WCN Autumn 2010

Gauder Group, out in force Since 1976, the Gauder Group has earned a leadership position delivering new and secondhand machines to the wire and cable industry. European-made Gauder Group products are supplied worldwide. Pourtier designs and manufactures rotating machines for the production of medium and high voltage insulated power cables, overhead conductors, flat conductors for transformers, telephone and control cables while Setic offer covers equipment for low voltage conductors and cables, automotive cables, communication cables (LAN, FO), telephone and control cables. Gauder, a specialist in resale equipment, enables the build-up of smart solutions from a large stock of machines. Sales, training and service are available from China for all products in the Gauder Group range. In 1999 the group established a subsidiary in Changzhou, to serve the Chinese market with locally made machines at full European quality standards. Gauder Group China manufactures most types of Setic rotating machines for communication cables, flexible cords and automotive cables, with a sales office located in Shanghai. Following ten years of national success, the company has recently expanded its market to Malaysia, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, India and Australia. Visitors are welcome on the booth to discover the exhibited machinery.

Pourtier COS 1200-2 energy recovery stranding and armouring line ▲ ▲

wire China stand: W1F04

Setic – Gauder Group – France Fax : +33 4 77 71 10 85 Email : sales.setic@gaudergroup.com Pourtier – Gauder Group – France Fax : +33 1 64 26 61 10 Email : sales.pourtier@gaudergroup.com Gauder Group China – China Fax : +86 21 6439 8415 Email : sales.china@gaudergroup.com Website : www.gaudergroup.com

Troester at wire Düsseldorf 2010

At Düsseldorf Troester showcased a new AGP 300/35 S belt-type Caterpillar, designed specifically for the manufacture of large submarine cables with diameters of up to 300mm. The AGP 300/35 S can be used both as a traction and braking unit, making it an economical solution where weights of up to 100kg per cable metre need to be transported and held securely at the end of the submarine cable manufacturing process. Cables destined to be laid along the ocean bed are produced in single segments of up 36km in length. Belt-type Caterpillars transport finished cable to coiling stations or to a nearby river or seaport onto cable-laying ships that lay the power cable onto the ocean floor directly from the sea. Troester GmbH & Co KG – Germany Fax : +49 511 864028 Email : info@troester.de Website : www.troester.de

Dirk Schmidt, sales director of cable machines and lines at Troester GmbH & Co KG, was extremely satisfied with wire Düsseldorf 2010: “The market seems to be recovering, even though it never really suffered a collapse in Troester’s core business – CV lines for high and extra-high-voltage cables. The number and especially the quality of enquiries increased significantly, and our discussion partners usually were directly at the company’s decision-making level.” Dirk Schmidt explained the positive atmosphere at Troester is due to its customers, “…mostly drawn from the high and ultra-high-voltage sector. It is an area which is currently experiencing a boom as investments now need to be made worldwide in the renewal and enlargement of power grids.” The increased preparedness of customers to make investments is the result of the liberalisation of the energy

Troester’s AGP Caterpillar attracted interest at Düsseldorf ▲ ▲

markets on the one hand and, on the other, the use of renewable energy. Unlike conventional power stations, which are often sited near consumers in an effort to keep transmission losses low, electricity from renewable energy is generated most effectively at locations where ideal environmental conditions prevail. Consequently electricity from offshore wind parks and solar electricity from desert locations make the most sense.

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