International Wire Group has acquired Germany-based EMS Elektro Metall Schwanenmรผhle GmbH, adding customized busbar engineering and manufacturing capabilities that serve power generation, transmission, distribution, storage, data centers, EVs, and renewable applications while broadening IWGโs presence and product portfolio in global electrical infrastructure markets.
New England Wire has completed a nearly 38,000-square-foot expansion on the eastern side of its Lisbon, New Hampshire, plant, consolidating machining and fabrication shops and adding specialty braiding and expanded silicone rubber extrusion space while unlocking about 6,000 square feet for future growth in its New England Tubing Technologies division.
Madem-Moorecraft Reels USA is investing $7 million to add fully robotized production lines at its Tarboro, North Carolina plant, boosting wooden reel capacity by 50% and strengthening its U.S. supply network alongside its Denton, Texas facility and an expanding footprint of existing and planned distribution centers nationwide.
NKT has joined the World Economic Forumโs First Movers Coalition, committing that at least 10% of its primary aluminum purchases will be lowโcarbon by 2030 and advancing its strategy to cut the carbon footprint of power cables through partnerships such as its REDUXA 4.0 and 3.0 agreements with Hydro.
Nexansโ Halden plant in Norway has set a new record as the cable-laying vessel Nexans Aurora departed with 9,731 tons of subsea cable, the largest load in the companyโs history and surpassing a 2023 record by 256 tons. The expanded high-voltage subsea facility, featuring Norwayโs tallest building and advanced extrusion capacity, underpins this scale of production and supports major offshore wind, interconnector, and electrification projects worldwide.
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