New England Wire celebrated a sizeable expansion to its existing manufacturing plant in Lisbon, New Hampshire, on Sept. 22, 2025.

The company held an official ribbon cutting for the nearly 38,000-sq-ft expansion to the eastern side of the plant. The 78 ft by 487 ft addition houses machining and fabrication shops, specialty braiding and expanded silicone rubber extrusion, as well as having room for significant additional space for future capacity growth.

Moving the machine and fabrication shops together under one roof freed up almost 6,000 sq ft of space for future expansion and growth for the company’s tubing division, New England Tubing Technologies. Strategies are being formulated as to how best to use this additional space with both added capacity and new capabilities.

The Lisbon facility has seen multiple investment rounds over the past decade, reflecting continued demand for the company’s custom cable and tubing solutions in advanced medical, industrial, and telecommunications markets.

The International Wire Group (IWG) announced that it has acquired EMS Elektro Metall Schwanenmühle GmbH (EMS), a German supplier for engineering and manufacturing of customized busbars used in electrical power generation, transmission, distribution and storage.

A press release said that EMS provides products and services to meet the market needs of electrical infrastructure, data centers, battery storage, electrolysis, industrial applications, electric vehicles, and renewables. 

  “This acquisition leverages many existing customer relationships while expanding our geographic presence in the electrical infrastructure ecosystem,” said IWG CEP Gregory Smith. He noted that EMS expands IWG’s product portfolio in electrical infrastructure, energy storage, and power distribution markets.

Earlier this year. Italy’s Danieli reported that it has been chosen by Alter Steel to supply technology and equipment for a landmark electric steelmaking facility in Pinkenba, Queensland, Australia, that was estimated to cost $750 million.

Per Danieli, it will build the first greenfield steel mill built in Australia in more than 40 years. The project will use its MIDA QLP – Quality Long Product – technology and incorporate its Digimelter and Q-One power feeder for sustainable electric steelmaking. The plant will produce 500,000 metric tons (mt) per year of reinforcing bar, wire rod, hot-rolled mesh, spooled coil and bar, all from steel scrap. The endless casting-rolling process eliminates billet reheating, cutting energy use by up to 75%.

Per an article in greensteelworld.com, the facility is scheduled to be completed by late 2027. The project has secured Conditional Development Approval. The facility is designed for 100% renewable energy compatibility and will emit just 0.37 mt of CO2  per tonne of steel, an 80% reduction compared to traditional blast furnaces.

U.S.-based Primetals Technologies reports that it has received a Final Acceptance Certificate (FAC) from Celsa France for a major upgrade to the finishing end of the company’s wire rod mill in Bayonne, France.

A Primetals posting said that the company replaced a problematic finishing block and reform station “that had been supplied by a third party and had repeatedly caused unplanned downtime.” With the new equipment in place, Celsa France has significantly increased mill availability and production levels while improving product quality and reducing operational costs.

The upgrade included a new 10‑stand Morgan Vee No‑Twist Mill designed to operate at speeds up to 105 meters per second across low‑, medium‑, and high‑carbon steel grades. The installation also included a 3‑Hi speed increaser gearbox that links the new mill to Celsa France’s existing motor position, demonstrating the design flexibility and compatibility of the technology. The upgrade has already led to quicker, more efficient rolling, reduced maintenance costs, and shorter roll change times.

The project also saw the replacement of the 1,200 mm reform tub. Equipped with a patented ring distributor, the new tub minimizes coil height, eliminates stray rings, and ensures tangle‑free payoff. These improvements have dramatically reduced delays in downstream processing, further enhancing overall productivity.

Celsa France was described as Europe’s first circular, low‑emission steel producer, recycling ferrous scrap in electric arc furnaces to produce steel for construction, automotive, energy, and oil and gas sectors. The Bayonne upgrade strengthens this position by ensuring that the company’s wire rod production is both efficient and environmentally responsible.

According to Celsa France, the Bayonne facility produces about 550,000 tons of rolled products annually, primarily wire rod. The recent upgrade adds to an earlier €65‑million investment that created around 140 direct and 420 indirect jobs across France and Spain.

South Korea’s LS Cable & Wire (LS C&W) announced that it will supply busducts to a large U.S. tech company that marks its full-scale entry into the global AI data center (AIDC) power market.

A press release said that the deal could be worth more than $340 million over three years. The order, from an unnamed U.S. customer, is for data centers “in North America and other regions.” To meet demand, LS C&W has strengthened its global busduct production in South Korea, North America and Vietnam.

Last May, LS C&W announced it would build two new factories to make busducts and electric vehicle (EV) battery components on a 126,000-sq-m site in an industrial park. At that time, it also had busduct production plants in in Gumi, Wuxi, and Ho Chi Minh City. “The completion of the new plant currently under construction in Mexico is expected to further enhance supply efficiency and delivery competitiveness for North American customers.”

LS Eco Energy will cover the Southeast Asian market centered in Vietnam. In October, it supplied busducts to a 50 MW class hyperscale data center in Indonesia. The LS Cable & System Mexico plant will cover the North American market.

The company stated that its busduct activity could be even greater as LS C&W is in negotiations with another large global tech company. “We will secure the leading position in the power infrastructure competition in the era of AI,” said Kim Woo-tae, head of LS Cable & System’s Power Distribution Solution Division.