High strength Magna-Lok® fastener from Alcoa
Alcoa Fastening Systems & Rings has developed the new 12.7mm (½ inch) diameter Huck Magna-Lok structural blind fastener. With extremely high shear (44.4Kn) and tensile (31.1Kn) strengths, plus high resistance to joint failure,…
ArcelorMittal will provide steel wire rope for French cable car system
ArcelorMittal WireSolutions operation in Bourg-en-Bresse, France, will supply steel wire rope for the country’s first urban cable car, being constructed in the city of Brest. A press release said that ArcelorMittal is the…
Hawaiki submarine cable system construction has begun
Hawaiki submarine cable system construction has started. The Hawaiki submarine cable system is a new trans-Pacific cable, which will link Australia and New Zealand to mainland United States, as well as Hawaii, with…
Partnership between AMSC and BASF to develop a low cost superconductor wire
AMSC and BASF Corporation/BASF GmbH are making a partnership to develop an advanced low cost manufacturing process for second generation high temperature superconductor wire. A press release said that the two companies have…
AFL developes rodent-deterrent cable jackets for tactical and OSP cables
Leading global fiber optics manufacturer and service provider AFL has introduced a rodent-deterrent enhancement option for its tactical and OSP fiber optic cables. Containing a bittering agent, the new jacket option significantly reduces cable…
TPC Wire & Cable Corp. (TPC) releases new power cable
Leading supplier of wire, cable, connectors, and assemblies TPC Wire & Cable Corp. (TPC) has introduced a new power cable that simplifies installation in medium voltage applications. Super-Trex® Type MV-105 Flexible Medium Voltage…
CabWire World Conference: Discovering the “green” wire
Automation, user-friendliness and especially ecology: they are the main issues faced during the CabWire Conference held last November in Düsseldorf. Vittorio Pesce Last November it was held in Düsseldorf, in Germany, the seventh …
Altiplas Ltd invests in titanium fasteners
Altiplas Ltd has invested in a stock range of metric titanium Grade 2 fasteners in order to satisfy rising demand and industry requirements for ‘just in time’ (JIT) delivery. The range starts in…
Alcoa presents spinoff company Arconic
Alcoa unveiled the name, logo and tagline of its future Value-Add company: “Arconic. Innovation, Engineered.” The spinoff company will focus on manufacturing multi-alloys for the aerospace and auto industries. The future Upstream company…
MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions is a GM Supplier of the Year
General Motors named MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions a GM Supplier of the Year by during its 24th annual Supplier of the Year awards ceremony held Thursday, March 10 at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. …
