Brand-Rex PTFE wire plant now biggest in Europe

Industrial cable manufacturer Brand-Rex now boasts Europe’s largest PTFE wire manufacturing plant following a 30 percent increase in production capacity.

There are less than a dozen manufacturers with PTFE wire manufacturing capability worldwide and this move makes Brand-Rex one of the top companies in this world league.

PTFE wires are highly specialised and are used in high temperature applications, where they operate at temperatures up to 260 C, as well as in environmentally arduous conditions.

Brand-Rex PTFE wires and cables are used on over 40 percent of the world’s car-exhaust gas oxygen sensors, in many military applications, in the Eurofighter and Airbus aeroplanes, to connect the gas-igniters in central heating and industrial boilers, and for the high-temperature connections needed in halogen lighting luminaires.

PTFE, polytetrafluoroethylene, is best known for its domestic high temperature application: the non-stick frying pan. However its high temperature capabilities and its ability to withstand a vast range of oils and chemicals and harsh environments makes it a widely used specialty industrial material.