WCA September 2009

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Recognising excellence Novacavi’s award winning team at the presentation,16 m m th March 2009

The Esteves Group has introduced a new wire drawing handbook, the E-Wizard. The book contains information about materials to be drawn, the profile of wire dies, useful formulas, tables, and many other resources. In addition, the company is presenting the Drawing Die Wizard, believed the first die design software made for the industry. Customers can easily access it through the Esteves website and design their own die profiles. Both tools are available in a variety of languages and should prove to be valuable resources for the wire and cable industry. The Esteves Group is a global company with over one hundred years of expertise in the production of dies, extrusion tools, machines for die reconditioning, and refurbishing services. Esteves Group – Brazil Website : www.estevesgroup.com New tools for the industry

working closely to the engineering team and with outstanding results in terms of quality and schedule,” said Ferruccio Ramploud. The company has been involved in designing and manufacturing cus- tomised electrical cables for advanced technology since 1975. Novacavi can provide cost effective solutions and services for any special cable application, working in accordance with the latest worldwide regulations. The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (acronym of French Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire), is the world’s leading centre for subatomic particle research and is located in Geneva.

Novacavi has been awarded the “CMS Gold Award 2009” by CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, for its involvement and support in the realisation of the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) detector. Novacavi designed, prototyped, tested and delivered the radiation resistant, halogen free (no toxic and corrosive gas), flame and fire retardant electrical cables required for the laboratory instrumentation. Roberto Giudici, engineering manager, Gianluca Ramploud, quality manager and Ferruccio Ramploud, president and founder of the company received the award. “Our relationship with CERN began in the eighties and our involvement in this project at the beginning of 2000. Today we are honoured to represent Italian excellence after having been

Novacavi SpA – Italy Fax : +39 02 5472354 Email : info@novacavi.it Website : www.novacavi.it

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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2009