WCA July 2008

wire China sold out!

Cable contract goes to sea

The third wire/Tube China exhibi- tions take place on 23 th -26 th Sep- tember 2008 at the Shanghai New International Exhibition Centre. The entire exhibition space allocation is already sold out, with a long waiting list of potential exhibitors. Messe Düsseldorf GmbH Fax : +49 211 4560 7740 Email : info@wirechina.net Website : www.wirechina.net

Bourbon offshore vessel: copyright Guido Perla (BOURBON) ❍ ❍

“Nexans is a leading shipboard cable supplier in China, providing advanced shipyards with reliable safety cables for all kind of vessels: container ships, oil tankers, liquefied natural gas transporters and floating production, storage and offloading vessels,” said Michel Lemaire, executive vice president for the Asia-Pacific area. The cables will be manufactured in the Nexans plant based in Shanghai, China and fitted between mid 2008 and 2010. Nexans Deutschland Industries GmbH & Co KG – Germany Fax : +49 511 676 3777 Email : uniwema.tech@nexans.com Website : www.nexans.de Niehoff at wire 2008 Maschinenfabrik Niehoff reports its successful participation at wire 2008. During the five days of wire 2008, exhibited equipment – including an MMH50/RM121 multiwire drawing line, the latest high speed rewinding machine DSA Niehoff System Hacoba with CS630 spool pay-offs for multiwire bundles, a double twist stranding machine DSI631 with back twist pay-off ARD630D and longitudinal tape pay-off ALB600, and a 24-carrier high speed braiding machine BMV24 with BAS 800 take-up and pay-off unit – were all sold. Several orders were also taken for double twist bunching machines with the new opto-electronic traversing system, NBAT. Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH

Cables for Frankfurt airport For decades, network and safety system solutions from Dätwyler Cables have been used at Frankfurt Airport, and for much of the latest new building and expansion work, Dätwyler Cables will be supplying the installation companies with cables, components and services from its nearby European distribution centre. Dätwyler Cables solutions have test certificates that exceed the standard technologies of DIN 4102-12, com- pliant with the demands of modern construction technology but time and cost-effective. “The shipbuilding industry is a priority market segment for Nexans as it’s a booming industry, particularly in Asia, which requires a variety of high value-added products. Nexans has signed a three-year contract to supply 3,146 km of halogen free, low-smoke marine power trans- mission (0.6/1KV and 250V power cables) and signal control cables for installation on Bourbon Offshore vessels. Compliant with the most demanding of international standards, the cables will be installed in 54 new offshore supply vessels (less than 60 km per ship) being built for Bourbon at shipyards in China.

Dätwyler Kabel+Systeme – Germany Fax : +49 61 90 88 80 15 Email :

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

heiko.knell@daetwyler-cables.com Website : www.daetwyler-cables.com

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Wire & Cable ASIA – July/August 2008