich reports recent p. 24. orders for its wire production equip- “WWW bolsters its sales force,” p. 24. ment,”p . 24. “DuPont High Performance Materials “New president, site for Tension Con- and Bekaert Group form alliance,” trol,” p. 24. p. 26. “Amsterdam’s Draka to acquire NKF, “Wytech names Markus as European notes deal with Pirelli Cables,” p. 26. sales agent,” p. 26. “Surprenant pays fine to settle civil “Rockbestos-Surprenant acquires PMC “Whitelegg sells system to Last SA,” claim,”p . 26. Corporation, will make it division,” p. 26. “Stelco subsidiary sold.”p . 26. p. 24 “American Superconductor ships HTS “U.S.’s ITC sends two tariff recom- Industry News: August coils for 1,000 hp electric motor,” mendations to president for considera- p. 28. “Phelps Dodge closes some wire oper- tion, p. 2.6 . “Andrew Corporation completes buy- ations, consolidates remainder,” p. 20 “Wire & Plastic to sell Belden equip- out,” p. 28. “Niehoff acquires former Endex division ment,”p . 26. from Bekaert, changes name,” p. 20 Industry News: July “ASC awarded contract to design first “Germany’s Wafios acquires Witels HTS ship propulsion motor,” p. 28. “Belden acquires Cable Systems Inter- Albert,” p. 2/. national,” p. /4. 66 WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL “AlliedSignal buys nylon resin busi- “WCISA elects officer, adds mem- “Further Superior Essex plant closings ness,”p . 28. bers,” p. 33. announced,” p. 2727 “Williamsport Wirerope Works adds “LOI awarded annealing plant con- “Tappan Wire to expand facility,” service center,” p. 28. tract,” p. 33 p 22 “Commission Brokers to sell Wirekraft “Jouhsen-Bundgens opens U.S. sub- “Multiplexing reduces copper content equipment,” p. 28. sidiary,”p . 33. in new Ford,”p . 24 “Connectivity Technologies to sell unit “Ivaco finds IPEX buyer,” p. 33 “MagneTek reports three acquisitions,” to Rome Group for $21 million,” p. 30. p. 24 Industry News: September “Cookson Group sells TAM Ceramics “Northwestern Steel and Wire Compa to Ferro,” p. 30. “Dow Chemical bids $11.6 billion for ny to revamp electric arc furnace,” Union Carbide Corporation,” p. 20 p. 2 5 “Southwire announces SCR start-up, new agent,” p. 32 “Davis-Standard Corporation to double “Maysonic Ultrasonics returns as size of its technical center,” p. 20 Projectworld,”p . 25 “Management changes noted at Mor- gan-Koch,”p . 32. “Wardwell celebrates 90th anniversary, “Nextrom names new president,” p. 2 announces new partners,” p. 2/ “Carpenter completes Rowe purchase,” “Industry veteran starts new reel busi- p. 32. “Joint wire rod venture opens in Viet- ness in Huntertown, Indiana,” p. 26 nam’s Dong Nai Province,” p. 2/ “Windings adds eight Reelex licensees,” “AIW names new representative,” p p. 32. “JPM Company to start own cable production at plant in Mexico,” p. 22 “Wardwell names Pape as consultant,” p. 3229.> CJT/ROUGH CORE - Extended die life 494 Mission Street * Carol Stream, iL 60188 Holds cast and helix thru complete puone: (630) 690-7230 production (630) 690-5933 | «Lower temperature during drawing | «Vent system allows lubricant to reach | CJ T/R OUGH CORE . 