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conditions. At the same time, it forms the basis for our company’s success, which, as our current order situation shows, should also continue in the future.” REIKU’s product portfolio covers more than 8,000 different items and individual components that protect electrical wiring, cables and other components from contamination and chemical, thermal and mechanical stress. The production figures are impressive: In 2018, the company processed well over 400 tons of plastics granules into nearly 2,400 km of tubing and several million injection moldings. The portfolio is focused not only on the range of plastic tubings with their application- specific variations, but also on the flexible, highly stress and wear-resistant REIKU jointed tubing cable protection system for static and dynamic applications. With a large variety of nominal widths, variants and accessories such as gripping clamps, clips, end-pieces, connectors, joint connections and cablestars, REIKU is one of the European market leaders in this field. Supplements to the current product range include system sheathings with zip closure, the REIKU heat protection materials GLASO, GLASIL and Kevlar for applications in which cables and components have to be protected against temperatures of up to 800 °C, and fine-braided tubings as a fast and clean solution for the protection of cables that have to be laid flexibly or retain their flexibility. In view of the continuously increasing market success, David Guitton adds: “Among the most important applications of our products are industrial robots and, in particular, extremely flexible cobots, in which our in-house development team works closely together with Universal Robots, Kuka and others. Especially here we are seeing rapidly growing demand for our cable protection systems, which is stretching the production and storage facilities at our site in Wiehl- Bomig to their limits. To ease the situation, we intend to acquire more building land in the direct vicinity of our existing site before the end of this year.” . www.reiku.de Visit us at booth 1358 Joe Snee Associates Speed up strip welding Our ST40 machine welds nonferrous strip quickly and cost effectively. Maximum material width 45mm; minimum thickness 0.2mm. Find out more at www.pwmltd.co.uk or call one of our experts today. North America inquiries: Tel: 774-991-0504 Email: [email protected] Pressure Welding Machines Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 1233 820847 Email: [email protected] New PWM welders and dies available only from PWM or its authorised distributors. World leader in cold weld technology WIRE NEWS May 2019 5