WCA July 2012

Industry news

Tratos cables lead the way at Abu Dhabi plant

The new office allows Tratos to target countries across the UAE and beyond, providing a professional service and support.

and sheet piles, manufactured to international standards. Tratos has won a number of prestigious contracts across the Middle East over the past year and has recently opened an office in Dubai through its subsidiary company Modular Wiring Systems.  

Long-standing customer Danieli Corporation has installed a broad range of Tratos cables into Emirates Steel’s recently expanded Abu Dhabi plant. HEPR insulated medium, low tension and very high flexible cables for inverter applications have been supplied by Tratos, all manufactured in the company’s Italian factory. The cables have been used within phase II B of Emirates Steel’s Dh9 billion expansion, which has seen parent company General Holding Corporation (GHC) become one of the region’s largest steel manufacturers.   The plant’s new facilities will enable Emirates Steel to increase its production capacity from 2 million metric tonnes a year to 6.5 million by 2015. Italian company Danieli was the turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for phase II B, which involved the creation of a heavy section rolling mill – the first of its kind in the Gulf Cooperation Council – producing heavy section beams and columns, channels, angles

Tratos – Italy Website : www.tratos.eu

More choice, technology and support

reputation and has been established as a long time supplier of high quality machines for the wire and cable industry. “I have the greatest confidence that this company will continue to grow and compliment the Huestis Industrial product lines, while giving the customers more choice,” said Howard Fancher. Wyrepak Industries will remain as a stand-alone company and continue to sell products under the Wyrepak brand name.

Huestis Industrial in a cooperative agreement purchased Wyrepak Industries in March 2012. This acquisition will provide customers with more choice of equipment for the wire and cable industry, while benefiting from technology and support from Huestis Industrial. The synergy between Wyrepak Industries and Huestis Industrial will take customer service and support to another level while providing rugged machinery and real time solutions to meet the demands of modern manufacturing.

Huestis Industrial – USA Website : www.huestis.com

Wyrepak Industries has a great

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Wire & Cable ASIA – July/August 2012