Our readers are familiar with the aircraft cable that we manufacture. You know that when you look at an airplane, there is cable throughout. You don’t see it, but there is control cable, hoisting cables, safety lanyards, even cable in the seats that allow you to recline. All this cable is serving a very important function, but out of sight and out of mind.

The same is true about our wire and wire ropes in many other familiar products, structures, and places. The next time you’re sitting at a stop light, look up: the cables powering the lights are supported by guy wires that run from pole to pole. That's 1x7 Stainless Steel strand. The power lines that keep the lights on and the cables that bring television and internet? Both are lashed to the guy wires with Lashing wire, another Loos & Company product.

Driving down the highway? Overhead signs are supported by stainless steel wire rope. The bridge you just went over? Pre-stressed concrete strand.  The erosion control matting on the hillside next to the highway? Stainless Cable. Dam you just went over? Stainless wire rope to raise and lower the gates.  Guardrail systems?  Cable in that, too. Starting to get the picture?

From transportation systems to utilities, flood control to communications, wire and wire rope provide much of the support required to keep our communities up and running. And Loos & Company’s products are an integral part of that infrastructure. You’d be surprised by how much is around you every day, everywhere you go.

If you’re looking for wire or wire rope, we stock stainless steel wire and wire rope products from 1/32” to 1 – 1/4”, ready to ship. We’re here to support your design activities, and help you navigate the preference for domestic specialty metals and buy American requirements that often accompany those jobs. Contact a Loos & Company Product manager today and we’ll get started!