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popular wire with quarrying companies.Backing it up with hardwareInterestingly enough, Skystone builds its own wire sawingmachines, too. The machines are primarily designed to workin quarries, but Skystone’s 15kw wire saw, for instance, is wellsuitedto concrete applications as well. Skystone runs two plantsin the Fuzhou area – one produces 300,000 meters of diamondwires a year, while the annual capacity of its hardware factory issome 300 machines. Each plant has its own R & D centre tokeep up with the fast-paced manufacturing industry. On topof that, Skystone has set up two “project management centres”that are a sort of a task force investigating various demolitionand construction projects.Underwater wire sawing operation.Global reachSkystone has been pursuing a very active export policy bysupplying its diamond wires into more than 30 countries.The company’s reach now extends as far as the USA, Australia,Brazil and Russia. At the moment, Skystone is zooming in onthe European market, with Germany being the most desirabletarget. Toward this end, the company has made sure it will attendStone-Tec, an important event in the stone industry, whichis going to be held in Nurnberg this June. The manufacturerwill use this exhibition to showcase the bestselling models TSY-SRC110 & TSY-SRC114 as well as its stone-processing rangeto the German audiences. In the fall, Skystone will fly over toItaly to take part in Verona Stone Fair and SAIE. And it goeswithout saying that Skystone tools and machines are on displayat every Bauma and World of Concrete show.www.fztsy.comufacturer from ChinaIssue 2 • May - June 2011 • PDi 77