# Elcowire

Group identifier: aiwaw:elcowire  
Ultimate owner: Ultimate owner not established in GLEIF  
Basis of membership: group as recorded in company documents – Source [C]: “Companies” register – group entry in company documents (no relations in GLEIF)  
Data as of: 2026-10-21, version 2.32  
Page: https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/elcowire

## At a glance

Elcowire – 2 companies in the register with 2 plants in 2 countries (most: Germany 1, Sweden 1). Metals of the plants: copper, tin. Main links of the chain: processing – 2 plants. Membership follows the group as recorded in company documents, without a GLEIF consolidation relationship. Largest full capacity in a single stage: wire rod mill (copper) – 150 kt/yr, 1 operating plant (no ownership shares in plants).

## Value-chain coverage

| Link | Plants | Stages |
|---|---:|---|
| Raw materials | 0 | – |
| Smelting and refining | 0 | – |
| Processing | 2 | wire rod mill 2 |
| Products | 0 | – |
| Recycling | 0 | – |
| End uses | 0 | – |

## Plants by country

| Country | Plants |
|---|---:|
| Germany | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |

## Full capacity by metal and stage

Full capacity of operating single-metal plants – separately for each stage and unit; no sum across stages (a smelter and an extrusion press process the same metal) and no ownership shares in plants (next stage). Multi-metal plants – in the totals table below.

| Metal | Stage | Full capacity | Unit | Plants in total |
|---|---|---:|---|---:|
| copper | wire rod mill | 150 | kt/yr | 1 |

## Group structure

- **Elcowire** (corporate group; aiwaw:elcowire)
  - [Elcowire Group AB](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/elcowire-group-ab.md) (company; Sweden; register · C)
    - Helsingborg – rolling mill and extrusion plant (Helsingborg, Sweden) – plant; wire rod mill; operating; Output 2024: 236 kt delivered (“Rod” unit, both plants); Capacity: 150 kt/yr; class B
  - [Elcowire Rod GmbH](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/elcowire-rod-gmbh.md) (company; Germany; register · C)
    - Hettstedt – wire rod mill (Contirod) and wire drawing plant (Hettstedt, Germany) – plant; wire rod mill; operating; Output 2024: 8.50 kt dostawy; Capacity: 150 kt/yr; class A

## Capacity and output of the group companies’ plants

Totals cover the full capacity (and output) of operating plants owned by the group companies, without taking shares in jointly owned plants into account; capacity attributed to the group by share will be added in the next stage. Only values in the same unit and for the same metal are added up.

| Metal | Stage | capacity / output | Unit | Plants in total |
|---|---|---:|---|---:|
| copper | wire rod mill | 150 (capacity) | kt/yr | 1 |
| copper + tin | wire rod mill | 150 (capacity) | kt/yr | 1 |
| copper | wire rod mill | 236 (output 2024) | kt delivered (“Rod” unit, both plants) | 1 |
| copper + tin | wire rod mill | 8.50 (output 2024) | kt dostawy | 1 |

## Flow analyses

“Metal flows” analyses in which plants of the group companies appear; below – analyses covering the metal and country of the group plants.

- [EU Copper Flow Analysis](https://ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/eu-copper-flow-analysis.md) – in the analysis: 2 plants, 2 companies
- [Copper Flows in Germany](https://ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/copper-flows-germany.md) – in the analysis: 1 plant, 1 company
- [EU-27 Tin Flows](https://ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/eu-tin-flow-analysis.md) – in the analysis: 1 plant, 1 company

## Similar groups

Similarity: common metals (weight 0.5), chain links (0.3) and plant countries (0.2) – Jaccard index; only groups with at least one common metal.

- [KME Group](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/kme-group.md) – in common: copper, tin; processing; Germany
- [IBU-tec advanced materials AG](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ibu-tec-advanced-materials-ag.md) – in common: tin; processing; Germany
- [Liljedahl Group](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/liljedahl-group.md) – in common: copper; processing; Sweden
- [ELEKTRISOLA Dr. Gerd Schildbach GmbH & Co. KG](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/elektrisola-dr-gerd-schildbach-gmbh-co-kg.md) – in common: copper; processing; Germany

## Data quality

- Source class of plants: A 1, B 1, C 0
- Plants verified at source: 2 / 2 (2026-10-08 – 2026-10-08)
- Ownership relationships of companies: GLEIF relationship (class A): 0 of 2; group as recorded: 2 of 2; companies with an LEI: 0 of 2
- Basis of membership: group as recorded in company documents (class C)

The group card (page and Markdown) is open to text and data mining with attribution; the JSON data – like the other JSON data of the register – is reserved as a compiled database. Relationships from GLEIF: CC0 1.0.