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(630) 690-7230 Reader Service No. 32 JANUARY 2000 67 “Wyrepak Industries, Inc., relocates, “NECOA moves to new facility in “Ivaco Inc. and Fertek to merge wire reports organizational changes,” p. 28. Baltimore,” p. 23. mesh units,” p. 20. “Wytech Industries expands facility,” “The Geon company buys Dennis “Update: Knill Gruppe’s purchase of Chemical,” p. 23. Pourtier,” p. 20. p. 28. “Leggett & Platt Incorporated acquires “Tyco International enters agreement “Siemens divests cable plants; discuss- five privately held companies,” p. 30. to buy AFC Cable Systems,” p. 24. es sale of Siecor to Corning,” p. 2/. “One year after sale, orders up for “Ivaco Inc. completes sale of IPEX “Textron acquires Progressive opera- Spirka,” p. 30. equity,” p. 24. tions,” p. 2/. “CaSE seeks research partners, reports “Coleman Cable sold to investor “Furon to be sold to Norton Compa- move to new headquarters,” p. 32. group,” p. 25. ny,” p. 21. “Roblon names agency, looking for “AlliedSignal enters supply pact with “Accurate Wire expands, announces others,” p. 32. Bayer,” p. 25. new services,” p. 22. Industry News: October “Industry veteran forms RMS Consult- “ACM AB to represent Schnellflechter ing for wire, cable and tire industries,” in Nordic countries,” p. 22 “LTV agrees to acquire Copperweld p. 26. “Cyprus agrees to Phelps Dodge bid, Corporation,” p. 20. “Newline Color moves, announces but Asarco turns to other suitor,” p. 22 “Leonische Drahtwerke announces new rep,” p. 26. “Geon forms joint venture in Latin changes,” p. 20. “National Electrical Manufacturers America,” p. 23. Association introduces Cat. 6-7 “Global Crossing to partner with Alca- standard,” p. 28. tel,”p . 23. “IMR expands facility,” p. 28. “Marmon Group acquires The Kerite “Baan company to acquire industry Company,”p . 24. software provider Prolog Holding,” “Section 201 petition remains in p. 30. limbo; ITC begins rod review,” p. 24. “Consulting firm to focus on interna- “Superior Essex sells two plants; new tional,” p. 30. owners optimistic about future,” p. 26. “AmeriSteel joins Brazil’s Gerdau S.A. “Phelps Dodge reports division reorga- through a stock transaction,” p. 32. nization; two plants will close,” p. 26. “Sikora to bolster its subsidiary in the “Teknor Apex and Witco Corporation US...” p. 32. subsidiary to enter joint TPV venture,” “Late-breaking news,” p. 32. p. 28. “S & W Precision Products moves to “Northwestern Steel sees financing new site, notes personnel changes,” progress,” p. 28. p. 36. “CONDEA’s PVC operations to be “Global Crossing part of joint ven- sold to Georgia Gulf Corporation,” ture,” p. 36. p. 30 “Agreement allows EU cables to be tested regionally for ETL mark,” p. 20. “Union Carbide Corporation adds “Mossberg Reel & Stamping expands capacity at two of its compounding its repair service,” p. 30. “Nichols Wire acquires Southwire plants,”p . 38. division, plans expansion,” p. 2/. “New wire machinery division already “Corning achieves 10 gigabits trans- a plus for Italy’s Continuus-Properzi,” “Georgia Gulf to buy Condea’s PVC mission,” p. 38. p. 3292>. business,” p. 2/. “Southwire Company installs HTS “Camden amends its suit against “Kenneth Cary returns to compound- cables at its headquartes in Georgia,” GEMA,”p . 32. ing business,” p. 2/. p. 40. “Expansion highlights positive fiscal “Contesting the legacy of an old “John Royle & Sons files for bank- year for Spirka Maschinenbau GmbH,” Reliance system,” p. 2/. ruptcy,” p. 40. p. 34. “The Marmon Group adds two more “Process Control prevails in court,” wire and cable businesses,” p. 22 Industry News: November p. 34. “Connecticut Steel management buys company,” p. 20. 68 WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL “Nextrom announces cuts as part of “Southwire to update its 600 volt utili- Lubricants reorganization,” p. 38 ty plant,” p. 26. “Wire lubricants: made to order for “Montorfano names U.S./Canadian “Lesmo Machinery adds to its Concord wiredrawingJ,u”n e 1999, p. 52 agent,” p. 38. facility,”p . 