In 2023 our export mix is: EU, MENA, Africa, Americas. Different destinations have different documentation expectations. Every export shipment travels with an EN 10204 3.1 inspection certificate and a commercial pack that includes packing list, invoice, and country-of-origin documentation on request….
40 years in wire — what a family manufacturer holds on to
2023 marks 40 years — a milestone year for a family manufacturer. It is a milestone that mostly gets celebrated quietly around here, because the day still starts with rod at the entrance and coils at the shipping door. What we…
Construction and mesh: quiet volume that respects the calendar
Construction wire — cold-drawn for mesh, fastener stock, hot-dip galvanising feedstock — is our stability product. Volumes rise when construction rises, and they respect the calendar. In 2023, buyers in the region and in export markets (EU, MENA, Africa, Americas) are…
Export destinations — where our wire is going in 2022
In 2022 our export mix is: EU, MENA, Africa, Americas. Different destinations have different documentation expectations. Every export shipment travels with an EN 10204 3.1 inspection certificate and a commercial pack that includes packing list, invoice, and country-of-origin documentation on request….
Energy prices, drawing dies, and the cost of a tonne of wire in 2022
2022 pushed European energy prices to levels our industry has not seen in a generation. Every furnace campaign, every drawing pass, every die change has a real cost now. We audited our own electricity per tonne this year — quietly, honestly,…
Automotive sub-supply: cold-drawn wire for fasteners
Automotive fasteners rely on cold-drawn low-carbon wire that behaves predictably during header and roll-forming. In 2022 we saw more customers ask for narrower tensile scatter within a single coil, not just batch to batch. To hold that, wire-rod incoming quality control…
Export destinations — where our wire is going in 2021
In 2021 our export mix is: EU, MENA, Africa, first shipments to the Americas. Different destinations have different documentation expectations. Every export shipment travels with an EN 10204 3.1 inspection certificate and a commercial pack that includes packing list, invoice, and…
Container shortage, freight costs and longer lead times: 2021
2021 is the year of the container shortage. Freight cost per tonne to some destinations went up several times over. Some customers moved to nearer suppliers; others locked in longer, guaranteed lead times with us. Our response has been to publish…
White-goods buyers keep raising the bar on wire surface
Turkey’s white-goods sector — refrigerators, ovens, dishwashers — remains one of the biggest end-users of our cold-drawn wire in 2021. The pattern is consistent: surface has to be clean enough for a paint or coating step, tensile has to be tight…
Export destinations — where our wire is going in 2020
In 2020 our export mix is: EU, MENA, Africa. Different destinations have different documentation expectations. Every export shipment travels with an EN 10204 3.1 inspection certificate and a commercial pack that includes packing list, invoice, and country-of-origin documentation on request. We…