# Superior Essex and Furukawa Electric to form European joint venture

Essex Magnet Wire (a division of Superior Essex Inc.) and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. announced their intent to form a joint venture in Bad Arolsen, Germany, to supply high-voltage winding wire to the automotive industry in Europe. The joint venture will be named Essex Furukawa Magnet Wire Europe.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2016-11-24
- Where: Bad Arolsen, Germany, Germany
- Status: announced
- Products: high-voltage winding wire
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Superior Essex](https://endata.com/companies/19751.md)
- [Furukawa Electric](https://endata.com/companies/17643.md) (partner)
- [Superior Essex](https://endata.com/companies/19751.md) (partner)
- [Essex Furukawa Magnet Wire Europe](https://endata.com/companies/20396.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [businesswirechina.com](https://www.businesswirechina.com/en/news/33866.html), 2016-11-24: "Essex Magnet Wire, a division of Superior Essex Inc., and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (“Furukawa Electric”) announced today their intent to form a joint venture to supply a new type of winding high-voltage wire (HVW) primarily to the automotive industry throughout the European Economic Area."
- [furukawa.co.jp](https://www.furukawa.co.jp/en/release/2016/ele_161124.html), 2016-11-24: "The joint venture will manufacture, market, sell, and distribute HVWs that are used in electrical-driving motors, generators, and reactors for automotive vehicles."
- [cable123.cn](http://www.cable123.cn/news/show.php?itemid=6386), 2016-11-25: "日本古河电工将和美国 Superior Essex公司的一部门成立合资公司，开拓欧洲市场高压绕组线业务。"
- [cabledatasheet.com](https://www.cabledatasheet.com/cable-news/superior-essex-inc-and-furukawa-electric-co-ltd-announce-intent-to-form-euro/), 2016-12-03: "Superior Essex Inc. and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. announced today their intent to form a joint venture to supply a new type of winding high-voltage wire primarily to the automotive industry throughout the European Economic Area."
- [dentons.com](https://www.dentons.com/en/about-dentons/news-events-and-awards/news/2016/december/dentons-advises-superior-essex-on-a-new-joint-venture-with-furukawa-electric), 2016-12-06: "The Joint Venture shall combine technical expertise and global resources of both companies and thereby pave the way to deliver a new sort of winded high-voltage wire for the car industry in Europe."
- [wirecable.in](https://www.wirecable.in/tag/high-voltage-wire-hvw/), 2017-01-18: "Essex Magnet Wire, a division of Superior Essex Inc., and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. announced their intent to form a European joint venture."
- [wirecable.in](https://www.wirecable.in/tag/bad-arolsen/), 2017-01-18: "Essex Magnet Wire, a division of Superior Essex Inc., and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. announced their intent to form a European joint venture."

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