26. Marking Equipment “Heinze & Streng adds three represen- tatives,”p . 40. “Marking equipment,” September 1999, p. 62. “Bouvier receives AMEA accredita- tion,” p. 40. Meetings, Conferences “Oakite acquires Brent International,” and Exhibitions p. 40. “Wire Asia draws from 26 countries” “Pangborn Corp. adds Profile Group as (wrapup), January 1999, p. 38 rep,”p . 40. “SAMP prepares for March 22-23 “Sayenga achieves a first as wire rope extrusion workshop” (preview), president,” p. 42. January 1999, p. 56 “Roblon names U.S. agent,” p. 42. “Interwire tour going to Ford’s Atlanta “National-Standard sells former site.” Assembly plant,” January 1999, p. 56 p. G429 “47th IWCS: technology the attrac- tion” (wrapup), January 1999, p. 64 Industry News: December “Interwire: Wire & Cable Manufactur- “Knill Gruppe creates single North ing Week (IWCMW)” (preview), American unit,” p. 18. Fe bruar\ 1999, p 54 “Colorant-Chromatics Group bought “Parkway-Kew Corp. moves to new, “Poland site of 1999 International by investment team,” p. /8. larger site,” p. 26 Technical Conference” (preview), “Empire Specialty Steel formed from “Belden cable to be used for 2000 February 1999, p. 56 Al Tech,” p. 18. Olympics,”p . 26 “Extrusion workshop schedule & “Yesteryear practice results in cleanup “Korbel starts own firm,” p. 28 speakers” (preview), March 1999 at former Connecticut wire mill,” p 58 “MonlanGroup acquires Hyde Prod- p. 19. ucts,” p. 28 “Interwire: Wire & Cable Manufactur- “Phelps Dodge division restructures to ing Week” (update), March 1999 “Krautkramer and ABB to offer imag- go to ‘cellular manufacturing, ” p. 19 ing systems,” p. 28 Pp 67 “Copperfield expands its facility in “Update: Interwire: Wire & Cable “KW I launches first interactive web Bremen,” p. 20. Manufacturing Week (IWCMW),” site for electric/electronic wire and {pril 1999. p 84 “Procuritas acquires niche companies cable,” p. 30 from Sweden’s Finnveden,” p. 20. “Records predicted for 1999 IFE “Mohawk/CDT offers validation pro- exhibits up 50+ percent,” May 1999 “Phelps Dodge one for two on acquisi- gram,” p. 30. p. 46 tion block,” p. 20. “Galvacor sells rod galvanizing system “Tandem operation draws interest at “Bekaert changes call for both cuts and to Frost Fence & Wire Products,” extrusion workshop” (wrapup), May expansion,” p. 22.+ p. 3>2” 1999, p. 56 “Delphi reports brisk Asian sales, buys “U.S. Pavilion offered at Messe “Phoenix to host extrusion workshop out joint Asian venture,” p. 22. Diisseldorf,” p. 32 Sept. 13-14," June 1999, p. 40 “Underwriters Laboratories proposing “Swinchatt joins Sikora,” p. 3 “Wire-Tokyo organizers focus on posi- a half-dozen updated standards,” p. 24 tive in harsh economic times,” Ju/) Insulated Wire “Section 201 update has a familiar ring 1999 p 34 to it,” p. 24. “Insulated wire,’ December 1999, “Schedule lists extrusion workshop p. 74. topics,” July 1999, p. 50 “Nextrom to outsource more of its activities,” p. 25. ISO 9000 Poster session added for Poland techni- cal conference,” July 1999, p. 50 “BP Amoco expands TMA capacity,” “ISO 9000: changing for the new mil- p. 25. lennium,” April 1999, p. 70 (continued) JANUARY 2000 69 “IWCMW: one memorable week” Nonferrous Wiredrawing “The Cleanliness Scanning System (wrapup), July 1999, p. 70. CSS 2, a tool for a super clean con- Equipment cept,” by Harry Prunk, September “Wire and Cable Focus to feature new “Nonferrous machinery and equip- 1999, p. 106. site, structure for °99” (preview), ment,” July 1999, p. 102. August 1999, p. 34. Technical Articles: “IFE organizers report