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Loos and Company has over 50 years of experience in the wire and cable industry. With our knowledge and experience, we can offer the highest quality products available on the market. Our general product lines and capabilities are listed above. As a manufacturer we can provide customized products for any application. If you have any questions or wish to learn more about our products and capabilities, visit our product specific pages or contact us.

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Aircraft Cable: Save Now and Pay Later

Math. While some of us love it, to others it was the dread of their school days. To the latter, I apologies but this is going to be a math posy. Fortunately, I’ll be doing it all on my end and I...

Oct 18, 2022 07:15 AM

Glossary of Manufacturing Specification Terms

Here at the Hotwire, we receive numerous questions concerning these terms among others. Seeing as we are going to be exhibiting at the World of Concrete show next week, we figured it was time for a...

Jul 29, 2022 07:30 AM

Wire Rope & Cable Assemblies: Design Questions for Peak performance

When preparing to quote or build cable assemblies, we ask our customers to provide us with a print that includes, at a minimum, aircraft cable or wire rope material, size and construction, end...

Jun 06, 2022 07:30 AM

How to Control Erosion

Wire rope is used in a variety of applications, as you are well aware. You can find Loos and Company Wire Rope in everything from dam gates to hoisting slings, and in many other not so obvious...

Apr 18, 2022 08:00 AM

What are the Requirements for Domestic Wire Rope?

Whether you are looking for Mil-Spec wire rope, domestic wire rope, or wire rope which conforms to the Buy American Act, Loos and Company has what you need. In the infographic below, we explain the...

Mar 04, 2021 03:59 PM

Introduction to Domestic Wire Rope Standards and What They Mean

As a member of the Associated Wire Rope Fabricators (AWRF) and with the Fall 2014 General Meeting coming up, we wanted to focus our blog this week on our ability to manufacture wire rope to meet all...

Sep 05, 2014 08:32 AM

Made in the USA: US-Based Wire Manufacturing

As you may know, Loos & Company started out of a garage in 1958—and in many ways the history of Loos & Company exemplifies the American Dream. As we prepare to celebrate this great day in American...

Jul 03, 2014 09:11 AM

Get More From Your LoosCo.com Experience

You read The HotWire. You receive regular updates on Loos & Company, our products and services, and the wire and wire Rope industry. And while this is a great resource, you're still not getting the...

Jul 18, 2013 07:49 AM

LOOS-ly Speaking: DFARS, Domestic, & Mil-Spec Cables

Here at the Hotwire, we receive numerous questions concerning these terms among others. As we are always trying to help out, this will be a good forum for us to really explore what these terms mean,...

May 03, 2012 08:27 AM