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| Nextrom will be at OFC/NFOEC 2008
By Editor (18 Dec 07 10:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| Nextrom is pleased to invite their partners and industry colleagues to their booth no. 3739 in hall F at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California, 24th -28th of February 2008
Engineers and skilled sales managers from Nextrom will be present to discuss their latest technological fiber advances in fiber manufacturing, with the main focus on speciality fibers and optical components, ranging from:
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| Davis-Standard, LLC announces Zachow promotion
By Editor (17 Dec 07 16:05) in Developments Worldwide |
| The Extrusion Systems group of Davis-Standard, LLC announces the following promotion:
John Zachow has been promoted to Vice President – Wire & Cable Systems. He has been with Davis-Standard wire and cable systems since 1998, handling international sales and key accounts in the positions of Senior Sales Engineer, Systems Sales Engineer, Business Manager and Business Director.
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| Tunisie Telecom selects Alcatel-Lucent’s broadband access solution for triple play and VPNs
By Editor (15 Dec 07 15:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| Paris, December 11, 2007 - Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the implementation has begun of a multi-million Euro contract withTunisie Telecom, Tunisia’s national incumbent operator, to deploy a DSL-based network solution. Alcatel-Lucent’s solution will enable Tunisie Telecom to extend its broadband access network and to offer high quality broadband services including VoIP and IPTV to consumers. In addition, it will support high speed Internet and VPN for the enterprises. The project is expected to be completed by early 2008.
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| New No Lube™ SIMpull THHN® Revolutionizes Pipe and Wire Installations
By Editor (13 Dec 07 16:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| Lubricating THHN cables during a pull- and cleaning up afterward - adds cost for contractors. Now, a new type of THHN, NoLube SIMpull THHN® from Southwire, uses a breakthrough technology to eliminate the mess and associated labor, and reduces the total installation cost involved with cable lubrication.
"This is a revolutionary product," says Brian McCardel, Southwire director of construction products. "Eliminating lubricant from the pulling process is a major change, and those who use NoLube THHN will have a competitive edge. Best of all, there's no price premium over traditional THHN."
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| Henan Jiyuan Iron & Steel to expand production facilities
By Editor (11 Dec 07 16:25) in Developments Worldwide |
| Henan Jiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. [JYGT], located in Jiyuan, Province Henan / P.R. China, will expand their production facilities with a bar mill for special steel (SBQ) thus increasing their rolled products capacity to more than 3 million tons / year.
This former state-owned company was founded in 1958 and today counts some 5000 employees. JYGT was the first Chinese enterprise of the iron and steel industry that passed into private hands in 2000.
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| Corus announces signing of Letter of Intent
By Editor (11 Dec 07 15:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| Corus announces signing of Letter of Intent with American Industrial Acquisition Corporation (AIAC) for disposal of aluminium smelters
Corus and AIAC (Aluminium Acquisition Company Limited) have today announced that they have signed a non-binding Letter of Intent for the proposed acquisition of Corus’ aluminium smelters by an affiliate of AIAC for an undisclosed sum.
Internal consultation and advice processes related to the transaction have commenced. It is intended that a Sale and Purchase Agreement would only be entered into once these processes are completed. |
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| Hydro Bond’s 25 years of excellence !
By Editor (10 Dec 07 15:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| Aberdeen based Hydro Bond Engineering celebrates 25 years as a market leader in subsea connectivity and encapsulation.
Hydro Bond designs and manufactures underwater and harsh environment electrical and optical connectors, penetrators and cable assemblies to provide power and data into a wide range of applications. Customers are national and international, in industries such as defence, oil & gas, energy, marine research, geological survey and aerospace.
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| Wire Association International & ANTAAC International Technical Conference 2008 Monterrey, Mexico. October. 20-22,2008
By Editor (10 Dec 07 14:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| Nacional de Transformadores de Acero AC), the OCVMTY (Departamento de Turismo de Nuevo León) and the ITESM (Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey) are sponsors of the 2008 International Technical Conference to be held in Monterrey,
N.L., Mexico, from October 20-22, 2008.
The city of Monterrey is considered to be one of world’s important and large cities in terms of industrial, technological, commercial, educational and business development. It has several wire and cable producing plants, both ferrous and nonferrous.
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| Haldex – Garphyttan Wire Division
By Editor (08 Dec 07 11:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| Haldex – Garphyttan Wire Division announce the retirement of their UK representative, Veronica Norris.
Veronica will retire at the end of this year, after which time Haldex will be represented locally by their stockists below:
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| Cables industry turns to web data
By Editor (07 Dec 07 16:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| The cables industry is seeking detailed high quality product data as standards and compliance become an increasing issue, according to leading UK cable manufacturer AEI Cables.
Visitors to the AEI Cables’ website Products area are rapidly rising as designers and installers verify product details for design and installation.
Jim Duffy, Chief Executive AEI Cables, said: ”We had a record number of visitors to the site last month and the increase in traffic for cable data they can rely on is clearly a big appeal.
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| Nexans and BC Hydro sign five-year extension to utility cable and wire supply contract in Canada
By Editor (05 Dec 07 11:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| Nexans will provide around 54 million euros of power cable over the next five years
Paris, December 5, 2007 – Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has signed with BC Hydro, the electric utility for the Canadian province of British Columbia, a five-year extension to its existing utility cable and wire supply contract.
