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| Schlatter’s performance in the 2011 financial year
By Editor (08 Feb 12 6:30) in Developments Worldwide |
| Schlatter’s performance in the 2011 financial year: strengthening of market position in a difficult environment; decline in sales due to currency impacts; growth in the order intake.
The Schlatter Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: STRN) recorded a 19 per cent rise in the order intake to CHF 130.0 million (previous year: CHF 109.7 million) in the 2011 financial year despite the strong Swiss franc. The Group’s net sales totaled |
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| IWCS call for papers
By Editor (08 Feb 12 6:25) in Developments Worldwide |
| The IWCS has announced that the Call for Papers is now available for its 2012 “International Cable Connectivity Symposium”. The Call for Papers may be found for download from the IWCS website at this link: http://www.iwcs.org/pdf/callForPapers12.pdf
Authors are invited to submit abstracts through the |
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| Nexans goes live on grid with world’s first fault current limiter based on second-generation superconductors
By Editor (08 Feb 12 6:20) in Developments Worldwide |
| Following successful completion of long-term tests on a first generation SFCL at Vattenfall’s Boxberg plant in Germany, Nexans has returned to install a new second-generation device based on superconductor tapes
Nexans, a worldwide leading expert in the cable industry, has successfully commissioned the world’s first resistive superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) based on second-generation superconductor tapes. The SFCL, equipped with superconducting elements developed in cooperation with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, has been |
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| VolkerWessels Telecom Awards Prysmian Group a multi-city deal to extend Reggefiber networks in 2012
By Editor (08 Feb 12 6:15) in Developments Worldwide |
| Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, today announces the signing of a new FTTH deployment contract with VolkerWessels Telecom, the telecoms division of Dutch construction company VolkerWessels. The contract will be executed by Draka which earlier this year became part of the Prysmian Group.
In a first Dutch multi-city agreement of its kind, Draka becomes the sole partner of VolkerWessels Telecom for a series of FTTH projects that will bring next generation broadband closer to an additional |
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| Borealis Student Innovation Award 2011
By Editor (08 Feb 12 6:10) in Developments Worldwide |
| Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, has announced the winners of its 2011 Borealis Student Innovation Awards. On January 19, 2012 Alfred Stern, Borealis Senior Vice President Innovation & Technology, presented Rana Qudaih and Dr. Said Mehdiabadi with their awards, certificates and monetary prizes at the Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Austria. The awards recognise the most innovative research papers for master’s and doctorate degree students working in olefins and polyolefins. The master thesis award went to Rana Qudaih, while |
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| VIPs Intercable visit at Gauder Group Belgium
By Editor (08 Feb 12 6:05) in Developments Worldwide |
| Last December 2011, a delegation of some of the 40 most influential members from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Greece - all belonging to the Intercable Association - visited the Gauder Group facilities in Liège together with President Prof. Peshkov.
Pourtier invited customers to see |
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| Davis-Standard introduces new iPhone® app
By Editor (08 Feb 12 6:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| A new iPhone® application (app) from Davis-Standard is making it easier for customers and employees to access essential information. Introduced this year, the user-friendly app is among the first of its kind developed by a converting and extrusion industry manufacturer.
“There are over a half million iPhone apps, so we thought it was time to develop an app of our own,” said Christine Maxam, Global Marketing Administrator for Davis-Standard, LLC. “We are always looking for |
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| Zumbach to show exciting new technolgies at wire 2012
By Editor (25 Jan 12 6:55) in Developments Worldwide |
| At wire 2012 in Düsseldorf Zumbach (booth 11 D43) will again present many new developments and products. The following is a summary of the most important ones:
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New 1, 2 and 3 axis diameter gauges for any cable and wire and any budget. Besides the complete line of Odac® laser diameter gauges, new models with special beam geometry, fault detection function and high scan rate will be exhibited.
Gauges laser diameter gauges with incorporated fault detection.
The advanced Odex® concentricity and diameter gauge for wire extrusion. Fully non-contact, based on magnetic and |
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| Closure of Flaach tape development & manufacturing facility
By Editor (25 Jan 12 6:35) in Developments Worldwide |
| DSM Dyneema has announced its decision to close its facility in Flaach, Switzerland. The site was acquired in 2007 as part of the acquisition of Pamako A.G., and currently develops and produces Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMwPE) tape. Approx. 25 people are affected by this decision.
