Ergonomic Design – Avoiding Common Mistakes

Ken Vandenberghe, Rea Magnet Wire Company’s manager of Health and Safety has published an article in EHS Today on common mistakes to avoid when addressing ergonomic design and injury reduction. The full article can be found here. In the article, Ken addresses three common mistakes to avoid, that when not addressed will increase manufacturing cost, […]

Achieving interoperability in factory automation

John Haydock, Rea Magnet Wire Company’s manager of control systems engineering discusses Rea’s protocol for factory automation interoperability in a whitepaper published by the International Society for Automation in it’s on-line news letter InTech. The whitepaper can be found here.

Rea Magnet Wire to Sell Selected Assets to Elektrisola, Inc.

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, March 20, 2009 Rea Magnet Wire Company, a privately held corporation and #1 producer of magnet wire products in North America, announced today it has agreed to sell selected assets of its Rea Diversified Products Division (RDP) to Elektrisola, Inc., of Boscawen, New Hampshire. Assets included in the sale were specialty insulated […]

Rea Energy and Petro Chemical Surcharge

Effective with shipments of January 1, 2009 through March 31, 2009, Rea will be temporarily suspending the implementation of the Rea Energy and Petro-Chemical Surcharge Index. As you know, this surcharge was initiated to address material cost increases in the petrochemical commodities markets that were beyond our control. We knew you had been struggling with […]

Rea Magnet Wire Company Named Top Supplier by Emerson

Rea Magnet Wire Company, Inc. has been named a Marquee Supplier by St. Louis-based Emerson, a global leader in technology and engineering. Emerson’s Marquee Supplier award, in its second year and presented at a dinner ceremony October 7, 2008, recognizes the contributions and achievements of the top 38 global suppliers in meeting Emerson’s critical production […]

Rea Magnet Wire Celebrates 75th Anniversary

Fort Wayne, IN – June 30, 2008 Founded in 1933 by Victor Rea, the Rea Magnet Wire Company; a Fort Wayne- headquartered company with two local manufacturing plants, has grown into an international operation with thirteen manufacturing facilities in the United States, Mexico, and China. “I think Victor would be pleased with how we have […]

Rea and Tongling Jingda form two joint ventures in China

Tongling Jingda of the Peoples Republic of China, and Rea Magnet Wire Inc., of America announce the establishment of two joint ventures in the Chinese province of Anhui in the city of Tongling. With an estimated annual capacity of 36,000 tons, the Tongling Jingda Rea Special Enameled Wire Company joint venture will produce high temperature […]

Occupational Hazards Names 10 Companies to the America’s Safest Companies List for 2007

Cleveland – October 15, 2007 – Occupational Hazards, the magazine of safety, health and loss prevention, is proud to announce that 10 companies have been named to the 2007 list of America’s Safest Companies. America’s Safest Companies, founded in 2002 by Occupational Hazards, a Penton Media Inc. publication, is a corporate award honoring the safest […]

Rea and Tongling Jingda build plant in Changshu, China

July, 2007 Tongling Jingda of the Peoples Republic of China, and Rea Magnet Wire Inc., announce the establishment of a joint venture in the Chinese Province of Jiangsu in Changshu City. It is centrally located to the cities of Shanghai, Suzhou, and Wuxi. Ground breaking ceremonies will take place on July 7th of this year […]