Nexans introduces Alsecure Premium, the next- generation fire-resistant cable

wirecableMay 25, 2011May 25, 2011

May 25, 2011May 25, 2011

Nexans is introducing Alsecure® Premium, its range of next-generation CR1-C1 fire-resistant cables. Incorporating the INFIT™ polymer technology developed by Nexans’ R&D engineers, the new Alsecure® Premium cable ensures maximum safety for people and property and provides a high-performance solution for maintaining the integrity of Fire Safety Systems (FSS), especially in office complexes, industrial sites and all......

LS to invest USD 100 million in US, India

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May 25, 2011May 25, 2011

LS Cable & System announced that the firm will invest USD 96 million to set up local plants in North America and India. The cable maker will build a new power cable production facility in Tarboro, N.C., in the U.S., while adding a power cable production line to its existing plant in India.......

Sterlite Technologies announces net revenues for FY 11

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May 25, 2011May 25, 2011

Sterlite Technologies Limited announced its results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011. The company achieved revenues of Rs 2,263 crores, EBITDA of Rs 282 crores, PAT of Rs 141 crores. Telecom business revenues stood at Rs. 657 Crores at an EBITDA margin of 26%. Sterlite received two new projects for development of India’s transmission systems on ‘Build, Own,......

LAPP Group to invest Rs.150crore in new facility at Madhya Pardesh

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May 25, 2011May 25, 2011

Germany-based LAPP group manufacturing high flexibility cables announced investment of Rs 150 crore in the Rajgarh district of Madhya Pradesh for setting up a new unit. The company performed ground breaking ceremony for setting up a manufacturing unit at Pilukhedi in Rajgarh district under Bhopal division. “India’s economy is thriving and I believe, it is the future market......

Oceaneering launches UFlex to gauge the predictive performance of Umbilicals

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May 25, 2011May 25, 2011

Oceaneering Umbilical Solutions, the Rosyth based deepwater cable manufacturer arm of Oceaneering Inc., the global oilfield services provider, has established a Joint Industry Project (JIP) with Norwegian company, Marintek, to pioneer a predictive stress analysis tool designed to transform the performance and longevity of deepwater umbilicals. The tool, called, UFlex (Umbilical Flexibility), is designed to provide......

Lumpi: Our interest is to first penetrate into the market

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May 25, 2011May 25, 2011

Lumpi-Berndorf Draht -und Seilwerk GmbH” was born in 2005 from the merger of “Ing. Josef Lumpi Drahtwerk GmbH” with “Berndorf F.A.S. GmbH & Co KG”. Both the companies were in traditional businesses of electric energy transfer. We had an interaction with Mr. Rainer Purzelmayer (Head of Sales, plant Berndorf) who was present in Gridtech 2011 to......

AMSC supplies superconductor wire for power substation in China

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May 25, 2011May 25, 2011

American Superconductor Corp (AMSC), a US based power technologies company, said that its high temperature superconductor wire is being used in an electrical substation in China. Located in the city of Baiyin in the Gansu province of China, the substation was built by the Institute of Electrical Engineering, China Academy of Science (IEE CAS). The......

RR Kabel chooses InnoVites to deliver cable specific ERP solution

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May 25, 2011May 25, 2011

InnoVites B.V. announced that RR Kabel Ltd. (Ram Ratna Group) has chosen the ERP solution of InnoVites as the platform of choice for their continuous improvement. The perfect match of the InnoVites software with the business processes of RR Kabel enables the company to implement best practices of the industry. RR Kabel is located......

Sicagen could pay Rs. 50 cr for Wilson Cables

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May 25, 2011May 25, 2011

Sicagen India Ltd has entered into a share purchase agreement (SPA) with Wilson Cables Private Limited (WCPL) of Singapore and is likely to pay around Rs 50 crore for the 100 per cent acquisition. The company, a part of the MA Chidambaram group, announced that it has entered into an SPA on March 31.......

Geon Vinyl Wire & Cable Compounds and OnColor Concentratres

wirecableMay 24, 2011March 14, 2013

May 24, 2011March 14, 2013

Kalas Manufacturing, a wire and cable manufacturer, eliminates 100,000 pounds of lead by switching to environmentally responsible vinyl-based compounds and color concentrates from PolyOne Situations When the European Union’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive went into effect in 2006, producers of certain types of electrical and electronic equipment were......