50 Years of Copper Rod Technology
by Thomas Schatz, SMS Group
CONTIROD® (which is a registered trademark of Aurubis) is a fully integrated casting and rolling process that turns copper cathodes and clean copper scrap into a perfect starting material for conductors.
SMS group draws from 50 years of experience in copper wire rod technology. Its expertise banks on a new process for the continuous production of copper wire rod developed in 1972 by Union Minière (MHO) in Belgium, Hazelett based in the United States and KRUPP in Germany.