WCA September 2009

news

Bhushan expansion

Biofuelled contract

Nexans has completed a contract worth approximately €1,000,000 to supply low-voltage power cables for the BioWanze project—a new plant producing bioethanol from wheat and sugar beet. The plant, located in Wanze near Huy sur Meuse (Belgium), represents an investment of €250,000,000 for the Südzucker Group, Europe’s leading sugar producer. It will produce half of the annual bioethanol volume for the Belgian market, or 125,000m 3 per annum during the next six years. Nexans entered a frame agreement with Siemens NV/SA, the contractor in charge, for the supply of approximately 350km of low-voltage (LV) power cables in five months, with over one hundred different product references. The cables were manufactured by Nexans production facilities in Belgium. BioWanze recently completed its first bioethanol delivery. Nexans – France Fax : +33 15669 8484 Email : nexans.web@nexans.com Website : www.nexans.com

after stand number 18 of the 2-high roughing and intermediate mill. As a finishing block, the RSB rolls finished straight bar lengths within the range of 16mm to 80mm diameter and hexagons within the range of 18.25mm to 50mm onto the cooling bed as well as bar in coils of 16mm to 60mm diameter. As a pre-finishing block, the RSB produces all necessary pre-sections for the downstream wire rod finishing block. An extended range of up to ±1.5mm from the nominal size allows rolling of a variety of sizes with tightest tolerances by simply adjusting stands and guides via remote control. The optimum adjusting values for motor speed, rolls and guides are calculated by the bar mill configuration system (BAMICON). The adjustment is done automatically within one minute. This allows trouble-free, economic production of high quality bar. Friedrich Kocks GmbH – Germany Fax : +49 2103 54 028 Website : www.kocks.de

Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd is completing the final stage of its phase two expansion programme. The company was established in 1970, and is among the top Indian steel producers with seven manufacturing facilities at four different locations in India and an annual turnover of more than $750 million. A combined wire rod and bar mill is to be installed adjacent to Bhushan Power and Steel’s new integrated steel plant in Jharsuguda in the state of Orissa. The core technology of this new 500,000tpy rolling mill is a 3-roll reducing and sizing block (RSB) from Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG. Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd is the first company in India to invest in RSB technology. The order comprises the design, supply, erection and commissioning of a 4-stand 3-roll RSB with a nominal roll diameter of 370mm. The reducing and sizing block is prepared for a possible future extension to five stand positions and will be implemented

50

Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2009