WCA January 2013

Industry news

New plant opens its doors

▲ ▲ The outside of Flymca and Flyro’s new site

Deeply involved in submarine, umbilical and off-shore rotating cable machinery either for power cables and steel ropes, the company still also produces its standard range of stranders such as rigid, tubular, skip, planetary, drum twister, bow cabler, and double twist bunchers.

Flymca and Flyro has opened its new plant.

The site includes new manufacturing facilities for the production of new rotating machinery as well as a stock of used equipment. With a total ground area of 5,000m 2 and also new offices, the company will be able to reach a much higher production capacity of high quality machinery.

Flymca and Flyro – Spain Website : www.flymca.com

Broadband in Qatar AMEinfo reports an agreement between Qnbn and Ericsson to supply the Qatari nation with high-speed broadband fibre access, and to see the deployment of a broadband network infrastructure using optical fibre (FTTx) in Qatar. The agreement, signed during the ITU Telecom World event held in Dubai, is described as the largest of its kind for Ericsson in Qatar and will begin rolling out immediately. Qnbn will deploy a passive network infrastructure, providing equal and open access to operators to offer choice for the end user and leveraging existing and new infrastructure in Qatar. “Qnbn represents a bold step forward in Qatar’s drive to be a leading knowledge based economy and continuous access to a high speed network is essential for economic development and innovation,” said Mohamad Al-Mannai, Qnbn’s CEO. “Together with Ericsson we hope to be able to enrich connectivity in Qatar and continue to provide an ideal environment for business development and economic growth.”

Wire company to be dissolved Showa Denko KK (SDK) has announced that its affiliate, Tokyo Aluminium Wire Co Ltd, will be dissolved on 30 th September 2013. Tokyo Aluminium Wire Co Ltd has been producing and selling aluminium rough drawing wire for electric cables since April 1965. The company is to be dissolved because demand for aluminium electric cables is expected to remain at a low level. A resolution to dissolve the company will be adopted at the end of September 2013, and liquidation of the company will be completed by the end of December 2013.

Showa Denko – Japan Website : www.sdk.co.jp

Software integration

in technology. SAP will also incorporate our subsidiary companies in Brazil, China and India all under one software umbrella – giving everyone who works at Metalube access to live, real time information.” Live information will also give valuable benefits to customers with improved response times and up to the minute prices. Metalube will have access to instant traceability of all raw materials and finished products and operatives will now be able to access and process information at any time from hand-held devices.

High-performance lubricant specialist Metalube has gone live with SAP ERP. This globally renowned software solution integrates all core business functions across the entire company. SAP is specifically designed for worldwide organisations such as Metalube and will encompass all areas of the business from accounts, sales and customer relationship management to material resource planning and quality control. Robert Brown, Chairman, Metalube Ltd says: “This is a significant six figure investment for Metalube and is part of our overall 10 year growth plan, in which we aim to be industry leaders

Metalube Ltd – UK Website : www.metalube.co.uk

Qnbn – Qatar Website : www.qnbn.qa

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Wire & Cable ASIA – January/February 2013