“It is with regret that we have taken this decision today for the people involved,” said Gerard de Reuver, President DSM Dyneema. “We have invested considerable resources in improving the technology and |
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| Unique system for transforming purgings into valuable regrind now readily handles traditionally difficult plastics
By Editor (25 Jan 12 6:30) in Developments Worldwide |
| Maguire Adds Polystyrene and Flexible Vinyl to the List of Materials That Are Reclaimable with the Purging Recovery System™ (PRS) and Achieves CE Certification for the System
Maguire Products, Inc. has enhanced its Purging Recovery System™ (PRS) for transforming purgings into regrind and has received the CE certification required to make the PRS available in Europe, the company announced early January 2012.
The PRS is a |
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| Davis-Standard, LLC announces new ownership structure
By Editor (25 Jan 12 6:25) in Developments Worldwide |
| On December 23, 2011, ONCAP, Onex’ mid-market private equity platform based in Toronto, Canada, acquired Davis-Standard, LLC from stockholders represented by Hamilton Robinson, LLC, including Davis-Standard management shareholders. The acquisition is part of Davis-Standard’s strategy to further expand its global extrusion and converting systems businesses. Hamilton Robinson’s involvement with the business dates back to 2003 with the acquisition of |
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| Pourtier recieves a repeat order from ABB for new HVDC cables production unit
By Editor (25 Jan 12 6:20) in Developments Worldwide |
| With well over a century’s experience of cable manufacturing and installation, ABB is one of the world’s most experienced cable manufacturers.
To handle its biggest projects, ABB needs to rely on heavy |
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| Rad-Con just got greener adding CO-generation equipment from energy resource control
By Editor (25 Jan 12 6:20) in Developments Worldwide |
| Rad-Con, a leading supplier of 100% hydrogen, bell-type batch annealing furnaces (BAF), has announced an addition to the Rad-Con Group: Energy Resource Control Corporation (ERC), a provider of equipment that generates protective atmospheres for a variety of industrial processes. ERC (www.protectiveatmospheres.com), a privately held |
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| IWCS Scholarships
By Editor (25 Jan 12 6:15) in Developments Worldwide |
| The IWCS has a strong commitment to scholarship, having established endowments at two universities in the past few years. The development of young engineers and scientists is |
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| IWCS, Inc enjoys a very successful 2011 conference
By Editor (25 Jan 12 6:10) in Developments Worldwide |
| The 60th annual International Cable • Connectivity Symposium drew over 1000 participants to Charlotte, NC in early November. The event featured nearly 100 technical papers, eight Professional Development Courses and approximately 120 exhibit spaces. The Executive Track presented key information from expert industry analysts, as well as views of the future from top industry executives.
Among the highlights of the 2011 event was a 60th Anniversary Party for all attendees in the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte. Guests were |
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| Service engineer for Sikora Turkey
By Editor (25 Jan 12 6:05) in Developments Worldwide |
| Since August 1st, 2011 Mr. Ahmet Volkan Dogan has been employed as a service engineer at the Sikora office in Turkey. Thus, Sikora follows the positive business development of the office in the last years. The creation of a new position in the field of service allows the office in Istanbul to react faster to |
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| Order in the flood of data
By Editor (25 Jan 12 6:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| Data processing and recording in extrusion lines
Online recording of production data has always played an important role at the cable production. In the past data was collected separately at every single production line. Therefore, simple plant computers were used in combination with a printer for extensively printing out the data at the end |
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| Bekaert further consolidates activities in Latin America
By Editor (18 Jan 12 16:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| On December 22 2011, Bekaert and its Chilean partners signed an agreement to restructure the shareholding of their joint venture operations in |
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| Belden introduces three new Spider PD switches from its Hirschmann™ product range
By Editor (17 Jan 12 6:40) in Developments Worldwide |
| Belden has added three new unmanaged low-cost switches from the Spider series to its Hirschmann™ product range. These switches support Fast Ethernet (10/100 Mbps) and have either five twisted-pair ports (Spider 5TX PD EEC) or one twisted-pair port and one fiberoptic port for multimode (Spider 1TX/1FX-MM PD EEC) or singlemode optical fiber (Spider 1TX/1FX-SM PD EEC). Other features include industrial protection class IP30, a strong metal housing and an extended temperature range from -40° to +70°C. Since all versions are powered via PoE there is no need for a separate power supply or even a socket. These switches can therefore be used wherever a PoE port is available, thus allowing |
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| H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum inaugurates Ducab-HV
By Editor (16 Jan 12 12:00) in Developments Worldwide |
| H.H. Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, inaugurated Ducab-HV’s new factory on November 29th 2011 in a ceremony also attended by H.H. Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court. The joint venture between Ducab (50%), ADWEA (25%) and DEWA (25%) offers High Voltage cable systems up to 400 kV. The plant, whose 148m tall vertical extrusion tower has become a Jebel Ali landmark, will be the first dedicated high voltage |
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