This latest agreement, valued at around 54 million euros ($75 million CAD), further extends the long-standing relationship established in 1999, when BC Hydro selected Nexans as its primary supplier for utility cables and wires. |
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| Teknor Color Company now offers RoHS-compliant colors spanning the entire spectrum
By Editor (04 Dec 07 9:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| Twelve new concentrates for low smoke pvc plenum compounds are RoHS compliant and include two altogether new colors.
With the introduction of a range of RoHS-compliant concentrates for use with FireGuard® and other low-smoke PVC plenum compounds, Teknor Color Company now offers RoHS-compliant colors spanning the entire spectrum of the most widely used wire and cable polymers, the company announced today.
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| ArcelorMittal and Severstal-metiz announce the agreed sale to Severstal-metiz
By Editor (03 Dec 07 17:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| ArcelorMittal and Severstal-metiz today announced that they have agreed on the sale of ArcelorMittal Wire Solutions 50% stake in steelcord producer TrefilArbed Rus to Severstal-metiz.
The joint venture was established in 2005 when ArcelorMittal Wire Solutions joined Severstal-metiz to develop TA Rus on the Russian steelcord market, giving their JV access to specific technologies provided by ArcelorMittal Wire Solutions |
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| IWCS Review Nextrom & Rosendahl
By Editor (03 Dec 07 16:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| At this years IWCS Conference in Orlando Florida, Nextrom & Rosendahl presented their latest wire, fiber and cable developments including Ribbon Colouring Systems.
Wide ranging interest was received for dry tube process improvements to SZ stranding for tight buffered products. Additionally LAN cable upgrades and process improvements for value added upgrades in the area of Gas Injection systems for both plenum and non-plenum grades gained interest. |
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| The Buss MX Kneader: a technological milestone in high-grade cable compound production
By Editor (30 Nov 07 9:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| Highlight at the K 2007 plastics and rubber trade fair this year is a world premiere: the new high-performance MX einwelligen KneaderHochleistungskneter generation by Buss AG, Pratteln, Switzerland (Fig. 1). This represents a further development of the universal Buss MKS Kneader, but with a four flight screw as used in the already well proven quantec® Kneader for PVC compounding. It also has a redesigned kneading chamber with greater volume and individually optimized processing zones. Furthermore, the mixing effect has been further intensified while at the same time reducing specific energy consumption by about 15 %.
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| Norddeutsche Affinerie AG and Dr Werner Marnette part company by mutual consent
By Editor (29 Nov 07 16:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| At a meeting early in November, the Supervisory Board of Norddeutsche Affinerie AG (NA) complied with the request of the Chief Executive Officer, Dr Werner Marnette, to release him from his duties by mutual consent.
"Under Dr Marnette’s leadership, NA has developed into the largest copper producer in Europe and also into an internationally accepted company with the best future prospects in global competition“, said the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Dr Ernst J. Wortberg. “Norddeutsche Affinerie’s competency, the enhancement of its technical leading role and the long-term securing of the workplaces of NA employees have always been the maxims of Dr Marnette’s action. The Supervisory Board thanks Dr Marnette for his outstandingly successful contributions as Chief Executive Officer of the company, for his efforts
for the community and pays tribute to his lifetime achievements.“
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| Success for inaugural Wire SEA Bangkok 2007
By Editor (28 Nov 07 10:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| " A great success" was how exhibitors and visitors alike summarized the Wire SEA 2007 exhibition, held for the first time at Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC) between the 16th-18th of October.
Even though official figures are not yet available, the number of visitors compared to previous exhibitions in Singapore were clearly higher, and the visitors where mainly key people, with more decision makers in comparison to previous years.
Nextrom and Rosendahl had a common booth and were well represented by the top management of the group. |
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| Southwire providing Superconductor Cable for Consolidated Edison Project in New York City
By Editor (27 Nov 07 16:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| Installation Will Use World's First Surge-Suppressing HTS Cable System to Improve Grid Security
Southwire Company will assist in the development, testing and production of a new high temperature superconductor (HTS) cable capable of suppressing power surges, helping to make power grids more resilient.
Southwire and joint venture partner nkt cables will work with American Superconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: AMSC) to develop the new cable as part of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security initiative to protect the nation's power systems with "Secure Super Grids." The cable will allow Consolidated Edison, one of the nation's largest energy companies, to build a more reliable and secure power system in New York City.
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| DSM Desotech receives ISO-9001 certification in China
By Editor (27 Nov 07 10:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| Elgin, Illinois, November 26, 2007— DSM Desotech, a global leader in the development of high-performance UV curable materials, has received ISO-9001 certification for its China operation. This includes a sales office in Shanghai, as well as a local production facility: DSM Desotech Specialty Chemicals (Shanghai), Ltd. (DDSC).
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| Wire 2008: Once a mere workbench, now an exporter in its own right China and the wire and cable industry
By Editor (26 Nov 07 16:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| Wire and their derivative products play an important role in industry everywhere and in the daily lives of most people. According to information provided by the “Confederation of Indian Industry" (CII) the business volume of the international wire and cable industry reached an estimated US $ 20 billion in 2005 and is expected to rise to US $ 25 billion by the year 2010. Because of the growing global economy, a further increase in demand is forecast for the coming years. Countries in an economic upswing such as India and China are important sales markets for the manufacturers of wire and cable machines, but they are also producer countries with a major economic potential.
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