WCA July 2010

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CII and Messe Düsseldorf to organise Wire & Cable India The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Messe Düsseldorf are to be joint organisers of Wire & Cable India. The agreement was signed by Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, director general of CII, and Mr Hans-Werner Reinhard, vice president of Messe Düsseldorf, Germany. The organisers believe this move will provide a boost to wire and cable companies in India and worldwide. “Two leading trade fair organisers, pooling their strengths and expertise, make the platform even more attract- ive to international export-oriented companies to enter the Indian growth market,” said Mr Banerjee. Mr Reinhard welcomed the union as an excellent addition to Messe Düsseldorf’s international trade fair portfolio. The 2010 fair, to be held at the Bombay Exhibition Center in Mumbai, has already received bookings for large area options. Messe Düsseldorf India Pvt Ltd – India Fax : +91 11 2697-1746 Email : info@md-india.com Website : www.md-india.com Confederation of Indian Industry – India Fax : +91 222 493 9463 Email : romaldine.ayire@cii.in Website : www.cii.in

The most recent issue of Niehoff’s newspaper, Power & Trends is now available from any Niehoff subsidiary or from the website. This issue includes a three-page article about the new Niehoff plant in Schwabach. Power & Trends is published in English and German, with a summary in Chinese and Russian. Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH Niehoff’s latest edition Bahra Cables Company, the latest cable factory in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and a member of CPC Group of Companies, won a contract worth 50 million Saudi Riyals to supply cables for the Al Mashaar Makkah Metro project between Arafat to Muzdalifa. When fully operational in Hajj season 2011, the train will accommodate 72,000 people per hour per direction. The low voltage cables and elec- trical wires will conform to British specifications. Bahra Cables to supply Al Mashaar Makkah metro project Bahra Cables Co – Saudi Arabia Website : www.bahra-cables.com

UK-based continuous casting tech nologist, Rautomead Ltd, has launched a Chinese language version of its website in order to make its range of equipment for the casting of non-ferrous metals more accessible to the fast growing Chinese market. The new website can be viewed at www.rautomead.net.cn Rautomead establishes website in Chinese

Rautomead goes live in Chinese m m

Rautomead’s sales and marketing manager, Guy Henderson, commented: “The Chinese language website is hosted on a server in China and will facilitate access to Rautomead product information to those using Chinese characters in their search engines. A Russian language site (www. rautomead.ru), hosted in Russia, has been active since July last year. Despite the economic situation there we have recorded an increased level of enquiries since that website went live.”

& Co KG – Germany Fax : +49 9122 977 155 Email : info@niehoff.de Website : www.niehoff.de

Rautomead Ltd – UK Fax : +44 1382 622941

Email : sales@rautomead.com Website : www.rautomead.com

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Wire & Cable ASIA – July/August 2010