record numbers Smart Solutions Ferrous of exhibitors, attendees at 1999 show” “Y2K: Assessment time,” January (wrapup), August 1999, p. 37 1999, p. 40. “An innovative evaluation technique for delayed fracture prediction for high- “Zakopane, Poland: WAI’s Internation- “Regrinding ceramic draw rings for strength bolting steel,” by Hitoshi Mat- al Technical Conference” (preview), reuse,” February 1999, p. 44. sumoto, Fukukazu Nakasato and fugust 1999, p. 48. fakahiro Kushida, January 1999, p. 88 “Covering the angles: Single draw bull “Instructors named for extrusion block,” August 1999, p. 38. “Corrosion and corrosion measurement workshop,” August 1999, p. 68. of steel tire cord,” by Yen-How Huang, “Reconvene schedule for Sept. 27-28 Technical Articles: February 1999, p. 74 in Nashville.” August 1999, p. 70 Electrical “Criteria and tests for cold headabili- “Wire Singapore organizers predicting “Grain boundary analysis of an ty.” by Yasmine Sarruf, Baohong Cao, strong showing” (preview), September J.J. Jonas and Nick Nickoletopoulos, Al-Cu4% alloy by atomic force 1999. p. 38. microscopy,’ by Enrique Manuel February 1999, p. 98 “Macbee, Davis Wire to host wire- Lopez Cuéllar, Carlos Guerrero, Edgar “Fatigue properties of ropes manufac- drawing workshop in California.” Reyes and Ubaldo Ortiz, Januar) tured from conventionally and hydro- September 1999, p. 56. 1999, p. 102. dynamically drawn high carbon steel wire,” by Zbigniew Muskalski, Bogdan “IWCS returns to Atlantic City” “The new Troester-Studer silane Golis, Jan W. Pilarezyk and Jan (preview), October 1999, p. 42. process,” by Ewald Sarbach, April Hankus, March 1999, p. 272 1999, p. 190. “Northeast site a success for Wire & “Small final reductions in the drawing Cable Focus” (wrapup), November process of rope wires,” by Bogdan 1999. p 44. Golis, Jan W. Pilarczyk, Zbigniew “Schedule lists ferrous wiredrawing Blazejowski and Henryk Dyja, April workshop events,” November 1999, 1999 p 184 : p 6/ “Effect of residual elements on low “Extrusion a hot topic at Arizona carbon rod quality and implications to workshop” (wrapup), November 1999, the end user,” by Bhaskar Yalaman- chili, Peter M. Power and John B p. 64. Nelson, Jr., May 1999, p. 100 “Reconvene meeting previews “FEM analysis of working capacity Nashville,” November 1999, p. 68 and deformation resistance in a conical “wire Singapore reports positive direc- die.” by Jan W. Pilarezyk, Henryk tion” (wrapup), December 1999, p. 36. Dyja, Bogdan Golis and Sylwia “Poland International Technical Con- Wiewidrowska.” May 1999, p. 108 ference: new possibilities” (wrapup). “The role of back tension in die and December 1999, p. 58 pass schedule design,” by Roger N Wright, May 1999, p. 118 Mordica Lecture—Part | “Development test results of wire rope “Our technical roots in wiredrawing.” lubricants in a cyclic corrosion envi- “Applying predictive maintenance by Dr. Robert M. Shemenski, March technologies to wire industry machin- ronment,” by Wayne Soucie, Jun 1999, p. 250 ery.” by William L. Rinehart and Paul 1999. / np. 66 Mordica Lecture—Part I J. PawlikowskiJ,ul y 1999, p. 128 ‘High temperature mechanical behav- “Wiredrawing by computer simula- “Low- and medium-voltage power ior of a drawn pearlitic steel,” by Rhel- tion,” by Dr. Robert M. Shemenski, cables.” by Wolfgang Neumann, man H.U. Queiroz, Evilmar J. Fonse- ca, Vicente T.L. Buono, Margareth S {pril 1999, p. 166. fugust 1999, p. 100 Andrade, Evando M. Paula e Silva and Berenice M. Gonzalez, June 1999 P} p 6 ) 70 WIRE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL