1929
Lamifil is founded as “Société Franco-Belge des Laminoirs et Tréfileries d´Anvers s.a.” with production sites in Hemiksem in Belgium and Chauny in France. In the 20th century Lamifil will become an internationally known manufacturer of copper rod and a wide range of copper wires for various applications.
1959
Lamifil expands its business activities. Aluminium wire rod, drawn wire and conductors become a core activity. The advantages of aluminium over copper for use in electrical grids are the higher conductivity to weight ratio and the lower overall cost.
1997
Koramic Investment Group, an industrial investor, takes control of Lamitref Industries, the former holding company of Lamifil. Today Koramic Investment Group is the majority shareholder of Lamifil and is giving the company the freedom to further expand its business activities.
1998
The production site in Hemiksem is given a new name: Lamitref becomes Lamifil. Production of copper wire moves to a sister company. A continuous casting system is commissioned and production of copper alloys is started.
2001
Lamifil redefines its mission and focuses on two core activities. One is the production of aluminium and aluminium alloy wires and conductors for electrical or mechanical applications. The other is the production of copper and copper alloy wires for railway electrification and special applications.
20
05
A continuous investment programme is initiated to allow Lamifil to continue its growth. Among the investments are an additional vertical upcaster for the production of copper alloys, increased annealing capacity and stranding machines for both aluminium and copper wires, as well as a continuous rotary extrusion machine for the production of solid aluminium conductors used in power cables.
2011
A new laboratory enables Lamifil to conduct tests, not only on the individual wires, but also on complete conductors. These include stress strain tests, UBL tests and creep tests. To investigate the behavior of the conductor under different parameters (time, temperature and mechanical load) a test stand has been installed, on which 3 conductors can be hung over a length of 100m. This is also used as a training stand for the installation of new design cables such as GAP and ACCC®.
