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Pfeifer Drako made the elevator ropes for most of the world’s tallest skyscrapers ... 8
As the number and size of skyscrapers starts to rise, so does the need for the wire rope to suport their elevators.

Wire rope, the lifeline of the mine ... 16
The extaordinary effort to save 33 workers from the August 2010 mine shaft in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

Association roundup ... 22
A number of leading associations help to raise standards in the wire rope industry.

Keeping motorists safer is as easy as using wire rope barriers ... 28
How countless, often fatal, accidents can become completely avoidable through the use of high tension wire rope barriers.

Forecast 2012: Grappling with economic uncertainty ... 34
What the experts have to say about what the next 12 months have to offer for the future of our economy.

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